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[Q] So I wiped System in TWRP...

Like an idiot I wiped my System inside TWRP. Using TWRP 2.6.0.2
Earlier tonight my phone starting rebooting. I was inside GooManager and tapped reboot to recovery. When I did that, for some reason my phone lost root. Meaning when I went to reboot inside TWRP it stated that it looks as if my phone is not rooted. I rebooted anyway without installing SuperSU through TWRP. I was already rooted. Afterwards, it would boot up fine but kept constantly rebooting only after a minute or two.
I went back into TWRP and clicked through dalvik wipe and cache wipe. Still got reboots. I was planning on flashing CyanogenMod anyways so I thought I'd go on and wipe everything. I went in to advance wipe and check everything. As I swiped the slider to wipe I realized I checked System too, but it was too late.
Now my phone won't boot past the HTC logo with the red text underneath. I can boot into TWRP however so I hope all is not lost. I am currently at work so I have no way to try anything on the phone at the moment but was hoping for some advice on what to try later when I get home.
I'm thinking maybe I'll be able to use the "Mount" tab in TWRP to load a ROM on and flash and everything will be well again. Would I mistaken to think that? If not, I'll purchase an USB OTG cable and use a USB stick but I really need this up an running as quickly as possible.
Also, does anyone think it would be best just to go back to stock at this point (if I can) and start from scratch?
Much thanks for your help and advice,
dgb1891

So, oddly enough I did the same thing, How I managed to recover it so you can adb sideload a rom from TWRP and have access to a "working" phone again was to find your stock recovery.img, then flash it via fastboot, and then from the hboot menu, choose factory reset and let the stock recovery do it's thing, then reflash TWRP (I honestly like CWM doe) and adb sideload a rom (presumably what you were using before). It SHOULD fix your problem and you'll be able to mount files again.

hayame said:
So, oddly enough I did the same thing, How I managed to recover it so you can adb sideload a rom from TWRP and have access to a "working" phone again was to find your stock recovery.img, then flash it via fastboot, and then from the hboot menu, choose factory reset and let the stock recovery do it's thing, then reflash TWRP (I honestly like CWM doe) and adb sideload a rom (presumably what you were using before). It SHOULD fix your problem and you'll be able to mount files again.
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By stock recovery.img you mean a stock HTC image? - or do you mean a recovery like TWRP or CWM?

dgb1891 said:
By stock recovery.img you mean a stock HTC image? - or do you mean a recovery like TWRP or CWM?
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Literally stock recovery.img, not TWRP or CWM.

hayame said:
Literally stock recovery.img, not TWRP or CWM.
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K. Thanks. I have a feeling this is going to be a bit more complicated than I first thought...

I followed what you suggested and got the phone back up and working. Thanks again.

Help, accidentally deleted OS and recovery

Tried a new ROM but it froze on me. Then tried my back up and it would reboot after like a minute. So decided to do a full wipe but it deleted everything. I can get into the bootloader screen and TWRP but Windows can't read the phone and when it tries to install the drivers some of them fail. I have a copy of my recovery but need to know how to push it back to my phone and get the drivers installed right so that my PC can read my phone. Help.
TWRP seems to now act funny too where it'll like go to sleep and I have to press the home button or power button for a while before it turns the screen back on. Sometimes though I have to do the button combo to get back into recovery.

RUU

So I RUU'd the phone and it's working now, thanks. But it still shows unlocked and with S-OFF. So at this point can I just proceed with rooting it or do I have to lock it and put it back to S-ON before trying to re-root it? Or can I just try rooting it and putting a recovery image on it? It's been a while since I rooted it and obviously there was no 4.3 out at that time.

No need to re-lock or s-on just flash recovery and flash a rooted rom

bigdaddy619 said:
No need to re-lock or s-on just flash recovery and flash a rooted rom
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Thanks for taking the time to help me out. So I installed v.2.5 of TWRP that I had instead of the newer version and it just freezes at the main screen. I can reflash it but it does the same thing. I get an error when trying to flash the newer version. How can I remove/delete the recovery image to flash the latest version?

QuiQNeZZ said:
Thanks for taking the time to help me out. So I installed v.2.5 of TWRP that I had instead of the newer version and it just freezes at the main screen. I can reflash it but it does the same thing. I get an error when trying to flash the newer version. How can I remove/delete the recovery image to flash the latest version?
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You should be able to flash right over the older version make sure you download a fresh version of 2.6.3.0 from here http://techerrata.com/browse/twrp2/m7wls
Also remember after flashing the recovery.img type fastboot erase cache
The other thing is go into settings/screen and disable screen timeout that should take care of the "freezing" problem

[Q] Stuck in Boot After Flashing ARHD41.0 ROM

Hello All,
Sorry if this has already been solved before, and thanks in advance for help. (I tried to post this in the ARHD41.0 thread, but as a newbie I cannot post there.)
I have an HTC One (AT&T) that had been updated to 4.3 OTA, then unlocked via htcdev, flashed with CWM 6.0.4.3 recovery, and then rooted with the Superuser zip on the CWM site. The device remained S-On. Made a backup through CWM recovery, transferred that to my PC, then figured I might as well celebrate the holidays by flashing my first ROM.
I downloaded the Android Revolution HD 41.0 ROM (forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2183023), transferred to the SD, and then installed the zip through the CWM ROM manager (it seemed at least from what I read in the posts that followed that the ROM worked just fine with CWM). After going through the option selection process (I believe that this was the Aroma installer), I opted to wipe data since I was starting from a different ROM altogether (of course, silly me, this also wiped the backup on the SD). Seemed to install just fine, booted into what appears to be some part of the recovery where it asked if I wanted to root, I selected yes, and the phone rebooted.
Or, at least, tried to. It has been stuck at the beginning of the boot, where there is a white background with the HTC logo and "quietly brilliant" underneath, and it remains stuck there. If I press power and volume down for an abnormally long time, I can get into the bootloader and the recovery from there, but rebooting from there just leaves me at the boot screen again. As I said, there is no backup on the SD for me to restore. When in bootloader, I connected to the PC and fastboot turns to fastboot USB, but adb isn't showing anything when I enter abd devices.
I'm sure I probably did something very silly and am missing something very simple, but given that this is my first time, I have no idea what it is and how to go about fixing it.
Thanks again for all your help!

lyciansarpedon said:
Hello All,
Sorry if this has already been solved before, and thanks in advance for help. (I tried to post this in the ARHD41.0 thread, but as a newbie I cannot post there.)
I have an HTC One (AT&T) that had been updated to 4.3 OTA, then unlocked via htcdev, flashed with CWM 6.0.4.3 recovery, and then rooted with the Superuser zip on the CWM site. The device remained S-On. Made a backup through CWM recovery, transferred that to my PC, then figured I might as well celebrate the holidays by flashing my first ROM.
I downloaded the Android Revolution HD 41.0 ROM (forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2183023), transferred to the SD, and then installed the zip through the CWM ROM manager (it seemed at least from what I read in the posts that followed that the ROM worked just fine with CWM). After going through the option selection process (I believe that this was the Aroma installer), I opted to wipe data since I was starting from a different ROM altogether (of course, silly me, this also wiped the backup on the SD). Seemed to install just fine, booted into what appears to be some part of the recovery where it asked if I wanted to root, I selected yes, and the phone rebooted.
Or, at least, tried to. It has been stuck at the beginning of the boot, where there is a white background with the HTC logo and "quietly brilliant" underneath, and it remains stuck there. If I press power and volume down for an abnormally long time, I can get into the bootloader and the recovery from there, but rebooting from there just leaves me at the boot screen again. As I said, there is no backup on the SD for me to restore. When in bootloader, I connected to the PC and fastboot turns to fastboot USB, but adb isn't showing anything when I enter abd devices.
I'm sure I probably did something very silly and am missing something very simple, but given that this is my first time, I have no idea what it is and how to go about fixing it.
Thanks again for all your help!
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Hey,
Not to worry just run this command from fastboot (Power button +vol down while booting-> fastboot) plug your phone in and run
fastboot erase cache
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and if its not fixed, just flash again. Make a back up next time! BTW if you need adb just get it from HERE (hint clickn 'here') if you need more help PM me, im always available

You need TRWP 2.6.3.3 or latest version (2.6.3.4) recovery!
Some members successfully flashed by CWM but also some of them face problems, so its better to you to follow FAQ to get good results : )
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showpost.php?p=48035061&postcount=62237

Ba7rani said:
You need TRWP 2.6.3.3 or latest version (2.6.3.4) recovery!
Some members successfully flashed by CWM but also some of them face problems, so its better to you to follow FAQ to get good results : )
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showpost.php?p=48035061&postcount=62237
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I actually just saw the posts about the CWM issue a little while ago - that's what I get for not reading all the posts! I flashed with TWRP, the ROM installed, and the phone booted.
Now, this is where things get interesting. My backup that I had made with CWM before I initially tried to flash the ROM was still in \data\media\clockworkmod (where it had initially backed up to), and I wanted to check if I was still able to restore from it. TWRP doesn't recognize it as a backup folder/file (not sure if it would be compatible; this is also my first time restoring), and I flashed back to CWM recovery (phone still boots fine after that)...which doesn't recognize it either. I tried moving it to \sdcard\clockworkmod (where the md5 checksum file was originally generated), \sdcard (just in case, since the recovery option says "restore from \sdcard"), as well as \mnt\shell\emulated\clockworkmod (that's where the CWM ROM manager says that it would have backed up to), but the recovery says "No files found" for any of those as well. Any thoughts on where the backup ought to be located?

lyciansarpedon said:
I actually just saw the posts about the CWM issue a little while ago - that's what I get for not reading all the posts! I flashed with TWRP, the ROM installed, and the phone booted.
Now, this is where things get interesting. My backup that I had made with CWM before I initially tried to flash the ROM was still in \data\media\clockworkmod (where it had initially backed up to), and I wanted to check if I was still able to restore from it. TWRP doesn't recognize it as a backup folder/file (not sure if it would be compatible; this is also my first time restoring), and I flashed back to CWM recovery (phone still boots fine after that)...which doesn't recognize it either. I tried moving it to \sdcard\clockworkmod (where the md5 checksum file was originally generated), \sdcard (just in case, since the recovery option says "restore from \sdcard"), as well as \mnt\shell\emulated\clockworkmod (that's where the CWM ROM manager says that it would have backed up to), but the recovery says "No files found" for any of those as well. Any thoughts on where the backup ought to be located?
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If you have Titanium backup pro you can restore from nandroid file
Menu > restore from Nandroid ..
* Its not recommended to restore system apps or data by Titanium

Found my mistake:
lyciansarpedon said:
\mnt\shell\emulated\clockworkmod\backup (that's where the CWM ROM manager says that it would have backed up to)
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Missed that I needed to create that directory, oy. Recovery found it just fine, and restored it just as I left it.
Thanks all!

Stuck on htc boot image after oem rebootRUU flash rom

hello.
since last week I blocked my memul I did some more search and followed the following howto:http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?p=64018011#post64018011
And used the firmware from here: http://forum.xda-developers.com/one-mini-2/general/stock-ruu-rom-recovry-htc-one-mini-2-t3250020
At the end, my phone is blocked again.. I certainly did something wrong, but I don't know what.
I've followed the guide and flashed the sock firmware for my phone but now when it boot up, I'm stuck on the boot screen (HTC , powered by android - attached image1.jpg) and nothing append. If I try power+vol down it take a screenshot (attached - image2.png).
I managed to flash back the TWRP but my backup are gone. I've a copy on my computer, but I don't know how to restore my phone.
What's the best option? flash a new rom or restore my backup? Either way, how I do that?
Thanks for your answer,
ciao

Problem solved. I managed to flash a CM rom through the adb sideload in the TWRP recovery!

deleric said:
Problem solved. I managed to flash a CM rom through the adb sideload in the TWRP recovery!
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I am back to stock rom can you help me ?

Redmi 4X bootloop after installing TWRP?

Hi,
I'm having a bit of trouble. I had a brand new Redmi 4X, and I was advised to install TWRP, root it, and install the Xiaomi.eu rom until LineageOS is released. I unlocked the bootloader, flashed TWRP, managed to get into it once and now I can't do it again. When TWRP loaded it asked me for a password for decryption but it let me just skip it it seems (not sure if that is the problem) but now I can't boot normally, I can't boot into recovery, but fastboot seems to work okay. How do I go about fixing this?
I've tried reflashing TWRP but I still can't get to it, and I don't really know enough about this stuff to know where I've gone wrong.
UPDATE - I think this is to do with dm-verity and having the stock kernel installed. Now it's too late to undo what I've already done, so I hope to god that someone knows how to fix this.
UPDATE - Right, the problem is solved I think. I had to do an awful lot of googling, and I'm not entirely sure what it was specifically that fixed it. But I found a guide that taught me the fastboot command "fastboot boot twrp.img" which saved the day. Even when my phone wouldn't let me into recovery, it allowed me to flash a no-verity.zip which i think is what allowed me to boot, and it allowed me to flash superSU.zip and then the ROM I was aiming for. And now I've booted into the ROM successfully and hopefully I am rooted and all is well. Plus I can access TWRP as normal now.
Any help would be greatly appreciated

Can you boot into TWRP by pressing the buttons so that you boot directly to TWRP??
Have you tried Command Prompt to boot with commands in to recovery??
And if you get into TWRP you should have everything on the SDCard and then just
format all things except SDCard and then flash from SDCard everything
That is what I would try..and yes it ask for a password but just skip it to get to it
If you can get into TWRP to flash from SDCard then you good to go..if not
Google all the commands for CMD..and plug your phone to the PC and flash everything with the
commands.....
Let us know what is working and what not and what steps exectly you are doing
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Turn off your device > Press and hold “Power” and “Volume +” buttons at the same time.
After short vibration signal release the power button and wait for TWRP to start.
To boot in stock recovery open “Update” app.
In the setting select “Boot in recovery”.

brljak83 said:
Can you boot into TWRP by pressing the buttons so that you boot directly to TWRP??
Have you tried Command Prompt to boot with commands in to recovery??
And if you get into TWRP you should have everything on the SDCard and then just
format all things except SDCard and then flash from SDCard everything
That is what I would try..and yes it ask for a password but just skip it to get to it
If you can get into TWRP to flash from SDCard then you good to go..if not
Google all the commands for CMD..and plug your phone to the PC and flash everything with the
commands.....
Let us know what is working and what not and what steps exectly you are doing
EDIT
Turn off your device > Press and hold “Power” and “Volume +” buttons at the same time.
After short vibration signal release the power button and wait for TWRP to start.
To boot in stock recovery open “Update” app.
In the setting select “Boot in recovery”.
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Thanks for the reply. I can't get into TWRP. Even if I could get into TWRP how would I get files on the phone to flash them?
Is it possible to flash any rom from the pc directly and if it is will this possibly help? I think it's not booting because the kernel is still stock.
I'm not sure what you mean in the edit, how do I boot into stock recovery without being able to boot the phone (and when I have already flashed TWRP)?

brokemyG2 said:
Thanks for the reply. I can't get into TWRP. Even if I could get into TWRP how would I get files on the phone to flash them?
Is it possible to flash any rom from the pc directly and if it is will this possibly help? I think it's not booting because the kernel is still stock.
I'm not sure what you mean in the edit, how do I boot into stock recovery without being able to boot the phone (and when I have already flashed TWRP)?
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Hii
I just have been reading about this bootloop
Go over here and read all of the 6 pages..will not take much time but could help you out much
https://forum.xda-developers.com/xiaomi-redmi-4x/development/official-twrp-3-2-1-0-xiaomi-redmi-4x-t3718217

Hey, I have exactly the same problem. Latest stock rom, flashed twrp in fastboot and got into the boot loop. Nothing works. I can only enter fastboot. What exactly did you do then? What is this no-verity.zip? I can't find anything about it.

I had a problem
I unlocked bootloader then installed redwolf recovery and took a nandroid backup. After that i rebooted to system but stuck into bootloop, could not boot to recovery, could not boot into system, So the only thing worked was that i flashed fastboot rom with mi flasher. And syccessfully rebooted to system with bootloader locked and stock recovery. So, if anyone have same problem you can do the same. How do i install recovery safely again? Should i use TWRP only? Should i flash v3.1.0 with lazy flasher or v3.2 directly without lazy flasher? I don't want to stuck into bootloader again, have to get all data deleted.