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Unable to boot into CWM Recovery

Hi guys, i was trying to delete the cwm backups to free up some space, so I deleted the the folders into clockworkmod. And now i can on longer boot into CWM recovery. It will go to the Google boot screen and stuck in there. Any help will be greatly appreciated.

You have to access recovery through ADB or the reboot option on your custom Rom.
It's a known bug when trying to access it through the bootloader.
Tapatalk made me send this.

isnt the toolkit meant to do this for the user? i read it said u can do this using the toolkit, also how do i do this once in root explorer?
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am still on stock rom and iv not managed to get into cwm yet as when i hold up and power nothing happens...
iv read this
Q. I flashed CWM but each time I reboot the Stock Recovery is back
There is an auto recovery restore system on certain Stock Android Builds that will reflash the Stock Recovery if you flash CWM on a Stock Rom.
Use Root Explorer to Mount the system folder as R/W (or use a free app from Google Play such as ES File Explorer). Rename the files /system/recovery-from-boot.p and /system/etc/install-recovery.sh. Now when you flash CWM Recovery it will NOT be overwritten after a reboot.
OR you can use the ToolKit to rename the files.
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ok after a bunch of messing about with the toolkit i got it into cwm recovery but i only managed to get it to work but going into fastboot while having usb cable inserted and then kit recovery even tho highlighted in red and it worked, but if i try to do this without a computer and usb cale it wont boot into cwm...
i dntknow how to fix this cant someone please help and explain
thnks in advance
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kcnr91 said:
you have to flash cwm recovery again and disable stock recovery check when you are quiting from cwm.
Sent from my Nexus 7
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how do i dosable the stock check?
i am currently in cwm but i need to disable the stock check you u mentioned can ou help me to disable it,
i cant find an option in cwm to disable a stock recovery :S
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can someone please help me out
i tryed googling and sad to find only myself asking here on xda dev lol
please can someone tell me how to please disable the recovery check thingy

cant boot into any custom recovery plz help!

so before i had philz recovery installed on my grand 2 along with the unofficial lollipop firmware then i had some problem with it (it was ot giving root access to anything)
so i reinstalled kitkat and stock recovery idk why i did that smh
now i when i try to install any custom recovery like cwm philz or twrp i get pass in odin but when i restart and boot into recovery it says recovery booting but instead of going into recovery it goes into download mode/odin mode
please help e solve this i have been searching for 3 days online cant find a solution :crying:

Bro i had the same problem.....but i accidently fixed it....
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VOKnM3M-zN8
watch this video....it tells you how to root...
but if we flash this via odin,it will bring back the stock recovery....I have experience
whatsapp me if it is worked or not....
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if you got the stock recovery....try to flash the correct TWRP for grand 2 xda
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Raizelk said:
so before i had philz recovery installed on my grand 2 along with the unofficial lollipop firmware then i had some problem with it (it was ot giving root access to anything)
so i reinstalled kitkat and stock recovery idk why i did that smh
now i when i try to install any custom recovery like cwm philz or twrp i get pass in odin but when i restart and boot into recovery it says recovery booting but instead of going into recovery it goes into download mode/odin mode
please help e solve this i have been searching for 3 days online cant find a solution :crying:
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watch the video i posted above

stanlyptpm007 said:
Bro i had the same problem.....but i accidently fixed it....
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VOKnM3M-zN8
watch this video....it tells you how to root...
but if we flash this via odin,it will bring back the stock recovery....I have experience
whatsapp me if it is worked or not....
7356005514
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if you got the stock recovery....try to flash the correct TWRP for grand 2 xda
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watch the video i posted above
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thanks for the reply but i fixed it by flashing latest twrp recovery and it worked

nougat backup

can somebody post a twrp nougat backup for me ? im googlelooped from ota file i flashed on twrp from 6.01. i tried an old backup, 3 different images, n preview then sideloaded ota, wiped everything i can think of. flashed 6.0 6.01 roms, did images img by img used tool kit. i once did boot up but had wrong vendor and never got that far again. tried new twrp and old twrp. stuck until 7.0 images come

rbouza1 said:
can somebody post a twrp nougat backup for me ? im googlelooped from ota file i flashed on twrp from 6.01. i tried an old backup, 3 different images, n preview then sideloaded ota, wiped everything i can think of. flashed 6.0 6.01 roms, did images img by img used tool kit. i once did boot up but had wrong vendor and never got that far again. tried new twrp and old twrp. stuck until 7.0 images come
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I'm uploading a backup of system, boot, and vendor to mega app. When done I'll post link to it.
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Just curious, are you using twrp 3.0.2-1 or 3.0.2-0?
https://mega.nz/#F!Zdx3hALS

Fe Mike said:
I'm uploading a backup of system, boot, and vendor to mega app. When done I'll post link to it.
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Just curious, are you using twrp 3.0.2-1 or 3.0.2-0.
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was using the 3.0.2-1 but getting farther with previous. its boots to the circles almost

Fe Mike said:
I'm uploading a backup of system, boot, and vendor to mega app. When done I'll post link to it.
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Just curious, are you using twrp 3.0.2-1 or 3.0.2-0.
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thank you, ill let you know if it works

Fe Mike said:
I'm uploading a backup of system, boot, and vendor to mega app. When done I'll post link to it.
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Just curious, are you using twrp 3.0.2-1 or 3.0.2-0?
https://mega.nz/#F!Zdx3hALS
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needs decryption key

ok, I sent a pm with two links and I clicked on the first link and it took me straight to download. Ignore the second one cause link is broken. Sorry about that.

Fe Mike said:
ok, I sent a pm with two links and I clicked on the first link and it took me straight to download. Ignore the second one cause link is broken. Sorry about that.
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thanks i recovered it but stuck on google

rbouza1 said:
thanks i recovered it but stuck on google
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So even after restoring that backup your still stuck on Google splash screen?
I doubled checked my upload looks like its missing boot.emmc.wIn file. take the boot file from this post, and flash it through twrp. Make sure you select img file or twrp won't see it. It is the boot for that backup.
http://forum.xda-developers.com/nexus-6p/general/grab-flashable-7-0-official-ota-t3445543

Fe Mike said:
So even after restoring that backup your still stuck on Google splash screen?
I doubled checked my upload looks like its missing boot.emmc.wIn file. take the boot file from this post, and flash it through twrp. Make sure you select img file or twrp won't see it. It is the boot for that backup.
http://forum.xda-developers.com/nexus-6p/general/grab-flashable-7-0-official-ota-t3445543
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no go thanks for trying

Sorry man. That blows, hopefully google will release that factory image soon.

Got stuck trying to root, just want to return to stock/factory settings.

I'm new so please forgive me and my ignorance through all of this. I had a great root experience with my old LG G3, so when I got my Axon 7 (A2017U) I thought I'd try to root it too. I tried to follow DrakenFX's guide (http://forum.xda-developers.com/axon-7/development/wip-axon-7-root-bootloader-unlokced-t3441204) but I bit off more than I could chew. I got to the point where I had TWRP up, but this is where I think things started to fall apart. I was confused by the instructions and in a haste I continued anyway. In TWRP I went to Wipe>Format Data typed in yes like TWRP said and boom, I had no idea what happened. Rebooting only got a screen that said "Type in your password" but my passcode I had on the phone before it bricked didn't work. So by now I start panicking a bit. I thought I made a mistake earlier so I went back and tried to reinstall TWRP by putting the phone into EDL. The phone got stuck that way for a while, but I now I have it in TWRP. Right now, I just want to get back to safe stock android.
I'm 200% sure I messed with something I wasn't supposed to and I believe that is the system image(?)which Draken also linked (http://forum.xda-developers.com/showpost.php?p=68248798&postcount=53). I'm downloading it as I type. I'm going to do my best to leave my phone just like it is right now, in TWRP, and wait for more advice on this before I do anything else.. What I'm curious about is where did I go wrong and what do I need to do to get my phone working again, preferably without returning it? Thank you for any advice you have to offer.
Update: It's worth noting I didn't know to enable OEM Unlocking when I was in stock android. Dumb move I know. I'm new here.

What software version are u on?

xiong77 said:
What software version are u on?
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As far as I know I (was) on Android 6.0 A2017U B29. TWRP version 3.0.2-0

Get DrakenFX b29 mergeboot stack and b29 stock system and flash it then u should be OK. I did this too.

xiong77 said:
Get DrakenFX b29 mergeboot stack and b29 stock system and flash it then u should be OK. I did this too.
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I tried, but the downloads take extremely long and are unreliable for me. I was downloading the stock system file at around 14 kbps and it eventually failed. Any other suggestions?

Wipe cache dalvik data and system reboot, ignore error message and reboot
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Try through ur computer
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Try go back to twrp and wipe like the op said

xiong77 said:
Wipe cache dalvik data and system reboot, ignore error message and reboot
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Try through ur computer
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Try go back to twrp and wipe like the op said
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I've done the wipes multiple times. It's mostly the downloads I'm having trouble with. How and where do you get them? The links I found were dead or had a slow speed.

video_dewd said:
I've done the wipes multiple times. It's mostly the downloads I'm having trouble with. How and where do you get them? The links I found were dead or had a slow speed.
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Did you save the recovery backup? If you did then use the axon7root.exe to flash the stock recovery. Then download the stock B20 from ZTE.

tabletalker7 said:
Did you save the recovery backup? If you did then use the axon7root.exe to flash the stock recovery. Then download the stock B20 from ZTE.
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I've been able to find some recovery images that I found on other threads. The thing is, when I try to flash them on TWRP, I get an error about "/dev/block/sde14" being read-only.

video_dewd said:
I've been able to find some recovery images that I found on other threads. The thing is, when I try to flash them on TWRP, I get an error about "/dev/block/sde14" being read-only.
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no no no no ..................... put phone in EDL mode. Copy the stock image into the folder with the axon7root.exe file you used to flash TWRP. Make sure the stock file is named recovery.img (or whatever the TWRP file is named in that folder, it has been a long time since I did this). Then use the axon7root.exe program the exact same way you did before. It will flash the stock recovery. Then in stock recovery you can flash the B20 from ZTE

tabletalker7 said:
no no no no ..................... put phone in EDL mode. Copy the stock image into the folder with the axon7root.exe file you used to flash TWRP. Make sure the stock file is named recovery.img (or whatever the TWRP file is named in that folder, it has been a long time since I did this). Then use the axon7root.exe program the exact same way you did before. It will flash the stock recovery. Then in stock recovery you can flash the B20 from ZTE
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Ok, I will try this.
Update: I got the stock recovery back, but now I'm lost as to how to flash the stock b20 from zte. Thank you for all your help so far though.

video_dewd said:
Ok, I will try this.
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got stock recovery working?

tabletalker7 said:
got stock recovery working?
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Yes, I'm in the process of getting the update from sdcard feature working.
Update: Trying to use the update.zip file or unpacking it into the sdcard hasn't worked. Trying to use adb sideload returns "Cannot read 'update.zip'"

video_dewd said:
Yes, I'm in the process of getting the update from sdcard feature working.
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ok - download it from zte. Put it on your SD card. In recovery select update from SD card. Be warned it will work but it is slow. Also note that while I will not say the bootloader unlock doesn't work on B29, I can say it worked flawlessly on B20. If you want unlocked I recommend doing so on B20.

tabletalker7 said:
ok - download it from zte. Put it on your SD card. In recovery select update from SD card. Be warned it will work but it is slow. Also note that while I will not say the bootloader unlock doesn't work on B29, I can say it worked flawlessly on B20. If you want unlocked I recommend doing so on B20.
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I have the zip but it says, "Sorry,you can't sdcard upgrade".

video_dewd said:
I have the zip but it says, "Sorry,you can't sdcard upgrade".
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try using adb sideload
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also people reportd sucess on the z-communities by placing the B20 on the internal sd card (phone storage)

tabletalker7 said:
try using adb sideload
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also people reportd sucess on the z-communities by placing the B20 on the internal sd card (phone storage)
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I tried that. It won't accept the zip file and it's unclear which file to sideload. Would you happen to know? This is what files are in the unpacked zip. https://gyazo.com/c7546c3ed0dcb0972653eaeba42fcb40

video_dewd said:
I tried that. It won't accept the zip file and it's unclear which file to sideload. Would you happen to know? This is what files are in the unpacked zip. https://gyazo.com/c7546c3ed0dcb0972653eaeba42fcb40
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Maybe - I'd have to download it to find out. If you can't get stock recovery to take it this post http://forum.xda-developers.com/showpost.php?p=69434328&postcount=17 gives you instructions on what lines to remove from the updater-script to make it flash in TWRP (I didn't have a problem making the stock B20 go in stock recovery, but I was unlocked at the time). You could reflash TWRP and try that.
Or just try this in TWRP http://forum.xda-developers.com/showpost.php?p=68873482&postcount=2

tabletalker7 said:
Maybe - I'd have to download it to find out. If you can't get stock recovery to take it this post http://forum.xda-developers.com/showpost.php?p=69434328&postcount=17 gives you instructions on what lines to remove from the updater-script to make it flash in TWRP (I didn't have a problem making the stock B20 go in stock recovery, but I was unlocked at the time). You could reflash TWRP and try that.
Or just try this in TWRP http://forum.xda-developers.com/showpost.php?p=68873482&postcount=2
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I'm going to try the first option. The second option's link take horrendously long to download.
Update: Trying to flash from TWRP results in error "Could not find 'META-INF/com/google/android/update-binary' which makes no sense since update binary is exactly where it should be.
Further Update: It seems that the problem might have been that when I compressed "update.zip" to fix "updater-script" it changed to file path by adding the title of the folder "update" to the beginning. I think that messed with the path giving the the meta-inf error.

video_dewd said:
I'm going to try the first option. The second option's link take horrendously long to download.
Update: Trying to flash from TWRP results in error "Could not find 'META-INF/com/google/android/update-binary' which makes no sense since update binary is exactly where it should be.
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OK. How did you do that?
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Just suck it up and download the 2 b29 files. If it is that slow pick a different mirror

Help please, Root SM-G903W.

Wanting to root my phone. first phone ive ever rooted but I read a lot n know the dos n donts. But I cant seem to get it to work. I keep reading once you start the root with odin its supposed to have a red anroid icon on your phone. but instead it just stays at the blue downloading screen. and it always gets stuck at recovery.img I was hoping someone could help me root it, or find a guide for my phone. I would really appreciate it. My phone model is SM-G903W, Provider is Telus, its updated to Android 7.0.

Have you managed to root your device?

No sadly.

But the phone no longer has a sim card. Got a new phone. So still wanting to root it but not sure if it can be or what to do since the isn't a provider

Adversity said:
Wanting to root my phone. first phone ive ever rooted but I read a lot n know the dos n donts. But I cant seem to get it to work. I keep reading once you start the root with odin its supposed to have a red anroid icon on your phone. but instead it just stays at the blue downloading screen. and it always gets stuck at recovery.img I was hoping someone could help me root it, or find a guide for my phone. I would really appreciate it. My phone model is SM-G903W, Provider is Telus, its updated to Android 7.0.
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Use CF-Auto-Root
Flash in odin AP section
https://download.chainfire.eu/953/C...-Auto-Root-s5neoltecan-s5neoltevl-smg903w.zip
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Flash a custom rom & then flash magisk

Adversity said:
But the phone no longer has a sim card. Got a new phone. So still wanting to root it but not sure if it can be or what to do since the isn't a provider
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Ok. I've asked the forum in another thread but no one has replied. I don't understand. We can't be the only two people who own this phone, running 7.0, who want to root the device...
I think I will roolback and flash 6.0. Looks like there is a lot of support and threads showing how to root from 6.0.
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Adversity said:
But the phone no longer has a sim card. Got a new phone. So still wanting to root it but not sure if it can be or what to do since the isn't a provider
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Ok. I've asked the forum in another thread but no one has replied. I don't understand. We can't be the only two people who own this phone, running 7.0, who want to root the device...
I think I will rollback and flash 6.0. Looks like there is a lot of support and threads showing how to root from 6.0.

Iamoasis said:
Ok. I've asked the forum in another thread but no one has replied. I don't understand. We can't be the only two people who own this phone, running 7.0, who want to root the device...
I think I will roolback and flash 6.0. Looks like there is a lot of support and threads showing how to root from 6.0.
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Ok. I've asked the forum in another thread but no one has replied. I don't understand. We can't be the only two people who own this phone, running 7.0, who want to root the device...
I think I will rollback and flash 6.0. Looks like there is a lot of support and threads showing how to root from 6.0.
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See my above post
Also make sure you have enabled usb debugging in dev options
Also look for enable oem unlock & if you see it enable it
And also disable verify apps by adb if you see that too

TheFixItMan said:
See my above post
Also make sure you have enabled usb debugging in dev options
Also look for enable oem unlock & if you see it enable it
And also disable verify apps by adb if you see that too
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Ok thank you. I downloaded the cf auto root from the link you provided. I enabled debugging and oem, I disabled "verify apps by USB" not adb.
I'll give it a go...
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Iamoasis said:
Ok thank you. I downloaded the cf auto root from the link you provided. I enabled debugging and oem, I disabled "verify apps by USB" not adb.
I'll give it a go...
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Well I flashed it using odin. It says "pass" in odin and took a while to boot, but I think it worked. How do I verify? Download an app? And can I flash TWRP? If so, which one?
Thank you for your help
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Iamoasis said:
Ok thank you. I downloaded the cf auto root from the link you provided. I enabled debugging and oem, I disabled "verify apps by USB" not adb.
I'll give it a go...
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Well I flashed it using odin. It says "pass" in odin and took a while to boot, but I think it worked. How do I verify? Download an app? And can I flash TWRP? If so, which one?
Thank you for your help
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I see SuperSU installed so it worked. Thank you.
Do you know which TWRP I can install now?

Iamoasis said:
Ok thank you. I downloaded the cf auto root from the link you provided. I enabled debugging and oem, I disabled "verify apps by USB" not adb.
I'll give it a go...
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Well I flashed it using odin. It says "pass" in odin and took a while to boot, but I think it worked. How do I verify? Download an app? And can I flash TWRP? If so, which one?
Thank you for your help
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I see SuperSU installed so it worked. Thank you.
Do you know which TWRP I can install now?
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I'd guess it would be the following for g903w s5 neo lte
https://dl.twrp.me/s5neolte/twrp-3.2.3-0-s5neolte.img.tar.html
Put in AP section of odin
As soon as the device restarts hold power button Vol up & home button to enter recovery
If you miss the moment to enter recovery for the first time after flashing & your phone boots you will have to reflash the image until you enter twrp for the first time

TheFixItMan said:
I'd guess it would be the following for g903w s5 neo lte
https://dl.twrp.me/s5neolte/twrp-3.2.3-0-s5neolte.img.tar.html
Put in AP section of odin
As soon as the device restarts hold power button Vol up & home button to enter recovery
If you miss the moment to enter recovery for the first time after flashing & your phone boots you will have to reflash the image until you enter twrp for the first time
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I managed to get TWRP installed. I tried to install Lineage 15.1 as per this site:
https://www.cyanogenmods.org/forums...-for-galaxy-s5-neo-android-8-1-oreo-download/
and am now stuck in a loop. It installed successfully with no errors but will stay stuck on the Lineage loading screen then revert back to recovery.
Any ideas what may be causing this? Should I install 14.1?

Iamoasis said:
I managed to get TWRP installed. I tried to install Lineage 15.1 as per this site:
https://www.cyanogenmods.org/forums...-for-galaxy-s5-neo-android-8-1-oreo-download/
and am now stuck in a loop. It installed successfully with no errors but will stay stuck on the Lineage loading screen then revert back to recovery.
Any ideas what may be causing this? Should I install 14.1?
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Correct process for flash rom
In twrp
Goto wipe
Advanced wipe
Wipe system data cache delvik/art cache
Install
Select rom zip
Install
Select gapps zip - use mind the gapps arm for lineage os 15. 1 http://downloads.codefi.re/jdcteam/javelinanddart/gapps
Optional install
Select root zip (use magisk)
Wipe delvik/art cache
Restart
If you didn't follow the above that's why it would bootloop

Hi, I'm wanting to root my s5 neo on 7.0 and like you, I'm also and finding it very difficult to find a guide that has a successful ending
I'm new to all this but I did notice that you tried to install lineage 15.1 for sm-g903F but your device is sm-g903w. Could that be your problem?
Have you successfully rooted your device yet?
To be honest I don't really want root, I just want to extract or atleast view all my saved wifi network passwords from the device.