HI all,
I've come from flashing Samsung S4's for years but after trying to flash an update I got the boot screen and nothing happens.
Here's the situation.
I had originally installed PureNexus, rooted, unlocked the boot loader and probably turned off USB ADB settings (and I don't typically want an alert when plugging in the USB cable) as I usually transfer media and ROM's to the download folder for future flashing.
I saw that 6.01 was released and saw that the bootloader and radio were updated. So I tried to flash those before updating with PureNexus 6.01.
I did a nandroid backup before I did this, knowing something might go wrong.
I think my camera wasn't working so I tried a nandroid recovery to get it back.
Unfortunately I didn't read about the password encryption bug which TWRP had as I did the restore in my car and didn't have internet as it was free down time. When it was completed, I got the failed password issue. So I decided just to format everything. I used TWRP and formatted everything including the vendor partition. Of course, I forgot it would delete the Nandroid, too. I'm too used to having a spare external SD card to store all of the Nandroids on.
Anyway after that I can only get to TWRP.
I've tried installing the original 6.0 ROM, PureNexus ROM through TWRP with the appropriate ZIP files. It says it's completed, no errors but just the boot screen.
I've tried restoring through ADB with Windows 10 and through the USB. I don't get to an ADB selection on the bootloader, but can get to the ADB sideload throught TWRP. The problem is when I tried to restore through ADB nothing happens as it says "waiting" when I use fastboot flash-all. ADB devices does give me an ID when I do ADB so it is connecting. However, I believe ADB is waiting for the USB-ADB to be turned on which I can't do because I can't get to the OS system partition.
I've tried using several of the Skip Soft Toolkit and again, it waits and says closed.
I'm assuming that USB-ADB is closed and not turned on. I don't know why TWRP can't overwrite the system partitions if I try to flash, unless it's still encrypted but shouldn't be as I formatted everything, except for the boot loader and that is unlocked as I get the screen that I should lock the bootloader because the OS can't tell if it is corrupted.
Any ideas? I can only think if someone sends me a Nandroid of a configuration that may flash it back to a level I can get into Android and then get back to USB ADB and do a clean install with fastboot flash-all.
Please help!! Thanks in advance for your suggestions. I hope I gave you enough information to help me out.
Update. I apparently found a way. Luckily TWRP has a Flash image feature as well as flashing the vendor image. Flashed PureNexus 6.01 and PureNexus Gapps and thank goodness that worked! No idea why ADB was not flashing except for the configuration for USB ADB was turned off on the ROM originally.
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Hi Guys!
I am trying to root my nexus, unlocked it, installed the right usb drivers, I can see the phone and everything looks right.
Downloaded Superboot for ERE27 with himem enabled and ran this. no problem.
I put the img file on the SD card and when I boot the phone in Fastboot / Recovery it does not find and img files on the SD card.
I tried 2 different cards and also different img files.
When I do this I get first the message no images found than I see the droid with a triangle and a ! in it. - Have to pull the battery.
Ideas anyone?
Thanks
What are you trying to do?
1) you had to unlock the bootloader which enables you to install a new recovery image (which is needed to allow you to install new roms)
2) you had to apply the recovery image Amon RA via a command prompt and a batch file if you use Windows. The phone's USB connection needs to be in development mode and once the batch file executes and successfully finishes you need to reboot the phone.
3) you restart the phone into bootloader mode, use the volume rocker to select the recovery console. If you end up with an andriod and exclamation symbol the Amon RA recovery file was not installed.
4) the new recovery console allows you to clean the SD card. Install roms from the SD card and some other commands. The Roms for the Andriod are in ZIP format and do not need to be unziped. In other words all you need to copy to the SD card is the full ZIP file (approx 75MB) and install that directly from the recovery console.
If your android stays in the booting sequence which is shown as the X with flying little pixels, it's most likely because you did not wipe the device clean first. That item is in the recovery console as well.
Hope this helps. I am just as new to this as you are.
You didn't unzip them did you?
You're trying to root with superboot. Great, but the recovery is not capable of flashing .img files, only .zip updates and roms and such. .img files have to be flashed using fastboot, not recovery, and are flashed from the connected computer.
If you read the superboot instructions from wherever you got the file, you'll see that you have to put the .img in the same directory ON YOUR COMPUTER as fastboot, connect via USB, boot the phone into fastboot, then enter the appropriate command line on the computer to flash the file.
If you've done that, then you are officially DONE with the rooting process.
Also, make damn sure that the superboot version matches the software version on your phone. They're both ERE27, right?
I'm not sure what anosis's post is talking about, but that looks more like the process for installing a custom rom (ie cyanogenmod), than rooting.
To root your phone, you DO NOT need Amon-RA's recovery. You only need that if you want to install custom roms, etc. It wont hurt to have it, as it includes many more functions than the stock recovery, but just to root, you don't need it.
Summary:
If you flashed the superboot.img from your computer via fastboot, your phone is rooted. Done.
You don't need to do anything in the recovery at all for rooting. Only for installing update.zips and custom rom.zips.
Hey, So I have been scouring the forums trying to find some answers about this and you seem to be the closet to my situation. Here is what I did:
So I was running a CM9 Aplha, reverted back to stock 2.3.6 [1ada25375426.signed-soju-ota-189904.1ada2537]) so that I could then apply ICS update [VQ8PQk_V]) which I sucessfully did. This was about a month ago and it was all going well.
Then yesterday I wanted to upgrade to 4.0.4 [hR7QFEtn] so I did and superuser wasn't working properly but then I reinstalled it and got it to work. However I got to the point where everything was working fine EXCEPT for the Google Play store kept on force closing. I spent hours trying last night and could not find a solution.
I tried restoring the previous ICS update that I had and it worked, and then I tried updating again. Also side: My clockwork was on the fritz lately so I was using Zedowmaxs force into clockwork recovery image [fastboot boot recovery3101.img] to force it in sometimes.
Anyway bottom line here is where my REAL ISSUE begins. I decided just to wipe everything and start anew. I factory reset/ wiped properly [cache partition and davliche cache] and then locked my bootloader again. Then tried rebooting. Got stuck on Google screen. Then I unlocked my bootloader again. Tried again, same issue.
So, here is where I am at. Cannot get into recovery from fastboot, takes me back to fastboot. AND, everything is wiped because I locked/unlocked my bootloader. All I can do is adb commands.
I don't know what to do from here and there is a lot of things going on. If you could help that would be great!? What I am going to try next is to flash some recovery on, but I don't know which one/ try to mount a file to my sd card from adb commands.
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Hey, So I have been scouring the forums trying to find some answers about this and you seem to be the closet to my situation. Here is what I did:
So I was running a CM9 Aplha, reverted back to stock 2.3.6 [1ada25375426.signed-soju-ota-189904.1ada2537]) so that I could then apply ICS update [VQ8PQk_V]) which I sucessfully did. This was about a month ago and it was all going well.
Then yesterday I wanted to upgrade to 4.0.4 [hR7QFEtn] so I did and superuser wasn't working properly but then I reinstalled it and got it to work. However I got to the point where everything was working fine EXCEPT for the Google Play store kept on force closing. I spent hours trying last night and could not find a solution.
I tried restoring the previous ICS update that I had and it worked, and then I tried updating again. Also side: My clockwork was on the fritz lately so I was using Zedowmaxs force into clockwork recovery image [fastboot boot recovery3101.img] to force it in sometimes.
Anyway bottom line here is where my REAL ISSUE begins. I decided just to wipe everything and start anew. I factory reset/ wiped properly [cache partition and davliche cache] and then locked my bootloader again. Then tried rebooting. Got stuck on Google screen. Then I unlocked my bootloader again. Tried again, same issue.
So, here is where I am at. Cannot get into recovery from fastboot, takes me back to fastboot. AND, everything is wiped because I locked/unlocked my bootloader. All I can do is adb commands.
I don't know what to do from here and there is a lot of things going on. If you could help that would be great!? What I am going to try next is to flash some recovery on, but I don't know which one/ try to mount a file to my sd card from adb commands.
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It looks like the time when you were locking-unlocking the bootloader, you messed up the recovery. Since your phone can get into bootloader menu, I think you can get out of this issue.
Here is what I would do.
1. Unlock the bootloader.
2. flash clockworkmod recovery using fastboot USB.
3. Download recovery-RA-passion-v2.2.1.img, put it in C:\fastboot\
4. Shut down your phone. Then start your Nexus One in Fastboot mode by holding down the Trackball and press the Power button.
5. Connect your phone to your computer. Open a Command Prompt (Start -> All Programs -> Accessories -> Command Prompt), and run the following commands:
cd C:\fastboot
fastboot devices
fastboot flash recovery recovery-RA-passion-v2.2.1.img
now see if you can get into recovery. If you can, just flash a custom rom using install zip from sd card option in the recovery
I didn't read all the replies but fastboot reads from your PC's disk not the sdcard, unless you are running it through shell or something?
Hello guys! Some help would be nice... Thanks in advance.
So i enrolled to Android 7 Beta and downloaded the latest OTA update. I was fine until i saw some apps i have didnt work in Android 7. So i wanted to go back to Android 6.
I tried unrolling my device from the beta but it didnt gave me an update from the Settings menu.
Then i downloaded the factory image and flashed it with fastboot.
I flashed everything and now it is stuck at Google Logo. I tried wiping cache, wiping data and reseting the phone in different manners.
What else should i do?
Thanks in advance.
akumalol said:
Hello guys! Some help would be nice... Thanks in advance.
So i enrolled to Android 7 Beta and downloaded the latest OTA update. I was fine until i saw some apps i have didnt work in Android 7. So i wanted to go back to Android 6.
I tried unrolling my device from the beta but it didnt gave me an update from the Settings menu.
Then i downloaded the factory image and flashed it with fastboot.
I flashed everything and now it is stuck at Google Logo. I tried wiping cache, wiping data and reseting the phone in different manners.
What else should i do?
Thanks in advance.
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Re-flash MM stock package again via fastboot. Among the .img files flash bootloader and radio first but make sure you do "fastboot reboot-bootloader" after flashing each of the two.
blitzkriegger said:
Re-flash MM stock package again via fastboot. Among the .img files flash bootloader and radio first but make sure you do "fastboot reboot-bootloader" after flashing each of the two.
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Downloaded the first factory image for Nexus 6p and did flash everything and followed your suggestion exactly. 10 Minutes still Google Logo.
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akumalol said:
Downloaded the first factory image for Nexus 6p and did flash everything and followed your suggestion exactly. 10 Minutes still Google Logo.
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FYI. I managed to finally boot again on Android 7 using the OTA update from here. https://www.reddit.com/r/Nexus6P/comments/4z4ru1/android_n_ota_link_for_nexus_6p_from_601_to_70/
The problem is i cant get back to MM and i guess i have to wait somehow for the updated apps to work with Nougat.
My computer isn't even detecting my phone within ADB... any help?
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My computer isn't even detecting my phone within ADB... any help?
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When you select "Apply updated from ADB" i had to unplug and re plug my phone to my computer in order to see it. If windows says it is unrecognized i guess you need some drivers.
I officially hate Android 7. Boot loops galore. Factory reset without restoring ANYTHING is the only way to keep it from looping right now.... But its only been an hour so we'll see. Like you I'm unable to rollback to MM. My computer also is working with adb. I've updated my sdk to the newest version too. I can get the device serial number in fastboot, but the reboot commands give me error device not found.
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When you select "Apply updated from ADB" i had to unplug and re plug my phone to my computer in order to see it. If windows says it is unrecognized i guess you need some drivers.
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Damn... I tried Factory Resetting... and all I had to do was unplug and re plug. Thanks that worked
I have been on the beta program just to get Nougat and downloaded and installed it just fine a week ago. Now all of a sudden today my phone goes off and then to the never ending Google logo. I turned it back off, and now it wont come on, wont charge, etc. Nothing. How can I get it back live again. Even when I had the Google logo earlier I couldnt boot to anything else. Holding power and volume down does nothing.
Hello everyone! I bring news from the TWRP developers from the #TWRP IRC channel! TWRP 3.0.2-1 has a fatal bug! If you backup and restore EFS it will brick you! Do not backup and restore EFS on 3.0.2-1! Use 3.0.2-0 instead! This has already been fixed in the newer builds!
If you have been bricked you NEED to Erase the EFS partitions and that will fix it immediately.
For the Nexus 6P go to TWRP. Then on PC Open Command Prompt with access to ADB ( Android Debug Bridge) and execute the following commands:
ADB shell dd if=/dev/zero of=/dev/block/platform/soc.0/f9824900.sdhci/by-name/modemst1 bs=16384
and
ADB Shell dd if=/dev/zero of=/dev/block/platform/soc.0/f9824900.sdhci/by-name/modemst2 bs=16384
This should fix it for ANY Nexus 6P users. Users on other phones with the same problem await instructions!
bogomil4e said:
Hello everyone! I bring news from the TWRP developers from the #TWRP IRC channel! TWRP 3.0.2-1 has a fatal bug! If you backup and restore EFS it will brick you! Do not backup and restore EFS on 3.0.2-1! Use 3.0.2-0 instead! This has already been fixed in the newer builds!
If you have been bricked you NEED to Erase the EFS partitions and that will fix it immediately.
For the Nexus 6P go to TWRP. Then on PC Open Command Prompt with access to ADB ( Android Debug Bridge) and execute the following commands:
ADB shell dd if=/dev/zero of=/dev/block/platform/soc.0/f9824900.sdhci/by-name/modemst1 bs=16384
and
ADB Shell dd if=/dev/zero of=/dev/block/platform/soc.0/f9824900.sdhci/by-name/modemst2 bs=16384
This should fix it for ANY Nexus 6P users. Users on other phones with the same problem await instructions!
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Was running the Nougat 7.0 WETA ROM, and had some issues with sound performance, plus battery life was tanking, so went to using Vanir 6.0.
Wiped and installed (I assume from the process that backup and restore is part of this process), then pico gapps, and stuck on boot screen.
Found this thread and followed instructions. The first ABD command works flawlessly, but the second one returns the standard printscreen when a command isn't recognized, and lists all the adb options. Possibility it's entered incorrectly?
Boot issue persists
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I have been on the beta program just to get Nougat and downloaded and installed it just fine a week ago. Now all of a sudden today my phone goes off and then to the never ending Google logo. I turned it back off, and now it wont come on, wont charge, etc. Nothing. How can I get it back live again. Even when I had the Google logo earlier I couldnt boot to anything else. Holding power and volume down does nothing.
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Have you found a solution? Mine is doing the exact same thing
Device is corrupt, stuck on google logo
It's been a while since my crack flashing days but i just got my N6P, updated to MTC20F, Unlocked Bootloader, installed TWRP 3.0.2-2, rooted, Tried to install CM13, I got the wrong gapps tho, forgot to check ARM64 instead of ARM. so i got a bad install with the gapps, said it wasn't compatible. So I tried to wipe and restore my backup i made in TWRP, but i keep getting the "device is corrupt and cannot be trusted" then stuck at Google logo. I would think if i could push the factory img or the correct Gapps to the phone, I could flash with no problem. How do i get new files onto the phone while in TWRP? Sorry if it's a noob question, but i need help. Thanks!
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It's been a while since my crack flashing days but i just got my N6P, updated to MTC20F, Unlocked Bootloader, installed TWRP 3.0.2-2, rooted, Tried to install CM13, I got the wrong gapps tho, forgot to check ARM64 instead of ARM. so i got a bad install with the gapps, said it wasn't compatible. So I tried to wipe and restore my backup i made in TWRP, but i keep getting the "device is corrupt and cannot be trusted" then stuck at Google logo. I would think if i could push the factory img or the correct Gapps to the phone, I could flash with no problem. How do i get new files onto the phone while in TWRP? Sorry if it's a noob question, but i need help. Thanks!
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You can push the file via adb or just connect your phone through usb cable while in twrp and drag and drop from pc to your phones storage drive
Yeah I couldn't get the internal storage to mount on xp but it does on win 7, window pops right up after drivers install. I tried flashing cm13 with the correct gapps but it still hangs at Google. I'm using the skipsoft toolkit to try and flash back to stock right now
Hope everyone here can help me.
I was flashing a 7.0 ROM on my phone with the NRDU90 vendor. The flashing failed so I restored from my backup made by TWRP. The restore was successful, but now I'm stuck in a bootloop. The phone goes to the Google splash screen with the lock(it is in the unlocked position) and then goes right back to the screen that mentions about device corruption and please relock the bootloader.
When it wasn't booting, I was able to boot into fastboot and then into recovery with no issues. I tried the fastboot flash of NRDU90 and also MCT20L builds direct from google. All flash but continues to loop. Only success that saw a small part of the Android splash boot was flashing Tupac's 7.0 rom but that never got any further.
Hoping y'all can help. I personally do not have a spare phone so this is my only device. Willing to try any steps and if need to, can do like a hangout session for any help.
Flash kernel for mm and then rom
pctechdroid said:
Hope everyone here can help me.
I was flashing a 7.0 ROM on my phone with the NRDU90 vendor. The flashing failed so I restored from my backup made by TWRP. The restore was successful, but now I'm stuck in a bootloop. The phone goes to the Google splash screen with the lock(it is in the unlocked position) and then goes right back to the screen that mentions about device corruption and please relock the bootloader.
When it wasn't booting, I was able to boot into fastboot and then into recovery with no issues. I tried the fastboot flash of NRDU90 and also MCT20L builds direct from google. All flash but continues to loop. Only success that saw a small part of the Android splash boot was flashing Tupac's 7.0 rom but that never got any further.
Hoping y'all can help. I personally do not have a spare phone so this is my only device. Willing to try any steps and if need to, can do like a hangout session for any help.
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Two weeks ago I updated my nexus 6p to the latest may security patch update of 7.1.2, I was out of station for a week I left my phone switch off at home when I came back home and tried to start the phone it got stuck on the Google logo I tried to clear cache but it too didn't work out for me what should I do to bring my phone back to normal, my phone is not under warranty it has expired almost 5 months ago, plz plz help worried about it
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Two weeks ago I updated my nexus 6p to the latest may security patch update of 7.1.2, I was out of station for a week I left my phone switch off at home when I came back home and tried to start the phone it got stuck on the Google logo I tried to clear cache but it too didn't work out for me what should I do to bring my phone back to normal, my phone is not under warranty it has expired almost 5 months ago, plz plz help worried about it
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try flashing the newest 7.1.2 vendor i was having the same issue when i tried going back to 7.1.2 from android O
Ok, I'm going to start by explaining everything I did up to this point to eliminate any troubleshooting sugggestions i may have already done.
I rooted and installed recovery the same way everyone else did. After a couple of days, I tried to install a ROM but im assuming i was encrypted because i was stuck in a loop that would only boot me into TWRP. Did my research and took the necessary steps to get around that and decrypt and boot into the new ROM.. FINALLY!!! Only one problem, this rom doesn't have Super SU installed, Alright... so i download the proper Super SU build and put it on my Micro SD card and try to boot into TWRP to flash....
This is where the problem begins. I never get the prompt to authorize my PC from my phone to allow anything, and i never did each time i reset. I'm almost certain the adb on this rom is messed up, i've wiped about 4-5 times to re-enable usb debugging from scratch in order to adb or fastboot into recovery via command prompt, however when i try adb, i get that unauthorized error an there's no option on the LG V20 to revoke under developer settings. Fastboot i just get the same "waiting for device" message. Also keep in mind that i set it to photo mode, every mode that was available and nothing. Tried different USB Cords and did this on both my laptop and my PC at work
I've tried uninstalling and reinstalling all of the drivers, re-installed the latest version of adb and fastboot to my PC, that didn't work either. Tried deleting the adbkeys file in the .android folder and still nothing.
When i try to boot in recovery manually, i just get the wipe data option and when i click yes to everything, it actually wipes my data. I'm unable to reflash TWRP because I can't access ADB or Fastboot due to the unauthorized error.
Someone, PLEASE HELP!!!!
any luck?
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Ok, I'm going to start by explaining everything I did up to this point to eliminate any troubleshooting sugggestions i may have already done.
I rooted and installed recovery the same way everyone else did. After a couple of days, I tried to install a ROM but im assuming i was encrypted because i was stuck in a loop that would only boot me into TWRP. Did my research and took the necessary steps to get around that and decrypt and boot into the new ROM.. FINALLY!!! Only one problem, this rom doesn't have Super SU installed, Alright... so i download the proper Super SU build and put it on my Micro SD card and try to boot into TWRP to flash....
This is where the problem begins. I never get the prompt to authorize my PC from my phone to allow anything, and i never did each time i reset. I'm almost certain the adb on this rom is messed up, i've wiped about 4-5 times to re-enable usb debugging from scratch in order to adb or fastboot into recovery via command prompt, however when i try adb, i get that unauthorized error an there's no option on the LG V20 to revoke under developer settings. Fastboot i just get the same "waiting for device" message. Also keep in mind that i set it to photo mode, every mode that was available and nothing. Tried different USB Cords and did this on both my laptop and my PC at work
I've tried uninstalling and reinstalling all of the drivers, re-installed the latest version of adb and fastboot to my PC, that didn't work either. Tried deleting the adbkeys file in the .android folder and still nothing.
When i try to boot in recovery manually, i just get the wipe data option and when i click yes to everything, it actually wipes my data. I'm unable to reflash TWRP because I can't access ADB or Fastboot due to the unauthorized error.
Someone, PLEASE HELP!!!!
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different route but im in the same boat. any luck?
I fixed this shortly after. Wanted to avoid returning to stock as. The only option was you and I was on 10d. I had to go back to stock but luckily the recovery method still works.
So I screwed up. When wiping my system for lineageos, I accidentally wiped everything, including the system, internal storage, and data. I am in TWRP right now. Trying to send files over at MTP just makes the progress bar not move. I cannot move it over with my phone mounted as a usb storage device. When using adb push to send over a ROM, the command completes, but it does not appear in the sdcard folder as I specified. Adb sideload just stops at 50%, with the phone displaying step 2/2 and not continuing after that- I have the option to reboot or wipe dalvik / cache. I have no OS. I know that rebooting into TWRP again will make MTP work, however as I have no OS installed I know that I will not be able to access fastboot. Any ideas on how to get a rom onto my phone's storage?
You might need to format your internal storage as it may still be encrypted which may be why files aren't copying across. This is just a guess though. If all else fails (I have been in a similar situation before), you should be able to boot into fastboot (bootloader) mode from TWRP and flash OOS back through that. You would need to find the fastboot version of the ROM. I believe there is a thread in this forum somewhere. A last resort would be using the MSMTool to get back to stock. I've never had to do this myself though. The phone will be in a like brand new state though, so you would need to unlock the bootloader again if you are going to flash a custom ROM or do any modding after.
You can use OTG storage, encryption has no effect on it and you can flash files too. I used it to bypass the encryption issue in TWRP. If that doesn't work then post #2 is your best option. Also you can still boot in fastboot even if your ROM is broken. You can find the fastboot ROMs in the guide section.
So it had been a while since I had tried getting into recovery twrp but I figured I could remember how so I did
fastboot flash boot twrp etc.img
This was a mistake according to the site here > https://twrp.me/nokia/nokia6_1.html
WARNING: If you accidently flash TWRP to your device using fastboot instead of temporarily booting the image, you will need to download the latest factory image for your device and reflash the boot image.
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Which is exactly what I did
So now my phone is either stuck on the Nokia logo, or I can load twrp.
They provide some info on fixing it but I'm not sure I understand what they are saying. Can anyone help with this?
The phone was running Oreo (not sure which version unfortunately) and it was fully rooted and running magisk/xposed/su just fine before my mistake.
I don't have access to fastboot. Only Twrp and adb commands.
Edit, I can get to fastboot/download mode through the twrp terminal.
[SOLVED]
So I was able to use twrp to copy all of my internal files onto an sd card.
Then I set about getting this tool here > https://github.com/RaghuVarma331/Nokia-Tool the firmware specific to my phone, and modifying the bat file found here > https://github.com/RaghuVarma331/Nokia-Tool/blob/master/batscripts/Nokia-Tool-DRG-B2N-PL2-CTL.bat (because windows for some reason gave me a 16 bit application warning when I tried to use the tool exe)
My phone flashed a bunch of time and I was able to load up an almost entirely stock android 10, still capable of using magisk, edxposed, etc.
And now all there is to do is to get everything back onto it and set up which is at this point, the best case scenario.