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Clockwork Mod recovery mode ??????

I am having a problem accessing clockwork mod recovery mode, no matter what process i try it consistently takes me to android recovery instead.
info:
samsung fascinate
rooted
Did odin flash back to stock
Did factory reset back to stock
Did software ota update to the following specs:
HV i500.04
M# sc i500
Firmware 2.1 update 1
Baseband S: 1500.04VD101
Kernel 2.6.29
Build SCH i500 DH101
Installed CWm Recovery from market
Installed Asto file manager from market
Installed Titanium backup from market
Opened CWM application
Went through root permissions dialogue
Flashed CWM recovery to 2.5.1.0
Next i clicked on BACK UP ROM which reboots me into Android Recovery Mode and gives me the standard 4 options for the fascinate:, plus it says installation was aborted:
1.After failing to find update package
2. open update package
3. verify update package
At this point i click on the home button and reboot system now.
Next i try flashing a different CWM Recovery version to 2.5.1.1 , 2.5.1.3 , 2.5.1.4 , all resulting in and error message, so i am still using 2.5.1.0
Next i try toclick on manage and restore backups but there are no backups listed even thouigh i did back up Rom earlier.
next i try to install the Geeknik ROM( Stupidfast v1.23(D101) from the Download ROM section.
I click OK to dialogue box that ask do i want to Down Load Rom
The Stupidfast ROM download starts and finishes
Notification bar says download is complete so i click on notification bar and this takes me to dialogue box which asks do i want to back up existing rom and wipe data and cache . i say yes to both and click OK.
Next dialogue box asks do i want tot reboot. i click Ok
i am then taken back to Android System recovery.
No matter what i do in Clockwork Recovery i always end up back at Anroid System Recovery. i have tried all different scenarios -debugging checked.debugging unchecked,clear cache, dont clear cache, back up rom,dont back up rom, usb connected, usb unconnected, Titanium in,titanium out. watched all different you tube videos on subject.
sorry this was so long. i didnt want to miss any answers to any question any of you might have if at this point you want to offer any help. thanks in advance.

You have to flash CWM with Odin before you can use it. Can't just install from the market or ROM Manager

Kevin, Thanks for your response to my question.
i thought i already flashed CWMRecovery from within ROM Manager. it is the first option at the top of CWMRecovery, also it states under that first choice that my latest recovery id Clockwork Mod 2.5.1.0.
If i scroll down to the bottom of CWMRecovery the last choice shows all of the CWM Recoveries. Recovery 2.5.1.0 is listed at the bottom and is the only one i can flash/install.
In both instances it says that i have flashed this version(2.5.1.0) of CWM Recovery.
I will try whhat you are suggesting and thanks again for the help, it is appreciated

Kevin , I followed your instructions and flashed the CWMrecovery.tar file with Odin3_1.3 and everything is as it should be. The funny thing is (at least to me) that the CWMrecovery version that is listed when i am in recovery mode now is CWM version 2.5.1.0, which is the same version that i flashed within rom manager. Kind of confusing but at least i am where i want to be. Thanks again for the help.

Yeah, it's just one of the quirks with the Fascinate. Unlike most devices, just flashing Clockwork with ROM Manager only puts the update.zip on your SD card. Using Odin to flash the .tar file installs the recovery, so both parts are needed.

where i need to put CWMrecovery.tar in ODIN in which section PDA/PHONE/CSC? 1nx

You only flash things in PDA section, doing otherwise will screw up your phone
Sent from my Fascinate - DJ05/SuperClean/Adryn's 12/30

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Im kinda new to all this stuff and just wanted to get some step by step stuff if you dont mind. I rooted my Fascinate tried clockwork mod wouldnt work when i tried to backup after downloading the recovery thing and when i read this you guys said something about Odin so I went to appbrain and downloaded tuxility but now im lost on what to do. Maybe something step-by-step would be good. Really appreciate it! (ps: I know im kinda slow but if you wouldnt mind...)

The stock recovery does not allow us to run unsigned zips. Thus, we must flash the CWMrecovery.tar to patch recovery to allow us to run these unsigned zips. Then you can flash CWM from within Rom Manager.
Follow these instructions from fallingup's thread:
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=788099

THANKS
Thanks ALOT this looks really simple the only thing that idk about is how it said to put it in download mode. Idk what that means. Debugging? and do I mount it? Thats all i think. THANKS agian.

Download mode: power off, pull out battery, with Odin open and USB connected to PC hold volume down and plug in USB.

Stuck in [email protected] and Boot screen.

I was getting fed up with touchwiz and a few other things and decided to flash my phone.
I was trying exynos 7.1.5.
SO as per instructions I flashed CF-Root-SGS2_XX_OXA_KF2-v4.0-CWM4.tar with odin.
And it seemed ok, booted into os, used CWM to load custom rom.
Put the rom on the root of internal sd card.
rebooted into cwm and flash seemed to go ok.
Now it's just playing the startup chime and looping the boot animation, left it running for twenty mins.
When I try to start cwm (vol down, power, menu) to get the original rom back it is stuck in "odin mode" and I can't access any menus to re-flash.
If I plug it in it connects and I can access it and reflash with odin. but I'm still unable to access anything to fix the rom.
Any ideas?
Thanks.

mega_bite said:
I was getting fed up with touchwiz and a few other things and decided to flash my phone.
I was trying exynos 7.1.5.
SO as per instructions I flashed CF-Root-SGS2_XX_OXA_KF2-v4.0-CWM4.tar with odin.
And it seemed ok, booted into os, used CWM to load custom rom.
Put the rom on the root of internal sd card.
rebooted into cwm and flash seemed to go ok.
Now it's just playing the startup chime and looping the boot animation, left it running for twenty mins.
When I try to start cwm (vol down, power, menu) to get the original rom back it is stuck in "odin mode" and I can't access any menus to re-flash.
If I plug it in it connects and I can access it and reflash with odin. but I'm still unable to access anything to fix the rom.
Any ideas?
Thanks.
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Well you have forgotten to flash base sytem first. Exynos 3.5
read, read, read....
Just start over m8.
HOW TO INSTALL EXYNOS: (WIPE)
1. First of all download Exynos Base System: (this will wipe all your data)
2. Download EXYNOS Update
3. Put those files in your internal SD
3. Flash from CWM -> EXYNOS3.X_Base_System.zip (base system)
4. Let the system boot up until you see the homescreen
5. Put the phone in RECOVERY MODE
6. Flash from CWM -> ExynosX.X_update.zip
7. Reboot and enjoy
How to update from older Exynos System:
1. Download Exynos Update
2. Put the zip in your internal SD
3. Put the phone in RECOVERY MODE
4. Flash from CWM -> ExynosX.X_update.zip
5. Reboot and enjoy
All downloads here

I cant access anything to put the base xenos on.
I can't access cwm to flash rom
The only thing I seem to be able to do is load odin.
Is there anyway to use odin to flash a rom?
I get ding-a-ling of a device being plugged in when I connect the phone, and the drives appear, but I can't drop the 3.5 zip file in, the flash drives appear but can't be connected to. And if I could put the zip files in the internal card, I can't access cwm to change the rom.
THanks btw

Find different rom that is Odin flashable. Flash to this one and than start over.
Sent from my GT-I9100 using Tapatalk

Thanks mate.
I'm trying to find one now, but not having much luck.
could you point me tpwards one please mate
thanks

mega_bite said:
I was getting fed up with touchwiz and a few other things and decided to flash my phone.
I was trying exynos 7.1.5.
SO as per instructions I flashed CF-Root-SGS2_XX_OXA_KF2-v4.0-CWM4.tar with odin.
And it seemed ok, booted into os, used CWM to load custom rom.
Put the rom on the root of internal sd card.
rebooted into cwm and flash seemed to go ok.
Now it's just playing the startup chime and looping the boot animation, left it running for twenty mins.
When I try to start cwm (vol down, power, menu) to get the original rom back it is stuck in "odin mode" and I can't access any menus to re-flash.
If I plug it in it connects and I can access it and reflash with odin. but I'm still unable to access anything to fix the rom.
Any ideas?
Thanks.
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start cwm (vol down, power, menu)...you say this!!! Cwm is vol up,not down.
Sent from my GT-I9100 using XDA App

well thats embarassing.
fixed now.

[Q] Can safestrap be removed and still run custom rom?

I have been flashing new roms alot on my att mk2 I337 and found one I really like. But twice during all the roms the phone either wiped safestrap or skipped it during startup. It would start right up without the safestrap recovery or continue option. This happen when flashing into the stock rom slot. I dont know why it did that. The first time it booted and worked fine except the wifi because I forgot the AT&TMK2kernelmodules.zip. I rebooted multiple times trying to get the recovery option. I finally reinstalled ss to get that in there. The second time it skipped it but got stock in bootloop. Stuck on the boot animation for the rom I was installing. I cant blame the roms for doing it because I get them running fine. I had to go back to stock with odin. But I was curious if once the rom is up and going could you uninstall ss? And skip the recovery/continue option. It would be neat if you could. Then just reinstall it if need. Although I can see if something happens you would probably need to use odin again.
Also while typing this I started wondering if there is a way to install safestrap through odin or some other way if the phone system isnt booting?
Thanks to all the devs and members on this site!

LarryW3 said:
I have been flashing new roms alot on my att mk2 I337 and found one I really like. But twice during all the roms the phone either wiped safestrap or skipped it during startup. It would start right up without the safestrap recovery or continue option. This happen when flashing into the stock rom slot. I dont know why it did that. The first time it booted and worked fine except the wifi because I forgot the AT&TMK2kernelmodules.zip. I rebooted multiple times trying to get the recovery option. I finally reinstalled ss to get that in there. The second time it skipped it but got stock in bootloop. Stuck on the boot animation for the rom I was installing. I cant blame the roms for doing it because I get them running fine. I had to go back to stock with odin. But I was curious if once the rom is up and going could you uninstall ss? And skip the recovery/continue option. It would be neat if you could. Then just reinstall it if need. Although I can see if something happens you would probably need to use odin again.
Also while typing this I started wondering if there is a way to install safestrap through odin or some other way if the phone system isnt booting?
Thanks to all the devs and members on this site!
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You can't install safestrap any other way except the APK. The only way to flash to Stock without removing Safestrap is if the ROM has AROMA installer and an option to not wipe system, because then you can wipe /system from the Safestrap menu and then install.

no

Just an Idea
You can install the SafeStrap apk file using the ADB (Android Debug Bridge) "install" command, as long as adb recognizes your phone. You can download everything you need from here. Although if you can't boot up your phone I don't see what you could do with the apk installed because you can't open the app to press the install button.
Quick tutorial on ADB:
1) Download the file above.
2) Unzip and navigate to the sdk folder > platform-tools.
3) Hold shift and right click inside the platform-tools folder. (Make sure you click on an empty space inside the folder, not on a file.)
4) Select "Open command window here".
5) Run the install command which you can find information on here.

[Q] Need Help with TitaniumBackup screw up please. Anyone.

I have a Samsung Galaxy Tab 4 8.0 SM-T330NU KitKat 4.4.2
Sister borrowed by tablet on a study abroad trip and took it upon herself to root it. it was rooted successfully using Odin 3.10.6. she then installed TitaniumBackup Pro and started to uninstall things. in an effort to rid the tablet of bloatware, she probably deleted something important. When booted, tablet will stick on Samsung screen. So i factory reset. this goes smoothly, but right after the initial setup, i can see the notification bar if there is a notification present and can access the multi window thing at the bottom but no home screen. I also get an error saying "Unfortunately, Samsung Knox has stopped". When i am in settings or anything else and press the home key the screen just goes black. almost as thought everything else it there, its just missing the home screen. I flashed 2 different stock ROMs, and 1 pre-rooted ROM with Odin, and factory reset after and the same thing happens.

First try a factory reset in recovery not rom
in philz goto > wipe and format options > Factory reset and reboot
if no go then
Try formatting data,
adb pull all you important stuff off of tab first
then
in philz recovery goto > wipe and format options > wipe user media
twrp has a similar functions but i don't know where they are
then reflash an official release
m

moonbutt74 said:
First try a factory reset in recovery not rom
in philz goto > wipe and format options > Factory reset and reboot
if no go then
Try formatting data,
adb pull all you important stuff off of tab first
then
in philz recovery goto > wipe and format options > wipe user media
twrp has a similar functions but i don't know where they are
then reflash an official release
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cannot operate the tablet to install philz

(Wasnt really clear on m y first reply, sorry.)
also, on attempt of flashing just downloaded stock ROM, Odin is telling me to get a PIT file, which are very specific to the device, but i cant seem to find one for the SM-330NU. Delete cache and factory reset done before i even tried flashing. Same result. the data is gone and ive made peach with that. I just want it to work at this point. as i cannot access the home screen, cannot install philz.

[email protected] said:
cannot operate the tablet to install philz
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ok obviously I am confused about something. Could you elaborate on what you mean by using philz do those things? ive no idea what philz means.

[email protected] said:
ok obviously I am confused about something. Could you elaborate on what you mean by using philz do those things? ive no idea what philz means.
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Philz is a touch version of Clockworkmod recovery (a custom recovery); you can install the tar file with Odin with the tablet in download mode. Alternatively you can use TWRP (a different custom recovery) instead of Philz, whichever you prefer

I went to the TWRP developer site and could not find a version for my model. Found your post of Philz downloads and got 6_58_9 final recovery and flashed it. flash said successful in Odin, but when i tried to reboot into recovery mode i see the "Recovery Mode: in the upper left corner for a split second, then it automatically jumps into download mode and says "Could not do normal boot" right above where it says Odin Mode.

[email protected] said:
I went to the TWRP developer site and could not find a version for my model. Found your post of Philz downloads and got 6_58_9 final recovery and flashed it. flash said successful in Odin, but when i tried to reboot into recovery mode i see the "Recovery Mode: in the upper left corner for a split second, then it automatically jumps into download mode and says "Could not do normal boot" right above where it says Odin Mode.
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TWRP here

sm-t330nu-Philz-6_58_9-recovery-milletwifiue.tar.md5
https://www.androidfilehost.com/?fid=95887005526787722
rename sm-t330nu-Philz-6_58_9-recovery-milletwifiue.tar.md5
to sm-t330nu-Philz-6_58_9-recovery-milletwifiue.tar
flash in odin with auto-restart UNCHECKED, when flash completes [res-ok] manually reboot to recovery

moonbutt74 said:
sm-t330nu-Philz-6_58_9-recovery-milletwifiue.tar.md5
https://www.androidfilehost.com/?fid=95887005526787722
rename sm-t330nu-Philz-6_58_9-recovery-milletwifiue.tar.md5
to sm-t330nu-Philz-6_58_9-recovery-milletwifiue.tar
flash in odin with auto-restart UNCHECKED, when flash completes [res-ok] manually reboot to recovery
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"md5 error. Binary is invalid"

We have a winner! Thank you so much for the links. You saves my sister's life. Literally. I appriciate your time.

Edit: sorry didn't see that last post

The TWRP links posted by user badusenamechoice seemed to have worked. I truly appreciate your time and energy helping me out. I am a computer nerd from waaaay back, but I'm still learning the world of Android modding. So, thank you for you patience in explaining things to me. Even if it hadn't been fixed, its nice to know theres a forum out there with knowledgeable folks, should I eff it up myself. You are a gentleman and a scholar, sir.

SM-J510FN Dual Sim Stuck in TWRP recovery mode

Can anyone help, I rooted my phone last year and installed TWRP as part of the process, I did a backup at the time which I have on my SD card
the phone is stuck in the TWRP recovery mode, I can restore from my backup and it goes through fine but then goes back into recovery mode.
This all started when I tried to reset the phone back to factory defaults. I guess I wiped everything. Has anyone got any ideas how to get out of this.
I am not too familiar with TWRP, if anyone could point me in the right direction with a simple step by step guide it would be most appreciated.

RMEROY said:
Can anyone help, I rooted my phone last year and installed TWRP as part of the process, I did a backup at the time which I have on my SD card
the phone is stuck in the TWRP recovery mode, I can restore from my backup and it goes through fine but then goes back into recovery mode.
This all started when I tried to reset the phone back to factory defaults. I guess I wiped everything. Has anyone got any ideas how to get out of this.
I am not too familiar with TWRP, if anyone could point me in the right direction with a simple step by step guide it would be most appreciated.
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Download a rom
Put it on your sd card
Put a sd card inside your phone
Then flash your rom

SM-J510FN
amirizad_7436 said:
Download a rom
Put it on your sd card
Put a sd card inside your phone
Then flash your rom
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I did try that, I found a ROM j510fnxxs2aq14_j510fndbt2aq14_dbt.zip with size of 1,379,794Kb
when I tried to install it I get a failure could not find META-INF/com/google/android/update-binary in the zip file
Error installing zip file /external_sd/j510fnxxs2aq14_j510fndbt2aq14_dbt.zip
Which is why I asked for a bit more detailed advice on my problem. If you could point me in the direction of a suitable
ROM for my device which will work I would appreciate it.

RMEROY said:
I did try that, I found a ROM j510fnxxs2aq14_j510fndbt2aq14_dbt.zip with size of 1,379,794Kb
when I tried to install it I get a failure could not find META-INF/com/google/android/update-binary in the zip file
Error installing zip file /external_sd/j510fnxxs2aq14_j510fndbt2aq14_dbt.zip
Which is why I asked for a bit more detailed advice on my problem. If you could point me in the direction of a suitable
ROM for my device which will work I would appreciate it.
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Was it stock rom??!!
You should install custom rom man first

amirizad_7436 said:
Was it stock rom??!!
You should install custom rom man first
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I have tried several custom roms non of which work. What I don't understand is why when I restore from my one and only backup
it all goes through ok the size is 6036MB it reports restoring 7 partitions
then restoring boot then restoring data, at the end of it I get restore ok then it goes back to the TWRP recovery screen.

RMEROY said:
I have tried several custom roms non of which work. What I don't understand is why when I restore from my one and only backup
it all goes through ok the size is 6036MB it reports restoring 7 partitions
then restoring boot then restoring data, at the end of it I get restore ok then it goes back to the TWRP recovery screen.
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Is your stock rom android 5 by any chance?

I don't know what my stock rom is, I can't access anything on my phone apart from the TWRP recovery screen
I do have another SM-J510FN which was bought at the same time which hasn't been rooted running Android 7.1.1
I don't know if that would help to determine what the stock rom is.

RMEROY said:
I don't know what my stock rom is, I can't access anything on my phone apart from the TWRP recovery screen
I do have another SM-J510FN which was bought at the same time which hasn't been rooted running Android 7.1.1
I don't know if that would help to determine what the stock rom is.
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Sorry I misread the thread I thought it was 2015 model.
So what exactly did you do? Step by step.
Did you wipe anything in twrp?

RMEROY said:
I don't know what my stock rom is, I can't access anything on my phone apart from the TWRP recovery screen
I do have another SM-J510FN which was bought at the same time which hasn't been rooted running Android 7.1.1
I don't know if that would help to determine what the stock rom is.
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I went into the TWRP recovery mode then to Wipe hoping to do a factory reset, that went through ok and came back into the TWRP recovery mode
I then tried Advanced wipe and ticked all the boxes except micro SD card. Nothing could get me out of the recovery mode so then I tried a restore from
an old backup and that seemed to go through ok, but it still came back to the recovery mode.

If it was me, I would remove the back cover and via TWRP menu turn off phone.
As soon as the screen goes black, remove battery.
Insert battery and power on and see what happens.
Have you tried that? Or how do you turn it off?

Tab_Triggerhappy said:
If it was me, I would remove the back cover and via TWRP menu turn off phone.
As soon as the screen goes black, remove battery.
Insert battery and power on and see what happens.
Have you tried that? Or how do you turn it off?
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Many times

Okay... when screen goes black have you tried to quickly start pressing the key combination to enter download mode?
For my J500 it's Volume down + Home key + Power (keep pressing until download screen appears) should be same for J510.
If you can enter download you have the option to use Odin and flash either a stock ROM or a newer Recovery.
If you want, you could:
Advance wipe, everything except SD card and OTG Usb. (How much was backed up? Did you tick all boxes?)
Format Data
Restore backup from SD card again
Advance wipe, tick only 2 boxes, Dalvik + Cache
Restart
Report back
Oh, and just to clarify... when you manually go to Restart in TWRP, no matter what option you choose, the phone restarts into TWRP again?
Bare with me, I'm trying to understand and help.

Thats the problem, I can't get out of the TWRP recovery mode so am not able to use Odin, I presume when I did my original backup
I didn't tick all the boxes because it goes through a recovery with no problem I presume the boot sector is missing.
From the TWRP recovery mode I am able to go to install and select a previously downloaded file but then it fails.
I have searched for a suitable ROM to download but am struggling to find one for my phone

Ok, what TWRP version do you have?

Tab_Triggerhappy said:
Ok, what TWRP version do you have?
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3.0.2-0

RMEROY said:
3.0.2-0
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You can update your TWRP with a newer version from here:
https://twrp.me/samsung/j5xnlte.html
(Carefully check that I linked to your model!)
.img is what you want to put in your phone. BUT... I haven't done this myself, so it's your call.
In TWRP you choose to install img and locate the file on your SD card.
My thought is that your TWRP is too old for the ROMs you have tried... (anyone please correct me if I'm wrong).

RMEROY said:
Thats the problem, I can't get out of the TWRP recovery mode so am not able to use Odin, I presume when I did my original backup
I didn't tick all the boxes because it goes through a recovery with no problem I presume the boot sector is missing.
From the TWRP recovery mode I am able to go to install and select a previously downloaded file but then it fails.
I have searched for a suitable ROM to download but am struggling to find one for my phone
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Man it's not a problem what custom rom you downloaded
Juat install it to system cames up then install stock rom via odin
Why you wasting your time??!!

I have the TWRP image file 3.4.0-0 which partition should I be flashing it to Boot or Recovery?
I would hate kill it after getting this far.
in reply to amirizad_7436 I don't understand, I can't install a stock rom via Odin as I can't get out of the TWRP recovery mode.

RMEROY said:
I have the TWRP image file 3.4.0-0 which partition should I be flashing it to Boot or Recovery?
I would hate kill it after getting this far.
in reply to amirizad_7436 I don't understand, I can't install a stock rom via Odin as I can't get out of the TWRP recovery mode.
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You can. There is an option to reboot download mode from twrp (might be reboot bootloader)
That will put the device into download mode and you can flash with Odin.
Alternatively you could go to advanced wipe and wipe everything like you already did and then just flash a custom ROM. You wiped everything you said and then tried to reboot. That's why it went to twrp because you wiped system, there is no system to boot anymore.

garylawwd said:
You can. There is an option to reboot download mode from twrp (might be reboot bootloader)
That will put the device into download mode and you can flash with Odin.
Alternatively you could go to advanced wipe and wipe everything like you already did and then just flash a custom ROM. You wiped everything you said and then tried to reboot. That's why it went to twrp because you wiped system, there is no system to boot anymore.
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Wow, that worked, I updated the version of TWRP and then installed a ROM that I downloaded "resurrectionremix-5.8.4-20190821"
and all seems to be working, both sims are recognised and operational all I need now is to get my head around the UI apart from that everything seems
good. Thank you everybody who helped me through this. I almost got to the point of binning an otherwise good phone.
Once again a big thankyou to everyone.