I rooted my phone and used firewater to get S-OFF (a lifesaver), then unfortunately installed a TWRP recovery that has completely messed up the device. It wouldn't respond at all and I was lucky enough to flash CWM when I got it back to bootloader. Now, at least I do have a recovery to work from.
I can't do a factory reset (just goes back to recovery), can't sideload a new ROM, and tried to flash a new boot.img and system.img from here:http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2706233
None of these have worked and I'm at a loss in terms of what else I can do to get the phone working again. Any ideas????
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AP26322 said:
I rooted my phone and used firewater to get S-OFF (a lifesaver), then unfortunately installed a TWRP recovery that has completely messed up the device. It wouldn't respond at all and I was lucky enough to flash CWM when I got it back to bootloader. Now, at least I do have a recovery to work from.
I can't do a factory reset (just goes back to recovery), can't sideload a new ROM, and tried to flash a new boot.img and system.img from here:http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2706233
None of these have worked and I'm at a loss in terms of what else I can do to get the phone working again. Any ideas????
Alex
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Have you tried pushing back the stock recovery and then doing a factory reset?
droidkevlar said:
Have you tried pushing back the stock recovery and then doing a factory reset?
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I have not. Where can I find the stock recovery?
AP26322 said:
I have not. Where can I find the stock recovery?
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http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2708291
Stock recovery, boot and hboot are in there. I would start with the boot, then recovery, and then factory reset.
droidkevlar said:
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2708291
Stock recovery, boot and hboot are in there. I would start with the boot, then recovery, and then factory reset.
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Thanks so much. Installed the boot, then recovery and it's back to working like a charm. Great to know all of these .imgs are in one place, too. You're a lifesaver!
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2708291
Try it.
AP26322 said:
Thanks so much. Installed the boot, then recovery and it's back to working like a charm. Great to know all of these .imgs are in one place, too. You're a lifesaver!
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hi all,
Firstly apologies if this is covered somewhere but for the life of me I cannot get to the bottom of this. I have spent 2 weeks on and off trying to get a solution but my Sensation is still boot looping.
The problem occurred when I turned on the camera but was faced with a blank screen. I could return to home screen but the camera would not work each time I launched. So I rebooted the device but then I was stuck in this boot loop.
Device info
HTC Sensation S-OFF RL
HBOOT-1.27.0000
RADIO-11.21.3504.13_2
I was running Insert Coin 2.3.5 ROM for some time without issue
I was hoping I could just do a superwipe and flash a new ROM
FAIL - each time I boot into CWM and select Recovery, it just goes back to bootloop.
I selected Factory Rest from CWM menu
FAIL - it just goes into bootloop
Also cannot use ADB as the device will not connect to the PC. Im using a card reader to put files on the SD card but have not being successful resolving the issue.
Tried an SD card from a stock Sensation, no difference. Booting with no SIM, not working.
Most Bootloop fix's seem to involve super wipes / flashing new ROMs but because my Recovery goes into the bootloop I dont have this option. I wish it was so easy.
Can anybody offer an other ideas.
Thanks for you patience, I am not much of a modder or Android expert. I had just flashed a ROM many months ago to help improve battery life and I was happy with that.
Have you tried re-installing your recovery throught the bootloader?
try different recovery (4EXT) or reinstall recovery again
thanks guys.
I found these flashable recovery files. Both CWM and 4EXT. I have tried both zips and ran the update in HBOOT but am still booting in CWM and if I select RECOVERY is goes too bootloop again.
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showpost.php?p=24345986&postcount=6
I think I might just give up and drop the phone into a phone repair shop and let them try it.
Did both flashes work? What do you mean you're "booting in CWM"? Can you boot into your system and are you using CWM app to boot into recovery, or are you manually booting into your bootloader and selecting recovery?
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Try this pg58img (it helped me)http://www.wuala.com/LuckyThirteen/Elegancia/Official RUU Sensation/ it will update your sensation to ICS, (you will maintain s-off)
Thanks for that. It flashed fine and I was very hopeful it would work but unfortunately it is still in the boot loop. I feel like crying. Im stuck with an old iphone and I miss my HTC so much.
GROGG88 said:
Did both flashes work? What do you mean you're "booting in CWM"? Can you boot into your system and are you using CWM app to boot into recovery, or are you manually booting into your bootloader and selecting recovery?
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Yes both flashes worked.
What I mean is, I am manually booting with volume down and power button. In the boot menu I select recovery and it enters boot loop.
markmcie said:
Thanks for that. It flashed fine and I was very hopeful it would work but unfortunately it is still in the boot loop. I feel like crying. Im stuck with an old iphone and I miss my HTC so much.
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Can you please re-flash the stock ics (PG58IMG), look like you have some firmware issues (sometimes you have to flash several time in order to rectify previous mistakes...) Hope it helps, otherwise (in my humble opinion) you have some hardware problem
If you can boot normally into ICS and you are rooted, then get the 4Ext app or the ROM Manager app and flash the recovery through one of those.
dublinz said:
Can you please re-flash the stock ics (PG58IMG), look like you have some firmware issues (sometimes you have to flash several time in order to rectify previous mistakes...) Hope it helps, otherwise (in my humble opinion) you have some hardware problem
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Ill do this a few times over the weekend and hopefully I can get up and running again. I will let you know how I get on.
Thanks
markmcie said:
Yes both flashes worked.
What I mean is, I am manually booting with volume down and power button. In the boot menu I select recovery and it enters boot loop.
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Well I'd have to agree with dublinz then...
dublinz said:
Can you please re-flash the stock ics (PG58IMG), look like you have some firmware issues (sometimes you have to flash several time in order to rectify previous mistakes...) Hope it helps, otherwise (in my humble opinion) you have some hardware problem
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so I gave this a go over the weekend and flashed maybe up to 10 times the ICS IMG.
Unfortunately it hasnt worked and Im left with my device looping.
so its off to the phone shop today and hopefully it can be fixed. Pity I rooted it and flashed the ROM as it should still be under warranty but I have voided that now
markmcie said:
so I gave this a go over the weekend and flashed maybe up to 10 times the ICS IMG.
Unfortunately it hasnt worked and Im left with my device looping.
so its off to the phone shop today and hopefully it can be fixed. Pity I rooted it and flashed the ROM as it should still be under warranty but I have voided that now
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Flashing the ICS PG58IMG.zip doesn't replace the recovery.
Fix recovery first. Use stock recovery. When you get that working, change to "simple" cwm recovery.
thanks for the advise. It makes perfect sense as it appears it is my stock recovery that is broken.
however, I have searched around and cannot find a stock recovery image that I can flash as PG58IMG.zip.
Any help would be much appreciated.
markmcie said:
thanks for the advise. It makes perfect sense as it appears it is my stock recovery that is broken.
however, I have searched around and cannot find a stock recovery image that I can flash as PG58IMG.zip.
Any help would be much appreciated.
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before flashing stock recovery...can you try this first
get this recovery image
and flash the recovery via fastboot
steps:
1.go to fastboot in your device and connect it to your pc (after this device should read fastboot usb)
2.get the adb/fastboot setup ready guide here
3.go to your adb folder and place the downloaded recovery.img there
4.type fastboot devices (it should show your device serial number)
5.now to flash type
fastboot flash recovery recovery.img
this should do...if it didnt work then let me know ASAP...then we'll think of other solutions
markmcie said:
thanks for the advise. It makes perfect sense as it appears it is my stock recovery that is broken.
however, I have searched around and cannot find a stock recovery image that I can flash as PG58IMG.zip.
Any help would be much appreciated.
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EddyOS has them , search that. I'll try to locate them.
I remembered incorrectly, it was only CWM and 4EXt
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showpost.php?p=24345986&postcount=6
But you can find stock recovery in this forum:
http://www.htcsensationforum.com/ht...ota-update-on-rooted-phone/msg76452/#msg76452
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markmcie said:
thanks for the advise. It makes perfect sense as it appears it is my stock recovery that is broken.
however, I have searched around and cannot find a stock recovery image that I can flash as PG58IMG.zip.
Any help would be much appreciated.
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Here you go:
http://db.tt/kvTvDblW
It should include all MID's and most CID's that I know of...
GROGG88 said:
Here you go:
http://db.tt/3YSslZVg
It should include all MID's and most CID's that I know of...
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Link is doing a 404 ...
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Link is doing a 404 ...
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Fixed...
My boot loader and phone is rooted.
AT&T Htc one X
I have tried to flash a couple roms + the boot.img but the device pauses at HTC splash screen (I DID clear caches)
but its constant and I have to go into Fastboot-Usb and reinstall the RUU in order to try again.
Does anyone have any ideas?
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My boot loader and phone is rooted.
AT&T Htc one X
I have tried to flash a couple roms + the boot.img but the device pauses at HTC splash screen (I DID clear caches)
but its constant and I have to go into Fastboot-Usb and reinstall the RUU in order to try again.
Does anyone have any ideas?
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why don't you start by reading this http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1957193
If you have ruu'ed you have to root again and unlock your bootloader again.
What recovery did you install ?
My bootloader is unlocked and my phone is rooted*
And I used TWRP or what ever its called. I can root fine and ez from it Trying to get Viperxl
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My bootloader is unlocked and my phone is rooted*
And I used TWRP or what ever its called. I can root fine and ez from it Trying to get Viperxl
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did you flash a recovery yet and if so which one ? if you want help you need to give us some details ?
What rom did you try to flash ? How did you go about it ?
Thank the android gods it wasn't an international ROM.
Did you flash superuser or supersu. We will need a little more information in the steps you've taken. Can you make a list of the steps for us?
The link crappyvate sent is a great tool for help.
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viprk24 said:
My bootloader is unlocked and my phone is rooted*
And I used TWRP or what ever its called. I can root fine and ez from it Trying to get Viperxl
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did you flash a recovery yet and if so which one ? if you want help you need to give us some details ?
What rom did you try to flash ? How did you go about it ?
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apparently he did and some did not read the information
I have flashed TWRP recovery or what ever I have installed Supersu successfuly and full root. I restarted booted into recovery now and wiped system cleared cache now I'm going to attempt to flash it one more time.
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apparently he did and some did not read the information
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surprise...that would be a first
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subarudroid said:
Thank the android gods it wasn't an international ROM.
Did you flash superuser or supersu. We will need a little more information in the steps you've taken. Can you make a list of the steps for us?
The link crappyvate sent is a great tool for help.
Sent from my One X using xda premium
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don't think so since apparently he still gets the htc splash screen but need more info.
viprk24 said:
I have flashed TWRP recovery or what ever I have installed Supersu successfuly and full root. I restarted booted into recovery now and wiped system cleared cache now I'm going to attempt to flash it one more time.
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what exactly is it doing im not understanding is it freezing ? just not installing what error code is it giving
Are you flashing the boot image for your ROM in adb?
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viprk24 said:
I have flashed TWRP recovery or what ever I have installed Supersu successfuly and full root. I restarted booted into recovery now and wiped system cleared cache now I'm going to attempt to flash it one more time.
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ok. i'm not gonna beg if you want help I need DETAILS not vague s***t like "TWRP or whatever".. So evidently you can boot into recovery with no problem. What rom are you trying to flash ? You need to extract the boot.img from the rom.zip and flash that in fastboot and then flash the rom.zip in recovery.
If you're not booting it's most likely because your phone is not finding a kernel (boot.img)
So more details or more reading
Good luck to you
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ok. i'm not gonna beg if you want help I need DETAILS not vague s***t like "TWRP or whatever".. So evidently you can boot into recovery with no problem. What rom are you trying to flash ? You need to extract the boot.img from the rom.zip and flash that in fastboot and then flash the rom.zip in recovery.
If you're not booting it's most likely because your phone is not finding a kernel (boot.img)
So more details or more reading
Good luck to you
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from what i can make out
hes flashed the boot.img
installed twrp
superSU
but with no details on what ERROR its giving we as a help teams are FUBARD
CheesyNutz said:
from what i can make out
hes flashed the boot.img
installed twrp
superSU
but with no details on what ERROR its giving we as a help teams are FUBARD
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not sure the boot.img was flashed the right way...or in the right place
Calm down trolls I simply said
I flashed TRWP
Flashed Supersu
Flashboot oem unlock (Successful)
Relaunched back into bootloader
I fastboot boot.img
Then to Recovery where I Cleared cache and wiped System.
I then reflashed recovery because i wiped system.
I relaunched back into recovery and flashed rom
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Calm down trolls I simply said
I flashed TRWP
Flashed Supersu
Flashboot oem unlock (Successful)
Relaunched back into bootloader
I fastboot boot.img
Then to Recovery where I Cleared cache and wiped System.
I then reflashed recovery because i wiped system.
I relaunched back into recovery and flashed rom
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Its not a good idea to ask for help and then flame. Honestly what was hard about posting this the first time? I thought maybe English wasn't your language or something. How could you flash a recovery before unlocking???
If you wiped everything, you should reflash bootimage in adb. Then flash your ROM. Please be nice.
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Calm down trolls I simply said
I flashed TRWP
Flashed Supersu
Flashboot oem unlock (Successful)
Relaunched back into bootloader
I fastboot boot.img
Then to Recovery where I Cleared cache and wiped System.
I then reflashed recovery because i wiped system.
I relaunched back into recovery and flashed rom
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yea bash the folks attempting to help you ... thats like biting the hand that feeds you .. im out have fun
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yea bash the folks attempting to help you ... thats like biting the hand that feeds you .. im out have fun
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likewise. Over and out.
I rooted successfully via Towelroot but did not unlock the bootloader. I ran the 1.1 Update and lost root. I ran Towelroot again and rerooted but I had to redownload the binaries and got everything functioning properly. I decided I wanted a custom recovery for backups and such so I installed Flashify and downloaded the CWM recovery file.
Here's the problem. I apparently flashed the recovery as a boot image as I now boot into CWM every time. CWM seems to be functioning properly but the system just boots into CWM every time.
I have not done anything else to try and fix this as I'm feeling rather like, at this point, I'm more likely to break it further if I haven't already broken it beyond repair.
Is there a file I can flash through CWM to restore the correct boot image?
I've been rooting and ROM'ing since early 2010 on my OG Droid and this is the first device I've actually thought I might have flashed myself into a brick but it's also the first device I've tried anything on without an unlocked bootloader.
Any constructive advice will be most appreciated. Thanks.
You are not bricked. Get the recovery image from https://developer.nvidia.com/develop4shield, and enter the bootloader and flash it following the instructions at https://developer.nvidia.com/sites/...eld/SHIELD_tab/HowTo-Flash-Recovery-Image.txt.
In your case you probably only need to flash the boot partition, but if that is not enough then flash them all.
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You are not bricked. Get the recovery image from https://developer.nvidia.com/develop4shield, and enter the bootloader and flash it following the instructions at https://developer.nvidia.com/sites/...eld/SHIELD_tab/HowTo-Flash-Recovery-Image.txt.
In your case you probably only need to flash the boot partition, but if that is not enough then flash them all.
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I'm working on it now; thank you! It appears I must be a Registered Developer to d/l the recovery file so I've applied and am awaiting approval.
Narsil007 said:
I'm working on it now; thank you! It appears I must be a Registered Developer to d/l the recovery file so I've applied and am awaiting approval.
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Here is the boot.img file that you need, extracted from the Nvidia Recovery file.
cam30era said:
Here is the boot.img file that you need, extracted from the Nvidia Recovery file.
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Fast boot=lifesaver
It took awhile but I'm back in business. Thank you!
Unfortunately, I lost everything and it started with the setup screen but at least I'm not out a $300 tablet :laugh:
Narsil007 said:
It took awhile but I'm back in business. Thank you!
Unfortunately, I lost everything and it started with the setup screen but at least I'm not out a $300 tablet :laugh:
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Glad to hear it.
So, i had to revert to stock everything, even had to go s-on and reset all flags. Then, i decided to download a rom and try it, upon going to recovery, my phone displays a triangle with an exclamation mark in it. I am fairly certain this means i deleted my recovery, so i flashed several recoveries (philz, twrp, stock) and none work, same problem. I tried flashing an RUU, but i think you need s-off for that, so it wont go pass the security check. I tried using firewater, but i got the whelp message, even though my phone previously went s-off with firewater - so that makes no sense.
Can anyone help? Or know of anything i can do?
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So, i had to revert to stock everything, even had to go s-on and reset all flags. Then, i decided to download a rom and try it, upon going to recovery, my phone displays a triangle with an exclamation mark in it. I am fairly certain this means i deleted my recovery, so i flashed several recoveries (philz, twrp, stock) and none work, same problem. I tried flashing an RUU, but i think you need s-off for that, so it wont go pass the security check. I tried using firewater, but i got the whelp message, even though my phone previously went s-off with firewater - so that makes no sense.
Can anyone help? Or know of anything i can do?
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Are you on 4.4.3? Im having similar issues I think HTC patched some of the exploits.
phlypoc said:
Are you on 4.4.3? Im having similar issues I think HTC patched some of the exploits.
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Yes, I am. I'm on stock everything currently.
Ark1406 said:
Yes, I am. I'm on stock everything currently.
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You need sunshine now to s off. Install and pay the $25 to pass go then get your flash on.
dottat said:
You need sunshine now to s off. Install and pay the $25 to pass go then get your flash on.
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Yeah that's what I thought, thanks man
Ark1406 said:
Yeah that's what I thought, thanks man
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BTW... When the red triangle appears press volume up and of power together to enter stock recovery. Verizon made it difficult for vzw users to get to stock recovery.
Make sure you have fastboot off in the power menu as well.
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BTW... When the red triangle appears press volume up and of power together to enter stock recovery. Verizon made it difficult for vzw users to get to stock recovery.
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It worked.. If I replace stock with twrp, will this work?
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It worked.. If I replace stock with twrp, will this work?
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If you are unlocked or s off you will be able to.
Custom recoveries don't require the extra button presses though. When you select recovery from bootloader it just goes straight there.
I tried to get rid of root by going into the supersu app and clicking the uninstall option. It then rebooted, but it went into a bootloop. I already wiped multiple times but nothing happened.
Could it be because of xposed being installed?
Thanks.
Was stock recovery used to perform the factory reset?
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Was stock recovery used to perform the factory reset?
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No, I used TWRP to do it. v2.8.7.0 I think.
Try with stock recovery.
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Try with stock recovery.
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How would I uninstall TWRP recovery?
Flash the recovery.img file that is included with the stock rom. Fastboot flash recovery recovery.img.
audit13 said:
Flash the recovery.img file that is included with the stock rom. Fastboot flash recovery recovery.img.
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Hmm, still boot loops. Am I forced to just reflash the fctory image?
Since it still bootloops, I recommend flashing back to a completely stock ROM to make sure the phone still functions properly.
audit13 said:
Since it still bootloops, I recommend flashing back to a completely stock ROM to make sure the phone still functions properly.
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Dang. I wish I wouldn't have to wipe my files, but there aren't That many important stuff. Thanks.
audit13 said:
Since it still bootloops, I recommend flashing back to a completely stock ROM to make sure the phone still functions properly.
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Sorry for this, but could you also help me install nonsystemless root? systemless causes trouble with layers so it would be very nice if you could help.
Thanks
Which rom is on the phone? For stock LP, flash supersu from twrp. Many custom mm ROMs are prerooted.
audit13 said:
Which rom is on the phone? For stock LP, flash supersu from twrp. Many custom mm ROMs are prerooted.
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Wait the nonsystemless root is gotten by just flashing it? I always thought it was the other way.
Thanks so so so much for your help!