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[Q] Stuck at Fastboot usb screen

I installed the new zen2.2 rom today and had a working clockwork recovery. Here is where I went stupid, I downloaded the kernel update but rather than running it via update.zip I flashed it using flash_image recovery via adb shell.
Now my phone comes up to fastboot usb and never goes any further, been waiting hours! I have tried booting into fastboot/hboot and it does nothing. I have booted to hboot before successfully but now nothing.
If I run adb devices it shows no devices. If I run fastboot devices it does show my device.
Whats next?

If you cant get into fastboot and you cant get into recovery then you m ight have bricked your phone. Did you try a hard reset?

How do you do a hard reset?
Here is a little more info. I believe it does actually get to fastboot usb as it says so on the top left of the screen and I can run fastboot commands but most commands say error. If I do fastboot devices it shows the device connected.
Little more info - when I try doing a back to basics RUU update it connects, shows the rom version, starts the update and then at about 88% every time, it goes right to a error [171] usb connection error. So its communicating but never finishes. Tried with the sprint RUU stock rom, another that was built by one of the devs in the Hero community and still both do the same.

I'm pretty sure you can flash a custom recovery from fastboot. Using something like fastboot flash xxx dont quote me on this but it sounds like you have a soft brick and you just need to get a recovery back on the phone. From there you can then flash and rom back on the phone. Do some research on flash a recovery from fastboot.

ASimmons said:
I'm pretty sure you can flash a custom recovery from fastboot. Using something like fastboot flash xxx dont quote me on this but it sounds like you have a soft brick and you just need to get a recovery back on the phone. From there you can then flash and rom back on the phone. Do some research on flash a recovery from fastboot.
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Right, I also believe that if I could get a recovery back on the phone I would be good as gold! Here is the problem though. I have tried running "fastboot flash recovery [recovery.img]" but it gives me the below error. I have tried multiple key combination's to get into hboot but nothing works. If anyone has any other key combination's I could try please let me know!
Code:
D:\android-sdk-windows\tools>fastboot flash recovery recovery.img
sending 'recovery' (3720 KB)... FAILED (remote: not allow)
finished. total time: 0.001s

1st:The ONLY time you use flash_image recovery is when you are installing a recovery console, NOT a kernel
If you notice the kernel is in a signed .zip folder. When you use flash_image command it needs to be .img file
2nd: Put the recovery image on your sdcard
Put it in the tools folder of AndroidSDK and do
Code:
adb push recovery.img /sdcard
Now type in
Code:
$ adb shell
$ su
# flash_image recovery /sdcard/recovery.img

unCoRrUpTeD said:
1st:The ONLY time you use flash_image recovery is when you are installing a recovery console, NOT a kernel
If you notice the kernel is in a signed .zip folder. When you use flash_image command it needs to be .img file
2nd: Put the recovery image on your sdcard
Put it in the tools folder of AndroidSDK and do
Code:
adb push recovery.img /sdcard
Now type in
Code:
$ adb shell
$ su
# flash_image recovery /sdcard/recovery.img
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Yeah I think he knows now not to flash kernels... atleast I hope so. +1 for your post.

unCoRrUpTeD said:
1st:The ONLY time you use flash_image recovery is when you are installing a recovery console, NOT a kernel
If you notice the kernel is in a signed .zip folder. When you use flash_image command it needs to be .img file
2nd: Put the recovery image on your sdcard
Put it in the tools folder of AndroidSDK and do
Code:
adb push recovery.img /sdcard
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I am fully aware of how the how-to's and what not to do's. Like I said, it was a mistake, call it a bit of anxiety due to the new 2.2 rom that I was trying to get installed. I did it too quick and without much common sense .
Now type in
Code:
$ adb shell
$ su
# flash_image recovery /sdcard/recovery.img
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For the second part, I am unable to do anything with adb as my computer does not see the phone. When running adb devices it is not listed. Only command that sees my phone is fastboot devices, but again I am unable to run anything aside from that due to previous error.

casualonejp said:
I am fully aware of how the how-to's and what not to do's. Like I said, it was a mistake, call it a bit of anxiety due to the new 2.2 rom that I was trying to get installed. I did it too quick and without much common sense .
For the second part, I am unable to do anything with adb as my computer does not see the phone. When running adb devices it is not listed. Only command that sees my phone is fastboot devices, but again I am unable to run anything aside from that due to previous error.
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First do you have the eng spl, does your hoot say s (on)
Have you tried that command but point it to the sdcard? Also do you have any files on your sdcard like say a recovery.img or an update zip. If you don't you might need to manually move the file to it and try some of these commands
fastboot update /sdcard/<imagepackage>.zip [-w] -w will wipe the cache and the user/data
or your previous flash recovery but with the file pointing to the file on the sdcard
edit: sorry i dont think fastboot will see the sdcard but try anyways.

ASimmons said:
First do you have the eng spl, does your hoot say s (on)
Have you tried that command but point it to the sdcard? Also do you have any files on your sdcard like say a recovery.img or an update zip. If you don't you might need to manually move the file to it and try some of these commands
fastboot update /sdcard/<imagepackage>.zip [-w] -w will wipe the cache and the user/data
or your previous flash recovery but with the file pointing to the file on the sdcard
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I will try the fastboot command right now. I am unable to get to hboot with any of the key combination I have tried, before I was able to. Only thing that always comes up is the HTC white screen with fastboot usb at the top left. Can't see what hboot version or anything else I have due to that limitation.

casualonejp said:
I will try the fastboot command right now. I am unable to get to hboot with any of the key combination I have tried, before I was able to. Only thing that always comes up is the HTC white screen with fastboot usb at the top left. Can't see what hboot version or anything else I have due to that limitation.
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After reading a bit you should be able to do something like i described
- copy amon_ra image to yor sd
- flash_image recovery /sdcard/name-of-recovery.img
hopefully you have a way to copy the files to your sd card like say a microsd card converter and stick it in your comp. Or I have had to use a freaking camera once for my g1 after being in a similar situation.
edit: ok so maybe you wont be able to if you spl is in s-off mode.
if you can access your card and see if you have nadroids you could also try this
fastboot flash system /path/to/nandroid/system.img
fastboot flash boot /path/to/nandroid/boot.img
fastboot flash userdata /path/to/nandroid/userdata.img
fastboot reboot
hopefully you have these backed up on your puter to.

ASimmons said:
After reading a bit you should be able to do something like i described
- copy amon_ra image to yor sd
- flash_image recovery /sdcard/name-of-recovery.img
hopefully you have a way to copy the files to your sd card like say a microsd card converter and stick it in your comp. Or I have had to use a freaking camera once for my g1 after being in a similar situation.
edit: ok so maybe you wont be able to if you spl is in s-off mode.
if you can access your card and see if you have nadroids you could also try this
fastboot flash system /path/to/nandroid/system.fimg
fastboot flash boot /path/to/nandroid/boot.img
fastboot flash userdata /path/to/nandroid/userdata.img
fastboot reboot
hopefully you have these backed up on your puter to.
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Negative on the fastboot commands. Also did have a nandroid but on old sdcard which died. I read that I could use anothers nandroid backup but I am currently trying to find one to test.
Tried doing the RUU method with stock/custom roms and it gets as far as seeing the image but when I click on "ok" to start the recovery, it goes to "waiting on bootloader" and then at 88% it errors to a 171 error stating usb connection error.

I would do some research its my understanding that you can't be bricked since you can get into spl. You should be able to put an .img file on your sd card and flash it. Sorry I can give you any more input.

ASimmons said:
I would do some research its my understanding that you can't be bricked since you can get into spl. You should be able to put an .img file on your sd card and flash it. Sorry I can give you any more input.
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Ya I have been researching non stop all yesterday evening and today so far all day. I just cant get it to do anything. I will keep researching though. Thanks

Did you fix this yet?

Anyone figure this out yet...I have the same issue and haven't been able to resolve it yet. Still with a brick at this point!

Hey guys,if your stuck at fastboot(As I just was tonight), try in your CMD(if running Windows) fastboot reboot-bootloader or fastboot reboot to reboot as normal,I'll try to keep you updated to get through all this. I am at a loss right now but searching for answers first before i go about asking.
Answer to MY problem(maybe not yours): OK,I have come to the conclusion here tonight that I had a soft brick. What I did was remove the battery,put the battery back in,restarted the phone normally,then I ran the HTC Sprint Hero MR 2.27.651.6 on my computer(essentially restoring back to unrooted factory settings). This worked for me. I am totally refreshed and happy that my phone is ok and all. Yes I may have to go back and re-root but this only take me bout 20 minutes most to root and re-flash a CyanMod7 Nightly Rom. Hope my info can help out somebody!

I messed up and cannot revert to stock

Ok, so I have read through all of the posts I can and still cannot revert to stock.
I was playing with some different APKs and accidentally rewrote the AccountandSyncSetting apk with one from another device. At that point my NC rebooted and went into a boot loop. I eventually was able to get to recovery to restore factory settings, but after that completed it continued to boot loop. I have installed Nookie Froyo on an SD card which boots, however I get an SD card error, you may have to reformat. (nookie froyo is still usable, just no SDCard to mount) I have the stock files that I need to fix the device, however I cannot figure out how to do it from Nookie Froyo. Will someone please walk me through this.
thank you
I did this and I am still in a boot loop... please help
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?p=10599116#post10599116

There are two different resets. Power+n (hold around 30 secs to boot) (data) and 8 failed boots (system). Do those two and your set.
Sent from my HTC Desire using XDA App

samuelhalff said:
There are two different resets. Power+n (hold around 30 secs to boot) (data) and 8 failed boots (system). Do those two and your set.
Sent from my HTC Desire using XDA App
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How do I get it to 8 failed boots... just turn it off each time it starts looping?

Yes. Once the Nook tries to boot up unsuccessfully 8 times, It reinstalls the factory settings during the 9th time.

Solution:
All that you need to do is create a bootable clockwork mod sd card:
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=922870
Then download the system and boot images from here:
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=919353
Install ADB:
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=910008
- ADB is a command line interface to your Nook.
Mount your Partitions (except sd) using ClockWork Mod (easy to find in the Nook ClockWork menu)
Get that system.img/boot.img file to your internal partitions:
Open your comand prompt. Browse to the folder with adb.exe using the cd command. (If you're on Vista or Higher you can shift+right click on the adb folder's background to get the option "open command window here".)
Type adb push "path to system.img file" / (eg.adb push "C:\Users\Name\Desktop\system.img" /). The last slash tells adb where to push your system img to. Also, this takes a few minutes 5-10.
Type adb shell, or adb.exe shell if the first doesn't work.
You'll just get a # symbol after that.
Type dd if=system.img of=/dev/block/mmcblk0p5 (dd - writes image to a location, if=input file, of=output file.
You can do the same with the boot.img just make the of=/dev/mmcblk0p1 for your dd command.
Also go ahead and format all of the partitions (except for sd anything) using clockwork mod before you use dd to write your img files to your partitons.
I think that should work to restore your system partiton.
If you have trouble getting it to boot, what works for me is holding all of the buttons for 10 seconds...3 times. And that usually makes it boot off of the microSD. That's probably the same as n+power, but idk.

dfellars77 said:
How do I get it to 8 failed boots... just turn it off each time it starts looping?
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Actually, if you wait for the looping logo to start, you've waited too long. you want to hit the power button, then hold it down to start the restart as soon as you see the "n" logo to power it off. it will only trigger the auto reset after eight consecutive reboots that dont make it past that first "n" logo.
You could also do the reflash methods mentioned in this thread or in the dev threads, if you're up for something more intense. just be sure to take out the SD card when you're done flashing, or else you will boot back into whatever recovery you are using.

Thanks everyone. CWM is up and running and once I have a solid charge I will take another go at it. I have been having a heck of a time getting ADB to work properly on my machine (although it works fine on my Galaxy S). I think I just need to uninstall the Mass Storage Driver each time I connect and manually install the NOOK ADB driver. I will try some of the Dev tools recommended above and report back.
Thank you for the help (and at the very least nookie froyo works and has a better linpack score than my rooted stock!)

SUCCESS!!!! I can finally close all of the tabs I have open. In the end I had to run the dd commands through ADB while Nookie Froyo was running, but it all seems to have worked!
Thank you for all of the help.

[REQ] 10.1 System Dump (.img)

Hi,
Could someone please dump a system image for the 10.1? It's reeeealy easy
There are a few soft-bricks already due to people flashing the wrong image or to the wrong partition ( you know who you are, people! ) and you would be doing them a massive favour if you did.
If you already have busybox, all you have to do is run this:
Code:
dd if=/dev/block/mmcblk0p4 of=/sdcard/system.img
Then you can pick it up the system.img from /sdcard
Code:
adb pull /sdcard/system.img
ZIP it and upload it somewhere ( Dropbox ) and you're done!
TIA
BC

Http://droidbasement.com/galaxy/sys-backup
The system_extra backup contains extra stuff (from the 'tools' compilation).

Thanks. There are a couple of people who will really appreciate that
OT: I just repacked your su/busybox update with the boot.img from the Voda 10.1 and it works fine. Link to the Voda boot.img is here

Would it be possible to get the original system image without the extra tools? I am trying to flash this image however I keep getting a remote error when I do so. Could it have something to do with the fact that this image is 600MB compared to other system images that are around 200 MB like for the gt 10.1v? Thanks again for posting it.

the extra stuff is not making it 600mb (maybe 10-20). It is quite big on the IO.
In order to fastboot flash it you must have an unlocked bootloader to do so (which in unlocked by default on the IO).

Ok so my bootloader is unlock however every time I try flashing this image i get the following:
sending 'system' (591872 KB)...
FAILED (remote: (00000006))
finished. total time: 0.002s
I am able to flash other system images no problem however, this one seems to be giving me some issues. Any other ideas to flash this image successfully? Thanks.

nadewad said:
Ok so my bootloader is unlock however every time I try flashing this image i get the following:
sending 'system' (591872 KB)...
FAILED (remote: (00000006))
finished. total time: 0.002s
I am able to flash other system images no problem however, this one seems to be giving me some issues. Any other ideas to flash this image successfully? Thanks.
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ill retake the dump and upload it. ill do it tonight. maybe some corruption ocurred, etc.

It might be the same trick where you have to create a sparse ext4 image instead of ripping the image straight, because fastboot transfers the entire image in RAM before flashing it...
Try
Code:
make_ext4fs -l 512m -s /sdcard/system.img /system

If anyone has created a system image but isn't quite sure if it is the correct one, I'll be glad to try it out as I am one of those people who soft bricked their device. Just PM me and I'll be more than happy to flash my device and verify the stability of the system image. Thanks.
Nader

bump? Did anyone end up getting a system image? Thanks.
Nader

Ok so I was able to get a hold of another system image however, it still failed with the same error.
ydaraishy mentioned something about using make_ext4fs to make a sparse image? How is this done exactly? Is this through the adb shell or is this a separate tool that can be used on a linux machine. Any help on bringing my device back to life would be greatly appreciated. Thanks.

nadewad said:
Ok so I was able to get a hold of another system image however, it still failed with the same error.
ydaraishy mentioned something about using make_ext4fs to make a sparse image? How is this done exactly? Is this through the adb shell or is this a separate tool that can be used on a linux machine. Any help on bringing my device back to life would be greatly appreciated. Thanks.
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Run it on the device instead of using dd on the device.

ydaraishy said:
Run it on the device instead of using dd on the device.
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He has a soft-bricked device so that's not an option unfortunately.
You can do a MD5 checksum of the file and get pershoot to check it against the original.
Otherwise, in the mean time, you can try this tool:
http://www.diskinternals.com/download/
You want the tool called "Linux Reader 2.0". It says it can only read ext2 and ext3, but I just tried it on my 10.1v system image which I created using the same method as pershoot, and it works fine.
...and see if you can mount it in Windows. If you can, the image is (probably) OK.

bcmobile said:
He has a soft-bricked device so that's not an option unfortunately.
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Well, obviously, someone _else_ has to provide that image from a working device.

Same error here, while trying to flash the system.img. Any alternatives?
Thanks,
Eduardo.

I just received another system image from a friend of mine who created it using make_ext4fs. It does flash successfully however, it still leaves my device in a boot loop. Whats the button combination to get the device into recovery mode?
I find it funny that the boot, recovery and system images for the galaxy tab 10.1v actually work and the device runs. Although the accelerometer, camera and usb don't work though.
Eduardo if you would like, you can PM me and I can share with you the dropbox folder of the system image that actually flashed to see if it would work on your device.
I think at this point I may just throw in the towel and send my device back to Samsung to get repaired :/
Thanks to everyone on the xda forums who tried helping me out. You guys are truly awesome

nadewad said:
I just received another system image from a friend of mine who created it using make_ext4fs. It does flash successfully however, it still leaves my device in a boot loop. Whats the button combination to get the device into recovery mode?
I find it funny that the boot, recovery and system images for the galaxy tab 10.1v actually work and the device runs. Although the accelerometer, camera and usb don't work though.
Eduardo if you would like, you can PM me and I can share with you the dropbox folder of the system image that actually flashed to see if it would work on your device.
I think at this point I may just throw in the towel and send my device back to Samsung to get repaired :/
Thanks to everyone on the xda forums who tried helping me out. You guys are truly awesome
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Samsung may charge you for the repair
Before you send it back, just have one more go at flashing the boot.img which smaskell provided from here. Just do a:
Code:
fastboot flash boot boot.img
The boot loop may be due to a different (incompatible) kernel if you still have the boot partition from the 10.1v
Failing that, if you're still up for it, do a:
Code:
adb logcat > %userprofile%\desktop\logcat-out.txt
...then open the locgat-out.txt file on your desktop and post the contents here or just zip and attach the file. That might give us something to work with

I am also not able to flash this system.img file. I get the same error.

I did remember to flash the boot image of the 10.1 over the 10.1v. However, even when the device is booting up I still can't get access to the adb shell. Any ideas as to why I cannot access the adb shell?
I did notice though that when I had typed in:
fastboot getvar product
It had returned GT-P7100 which is the product number for the Galaxy Tab 10.1v, however the Galaxy Tab 10.1 has the product number GT-P7510.
Could this be because I had accidentally flashed the 10.1v rom or that these devices both use the same version of fastboot etc?

nadewad said:
I did remember to flash the boot image of the 10.1 over the 10.1v. However, even when the device is booting up I still can't get access to the adb shell. Any ideas as to why I cannot access the adb shell?
I did notice though that when I had typed in:
fastboot getvar product
It had returned GT-P7100 which is the product number for the Galaxy Tab 10.1v, however the Galaxy Tab 10.1 has the product number GT-P7510.
Could this be because I had accidentally flashed the 10.1v rom or that these devices both use the same version of fastboot etc?
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My tablet is showing P7100 as well. I tested with my employee's GT LE, and it shows the same. So, this is not the problem...
adb is not accessible to me as well.

[Q] Possible soft brick. When attempting to flash, gets error can't mount /system

Ok, so I was running a custom ROM (I don't even recall which specific one at the moment....one of the Cromi ROMs). I tried to wipe it and install a new version, and the install didn't go as smoothly as planned. I can still load the TWRP recovery system, and begin attempting to install any ROM, but when it gets to the point where it says it's installing, the bar across the bottom that should show progress disappears almost instantly and the next button becomes available. When I go to reboot, it warns that there is no OS installed. Of course if I continue anyway, it won't boot beyond the Asus splash screen. There are errors in multiple places saying that it can't mount /system. I saw this error in the log file generated, I saw it during reboot, and there was some point in the TWRP screens where I saw it, but can't recall where at this moment. If I go into the Mounts section, System is not checked and I cannot check it.
I tried following the instructions on the unbricking thread and got stuck. I fear this has likely only made matters worse.
Following these steps:
Code:
fastboot erase boot
fastboot erase staging
fastboot format system
fastboot flash staging blob
fastboot flash boot boot.img
fastboot flash recovery.img
fastboot reboot-bootloader
I was able to successfully erase the partitions mentioned, then when I tried to flash the first time, I actually screwed up and didn't have the blob file I needed, so now I go back, and obviously I can't re-erase the other files, but formatting system still works, so I know I'm getting good communication with the device. Then trying to flash the blob to staging, I get:
sending 'staging' (1379 KB)...
FAILED (command write failed (No such device or address))
Any thoughts or suggestions would be greatly appreciated. I've currently got an expensive paperweight.

Kindle Fire HD Stuck on flash logo screen

I wanted to install Gapps to my Kindle since many of the apps including the web browser are coming up as unsupported. I have rooted my Kindle Fire HD 8.9 and installed TWRP. When I rebooted my kindle to enter the recover mode, it got stuck at logo screen.
At first, when it was logo was flashing if I plugged it in, ubuntu give an error message "unable to mount Jem PVT Prod 04". I discovered that holding the volume up button made the screen go blank but not off. You can plug the kindle in and Ubuntu will recognize the kindle and allow you to access the internal storage.
How can I fix and reboot the Kindle from Ubuntu?
I researched tons of solutions but most of them require Windows which I don't run or I tried the instruction and they don't work or our incomplete.

I received a fastboot cable from Amazon today. I'll see how it works. Any advice would be appreciated.

Okay, I fixed the problem with the Fastboot Cable. Here's the steps that I did to fix it. It was loading Twrp or the bootloader so I reinstall them. I have Android SDK on my computer and my Kindle is rooted.
Step 1.
The correct twrp was difficult to find. This forum offered a site to go to but I found the site was corrupted and the website was trying to download a virus.
I found the twrp and bootload file here.
rootkindlefire.com/kindle-fire-root/how-to-root-convert-kindle-fire-hd-8-9-into-pure-android-tablet/
I placed the files in my android/sdk/platform-tools. (kfhd8-freedom-boot-8.4.3.img & kfhd8-twrp-2.6.0.0-recovery.img)
I typed into terminal "fastboot -i 0x1949 getvar product" without parenthesis. At the waiting for device command, I plugged in the Kindle with the Fastboot cable and held the Volume up button to go into fastboot mode.
I opened the android/sdk/platform-tools and right click the mouse and hit open in terminal
fastboot -i 0x1949 flash boot kfhd8-freedom-boot-8.4.3.img
fastboot -i 0x1949 flash recovery kfhd8-twrp-2.6.0.0-recovery.img
fastboot -i 0x1949 reboot
From the reboot, hit the volume up to get into twrp.
At this point, I still could go into the kindle so I thought the operating system may be corrupted.
Step 2
In twrp, I backed up the system. and rebooted into twrp.
In twrp, I hit wipe and rebooted back into twrp.
I downloaded CyanogenMod and Gapps to my platform-tools folder again.
rootkindlefire.com/kindle-fire-root/how-to-root-convert-kindle-fire-hd-8-9-into-pure-android-tablet
Step 3
I couldn't access the internal drive so I used ADB to put the files on my kindle.
Here's a video of the instructions I used.
youtu.be/NaK5OxUeDKM
Open the support document for Ubuntu instructions.
First, open terminal in the Platform Tools file and type ADB Devices. When I pushed the two files, his instructions say to use command sudo ./adb-linux push filename /sdcard/. This didn't work. I used "./adb push [filename /sdcard/." without the quotes and it worked.
Step 4
Enter twrp and install the CyanogenMod and Gapps. Reboot
This got my operating system up and running perfectly.
Now bad for a complete Noob.