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[Q] Restore samsung default recovery

I rooted and installed clockwordmod recovery using the information on this forum, now I want to revert to stock recovery. I followed the instructions on this page
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and did a master clear and the regular flashing process. Everything seems to be working fine except when I reboot into recovery mode and select reinstall all packages i get this error:
e: can't open /sdcard/update.zip.
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I tried two different Odin packages I897UCJF6 and I897UCJF1, both give me the same issue.
I think my only option is to use a nandroid backup from a fresh install, can anyone send me a link to one please.

If you did a master clear it deleted everything on your /sdcard volume... so of course it isn't finding an update.zip package there =P

if your recovery is black screen w blue letters, That is samsung recovery.

Zilch25 said:
If you did a master clear it deleted everything on your /sdcard volume... so of course it isn't finding an update.zip package there =P
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I dont think theres supposed to be an update.zip on the factory device, besides odin is supposed to be a complete image
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iamamp3pimp said:
if your recovery is black screen w blue letters, That is samsung recovery.
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I can get to samsung recovery, but when I click reinstall packages it fails if there isn't an update.zip file in the /sdcard directory.
I poked around the clockworkmod update.zip and found out it deletes the /cache/recovery/update.zip and installs a modified /sbin/recovery; among other things, but I think those are the files that are most important to me right now, are those files not restored by Odin?
btw I'm new to android but I'm a linux admin and programmer so I have a basic understanding of how this works, now to just dig deeper and find out where it's going wrong.

Odin will wipe everything on your NAND clean, this does not include the /sdcard area (internal Sdcard)
Doing a master clear wipes everything including your internal sd (so if you had already had a clockwork backup it would have gotten wiped as well)
Rom Manager/Clockwork creates a folder on your /sdcard called /sdcard/clockwork, and within that folder all of your images are stored. Clockwork uses and update.zip file to install itself on boot up (through stock recovery)
I'm not entirely sure what answer you're looking for though, so I figured I'd just lay out a few facts in hopes that one of them might help

Thanks for the reply, I know the basics of how clockworkmod/nand work. What I'm trying to do is restore my phone to factory condition, Odin restores everything except the recovery manager, for some reason I'm stuck with the modified recovery that needs an update.zip. Before I made any changes, when my phone was new, if I booted into recovery and selected reinstall packages it would run the default att/samsung recovery program and reinstall default packages(as far as I can remember, please tell me if I'm just imagining this, ive been flashing and reflashing my phone countless times so I could be really confused), thats what I wan't to happen, now it just gives me the error:
e: can't open /sdcard/update.zip.
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I don't recall my stock phone doing that, otherwise I wouldn't of had to return my first phone , black screened it on the first day I had it lol.

tbae2 said:
I don't recall my stock phone doing that, otherwise I wouldn't of had to return my first phone , black screened it on the first day I had it lol.
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lol thanks, do you mean that it didn't try to reinstall the packages?
And could someone else with a stock AT&T Captivate please confirm, I'm not ready to admit that I've gone completely crazy....

Just so I understand. You go to recovery and it tries to install an update.zip without you doing anything? This isn't normal.
I'd do another odin and a master clear. That really should do it.

gunnyman said:
Just so I understand. You go to recovery and it tries to install an update.zip without you doing anything? This isn't normal.
I'd do another odin and a master clear. That really should do it.
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No, he is saying that when he first got the phone it used to reinstall the stock packages when he selected reinstall packages. Now it doesn't and instead just says it can't find update.zip. He just wants to make sure that on a stock recovery it's not supposed to install anything when he selects reinstall packages.

If you did a master clear and have not manually put an update.zip file back into the root of the sdcard, then you will always get that message because the file does not exist. If you ran the 1 click odin and restored the phone, then you are back to stock. No further actions necessary.
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gunnyman said:
Just so I understand. You go to recovery and it tries to install an update.zip without you doing anything? This isn't normal.
I'd do another odin and a master clear. That really should do it.
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I've done a few master clears using odin. It's not trying to install an update.zip without me doing anything, the way I remember it on the stock phone when you select reinstall packages it will reinstall the default att packages, am I wrong about this?

kaiserman023 said:
I've done a few master clears using odin. It's not trying to install an update.zip without me doing anything, the way I remember it on the stock phone when you select reinstall packages it will reinstall the default att packages, am I wrong about this?
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You are wrong about this. Selecting reinstall packages tells the phone to look for an update.zip file.

alphadog00 said:
You are wrong about this. Selecting reinstall packages tells the phone to look for an update.zip file.
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Solved. Thankyou
Turns out there was nothing wrong with the phone just me, I've been trying to fix something that isn't broken!!!

alphadog00 said:
You are wrong about this. Selecting reinstall packages tells the phone to look for an update.zip file.
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this......

Lol Jeez with all the hard issues we get around here it's the simple questions that confuse the crap out of us

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[Q] Goo Manager deleted TWRP instead of updating, how do I reinstall it?

Two short questions: (thanks btw for everything, I love you guys)
How do I install a recovery again? I tried to update to TWRP 2.6.3.3 via Goo manager and it just deleted the old one but nothing else, so now I can't go into recovery. How do I install it again, it's possible to do it without installing android from scratch again, I just can't remember.
Thank you
ps. is there a Kitkat Rom that works properly, without black boxes and obvious problems?

Axe Homeless said:
Two short questions: (thanks btw for everything, I love you guys)
How do I install a recovery again? I tried to update to TWRP 2.6.3.3 via Goo manager and it just deleted the old one but nothing else, so now I can't go into recovery. How do I install it again, it's possible to do it without installing android from scratch again, I just can't remember.
Thank you
ps. is there a Kitkat Rom that works properly, without black boxes and obvious problems?
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You should be able to copy and paste the ulmage of a recovery into your boot folder using a file manager that has root privileges, Rom Toolbox lite should work if your current one doesn't.
Milaq's KK is working flawlessly. If you are not on data/media yet you will need to do a completely new install and resize your partitions with the standard CMW and then upgrade to Jcsullin's new data/media .

sstar said:
You should be able to copy and paste the ulmage of a recovery into your boot folder using a file manager that has root privileges, Rom Toolbox lite should work if your current one doesn't.
Milaq's KK is working flawlessly. If you are not on data/media yet you will need to do a completely new install and resize your partitions with the standard CMW and then upgrade to Jcsullin's new data/media .
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So that's the one with the 3.0 kernel, not 3.4?
Thank you so much, I'll try that right now, is ART working (well)?
I already data/media-ed my devices, so that shouldn't be a problem, thanks

Axe Homeless said:
So that's the one with the 3.0 kernel, not 3.4?
Thank you so much, I'll try that right now, is ART working (well)?
I already data/media-ed my devices, so that shouldn't be a problem, thanks
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Yes it is the 3.0 kernel and this is the recovery I use http://goo.im/devs/jcsullins/cmtouchpad/testing/update-CWM-jcs-dm-tenderloin-20140317.zip

[Q] Unable to install CM11

I don't have enough posts to post in the right thread, so I have to do it here.
Unable to install unofficial version of CM11, I have CWM Recovery 6.0.4.8., and when I try to install, the message is
set_metadata_recursive : some changes failed
E:Error in /data/media...etc
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File is on the SD card, and I found that the error message is connected when using old CWM, but I don't have the idea why it stops, I don't see that there is newer one. Also, CWM is not doing anything with mount USB storage, I just click and nothing happens.
Phone is Sprint LS-995.

nesharm said:
I don't have enough posts to post in the right thread, so I have to do it here.
Unable to install unofficial version of CM11, I have CWM Recovery 6.0.4.8., and when I try to install, the message is
File is on the SD card, and I found that the error message is connected when using old CWM, but I don't have the idea why it stops, I don't see that there is newer one. Also, CWM is not doing anything with mount USB storage, I just click and nothing happens.
Phone is Sprint LS-995.
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The newest CWM is 6.0.4.9. My suggestion would be to delete LGFreedom folder off your SD Card and re-run the FreedomFlex app again as it will then download the latest CWM and you can just flash the recovery again. I had the same issue with 6.0.4.8

Problem is I can't get anything accept CWM, and I can't mount internal card, LG driver is already installed, and I tried to reinstall it, but he is still not seeing it. Any idea how to access it? If I have to have old Sprint ROM to install FreedomFlex again, I need somehow to transfer it to the internal memory and start the installation from there.

nesharm said:
Problem is I can't get anything accept CWM, and I can't mount internal card, LG driver is already installed, and I tried to reinstall it, but he is still not seeing it. Any idea how to access it? If I have to have old Sprint ROM to install FreedomFlex again, I need somehow to transfer it to the internal memory and start the installation from there.
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I don't quite get what the problem is.... Are you stuck in CWM or can you boot into the rom?
If you're stuck in CWM and don't have a backup or any other rom to flash (why?), you can always sideload a rom using adb (if you are stuck in a CWM bootloop look here for help http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2744482)
If you can boot back into the rom, follow my previous reply....
The only other option is to flash back to stock by following the tutorial here http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2644083

[vertigo] said:
If you're stuck in CWM and don't have a backup or any other rom to flash (why?), you can always sideload a rom using adb (if you are stuck in a CWM bootloop look here for help http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2744482)
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Can't boot back to the ROM, I have stock ROM downloaded on hard drive, but I thought if I make a mistake, I would easily copy it to internal memory, and install it from there. Problem is that I cant, adb devices is showing nothing, so I can't use shell to copy ROM.

nesharm said:
Can't boot back to the ROM, I have stock ROM downloaded on hard drive, but I thought if I make a mistake, I would easily copy it to internal memory, and install it from there. Problem is that I cant, adb devices is showing nothing, so I can't use shell to copy ROM.
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Well it looks like the only option is to go back to stock from the link I posted and start again, but make sure you've got everything on your phone you need before trying anything... Also trust me CM11 isn't worth bothering with just yet as there is a lot of issues with it, but I'm sure it will get there as PlayfulGod is working on it

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Well it looks like the only option is to go back to stock from the link I posted and start again, but make sure you've got everything on your phone you need before trying anything... Also trust me CM11 isn't worth bothering with just yet as there is a lot of issues with it, but I'm sure it will get there as PlayfulGod is working on it
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Tnx for help, but I spent 4 hours trying to solve why I can't reach internal memory. At the end, LG drivers weren't working, so I pushed manually to set it as ADB port , and finally found the phone through adb devices command. After that, returning stock was easy. Now, I'm on CM11, thanx on those links, combining with one more thread and the problem is solved.

[SOLVED]HTC One m7 partitions screwed up

OK. So I soft bricked my phone earlier, and just restored by flashing the RUU. Now that I'm trying to root back, I'm noticing that my file system is totally different from what it used to be. TWRP actually says no OS is installed, but the stock version of 4.4.2 is most certainly there and boots just fine. How can I rectify this?
UPDATED: There was actually no problem with the file system. It appears I likely had a bad download of TWRP so it wasn't recognizing the mount points.

MarkBell said:
OK. So I soft bricked my phone earlier, and just restored by flashing the RUU. Now that I'm trying to root back, I'm noticing that my file system is totally different from what it used to be. TWRP actually says no OS is installed, but the stock version of 4.4.2 is most certainly there and boots just fine. How can I rectify this?
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What version of TWRP do you have installed? 2.7.1.1 wipes OS version from bootloader, but that doesn't affect anything. If you want OS to be shown flash TWRP 2.6.3.3. It's the most stable recovery and you won't have problems flashing ROMs with it. On the other hand, if your phone works fine, leave it as it is
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donkeykong1 said:
What version of TWRP do you have installed? 2.7.1.1 wipes OS version from bootloader, but that doesn't affect anything. If you want OS to be shown flash TWRP 2.6.3.3. It's the most stable recovery and you won't have problems flashing ROMs with it. On the other hand, if your phone works fine, leave it as it is
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It was actually tdhite's 2.7.1.3 that I flashed that really screwed up my phone.
I was using 2.7.1.1 fine before. I flashed back to 2.7.1.1 after getting my phone working again with the RUU. I have a full backup of my rooted phone saved to my computer and would love to be able to restore it back through TWRP. But the actual filing system in ES File Explorer looks different.
In TWRP, I can't even get to SuperSU to become root because of the way the file system is so different.
When I was soft bricked, I may have played around in the Mount function of TWRP and screwed it up that way.

MarkBell said:
It was actually tdhite's 2.7.1.3 that I flashed that really screwed up my phone.
I was using 2.7.1.1 fine before. I flashed back to 2.7.1.1 after getting my phone working again with the RUU. I have a full backup of my rooted phone saved to my computer and would love to be able to restore it back through TWRP. But the actual filing system in ES File Explorer looks different.
In TWRP, I can't even get to SuperSU to become root because of the way the file system is so different.
When I was soft bricked, I may have played around in the Mount function of TWRP and screwed it up that way.
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I wanted to add, the only partition showing as mounted in TWRP is the Data. Can't mount cache or system. Going to restore shows my internal storage at 37 MB. Going to file manager shows I am in the folder "/." In this folder are a boot, cache, data, deve, etc, license, proc, recovery, res, root, sbin, sdcard, supersu, sys, system, tmp, usb-otg, default.prop, file_contexts, fstab.goldfish, fstab.qcom, init, init.rc, init.recovery.qcom.rc, property_contexts, seapp_contexts, sepolicy, ueventd.goldfish.rc, ueventd.rc. Most of these have nothing in them. SuperSu does have a Superuser.apk inside, but its not the SuperSu file I downloaded from Chainfire's page, and with only Data being mounted I'm afraid to flash the default one.
The other funny thing is that when I go to reboot system in TWRP, it says that no OS is installed, but like I said, the stock system boots just fine. I believe everything on my phone is installed to Data.

MarkBell said:
It was actually tdhite's 2.7.1.3 that I flashed that really screwed up my phone.
I was using 2.7.1.1 fine before. I flashed back to 2.7.1.1 after getting my phone working again with the RUU. I have a full backup of my rooted phone saved to my computer and would love to be able to restore it back through TWRP. But the actual filing system in ES File Explorer looks different.
In TWRP, I can't even get to SuperSU to become root because of the way the file system is so different.
When I was soft bricked, I may have played around in the Mount function of TWRP and screwed it up that way.
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The file system has not changed since 4.1.2 to 4.2.2
was your old system 4.1.2 ?
You should also make it Clear you Have a Sprint HTC One

clsA said:
The file system has not changed since 4.1.2 to 4.2.2
was your old system 4.1.2 ?
You should also make it Clear you Have a Sprint HTC One
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Yes. It's the Sprint HTC One m7. This is the most bizarre problem I have come across. And I was successfully rooted (SuperSU) with TWRP 2.7.1.1 installed prior to installing TDHITE's 2.7.1.3, which really seemed to mess things up for some reason. I used liquidsmooth custom rom, but ended up going back to the stock ROM and using Xposed framework because I do like a lot of the stock features, but I loved being able to tweak them with Xposed. Now I'm stuck on stock with a weird looking file system.

MarkBell said:
Yes. It's the Sprint HTC One m7. This is the most bizarre problem I have come across. And I was successfully rooted (SuperSU) with TWRP 2.7.1.1 installed prior to installing TDHITE's 2.7.1.3, which really seemed to mess things up for some reason. I used liquidsmooth custom rom, but ended up going back to the stock ROM and using Xposed framework because I do like a lot of the stock features, but I loved being able to tweak them with Xposed. Now I'm stuck on stock with a weird looking file system.
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Flash recovery from here >> http://techerrata.com/browse/twrp2/m7wls
Start it choose wipe, choose format data, Reboot recovery
choose wipe / factory reset, reboot recovery
push/sideload this rom to your phone and flash it
http://forum.xda-developers.com/sprint-htc-one/development/rom-sense-6-4-4-3-stock-t2848102

Dude, we could really do some serious damage to your phone. As clsA said, you really should make it clear that it's Sprint version. Did you by any chance flash something that's not for Sprint phones? That could screw up your system.
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Is this possibly just a problem with TWRP? I actually notice in ES File Explorer that things arent' too different after all. I've got a / (Device) folder and a "0" folder which is my internal storage. It's just stuff isn't showing right in TWRP I guess, and TWRP seems to only be mounting my data partition.

MarkBell said:
Is this possibly just a problem with TWRP? I actually notice in ES File Explorer that things arent' too different after all. I've got a / (Device) folder and a "0" folder which is my internal storage. It's just stuff isn't showing right in TWRP I guess, and TWRP seems to only be mounting my data partition.
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Go back to post 7 and do what I ask

clsA said:
Flash recovery from here >> http://techerrata.com/browse/twrp2/m7wls
Start it choose wipe, choose format data, Reboot recovery
choose wipe / factory reset, reboot recovery
push/sideload this rom to your phone and flash it
http://forum.xda-developers.com/sprint-htc-one/development/rom-sense-6-4-4-3-stock-t2848102
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This did it. Maybe I just had a bad TWRP image flashed before? Thanks for your help!

MarkBell said:
This did it. Maybe I just had a bad TWRP image flashed before? Thanks for your help!
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Flashing that TWRP is what got it working. I didn't follow any of the other steps. Thanks so much! Now to load my backup and restore! Thank you. Thank you. Thank you! Making a stock backup first of course. I love these forums. Seriously. Anything is possible with the fine people of XDA.

MarkBell said:
Flashing that TWRP is what got it working. I didn't follow any of the other steps. Thanks so much! Now to load my backup and restore! Thank you. Thank you. Thank you! Making a stock backup first of course.
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Go back and hit the thanks button, it helps so others know my reputation. and you can edit your first post title to include [solved]

clsA said:
Go back and hit the thanks button, it helps so others know my reputation. and you can edit your first post title to include [solved]
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I did the thanks, but I can't seem to edit the title of my first post. Title box doesn't show up when I hit edit.

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I did the thanks, but I can't seem to edit the title of my first post. Title box doesn't show up when I hit edit.
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Advanced Edit

clsA said:
Go back and hit the thanks button, it helps so others know my reputation. and you can edit your first post title to include [solved]
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Your reputation is one of the highest here :good: :good:
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I did the thanks, but I can't seem to edit the title of my first post. Title box doesn't show up when I hit edit.
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to edit the main thread title to include [SOLVED] (go to 1st post click EDIT, at the bottom of the edit window click GO ADVANCED, then you can edit the main title)

HTC DM and Wifi not turning on

Hi my wifi on my m8 mini is not turning on and there is an error called HTC DM that always pop up. What should I do? I already tried factory reset but it didn't help. TIA

pkdd_ said:
Hi my wifi on my m8 mini is not turning on and there is an error called HTC DM that always pop up. What should I do? I already tried factory reset but it didn't help. TIA
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try this:
go to setting>aplications>all
find HTC dm
clear cache
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kativiti said:
try this:
go to setting>aplications>all
find HTC dm
clear cache
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restart phone
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Thanks, I already did that but it still pops up. The wifi is not turning on as well. I'm planning to just re-flash the stock rom and I bumped in into this thread: http://forum.xda-developers.com/one-mini-2/general/stock-ruu-rom-recovry-htc-one-mini-2-t3250020
I'm confused on how to reflash it? What is RUU? By the way I can go to TWRP. If you don't mind, I would like some help reflashing the stock rom.

pkdd_ said:
Thanks, I already did that but it still pops up. The wifi is not turning on as well. I'm planning to just re-flash the stock rom and I bumped in into this thread: http://forum.xda-developers.com/one-mini-2/general/stock-ruu-rom-recovry-htc-one-mini-2-t3250020
I'm confused on how to reflash it? What is RUU? By the way I can go to TWRP. If you don't mind, I would like some help reflashing the stock rom.
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forget that...all you need in here
1-Download file and and unzip (DO NOT RENAME)
2-send to TWRP backup folder
3-Reboot phone to recovery mode TWRP
4-Use restore option (should only exist one described with a date)
5-Swipe to restore.

kativiti said:
forget that...all you need in here
1-Download file and and unzip (DO NOT RENAME)
2-send to TWRP backup folder
3-Reboot phone to recovery mode TWRP
4-Use restore option (should only exist one described with a date)
5-Swipe to restore.
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How can I copy the file to the TWRP backup folder? When I go to my TWRP folder, there is no backup folder available. Should I create the folder first? Can I do it using my memory card? Thank you.

pkdd_ said:
How can I copy the file to the TWRP backup folder? When I go to my TWRP folder, there is no backup folder available. Should I create the folder first? Can I do it using my memory card? Thank you.
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create a backup with TWRP.
delete that one and then replace with the file.
dont use sdcard. gives errors

It's a bit too late but I got it fixed. Thank you for the help guys.

Thanks for the help guys ?