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Can't get passed boot logo..

This isn't my very first time with flashing/rooting/etc. but I'm not that adept with it.
Got my S4 2 days ago but managed to get time today to work on it. I rooted successfully and everything was running perfect. I flashed over the newest Beanstalk ROM w/ gapps and it ran fine the first time it ran.
I can't get passed the Samsung Galaxy S4 boot logo every time I try to reboot the phone though...
If I wipe the cache/dalvik and reflash it still doesn't boot passed logo.
If I wipe the cache/dalvik and then wipe data (including the internal SD card, completely wiping it clean), flashing the ROM will work the first time it runs; once I reboot or just power it off then power it back on, stuck at Galaxy S4 logo... I let the ROM run first time through, input only what is needed to get to the home screen (google account/wifi setup/phone name/etc.), then I've tried rebooting it, shutting it down and powering it back up, letting everything update and waiting half an hour and restarting it... all have the same result, stuck at boot logo
I'm using TWRP, I have a recovery for stock but I don't want to use stock.
If anyone can help me out I'd appreciate it.

Try flashing a different compatible kernel.

ObrienDave said:
Try flashing a different compatible kernel.
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This is EXACTLY what I was about to try... I'm literally reflashing the ROM fresh right now, going to put the kernel on the SD card, then reboot into recovery and wiping cache then flashing the kernel.
Will using a recovery that was made on a different kernel have any effect if I decide to use the recovery? I've heard bad things about flashing the wrong kernel (even though I know the one I'm about to use is the correct one) and really screwing stuff up if not done properly. I just want to make sure I don't screw anything up permanently.
Thanks.

Spazzzin said:
This is EXACTLY what I was about to try... I'm literally reflashing the ROM fresh right now, going to put the kernel on the SD card, then reboot into recovery and wiping cache then flashing the kernel.
Will using a recovery that was made on a different kernel have any effect if I decide to use the recovery? I've heard bad things about flashing the wrong kernel (even though I know the one I'm about to use is the correct one) and really screwing stuff up if not done properly. I just want to make sure I don't screw anything up permanently.
Thanks.
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Use twrp 2.5.0.2 because if your using 2.6 its bringing problems. Also report this to their thread for better help
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Since there are no recovery categories according to this page,
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2303917
I don't see where it would matter. No guarantees though.
I do know it is ESSENTIAL to match the type (TW or AOSP) ROM and kernel to avoid major problems.
I also recommend TWRP 2.5.0.2
D/L TWRP from here:
http://techerrata.com/browse/twrp2/jfltespr

ObrienDave said:
Since there are no recovery categories according to this page,
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2303917
I don't see where it would matter. No guarantees though.
I do know it is ESSENTIAL to match the type (TW or AOSP) ROM and kernel to avoid major problems.
I also recommend TWRP 2.5.0.2
D/L TWRP from here:
http://techerrata.com/browse/twrp2/jfltespr
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How do you go about installing TWRP? I used Goomanager and installed it from there when I was following the rooting guide

Spazzzin said:
How do you go about installing TWRP? I used Goomanager and installed it from there when I was following the rooting guide
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Flashing a different kernel didn't do anything, I still keep getting stuck at the boot logo :/

Spazzzin said:
How do you go about installing TWRP? I used Goomanager and installed it from there when I was following the rooting guide
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Just flash it by odin by the link provided above. Make sure to use the tar file v 2.5.0.2
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Spazzzin said:
Flashing a different kernel didn't do anything, I still keep getting stuck at the boot logo :/
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By the way can you provide the steps and which files you flashing. Also redownload everything could be a bad download. Make sure to download them in computer and transfer them to your sd card
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I did a fresh install of the LiquidSmooth ROM and it's not hanging at boot logo whenever I reboot, and everything is working well. I suppose I'll stick with this for a while.
For my steps trying Beanstalk:
Boot into recovery (TWRP 2.6.0.0)
Factory reset;wipe cache/dalvik
Format Data
Factory reset;wipe cache/dalvik
Install ROM + Gapps
Wipe cache/dalvik
Reboot
I then tried doing that exact process, after letting it boot once I rebooted into recovery and flashed KT Kernel and wiped then rebooted and it hung at boot logo.
I did it again but I installed ROM + Gapps + Kernel then wiped then rebooted and it still hung at boot logo.
I'll download and prepare a new install of Beanstalk and give it another try tomorrow. I'll make sure to backup Liquid in case I want to switch back.
Thanks again for the help!

Glad it's working out for you.

If I may ask here; how do I know if a certain kernel is compatible with a ROM? I know to match the version (4.2, 4.3. etc,) and base (AOSP/ TW) but is there anything else specific that I need to watch out for that could cause problems with flashing a kernel on a ROM?

Spazzzin said:
If I may ask here; how do I know if a certain kernel is compatible with a ROM? I know to match the version (4.2, 4.3. etc,) and base (AOSP/ TW) but is there anything else specific that I need to watch out for that could cause problems with flashing a kernel on a ROM?
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Not really unless the rom dev for some reason doesn't recommend using a certain one. Kernels will act differently for everyone even on the same device with the same rom. Just need to flash them and find out which one works the best for you (battery life, overheating, smoothness, etc).
Always have a backup handy just in case something doesn't work right.

[Q] I guess I bricked my phone. Can't restore via ODIN. Options? -Solved-

Alright so here's what I did, and how I got to my current situation and what the situation is.
What I did:
Had CM10.2 working fine on my rom. Recovery was TWRP (latest). Decided to flash PAC 4.3 cause I really like that rom. Flashed PAC 4.3. Worked fine, decided I wanted to restore titanium backups. Read in a few places that I needed to flash the SuperSU zip from chainfire. Downloaded the latest version from him and flashed in TWRP. TWRP took a -really- long time to flash the zip. After it finished I restarted the phone Wouldn't get past the samsung screen. Uhhh okay no problem.
I still have access to TWRP right? Yup, Still do. Do a full wipe and flash PAC 4.3 and Gapps. Flash is taking forever again. PAC gives no information at all (none of the usual ASCII artwork or anything). GApps loads the installer script but I get a can not mount /data and can not mount /system error.... Oh ****. Now I'm worried.
Download the PDA file from the sticky in the general section. (I337UCUAMDB_I337ATTAMDB_I337UCUAMDB_HOME.tar.md5) Pop the phone into download mode, and flash the PDA file via odin. Great, everything's going well. It flashes System, Flashes recovery, and everything else. Get a message saying All threads completed, Succeeded 1/failed 0. Awesome Right? No....
Phone restarts, goes into the stock recovery screen while something happens and restarts again. Now the phone's stuck on the samsung screen again. I can still access download mode and still access recovery (stock). When I access stock recovery it says "failed to mount /data (stale NFS file handle).... can't mount /data (stale NFS file handle)... E: failed to mount /data (stale NFS file handle).
Now what?... What can I do to fix this?
**EDIT**: Just did format on /data on stock recovery and it seems to have booted... False alert guys. Soft bricked, but nothing else.

Did you try a factory reset in stock recovery?
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Blaze9 said:
Alright so here's what I did, and how I got to my current situation and what the situation is.
What I did:
Had CM10.2 working fine on my rom. Recovery was TWRP (latest). Decided to flash PAC 4.3 cause I really like that rom. Flashed PAC 4.3. Worked fine, decided I wanted to restore titanium backups. Read in a few places that I needed to flash the SuperSU zip from chainfire. Downloaded the latest version from him and flashed in TWRP. TWRP took a -really- long time to flash the zip. After it finished I restarted the phone Wouldn't get past the samsung screen. Uhhh okay no problem.
I still have access to TWRP right? Yup, Still do. Do a full wipe and flash PAC 4.3 and Gapps. Flash is taking forever again. PAC gives no information at all (none of the usual ASCII artwork or anything). GApps loads the installer script but I get a can not mount /data and can not mount /system error.... Oh ****. Now I'm worried.
Download the PDA file from the sticky in the general section. (I337UCUAMDB_I337ATTAMDB_I337UCUAMDB_HOME.tar.md5) Pop the phone into download mode, and flash the PDA file via odin. Great, everything's going well. It flashes System, Flashes recovery, and everything else. Get a message saying All threads completed, Succeeded 1/failed 0. Awesome Right? No....
Phone restarts, goes into the stock recovery screen while something happens and restarts again. Now the phone's stuck on the samsung screen again. I can still access download mode and still access recovery (stock). When I access stock recovery it says "failed to mount /data (stale NFS file handle).... can't mount /data (stale NFS file handle)... E: failed to mount /data (stale NFS file handle).
Now what?... What can I do to fix this?
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Did you try factory restore / reset in recovery?

Sorry, I forgot to update. The second I posted this I tried to go into the recovery and do a stock wipe. it worked. Thanks for the tip regardless!
I wonder why stock recovery was able to fix it, but TWRP wasn't? I did /data wipes on both recoveries...

goobieracing said:
Did you try a factory reset in stock recovery? Or maybe try odining the pit file also that somewhere on the forum. Maybe your partitions got corrupt flashing some how.
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Odining the PIT file is a bad idea. At best, it will not work, at worst, it will cause a hard brick
A. Regardless of what anyone has said or what ODIN reports, there is no evidence that the PIT files that are pulled from AT&T phones work on any other device than the one it was originally pulled from. Signing issues are to blame.
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B. Messing with PIT files can hard brick a phone that was only soft bricked. PIT files (when they work) must be accompanied by a firmware files or else no data will be on the phone.
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Blaze9 said:
Sorry, I forgot to update. The second I posted this I tried to go into the recovery and do a stock wipe. it worked. Thanks for the tip regardless!
I wonder why stock recovery was able to fix it, but TWRP wasn't? I did /data wipes on both recoveries...
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It sounds like to me you need to do a lot more reading and learning before you do anything else. It has been a well known fact, and widely discussed in the AT&T S4 forums that a factory reset needs to be done after flashing firmware in ODIN in order for the previous data to be wiped from the phone and for it to boot up again.

goobieracing said:
Did you try a factory reset in stock recovery?
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scott14719 said:
Did you try factory restore / reset in recovery?
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scott14719 said:
Odining the PIT file is a bad idea. At best, it will not work, at worst, it will cause a hard brick
A. Regardless of what anyone has said or what ODIN reports, there is no evidence that the PIT files that are pulled from AT&T phones work on any other device than the one it was originally pulled from. Signing issues are to blame.
and
B. Messing with PIT files can hard brick a phone that was only soft bricked. PIT files (when they work) must be accompanied by a firmware files or else no data will be on the phone.
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It sounds like to me you need to do a lot more reading and learning before you do anything else. It has been a well known fact, and widely discussed in the AT&T S4 forums that a factory reset needs to be done after flashing firmware in ODIN in order for the previous data to be wiped from the phone and for it to boot up again.
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Ah, I never had to use ODIN on the S4 before. Didn't know that. On my S2 I didn't have to wipe after flashing via ODIN.
Good to know, anyway. Thanks.

Blaze9 said:
Sorry, I forgot to update. The second I posted this I tried to go into the recovery and do a stock wipe. it worked. Thanks for the tip regardless!
I wonder why stock recovery was able to fix it, but TWRP wasn't? I did /data wipes on both recoveries...
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I had to do a stock reset recovery the other day for something like this. Probably just left over files from previous stopping it from booting.
scott14719 said:
Odining the PIT file is a bad idea. At best, it will not work, at worst, it will cause a hard brick
A. Regardless of what anyone has said or what ODIN reports, there is no evidence that the PIT files that are pulled from AT&T phones work on any other device than the one it was originally pulled from. Signing issues are to blame.
and
B. Messing with PIT files can hard brick a phone that was only soft bricked. PIT files (when they work) must be accompanied by a firmware files or else no data will be on the phone.
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Sorry I learned something new today. Back in the infuse 4g days whenever I'd odined back to stock I always used the pit. I was under the influence that set everything up the way it came stock. Hope to see some of your work coming to sthe s4. Maybe you help the sense port going on in the international thread lol. Not trying to add work to ur day but I OK know if u, jt, and entropy can bring ICS to a out dated phone u might have the skills to ad your 2 cent.
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Blaze9 said:
Ah, I never had to use ODIN on the S4 before. Didn't know that. On my S2 I didn't have to wipe after flashing via ODIN.
Good to know, anyway. Thanks.
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I had to Odin to stock the first time two days agao but mine booted and I only had stock recovery. When it started up the ROM everything was crashing and that's what fixed it. Glad you fixed it though.
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Pretty much got the same problem. Seems that somehow my device encrypted itself and since I didn't know...I don't have a password to give it. So I got a encrypted device that can't be decrypted, thus, I can't format, install, wipe, etc. Not sure if you got the same, but mine is about the same symptoms.
But is it ok to flash "I337UCUAMDB_I337ATTAMDB_I337UCUAMDB_HOME.tar.md5" on mine? Kinda confused with all this MDL, MDB, and MF3 stuff. Mine was an MDL. So is flashing MDB stock ok anyway? Or should I find the stock for MDL?
EDIT: Just flashed MDL stock anyway. Worked fine and now I'm starting from scratch. No more problems so far. I might stay away from TWRP for a bit now though. Surprised there isn't a guide or warning for this problem though.

gerard0986 said:
Pretty much got the same problem. Seems that somehow my device encrypted itself and since I didn't know...I don't have a password to give it. So I got a encrypted device that can't be decrypted, thus, I can't format, install, wipe, etc. Not sure if you got the same, but mine is about the same symptoms.
But is it ok to flash "I337UCUAMDB_I337ATTAMDB_I337UCUAMDB_HOME.tar.md5" on mine? Kinda confused with all this MDL, MDB, and MF3 stuff. Mine was an MDL. So is flashing MDB stock ok anyway? Or should I find the stock for MDL?
EDIT: Just flashed MDL stock anyway. Worked fine and now I'm starting from scratch. No more problems so far. I might stay away from TWRP for a bit now though. Surprised there isn't a guide or warning for this problem though.
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The PW TWRP asks for? IT's just TWRP, if I remember correctly.

GT-I9505 Constantly restarting

Hi all
Got an I9505 on O2 and since lollipop update it restarted a few times by itself. Now it keeps going into a loop where it will restart and the home screen loads, you can use it for about 20-30 seconds and it will reboot again!
Initially when I researched I though it was an app problem but couldn't find the culprit. Then I took it into the Samsung repair centre and they said it needed a clean flash by them. This didn't work and they fitted a new mother board and this still hasn't worked.
I can say that it has twice happened when the Wifi hasn't been working properly so I have turned it off but other than that I have no idea!
Also I have tried rebooting into safe mode but it still does it, aaarrrggghhhh!!!
Any ideas where I can go from here please?
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Return to kitkat if you can. Otherwise use a custom rom. These would be my suggestions. Since Samsung's repair couldn't fix it, warranty should not be a problem anymore.

Thanks, I am more than willing to try a Custom ROM. Any recommendations? And how easy is it as never done before!

PJBXDA said:
Thanks, I am more than willing to try a Custom ROM. Any recommendations? And how easy is it as never done before!
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It's fairly easy. Depending on what S4 model you have. Some models have a locked bootloader and that makes the whole thing trickier.
This is what I did:
1) Root with CF-Auto-Root. Thread here.
2) Backup all my apps.
3) Install a custom recovery (TWRP). Download and instructions here.
4) Flash custom rom. Most roms have their own instructions.
You can skip 1 and 2 if you don't want to backup.
Installing a custom recovery can be done using Odin. I recommend TWRP since it's the only one I've used.
Lollipop GPE rom. I've used this rom and didn't have any issues. CM12 seems a bit faster, but the GPE was more stable and bug-free.

Thanks I tried to install the CM12 before you posted using the instructions there but it failed, I assume that it needs to be rooted.

PJBXDA said:
Thanks I tried to install the CM12 before you posted using the instructions there but it failed, I assume that it needs to be rooted.
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You need a custom recovery to install any rom. It doesn't matter if it's rooted or not.
Get a custom recovery. Get all the necessary zip files (rom, gapps, etc). Place all the zip files on the external sd card. Boot into the custom recovery. Wipe /data, /cache and /dalvik-cache.
Go to Install (if on TWRP), go to the location where you saved the downloaded rom zip and select it. The swipe the slider to begin flashing. Afterwards flash the gapps zip. Reboot.
Also, don't use the recovery posted in the CM12 thread. It was specially made by the dev and will convert your file system to f2fs. What it basically means is that it will wipe your internal storage completely.

GDReaper said:
You need a custom recovery to install any rom. It doesn't matter if it's rooted or not.
Get a custom recovery. Get all the necessary zip files (rom, gapps, etc). Place all the zip files on the external sd card. Boot into the custom recovery. Wipe /data, /cache and /dalvik-cache.
Thanks, doing that now
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PJBXDA said:
GDReaper said:
You need a custom recovery to install any rom. It doesn't matter if it's rooted or not.
Get a custom recovery. Get all the necessary zip files (rom, gapps, etc). Place all the zip files on the external sd card. Boot into the custom recovery. Wipe /data, /cache and /dalvik-cache.
Thanks, doing that now
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On the CF-Root page it says to open Odin and click on the PDA button but I cannot find a PDA button!
Edit: It is the AP button on the newer version!
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GDReaper said:
You need a custom recovery to install any rom. It doesn't matter if it's rooted or not.
Get a custom recovery. Get all the necessary zip files (rom, gapps, etc). Place all the zip files on the external sd card. Boot into the custom recovery. Wipe /data, /cache and /dalvik-cache.
Go to Install (if on TWRP), go to the location where you saved the downloaded rom zip and select it. The swipe the slider to begin flashing. Afterwards flash the gapps zip. Reboot.
Also, don't use the recovery posted in the CM12 thread. It was specially made by the dev and will convert your file system to f2fs. What it basically means is that it will wipe your internal storage completely.
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When you say go to install, do you mean install update... in the recovery menu? I do not have an install from zip option

PJBXDA said:
When you say go to install, do you mean install update... in the recovery menu? I do not have an install from zip option
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You don't have a custom recovery installed. That is probably the stock recovery. You can't flash a rom using the stock recovery.
You absolutely need a custom recovery if you want to flash a custom rom.
Custom recoveries are: TWRP (Team Win Recovery Project), CWM (ClockworkMod Recovery) and PhilZ Touch Recovery. Either one should work. But you necessarily need one.

GDReaper said:
You don't have a custom recovery installed. That is probably the stock recovery. You can't flash a rom using the stock recovery.
You absolutely need a custom recovery if you want to flash a custom rom.
Custom recoveries are: TWRP (Team Win Recovery Project), CWM (ClockworkMod Recovery) and PhilZ Touch Recovery. Either one should work. But you necessarily need one.
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Thanks I have installed TWRP, then it asked me to install Busybox which I did. Tried to Install from Zip and it went back to the original recovery and now when I am trying to restart the phone I just get messages telling me things have stopped working (Google play, settings etc etc) and a black screen!
Currently factory resetting and will try again

PJBXDA said:
Thanks I have installed TWRP, then it asked me to install Busybox which I did. Tried to Install from Zip and it went back to the original recovery and now when I am trying to restart the phone I just get messages telling me things have stopped working (Google play, settings etc etc) and a black screen!
Currently factory resetting and will try again
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Follow the link I gave you. They have several instrunctions on how to install TWRP. You can install TWRP with Odin too.
Here, There are 3 ways to install. Use Odin. It doesn't require root and should be the easier one. Just UNTICK auto-reboot in Odin before flashing. Once it's done, turn the phone off and use the key combo to get into TWRP recovery.

GDReaper said:
Follow the link I gave you. They have several instrunctions on how to install TWRP. You can install TWRP with Odin too.
Here, There are 3 ways to install. Use Odin. It doesn't require root and should be the easier one. Just UNTICK auto-reboot in Odin before flashing. Once it's done, turn the phone off and use the key combo to get into TWRP recovery.
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I think I am in, got through to the TWRP recovery and flashed the files but now I have a blue face with a pulsing white light behind it and have had for about 10 minutes. Any idea what is happening please?

PJBXDA said:
I think I am in, got through to the TWRP recovery and flashed the files but now I have a blue face with a pulsing white light behind it and have had for about 10 minutes. Any idea what is happening please?
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I guess that's the CM12 logo. First boot after flashing always takes some time because the rom is configuring stuff.
If you still don't get into android, turn off the device and turn it on again. If you've done everything correctly there is no reason why it shouldn't boot.

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I guess that's the CM12 logo. First boot after flashing always takes some time because the rom is configuring stuff.
If you still don't get into android, turn off the device and turn it on again. If you've done everything correctly there is no reason why it shouldn't boot.
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It is their logo but it seems to be taking forever, any idea how long a first boot should take?

PJBXDA said:
It is their logo but it seems to be taking forever, any idea how long a first boot should take?
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It shouldn't take that long. For me it always took under 5 minutes. Tell me exactly what you did.

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It shouldn't take that long. For me it always took under 5 minutes. Tell me exactly what you did.
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Did as you said, in the end I tried flashing the other GPE ROM and that has worked but I do not really like it. Trying the Cynogen again by downloading direct to the SD card and not copying it over. I want to say a very big thank you GDReaper for all your help, it is and has been very much appreciated.

PJBXDA said:
Did as you said, in the end I tried flashing the other GPE ROM and that has worked but I do not really like it. Trying the Cynogen again by downloading direct to the SD card and not copying it over. I want to say a very big thank you GDReaper for all your help, it is and has been very much appreciated.
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No problem. You could try a different build. Or you could try a CM12 based rom. SaberMod worked fine for me. And it's the closest to the actual CM12 you can get.

GDReaper said:
No problem. You could try a different build. Or you could try a CM12 based rom. SaberMod worked fine for me. And it's the closest to the actual CM12 you can get.
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Cheers, I have CM12 up and running now. Downloaded the files straight to the SD card and they worked. Seems OK but might try others, how do I go about trying SaberMod, do I need to flash that? Sorry to keep asking what are no doubt pretty obvious questions but I'm pretty new to this!
Want to get rid of the google search box for starters!

PJBXDA said:
Cheers, I have CM12 up and running now. Downloaded the files straight to the SD card and they worked. Seems OK but might try others, how do I go about trying SaberMod, do I need to flash that? Sorry to keep asking what are no doubt pretty obvious questions but I'm pretty new to this!
Want to get rid of the google search box for starters!
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SaberMod is a rom. SaberMod CM12.1.
They are very similar. The difference is how they tackle optimizations.
Yes, you will have to flash it. But you can also stick with normal CM12 if you don't have any issues.
The google search box from the home screen or the recents?
You can change the launcher to get rid of it from the home screen.
To remove it from the recents there is an option somewhere in the settings.

From Custom to Stock - Bunch of errors

If you guys help me to go back successfully to stock, I'll make a guide to explain the process, maybe for all 3 models. I just need help on this one
I have an A2017G
So this is my fourth time trying to get back to stock. the first one resulted on a DFU brick. The second one was through MiFlash and the system had random reboots. The third, I flashed tron1's A2017G B04 Bootstack and a DrakenFX flashable zip (for the U, just wanted to try) and TWRP said that there was no system which turned out to be true... i had wiped system, data and caches before, but it seemingly installed okay...
I also tried to use MiFlash again and get B10, but it started to throw an error out of the blue (the specified cast is not valid, or something along the lines). I used it at least 4 times before.
So what zip should I use? I never tried flashing one of those update zips (I have full official B10 on the sdcard) but I believe they won't work. Please tell me if they do work...
again, if i manage to get SAFELY to stock and AVOID DFU I'll make a nice guide so that we stop asking. Most custom roms are flawed, for ex. Lineage has bad compatibility, Pure Nexus (the one I'm using now) has extreme, Galaxy Y grade lag, and RR simply works worse than stock (it's probably the best one of the bunch though).

i am in in the process of going back to stock(A2017), will let you know.
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I have followed all the tutorials but its failed and now i cant even install any zip in twrp , cant mount internal storage.. deive or resource busy and cant restore my LOS based rom.. same errors..

satish.yarramsetti said:
i am in in the process of going back to stock(A2017), will let you know.
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I have followed all the tutorials but its failed and now i cant even install any zip in twrp , cant mount internal storage.. deive or resource busy and cant restore my LOS based rom.. same errors..
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well you can get to EDL and flash a full A2017 EDL package. I can't, not on this computer

Does EDL work?
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well you can get to EDL and flash a full A2017 EDL package. I can't, not on this computer
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TWRP doesnt mount /Data
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Choose an username... said:
well you can get to EDL and flash a full A2017 EDL package. I can't, not on this computer
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I tried Format system option in Wipe Menu, and that caused this ' Cnat mount /Data ' issue.

satish.yarramsetti said:
TWRP doesnt mount /Data
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I tried Format system option in Wipe Menu, and that caused this ' Cnat mount /Data ' issue.
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well I meant use MiFlash, but I don't know if you should even think about getting out of TWRP in this state. No idea

Hey how to boot EDL mode
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well I meant use MiFlash, but I don't know if you should even think about getting out of TWRP in this state. No idea
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Please help, how to boot EDL mode? please help i forgot

satish.yarramsetti said:
Please help, how to boot EDL mode? please help i forgot
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I don't think you should when having TWRP loaded on your RAM and your system probably not there...
My DFU brick was just because of that
but if you insist, turn your phone off and hold the two volume keys, then connect the USB cable (it has to be connected to the PC obviously)

Still had TWRP
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I don't think you should when having TWRP loaded on your RAM and your system probably not there...
My DFU brick was just because of that
but if you insist, turn your phone off and hold the two volume keys, then connect the USB cable (it has to be connected to the PC obviously)
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Man, still i had twrp and i can access internal storage. let me see if i can restore my rom
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satish.yarramsetti said:
Man, still i had twrp and i can access internal storage. let me see if i can restore my rom
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Thanks God! Restore is in progress and if it works i wont try to get back to stock until someone find a sure shot method for that... waiting.. waiting..

satish.yarramsetti said:
Man, still i had twrp and i can access internal storage. let me see if i can restore my rom
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Thanks God! Restore is in progress and if it works i wont try to get back to stock until someone find a sure shot method for that... waiting.. waiting..
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MiFlash is that method. It only has to be in the mood to work...

restore failed
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MiFlash is that method. It only has to be in the mood to work...
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restore failed "extracttarfork() process ended with error=255"

satish.yarramsetti said:
restore failed "extracttarfork() process ended with error=255"
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i had that error when I was backing up. Try to wipe all the partitions but internal (not necessarily format, go to settings and tick use rm -rf) maybe it works. if not try formatting with ext4

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No, doesnt help
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No its doesnt help wiping all partitions.. same error

Mount -> Unmount /data
Wipe -> Format Data (the actual button next to 'Advanced Wipe')-> type 'yes' -> Reboot Recovery
Wipe -> Advanced Wipe -> Tick 'Data' -> Change File System -> EXT4
Try to mount /data
This has worked for me going from an LOS system back to Stock.
satish.yarramsetti said:
No its doesnt help wiping all partitions.. same error
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QuantumFluxx said:
Mount -> Unmount /data
Wipe -> Format Data (the actual button next to 'Advanced Wipe')-> type 'yes' -> Reboot Recovery
Wipe -> Advanced Wipe -> Tick 'Data' -> Change File System -> EXT4
Try to mount /data
This has worked for me going from an LOS system back to Stock.
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It might have worked post restart. I am unable mount internal storage or fash but Post restrat it worked

QuantumFluxx said:
This has worked for me going from an LOS system back to Stock.
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could you tell us how you did to get to stock? What's your device, A2017G? What did you flash?
That's pretty much everything I want to know

A2017U from LOS to stock using the files on https://forum.xda-developers.com/showpost.php?p=68873482
The only reason I mentioned it when I have the United States model is because I have ran into a problem on multiple devices going from CyanogenMod to any sort of AOSP-based ROM without clicking that format data button. The first time I ran into the problem comma I could not mount my data partition.
I advised @satish.yarramsetti about this here. @satish.yarramsetti, can you confirm that the ZIP I linked you to in the other thread is the one you flashed and is booting?
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could you tell us how you did to get to stock? What's your device, A2017G? What did you flash?
That's pretty much everything I want to know
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QuantumFluxx said:
A2017U from LOS to stock using the files on https://forum.xda-developers.com/showpost.php?p=68873482
The only reason I mentioned it when I have the United States model is because I have ran into a problem on multiple devices going from CyanogenMod to any sort of AOSP-based ROM without clicking that format data button. The first time I ran into the problem comma I could not mount my data partition.
I advised @satish.yarramsetti about this here. @satish.yarramsetti, can you confirm that the ZIP I linked you to in the other thread is the one you flashed and is booting?
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I am Nuclear Rom(LOS Based) and tried to go back to stock. I have followed all tutorials but when i try to reboot, TWRP warned me that there is no OS. So i didn't reboot as it might remove TWRP ( it might have booted but not sure) ( i also flashed NO verify zip) , so i thought of formatting in wipe menu which caused a lot of problems like cant mount data & device busy errors . I tried to flash N boot loader and mod but every FLASH is getting failed. So i decided to restart and luckily i have TWRP and no os and my nandroid back up niether worked.
Finally i flashed Clean LOS.

Understood. I have received that same warning in the past after flashing stock. At any rate, if there's no OS installed, there's nothing to overwrite TWRP. The phone would just sit at the ZTE logo and you would have to hold Vol Up+Power to get back into TWRP. If you decided to try again, at least you know you can restore LOS if it doesn't work... Good luck.
satish.yarramsetti said:
I am Nuclear Rom(LOS Based) and tried to go back to stock. I have followed all tutorials but when i try to reboot, TWRP warned me that there is no OS. So i didn't reboot as it might remove TWRP ( it might have booted but not sure) ( i also flashed NO verify zip) , so i thought of formatting in wipe menu which caused a lot of problems like cant mount data & device busy errors . I tried to flash N boot loader and mod but every FLASH is getting failed. So i decided to restart and luckily i have TWRP and no os and my nandroid back up niether worked.
Finally i flashed Clean LOS.
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Understood. I have received that same warning in the past after flashing stock. At any rate, if there's no OS installed, there's nothing to overwrite TWRP. The phone would just sit at the ZTE logo and you would have to hold Vol Up+Power to get back into TWRP. If you decided to try again, at least you know you can restore LOS if it doesn't work... Good luck.
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The restore is also not working i got some error 255 ... Strange thing is i got a warning like no OS after installing LOS but i booted.

Probably soft bricked my OP5, is this fixable?

Dear XDA,
I screwed up... I think my device is now soft bricked.... :crying:
It all started good on a sunny saturday. I thought this was a good day to try another custom rom. Namely Codename Phoenix.
My device was already rooted so i started with upgrading my TWRP to the latest Blu_Spark TWRP 3.2.1. After flashing the recovery i continued with the ROM. It all went downhill from there....
The install finished and i booted my device. Knowing this could take a while i got into the shower thinking it would finish when i got back. But when i got back it was still booting. Knowing the first boot can take a while so I let it be. After an hour or so it was still stuck on the google logo and the weather and my mood changed for the worse.
I figured something in the process went wrong and tried to boot into recovery. That worked so I thought 'Cool, let's fix it there'. But the recovery was encrypted so i couldn't get to my data. Normally you put in your pincode and it decrypts your phone. This was not the case.... I couldn't put in my pincode so decrypting was out of the question.
Luckily ADB was still working so I downloaded the original Oxygen OS rom and tried to side-load it... This got stuck on 47% for no reason at all. Phone had 100% battery and didn't time-out..
I was really confused, but I let the device do it's thing and maybe things would work out... I was wrong. Everything was worse. Because i tried installing the original firmware it removed the custom recovery....
So now i have a device with no OS and I can't get into recovery. Luckily there is a unbrick tool for OnePlus 5. Following those steps i got stuck on the part that it does not show in my device-manager.
Currently i'm really grumpy and have no idea how to fix this.
I humbly ask for advice. Is this solvable or do i have a wasted OnePlus 5?
Thanks in advance,
Lennard

can you reboot to bootloader?
if yes, you can flash original or custom recovery...

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len.asdf said:
Dear XDA,
I screwed up... I think my device is now soft bricked.... :crying:
It all started good on a sunny saturday. I thought this was a good day to try another custom rom. Namely Codename Phoenix.
My device was already rooted so i started with upgrading my TWRP to the latest Blu_Spark TWRP 3.2.1. After flashing the recovery i continued with the ROM. It all went downhill from there....
The install finished and i booted my device. Knowing this could take a while i got into the shower thinking it would finish when i got back. But when i got back it was still booting. Knowing the first boot can take a while so I let it be. After an hour or so it was still stuck on the google logo and the weather and my mood changed for the worse.
I figured something in the process went wrong and tried to boot into recovery. That worked so I thought 'Cool, let's fix it there'. But the recovery was encrypted so i couldn't get to my data. Normally you put in your pincode and it decrypts your phone. This was not the case.... I couldn't put in my pincode so decrypting was out of the question.
Luckily ADB was still working so I downloaded the original Oxygen OS rom and tried to side-load it... This got stuck on 47% for no reason at all. Phone had 100% battery and didn't time-out..
I was really confused, but I let the device do it's thing and maybe things would work out... I was wrong. Everything was worse. Because i tried installing the original firmware it removed the custom recovery....
So now i have a device with no OS and I can't get into recovery. Luckily there is a unbrick tool for OnePlus 5. Following those steps i got stuck on the part that it does not show in my device-manager.
Currently i'm really grumpy and have no idea how to fix this.
I humbly ask for advice. Is this solvable or do i have a wasted OnePlus 5?
Thanks in advance,
Lennard
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Don't worry! Your device is safe. At most, you'll be required to wipe your data.
Try using the official twrp recovery here:
https://twrp.me/oneplus/oneplus5.html
If this doesn't work, let me know.

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can you reboot to bootloader?
if yes, you can flash original or custom recovery...
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I can go into fastboot and managed to install TWRP with the comment below!
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Don't worry! Your device is safe. At most, you'll be required to wipe your data.
Try using the official twrp recovery here:
https://twrp.me/oneplus/oneplus5.html
If this doesn't work, let me know.
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Thanks for these words! That's a big relieve
With your link I managed to install TWRP through fastboot. So now i have a custom recovery. The current problem is that my data is encrypted and I cannot decrypt it. There is no option to fill in a password since there is no OS that requires a password. So it's sort of a neverending cycle . Although fastboot, recovery and sideload should work now.
The thing is, previously I tried installing the original firmware and that failed at 47%. So i'm not sure what to do now.
I tried installing 'codeworkx universal twrp 3.2.1-0 recovery' since he seems to have fixed the encrypt issue. But when I tried sideloading the file it says "Zip file is corrupt!". So no succes there yet.
To be precise, this is the threat for Codeworkx Universal TWRP : https://forum.xda-developers.com/on...overy-twrp-3-2-1-0-oreo-oxygenos-5-0-t3725723
And i downloaded and tried installing: twrp-3.2.1-0-universal-codeworkx-cheeseburger.img
I was thinking about downloading the latest Codename Phoenix ROM, but when I try to download the latest release the file is name "Codename-Phoenix-NOS-8.1-oneplus5t-20180303.zip". That implies it's only for the 5t and not for the 5. So that could be my original problem? That i downloaded the wrong ROM?
That aside.
Should I try to get the download link for CNP and download the latest release for the OP5 and install that.
Or
Should i try to install the original firmware. Reset everything and start over from the beginning (unlocking, rooting, etc..)
Thanks again for all the help

len.asdf said:
I can go into fastboot and managed to install TWRP with the comment below!
Thanks for these words! That's a big relieve
With your link I managed to install TWRP through fastboot. So now i have a custom recovery. The current problem is that my data is encrypted and I cannot decrypt it. There is no option to fill in a password since there is no OS that requires a password. So it's sort of a neverending cycle . Although fastboot, recovery and sideload should work now.
The thing is, previously I tried installing the original firmware and that failed at 47%. So i'm not sure what to do now.
I tried installing 'codeworkx universal twrp 3.2.1-0 recovery' since he seems to have fixed the encrypt issue. But when I tried sideloading the file it says "Zip file is corrupt!". So no succes there yet.
To be precise, this is the threat for Codeworkx Universal TWRP : https://forum.xda-developers.com/on...overy-twrp-3-2-1-0-oreo-oxygenos-5-0-t3725723
And i downloaded and tried installing: twrp-3.2.1-0-universal-codeworkx-cheeseburger.img
I was thinking about downloading the latest Codename Phoenix ROM, but when I try to download the latest release the file is name "Codename-Phoenix-NOS-8.1-oneplus5t-20180303.zip". That implies it's only for the 5t and not for the 5. So that could be my original problem? That i downloaded the wrong ROM?
That aside.
Should I try to get the download link for CNP and download the latest release for the OP5 and install that.
Or
Should i try to install the original firmware. Reset everything and start over from the beginning (unlocking, rooting, etc..)
Thanks again for all the help
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Nice to hear that!
To be clear, does the TWRP decrypt you data? When you click install in TWRP, is it a bunch of randomly named files?
I think you should go ahead with installing CNP, you shouldn't have any problems with it now that you've got the correct version.
Good luck!

Zohair.ul.hasan said:
Nice to hear that!
To be clear, does the TWRP decrypt you data? When you click install in TWRP, is it a bunch of randomly named files?
I think you should go ahead with installing CNP, you shouldn't have any problems with it now that you've got the correct version.
Good luck!
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Yeah it's a bunch of random file names. Like "2TAjnCI8CpHDL38Oh684DuTSgaO".
Alright, i'll let you know if I succeed. Thanks for the help

len.asdf said:
Yeah it's a bunch of random file names. Like "2TAjnCI8CpHDL38Oh684DuTSgaO".
Alright, i'll let you know if I succeed. Thanks for the help
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Wait! Staying encrypted is a bunch of trouble. I recommend u to follow these steps:
Go to recovery
Select wipe
Select advanced wipe
Clear dalvik and cache
Go back
Select wipe
Click "Format Data"
Type in yes
Go back
Select wipe
Swipe to factory reset
Reboot recovery
Transfer the ROM from PC to phone
Install it

Zohair.ul.hasan said:
Wait! Staying encrypted is a bunch of trouble. I recommend u to follow these steps:
Go to recovery
Select wipe
Select advanced wipe
Clear dalvik and cache
Go back
Select wipe
Click "Format Data"
Type in yes
Go back
Select wipe
Swipe to factory reset
Reboot recovery
Transfer the ROM from PC to phone
Install it
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Haha thanks! Just in time. Was still downloading the latest CNP .

Whew! Update me after flashing.

Zohair.ul.hasan said:
Whew! Update me after flashing.
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Hmm, the installation should be a succes. But when i tried to reboot and start up the OS / System it just reboots into TWRP.... ? It's sort of boot looping into recovery.
I tried installing a couple of times with and without wiping dalvik/cache/system.
Could the install file not be complete?
On a side note, my data is not encrypted

len.asdf said:
Hmm, the installation should be a succes. But when i tried to reboot and start up the OS / System it just reboots into TWRP.... ? It's sort of boot looping into recovery.
I tried installing a couple of times with and without wiping dalvik/cache/system.
Could the install file not be complete?
On a side note, my data is not encrypted
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Did you factory reset by going into wipe>swipe to factory reset?
If not then do that and flash it

Zohair.ul.hasan said:
Did you factory reset by going into wipe>swipe to factory reset?
If not then do that and flash it
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YES! It work. Many thanks

len.asdf said:
YES! It work. Many thanks
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Congrats! Please like my replies if you don't mind

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Congrats! Please like my replies if you don't mind
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But of course! Already did that. But i'm not sure if it shows or not. Tried clicking multiple times on the thanks button but it doesn't highlight. It should do that right?

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But of course! Already did that. But i'm not sure if it shows or not. Tried clicking multiple times on the thanks button but it doesn't highlight. It should do that right?
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Yes it should but that's okay

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Yes it should but that's okay
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installed the xda app and there I could give you a 'thanks'