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Can't install ROM via TWRP

First, I have H-BOOT 1.09, and I am rooted, I have TWRP v3
Now, I had ViperROM 1.2.0 installed, and decided to install Trickdroid v7, and it failed. I thought it was weird, so I restarted the phone. It was just on the boot screen, and after rebooting into Recovery, I noticed that when I tried rebooting, it would say that no OS was installed.
I downloaded ViperROM 1.2.0 and checked the MD5 and it checked out. Thinking they might of fixed the Aroma full wipe, I ran it with a full wipe, and of course it didn't work. So, I rebooted into recovery, wiped Cache, Dalvik, Factory and System. Tried installing ViperROM again, this time with out the full wipe, it gets to 7% and then ask me to reboot. If I try rebooting, it tells me no OS is installed. Right now I am running CM10 but I don't want it. I want ViperROM.
I had this same issue before, but I was exactly sure what I did in order to get it to install. So now I am stumped, and I don't know how to use ADB.

If you use latest TWRP 2.3.x, it will not work. You need to go back to TWRP 2.2.2.0

cat2115 said:
If you use latest TWRP 2.3.x, it will not work. You need to go back to TWRP 2.2.2.0
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I feel really stupid because I didn't check the last 30 pages of that topic, although it seems its because System is mounted, which I had absolutely no idea WTF that meant.
Does that mean that the latest TWRP is the reason why Trickdroid didn't install?

I could never get either to install using any version of TWRP and i'm on hboot 1.06. I always had to fastboot flash the boot.img first, clear caches. It's weird and no one involved could explain it...been flashing other ROMs fine via TWRP 2.3

Hgaara said:
I feel really stupid because I didn't check the last 30 pages of that topic, although it seems its because System is mounted, which I had absolutely no idea WTF that meant.
Does that mean that the latest TWRP is the reason why Trickdroid didn't install?
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If you download gooManager from Play. it will install the latest TWRP. If you need TWRP 2.2.2.0, you can find it in ToolKit Rooting. Inside the folder there' s a TWRP 2.2.2.0
Use that img and do a fastboot
fastboot flash recovery TWRP.img
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Hope this help you.
Or you can try
older devices will probably encounter several zips that need to be updated. If needed, you can try using this update-binary that was compiled with current sources. It goes in your zip file in the META-INF/com/google/android folder.
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at http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1677670&highlight=twrp+recovery
below "CHANGELOG for 2.3.0.0:" you find a download link to "update-binary"

clean rom

Looking for some input on clean ROM on the TF300T,
This is my second time trying to install it and both times it was successful, however as soon as the boot image loads up it stays stuck loading... I did download the file again thinking it may have been corrupted.
It has been sitting there loading for 20 minutes now.
I am using cwm the latest version and I did not install a kernel still running stock
Any ideas on what could cause this?

chibra said:
Looking for some input on clean ROM on the TF300T,
This is my second time trying to install it and both times it was successful, however as soon as the boot image loads up it stays stuck loading... I did download the file again thinking it may have been corrupted.
It has been sitting there loading for 20 minutes now.
I am using cwm the latest version and I did not install a kernel still running stock
Any ideas on what could cause this?
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CWM has issues on this unit. Many, many complaints. I use twrp. If you decide to use twrp be sure to choose JB and tf300t version.

Clean ROM is freaking amazing! Seriously just do it I love the mods I can make for it too! Can't wait till I get my volume long press seek mod done! Love this device!
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tobdaryl said:
CWM has issues on this unit. Many, many complaints. I use twrp. If you decide to use twrp be sure to choose JB and tf300t version.
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I initially when i first rooted intalled Twrp however i was not able to flash anything at all with it, it would give me errors.... that is the only reason i went to cwm.... I was able to make backups and restores with but ROMs flashing would just fail

chibra said:
I initially when i first rooted intalled Twrp however i was not able to flash anything at all with it, it would give me errors.... that is the only reason i went to cwm.... I was able to make backups and restores with but ROMs flashing would just fail
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OK. It was just a suggestion since the problem you are experiencing is usually cleared by using twrp.

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tobdaryl said:
OK. It was just a suggestion since the problem you are experiencing is usually cleared by using twrp.
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i m going to give twrp another shot...

i installed http://tinyw.in/5foT
JB version for the TF300T
This is the Rom i m trying to install
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2049322
Kernel is still stock and i ve left it that way through the aroma installer
Everytime i flash and reboot i get a boot loop

chibra said:
i installed http://tinyw.in/5foT
JB version for the TF300T
This is the Rom i m trying to install
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2049322
Kernel is still stock and i ve left it that way through the aroma installer
Everytime i flash and reboot i get a boot loop
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I'm sorry it is hard to tell since you have chosen an older twrp to install. The current is five versions later and was updated as the kernels were updated to account for changes. The rom you are flashing is based on 10.4.4.25.

chibra said:
i installed http://tinyw.in/5foT
JB version for the TF300T
This is the Rom i m trying to install
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2049322
Kernel is still stock and i ve left it that way through the aroma installer
Everytime i flash and reboot i get a boot loop
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Use TWRP 2.4.1.0
You are using a very old version of TWRP that has bugs with AROMA installer. So that is most likely where your issues are.

What ROM are you ccoming from? What boot loader are you on.
Sounds to me like you need to upgrade your boot loader and possibly do a full wipe - make sure you are on latest TWRP first otherwise you could brick if you use an older recovery!

sbdags said:
What ROM are you ccoming from? What boot loader are you on.
Sounds to me like you need to upgrade your boot loader and possibly do a full wipe - make sure you are on latest TWRP first otherwise you could brick if you use an older recovery!
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Wise words. Nobody likes to listen to me so im glad someone else suggested it!

elesbb said:
Use TWRP 2.4.1.0
You are using a very old version of TWRP that has bugs with AROMA installer. So that is most likely where your issues are.
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Updated the TWRP to the version you mentioned still stuck in boot loop.

sbdags said:
What ROM are you ccoming from? What boot loader are you on.
Sounds to me like you need to upgrade your boot loader and possibly do a full wipe - make sure you are on latest TWRP first otherwise you could brick if you use an older recovery!
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The only ROM i was able to flash that was fully functioning is cm10.1,
i have also flashed PA 2.9 but had some bugs i couldn't stand (screen rotation not working, extended desktop with no pie)
as for boot loader it says 1.00e by "US _Epad-10.4.2.20-20121228" A03
I just updated the TWRP as recommended on the other post (v2.4.1.0)
on every flash i wipe dalvik / Cache / Factory reset.
Before attempting to boot into Clean Rom i also followed the steps on screen saying to wipe cache and dalvik.
I m hoping PA releases a 3.0 for this device and/or i m able to get Clean rom running

chibra said:
The only ROM i was able to flash that was fully functioning is cm10.1,
i have also flashed PA 2.9 but had some bugs i couldn't stand (screen rotation not working, extended desktop with no pie)
as for boot loader it says 1.00e by "US _Epad-10.4.2.20-20121228" A03
I just updated the TWRP as recommended on the other post (v2.4.1.0)
on every flash i wipe dalvik / Cache / Factory reset.
Before attempting to boot into Clean Rom i also followed the steps on screen saying to wipe cache and dalvik.
I m hoping PA releases a 3.0 for this device and/or i m able to get Clean rom running
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If you are coming from cm10.1 you will definitely need to do a full wipe as it is non stock. It does say this in the first post. You only do a dalvik and cache wipe when upgrading from the same ROM or in CROMI's case from stock.
Do a data wipe in recovery, make sure you have a titanium backup or equivalent if you want to restore apps.

Success!!!
It worked perfectly fine after i install the back up i did before i flashed my 1st costume rom,
I rooted made a back up at stock/rooted... It just would not install from a full wipe,
it install fine once i flashed that specific backup and dirty flashed then wiped dalvik and cache before booting.

Bootloop with Crombi-KK

Hello,
I just got a tf700t and decided to flash a rom. decided on Crombi-KK. I couldn't get TWRP on it so I'm using CWP. So I'm unlocked and have custom recovery. I flash the rom from the system because i don't have an sd card. Everything seems to have flashed fine but the rom won't boot up! I'm stuck on a bootloop. I'm an idiot and did not backup externally. How do I save this tablet? Thanks for the help!
hopefully the logcat will be of help.

What bootloader do you have?
Which version of CWM?
Did you do full wipe of data, cache and Dalvik before flashing KK?

berndblb said:
What bootloader do you have?
Which version of CWM?
Did you do full wipe of data, cache and Dalvik before flashing KK?
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Hi,
Thanks for replying. I had the latest CWM. I did do full wipes. before flashing.
So some improvement happened. I was able to flash TWRP 2.6.3 but after doing a full wipe, and flashing KK i'm still bootlooping.
Could it be that I need a different bootloader? How would I even flash it from twrp? I'm attaching the logcat file of the bootloop while in twrp. I really hope i find a solution to this.

agentkalaw said:
Hi,
Thanks for replying. I had the latest CWM. I did do full wipes. before flashing.
So some improvement happened. I was able to flash TWRP 2.6.3 but after doing a full wipe, and flashing KK i'm still bootlooping.
Could it be that I need a different bootloader? How would I even flash it from twrp? I'm attaching the logcat file of the bootloop while in twrp. I really hope i find a solution to this.
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Well - which bootloader are you on?
Boot into it and read the small text top left. It should be 10.6.1.14.8 or .10

berndblb said:
Well - which bootloader are you on?
Boot into it and read the small text top left. It should be 10.6.1.14.8 or .10
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"US_epad-10.4.4.25-..."
OK, so i need to flash a newer bootloader
should i go ahead and flash this bootloader with an older TWRP and then reflash the newer TWRP?
one more thing, US_epad means US sku? i tried flashing this (US sku) a few hours ago but it wouldn't flash
thanks again.

agentkalaw said:
"US_epad-10.4.4.25-..."
OK, so i need to flash a newer bootloader
should i go ahead and flash this bootloader with an older TWRP and then reflash the newer TWRP?
one more thing, US_epad means US sku? i tried flashing this (US sku) a few hours ago but it wouldn't flash
thanks again.
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The .4 may work... but better to flash the latest from the OP here:
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2425383
Yes, afterwards you will have to reflash TWRP to get the latest version.

OK! it booted up after flashing the US sku.
Appreciate your help, it was very Socratic. but seriously, thanks man.
Hopefully it all works well. going to flash newer TWRP now.

Was that the chap living in a barrel or some such?
Not my cup of tea... unless it was a bottomless barrel of beer and I could live NEXT to it. [emoji56]

Soft brick downgrade CM12.1 to KitKat

Hello!
I bought a Moto G falcon 2 mounts ago. Running CM12 everything was good.
I flashed a cm12.1, then my falcon started to crash randomly (mostly because i didn't flash the proper Gapps). So I wanted to revert back to KitKat to make a proper flash since the beginning, wich was ofc a bad idea. So I flashed the 4.4.4 stock ROM and now am in soft brick. I'm stuck at boot logo (The boot loader unlocked one). I tried to flash a stock 5.1 ROM (GPE_5.1_XT1032_LMY47M.M001_CFC.xml.zip) without any success.
My bootloader is updated to 4118, I can boot in recovery/bootloader.
Any ideas how to boot again? Thank you!

I_HAVE_NO_IDEA said:
Hello!
I bought a Moto G falcon 2 mounts ago. Running CM12 everything was good.
I flashed a cm12.1, then my falcon started to crash randomly (mostly because i didn't flash the proper Gapps). So I wanted to revert back to KitKat to make a proper flash since the beginning, wich was ofc a bad idea. So I flashed the 4.4.4 stock ROM and now am in soft brick. I'm stuck at boot logo (The boot loader unlocked one). I tried to flash a stock 5.1 ROM (GPE_5.1_XT1032_LMY47M.M001_CFC.xml.zip) without any success.
My bootloader is updated to 4118, I can boot in recovery/bootloader.
Any ideas how to boot again? Thank you!
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Well if you can boot into the recovery and if its custom (TWRP) wipe all the data on your phone. Second I would try to flash a ROM onto your device such as Resurrection Remix and see if that works. Update on your progress.

Thank you for your answer.
I tried to wipe data/factory reset, but twrp throws some error messages.
Unable to mount /data, /cache, /system and all derivatives.
I tried to flash a ROM through twrp but I think I can't because of that partition mess. I can't adb push to /sdcard, or sideload (seems to require /data).
I think that my issue is that I flashed the 4.4.4 gpt.bin, and I shouldn't have. If I'm right, is there any way to recover from this?

I_HAVE_NO_IDEA said:
Thank you for your answer.
I tried to wipe data/factory reset, but twrp throws some error messages.
Unable to mount /data, /cache, /system and all derivatives.
I tried to flash a ROM through twrp but I think I can't because of that partition mess. I can't adb push to /sdcard, or sideload (seems to require /data).
I think that my issue is that I flashed the 4.4.4 gpt.bin, and I shouldn't have. If I'm right, is there any way to recover from this?
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I crashed my S3 using camera on old cm12.1 and got into loop with services stopped. Try and D/L the new 4 22 and Slim ggaps 20150422 wipe chache and devik and reinstall cm and ggaps get it working this is what I did but I haven't read any info except to find a file for Odin but don't think you can use Odin. It be nice to have stable way to downgrade. The flash will hopefully get your phone working.

vtails said:
I crashed my S3 using camera on old cm12.1 and got into loop with services stopped. Try and D/L the new 4 22 and Slim ggaps 20150422 wipe chache and devik and reinstall cm and ggaps get it working this is what I did but I haven't read any info except to find a file for Odin but don't think you can use Odin. It be nice to have stable way to downgrade. The flash will hopefully get your phone working.
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Thank you. But I can't flash a cm12.1 atm (see my post below). I can only flash through fastboot. I'm not sure I properly understood you, what do you call 4 22 ?

FYI I managed to boot again. Here's what I did:
Flash a 5.x ROM, try to boot to let the system make partitions and stuff (I think)
Boot in TWRP and saw that system and cache were not mountable, so I wiped them.
Flash a cm12.1 (+ Gapps) and here we go!
Thank you for your help!

[Q] Can I have a decent recovery (TWRP/CWM) and CM 12.1 installed at the same time?

I'm testing CM 12.1 and came from the official Kitkat rom. I had to flash CWM via fastboot (thread here) in order to install CM 12.1. It worked, but I was stuck with that Cyanogen recovery that comes with CM 12.1. I tried flashing CWM and TWRP, but my phone went into a boot loop. I was forced to reflash 12.1. I also tried installing a newer version of TWRP via XZRecovery, but it got stuck and never installed anything. Here are my problems:
Can't make nandroid backups
Unable to flash Xposed zip for Lollipop 5.1
Is it possible to run CM 12.1 and have a regular recovery like CWM/TWRP?

I do, so yeah definitely possible. But I don't use a "regular" recovery, but the FOTA Recovery version of TWRP. This recovery is installed in a partition of the system which won't get overwritten by the CM Recovery when upgrading. Just search for "FOTA TWRP Z3" via google or XDA and you should be good to go.

Omario-242 said:
I do, so yeah definitely possible. But I don't use a "regular" recovery, but the FOTA Recovery version of TWRP. This recovery is installed in a partition of the system which won't get overwritten by the CM Recovery when upgrading. Just search for "FOTA TWRP Z3" via google or XDA and you should be good to go.
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I've been on Kitkat for about 4 months and have no idea how I missed that. I installed it and it works perfectly. Thank you!