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[Q] Accidentally wiped system and now I can't boot into recovery

I followed all of the instructions in the Nexus 6 Guide to unlock, root and flash a custom recovery.
I was trying to sideload a rom into my phone and was doing advanced wipe in TWRP. I accidentally choose system thinking it would be fine since I am flashing a new rom anyway.
I think I force shut down the phone and now it just stays and hangs on the google logo. I can only get into the bootloader/fastboot. When I try getting into TWRP recovery it just flashes for a second and then attempts to reboot.
I figure I should try flashing a rom via adb bootloader/fastboot but I attempted a few times and failed. Can someone help walk me through this?
Edit: I can access TWRP recovery now... I tried doing sideload several more times but for some reason I keep getting loading rom.zip cannot read rom.zip

Well i going to geuss you know to to get to recovery though bootloader thought your phone
But your phone is semi Bricked
You can download wugs toolkit
And i will show unroot/flash stock you will click bootloop/ bricked and go though the steps
And it will download the stock software and reovery and go though the steps you will be fine
If you want use the same toolkit and root and install twrp again

Do you use a USB otg drive? If you don't you can send a rom to twrp using some commands.
Try to redownload the ROM that won't work and put it on the phone via a USB otg drive or using your pc and don't forgot gaps.

If you're not, use the WUG toolkit to reflash the stock ROM. Then you can use that to flash your new ROM

Unless im missing somethimg, why not just flash the factory image through fastboot and start over?

Like mentioned above, or just flash TWRP in fastboot. Then boot into TWRP, and flash ROM.

T stuck in recovery mode,ROM not installing,5% battery.

So I decided to install cyanogenmod WhiteNeo ROM on my xperia T
did the entire process alright.
for recovery, CWM din't work so downloaded app from playsore and got TWRP from there.
the followed the steps from here to reach till step 8 from wiki.cyanogen guide.
stuck at step 8. DOn't get how to perform it because it is confusing.
altenrately sentthe zip package to sd card and tried there but says Error executing updater binary in zip.
I am stuck.
5%battery left.
and I dont know what to do.
can't even get out of Recovery mode.
device is unresponsive when connected to USB and is powered off.
can anyone please sort this out and explain in simple words how to get out of this mess?
p.s: if battery expires,then what happens?

tried installing stock firmware using flashtool
but
07/014/2015 19:14:54 - ERROR - Error in processHeader
all the time
googled all the solutions
none works
help please?

You should be able to flash official CM12 and proceed from there.
First, revert to stock FOTAKernel, then flash my ROM's boot.img via Fastboot mode in Flashtool. Then reboot to TWRP and check versions. Should be 2.8.7.0.
Then flash the ROM zip, gapps and supersu. Done.

WhiteNeo said:
You should be able to flash official CM12 and proceed from there.
First, revert to stock FOTAKernel, then flash my ROM's boot.img via Fastboot mode in Flashtool. Then reboot to TWRP and check versions. Should be 2.8.7.0.
Then flash the ROM zip, gapps and supersu. Done.
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Thankyou soo much!
could you just elaborate a bit on how to revert to stock FOTA kernel and check TWRP version. confused about that.
btw... how do I use CM recovery instead of TWRP?
also if you have time.
another issue
before you posted this, I already flashed CM12 official, it works fine. But I am having an issue flashing gapps.
have tried
gapps-L-4-21-15.zip
pa_gapps-stock-5.0.1-20150215-signed (1).zip
gapps-lp-20141212-signed (1).zip
For installing
proceeded to install through sdcard and in recovery mode.
installs fine.
as soon as phone starts, google errors(stopped working) start spamming the screen and pressing ok just causes more to come.
reset all to factory version, reinstalled cyanogenmod with gapps, still no good.
can you point out the correct process for it or where am I going wrong.

aber96crombie said:
Thankyou soo much!
could you just elaborate a bit on how to revert to stock FOTA kernel and check TWRP version. confused about that.
btw... how do I use CM recovery instead of TWRP?
also if you have time.
another issue
before you posted this, I already flashed CM12 official, it works fine. But I am having an issue flashing gapps.
have tried
gapps-L-4-21-15.zip
pa_gapps-stock-5.0.1-20150215-signed (1).zip
gapps-lp-20141212-signed (1).zip
For installing
proceeded to install through sdcard and in recovery mode.
installs fine.
as soon as phone starts, google errors(stopped working) start spamming the screen and pressing ok just causes more to come.
reset all to factory version, reinstalled cyanogenmod with gapps, still no good.
can you point out the correct process for it or where am I going wrong.
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Reverting to stock FOTA and getting official CM recovery (which won't flash anything but official CM builds and gapps) can be done with flashtool and a suitable ftf or using a Terminal command that you will find on the last pages of my CM12.1 thread for Xperia T.
TWRP version should be visible in settings or what one would call a "status bar".
And the force-closing gapps are just the result of a broken or outdated recovery. I've already been reported the same issue after creating a FOTAKernel TWRP for a friend.
You should be able to flash official CM12 gapps from Cyanogen Recovery.. Just google those.

Unfixable bootloop?

I'm what you'd call a super noob at this stuff and I've got my poor little SP in a crazy bootloop... I've tried LITERALLY EVERYTHING the internet has told me to try; wiping every cache out there, flashing custom roms, stock roms, you name it. It began when I just got CWM (don't ask me why it happened then, I have no clue why) and this is even BEFORE I put a ROM on! (I was all ready to put a ROM after getting CWM but bootloop happened).
Note: I have CWM recovery, I think I have lost my stock recovery, if I try some ROMS (ex. CM 12) they give me this error 7, once I found certain ROMS (PACMAN ROM, unofficial stock ROM) that would flash and install, they did but still left me with a bootloop, I have tried wiping so many caches it's not even funny, I've tried flashing the original firmware, nothing works... so I'm here for help.
I have looked at every google link and every method possible in trying to fix this thing! I really can't afford a new phone and I just love this one too much... please help!

farahtasnim said:
I'm what you'd call a super noob at this stuff and I've got my poor little SP in a crazy bootloop... I've tried LITERALLY EVERYTHING the internet has told me to try; wiping every cache out there, flashing custom roms, stock roms, you name it. It began when I just got CWM (don't ask me why it happened then, I have no clue why) and this is even BEFORE I put a ROM on! (I was all ready to put a ROM after getting CWM but bootloop happened).
Note: I have CWM recovery, I think I have lost my stock recovery, if I try some ROMS (ex. CM 12) they give me this error 7, once I found certain ROMS (PACMAN ROM, unofficial stock ROM) that would flash and install, they did but still left me with a bootloop, I have tried wiping so many caches it's not even funny, I've tried flashing the original firmware, nothing works... so I'm here for help.
I have looked at every google link and every method possible in trying to fix this thing! I really can't afford a new phone and I just love this one too much... please help!
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please state your current bootloader status. Is it unlocked or still locked?

TechnoSparks said:
please state your current bootloader status. Is it unlocked or still locked?
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I have unlocked my bootloader. Thank you for replying!

farahtasnim said:
I have unlocked my bootloader. Thank you for replying!
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Splendid! Knowing that your BL state is unlocked, this will make the whole process A LOT easier!
http://forum.xda-developers.com/xperia-sp/development/ubl-twrp-f2fs-support-xperia-sp-huashan-t3150230
Please go to the above link to get TWRP. Also, please keep in mind that TWRP is now the only still supported recovery around. CWM and PhilZ are both really outdated and no longer maintained due to the introduction of Cyanogen Recovery which is very minimal in features.
Once you get yourself the download, extract the files from the zip and get the twrp.img file. We will need this to flash into the boot partition of Xperia SP, granting you a direct boot into recovery once it is flashed. Please then copy the original zip to your sd card, as we will be flashing the original zip via TWRP later to give you access to TWRP in the future.
Using your preferred tool, flash the twrp.img file into the boot partition.
Connect your Xperia SP via fastboot. Make sure SP is shut down, hold volume up key and connect the SP with your computer.
If you're using a fastboot tool via command prompt, the command would be
fastboot flash boot twrp.img
If you're using flashtool, hit the lightning icon in the toolbar, select fastboot mode. Then select "Select kernel to flash". Make sure the file type is "img" else you won't able to find your TWRP img file. Navigate to mentioned img file and select it.
Afterwards, when flashing complete, you may insert sdcard and start the device. It will boot directly into TWRP as we flashed a recovery to the boot partition.
Clean wipe data, cache, dalvik cache, system. You may leave internal storage.
Flash the ROM zip you acquired (make sure file integrity is checked beforehand!) then the TWRP zip earlier. Flashing the TWRP zip grants you a persisting recovery, as explained in the linked thread.
You may now reboot and enjoy

Stuck with cm recovery and no bootloader Xperia Z1

Hello everybody,
I rooted my Xperia Z1 about 8 months ago in order to install the 5.1.1 update which didn't roll out for my device probably because it was a global version (5.0.1 was the last OTA). I did a clean install with no problems, flashed DualRecovery, SuperSu, and BusyBox was working just fine. Everything was working perfectly.
About 3 months ago, I tried updating BusyBox, only to tell that the update failed (couldn't install in the path it used to be try changing the path), I read and read, and found that the solution was to delete a certain file from root that prevented me from modifying certain folders and their content(even with root access), and then do a clean install in a different path than the former one. However, I couldn't gain root access to my files, no root explorer worked! It bugged me, but I was busy at that time, so I couldn't resolve it.
Few weeks later I tried rebooting into recovery, but no method worked, no apps, no key combination, no adb, nothing at all worked! After 2 hard days I managed to install TWRP recovery using NUTS recovery project. I rebooted several times, and it was still working. I then installed BusyBox with no problems, and everything was back to perfect. Later I decided to install CM 12.1 because I always used on my Samsung Galaxy Nexus and I always loved it. So using my now working recovery, I backed everything up on a USB and then flashed CM 12.1 WITHOUT its recovery along with a GAPPS package.
CM was installed, which then rebooted into its recovery and tried to install the GAPPS package. The GAPPS installation was a fail. CM recovery asked me to try using TWRP to do such installation ( go figure! ); in fact, CM recovery couldn't flash anything besides another CM 12.1 update. After this point I wasn't able in any possible way to enter TWRP nor install it. Even if I want to flash using fastboot I couln't! adb reads my device just fine, and can use it to reboot into flashmode, which doesn't seem to be functioning properly. The blue light turns on but there isn't a thing on the screen, fastboot can't recognize is it and hence I can't flash anything using fastboot.
Should I reflash partitions if this could be done on Z1? ( I did it before on my Nexus ) Can I use Odin? I even doubt I can enter download mode on my phone
Any help would be much appreciated.
Thanks in advance!

Anyone?
No?
Ok! :sad:

Is your bootloader unlocked? To run cm on our z1 you need an unlocked bootloader because cm needs a custom kernel.
You can try Sony companion app or androxydes flashtool in combination with a pre-rooted ftf to reach stock again.

The thing is even Sony flashtool (Emma) is not reading my phone, it detects a device in the USB port, but not the device!
I managed to install TWRP using TWRP Manager app that I downloaded from APKmirror website. I installed GApps and it is working fine right now.
TWRP Manager said that I should have a FOTA recovery or something like that, and if I don't have one then I am installing the recovery on my responsibility.
Still no bootloader or flash mode. Neither Emma nor Odin are identifying the phone. Although my phone lights blue, but the screen shows nothing!

Mohdhamm said:
The thing is even Sony flashtool (Emma) is not reading my phone, it detects a device in the USB port, but not the device!
Still no bootloader or flash mode. Neither Emma nor Odin are identifying the phone. Although my phone lights blue, but the screen shows nothing!
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AFAIK, Emma hasn't been updated for a LONG time. It will remain defunct with no updates and no support. Use flashtool from androxyde if you want to continue using Sony's stock ROM.
No bootloader or flash mode detection: That usually means the drivers that interfaces with your phone is missing. Search around XDA for the correct fastboot and adb drivers for your PC's OS.
My approach for fixing your issue: Find the right drivers and put a stable Lollipop ROM on your sdcard. If you have fastboot working (make sure you have unlocked bootloader), flash boot image from the Lollipop zip and flash the recovery image found in some Lollipop threads. If everything goes well, your phone will bootloop, but you'll have working recovery. Press Vol Down when the Sony Logo appears on screen to enter TWRP. Since you saved a backup of your phone elsewhere, erase all the partitions (minus sdcard), format them to ext4, and flash the Lollipop ROM from your sdcard.

TWRP + Root Nougat Huawei P9

Is it possible to install TWRP with your device running the Nougat beta ?

The recovery is separate from the firmware. So I don't see why it wouldn't be possible. Root on the other hand I wouldn't know but I suppose the SuperSU beta zip file flashed with custom recovery would get the phone rooted.
If it was a kernel being flashed then that would matter as it affects the firmware (as it replaces the stock kernel).

Yep. You can install a custom recovery, even if you accidentally wipe your system, the custom recovery will still be there. (I have experience) I think that, if you can find the right supersu zip file for your phone, you should be able to root your phone.

FedoraMan said:
Yep. You can install a custom recovery, even if you accidentally wipe your system, the custom recovery will still be there. (I have experience) I think that, if you can find the right supersu zip file for your phone, you should be able to root your phone.
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I tried to install the custom recovery using adb, however my phone can't be detected ?

Install the drivers for your phone. Just look up Huawei p9 bootloader drivers, and you should find it.

FedoraMan said:
Install the drivers for your phone. Just look up Huawei p9 bootloader drivers, and you should find it.
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Already tried this, since installing the Nougat beta my PC only recognises my phone when in recovery mode. I installed TWRP but phone still boots into the original erecovery and not TWRP

Did you install with with fastboot? or from within the phone? Because you have to reboot to recovery pretty much right after flashing it. Try re-flashing twrp from inside the phone with flashify, then reboot to it immediately afterwards. (Get the 3.0.2-0 (or higher) version for your phone)

FedoraMan said:
Did you install with with fastboot? or from within the phone? Because you have to reboot to recovery pretty much right after flashing it. Try re-flashing twrp from inside the phone with flashify, then reboot to it immediately afterwards. (Get the 3.0.2-0 (or higher) version for your phone)
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Yes installed with fastboot, I manually booted into recovery (volume up + power button) right after flashing it. I thought flashify requires root ??

Wait, you updated to 7.0 without root? Did you use the normal updater? Because if so, try finding a way to downgrade again. Maybe that will work

FedoraMan said:
Wait, you updated to 7.0 without root? Did you use the normal updater? Because if so, try finding a way to downgrade again. Maybe that will work
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Yeah, I just flashed the update using the dload method. The main reason I want to install TWRP is so i can downgrade. I've tried using the dload method to downgrade however it doesn't work.

For the dload method, I think you have to flash stock recovery first

FedoraMan said:
For the dload method, I think you have to flash stock recovery first
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I am currently using stock recovery and it still won't let me downgrade, the update reaches 51% then an error occurs. Would it be possible to flash downgrade firmware using fastboot ?

I believe you can, but you should check online to see if it is.

FedoraMan said:
I believe you can, but you should check online to see if it is.
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I will check and try this method, I'll get back to you with the results

Ok. Good luck!

Same problem here, I installed a leaked Nougat beta for the Honor 8 via TWRP and when I tried to get back to TWRP it wouldn't let me. I've tried to flash it again via fastboot but I can't boot into it :/

I have this problem too after Flashing Nougat.
I have already flashed twrp recovery via fastboot, installation complete. But I cant boot into recovery mode.

I have never had this kind of problem before. If you tried a cold boot (Hold volume up + power), try typing "adb reboot recovery" instead (or the other way around, if you've done that)

Hello.
I came from z3.
For z3 to get in recovery with N u have to hold down vol button and insert cable. Charger or PC
Sent from my EVA-L19 using XDA-Developers mobile app

I don't know if this works, but I was looking around in HiSuite (huawei's phone thing app on pc) and saw a ROM flashing option. Try that.