COS13 rooting failed, stuck in boot loop - Wileyfox Storm

Hi all,
I got a brand new Wileyfox Storm which I liked to have rooted. When I booted the phone I got several updates which I installed first.
After updating I followed this guide: http://forum.xda-developers.com/wileyfox-storm/general/root-wileyfox-storm-t3250992
And also with a little bit help from the Cyanogen wiki: https://wiki.cyanogenmod.org/w/Install_CM_for_kipper
Reason I chose for this method is because I tried the recommended WinDroid Toolkit before but the server doesn't has the required files anymore so that program is useless for the Wileyfox Storm.
I'm running Cyanogen Os version 13.1.2-ZNH2KAS3NA-kipper btw (offical FOTA).
When I followed Bobslesbricoleurs tutorial to unlock the bootloader I got a message but not one I expected. It said:
<bootloader> Device already : unlocked !
OKAY [ 0.000s]
finished. total time : 0.000s
Does this mean I got my Wileyfox Storm with bootloader already unlocked? That how I read it...
I continued to start rooting it, but not before testing if I could still boot but everything was fine.
I tried to flash the attached custom recovery I got OK and a 'remote: size too large' error. It didn't successful flashed the recovery.
I checked if everything still was ok and it was. I could boot and everything.
So I tried something different. I'm not new to flashing (I've had a Galaxy S2 for 5 years which was running on CM13) so I went to the Cyanogen site and downloaded the latest stable (snapshot) recovery for kipper which was cm-13.0-20160820-SNAPSHOT-ZNH5YAO0J4-kipper-recovery.img.
I tried to flash that recovery and it succeeded. I could still boot recovery and system... except that after booting system the ROM would replace the recovery back to stock.
I did some research on this but I couldn't find any helpful information about it for the Storm device. So I Googled it in general and read somewhere that COS had a developers toggle to disable 'updating recovery'.
This is probably where I made my mistake because I unchecked that update recovery toggle and reflashed the snapshot recovery that worked before.
I'm not very sure, I should have written this down, but if I remember correctly the system could still boot.
I didn't know how to flash the SuperSu-v2.46_signed.zip with fastboot, the tutorial didn't specify this and I'm used to flashing from recovery (fastboot is kinda new to me, although I have worked with adb commands before).
So I booted the rom, installed AirDroid to push the zip to my internal storage and I went back to the recovery.
I flashed the SuperSu-v2.46_signed.zip with the update option in the recovery.
And now the rom is in a boot loop.
I already tried a full factory reset but it's still boot looping.
I know that in the tutorial topic FluffyTwit has had a similar problem, not sure if it's the same but it looks like it.
The given solution is "Flash stock boot.img from stock rom zip, reboot" to which he replied " flashed the whole .zip file because I saw a tutorial on some website...".
But at this stage I'm a bit afraid that I'll do it wrong again, as the instructions are either out-dated or they're just not 100% correct. Could someone help me out and/or confirm the exact steps I should do to get my device back up and running?
I'd rather keep the device stock without root than rooting it with risks of bricking. I have a feeling this device isn't as safe to rooting as I'm used to..
Thank you in advance.
Edit: I've found my solution and had to change something.
You can read it here starting from Edit 2.
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showpost.php?p=68632922&postcount=84

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[ROOT][Recovery]Wileyfox Storm

## Disclaimer and acknowledgements
All your actions with your phone are at your own risk;
## Intro
Hey,
I propose a tutorial to root Wileyfox Storm with lastest SuperSu Binary, but you can flash zips too ^^
Wileyfox storm's stock recovery has a signature verification, so you can't flash SuperSu 2.46, but with long work i got custom cyanogen recovery with no signature verification ;D
## Tutorial
Step 1 : Unlock bootloader !!!! It will erase All Data So backup first !!!!
- Go to settings>about phone and tap a few times on build number to unlock dev options
- Go to Dev options and check OEM Unlock and reboot bootloader (volume +)
- Type "fastboot devices" and if it appear type "fastboot oem unlock" and press y
Step 2 : Flash Custom Recovery
- Reboot Bootloader
- type "fastboot devices" if it appear type "fastboot flash recovery C:\..\kipper-custom-recovery.img"
- Wait the flash process and reboot recovery (volume -)
- Now Flash SuperSu-2.46.zip
Step 3 : Enjoy !!
## Download
Super Su : SuperSu-v2.46_signed.zip
Custom Recovery : kipper-custom-recovery.img
Corrected link to recovery?
Hi,
The custom recovery link is to the supersu file as well. Can you post the corrected link?
Thanks
Sorry xD
Thanks, I haven't had time to try compiling the Cyanogen Recovery for the Storm myself yet.
The above recovery image worked for me using fastboot boot xxx thus leaving the stock recovery intact.
F:\downloads\kipper>fastboot boot kipper-custom-recovery.img
downloading 'boot.img'...
OKAY [ 0.674s]
booting...
OKAY [ 3.082s]
finished. total time: 3.758s
Wileyfox Storm (Kipper) - 12.1-YOG4PAS3MG
SuperSu and Busybox successfully installed.
Thanks.
No prob i'm happy, i've done it myself ^^
Phone wont boot pasted the Cyanogen logo
Thanks for taking the time and effort to share this. It's really appreciated.
However, I'm a bit stuck.....
bobslesbricoleurs said:
## Tutorial
Step 1 : Unlock bootloader !!!! It will erase All Data So backup first !!!!
- Go to settings>about phone and tap a few times on build number to unlock dev options
- Go to Dev options and check OEM Unlock and reboot bootloader (volume +)
- Type "fastboot devices" and if it appear type "fastboot oem unlock" and press y
Step 2 : Flash Custom Recovery
- Reboot Bootloader
- type "fastboot devices" if it appear type "fastboot flash recovery C:\..\kipper-custom-recovery.img"
- Wait the flash process and reboot recovery (volume -)
- Now Flash SuperSu-2.46.zip
Step 3 : Enjoy !!
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I got as far as flashing the recovery. One it said it was finished I didn't know how to reboot the Bootloader so I rebooted the phone. On booting the android graphic came up and said 'Erase' or 'Erasing'. It then went to the Cyanogen logo and won't proceed any further.
So, presumably its important to get the su flashed onto the device. However, I dont know how to do this. I have the su.zip on my c: drive... How do I flash it onto my storm device?
P.s. is the failure to boot down to SU or has something borked???
Thanks in advance!
codeclinic said:
Thanks for taking the time and effort to share this. It's really appreciated.
However, I'm a bit stuck.....
I got as far as flashing the recovery. One it said it was finished I didn't know how to reboot the Bootloader so I rebooted the phone. On booting the android graphic came up and said 'Erase' or 'Erasing'. It then went to the Cyanogen logo and won't proceed any further.
So, presumably its important to get the su flashed onto the device. However, I dont know how to do this. I have the su.zip on my c: drive... How do I flash it onto my storm device?
P.s. is the failure to boot down to SU or has something borked???
Thanks in advance!
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The first boot after wiping takes a few minutes so do be sure that you are waiting long enough, otherwise sounds like something borked.
Are you able to boot back to recovery by holding volume down while powering up?
If so you should try clearing cache and wiping.
You can also try restoring to stock CyanogenOS images : https://cyngn.com/support
If just installing the stock recovery the image can be extracted from the fastboot zip.
There is now also a CyanogenMod nightly build, you can try flashing the recovery from there instead (there is also the nightly Cyanogen build if you are feeling brave): https://download.cyanogenmod.org/?device=kipper
There is a separate download for the recovery image.
Flashing su is not required to boot after flashing the custom recovery.
However to flash it, first copy the SuperSu zip onto the phone (for simplicity use the main memory not the SD card), either download directly onto phone, copy from computer when connected as a usb device or transfer using adb. From the custom recovery you can then select Apply Update and browse to the SuperSu zip file.
codeclinic said:
Thanks for taking the time and effort to share this. It's really appreciated.
However, I'm a bit stuck.....
I got as far as flashing the recovery. One it said it was finished I didn't know how to reboot the Bootloader so I rebooted the phone. On booting the android graphic came up and said 'Erase' or 'Erasing'. It then went to the Cyanogen logo and won't proceed any further.
So, presumably its important to get the su flashed onto the device. However, I dont know how to do this. I have the su.zip on my c: drive... How do I flash it onto my storm device?
P.s. is the failure to boot down to SU or has something borked???
Thanks in advance!
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Did you unlocked bootloader before?
Envoyé de mon Wileyfox Storm avec XDA Forums
bobslesbricoleurs said:
Did you unlocked bootloader before?
Envoyé de mon Wileyfox Storm avec XDA Forums
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Yes, i followed all the instructions. I even tried doing it with the 'fastboot boot' method. But still no luck.
In the end I did a factory reset from the recovery and rebooted. I'm now able to get into android normally.
However, if i go back to recovery and try to flash the su binaries, it fails with the output sayings something about the signature of the package.
Any ideas?
codeclinic said:
Yes, i followed all the instructions. I even tried doing it with the 'fastboot boot' method. But still no luck.
In the end I did a factory reset from the recovery and rebooted. I'm now able to get into android normally.
However, if i go back to recovery and try to flash the su binaries, it fails with the output sayings something about the signature of the package.
Any ideas?
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If you are getting messages about the signature then you are probably running the stock recovery again,
Go back to the bootloader and use fastboot to boot or flash the customer recovery above or cyanogen recovery again.
You can also grab an unsigned version of SuperSu from the developer : https://download.chainfire.eu/696/supersu/
miSAKe said:
If you are getting messages about the signature then you are probably running the stock recovery again,
Go back to the bootloader and use fastboot to boot or flash the customer recovery above or cyanogen recovery again.
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I figured / hoped that was the case. I'll give it another shot tonight.
miSAKe said:
You can also grab an unsigned version of SuperSu from the developer
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Are there any pros/cons of using the unsigned version over the signed one? If not, is it not better to use the unsigned version and not bother with the flashing of the recovery?
Thanks
Maybe i'll try later to port philz to this phone ^^
Is it possible to relock the bootloader again?
I've successfully managed to install the custom Cyanogen recovery, and CyanogenMod on my WF Storm this afternoon. I largely did this by following the instructions posted previously - unlocking bootloader, installing CM recovery image with fastboot, then installing CM12.1-kipper from recovery.
I did encounter some problems - namely that the nightly version of the CM recovery (cm-12.1-20151120-NIGHTLY-kipper-recovery.img ) just did not seem to work, despite reportedly being installed OK - Whenever I tried to install anything in recovery mode, it came up with "failed to verify whole-file signature" or similar errors. Strangely I was able to overcome this by using fastboot to boot from the image of it downloaded to my PC, and installing the CM ROM that way; initially it came up with an error about filesystems being incompatible, but after erasing all data, it seemed to go on OK.
I installed the openGAPPS aroma version (allows you to choose which GApps to install interactively) and used the ARM-64 version. Initially, I had the problem with the recovery and couldn't install it, so finally decided to install the cyanogen recovery linked to above in one of the first posts (kipper-custom-recovery.img) rather than from the nightlys. This seemed to solve the problem, about signature errors and I tried to install GApps. The first time I tried this (after going through and selecting what to install from the huge list), it seemed to start OK then said there was not enough space on the device - which seemed very odd indeed. I rebooted and tried again, this time with a few less GApps selected, and it seemed to work fine. I think it was just some kind of a glitch the first time, because there is plenty of space left.
During the first boot after installing the GApps, the systemUI crashed, the screen went black and it was not looking good. Following another reboot though, it seemed to be OK, and I am very happily now using the Storm with CyanogenMOD and root access. I've now installed the dozens of extra apps I use, from the play store, and so far, everything is working well.
Of course, I haven't checked evreything yet, but the camera, phone, 4G LTE, tethering, google account etc. all seem to be working very well.
I hope this info might be of help to anyone looking to get CM12.1 going on their WFStorm. If you get signature errors, just make sure you try installing a different CM recovery!
A huge thanks to earlier posters, and everyone who's worked on getting a version of CM for the Storm. Peace-out,
Neon
nsam1 said:
I've successfully managed to install the custom Cyanogen recovery, and CyanogenMod on my WF Storm this afternoon. I largely did this by following the instructions posted previously - unlocking bootloader, installing CM recovery image with fastboot, then installing CM12.1-kipper from recovery.
I did encounter some problems - namely that the nightly version of the CM recovery (cm-12.1-20151120-NIGHTLY-kipper-recovery.img ) just did not seem to work, despite reportedly being installed OK - Whenever I tried to install anything in recovery mode, it came up with "failed to verify whole-file signature" or similar errors. Strangely I was able to overcome this by using fastboot to boot from the image of it downloaded to my PC, and installing the CM ROM that way; initially it came up with an error about filesystems being incompatible, but after erasing all data, it seemed to go on OK.
I installed the openGAPPS aroma version (allows you to choose which GApps to install interactively) and used the ARM-64 version. Initially, I had the problem with the recovery and couldn't install it, so finally decided to install the cyanogen recovery linked to above in one of the first posts (kipper-custom-recovery.img) rather than from the nightlys. This seemed to solve the problem, about signature errors and I tried to install GApps. The first time I tried this (after going through and selecting what to install from the huge list), it seemed to start OK then said there was not enough space on the device - which seemed very odd indeed. I rebooted and tried again, this time with a few less GApps selected, and it seemed to work fine. I think it was just some kind of a glitch the first time, because there is plenty of space left.
During the first boot after installing the GApps, the systemUI crashed, the screen went black and it was not looking good. Following another reboot though, it seemed to be OK, and I am very happily now using the Storm with CyanogenMOD and root access. I've now installed the dozens of extra apps I use, from the play store, and so far, everything is working well.
Of course, I haven't checked evreything yet, but the camera, phone, 4G LTE, tethering, google account etc. all seem to be working very well.
I hope this info might be of help to anyone looking to get CM12.1 going on their WFStorm. If you get signature errors, just make sure you try installing a different CM recovery!
A huge thanks to earlier posters, and everyone who's worked on getting a version of CM for the Storm. Peace-out,
Neon
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Wich open gapps you need ? mini, micro, full ?
Hi,
I used the aroma version of GApps, which has the interactive graphical installer so you can choose whichever apps you want. I am sure Nano and Pico etc. are all fine, I just wanted to install a lot of GApps.
I downloaded from here: http://opengapps.org/?api=5.1&variant=nano
It is set to nano by default but I chose aroma. Make sure you select the correct architecture (ARM64) and android 5.1 (if you are using kipper).
Best of luck,
Nsam
https://youtu.be/b6XUFmHoY4U
I upload it just wait 1 Hr
bobslesbricoleurs said:
https://youtu.be/b6XUFmHoY4U
I upload it just wait 1 Hr
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All looks good I seem to have a slight problem with one bluetooth device, but I need to look in to it more before I say it is a problem with kipper. Other bluetooth devices work fine
keep up the good work
Nsam
Hei it has been the second day running nightly built of CM12.1, and so far its been great never had serious issues. I just noticed that the proximity sensor distance when call is engage is set to very near like 1cm. If the phone goes further the screen lights on and gets activated.
Nightly most of time runs well, apart from "Not Responding" whatsapp every once in a while. Battery life is average almost the same stock CM. Call gets cut/muted at the middle of the conversation, not sure if the network or the phone has it. Hopefully there will be a TWRP soon for the device as NANDroid backup is very important when using nightly. Thanks for all the devs.

Soft bricked my phone, could somebody help me?

Hi everyone, sorry for a noob problem but I seemed to have soft bricked my phone and was hoping that somebody here would be able to help me out. I have an A2017U in the US.
A short history:
I had been using my phone on B20 rooted/locked with tenfar's tool for about 3 months now, and decided I would try and update it finally before the new year.
To update it, after reading it seemed I would need to unlock the bootloader to keep root on B29 so I decided first step would be to unlock the bootloader and then update to B29. I did the following steps today
1) Unlock bootloader using DrakenFX's guide here http://forum.xda-developers.com/axon-7/how-to/guide-how-to-unlock-bootloader-stay-t3461165 The unlocked proved successful and I was able to boot back into B20 after all the data was wiped, and I followed the instruction to backup the Boot in TWRP. All good.
2) I then decided to follow another of DrakenFX's guides (https://forum.xda-developers.com/showpost.php?p=68873482&postcount=2) to update from B20 to B29. I followed the instructions exactly again, but then the phone just hangs on the ZTE logo on boot infinitely. I wondered if I made a mistake when re-initializing TWRP after unlocking the bootloader. I did a search and found in "Mount" to uncheck "Mount system partition read-only" and unchecked it. The System partition however is unmounted, I'm not sure if that's normal now or not. Even when I check it, after rebooting it goes away. I've checked the MD5 of the ZTE_A2017U.B29_StockSystem_by_DrakenFX.zip file and it's good. I then flashed through fastboot to the new 3.0.3-0 TWRP which I'm now using, and still nothing. It appears I don't have an OS installed. I'm going to guess here the issue is with a setting in TWRP but I've tried everything I could find. Unfortunately I don't seem to have a copy of my stock recovery right now to flash either. I've tried several times to flash ZTE_A2017U.B29_StockSystem_by_DrakenFX.zip and reboot but to no avail. I even tried this tip from rczrazor to delete DATA first and others one by one (https://forum.xda-developers.com/showpost.php?p=69428659&postcount=136) but no such luck for me. Still stuck on the ZTE logo.
tl;dr - I have access to fastboot and TWRP, but apparently no ROM installed even though have flashed now multiple times.
If anybody could help me I would greatly appreciate it. I'm even willing to pay a few bucks in Paypal to help get me going again.
Thank you all in advance.
shyguy88 said:
Hi everyone, sorry for a noob problem but I seemed to have soft bricked my phone and was hoping that somebody here would be able to help me out. I have an A2017U in the US.
A short history:
I had been using my phone on B20 rooted/locked with tenfar's tool for about 3 months now, and decided I would try and update it finally before the new year.
To update it, after reading it seemed I would need to unlock the bootloader to keep root on B29 so I decided first step would be to unlock the bootloader and then update to B29. I did the following steps today
1) Unlock bootloader using DrakenFX's guide here http://forum.xda-developers.com/axon-7/how-to/guide-how-to-unlock-bootloader-stay-t3461165 The unlocked proved successful and I was able to boot back into B20 after all the data was wiped, and I followed the instruction to backup the Boot in TWRP. All good.
2) I then decided to follow another of DrakenFX's guides (https://forum.xda-developers.com/showpost.php?p=68873482&postcount=2) to update from B20 to B29. I followed the instructions exactly again, but then the phone just hangs on the ZTE logo on boot infinitely. I wondered if I made a mistake when re-initializing TWRP after unlocking the bootloader. I did a search and found in "Mount" to uncheck "Mount system partition read-only" and unchecked it. The System partition however is unmounted, I'm not sure if that's normal now or not. Even when I check it, after rebooting it goes away. I've checked the MD5 of the ZTE_A2017U.B29_StockSystem_by_DrakenFX.zip file and it's good. I then flashed through fastboot to the new 3.0.3-0 TWRP which I'm now using, and still nothing. It appears I don't have an OS installed. I'm going to guess here the issue is with a setting in TWRP but I've tried everything I could find. Unfortunately I don't seem to have a copy of my stock recovery right now to flash either. I've tried several times to flash ZTE_A2017U.B29_StockSystem_by_DrakenFX.zip and reboot but to no avail. I even tried this tip from rczrazor to delete DATA first and others one by one (https://forum.xda-developers.com/showpost.php?p=69428659&postcount=136) but no such luck for me. Still stuck on the ZTE logo.
tl;dr - I have access to fastboot and TWRP, but apparently no ROM installed even though have flashed now multiple times.
If anybody could help me I would greatly appreciate it. I'm even willing to pay a few bucks in Paypal to help get me going again.
Thank you all in advance.
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This happened to me once - boot to TWRP, format data, reboot to TWRP, advanced wipe everything but the external SD card,reboot to TWRP, flash DrakenFX B29 bootstack, reboot to TWRP, flash DrakenFX B29 system.
shyguy88 said:
Hi everyone, sorry for a noob problem but I seemed to have soft bricked my phone and was hoping that somebody here would be able to help me out. I have an A2017U in the US.
If anybody could help me I would greatly appreciate it. I'm even willing to pay a few bucks in Paypal to help get me going again.
Thank you all in advance.
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I have bricked my AXON 7 many times during the last week. The Zip files from DrakenFX are very good. But in case those were still failling...
First, check for corrupted downloads, just check the zip file integrity using 7zip, winRAR or any other tool.
Use TWRP 3.0.3
Try a different ROM such as ZADMix or even CM13.
If everything fails:
Flash TWRP 3.0.2 signed.
Flash the original Stock B29 Boot partition and reboot to recovery
Flash again the verified DrakenFX files.

How to unbrick my ZTE Axon 7 mini b2017g

Dear Seniors.
I am facing great hardship because my phone is stuck at boot logo.
No booting in recovery mode to flash another rom.
I did unlock bootloader of it by using tuliptool with success. After that i flashed custom rom in it. after reboot it is happening that.
Please suggest to recover it.
Did you flash twrp after unlocking? Did you make backup of stock ROM? Perhaps find a version of the factory firmware and flash that.
Dear I have no backup and i flashed TWRP recovery.......
It is to aware you that i did relock bootloader now my phone is working properly. but i am unable to enter recovery mode. !!!
Now my phone is running android 6.0.1 B02
But i am failed to root this rom uptill now due above mentioned problem.
modorate said:
Dear I have no backup and i flashed TWRP recovery.......
It is to aware you that i did relock bootloader now my phone is working properly. but i am unable to enter recovery mode. !!!
Now my phone is running android 6.0.1 B02
But i am failed to root this rom uptill now due above mentioned problem.
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I found software update notification but when i update an error accruing while update. (This update not compatible with this device"
In easy words......... my recovery.img has been corrupted. I have no idea to get rid of this situation.
I planned to unlock my Mini's bootloader this weekend. After reading this post, I decided to act later until the root cause has been figured out.
bao_gg said:
I planned to unlock my Mini's bootloader this weekend. After reading this post, I decided to act later until the root cause has been figured out.
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Several people myself included have been able to use tuliptool to successfully unlock and root the device.
mine is hard bricked too. but I think it is worse than the case listed on the op.
if you want to hard bricked these are the steps:
follow the procedure to install the Spanish ROM 6.1, than another android m b12, than finally the android seven......use tulip tool and install twpr fine, root ect. amazing ROM.......buuuuut......I lost my IMEI somewhere in this process, and the original FTM which had a small menu changes to another static one, without the menu.
I needed this menu to open the com port to fix the IMEI. than I had the brilliant idea to re-flash android M via twrp (without modifying the zip file to remove the recovery, something I knew so well from the older axon mini).
results:
-lost twpr because the stock ROM wrote over it,
-cannot boot the OS because I flashed android m but the phone had the aboot 7.
-i now have a brick
I need a genious to sujest something to bring it back to life........sh....t...sh...t.....sh...t
any chances I could inject aboot7 via ADB through my dead recovery which somehow the phone recognises? ADB shell still seems to be working
thanks

[Bootloop] N9005 not booting after frame (display) replacement

Hi,
as the title says, my phone is not booting anymore, after I transplanted the motherboard from a frame with a broken screen into a new frame (from china).
Abbreviations used:
RR => Resurrection Remix 5.8.5
CWM => ClockWorkMod Recovery 6.0.4.6-kitkat
TWRP => TeamWinRecoveryProject 3.2.1-1
I was using RR from the Rock Stable Setup on it before and it worked beautifully.
What happened:
I performed the mainboard-transplantation according to the iFixit guide
I held the power button to boot the phone:
It vibrated
It showed this screen for a couple of seconds
It vibrated
Back to step 1
And that until I removed power.
Then I tried to boot into recovery mode by holding the key combination on boot:
Same as above, but with this bootscreen
Then I tried to boot into download mode by holding the key combination on boot:
The warning to confirm download mode poped up and I got to see this screen.
I connected it to my PC and opened odin 3.09 and it recognized the device.
I tried to get adb and fastboot to see the device, but nothing worked. (In the old frame and before I broke the screen, it would be recognized at this stage)
I flashed TWRP with odin, odin showed the green "PASS!", but booting to recovery still failed.
I proceeded to flash a stock ROM, which had worked when I had issues with RR.
It worked, I went through the Android 5 setup process, enabled debug and connected adb.
adb saw the phone.
I rebooted to recovery and stock recovery booted correctly.
Sideloading anything with adb failed due to signature verification.
I then went back to download mode and flashed CWM successfully.
It now boots into recovery, but whenever I try to flash anything with CWM, it fails showing this screen
Or something similar (the photo comes from flashing RR 5.8.5)
I have both linux and windows properly setup and used both with adb, fastboot and odin (only windows)/heimdal (only linux).
I checked drivers and usb cables.
I opened the phone back up and checked all connections.
But I can't get any version of RR, CyanogenMod or LineageOS on there.
I've searched the internet, but people that have these kinds of problems after replacing parts of their phones, seem to only have driver issues or skipped steps in the manuals of custom ROM installations.
If you have any idea on what I could try or what I'm doing wrong or not doing, please leave an answer.
I'll keep this post updated below here:
(no updates, yet)
Thanks so much in advance
Simon
Your picture shows stock recovery not CWM .
Try flashing TWRP recovery through Odin .
I did flash TWRP and afterwards there was no recovery anymore.
When I flash CWM, I get the recovery shown in the photo.
The stock recovery has a black background and no touch controls for me.
What you saw must have been CWM.
Update: I can flash twrp-2.8.7.0-hlte-4.4.img.tar and it works. It's the only image that works, but I still can't boot into or flash any custom OS.
The only working OS I have at the moment is a stock android 5.0, which is not all that useful...
If anyone has an idea, why I can't or how I can find out what is causing it, please say so.
I can flash twrp-2.8.7.0-hlte-4.4.img.tar and it works. It's the only image that works, but I still can't boot into or flash any custom OS. )
What do you mean by ANY ??
Well, exactly that.
Regardless of what zip I flash, I end up with a bootloop.
If I flash a recovery zip, the recovery bootloops, but the OS still boots.
If I flash a custom ROM, I can still boot into recovery fine, but booting normally results in a bootloop.
The only way to get software onto my phone has been via odin and only an old CWM, Philz Touch, TWRP (Version 2.8.7.0 and below) and STOCK Android (Versions 4.3, 4.4.2, 5).
Anything else I have tried so far did not result in an error, but I couldn't boot into it either.
If you have ideas for software I can try flashing, please tell. I really have no idea how to get the damn thing to work again...
What happens when you flash correct stock rom via Odin ??
I mean that I can boot into it after flashing it via Odin.
But its terribly slow and bloated compared to ROMs like ResurectionRemix, so I don't want to use it.
AnyTimeTraveler said:
I mean that I can boot into it after flashing it via Odin.
But its terribly slow and bloated compared to ROMs like ResurectionRemix, so I don't want to use it.
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In that case phone is OK .
Usual is that user is failing to follow instructions .
Not sure what you mean by fastboot on a N9005 .sounds like not a N9005 .
Personally with TWRP 2.8.70 i would be flashing something like .
https://forum.xda-developers.com/galaxy-note-3/development/rom-magma-nx-rom-t3508672
as its correct TWRP .
I am able to follow instructions.
Thank you very much.
I followed exactly the same procedure that has worked many times when switching between custom ROMs.
Also, the phone has a perfectly working version of Ressurection Remix installed at the time my frame broke and it did get stuck in the same bootloop after replacing the frame, even thogh the software was exactly the same.
I am looking for help analyzing the boot process and some way of capturing the kernel log when booting to determine where the error occures that traps the phone in a bootloop.
AnyTimeTraveler said:
I am able to follow instructions.
Thank you very much.
I followed exactly the same procedure that has worked many times when switching between custom ROMs.
Also, the phone has a perfectly working version of Ressurection Remix installed at the time my frame broke and it did get stuck in the same bootloop after replacing the frame, even thogh the software was exactly the same.
I am looking for help analyzing the boot process and some way of capturing the kernel log when booting to determine where the error occures that traps the phone in a bootloop.
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Dear Mate..
Have you solved your problem? I have same problem after transplating N900 frame.
Sorry, I gave up, since I dearly needed a working phone and bought a OnePlus 3 cheaply from ebay second hand. It's been working like a charm and I threw the note into my museum after I softbricked it for the n-th time and couldn't get it out of a bootloop that didn't leave me time to go into Fastboot.
Sorry friend, but I can't help with this.
after reading a lot of similar threads, seems like the hardware is the cause of us not able to update to higher versions of twrp(& custom roms)

Boot loop after rooting with Magisk

I am puzzled by what's happening...
We got a new Moto G7 for my wife and following the instructions here https://www.the***********.com/install-twrp-root-moto-g7-plus-guide/, I successfully rooted the phone. However, there was a security update that needed to be installed, so with some great advice from ptn107, see https://forum.xda-developers.com/mo...-trying-to-t3977463/post80429619#post80429619, I flashed the updated ROM onto the phone. (Note that I omitted 'fastboot erase userdata'. Also note that the warning message 'is-logical:<partition>: not found' was seen for all flash commands.)
The phone booted properly after the update, so I then went through the exact same rooting steps that had worked previously. However, this time, the phone gets stuck in a boot loop. I reflashed the ROM and can boot successfully, but the phone is no longer rooted. (I have tried this twice, with Magisk 19.3 and 19.4 - same result.)
Any ideas as to what I may be doing incorrectly? More importantly, what is the best way forward?
Thanks.
im dealing with the same issue. you can flash TWRP and go to advanced, fix boot loop, and that should get it to boot, but then you lose Magisk. May be a verity / checksum issue with the stock ROM. probably an easy fix but I dont have it.
EDIT: also you can flash the stock boot.img back and that will do the same thing, but again you lose Magisk/Root.

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