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Help!! Nexus s 4g stuck on "Google" icon

Followed these instuctions:
http://nexusshacks.com/nexus-s-hacks/how-to-root-nexus-s/
My phone is now stuck at the google logo and will not go past. After rooting and clockwork i was not able to load anything else but i would not boot.
Please help.. Thank You

seriously? there is like 4 threads on how to root it, and you go with one that you shouldnt.. lol

it had pictures.. lol
all the threads on here talk about specific phone models and i wasnt sure so i just went with it... Bad choice on my part..
hopefully someone can help

load up fastboot and try to get to recovery if you can then awesome.. try wiping everything and see if that fixes anything

Pull the battery, hold volume up and power and follow this post to get into recovery. Then like shabby penguin said, when you get into recovery wipe everything and you should be good to go. Again, the post I linked you to is the proper way to root the 4g...
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showpost.php?p=13570498&postcount=5

i can get into recovery and i wiped the phone, but still doesnt help.

opie2l said:
i can get into recovery and i wiped the phone, but still doesnt help.
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Oh, guess I didnt catch that.

ok your best bet it to go into fastboot and flash the clockworkmod 3.0.2.4
did you do the oem unlock command?

yeah i did the oem unlock.

ok well assuming you followed the directions from this guy, then you have a diff bootimg on there i can toss a few files that may fix it, but no garuntees...
seriously tho
(You should see that “LOCK STATE” says “UNLOCKED”, meaning your Nexus S is rooted.)
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is posted on his site.. that would be a good indicator to me to stop listening to anything he said.. he then later in the comments was trying to help someone and told them if usb wasnt working then use a microsd adapter to put the files on..

yeah i am kicking my self in the a$$. Is there anyway do just get it back to stock?

well have you tried flashing a kernel? if it gets to bootani then its usually rom erros, freezing at spalsh screens is generally kernel images

is it possible to load a kernel when i cant see the phones memory from the computer???

someone has to have some idea of to fix this...
just got me to stock unrooted phone.. please

yes, download this
boot into fastboot and type in fastboot flash boot /path/to/natarchy.img
replace /path/to with where its located.. this should get you rollin again

thank you... thank you... thank you!!!!!!!!
i have learned my lesson and i wont stray from the xda forum next time.
Again thank you

I have a similiar issue as OP...I tried to flash netarchy kernel with kernal manager and then phone rebooted and got stuck at google logo.
I have installed SDK...google drivers, but when I try to flash the kernel I get waiting for device in command prompt. Same error when I type "fastboot oem unlock"
Any ideas?

Skillz1318 said:
I have a similiar issue as OP...I tried to flash netarchy kernel with kernal manager and then phone rebooted and got stuck at google logo.
I have installed SDK...google drivers, but when I try to flash the kernel I get waiting for device in command prompt. Same error when I type "fastboot oem unlock"
Any ideas?
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Waiting for device means Windows does not recognize phone. Reinstall drivers.

ok sounds like a driver issue, i used pdanet to install the drivers i needed. try fastboot devices, if it doesnt show anything then your phone isnt connected

Ok used my mac and was able to get cwm recovery on device. I could mount it. Now how can I flash back to stock. I9020A att 3G version. Booting now I see google and a lock.
Thanks everyone!

Failed TWRP causing phone glitches?!?!?

I need help!
I tried to put TWRP on my Galaxy S4 using Flashify. I just followed the instructions and it downloaded the .img file. I then pressed flash and it flashed fine. Then it said reboot so i rebooted it. It came up with the "Samsung Custom" with the unlocked padlock like it normally does, but then it changed to a screen that said there was an error with the kernel and that i needed to connect the phone to my computer and run some Android recovery. I took the battery out and then rebooted into the page where you go to flash a custom OS. (Tried to go to recovery mode, wrong button combo). I then hit cancel and suprisingly, it booted up just fine. Kinda. After i unlocked the lock screen, I noticed that most of the apps are gone, system and downloaded. I also was bombarded with "Unfortunately, ________ has stopped." Messages. Most of the apps that are left work, except for messaging for some reason. I am writing this thread from the phone, actually. The Internet works fine, except that some apps i reinstalled via APK don't want to connect to the internet. Phone, contacts, internet, and camera still work. I know i am a noob and i shouldnt have tried to do this without help or more research. I will encolse screen shots of my phones specs if needed. If anyone reading this could just point me in the right direction, i would be extremely grateful. I can post any extra information and answer any questions you may have. Sorry for being a noob but i dont know where else to ask and i cant find any similar threads. Thank you in advance!

I assume you might have one of the models with a locked bootloader?

GDReaper said:
I assume you might have one of the models with a locked bootloader?
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I belive i do but how do i find that out?

shannyholtz67 said:
I belive i do but how do i find that out?
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Verizon and AT&T are the only ones as far as I know.

GDReaper said:
Verizon and AT&T are the only ones as far as I know.
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I have Verizon :crying: . Is there anything i can do to fix my problem?

shannyholtz67 said:
I have Verizon :crying: . Is there anything i can do to fix my problem?
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At this point you can only flash a stock rom.
Or somehow get recovery to work and then flash a custom rom. Safetrap recovery might work.

GDReaper said:
At this point you can only flash a stock rom.
Or somehow get recovery to work and then flash a custom rom. Safetrap recovery might work.
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Ok thank you for your help. I am due for an upgrade anyway so i will just go to the S7.

No relief for Sprint hard-bricked phones?

So it was only a matter of time before I managed to hard brick my phone. Wouldn't you know it, I'm with one of the only carriers to not have a KDZ available?! #%^&^!
I was trying to update TWRP, but after flashing the phone went to the red triangle screen, then LG screen, then turned off. When I rebooted it went into what looked like Fastboot, but I cannot get it to return to that state now. I pull the battery, do the factory reset process, then get the red triangle, LG screen, then off. I can get the download screen, but that does me absolutely no good without a usable TOT or KDZ. FML.
What options do I have? I'm on a leased device with no way to restore with LGUP (which in my opinion is utter horse $hit). Last I remember, there was some progress being made on a TOT file, but I can't find the thread anymore. @me2151, @Team DevDigitel, @SaintZ93 -- any help, guys???
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So assuming you can't get to TWRP, right?
I had something similar to this and just kept trying to reboot recovery. Once rebooted into recovery I was able to plug into a computer and force it into fastboot mode.
Wish I had more stuff to help with.

fogame said:
So assuming you can't get to TWRP, right?
I had something similar to this and just kept trying to reboot recovery. Once rebooted into recovery I was able to plug into a computer and force it into fastboot mode.
Wish I had more stuff to help with.
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No TWRP, No fastboot...just red triangles, LG Screen, then darkness, lol. Using the Volume Down/Power method results in the same...red triangle, LG, darkness. If only Sprint would provide a dang KDZ.
No worries though, man. I contacted Sprint tech support and they are sending me a new phone. I just played like I didn't know why it wouldn't boot and they immediately processed an advanced exchange. I should be getting a replacement V20 either tomorrow (hopefully) or Monday at the latest.
I'll probably still hang out in the forums, in case files are needed. But yeah, no more root for this guy.

Try to completely re root again using dirty santa.

SaintZ93 said:
Try to completely re root again using dirty santa.
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Even without fastboot or TWRP--will that work???

bgibson72 said:
Even without fastboot or TWRP--will that work???
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Follow the directions from beginning to end again, may help you require fast boot and twrp again. If not Ill see if the dirty santa maker will have ideas.

SaintZ93 said:
Follow the directions from beginning to end again, may help you require fast boot and twrp again. If not Ill see if the dirty santa maker will have ideas.
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It's ok. I've already got them processing an advanced exchange. It's probably for the best since I want to be able to update OTA again and didn't really see much benefit in rooting at this point. The ROMs I was using were pretty close to stock anyway.

bgibson72 said:
It's ok. I've already got them processing an advanced exchange. It's probably for the best since I want to be able to update OTA again and didn't really see much benefit in rooting at this point. The ROMs I was using were pretty close to stock anyway.
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If you run the dirty Santa or should get you back up and running, im speaking from experience. A seeks of formats flashes and wipes through adb.

Goose0121 said:
If you run the dirty Santa or should get you back up and running, im speaking from experience. A seeks of formats flashes and wipes through adb.
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That would be nice, but I can't get adb anymore. I've tried, but the device is not recognized by adb OR fastboot via the 'devices' command. The only thing I can get is the firmware update screen, but that's useless on Sprint.

LG V20 bricked/bootlooping/bootloader re-locked. How to fix?

Hi all -
I have two US996 phones.
Luckily, my primary phone is fine (rooted stock Oreo ROM)
The "backup" phone was previously bootloader-unlocked and also had TWRP and a stock-rooted Oreo ROM on it - but not yet set up; it booted to the welcome/setup routine.
Well, I did a "full" Nandroid backup of my primary phone (TWRP 3.3.1.0) using the beta feature supposedly allowing backup of data as well as the internal storage and wanted to see if it really did fully restore the phone without need for re-entering all of the passwords and other info for all of the apps. So, I tried to restore it to my backup phone.
Well...I screwed up and apparently didn't do an adequate wipe before flashing. Now, the backup phone is bootlooping with a message saying something like "your phone failed a security test and will not boot". I am not able to get into recovery at all.
I am able to get into fastboot mode, and on "fastboot getvar all", I see that the bootloader has been re-locked!! So, of course, trying to unlock it via fastboot doesn't work, since I am not able to get into developer mode to re-enable OEM unlock...any way to re-unlock it and get into TWRP?
Looked at Medusa Flasher, which is supposedly free (1.1.0.1) but when I try to use it I get "card not found" and it won't open, and the file needed to fix this isn't available. It also appears that it's only good for Sony and HTC phones anyway, and some serious hardware dissection is necessary.
Any help would be appreciated!
Thanks in advance.

dilligaf56 said:
Hi all -
I have two US996 phones.
Luckily, my primary phone is fine (rooted stock Oreo ROM)
The "backup" phone was previously bootloader-unlocked and also had TWRP and a stock-rooted Oreo ROM on it - but not yet set up; it booted to the welcome/setup routine.
Well, I did a "full" Nandroid backup of my primary phone (TWRP 3.3.1.0) using the beta feature supposedly allowing backup of data as well as the internal storage and wanted to see if it really did fully restore the phone without need for re-entering all of the passwords and other info for all of the apps. So, I tried to restore it to my backup phone.
Well...I screwed up and apparently didn't do an adequate wipe before flashing. Now, the backup phone is bootlooping with a message saying something like "your phone failed a security test and will not boot". I am not able to get into recovery at all.
I am able to get into fastboot mode, and on "fastboot getvar all", I see that the bootloader has been re-locked!! So, of course, trying to unlock it via fastboot doesn't work, since I am not able to get into developer mode to re-enable OEM unlock...any way to re-unlock it and get into TWRP?
Looked at Medusa Flasher, which is supposedly free (1.1.0.1) but when I try to use it I get "card not found" and it won't open, and the file needed to fix this isn't available. It also appears that it's only good for Sony and HTC phones anyway, and some serious hardware dissection is necessary.
Any help would be appreciated!
Thanks in advance.
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Tried going into download mode?

Landloord said:
Tried going into download mode?
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Thanks, @Landloord.
I can get into download mode. Can I use it to re-flash my stock rooted Oreo ROM (NOT the backup, but the original .zip) or do I have to flash a KDZ and start over?
Thanks!

dilligaf56 said:
Thanks, @Landloord.
I can get into download mode. Can I use it to re-flash my stock rooted Oreo ROM (NOT the backup, but the original .zip) or do I have to flash a KDZ and start over?
Thanks!
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Flashing a kdz would be your best option right now. It's safer to start from a rock-solid base

Landloord said:
Flashing a kdz would be your best option right now. It's safer to start from a rock-solid base
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Flashed the Stock Oreo KDZ. Thanks! phone boots now....but I can't unlock the bootloader in the usual way (using the unlock.bin file from LG) because somehow the IMEI number got nulled - all zeroes.
Edit:
Got the IMEI fixed with this method: https://forum.xda-developers.com/v20/help/us996-imei-null-0s-how-fix-t3876980 - and now the bootloader magically became unlocked.
Now to flash TWRP and a rooted image and all should be well.
Thanks again, Landloord!

dilligaf56 said:
Flashed the Stock Oreo KDZ. Thanks! phone boots now....but I can't unlock the bootloader in the usual way (using the unlock.bin file from LG) because somehow the IMEI number got nulled - all zeroes.
Edit:
Got the IMEI fixed with this method: https://forum.xda-developers.com/v20/help/us996-imei-null-0s-how-fix-t3876980 - and now the bootloader magically became unlocked.
Now to flash TWRP and a rooted image and all should be well.
Thanks again, Landloord!
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Good to hear. Happy modding

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Good to hear. Happy modding
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Can you send me your unlock.bin, looking to try something crazy on my H910

Landloord said:
Can you send me your unlock.bin, looking to try something crazy on my H910
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Sorry, have been away from the forum for a while. Still need it?

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Sorry, have been away from the forum for a while. Still need it?
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Sure

Hmmmm....couldn't find the file anywhere on my phone or the computer. I unlocked the bootloader on that phone when I first got it four years ago.

OnePlus 6T - Can't unlock bootloader nor get into Android

My OP6T had Ubuntu Touch (equivalent to Android 9) installed on it. When it broke, I tried to flash TWRP (version 3.3.1) to clear and reinstall Ubuntu Touch. For some reason it wouldn't boot, so I foolishly decided to flash TWRP onto every single partition. This only succeeded in breaking recovery mode. Following some advice I used the 6T MsmDownloadTool v4.0.58 (OOS v9.0.11), which fixed recovery mode, but not Android - it just showed the booting animation in a infinite loop (bootloop).
I've attached an image I found online showing the screen: bootloop
The issue is that I cannot flash in fastboot mode as the bootloader was relocked by MsmDownloadTool, *and* I cannot get into Android to enable OEM mode/USB debugging. I seem to have encountered a paradox where fastboot mode requires the permissions to be enabled in Android, but I can't boot to Android to enable those permissions, nor can I flash anything else to fix Android.
Is this possible to solve?

AOnePlus6TDestroyer said:
My OP6T had Ubuntu Touch (equivalent to Android 9) installed on it. When it broke, I tried to flash TWRP (version 3.3.1) to clear and reinstall Ubuntu Touch. For some reason it wouldn't boot, so I foolishly decided to flash TWRP onto every single partition. This only succeeded in breaking recovery mode. Following some advice I used the 6T MsmDownloadTool v4.0.58 (OOS v9.0.11), which fixed recovery mode, but not Android - it just showed the booting animation in a infinite loop (bootloop).
I've attached an image I found online showing the screen: bootloop
The issue is that I cannot flash in fastboot mode as the bootloader was relocked by MsmDownloadTool, *and* I cannot get into Android to enable OEM mode/USB debugging. I seem to have encountered a paradox where fastboot mode requires the permissions to be enabled in Android, but I can't boot to Android to enable those permissions, nor can I flash anything else to fix Android.
Is this possible to solve?
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You can try booting with the twrp.img. "fastboot boot name.img" using that ADB command. If that does not work the only other option is to completely retore your phone using msmdownload tool. This method will also depend on whether you have the international version or the T-Mobile version as there are different approaches depending on the type of phone. Read and study carefully how to proceed. If the msm tool does not work I'm pretty damn sure there are no other options.

rogerrulez said:
You can try booting with the twrp.img. "fastboot boot name.img" using that ADB command. If that does not work the only other option is to completely retore your phone using msmdownload tool. This method will also depend on whether you have the international version or the T-Mobile version as there are different approaches depending on the type of phone. Read and study carefully how to proceed. If the msm tool does not work I'm pretty damn sure there are no other options.
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He can't boot into anything with bootloader locked. This is why msm tool sucks and people should stop recommending it for any little problem.

Only option now is to use msm tool again and hopefully get something working

Even with the bootloader locked you still should be able to boot the recocery image.

I have the 6T and 7T Pro. When I messed up my 6T my only hope was the msmdownloadtool. But make sure it's the right one.

When I had to use the msm download tool it did lock the bootloader. But I was able to unloack it again from the ADB command prompt at the bootloader screen by typing fastboot oem unlock. But this can only be done if it is set in developer options.
I spent alot of time trying to figure it out but later found outthat I was using the wrong msm tool.
Good luck. I hope you get it and running again because the 6T is still a very good phone.

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He can't boot into anything with bootloader locked. This is why msm tool sucks and people should stop recommending it for any little problem.
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Are there more suitable tools for fixing a broken recovery mode? It did successfully do that.

rogerrulez said:
Even with the bootloader locked you still should be able to boot the recocery image.
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How?
rogerrulez said:
When I had to use the msm download tool it did lock the bootloader. But I was able to unloack it again from the ADB command prompt at the bootloader screen by typing fastboot oem unlock. But this can only be done if it is set in developer options.
I spent alot of time trying to figure it out but later found outthat I was using the wrong msm tool.
Good luck. I hope you get it and running again because the 6T is still a very good phone.
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Thank you! And yes, I tried that command but it is probably unset in the developer options (which I cannot reach, as Android isn't working anymore). I guess I'm using the incorrect version - how do you identify the correct one? I think I've used both the T-Mobile one and the other. I don't think the phone is T-Mobile, but I'm not sure how to identify whether it is or not.

It is very easy to convert a t-mobile variant to the international version. If you bought the phone used you would not know. One tell tale sign could be if you sim card holder supports either one or 2 sims. But that's not a sure way either because you can buy a replacement sim card holder. The fastet was would be to look up the IMEI # and see what variant of the 6 you have.
As for the msm tool you would needd a modified version of that tool. You first use it to downgrade to Android 9. Then you have to upgrade that verion of android 9 to a slightly higher version before you are able to fully upgrade feely to 10 than 11 if you wanted.
If you have the international version pretty much and version of the msm tool would work but a modified version would be best.
However, the first step is to find out which variant you have.
When you used the msmdownload tool which version did you use, and did it finish the job ?

If you have the t-mobile vesion there is a thread on here that gives you step by step instructions to convert from t-mobile to international along with the links to download the software. And even the modified version will know what variant you have simply by not working.

If you are able to get into the bootloader than you have a great chance of fixing your phone. Your phone is bootlooping so that tells me you can access the bootloader screen.

When I bricked mine I thought it was gone forever, I spent several days working on it but I was able to restore it. But I would never use the ubuntu rom on any phone that I care for.

When you are at this level it is very important you proceed with caution and don't just start flashing anything you can find. It will nake matters much worse.

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Even with the bootloader locked you still should be able to boot the recocery image.
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Wasn't sure about that. If that's the case, can you also flash from twrp then?

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Wasn't sure about that. If that's the case, can you also flash from twrp then?
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No. Not without an unlocked bootloader. But booting into twrp would give you the ability to flash a ROM tho.

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No. Not without an unlocked bootloader. But booting into twrp would give you the ability to flash a ROM tho.
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That's what I meant. Flash a ROM from twrp. Ok so if that works this guy can fix everything from there. Gonna be a hassle tho. Instead of rebooting to recovery I think you would have to shut off phone and fastboot boot back into twrp to change slots right?

Somehow I feel like that won't work but I'm not locking my bootloader to test it

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The fastet was would be to look up the IMEI # and see what variant of the 6 you have.
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I'm afraid I can't' find it... It is dual-sim though.
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When you used the msmdownload tool which version did you use, and did it finish the job ?
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I used a few - both T-Mobile and not. They all succeeded with (seemingly) no error, but didn't fix the bootloop.
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If you have the t-mobile vesion there is a thread on here that gives you step by step instructions to convert from t-mobile to international along with the links to download the software. And even the modified version will know what variant you have simply by not working.
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I see, but won't that need me to be in Android to be able to run the software?
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If you are able to get into the bootloader than you have a great chance of fixing your phone. Your phone is bootlooping so that tells me you can access the bootloader screen.
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Yup, fastboot and recovery mode work fine. The bootloader is locked though, else installing TWRP, etc. would be easy.
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When you are at this level it is very important you proceed with caution and don't just start flashing anything you can find. It will nake matters much worse.
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Yeah...
rogerrulez said:
Even with the bootloader locked you still should be able to boot the recocery image.
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It doesn't do it automatically. Is there another way to boot it?
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Somehow I feel like that won't work but I'm not locking my bootloader to test it
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As far as I can tell there's no way to flash TWRP without unlocking the bootloader. And there doesn't seem to be any way to do that without getting into Android. And I can't get into Android...
Someone else suggested using this tool (https://github.com/bkerler/edl) as a last-ditch attempt. I'm going to give it a try and hope for the best!
Thank you both for your suggestions.