So I'm not sure what exactly went wrong, because it happened during the night. Today I got up, and my phone had booted into TWRP recovery. When I restart, it always goes back into recovery. No matter what I try, I can't get out of recovery.
I installed the Xposed Framework yesterday, and that worked just fine. It restarted just fine then, and nothing happened. I had a backup I had created before I added the framework, but restoring it doesn't help. I still boot into recovery.
Does anyone have any ideas on how to get out of recovery? I'm sure the backup I flashed works fine, because until I added Xposed I hadn't messed with anything involving root since I first rooted the phone weeks ago. Since that time, I've restarted the phone without any issues. I have no idea what exactly has happened here, since I was asleep when it did. TWRP is still installed, so I'm guessing it wasn't an OTA update that installed without permission.
Ok, I managed to get it booted, and here is what I followed:
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2451696
As concise as possible, install the USB drivers from the LG website, install Minimal ADB and Fastboot, and then open it and follow the directions of the previous thread exactly. I used copy/paste for the commands. If you can't find Minimal ADB, here is the link:
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2317790
I hope this solves the problem for anyone else who runs into it.
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Everything was going fine, I had it rooted, and was going to try putting a custom ROM on it, except I didn't actually have any Recovery software installed yet.
Now, after I rooted the phone, I power cycled it a few times to make sure, and I was sure. I tried a few SU needed programs, and they were able to obtain SU rights just fine.
The problem is when I followed this guide.
Apparently I can't link to anything, so.
I followed it, installed TWRP just fine I believe, seeing as it installed something anyways.
And then I turned off my phone to actually go into recovery.
Only to find that it wouldn't go into recovery. No, it just went to a black screen after the logo, with the soft key lights flashing and then...rebooted itself and did the same thing. Over, and over, and over.
So, right now I've pulled the battery out and it's just sitting there.
Is there anything I can do at this point to fix the phone?
I think i can help!
Your phone's bricked now all you need to do is to reflash the stock firmware and start over.
follow these steps carefully and you're good to go. If you have any probs i'm here to help out
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1448803
I installed the Android Revolution HD One 81.0 ROM onto my phone everything was a success but when it was going to reboot it said that Superuser was not installed. It asked me if I wanted to install superuser and I said yes but for some reason it didnt take me back to recovery to allow and istall superuser and it just rebooted. After that it stayed in the boot up screen for the longest and so I restarted and the same thing happened over and over again. I was able to bet back into recovery to re install the ROM wbich I did and tried it all over sgain but the same thing happened. I went into recovery once again and installed superuser with no problem then when I tried to reboot it siad that there was no OS and if I was sure that I wanted to reboot.
Now Im stuck at the bootloader. No OS and for some reason relocked. I have tried the RUU but the pc doesn't recognize that the phone is connected. What can I do? Please help me!
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I installed the Android Revolution HD One 81.0 ROM onto my phone everything was a success but when it was going to reboot it said that Superuser was not installed. It asked me if I wanted to install superuser and I said yes but for some reason it didnt take me back to recovery to allow and istall superuser and it just rebooted. After that it stayed in the boot up screen for the longest and so I restarted and the same thing happened over and over again. I was able to bet back into recovery to re install the ROM wbich I did and tried it all over sgain but the same thing happened. I went into recovery once again and installed superuser with no problem then when I tried to reboot it siad that there was no OS and if I was sure that I wanted to reboot.
Now Im stuck at the bootloader. No OS and for some reason relocked. I have tried the RUU but the pc doesn't recognize that the phone is connected. What can I do? Please help me!
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Try my guide I wrote here: http://forum.xda-developers.com/spr...de-reset-phone-using-ruu-htcfastboot-t2876110
Pay special attention to the first few steps on how to get your PC to recognize your phone. Good luck!
I have a Moto G XT1072. I had unlocked the bootloader, installed TWRP and rooted it a while ago. I did not install any custom rom.
I was completely unaware of TWRP's lack of support for OTA upgrades, so when my phone notified me that there was an update available, I was like "oh, cool, okay" and downloaded it.
a) The download finished, the phone rebooted and TWRP recovery popped up.
b)"Mh, I guess I have to find the update file and flash it, probably"
c) Of course I didn't find it, so I googled and found out that if I want to install an OTA update I have to flash back the stock recovery and I might lose root. "Not worth it, thanks, maybe when 6.0 comes out"
d) So I rebooted the phone. Boot screen with motorola logo shows up, phone boots normally, I insert my sim card pin, set the alarm for tomorrow morning (6:00 am, fml) and *poof*, phone shuts down and reboots in TWRP.
e) back to point d.
Recap: I downloaded the update but I didn't install it, phone boots normally (I can even go in settings), but after 30 seconds it shuts down and reboots in TWRP. I do not care about the update, I just hope I can avoid re-rooting or even wiping.
I've got the exact same problem as you. Stupid to not have thought this could've happened with TWRP installed. Additional problem is, I have removed everything ''root-related'' (adb, fastboot), because I thought I wouldn't need it anymore. TWRP is obviously still on my mobile, but that's about it. I have already made a backup in TWRP (don't think it will help, because I'm afraid it will backup as boot trap), but who knows if it may help.
Back to the point, I'm a noob with rooting, I don't even know how I've managed to root it in the first place, but I'm stuck with the same problem as you are but without the required tools (at least, that's what I think)...
UPDATE: So my phone finished the backup, I turned it off to charge my battery, I fired it back up after an hour (normal way, not TWRP way), and it all of the sudden works again. It doesn't boot trap anymore and it seems like I'm able to use every function properly again. After those 30 seconds (where it usually rebooted), I now got the message that the installation had failed and that I should try again later. I don't know if there's any logical explanation for this or if this is pure luck, but I'm glad it's working again! I don't know if this will help for you as well ricvail, but I think it's at least worth a shot!
Hi. I'm unexperienced with this in general, so please bear with me. I treid to search similar threads but didn't find anything about my problem exactly.
I've a rooted European (Exynos, Polish or German distribution) version of Note 4. I don't run any custom OS nor did I make any changes to my phone in the last few months. As of now, it's running Lollipop.
A few weeks ago, my phone started randomly rebooting. I blamed it on old apps, did a check with antivirus and uninstalled some apps I wasn't sure about. But the problem grew worse (reboot every few minutes). I've erased all apps that had something to do with my root (Lucky Patcher was constantly popping up in my SU logs in the same minute my phone rebooted, so I uninstalled all patched app and then Lucky Patcher), deleted almost everything, checked that system apps were all the newest version. Nothing helped so I thought a factory reset seems like the best option now. I went to the Settings and did a factory reset.
But now I'M STUCK. There is this picture of the Android with the blue web that should be turning (but isn't) the screen says "Systemupdate wird installiert" (system update is installing), the picture disappears (black screen) and comes back every few seconds. There is no blue line signalising progress or anything. All this for some two hours now.
I don't want to try anything myself because I don't want to make my phone a brick. Does any of you know what my problem could be? Thanks.
I'm not too sure why your device is stuck in an update loop. But are you positive you havent tried flashing anything to your device??
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Wait a second, you're saying you arent running a custom rom, yet your device has root with superuser.. Therefore you should also have a custom firmware flashed to your device.. Twrp or cwm. Irecommend twrp. If you have a custom recovery. Then boot in to recovery mode and clear cache/dalvik wipe/ factory reset etc.
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I'm not too sure why your device is stuck in an update loop. But are you positive you havent tried flashing anything to your device??
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Wait a second, you're saying you arent running a custom rom, yet your device has root with superuser.. Therefore you should also have a custom firmware flashed to your device.. Twrp or cwm. Irecommend twrp. If you have a custom recovery. Then boot in to recovery mode and clear cache/dalvik wipe/ factory reset etc.
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Positive I haven't flashed anything. I didn't even connect it to a computer.
I think that my device has cwm but it's long since I've used it. I tried getting into recovery mode and the only thing I can see is the android figure with the blue ball, no menu, no anything.
UPDATE: I flashed twrp with ODIN, phone rebooted like after a factory reset.
keinalu said:
Hi. I'm unexperienced with this in general, so please bear with me. I treid to search similar threads but didn't find anything about my problem exactly.
I've a rooted European (Exynos, Polish or German distribution) version of Note 4. I don't run any custom OS nor did I make any changes to my phone in the last few months. As of now, it's running Lollipop.
A few weeks ago, my phone started randomly rebooting. I blamed it on old apps, did a check with antivirus and uninstalled some apps I wasn't sure about. But the problem grew worse (reboot every few minutes). I've erased all apps that had something to do with my root (Lucky Patcher was constantly popping up in my SU logs in the same minute my phone rebooted, so I uninstalled all patched app and then Lucky Patcher), deleted almost everything, checked that system apps were all the newest version. Nothing helped so I thought a factory reset seems like the best option now. I went to the Settings and did a factory reset.
But now I'M STUCK. There is this picture of the Android with the blue web that should be turning (but isn't) the screen says "Systemupdate wird installiert" (system update is installing), the picture disappears (black screen) and comes back every few seconds. There is no blue line signalising progress or anything. All this for some two hours now.
I don't want to try anything myself because I don't want to make my phone a brick. Does any of you know what my problem could be? Thanks.
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There is a chance that you put your phone in odin download mode instead doing factory reset
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UPDATE: I flashed twrp with ODIN, phone rebooted like after a factory reset.
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So you got it working now? Or?? You mean rebooted successfully? Or rebooted back in to download mode?
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So you got it working now? Or?? You mean rebooted successfully? Or rebooted back in to download mode?
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There seems to be no problem now, my phone went back from 5.1 to 5.0.1 though. Maybe the whole thing started because of the last update. I tested and I can get to recovery mode normally, so I did a back-up just in case somethin goes wrong again.
If you managed to flash twrp and successfully booted back in to your device, then i recommend rebooting back into twrp recovery, and doing a cache and dalvik cache from within the recovery menu. And if you want root access, download the latest superSU (itll be a zip file), copy the file to the download folder of your internal storage, reboot in to your recovery, install the superSU zip file you downloaded, once its indtalled, wipe both caches again. And reboot.
Let me know how you go, and if you get stuck somewhere, dont be afraid to ask. Im happy to help
Installing TWRP was one of the first things I did when I got this Lenovo phone.
It worked like a charm, I pressed the Volume Keys and the Power button simultaneously and voila! TWRP opened. I was planning to install a custom ROM, so I decided to backup my device, just in case something goes completely wrong. I backed it up, then tried to move the backup from the /data partition. That went kinda wrong and for some weird reason TWRP didn't do anything but show this loading bar on the bottom of my screen.
Since TWRP was being unresponsive, I decided to remove the battery from my phone.
When I tried to access TWRP again, to my surprise, it was gone. The stock recovery appeared instead. I tried reflashing TWRP using both SFP and ADB/Fastboot, and even though the transfer was successful, the Lenovo recovery was still there. I booted to Android and saw that the "OEM Unlocking" option was disabled, even though I had enabled it. I re-enabled it, tried all the things I mentioned before and I got the same result. I opened up Android and.. OEM Unlocking got disabled.. Again.
I enabled it, yet again, tried going to fastboot, where I tried unlocking the bootloader. FAILED! I also tried side loading SuperSU.zip. FAILED!
As a last resort, I used Kingoroot to root my device, and to my surprise it worked.
I still can't seem to be able to flash CWM/TWRP, though, and I would like to install Xposed. SuperSU is also a necessity for me.
TL;DR I can't flash a custom recovery even though I could, Kingoroot worked for me, I need to get SupeSU, Xposed and a custom recovery. Side loading/Flashing using ADB isn't working, OEM unlocking gets disabled every time I reboot my device.
Now that you are rooted, i would suggest you to try 'flashify' and check if you can get your twrp working again. I still doubt it would, since you said you werent able to get it installed through fastboot before, but first give it a try.
When you confirm it working just flash the supersu zip using whichever method you like.