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Mods please feel free to delete this thread and steer me in the right direction, wasn't sure where was appropriate to post this.
Long story short I have the VZW G2 rooted and with Loki workaround. I was running cleanrom and was going to go to Malladus and wiped all my data in TWRP using Advanced Wipe -_-. I didn't mean to check everything but my fumbling fingers checked data. I'm stuck at the LG boot logo, please advise. Thank you!
Rangizingo said:
Mods please feel free to delete this thread and steer me in the right direction, wasn't sure where was appropriate to post this.
Long story short I have the VZW G2 rooted and with Loki workaround. I was running cleanrom and was going to go to Malladus and wiped all my data in TWRP using Advanced Wipe -_-. I didn't mean to check everything but my fumbling fingers checked data. I'm stuck at the LG boot logo, please advise. Thank you!
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Are you sure? This just happened to me yesterday, I did a wipe and it seemed like i nuked the phone but I belive it was a bug in TWRP because I know i didnt choose to wipe the internal partition. I went to "mount" in TWRP and everything was unmounted, I re-ticked everything I could (it was only 3 things I believe) and rebooted into recovery and everything was there, hopefully this is your issue and you didnt nuke it afterall..
Walter21026 said:
Are you sure? This just happened to me yesterday, I did a wipe and it seemed like i nuked the phone but I belive it was a bug in TWRP because I know i didnt choose to wipe the internal partition. I went to "mount" in TWRP and everything was unmounted, I re-ticked everything I could (it was only 3 things I believe) and rebooted into recovery and everything was there, hopefully this is your issue and you didnt nuke it afterall..
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I've let the phone try to boot for about an hour and to no avail. Any suggestions, what did you do exactly? How can I boot to recovery you think since I can't get past boot?
Edit: By holding volume down and power, releasing power when the LG logo came up and pressing and holding it again I was able to factory reset and return to TWRP. How can I get my rom loaded from there you think since my computer does not recognize it as a standard USB.
Rangizingo said:
I've let the phone try to boot for about an hour and to no avail. Any suggestions, what did you do exactly? How can I boot to recovery you think since I can't get past boot?
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http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2457514&page=3
The instructions are halfway down. Post #25.
Walter21026 said:
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2457514&page=3
The instructions are halfway down. Post #25.
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I was able to do that succesfully and I'm back in TWRP like I stated in my edit. When I reboot I got back to the LG logo. To get to a working form would I push the rom/gaps via ADB sideload? I figured I should ask someone who may know before I shoot in the dark.
Rangizingo said:
I was able to do that succesfully and I'm back in TWRP like I stated in my edit. When I reboot I got back to the LG logo. To get to a working form would I push the rom/gaps via ADB sideload? I figured I should ask someone who may know before I shoot in the dark.
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There is an ADB side load method but I'm not familiar with ADB side load. I've really never had to use it. If nobody chimes in on this there is a link floating around in the forums for IRC chat and the developers will tell you exactly how to do the side load method.
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Here. In the first post go all the way down to where it says support in green letters and the link to IRC chat is there. The devs will guide you from there. Be sure to thank them!
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2449679
Walter21026 said:
There is an ADB side load method but I'm not familiar with ADB side load. I've really never had to use it. If nobody chimes in on this there is a link floating around in the forums for IRC chat and the developers will tell you exactly how to do the side load method.
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Here. In the first post go all the way down to where it says support in green letters and the link to IRC chat is there. The devs will guide you from there. Be sure to thank them!
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2449679
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I did a little bit of looking and it seems as though sideload functions similarly to regular adb except it's in TWRP instead. My computer recognizes the phone in adb and even that it's in adb sideload so I'm going to push the rom and gapps after I re download them for safety. If anyone wants to chime in with suggestions from now til then please feel free!
Rangizingo said:
Mods please feel free to delete this thread and steer me in the right direction, wasn't sure where was appropriate to post this.
Long story short I have the VZW G2 rooted and with Loki workaround. I was running cleanrom and was going to go to Malladus and wiped all my data in TWRP using Advanced Wipe -_-. I didn't mean to check everything but my fumbling fingers checked data. I'm stuck at the LG boot logo, please advise. Thank you!
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Awesome that you did the EXACT same thing as me. Here's my thread on the topic: http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2481240
Long story short, there is a "go back to stock" thread linked in the URL i just posted that will get you sorted.
Regarding the bootloop, I was able to get into TWRP and power down from there. Simply holding the power button will only result in a reset. Which, if you're quick enough, you can hold both power + volume down and wait for the LG logo to show, then hold down power + volume down again.
I ran into driver issues when trying the "back to stock" method. I uninstalled all android drivers by going to "view hidden devices" in device manager. Reset the PC. Installed the driver exe file again without plugging the phone in. Finally, I was able to register the device as a COM/Port. This won't make sense until you read through the "back to stock" thread though.
Good luck and send me a PM if you get stuck.
Don't go back to stock. ADB push a rom to the /sdcard and flash from recovery. I'm not sure how sideload works but regular old ADB will work from recovery anyway. Just boot into recovery, don't select any menu options and use adb push.
iowabowtech said:
Don't go back to stock. ADB push a rom to the /sdcard and flash from recovery. I'm not sure how sideload works but regular old ADB will work from recovery anyway. Just boot into recovery, don't select any menu options and use adb push.
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Fantastic, as soon as this finishes downloading I will do that. When I push it it will automatically install won't it?
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Fantastic, as soon as this finishes downloading I will do that. When I push it it will automatically install won't it?
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No you're just pushing it to the sdcard. After that use the recovery option to install as you normally would.
Hi,
The other day I went in and checked some Cyanogenmod updates on my phone. I noticed some updates have been downloaded but not installed. So I went in and manually installed it. Before I proceed, there was a pop up reminding me about something. However, I did not pay attention to it and proceeded to install the update. Long story short - my phone has been stuck on the Team Win Recovery Project v2.6.3.0 with no way of getting back into having phone access.
I have tried looking up various ways of trying to get my phone access back. Some instructions require I plug in the usb - but then when I hit "Start", it tells me to plug in the phone first. Well my phone is plugged in! But since the phone now has no phone access, the pc does not recognize the device has been plugged in! So I am stuck in a catch-22 type of situation.
At this point, I just want to have my phone access back. Is there an easy way to get rid of the Cyanogenmod on the phone?
Any help would be greatly appreciated.
I believe my phone has Jelly Bean 4.2.x on it (rooted with Cyanogenmod)
David.
If you have a Nandroid to revert to, use it. If not, just flash stock. If you don't know how to do that, just search Efrants guide in these forums.
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Hi,
Thank you for your response. The closest I could find is a post by mrjraider (How to flash back to a Stock ROM!). However, any instructions I could find seems to require that I have phone access on my Nexus 4 - which put me, again, in a catch-22 - sine I do not have access to my phone, I have no way of doing any of them!
Please advise.
Regards.
nl393a said:
Hi,
Thank you for your response. The closest I could find is a post by mrjraider (How to flash back to a Stock ROM!). However, any instructions I could find seems to require that I have phone access on my Nexus 4 - which put me, again, in a catch-22 - sine I do not have access to my phone, I have no way of doing any of them!
Please advise.
Regards.
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Download this:
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2588979
Also download the latest image from Google.
Before you install the above mentioned software, go to the device manager and delete everything that says Android.
Install the software.
Boot into the bootloader. I'm assuming you can get there if you get into the recovery.
If everything is good, you should be able to use fastboot to flash the stock image. There's a switch - w that will be needed in order to not wipe your sdcard, but I HIGHLY suggest you read up on that elsewhere in the xda site, or Google it.
Good luck!
Sent with my Nexus® 10 minus 3
Thank you for your response. What exactly does "Also download the latest image from Google" mean, please?
nl393a said:
Thank you for your response. What exactly does "Also download the latest image from Google" mean, please?
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Google nexus 4 factory image. Then download the latest image from there. It's a .tgz file use 7-zip to extract it.
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Try wugfresh to get back to stock: http://www.wugfresh.com/nrt/
audit13 said:
Try wugfresh to get back to stock: http://www.wugfresh.com/nrt/
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That would have been the last resort. Didn't want to make it TOO easy. :sly:
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I downloaded the Google Mako "OCCAM" (for Jelly Bean 4.2). I hit "Start" and the "Cyanogenmod" round logo keeps spinning in an endless loop. What do you think can be wrong?
Thank you.
nl393a said:
I downloaded the Google Mako "OCCAM" (for Jelly Bean 4.2). I hit "Start" and the "Cyanogenmod" round logo keeps spinning in an endless loop. What do you think can be wrong?
Thank you.
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Go into recovery and do a factory reset.
Sent from my Nexus 5
jd1639 said:
Go into recovery and do a factory reset.
Sent from my Nexus 5
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jd1639, your method seems to be the simplest (I was going to try Wugfresh, however, it requires my phone to be on debugging - phone access to which I do not have!). Please let me know where in TWRP where I can do a factory reset.
Thank you.
nl393a said:
jd1639, your method seems to be the simplest (I was going to try Wugfresh, however, it requires my phone to be on debugging - phone access to which I do not have!). Please let me know where in TWRP where I can do a factory reset.
Thank you.
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I assumed you had the stock recovery. In twrp you could try to wipe userdata, wipe, advanced.
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jd1639 said:
I assumed you had the stock recovery. In twrp you could try to wipe userdata, wipe, advanced.
Sent from my Nexus 5
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And this will not erase my personal data (on my phone), correct?
nl393a said:
And this will not erase my personal data (on my phone), correct?
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It'll erase your apps and data. Not photos, etc.
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nl393a said:
And this will not erase my personal data (on my phone), correct?
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I am confused here you want to get your phone back up and running but you are worried about losing data. I see some pretty good suggestions in here and I hope they have helped but if not I believe better knowledge of how things work prior to flashing would of helped you out.
Now with that said and the links given have you simply tried to do a factory reset in TWRP and then push a rom over to your phone and flash it. Is your phone showing up when plugged into a pc while in recovery. Also flashing images would mean you would have to be in Fastboot mode. Now instructions on all of these methods have been created in xda. Take your time and research because its hard to mess up a Nexus and with a little time and following instructions everything will be ok.
good luck
Use Wugfresh Tookit to revert to full stock, search it on google
Hi playa,
I have to admit I never spent the time to acquire the needed knowledge in rooting an android. My original intention (in rooting the Nexus 4) was just to have the device rooted so that I can remove the bloat ware that came installed on the phone so that the battery will last better.
No, I have not done a factory reset in TWRP and pushed a rom over to my phone as I do not how to do either function. I see 8 blocks on my TWRP screen: "INSTALL", "WIPE", "BACKUP", "RESTORE", "MOUNT", "SETTINGS", "ADVANCED", and "REBOOT".
Which one should I click on for factory reset? And how do I "push a rom"? Where can I find fastboot mode?
No, when I plug my phone into my pc, it does not show up as "device detected".
Thank you.
p.s. I also tried the Wugfresh Toolkit to revert to full stock suggestion from alexcheveau, however, eventually, it asks me to put the device in debugging - which brings me full-cycle back to square one - I needed phone access to set it to debugging, however, I need to do a Wugfresh Toolkit full stock revert in order to have phone access......
Hi
To factory reset, its under wipe button
nl393a said:
Hi playa,
I have to admit I never spent the time to acquire the needed knowledge in rooting an android. My original intention (in rooting the Nexus 4) was just to have the device rooted so that I can remove the bloat ware that came installed on the phone so that the battery will last better.
No, I have not done a factory reset in TWRP and pushed a rom over to my phone as I do not how to do either function. I see 8 blocks on my TWRP screen: "INSTALL", "WIPE", "BACKUP", "RESTORE", "MOUNT", "SETTINGS", "ADVANCED", and "REBOOT".
Which one should I click on for factory reset? And how do I "push a rom"? Where can I find fastboot mode?
No, when I plug my phone into my pc, it does not show up as "device detected".
Thank you.
p.s. I also tried the Wugfresh Toolkit to revert to full stock suggestion from alexcheveau, however, eventually, it asks me to put the device in debugging - which brings me full-cycle back to square one - I needed phone access to set it to debugging, however, I need to do a Wugfresh Toolkit full stock revert in order to have phone access......
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Hi all,
Just wanted to let all of you know I got the phone service back on my Nexus 4!:good:
I did the factory reset in twrp, then I did the adb sideload. It took quite a while (a couple hours actually).
I would like to thank every one who jumped in to help me out (and a big "Thank You" given to each of you). Again - Thank you all.
Strangely, when I tried to download Candy Crush, after installing, there is no "Open" button, and there is not a Candy Crush icon on the app page. A lot of Google apps do not react when I tried to download.
Thank you.:laugh:
Hi fellow XDA-ers,
I am sorry to say I was too overconfident this time and while attempting to reset my phone, and i bricked it (i think).
So I was updating my N910F to the latest build of the official CM12.1, but I kept receiving weird problems such as no audio when taking videos, or random force closes. Since i hadn't done a wipe in a while (approx 3 months) i thought I'd do it before installing the latest build.
I booted into TWRP recovery, and then did an advanced wipe, and wiped system, data, cache and dalvik (i.e. everything but the ext sd card and the internal storage). I wanted to be thorough you see...
I then attempted to reboot the recovery before doing the installation, but I accidentally pressed system instead of recovery in the reboot menu.
Now my phone only gets to the samsung splash screen, waits for about 3 seconds and then closes again. I have to remove the battery and reinsert it again to get it to repeat this. Plugging it into the PC doesn't allow it to start. I can't reach recovery (otherwise this would be simple!). What can i do?
I would appreciate any and all help you can offer! please help!!
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Hi fellow XDA-ers,
I am sorry to say I was too overconfident this time and while attempting to reset my phone, and i bricked it (i think).
So I was updating my N910F to the latest build of the official CM12.1, but I kept receiving weird problems such as no audio when taking videos, or random force closes. Since i hadn't done a wipe in a while (approx 3 months) i thought I'd do it before installing the latest build.
I booted into TWRP recovery, and then did an advanced wipe, and wiped system, data, cache and dalvik (i.e. everything but the ext sd card and the internal storage). I wanted to be thorough you see...
I then attempted to reboot the recovery before doing the installation, but I accidentally pressed system instead of recovery in the reboot menu.
Now my phone only gets to the samsung splash screen, waits for about 3 seconds and then closes again. I have to remove the battery and reinsert it again to get it to repeat this. Plugging it into the PC doesn't allow it to start. I can't reach recovery (otherwise this would be simple!). What can i do?
I would appreciate any and all help you can offer! please help!!
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Don't be scared mate, I know it looks ugly but I doesn't, here what you need to do:
first of all try to boot into DOWNLOAD mode, if you can, then you are FINE, power off the phone and press and hold Volume down+home+power for about 5 sec then let them go, phone will boot into DOWNLOAD mode, then
go to www.sammobile.com and download the latest firmware for your device model,
download Odin, there on sammobile website they have the instructions and everything you need,
read and follow all steps and instructions
after downloading the firmware you gonna unzipped and extract the odin file, then
open Odin, Click PDA and navigate to the file you extracted,
then click start, PHONE MUST BE ON DOWNLOAD MODE
This will restore your phone from factory, everything will be wiped, just to let you know, you gonna end having like a brand new phone, now after that, you can root your phone again, and be more carefull fashing roms,
If helped please use the Thanks Button, god bless, cheers:fingers-crossed:
yoniinfante said:
Don't be scared mate, I know it looks ugly but I doesn't, here what you need to do:
first of all try to boot into DOWNLOAD mode, if you can, then you are FINE, power off the phone and press and hold Volume down+home+power for about 5 sec then let them go, phone will boot into DOWNLOAD mode, then
go to (link) and download the latest firmware for your device model,
download Odin, there on sammobile website they have the instructions and everything you need,
read and follow all steps and instructions
after downloading the firmware you gonna unzipped and extract the odin file, then
open Odin, Click PDA and navigate to the file you extracted,
then click start, PHONE MUST BE ON DOWNLOAD MODE
This will restore your phone from factory, everything will be wiped, just to let you know, you gonna end having like a brand new phone, now after that, you can root your phone again, and be more carefull fashing roms,
If helped please use the Thanks Button, god bless, cheers:fingers-crossed:
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Hi, thanks for your reply
Before restoring I did a full backup on titaniumBackup so I'm not worried at all about resetting the phone to stock. Trouble is, i can't get to download mode. The phone dies before I can get it to that mode. Is there a way to force it into download mode?
thanks so much for replying so quick!
thefirstguyafterthatguy said:
Hi, thanks for your reply
Before restoring I did a full backup on titaniumBackup so I'm not worried at all about resetting the phone to stock. Trouble is, i can't get to download mode. The phone dies before I can get it to that mode. Is there a way to force it into download mode?
thanks so much for replying so quick!
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[edit] managed to get it into download mode after unplugging it from the PC
thanks so much! it's great to see the phone reply for once!
will follow your steps and report on how it goes
thefirstguyafterthatguy said:
[edit] managed to get it into download mode after unplugging it from the PC
thanks so much! it's great to see the phone reply for once!
will follow your steps and report on how it goes
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that's very good news to read, follow all steps very carefully, im sure everything will be ok, let us know, cheers:fingers-crossed:
yoniinfante said:
that's very good news to read, follow all steps very carefully, im sure everything will be ok, let us know, cheers:fingers-crossed:
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It lives!
It works perfectly now! thank you so much! I have been rooting for many years now so I thought I knew it all! Guess we learn something new everyday
Speaking of which, if you are willing, can you please explain what went wrong? I would like to know what I did so I can better understand my mistake. I am sure it has to do with what i deleted from the advanced wipe menu? What happens if i wipe and then restart?
Thanks again friend, very quick, friendly and helpful.
thefirstguyafterthatguy said:
It lives!
It works perfectly now! thank you so much! I have been rooting for many years now so I thought I knew it all! Guess we learn something new everyday
Speaking of which, if you are willing, can you please explain what went wrong? I would like to know what I did so I can better understand my mistake. I am sure it has to do with what i deleted from the advanced wipe menu? What happens if i wipe and then restart?
Thanks again friend, very quick, friendly and helpful.
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well, for my understand this is where you made a mistake I then attempted to reboot the recovery before doing the installation, but I accidentally pressed system instead of recovery in the reboot menu.
after wiping everything you phone doesn't have anything to boot, ive done it before as well, nothing wrong with that, that's the only cost, booting to factory again, but it was good you had everything backed up with titanium, just like me lol, you already know next time just go easy thru recovery, cheers:fingers-crossed:
Root just disappeared.
This is not a huge problem but when I go to TWRP to reinstall SuperSU, I can't get to the files so I can't install SuperSU.
I have now a MegaPixel ROM with EX kernel and I want to go back to stock. With no root, kernel and recovery... Just don't know how to.
Step by step here;
https://forum.xda-developers.com/nexus-6p/general/guides-how-to-guides-beginners-t3206928/page567
HeroPlane said:
Root just disappeared.
This is not a huge problem but when I go to TWRP to reinstall SuperSU, I can't get to the files so I can't install SuperSU.
I have now a MegaPixel ROM with EX kernel and I want to go back to stock. With no root, kernel and recovery... Just don't know how to.
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Follow the guidelines on this page and download the factory image from Google server to return 100% stock.
https://developers.google.com/android/images
RoyJ said:
Step by step here;
https://forum.xda-developers.com/nexus-6p/general/guides-how-to-guides-beginners-t3206928/page567
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therock3181 said:
Follow the guidelines on this page and download the factory image from Google server to return 100% stock.
https://developers.google.com/android/images
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I tried to reinstall SuperSU but now its stuck on boot animation. How can I fix this?
I don't think you can do a factory reset if you are on a custom Rom. Power down your phone by holding down the power button until the phone shuts down. Go into bootloader mode by pressing power and volume down buttons at the same time. Flash complete factory image from Google site using flash-all.bat command. If you don't know how to do that follow the XDA/Heisenberg guide only to the point where it shows you how to flash. Do not flash all the pieces individually like in the guide. Just use flash-all.bat command like Google suggests.
HeroPlane said:
I tried to reinstall SuperSU but now its stuck on boot animation. How can I fix this?
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Use the link I posted above. Read it and follow the return to stock section. Like I mentioned earlier, that's a step by step guide to all things 6P. How to root, how to return to stock and everything in between. It has (or at least links you to) all the tools you need. It's a lot more thorough than I am, quite frankly. Just do your best to follow the return to stock section of the guide and if you run into any issues quote me again and let me know where you're stuck and I'll see if I can help. But you're asking for a step by step on how to recover and I've already provided you with a link with those exact steps. Good luck. Specifically steps 10 or 11 depending on if you want to keep your data intact.
RoyJ said:
Use the link I posted above. Read it and follow the return to stock section. Like I mentioned earlier, that's a step by step guide to all things 6P. How to root, how to return to stock and everything in between. It has (or at least links you to) all the tools you need. It's a lot more thorough than I am, quite frankly. Just do your best to follow the return to stock section of the guide and if you run into any issues quote me again and let me know where you're stuck and I'll see if I can help. But you're asking for a step by step on how to recover and I've already provided you with a link with those exact steps. Good luck. Specifically steps 10 or 11 depending on if you want to keep your data intact.
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I flashed back to stock like the guide told me. Now its bootlooping with the normal Nexus animation. It means that now I have stock ROM but still bootloop...
HeroPlane said:
I flashed back to stock like the guide told me. Now its bootlooping with the normal Nexus animation. It means that now I have stock ROM but still bootloop...
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What were the exact steps you took? Also, how long has it been boot looping? First boot on a factory image flash can take a while. I've waited like 10 full minutes before boot.
RoyJ said:
What were the exact steps you took? Also, how long has it been boot looping? First boot on a factory image flash can take a while. I've waited like 10 full minutes before boot.
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I did all the steps in part 10 with angler 7.1.2
It was bootlooping for 5 minute or so. I turned the phone off (While it was bootlooping) and now when I try to boot I get a "No Command" with a opened Android screen. What should I do now?
Maybe I can still flash TWRP and do stuff there?
HeroPlane said:
I did all the steps in part 10 with angler 7.1.2
It was bootlooping for 5 minute or so. I turned the phone off (While it was bootlooping) and now when I try to boot I get a "No Command" with a opened Android screen. What should I do now?
Maybe I can still flash TWRP and do stuff there?
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The no command screen with an Android on its back is stock recovery. When you see that, hold volume up and while holding volume up, press the power button. That'll get you inside stock recovery. From there you can factory reset. This will likely wipe your internal storage. I'm not exactly sure on that, but assume it does. If that's not an issue, do it and try booting again, but wait longer this time. Leave in on the charger and wait 10 minutes or so. If it still won't boot, try again with 7.1.1 factory images. Also if you're using the flash all .bat file try manually flashing each partition using fastboot.
Edit: If you didn't already, don't lock the bootloader. You won't be able to use fastboot or flash TWRP (if that's what you want to do) with it locked.
RoyJ said:
The no command screen with an Android on its back is stock recovery. When you see that, hold volume up and while holding volume up, press the power button. That'll get you inside stock recovery. From there you can factory reset. This will likely wipe your internal storage. I'm not exactly sure on that, but assume it does. If that's not an issue, do it and try booting again, but wait longer this time. Leave in on the charger and wait 10 minutes or so. If it still won't boot, try again with 7.1.1 factory images. Also if you're using the flash all .bat file try manually flashing each partition using fastboot.
Edit: If you didn't already, don't lock the bootloader. You won't be able to use fastboot or flash TWRP (if that's what you want to do) with it locked.
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Can't get to the recovery. Forgot to mention that the "No command" screen is flashing. Like, I can see it for less that a second, it turns black, and comes back again for less than a second. Is it looping too?
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HeroPlane said:
Can't get to the recovery. Forgot to mention that the "No command" screen is flashing. Like, I can see it for less that a second, it turns black, and comes back again for less than a second. Is it looping too?
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Sounds like it. That's not good, it sounds like a real issue here. How did this end up happening in the first place? You factory reset from TWRP and all this happened? That should have not made you boot loop. You should have been fine and booted and had to sign in again, etc.
Did you lock the bootloader?
RoyJ said:
Sounds like it. That's not good, it sounds like a real issue here. How did this end up happening in the first place? You factory reset from TWRP and all this happened? That should have not made you boot loop. You should have been fine and booted and had to sign in again, etc.
Did you lock the bootloader?
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Didn't lock bootloader
I did the factory reset from system.
I hope it's not a big issue cause I just paid 150$ to fix the screen. I just wanted to give it to my mom fresh (with no root, custom ROM etc...)
HeroPlane said:
Didn't lock bootloader
I did the factory reset from system.
I hope it's not a big issue cause I just paid 150$ to fix the screen. I just wanted to give it to my mom fresh (with no root, custom ROM etc...)
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Yeah if you're not on stock, don't factory reset from the system. Use TWRP. Try to fastboot flash TWRP back on the phone and see if you can boot to that.
RoyJ said:
Yeah if you're not on stock, don't factory reset from the system. Use TWRP. Try to fastboot flash TWRP back on the phone and see if you can boot to that.
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TWRP works! OK that's a good sign (I think so...)
I wiped EVERYTHING (Dalvik/ART cache, cache, system, Data and internal storage)
I will probably try to flash stock now.
HeroPlane said:
TWRP works! OK that's a good sign (I think so...)
I wiped EVERYTHING (Dalvik/ART cache, cache, system, Data and internal storage)
I will probably try to flash stock now.
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Flash stock minus recovery, leave TWRP. See if you can get it to boot. Try 7.1.1 if possible this time, though.
RoyJ said:
Flash stock minus recovery, leave TWRP. See if you can get it to boot. Try 7.1.1 if possible this time, though.
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I think I know why 7.1.2 didn't boot
I have a EX kernel updated to march security. I should download a stock with march security or lower.
RoyJ said:
Flash stock minus recovery, leave TWRP. See if you can get it to boot. Try 7.1.1 if possible this time, though.
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Wow man, thank you so much!
The phone is working after I flashed 7.1.1 march
You are the best!!! :victory:
HeroPlane said:
Wow man, thank you so much!
The phone is working after I flashed 7.1.1 march
You are the best!!! :victory:
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Glad you got it sorted out!
!!! 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
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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 :'(
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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 :'(
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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!
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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!
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No need to apoligize, we all do stupid mistakes sometimes
Glad that it worked!