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Can't Boot Into System, Only TWRP

Here's the whole story:
I was on an unofficial build of RR CM13, encrypted, using TWRP 3.0.2-1.
I wiped data, dalvik, cache, and flashed the newest Official RR 7.1.1 and open-gapps.
I boot into the new ROM and start setting stuff up.
I restore some apps' data using Titanium Backup, then reboot.
On reboot I'm greeted with the device setup screen
I reboot, wipe, reflash a bunch of times
A few times:
When I rebooted after using the system my PIN doesn't decrypt the system/data (booting into the system)
When I rebooted after using TWRP my PIN does decrypt (booting into the system)
At some point during this I try wiping everything from TWRP, but it freezes, goes black, and then the notification LED turns white. I hold the power button and boot back to TWRP.
Apparently wiping /data is the problem (everything else wipes just fine if I do them individually)
I boot back into the system, set it up, and do a full factory reset from there (after offloading my stuff from Internal Storage)
Back to TWRP, now no matter what I flash or restore, I don't end up booting into the system, only into TWRP
I've also tried TWRP 3.0.4-0 (which wouldn't decrypt my data), and I've reflash TWRP a few times.
How do I actually boot into my system? It's been 7 hours, and I'm losing my mind.

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Boot to your ROM through the power button...
Manually..

Just Passing By said:
Not sure if you've tried this yet, but considering you've already backed your phone up, I'd just recommend to start clean and use the unbricker tool.
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Do what he said. You've already wiped your internal storage, so just start from scratch.

Just Passing By said:
Not sure if you've tried this yet, but considering you've already backed your phone up, I'd just recommend to start clean and use the unbricker tool.
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Thanks, that worked, but now when I try to boot into recovery I get a black screen.
I was able to use the Toolkit to boot into TWRP and flash my ROM. Any ideas how to fix this?

RustySpackleford said:
Thanks, that worked, but now when I try to boot into recovery I get a black screen.
I was able to use the Toolkit to boot into TWRP and flash my ROM. Any ideas how to fix this?
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flash twrp
adb push os zip
adb push su
flash all , if needed format data.
This is what I have done yesterday,
edit: If u brick I don't take any responsibility.

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TWRP has enormous potential and so does ADB try to use them.
First ensure TWRP is working, If it works you're 80℅ safe , then further do some XDA search as per your need. I am sure it will work again.
This is purely my experience since 6 years I am flashing .

uttam.ace said:
TWRP has enormous potential and so does ADB try to use them.
First ensure TWRP is working, If it works you're 80℅ safe , then further do some XDA search as per your need. I am sure it will work again.
This is purely my experience since 6 years I am flashing .
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hi bro, i facing 'white led black screen' on my 3T, can you explain what should i do for fix this?
please.. :crying:

bluuquthug said:
hi bro, i facing 'white led black screen' on my 3T, can you explain what should i do for fix this?
please.. :crying:
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Hi ! Do not worry try this
https://forum.xda-developers.com/oneplus-3t/how-to/unbrick-unbrick-tutorial-oneplus-3t-t3515306

uttam.ace said:
Hi ! Do not worry try this
https://forum.xda-developers.com/oneplus-3t/how-to/unbrick-unbrick-tutorial-oneplus-3t-t3515306
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it cant bro, i tried using that unbrick tool but still facing same problem after i update or flashing ROM again.
or can you explain step by step to fix that? almost all ROM i tried but still happening, am i wrong?

bluuquthug said:
it cant bro, i tried using that unbrick tool but still facing same problem after i update or flashing ROM again.
or can you explain step by step to fix that? almost all ROM i tried but still happening, am i wrong?
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Your TWRP is working right!
go to TWRP/ Advanced/ADB Sideload
type "adb sideload /path/to/rom.zip"

Mate, recommend using ADB Sideload on TWRP itself is the only viable option you have. OR if that doesn't work and you still have the PIN issues, you should definitely use the Unbrick Tool and get everything back to Stock, and then reflash everything
Note: Using the unbrick tool will cause it to relock bootloader, so you're gonna have to start over again.
Cheers!

Fastboot Flash Firmware?

I was curious, is there anyway to flash the firmware and modem through fastboot instead of TWRP? I accidentally downloaded the OP3 firmware instead of OP3T and then flashed it and well you know how that goes. Thankfully this phone almost impossible to brick even when doing the worst. It shows up in the computer and my bootloader is unlocked, and i was wondering, instead of losing everything and following the unbrick guide if there are actually commands or ways to flash it through fastboot so i don't have to fully wipe the phone? I have TWRP backups that are from yesterday on the phone, so if there was a way to restore that at the very least if i did have to do the full flash then thats fine too. I guess if the unbrick tool didn't wipe out internal storage or something thats fine. Any help is appreciated.

M3drvr said:
I was curious, is there anyway to flash the firmware and modem through fastboot instead of TWRP? I accidentally downloaded the OP3 firmware instead of OP3T and then flashed it and well you know how that goes. Thankfully this phone almost impossible to brick even when doing the worst. It shows up in the computer and my bootloader is unlocked, and i was wondering, instead of losing everything and following the unbrick guide if there are actually commands or ways to flash it through fastboot so i don't have to fully wipe the phone? I have TWRP backups that are from yesterday on the phone, so if there was a way to restore that at the very least if i did have to do the full flash then thats fine too. I guess if the unbrick tool didn't wipe out internal storage or something thats fine. Any help is appreciated.
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If you're experienced, you can actually flash each individual partition image file back to each partition on your phone using fastboot flash file partition. So yes, if you know what you're doing you could just restore the firmware partitions and you should be back on track. However if you accidentally flash to the wrong partitions you could potentially brick your phone. ?

pitrus- said:
If you're experienced, you can actually flash each individual partition image file back to each partition on your phone using fastboot flash file partition. So yes, if you know what you're doing you could just restore the firmware partitions and you should be back on track. However if you accidentally flash to the wrong partitions you could potentially brick your phone.
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I'm perfectly comfortable flashing partitions. Done it many times with old HTC's and Nexus's. I just need to know what the actual names of the files are that i'd need to extract from the zips is the other thing.

M3drvr said:
I'm perfectly comfortable flashing partitions. Done it many times with old HTC's and Nexus's. I just need to know what the actual names of the files are that i'd need to extract from the zips is the other thing.
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Well, I've never really had to do this on the 3t. Last was on an old Huawei mediapad, but you can Google all the partition dumps in the latest full OTA zip, some are self explaining.

hey @M3drvr,
i have now the same problem as you had. i flashed accidentally the wrong firmware file for my op3t and it stucks now at the oneplus booting screen. how did you solved your issue back then? any help is appreciated.
the solution for my problem is to flash the correct firmware via pc - but i dont know how..

mcdachpappe said:
hey @M3drvr,
i have now the same problem as you had. i flashed accidentally the wrong firmware file for my op3t and it stucks now at the oneplus booting screen. how did you solved your issue back then? any help is appreciated.
the solution for my problem is to flash the correct firmware via pc - but i dont know how..
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With the unbrick tool in the general section.

Accident total wipe, no backup. Please help!

Hi all,
I am new to the BLU R1 HD scene. Just got my phone this week. It's a amazon prime variant with firmware v7.4.2 (or v7.2.4?).
I got twrp installed and wiped everything through TWRP, including the internal storage - which removed my only NANDroid backup image.
My phone would freeze at the startup BLU logo now. But I could still enter recovery mode (TWRP). And I could still see the TWRP folder from my Ubuntu (which shows as a internal storage drive)
What should I do? Is there a way to flash it back to stock ROM? Where can I download a stock rom?
I am in panic mode now. Any help would be greatly appreciated!!

jimmythefung said:
Hi all,
I am new to the BLU R1 HD scene. Just got my phone this week. It's a amazon prime variant with firmware v7.4.2 (or v7.2.4?).
I got twrp installed and wiped everything through TWRP, including the internal storage - which removed my only NANDroid backup image.
My phone would freeze at the startup BLU logo now. But I could still enter recovery mode (TWRP). And I could still see the TWRP folder from my Ubuntu (which shows as a internal storage drive)
What should I do? Is there a way to flash it back to stock ROM? Where can I download a stock rom?
I am in panic mode now. Any help would be greatly appreciated!!
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take it easy . sounds like you wiped /system too. but that is ok since you still have access to twrp
take a rom from here
https://forum.xda-developers.com/r1-hd/development/modified-8-3-stock-rom-t3602672
copy it to the phone (internal storage) as seen from your ubuntu.
boot to twrp and select install, browse to the zip file copied to internal

mrmazak said:
take it easy . sounds like you wiped /system too. but that is ok since you still have access to twrp
take a rom from here
https://forum.xda-developers.com/r1-hd/development/modified-8-3-stock-rom-t3602672
copy it to the phone (internal storage) as seen from your ubuntu.
boot to twrp and select install, browse to the zip file copied to internal
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Oh my god that's good to hear! (especially from someone who knows his stuff!)
I was just looking at that other thread you posted.
Okay I give that a try. Thanks much!

It fixed my phone just as you said! The v8.4 rom is even better with higher level security update. Thanks!

Once you have twrp installed, you can recover from most things that go wrong.
One exception is when people do a "wipe all" and erase the phone's MEID unique identification. When that happens, the phone can boot and work but can no longer be connected to a phone service provider's network.
And the more common problem with this phone is people who accept an over-the-air update that disables SP Flash Tool and then want to get root or flash their phones. They are out of luck at that point.

Need Help Re-partitioning

When I initially went to unlock the bootloader, I encountered an issue, which I did not record anywhere. (Don't remember what it was.) In the end, I was able to update the recovery to the newest available version used here. I could install the Lineage OS roms and I did, except the internal memory was decreased to something like 600mb.
I don't remember what I did from there, but I think I tried to load a scatter file over and flash that. Evidently I barely have a grip on what I'm discussing. I would like to salvage this phone. Its currently showing 0mb for internal storage. Not sure how I can flash a rom over that.
I need to fix the partitioning, but I don't know how and I don't know what to do. Please help. The bootloader is unlocked and not secure.

razz0z said:
When I initially went to unlock the bootloader, I encountered an issue, which I did not record anywhere. (Don't remember what it was.) In the end, I was able to update the recovery to the newest available version used here. I could install the Lineage OS roms and I did, except the internal memory was decreased to something like 600mb.
I don't remember what I did from there, but I think I tried to load a scatter file over and flash that. Evidently I barely have a grip on what I'm discussing. I would like to salvage this phone. Its currently showing 0mb for internal storage. Not sure how I can flash a rom over that.
I need to fix the partitioning, but I don't know how and I don't know what to do. Please help. The bootloader is unlocked and not secure.
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I have had similar issue , with loosing use of internal storage, normally , on my other devices it could be fixed by doing "format data" either in fastboot or twtp. But I found that sometimes that is not working. What I did , and what I suggest you to try, is to fastboot boot stock-recovery.img, then do factory reset.

mrmazak said:
I have had similar issue , with loosing use of internal storage, normally , on my other devices it could be fixed by doing "format data" either in fastboot or twtp. But I found that sometimes that is not working. What I did , and what I suggest you to try, is to fastboot boot stock-recovery.img, then do factory reset.
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I don't think I can format the data partition right now, but I will check and try that as soon as the phone charges again. I've been trying and sort of giving up, because I have a lot to learn about the basics before I can actually fix anything without any help. Fastboot mode and then how do I boot the stock-recovery.img? Where do I get that?
Do you mean from a stock rom? Should I allow TWRP to enable read-only mode, because I think it said that it may overwrite TWRP with the stock recovery? Sorry for the ignorance, I'm trying to figure out what I can without help, but I've never been this deep. I've always managed to do these things correctly in the past, without having an extensive understanding of the filesystem or what a kernel is or a bootloader.
Thanks for replying, thanks for your work on the roms here too, by the way.

razz0z said:
I don't think I can format the data partition right now, but I will check and try that as soon as the phone charges again. I've been trying and sort of giving up, because I have a lot to learn about the basics before I can actually fix anything without any help. Fastboot mode and then how do I boot the stock-recovery.img? Where do I get that?
Do you mean from a stock rom? Should I allow TWRP to enable read-only mode, because I think it said that it may overwrite TWRP with the stock recovery? Sorry for the ignorance, I'm trying to figure out what I can without help, but I've never been this deep. I've always managed to do these things correctly in the past, without having an extensive understanding of the filesystem or what a kernel is or a bootloader.
Thanks for replying, thanks for your work on the roms here too, by the way.
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Use the stock recovery linked in this linked thread.
https://forum.xda-developers.com/showpost.php?p=73290731&postcount=8
there is also directions in the same linked thread , few posts down on how to fastboot boot recovery image.
once booted, try to do factory reset, hopefully it formats your data partition for you.

Xiaomi Note 9 is still bootlooping even after installing stock firmware

Hello! Just created an account in this forum to seek help because this is driving me nuts.
I have a Xiaomi Redmi Note 9 (Merlin) which has no system (Android), but I still can access fastboot and recovery menu, so I went ahead and unlocked the bootloader and flashed MIUI without any issue. To my surprise, when I booted the phone back up, it was like I didn't do anything as it still bootlooped, it didn't even show the MIUI logo, so I tried again; still nothing.
So, I tried the following:
- I followed the guide in this forum for hard-bricked Note 9 phones (https://forum.xda-developers.com/t/...icked-redmi-note-9-merlin-hard-brick.4347025/), and I can tell the firmware flashes because the starting menu and the fastboot logo changed from the rabbit to FASTBOOT in orange letters, but still no system.
- I flashed stock firmware, but still no system.
- I flashed the MIUI version that the phone came with through fastboot, but still no system
- I tried to flash the newest version of MIUI the phone came with through TWRP using the recovery version, but still no system (and when I try to reboot, TWRP says there is no system)
- I tried installing Pixel Experience to see if MIUI was the issue but, still no system. The phone just keeps bootlooping endlessly.
- I tried running https://github.com/Zackptg5/Disable_Dm-Verity_ForceEncrypt to see if the encryption was the problem, but no progress.
I would appreciate any help to at least have my phone working, even if it's not with MIUI but with a custom ROM. At this point I don't care anymore, just want a useable phone.
Thank you.

Hi. Just flash the whole stock MIUI ROM of your choice and then
In TWRP you must format /data (you did first make a backup of your personal data right?)
Then phone should boot again.
I hope this helps. Good luck!

lebigmac said:
Hi. Just flash the whole stock MIUI ROM of your choice and then
In TWRP you must format /data
I hope this helps. Good luck!
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I've tried that a couple of times but it's like I didn't do anything, when I reboot I still get no system

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bump - really desperate about this matter

I can't believe reflashing stock ROM + formatting the /data partition didn't fix your issue
You are using the flash_all.sh script that comes with the stock MIUI firmware right?
well your only option it seems is to check the bootloop log and then try to find out the reason for bootloop that way. Maybe somewhere inside TWRP you can find some kind of bootloop log? Good luck!

lebigmac said:
I can't believe reflashing stock ROM + formatting the /data partition didn't fix your issue
You are using the flash_all.sh script that comes with the stock MIUI firmware right?
well your only option it seems is to check the bootloop log and then try to find out the reason for bootloop that way. Maybe somewhere inside TWRP you can find some kind of bootloop log? Good luck!
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Yeah, I even tried with other PCs to see if that was the issue. Will try looking in the logs. Thank you!