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G1 Root help

Hello everyone,
first off, I'm new to all this. Here's my situation,
I was trying to install a new ROM on my G1 and I found instructions on how to gain root access to my phone. I felt like I had followed the instructions but I can't seem to get the ROM installed on my phone. I downloaded Recovery Flasher and installed it. I chose "Backup recovery image" and then "Flash Cyanogen Recovery 1.4" and it all seemed fine, but then when I rebooted my phone and tried to install the new ROM it wouldn't let me. But I think I know what the problem was, I missed the step where I had to rename the folder of the ROM to "update." I went back to factory settings and tried to re-do the steps but this time, Recovery Flasher gives me the options to:
Download Recovery Image
Restore Backup Image
this confuses me because it's not the same as it was the first time I tried it. Does this mean my phone is already rooted? I tried to uninstall and install it again and same 2 options come up.
I know i was doing it right at first because I got all the correct screens that I saw on the instructions, but now I don't. I've been searching here and all over google to see if I can find an answer but I couldn't so I decided to make a thread to see if someone can help.
Thanks!

AFAIK the one-click method doesn't survive a full reboot, because when you reboot the OS it overflashes the recovery partition again with the original (unless you've flashed a new ROM)
Now your problem seems to be the "folder" bit. You do not unzip the ROM, you put, eg, "update-cm-4.0.4-signed.zip" on your SD card as-is. You also no longer need to rename it to use from this recovery partition.

I see,
well, when I tried it with update-cm-4.0.4 (that's what I was trying to install) it said that the file could not be found, and then I read that I'm supposed to change the file name to "update" and when I did that, it found it right away but it gave me the error "No Signature" (something along those lines) even though according to the place where I download it from, it is signed.
Should I just try to boot into recovery mode again and try it out again? I remember the very first time I tried it loaded the screen with a bunch of options, but now it just has 3, Boot Into Home, Wipe, and Apply SDcard zip, I might be wrong on the exact wording of those options but that's all I get...
and recommendations? Thanks for your response

nevermind, I got it to work! Thanks

Need help with SGS Looping Issues

Essentially I am at a lost of what to do.
I have tried everything to no prevail which leads to me to my defeat post here for a cry for help.
I DO NOT believe I have bricked it yet because I can still get into download mode and CVM but it doesn't look like this image: http://blog.laptopmag.com/wpress/wp.../Clockwork-Mod-Boot-Screen-e1279545586372.jpg
which is what I wanted. My original plan was to install a new ROM however, I do not have that option "install zip from sdcard". Therefore I had to install the Speedmod Kernel which is why
ANYWAYS moving on, I have tried Heimdall and Odin. I have been able to bootup the phone. HOWEVER it doesn't load a ROM because the Samsung Galaxy GT i9000 logo just keeps looping. Like I said, I am able to get into Download mode and CVM with the new menu. However, when I click anything the screen goes blank and nothing happens. I am at a complete loss of what to do. I have tried everything and I'm looking to advice.
Thanks and hope to hear from you all.

If I remember correctly the Speedmod Kernel uses the power button to select options and if you click the home button the screen will go black.
If this is not the issue then reverting to a stock Rom is probably your best option.
Find a stock Rom at: http://www.sammobile.com/firmware/?page=3&t=1&o=1&m=GT-I9000&r=-1#modelsa (this link is for international version) just select your country. from the links just above Firmwares for GT-I9000 .
From here you want to get a pit 512 & make sure you have a firmware with 3 files (PDA, Phone, CSC) . From here there are plenty tutorials on how to install a stock ROM.
If your issue is not pressing the wrong button in speedmod let me know and I'll be happy to provide a basic list of what to do... or provide a link.

Thanks for the quick reply, I have done that. I have installed the best one I could find: I9000XXJVQ
I put the following 4 files in Odin:
s1_odin_20100512 (PIT)
CODE (PDA)
CSC (CSC)
MODEM (PHONE)
It brings me to Android system recover <3e>. From there I'm at a lost at what to do. I see when it says
Code:
Copying media file
E:failed to mount. /sdcard (File exists)
E:copy_dbdata_media:Can't mount /sdcard you storage not prepared yet. please use UI menu for format and reboot actions.
Media files copy failed.
# MANUAL MODE #
Appling Multi-CSC...
Installing Multi-CSC
Can't access to '/system/csc/BMC/system/'.
Successfully applied multi-CSC.
From there I do not know what to do. When I click reboot system now; nothing occurs, the SGS image at the beginning still continues to loop. I'm looking at how to install the CVM so I can install my custom ROM.
I believe in the past I managed to do it (I installed the Dark Knight mod; but when it booted it said Encryption Unsuccessful and it only happened once. Was never able to get past that screen).
Anyways, that's the instruction from what I did above. What next (It's still looping at the SGS text at the startup).
EDIT:
From this post: http://forum.xda-developers.com/showpost.php?p=9336821&postcount=2
I then followed the install instructions for Root XXJVQ
The thing installed, it still has the issues. Opens the SGS start screen and doesn't go anywhere.
Further EDIT:
I then restarted the phone with following combination. (Power + Vol Up + Home). It then launched in CVM. I cleared partition and cache. I then installed the .zip ROM file (http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1510940&highlight=cyanogen) from SD card. Rebooted system. It launches. Says "Encryption Unsuccessful" Please restart phone. I click the restart phone button. It restarts, I then get the android looking icon dead on the ground with it's chest open with a "Red triangle !" above it. Stuck from here.

Wish I could help further. In my experience I had to flash stock twice. Once with with pit file and repartition selected. Once without pit file and repartition unchecked.
From there to flash a custom ROM you need to get rid of 3e recovery by flashing something like CF-roof. Then once you have cf-root you can instal custom ROM.
Here is link for cf-root
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?p=8238938
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I did the above. It boots into CVM. I install the custom ROM. It counts down Waiting for SD Card to mount (20s, 19s, 18s....). Then it just restarts and keeps looping like that. Suggestions?

Unfortunately that is the end of what I know still fairly new to all this. Hourly someone else can help.
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Dorianking said:
I did the above. It boots into CVM. I install the custom ROM. It counts down Waiting for SD Card to mount (20s, 19s, 18s....). Then it just restarts and keeps looping like that. Suggestions?
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HOw long did it take for the ROM to install?
Have you tried removing the battery, battery back in recovery and reflash the ROM.
ICSSGS 4.2 has a requirement to be flashed twice. (different rom but may be similar issue)
Once to update the bootloader which will result in a boot loop when coming from a Gingerbread ROM and again to fully install the rom
Lastly download the ROM again checking the MD5 checksum before flashing
I trust that this will assist

Does it matter if it is installed from the External SD or Internal SD because when I try to install from the internal SD it says "Can't mount /emmc/" so I'm only able to install from the external SD.
I tried installing it twice. I still get the encryption unsuccessful screen. I also re-downloaded the ROM.

OK ii think what you need to do now is try to get the phone to boot successfully into a stock rom for your region.
You mentioned in the first 2 or 3 posts that you did download from SamFirmware a stock rom.
It is probably a Odin flashable ROM
Is it a 3 file or 1 file?
Flash and then boot up the phone to be able to use it.
If successfull move on to the next step.
If you have been able to do this before i would suggest to try a different ROM.
I can personally recomend the ICSSGS 4.2 ROM following the instructions on the opening post for that ROM
If this works then try Dark Knight or other ROM
If this post has helped please use the Thanks Button

Lexrsk said:
OK ii think what you need to do now is try to get the phone to boot successfully into a stock rom for your region.
You mentioned in the first 2 or 3 posts that you did download from SamFirmware a stock rom.
It is probably a Odin flashable ROM
Is it a 3 file or 1 file?
Flash and then boot up the phone to be able to use it.
If successfull move on to the next step.
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Unfortunately, it does not boot into stock ROM. It just loops.
I tried to do it over again. I used a different firmware: I9000XXJVU_I9000OXAJVU_OXA
So let's begin by retracing everything I did.
1) I essentially did this: http://www.androidegis.com/how-to/learn-how-to-install-xxjvu-firmware-on-galaxy-s-i9000/ (so it had the 4 files: pit, PDA, Code & CSC)
2) After I did that, I went into Odin and Put this as PDA "CF-Root-XX_OXA_JVU_2.3.6-v4.3-CWM3RFS" and clicked start
3) It then loaded but it keep looping. I had a feeling it didn't have a ROM installed. I erased data, cache and etc. Then I installed the Dark Knight 3 ROM. Install by external SD because I couldn't get the internal SD to work "Can't mount /emmc/" error.
4) I then reboot. I get the ROM loading screen. Then boom, stuck on Encryption Unsuccessful.
5) I put it back in recovery mode and repeat step 3 again.
6) I get the encryption error again.
Pretty much stuck at there.

so what you are saying is that no matter what firmware you flash it will boot loop?
I personally would not be trying a ICS ROM until you can boot a gingerbread rom successfully.
I have personally softbricked my phone once where i then was able to get into 3BR but was unable to boot due to a bad flash reflashing a gingerbread rom a couple of times with odin worked for me.
Try reflashing your JVU rom 2 times in a row.
I assume that you are able to get into 3BR if so what happens if you try to mount /system is there a error message?
When the phone is boot looping what is displayed on the screen?

Dorianking said:
Unfortunately, it does not boot into stock ROM. It just loops.
I tried to do it over again. I used a different firmware: I9000XXJVU_I9000OXAJVU_OXA
So let's begin by retracing everything I did.
1) I essentially did this: http://www.androidegis.com/how-to/learn-how-to-install-xxjvu-firmware-on-galaxy-s-i9000/ (so it had the 4 files: pit, PDA, Code & CSC)
2) After I did that, I went into Odin and Put this as PDA "CF-Root-XX_OXA_JVU_2.3.6-v4.3-CWM3RFS" and clicked start
3) It then loaded but it keep looping. I had a feeling it didn't have a ROM installed. I erased data, cache and etc. Then I installed the Dark Knight 3 ROM. Install by external SD because I couldn't get the internal SD to work "Can't mount /emmc/" error.
4) I then reboot. I get the ROM loading screen. Then boom, stuck on Encryption Unsuccessful.
5) I put it back in recovery mode and repeat step 3 again.
6) I get the encryption error again.
Pretty much stuck at there.
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from what you are doing it seems like you aren't doing what we say. Sorry if this is not the case.
1. Follow steps from your link above.
2. Attempt to reboot. Most likely you will be stuck in boot.
3. Flash again steps as link above. This time do not use pit and make sure repartition is unchecked.
4. Now boot. This time you should boot into stock.
5. Once in stock set USB debugging on and connect phone to PC and copy ROM you want to flash to internal sd card .
6. Flash CF-root with Odin.
8. Restart phone in to recovery and flash ROM on sd card.
Sorry to repeat this but none of what you say mentions flashing stock twice once with and once without repartition checked. You need to do this right after each other.
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So your suggestion is to keep doing JVU flashing until I can get it to work? Do I just follow that instruction and do the flash once with the PIT file (and repartition) and do it again without the PIT file? If it still doesn't boot, what then?
The phone boot looping. RIGHT when you turn on the phone. It has that Samsung Galaxy I9000 screen. It just has that, goes black for like 2-3 seconds then resets itself over and over again.
There is no issue with mount /system. I believe when I try to mount /emmc, there is an error. This is important because this is what lets me access the internal SD.

scubadude said:
from what you are doing it seems like you aren't doing what we say. Sorry if this is not the case.
1. Follow steps from your link above.
2. Attempt to reboot. Most likely you will be stuck in boot.
3. Flash again steps as link above. This time do not use pit and make sure repartition is unchecked.
4. Now boot. This time you should boot into stock.
5. Once in stock set USB debugging on and connect phone to PC and copy ROM you want to flash to internal sd card .
6. Flash CF-root with Odin.
8. Restart phone in to recovery and flash ROM on sd card.
Sorry to repeat this but none of what you say mentions flashing stock twice once with and once without repartition checked. You need to do this right after each other.
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After step number 1, I get this in the Android system recover <3e>
Code:
Copying media file
E:failed to mount. /sdcard (File exists)
E:copy_dbdata_media:Can't mount /sdcard you storage not prepared yet. please use UI menu for format and reboot actions.
Media files copy failed.
# MANUAL MODE #
Appling Multi-CSC...
Installing Multi-CSC
Can't access to '/system/csc/BMC/system/'.
Successfully applied multi-CSC.
I proceed to step 2. It doesn't boot so I do the 3BR.
I do step number 3, but step number 4 doesn't happen; I tried what you just said and it won't boot into the stock. It just goes into Android system recovery <3e> and the copying media files fails (both times I flash it). Just an error, still can reboot system and etc but I don't think anything happens.
This error on the second flash is
Code:
E:failed to mount /sdcard (file exists)
E: copy_dbdata_media: Can't mount /sdcard your storage not prepared yet. Please use UI menu for format and reboot actions.
Media files copy failed
#MANUAL MODE#
-- Applying Mutli-CSC...
Installing Multi-CSC
Can't acces to '/system/csc/BMC/system/'
Successfully applied multi-CSC.
Click Reboot Now is <3e>. Nothing happens, it boots up. Shows the first Samsung Galaxy S screen, does nothing. About to boot stock ROM but doesn't. Loops it back to the SGS screen once more. Then it just shuts off and a picture of a battery shows up?

If you are flashing through Odin twice all three files 1st time with pit and repartition checked, second time without pit and repartition unchecked and still have issues then I would say problem may be with phone but I am new to this myself. Only commenting and given suggestions as I had similar issues which I resolved with steps I mentioned.
Options would be to download another stock ROM and do a checksum to ensure it is fine, download a different version of Odin (i use odin 1.85) and a new 512 pit file, reinstall the drivers for the phone, try it all on a different PC. Also make sure kies is not running when you do this (kill any background services.for kies) and try disable your antivirus on your PC. Also remove external as card and Sim.
If these suggestions don't help try search google for those errors you are getting. That's what I have done and managed to sort every issue so far.
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Ok lots of reading in past posts here's what I would do and it works everytime. Google links to xxjvu firmware and and use those three files plus pit 512 repartition checkedand flash. Then to root your phone simply go to darky website. But before you do any of that tell me what rom you were on before you flashed new kernel and what exactly were you trying to accomplish out of your phone. ie.end result and who your service provider is. If you pm me I can walk you through it no problem.
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It was 2.3.3 I believe before I did it.
My goal is to put a nice custom ROM (looking towards Dark Knight 3).
I have no idea what the specific darky rom I need.
Service provider was Virgin Canada.

Been thinking. Have you tried using heimdal. Try search for a tutorial that flashes a stock ROM with heimdal.
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What did you have before the problems? Was it a lagfixed rom with ext4 partitions?
I've had strange problems when I tried to flash stuff with a lagfix, try to flash your stock base, and then flash a kernel that supports ext4. See if it boots up. If it does, disable lagfix and then change to whatever you want

P970 can't install anything?

Hi everyone,
I recently purchased a P970 through the Koodo network. I used smartflash, rom converter 2.0, etc. to root the phone.
I booted my phone, superuser was installed. Everything works well, however, if I go to Google Play store to install any app, the phone freezes and I have to take the battery out to get it started again or the phone will just reboot as soon as it tries to install it. I tried downloading the apk and uploading it to the phone and installing it with superuser but it does the same thing.
I reinstalled everything twice now and it still does the same thing. I've read around the website but can't find any answer. Can anyone help please?

Try to flash another rom.

The phone came with V20j. There's a Telus rom that's V20i. It's ok to try that one?

darrenp76 said:
The phone came with V20j. There's a Telus rom that's V20i. It's ok to try that one?
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I meen that you can try to flash a custom rom like zeus.

I can't download rom manager or anything like that without it rebooting.
I followed these instructions found on this site:
1. Get original Koodo firmware
2. Extract BIN/FLS with LGExtract.exe
3. Patch in CWM image with Linux DD (I used p970 rom converter 2.0 to do the extract and CWM image)
4. Flash with SmartFlashTool
The only apps that came with the superuser was anreboot and es file explorer
Can I just flash a rom like zeus with the rom conerter 2.0?

You have CWM,right? If not, try cwm flasher by redy in Development sector
When the phone is restarting at LG logo, press Volume Down to Recovery.
If u not have e/g-recovery, power off and try to press Power button and Volume down in the same time
And u can wipe all data or flash any custom rom

Already U know about CWM and injecting root
So, just download Gingerbread V20S Rooted .bin and .fls files from google
And flash with Smart Flash tool
Or else, U can try Zeus (excellent ROM) with (if u have to install Zeus, U should have some ROM installed with root and ROM manager)
If now ur phone has root option, just install ROM manager (download separately ROM manager and install)
Even if yours is not rooted, basic features of ROM manager will work for Reboot into Recovery, so that you can flash the zip file of Zeus ROM (try to install latest is 6.39n and its update file)
If unable to install just Factory Reset, even that is not working..
Try to open the settings of Play Google and clear all the cache or history u can find and restart the phone..
Try the Zeus ROM, amazing ROM and No. 1 now..
Press THANKS if I helped you

Hi there,
darrenp76, I too had just rooted my own LG P970 (my carrier is also Koodo). I used a different method to root my phone, but the result was a success.
I found myself in the same situation as you; every time I tried to download an app, the download would complete but then the phone would hang on when the installation portion began. The phone would power off, and boot back up.
I have solved this issue by doing the following:
1) Go to Settings
2) Go to Privacy
3) Select "Factor data reset"
4) Reset phone. I did NOT check off "Erase SD card"
My phone restarted, I saw the ClockWorkMod screen, then my phone continued to restart normally.
I was then prompted with LG's little tutorial, and I entered my gmail information when prompted.
I was then able to access the Market - which updated to the Play store. I was able to keep Superuser on my phone, but I lost the 2 applications that were automatically installed when I rooted my phone (one was a file browser and the other was some sort of restart.) I did not have these programs installed for very long because I reset my phone shortly after rooting, and so I wasn't able to familiarize myself with those 2 apps, and I don't remember the names of them.
Anyways, I really hope that this helps you. Having been through the situation myself, I was very worried, but the factory reset seems to have fixed this issue.

Back to stock

Hy
I see that a lot of people (so did I) had problems of going back to stock, so i wil write a little guide for doing this.
I am not responsibility i anything goes wrong.
Before starting you need the following:
Odin3-v3.07 => you can find it here (CF-Auto-Root)
firmware => http://www.sammobile.com/firmwares/
Before we begin, we need two files. The firmware that you have downloaded and also a file rom this firmware called hidden.img.tar.
Open your firmware with winrar and extract the file "hidden.img". When you have this file rename it to "hidden.img.tar"
Now we can really begin
step 1: (optional)
go to recovery (Vol+ & home & Pwr) and wipe your phone.
step 2:
Open Odin as administrator and put your phone in download mode ( Vol - & home & Pwr)
Click on the "AP" button and choose your firmware.
When the firmware is loaded click "start". The firmware will now being flashed on your phone. Most likely you wil get an error after a while when it was flashing the "hidden.img" file (no stress
step 3:
Unplug your phone and reboot it again to download mode (nothing else will work at this point) and connect it again to your PC. In Odin click again on the "AP" button and choose the file that we have created before the "hidden.img.tar" file. When loaded click on "start".
You don't get an error this time and your phone will restart and your phone is being flashed. when your are stuck at a bootloop, go to step 4
step 4:
Put your phone in recovery mode (will look a bit different if you had custom recovery before) and wipe your phone back to factory settings
I hope that this can help other people who where stuck trying to go back to stock

That's a good guide, thank you, worked for me flawlessly.
It might however be good to add: be patient on first boot! It takes ages

Hmm I am not sure. But for me the step 3 was not needed. I did not get error for hidden.img
Is it OK ? I was following your guide did everything as you wrote here till step 3 but during flashing the error was not there
Hope it will be working. Right now it is doing the first boot so waiting and waiting. Hope it will work as I need to return this phone to my older brother who borrow it to me. And I want to give him the phone as it was when he gave it to me.

Hello, i have bought Samsung Galaxy S5 MINI model SM-G800F.
There is Cyanogenmod 12.1-20150707-unofficial-kminilte
android version 5.1.1
baseband (i think) G800FXXU1AOF5
Problem is with MMS - I cant send or receive it thats why
id like to go back to stock rom, but i need few details.
i know how to do it in theory, but first of all, i dont know nothing about what last user have done witch phone, what schould i check to not brick my phone?
in your description is written to download Firmware, tell me pls, which version i have to download, my orginal is (i think) :
PDA/AP Version G800FXXU1AOF5
CSC Version G800FDBT1AOF1
MODEM/CP Version G800FXXU1AOF5
Region DBT — Germany
Build Date 2015-06-29
Changelist 5268468
OS KitKat
OS Version 4.4.2
but this is old kitkat and now i have got version 5.1.1 can i use any rom or that one orginal or only newer or the same version is already installed?
second question i bought this phone from Germany and i live in Poland, can i flash my phone with stock polish version of for example PLAY carrier or i have to do it only witch orginal German stock ROM?
thanks for replay T_M
now i know my model is SM-G800FZKADBT so i can only download rom for this model - yes?

Sorry for pulling this old thread from its grave.
I have wiped my Samsung S5 min (SM-G800F, DBT) completely, i.e. all(!) partitions and also did a "format data", since no data worth to keep were on it. Then I started Odin as admin, placed the official latest Samsung FW (G800FXXU1CRG3_G800FDBT1CRE1_G800FXXU1CRG3_HOME.tar.md5) in the "AP" field, had only "Auto Reboot" and "F. Reset Time" under "Options" ticked, and nothing under "Pit". The flashing worked without errors and the S5 mini rebooted. The "SAMSUNG" logo was blinking for about 10 minutes, but I was already warned that this first boot may really take a while. Finally, the device successfully booted into regular/stock system.
Now my questions:
So far, have I done everything right to go back to stock? I have not tampered with a "hidden.img" or "hidden.img.tar" file, hence this question.
Next, I would like to flash the latest official TWRP. Is it right to put "twrp-3.3.1-0-kminilte.img.tar" in the "AP" field of Odin (as before for the stock FW) and flash it? I would this time not select "Auto Reboot", but instead after successful flashing, plug the USB cable, remove the battery, place it back, and start the S5 mini (SM-G500F) to recovery by holding power + home + volume up. Correct?
Finally, I would lake to have Magisk. Is it right to place the official "Magisk-v20.2.zip" on the external SD card (oh, I wiped that before, too) and to flash it from recovery (TWRP) and then reboot the device to system?
Do I have to enable the developer options and (also?) ADB debugging for any of the aforementioned steps?
Thanks a lot for your helpful hints.
PS:
Stock worked nicely. Then I enabled developer options, ADB debugging, and flashed 1. TWRP (step 2 above) and 2. Magisk (step 3 above). Booting to system took much longer while a message about Android being started and App No. x of y being optimized. Since stock ROM contains tons of crappy apps, this took quite a while. I wonder why now (after flashing TWRP and Magisk) the system sees the need to optimise apps. Ah, is it because I also wiped cache and dalvik cache from TWRP after flashing Magisk? Maybe this was not needed, I dunno...

Failed root, Infinix Hot 4. Logo looping on start up

Hi, sorry if this isn't the place for this, there's no forum for the Infinix Hot 4, only the Hot 4 Pro (and I can't submit threads there it seems)
I attempted a root for my Infinix Hot 4 (Android 6.0) and failed miserably. First I tried Kingo Rot but that kept failing. I guessed it had to do with this bootlader thing....so I ended up trying again using a guide from this website https:// naijnaira .com/ how-to-root-infinix-hot-4-x557-and-port-twrp-recovery-image/.
The end result is that when I try a regular start up it loops on the logo. I can still go to the TWRP bootup though.
I read that if I just installed an image file named system.iso it would return to normal, but I can't locate any iso with that name...
I followed those instructions with one or two divergences which I guess was the problem...? I'm pretty much entirely new to this.
The main difference is that the link given in that guide to the download page for Infinix Hot 4 TWRP Recovery Image was no longer working. So I googled a new one and used this one instead. https: // www .needrom. com/ download/ twrp-recovery-for-infinix-hot-4/
The second difference is that when I flashed TWRM I turned back on my phone the regular way because I realised I hadn't moved the Super SU zip onto my SD card. So I did that, reflashed TWRM, and then installed the Super SU zip. and had it auto reboot when done. That's when the looping problem began.
I just installing that zip file again and this time clearing the cache afterwards and then rebooting. No difference.
Right now I'm thinking of this Infinix Flash Tool I read about, and trying to track down the original Infinix software to flash back onto my phone, but I'm not sure where to even find that software. Also I read that it is effectively a factory reset and I'll lose all my data....
If there's another option please please tell me.
Thank you and sorry again if this is the wrong place.
Some other tech details
prgrams I used
SP_Flash_Tool_v5.1804_Win
TWRP_MM_N_X557
UPDATE-SuperSU-v2.46.zip
EDIT
Solved!
A sincere thanks to Mid from the r/AndroidQuestions Discord and to the guys at Hovatek forums
The steps I took, thanks to advice, was as follows
First I moved the stock Rom/firmware to my SD Card and tried to install the .zip via TWRM's Install Zip function:
(I used the wrong build a couple of times before using MiracleBox to find my phone's correct build)
This gave the error
Checking for MD5 file...
Skipping MD5 check: no MD5 file found
(in red) Could not find 'META-INF/com/google/androud/update-binary' in the zip file.
Error installing zip file '/external_sd/X557-H807AD-M-170524V251.zip' (end red)
This is because the zip isn't supposed to be installed via TWRM, the loader. It's supposed to be Flashed (specifically via the scatter file) using a PC and USB cable.
I didn't want to lose my phone's data so instead of ticking all the options for Flashing in SP Flash, I only selected Boot, Recovery and System. I also backed up my data this time just in case via TWRM, onto my SD Card
I then flashed those selected options and the phone started up successfully.

MatrixM said:
Hi, sorry if this isn't the place for this, there's no forum for the Infinix Hot 4, only the Hot 4 Pro....
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I don't have this device but, I believe that one or more of the following threads may be helpful for what you are trying to do that's specific to your device and variant. Don't be afraid to ask for some member guidance within one of them too.
https://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=3742614
https://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=3695803
Good Luck!
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