So to set the story i had came home and rooted jb via linux method. Then presumed to use bootstrap as a recovery. I installed it and it said success. Then i presumed to change the bootloader unknowing if it was locked. So i reboot and i am stuck at Encryption unsuccessful screen and the only option is to power off or reset. What do i do ive tried to reset but it doesnt work also i tried to do a hard reset via stock recovery this also didnt work im unsure where to go about this problem now. Please help Im panicing! From what ive researched i think its soft bricked. Also there appears to be a fix on House of Bionic but it isnt clear. Lastly, I believe the problem resides with bootstrap but im unsure its just a hunch. All options will be tried.
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So to set the story i had came home and rooted jb via linux method. Then presumed to use bootstrap as a recovery. I installed it and it said success. Then i presumed to change the bootloader unknowing if it was locked. So i reboot and i am stuck at Encryption unsuccessful screen and the only option is to power off or reset. What do i do ive tried to reset but it doesnt work also i tried to do a hard reset via stock recovery this also didnt work im unsure where to go about this problem now. Please help Im panicing! From what ive researched i think its soft bricked. Also there appears to be a fix on House of Bionic but it isnt clear. Lastly, I believe the problem resides with bootstrap but im unsure its just a hunch. All options will be tried.
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I had something similar happen when I first rooted my Bionic and all I did was just reflashed my phone back to stock 4.1.2 and started fresh. Not sure about any other options as I needed to get my phone back in a hurry
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I had something similar happen when I first rooted my Bionic and all I did was just reflashed my phone back to stock 4.1.2 and started fresh. Not sure about any other options as I needed to get my phone back in a hurry
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How would i go about doing that. Would i use the stock recovery?
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How would i go about doing that. Would i use the stock recovery?
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Its been a while since I have had to do it but you should use RSD Lite and a 4.1.2 hsx file for the bionic. If you google the two you should comeup with the files you will need. Sorry I cant be of more help.
EDIT: So I still have the file you need to flash using RSD Lite (Not sure what version you will need). https://dl.dropboxusercontent.com/u/80936776/cdma_targa_9.8.2O-72_VZW-22_cfc.xml.zip This file is 468 MB.
Now you just need to download RSD Lite. It only works with Windows. Windows XP is probably your best bet.
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Its been a while since I have had to do it but you should use RSD Lite and a 4.1.2 hsx file for the bionic. If you google the two you should comeup with the files you will need. Sorry I cant be of more help.
EDIT: So I still have the file you need to flash using RSD Lite (Not sure what version you will need). https://dl.dropboxusercontent.com/u/80936776/cdma_targa_9.8.2O-72_VZW-22_cfc.xml.zip This file is 468 MB.
Now you just need to download RSD Lite. It only works with Windows. Windows XP is probably your best bet.
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Thanks im gonna try it out right now and ill let you know how it goes
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Thanks im gonna try it out right now and ill let you know how it goes
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Well i tried it and got stuck at step 4
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Well i tried it and got stuck at step 4
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UPDATE: I went into the xml file and deleted the oem step both clear and set now it is running without error :victory: just gotta wait for it to finish and ill keep updated to the end result
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UPDATE: I went into the xml file and deleted the oem step both clear and set now it is running without error :victory: just gotta wait for it to finish and ill keep updated to the end result
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Did you use the file I sent a link for or did you download a different one? I could of sworn I modifed the xml and so that it wouldnt error out. Well, did you get it working completely then?
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Did you use the file I sent a link for or did you download a different one? I could of sworn I modifed the xml and so that it wouldnt error out. Well, did you get it working completely then?
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Yes I believe you did edit it out. However I used a different link. I did get it working and rooted with the help of a linux bootable disc. Also I install safestrap correctly. But ran into a problem. I got cocky and didnt read all the instructions on flashing a rom and accidently flashed it over top of the stock rom so when i boot it loops then goes to recovery. Next i did a factory reset and wipe retried but no luck. So i did the only thing i knew to do was to make a second rom slot and install the backup i made of the stock. Which works fine no complaints. But low on storage how would i go about wiping the stock rom with out doing a complete factory reset through rsd lite again. That way i could just flash my backup on top of stock cause it wont flash properly as is. Thanks in advance
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Yes I believe you did edit it out. However I used a different link. I did get it working and rooted with the help of a linux bootable disc. Also I install safestrap correctly. But ran into a problem. I got cocky and didnt read all the instructions on flashing a rom and accidently flashed it over top of the stock rom so when i boot it loops then goes to recovery. Next i did a factory reset and wipe retried but no luck. So i did the only thing i knew to do was to make a second rom slot and install the backup i made of the stock. Which works fine no complaints. But low on storage how would i go about wiping the stock rom with out doing a complete factory reset through rsd lite again. That way i could just flash my backup on top of stock cause it wont flash properly as is. Thanks in advance
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Activate the stock slot, then go to advanced wipe and select cache, dalvik cache and system. Then after the wipe you should be able to restore your stock backup to the stock slot. Then reboot. If it works you can then safely delete the other slot you created.
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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
showthread.php?t=731989
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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.
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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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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.
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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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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.
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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
Thread moved to Q&A.
Need serious help.
I flashed dirty unicorns and data and sms wasn't working so I tried to restore my phone but TWRP didn't see anything to restore. So desperately, i saw that it still saw my ViperRom zip so i flashed that and now I'm stuck in the splash screen. I tried to get the phone back to recovery with the toolkit and it doesn't see my phone.
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Need serious help.
I flashed dirty unicorns and data and sms wasn't working so I tried to restore my phone but TWRP didn't see anything to restore. So desperately, i saw that it still saw my ViperRom zip so i flashed that and now I'm stuck in the splash screen. I tried to get the phone back to recovery with the toolkit and it doesn't see my phone.
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more info:
I just tried the button combo light trick and was able to enter recovery. but alas I am at a loss what to do now. I still can't see my backups. I'm now doing a standard wipe and reinstalling ViperRom. Please God let this work.
update: Phone is alive.......but, i'm stuck on EVDO and Goomanager doesn't seem to see any of my original stuff. I'm aware this is the 4.2.2 thing but I am not really educated on how to deal with that.
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I just tried the button combo light trick and was able to enter recovery. but alas I am at a loss what to do now. I still can't see my backups. I'm now doing a standard wipe and reinstalling ViperRom. Please God let this work.
update: Phone is alive.......but, i'm stuck on EVDO and Goomanager doesn't seem to see any of my original stuff. I'm aware this is the 4.2.2 thing but I am not really educated on how to deal with that.
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Look here Q14
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Look here Q14
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Thanks. Only one question though. I just finished copying my restore from the 0 folder and pasted it, now TWRP can see it and is finally willing to restore. Will the restore solve this issue just as easily or is it that as soon as you flash a 4.2.2 is your system forever changed without this fix? I only ask because I don't want to flash that zip and create a new issue if the restore will quite literally send me back in time to before I even flashed 4.2.2.
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Thanks. Only one question though. I just finished copying my restore from the 0 folder and pasted it, now TWRP can see it and is finally willing to restore. Will the restore solve this issue just as easily or is it that as soon as you flash a 4.2.2 is your system forever changed without this fix? I only ask because I don't want to flash that zip and create a new issue if the restore will quite literally send me back in time to before I even flashed 4.2.2.
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TBH I only use sense roms ask your question in the 4.2.2 > 4.1.2 thread
Ok guys bought a droid bionic to replace my s4 that i am selling for note 3 and having an issue getting recovery working. I rooted it with no issues and then go for the bootstrap/safestrap recovery and boot into clockwork then i reboot and boom encryption unsucessful. After awhile of finding the right sbf file i flashed it in rsdlite and got phone back on and still have sdcard and stuff that i heard can sometimes be rendered unusable. So now im wondering how i can root, recovery and flash some roms successfully. Any suggestions?
So noobish of me
I'm having the same problem being a scrub and all wit linix and cwm in general. I manage to get myself to the same spot encryption unsuccessful - which gives me the option to do a factory reset which obviously doesn't not work.. So i tried to do a reset in the cw recovery which i managed to do but still stuck. I'm running jellybean on my Droid Bionic - i read that you can't flash it with RSDlite if your running jb you'll end up with a hard brick. So i'm stuck in sum kind of boot loop which i'm assuming i need to find the right sbf file and push it through sum how? Or flash it wit my recovery i made on my sd but don't kno how.. Help Anyone?
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I'm having the same problem being a scrub and all wit linix and cwm in general. I manage to get myself to the same spot encryption unsuccessful - which gives me the option to do a factory reset which obviously doesn't not work.. So i tried to do a reset in the cw recovery which i managed to do but still stuck. I'm running jellybean on my Droid Bionic - i read that you can't flash it with RSDlite if your running jb you'll end up with a hard brick. So i'm stuck in sum kind of boot loop which i'm assuming i need to find the right sbf file and push it through sum how? Or flash it wit my recovery i made on my sd but don't kno how.. Help Anyone?
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I sbfed back no problem. I found some sbf file that works for jelly bean. I now have stock with root and safe strap recovery but wont let me flash a rom. Pm me if you need help getting yours working again
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Can you install safestrap without it being fully functioning? - Encrytion Unsucessfull
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I sbfed back no problem. I found some sbf file that works for jelly bean. I now have stock with root and safe strap recovery but wont let me flash a rom. Pm me if you need help getting yours working again
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Can you install safestrap without it being fully functioning? - Encrytion Unsucessfull
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I finally used the newest update from 8/31 & got it working!!!
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Finally ffs
ENCRYPTION UNSUCESSFUL
After days of research I came to a conclusion of what my complication come to be. I kept getting an error with
RSD LITE on 5/22 OEM failure
So in the sbf file i had to alter the fxz - xml document
Deleting two lines from the scripted
consisting of OEM .
Once i removed these two lines RSD functioned correctly finally
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ENCRYPTION UNSUCESSFUL
After days of research I came to a conclusion of what my complication come to be. I kept getting an error with
RSD LITE on 5/22 OEM failure
So in the sbf file i had to alter the fxz - xml document
Deleting two lines from the scripted
consisting of OEM .
Once i removed these two lines RSD functioned correctly finally
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awesome! so you rooted now and safe strapped yet?
Hi,
i am stuck in a bootloop.
i have an unlocked bootloader and had CM10.1 previously.
i then went back to an old 20a backup i made some month ago.
that worked fine.
my phone downloaded an update to 20b then, and i installed it.
after that i am stuck in a bootloop now. normal booting gives me cwm.
i am not able to turn the phone off and charge it, as mentioned somewhere else, to clear the "boot to recovery" flag.
someone knows a way to clear this flag?
Its not important for me if i run stock or CM, but even when i install my CM backup now it still boots into recovery.
holding <down> while rebooting gives me "S/W Upgrade - Please wait while upgrading".
it seems the 20b update is still present and trying to boot into stock recovery, resulting in cwm getting loaded everytime.
(cwm works fine, i can upload a zip and execute it)
greetings
LamerDuck said:
Hi,
i am stuck in a bootloop.
i have an unlocked bootloader and had CM10.1 previously.
i then went back to an old 20a backup i made some month ago.
that worked fine.
my phone downloaded an update to 20b then, and i installed it.
after that i am stuck in a bootloop now. normal booting gives me cwm.
i am not able to turn the phone off and charge it, as mentioned somewhere else, to clear the "boot to recovery" flag.
someone knows a way to clear this flag?
(cwm works fine, i can upload a zip and execute it)
greetings
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i had the same, if you want to install ota updates you should have the "original" recovery.
i flashed it back to stock with LG .kdz flasher. if i remember correct flashing a backup from sd card won't slove this problem.
Greetings
moneyvirus
moneyvirus said:
i had the same, if you want to install ota updates you should have the "original" recovery.
i flashed it back to stock with LG .kdz flasher. if i remember correct flashing a backup from sd card won't slove this problem.
Greetings
moneyvirus
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hm, i remember having the same problem while installing CM. there was something i did to interrupt the loop, and yes, i think the original LG suite or kdz was involved. but i should not need to reflash the original rom.. its just a flag, i should be able to clear it with sideload/zip/button combination.
[edit] maybe i wasnt clear about that: i dont need the 20b upgrade, i would love to cancel the update process, if that makes my phone boot again.
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hm, i remember having the same problem while installing CM. there was something i did to interrupt the loop, and yes, i think the original LG suite or kdz was involved. but i should not need to reflash the original rom.. its just a flag, i should be able to clear it with sideload/zip/button combination.
[edit] maybe i wasnt clear about that: i dont need the 20b upgrade, i would love to cancel the update process, if that makes my phone boot again.
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sorry but i can't help you with the flag... i solved it by reflashing but i have to admit it's quite drastic.
well..
i will reflash stock i guess.
do you remember which thread/tool/drivers you used to reflash?
i am on win7 and my PC isnt able to load fastboot nor LG mobile usb drivers.
i have them installed but get the yellow warning on both in windows hardware administration page
LamerDuck said:
well..
i will reflash stock i guess.
do you remember which thread/tool/drivers you used to reflash?
i am on win7 and my PC isnt able to load fastboot nor LG mobile usb drivers.
i have them installed but get the yellow warning on both in windows hardware administration page
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it's allready a lot of months a go but i think i used this thread.
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2179126
Goodluck m8
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well.. i will reflash stock i guess.(
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Easiest way to reflash stock is to force an update using the LGMobile Support Tool. Once your phone is connected (I suggest the S/W Update mode) look for the option somewhere in the upper right menu.
Edit: This will also revert to the stock recovery.
balloon27 said:
Easiest way to reflash stock is to force an update using the LGMobile Support Tool. Once your phone is connected (I suggest the S/W Update mode) look for the option somewhere in the upper right menu.
Edit: This will also revert to the stock recovery.
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if i recall correctly, the LGMobile Support Tool tool wont recognize my phone, since i have a custom kernel, unlocked bootloader and a custom ROM.
i am trying to flash stock ROM now with kdz updater ( http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2069723 ), and if this does not work i am going through every method thats there..
total overkill for a working phone thats just too stupid to boot the right option..
@moneyvirus: thx
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if i recall correctly, the LGMobile Support Tool tool wont recognize my phone, since i have a custom kernel, unlocked bootloader and a custom ROM.
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Not sure about this, but the S/W mode might make a difference here. No harm in trying, right?
well. i was able to install stock 20a with kdz updater and link above.
cwm is gone now ofc, but everything at least works.
in some hours i will be rooted and cwm'ed again, but well... its always the same lesson: never touch a running system.
but maybe here's the wrong place to insist on this wisdom
Ok so, I was trying to update my rom and managed to get my phone stuck in a boot loop with no backup on the phone (I pulled it off thinking I could put it back on in recovery). During the rom install I did a wipe witch turned out to remove the rom file as welll. So I have been trying to move a backup onto the phone but have not had any luck. I have a stock rom and odin but no idea if it's the right one. I have been trying to reinstall the firmware but that is not working either. I'm running out of ideas on what to do. I have no idea what the status of the phone is right now because I'm sure I have messed it up more by trying to fix it. At this point I want to just get the phone back to factory status so I can move files back onto the device.
If you are previously rooted. Just making sure... if you flash the latest twrp.. it'll let to plug into your computer and access your memory.. so you can put something on it to flash. But only do it if you have previously rooted.
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If you are previously rooted. Just making sure... if you flash the latest twrp.. it'll let to plug into your computer and access your memory.. so you can put something on it to flash. But only do it if you have previously rooted.
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Yeah it's rooted.
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Yeah it's rooted.
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Then flash twrp to flash another rom into it.