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Updated TWRP and now not booting

I updated TWRP today to 2.3.0.0 from within GooManager then rebooted into recovery and fixed my permission. It was done unusually fast and when I rebooted, it would get stuck on the booting screen. When I tried to boot into recovery by pressing power and both volume buttons, it would get stuck on the google logo.
Please advise.
Any other way I can fix this or somehow restore from a backup?

A lot of users are having issues with cwm and twrp not booting with new boot loader. You can revert back to old version or some have had success by deleting "recovery-from-boot." file. You can look at http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1779092 I'm going to wait patiently for a twrp update that should resolve the issue.
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Gigabitex2 said:
A lot of users are having issues with cwm and twrp not booting with new boot loader. You can revert back to old version or some have had success by deleting "recovery-from-boot." file. You can look at http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1779092 I'm going to wait patiently for a twrp update that should resolve the issue.
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Thank you very much!
I'm sorry but I'm not too much of an expert on Android. AFAIK Recovery mode is the only way I know to do some low system stuff. If I can't boot into recovery, how else can I do anything to fix this?
How can I revert back to old version?
I know you linked the other thread but there are 33 pages I was hoping you would have a short answer hehe thanks.

Is it constantly rebooting at the google screen or just stuck?

goofball2k said:
Is it constantly rebooting at the google screen or just stuck?
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If I try to boot into system, it's stuck on boot animation.
If I try to boot into recovery manually (power + volume buttons then select recovery) it would get stuck on Google. It doesn't loop.

I see that you posted over on the twrp thread, hopefully those guys can help you. I am assuming that you have updated to 4.1.2? If you're really stuck maybe try a tool kit like wugs or n7 toolkit? Sorry but SDK isn't one of my strong points either
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woshiweili said:
If I try to boot into system, it's stuck on boot animation.
If I try to boot into recovery manually (power + volume buttons then select recovery) it would get stuck on Google. It doesn't loop.
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You can reflash recovery from fastboot. If you've updated to 4.1.2 you might be experiencing same issue as many of us - being unable to boot to recovery. If that is the case, flash bootloader 3.34 from the JRO03D factory image as well.
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comminus said:
You can reflash recovery from fastboot. If you've updated to 4.1.2 you might be experiencing same issue as many of us - being unable to boot to recovery. If that is the case, flash bootloader 3.34 from the JRO03D factory image as well.
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From what I understand, in order to reflash recovery from fastboot would require me to get the file to the device. However, right now I can't seem to get access at all as it never boots up whether into system or recovery. Are there any other ways to get files onto there?
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OK this is weird. I tried rebooting into recovery again and it worked! I then rebooted into system and that worked too! This is so strange because I didn't do anything different. I guess it just took 20+ tries... I am not rebooting in a while... lol

woshiweili said:
From what I understand, in order to reflash recovery from fastboot would require me to get the file to the device. However, right now I can't seem to get access at all as it never boots up whether into system or recovery. Are there any other ways to get files onto there?
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OK this is weird. I tried rebooting into recovery again and it worked! I then rebooted into system and that worked too! This is so strange because I didn't do anything different. I guess it just took 20+ tries... I am not rebooting in a while... lol
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Hey, glad to hear you're in. In an earlier post you described
woshiweili said:
If I try to boot into recovery manually (power + volume buttons then select recovery) it would get stuck on Google. It doesn't loop.
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which sounds like you were able to get to fastboot mode (power + vol buttons) - your N7 should look like this. From there you can issue fastboot commands to the device to flash recovery. kerne, and bootloader to name a few.

Actually I spoke too soon.
I can boot into recovery TWRP 2.3 with USB plugged in, but still can't boot into system.
Is it possible for me to downgrade to TWRP 2.2 from within TWRP? I kind of doubt it but am pretty desperate at the moment lol.
Yes, I can get into fastboot, but I'm not sure how to do anything besides pressing volume up or down to start, recovery, fastboot or shut down.

woshiweili said:
Actually I spoke too soon.
I can boot into recovery TWRP 2.3 with USB plugged in, but still can't boot into system.
Is it possible for me to downgrade to TWRP 2.2 from within TWRP? I kind of doubt it but am pretty desperate at the moment lol.
Yes, I can get into fastboot, but I'm not sure how to do anything besides pressing volume up or down to start, recovery, fastboot or shut down.
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If you can get in to fastboot you are in good shape. :good:
You'll need the fastboot program (and the driver if on Windows) on your computer in order to issue commands. This guide can direct you on how to get that set up.

comminus said:
If you can get in to fastboot you are in good shape. :good:
You'll need the fastboot program (and the driver if on Windows) on your computer in order to issue commands. This guide can direct you on how to get that set up.
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Thanks for all your help comminus!
Fortunately I was able to wipe everything while I was in recovery and restore from my most recent backup and now it's working fine. At the very least it's allowing me to boot into system
OK I'm really not rebooting for a while lol

I installed twrp a few weeks ago through GooManager and made a backup. When the 4.1.2 update came out, I downloaded it manually with the intent on flashing it via cu custom recovery, but low and behold twrp wasn't working at all. Even with my device plugged into my Win 7 pc... nothing but the exclamation point droid.
I was able to install an updated version of twrp and get everything sorted out, but now I don't have a lot of faith in it, and am booting into recovery at least once a day to make sure it's still working. I never had any problems with cwm.

Twrp has been updated if you're still having issues.
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I'm using twrp version 2.3.0.0, and have no plans on updating it because it's stable and working great now

Gigabitex2 said:
Twrp has been updated if you're still having issues.
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Updated to 2.3.1.0 but still having booting issues

[Q] how to restore stock recovery and unlock bootloader?

Well, I was using the Unified Android Toolkit (SkipSoft) to restore the system before selling it.
It looks like it flashed everything correctly, I did the following:
1) Unroot
2) flash stock recovery
3) lock bootloader.
I confirmed that the bootloader is unlocked, and root no longer works.
However, when I try to boot to recovery I get the android with an '!' sticking out of his chest. Any ideas??

RedBullet said:
Well, I was using the Unified Android Toolkit (SkipSoft) to restore the system before selling it.
It looks like it flashed everything correctly, I did the following:
1) Unroot
2) flash stock recovery
3) lock bootloader.
I confirmed that the bootloader is unlocked, and root no longer works.
However, when I try to boot to recovery I get the android with an '!' sticking out of his chest. Any ideas??
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That is stock recovery. You have to hit Volume Up (or Volume Down?) + Power at the same time to bring up the recovery menu.

charesa39 said:
That is stock recovery. You have to hit Volume Up (or Volume Down?) + Power at the same time to bring up the recovery menu.
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Right, I thin it confirms I have the stock recovery. I got to it by gettng into fastboot then selecting boot recovery. As far as I know that's the only way to do it.
So, why does it boot to recovery in error and how do I fix it?

I did just try downloading the stock images from google and flashed them all (I needed to unlock bootloader first).
Everything flashed. Still couldn't boot to recovery.
locked bootloader again, still couldn't boot to recovery.
What gives??

Can't recall what stock recovery looks like but I believe you have it, as in the ! You see is the stock recovery just as charesa39 has said
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2670400
Post three here has the steps laid out, in your case though it sounds as you completed your goal if everything is booting
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RedBullet said:
Right, I thin it confirms I have the stock recovery. I got to it by gettng into fastboot then selecting boot recovery. As far as I know that's the only way to do it.
So, why does it boot to recovery in error and how do I fix it?
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It's not an error. That's the way it was intended to work. It was the same on my Nexus 5 and 7 (2013) before installing a custom recovery. I have no idea why it was designed like that. Maybe some safety feature, as in, adding a necessary button combination (Power + Volume Button) so someone doesn't accidentally wipe his or her device? IDK. All I know is, your recovery seems to be normal.
You are correct in that the only way to get to recovery is through fastboot, unless you have enabled the advanced power menu in developer options, or use a ROM or Xposed Module (like myself) that allows you to reboot into recovery.

[SOLVED] Stuck at logo after flashing v20b zip

I was flashing the MM zip file that was provided with TWRP but when the phone restarted it just got stuck on the logo (not the lg one). Can anyone help me?

RazorMKD said:
I was flashing the MM zip file that was provided with TWRP but when the phone restarted it just got stuck on the logo (not the lg one). Can anyone help me?
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Did you wipe data before that ?

mayankjet said:
Did you wipe data before that ?
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I made a mistake by flashing the SuperSU zip without booting into the system first. Can you tell me how to boot into recovery with the hardware buttons ?

Turn off your device then hold down power off + volume down button when you see lg logo release the power button for a second while keeping the volume down button pressed then press and hold down power button again with the volume down pressed. Your phone should boot up into factory reset menu click yes to factory reset. Don't worry click yes to factory reset. It will boot into twrp.
NOTE:- It will only work if you have latest twrp build installed, won't work, if you have first build installed.

mayankjet said:
Turn off your device then hold down power off + volume down button when you see lg logo release the power button for a second while keeping the volume down button pressed then press and hold down power button again with the volume down pressed. Your phone should boot up into factory reset menu click yes to factory reset. Don't worry click yes to factory reset. It will boot into twrp.
NOTE:- It will only work if you have latest twrp build installed, won't work, if you have first build installed.
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If you still have the first build, you can still enter the recovery by adb with "adb reboot recovery" while the factory reset scrip of the twrp runs. It won't be immediate, you'll probably lose your data but it will work
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RazorMKD said:
I made a mistake by flashing the SuperSU zip without booting into the system first. Can you tell me how to boot into recovery with the hardware buttons ?
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You need to use at least SuperSU 2.79, previous versions won't boot and will get stuck al LG logo.:good:
[Happened to me >.<' ]

The problem is I can't start my phone at all. Can't get adb because I can't boot up the system. When I go to recovery TWRP just does something and reboots to the system where it gets stuck again.

RazorMKD said:
The problem is I can't start my phone at all. Can't get adb because I can't boot up the system. When I go to recovery TWRP just does something and reboots to the system where it gets stuck again.
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Similar thing happened to @MadjijaHacker
https://forum.xda-developers.com/lg...e-poland-v20b-stock-rom-t3565676/post71338313
but, then, he managed to get solved it:
https://forum.xda-developers.com/lg...e-poland-v20b-stock-rom-t3565676/post71339075
You can ask him how did it.

walterfuster said:
Similar thing happened to @MadjijaHacker
https://forum.xda-developers.com/lg...e-poland-v20b-stock-rom-t3565676/post71338313
but, then, he managed to get solved it:
https://forum.xda-developers.com/lg...e-poland-v20b-stock-rom-t3565676/post71339075
You can ask him how did it.
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I just falshed wrong zip, i flashed rom template, not actual rom
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RazorMKD said:
The problem is I can't start my phone at all. Can't get adb because I can't boot up the system. When I go to recovery TWRP just does something and reboots to the system where it gets stuck again.
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That "something" that twrp does is probably the factory reset scrip, so you have to keep the phone plug and adb running so while it's doing "that something" use "adb reboot recovery" command

69PerTTu69 said:
That "something" that twrp does is probably the factory reset scrip, so you have to keep the phone plug and adb running so while it's doing "that something" use "adb reboot recovery" command
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Just tried that and still no success, adb doesn't even register the device while the script is running.

RazorMKD said:
Just tried that and still no success, adb doesn't even register the device while the script is running.
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Only option left is Download Mode and flash .kdz again.
Take out batery, plug the phone and put the battery on while pressing vol+
By the way, which SuperSu version did you use?

69PerTTu69 said:
Only option left is Download Mode and flash .kdz again.
Take out batery, plug the phone and put the battery on while pressing vol+
By the way, which SuperSu version did you use?
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I used SuperSU v2.79
[Edit] By the way which tool do I use to flash the old kdz ?

RazorMKD said:
I used SuperSU v2.79
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I really don't know what happened then. I flashed SuperSU and MM altogether several times (Trying to fix another problem) and I never had a problem.
But well, as long as you have Download Mode you can always start from scratch

69PerTTu69 said:
I really don't know what happened then. I flashed SuperSU and MM altogether several times (Trying to fix another problem) and I never had a problem.
But well, as long as you have Download Mode you can always start from scratch
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I did that trice trying to fix my problem, 3rd time i figured my mistake
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RazorMKD said:
I used SuperSU v2.79
[Edit] By the way which tool do I use to flash the old kdz ?
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LG Flash Tool 2014
Remember, without battery plug it to the computer, press Vol+ and then put the battery. It'll show you a message telling you to keep de Vol+ until the "Download Mode" screen appears
Goodluck!:good:

Ok so I got everything back to normal thanks to you guys. But I have a question. I found that there are 2 aboot.bin files in the system. One is in dev/block/bootdevice and one is in dev/block/platform. So do I run the command twice for both or do I do just one ?

RazorMKD said:
Ok so I got everything back to normal thanks to you guys. But I have a question. I found that there are 2 aboot.bin files in the system. One is in dev/block/bootdevice and one is in dev/block/platform. So do I run the command twice for both or do I do just one ?
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These are the same. Just do
Code:
dd if=/sdcard/aboot_v10f.bin of=/dev/block/mmcblk0p5
assuming aboot_v10f.bin (the patched aboot) is on the root of internal storage.

Thank you very much to everyone that helped. Everything worked perfectly. Had some problems with the official TWRP app so I used Flashify to flash the recovery. For now I am going to use the v10f rom until there is a custom one ( hope we get LineageOS soon ).

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[help]us996 can't boot into twrp recovery

hello
i have a lg v20 us996 phone and i unlock the bootloader via lg's official unlock tool. then i boot into bootloader and use fastboot tool flash twrp-3.0.2-1-us996 recovery, everything goes well.
i reboot the phone use fastboot command
Code:
fastboot reboot
phone seemed to get a factory wipe and i re-enable the usb debug again in the develope mode
then reboot to recovery use adb command
Code:
adb reboot recovery
but after reboot, i can only get lg's recovery. I've tried to re-flash twrp use fastboot,but every time i reboot to recovery i could only get lg recovery only, there is on way to reboot to twrp.
anyone can help me to get boot into twrp, thank you

Dont reboot the device after flashing recovery in ADB. Boot straight to recovery.
Can a mod please move this thread to the proper location?

This thread should be moved to the q&a section

12MaNy said:
Dont reboot the device after flashing recovery in ADB. Boot straight to recovery.
Can a mod please move this thread to the proper location?
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but can u tell me how to reboot straight to recovery while finish flash recovery in fastboot mode, i can't find way do this.
I have unlock the bootloader so each time i boot up the phone, first there is a lg logo displaying for about 2 second and then a warning msg will appear on the screen. this warning message will display on the screen for about ten second and then a lg logo appear again then boot the android system. i don't know how to interrupt the normal boot process and get into recovery manual.
when i use adb to reboot to recovery, lg recovery will appear after the warning message screen off. i turnoff the phone and press power+down button together to try to get into recovery manually, but after the lg logo appear the second time, there is no way to start recovery. the phone will boot to android directly.

ok i find the way to get into twrp now by vidoe in youtube.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aN5hd53_V5U
thank you @12MaNy

here is a new problem, each time i start a normal boot, i will lost twrp again. anyone can tell me how to solve this, thank you

mking007cn said:
here is a new problem, each time i start a normal boot, i will lost twrp again. anyone can tell me how to solve this, thank you
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I had the same trouble. Read this page of responses

mking007cn said:
ok i find the way to get into twrp now by vidoe in youtube.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aN5hd53_V5U
thank you @12MaNy
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No problem, but I would rather you hit the thanks button.

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No problem, but I would rather you hit the thanks button.
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Thanks added

Also having this problem, however when I hold the POWER+VOLUME DOWN buttons to try to boot into recovery after shutdown/battery removal - the system STILL loads.
I get the warning saying the bootloader is unlocked though. After that the phone just starts up as normal, even though I'm holding the buttons

TheCoryGuy said:
Also having this problem, however when I hold the POWER+VOLUME DOWN buttons to try to boot into recovery after shutdown/battery removal - the system STILL loads.
I get the warning saying the bootloader is unlocked though. After that the phone just starts up as normal, even though I'm holding the buttons
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here is the step i find finally
1. re-boot into fastboot mode
2. flash twrp use fastboot command.
3. power-off the phone
4. power-on with power and volume down button holding
5. while lg log appears, release power button immediately for 1 second and then hold again
6. when recovery selection screen appears, select 'yes' both two times.
now phone boot to twrp recovery.
REMEMBER: WHEN YOU BOOT INTO LG'S SYSTEM AGAIN, YOU WILL LOST TWRP. IF U WANT TO USE TWRP AGAIN, U MUST RE-FLASH TWRP AND REPEAT THE STEPS ABOVE. THIS WILL LOST ALL DATA(PHONE WILL GET FACTORY RECOVERED)!!
I hope this can help you, good luck.

mking007cn said:
here is a new problem, each time i start a normal boot, i will lost twrp again. anyone can tell me how to solve this, thank you
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You need to delete the file recovery-from-boot.p in /system
Each time you boot, that file gets executed and restores the stock recovery from recoverybak. Alternatively, you can flash TWRP to both recovery and recoverybak.
-- Brian

runningnak3d said:
You need to delete the file recovery-from-boot.p in /system
Each time you boot, that file gets executed and restores the stock recovery from recoverybak. Alternatively, you can flash TWRP to both recovery and recoverybak.
-- Brian
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i use lineageos now, and this problem has gone.
Thank you.

bootloop after unlocking bootloader and flashing TWRP

Hello,
I have lenovo k4 note 32GB ROM, 2GB RAM with stock 6.0 MM. I've unlocked the bootloader with the command ''fastboot flashing unlock'', confirmed it by pressing volume down and returned to fastboot, then successfully flashed twrp from here https://forum.xda-developers.com/k4-note/development/recovery-twrp-3-0-2-0-touch-recovery-t3530374 , i used the latest version 3.2.1. Now the phone remains in bootloop. After pressing vol- with pwr it enters meta mode for a few seconds but then returns to bootloop again. Attempts to anything lead to bootloop. My computer does not recognise it. Is there anything I can do to revive it? Maybe SP flashtool? I have not tried that yet. Help me please, I would be very thankful for any help.
Thank you

bfbl said:
Hello,
I have lenovo k4 note 32GB ROM, 2GB RAM with stock 6.0 MM. I've unlocked the bootloader with the command ''fastboot flashing unlock'', confirmed it by pressing volume down and returned to fastboot, then successfully flashed twrp from here https://forum.xda-developers.com/k4-note/development/recovery-twrp-3-0-2-0-touch-recovery-t3530374 , i used the latest version 3.2.1. Now the phone remains in bootloop. After pressing vol- with pwr it enters meta mode for a few seconds but then returns to bootloop again. Attempts to anything lead to bootloop. My computer does not recognise it. Is there anything I can do to revive it? Maybe SP flashtool? I have not tried that yet. Help me please, I would be very thankful for any help.
Thank you
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1. Flash stock version (This will lock you bootloader again).
2. Unlock bootloader and let it reboot (donot flash recovery now)
3. It will wipe the device and boots up.
4. After the boot is successful, go back to fastboot and flash recovery.

senthilvigneshkumar said:
1. Flash stock version (This will lock you bootloader again).
2. Unlock bootloader and let it reboot (donot flash recovery now)
3. It will wipe the device and boots up.
4. After the boot is successful, go back to fastboot and flash recovery.
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I appreciate your reply, but could you please elaborate on the first step? How am I supposed to flash stock recovery when I cannot enter fastboot? The phone is in bootloop no matter what I try. I can't seem to find a way to communicate with the phone from computer.

bfbl said:
I appreciate your reply, but could you please elaborate on the first step? How am I supposed to flash stock recovery when I cannot enter fastboot? The phone is in bootloop no matter what I try. I can't seem to find a way to communicate with the phone from computer.
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Flash full stock rom, not just recovery using flashtool. You can't flash recovery alone at this point.
For flashtool, you need to power off the mobile completely.

senthilvigneshkumar said:
Flash full stock rom, not just recovery using flashtool. You can't flash recovery alone at this point.
For flashtool, you need to power off the mobile completely.
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Thank you soooo much, you helped me a lot. The phone is now running!
Btw, before I restored it, I got into TWRP once, I think i pressed some of the nav buttons to get there. But in mount partitions system was missing and data partition was showing 0B, so something was definitely wrong.
Gonna try flashing it again, this time I'll reboot after unlocking bootloader and only then flash. I hope this time I'll succeed

bfbl said:
Thank you soooo much, you helped me a lot. The phone is now running!
Btw, before I restored it, I got into TWRP once, I think i pressed some of the nav buttons to get there. But in mount partitions system was missing and data partition was showing 0B, so something was definitely wrong.
Gonna try flashing it again, this time I'll reboot after unlocking bootloader and only then flash. I hope this time I'll succeed
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Good, might be problem with twrp. Flash the correct version of twrp provided for k4 note(2/3gb/

senthilvigneshkumar said:
Good, might be problem with twrp. Flash the correct version of twrp provided for k4 note(2/3gb/
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It works now, successfully rooted!
I know it's OT, but could you recommend me a reliable custom AOSP ROM? I don't have time to spend trying to find one. You seem to have experience with the phone
thanks!

bfbl said:
It works now, successfully rooted!
I know it's OT, but could you recommend me a reliable custom AOSP ROM? I don't have time to spend trying to find one. You seem to have experience with the phone
thanks!
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Try resurrection remix. More stable one as far as i know. Follow the install steps exactly as said in OP

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