I'm making this thread so we can all put our heads together to figure out what we can do, what ways there are to get back to stock.. Just things people have done to restore back to stock.
Everyone having this issue people post here please as it will keep the Q&A thread clean.
At the moment I am encounter the issue, although I am not in a bootloop. I had a Official Firmware 4.4.2 installed that had been updated to 4.4.4.
Everything was working properly, but I flashed the latest CM11 Nightly. I had forgotten to backup my stock.
When I try to restore a stock firmware it Fails on partition so I didn't Want to chance flashing anything else in case I bricked my phone
At the moment my phones living off a CM11 TWRP backup which isn't ideal :/
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I can share a 4.4.2 cmw backup but my net is slow as fk. I successfully downgraded using cmw backup.I think there is some problem with the mount points of the stock . I had this prob of not able to format or write using recovery and fastboot in my Chinese s4 clone but I formatted all partitions using the flash tool that I had and than I was able to flash ROM. It occurred because I had given wrong mount points in the update script of the ROM that I had previously flashed
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xXx~~~SHLOK~~~xXx said:
I can share a 4.4.2 cmw backup but my net is slow as fk. I successfully downgraded using cmw backup.I think there is some problem with the mount points of the stock . I had this prob of not able to format or write using recovery and fastboot in my Chinese s4 clone but I formatted all partitions using the flash tool that I had and than I was able to flash ROM. It occurred because I had given wrong mount points in the update script of the ROM that I had previously flashed
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Would a twrp backup work the same?
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Would a twrp backup work the same?
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It should
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Hello everyone i currently flashed my sph-d710 or sprint gaxy s2 to a kit kat rom. now first i tried flashing back to other roms, nothing lower then jb and i cant. so i was thinking of flashing a rom and tried backing up through rom manager and it brought me into recovery with an error. My a.d.d. having ass deleted the villumanti by accident b4 the error and i wiped/reset everything including cache during the error,and couldnt flash anything (i tried 3 roms). IN THE END I REBOOTED ALL WAS THERE.I think i have an idea of what happened. I think it could be due to a modem issue e.g. downgrading from kit kat to jb. Should i flash a custom kernel thru mobile odin and get the recovery from there(IM RUNNING THE LATEST CWM I BELIEVE)or should i boot into recovery wipe all data cache reboot recovery and flash the modem, reboot into recovery again proceed as normal. Also what modem should i use. If ive been to vague or you need any more info let me know. P.s. I ASK THAT ANY MOD WOULD APPROPIATELY PLACE THIS THREAD IN THE RIGHT SECTION SHOULD IT BE IN THE WRONG THANK YOU
Try to flash official firmware with odin
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Try to flash official firmware with odin
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Hey thanks man. I ended up using the one click root with Odin flash software from my computer while in bootloader mode then installed the mobile Odin app I placed on the SD and flashed agats recovery then immediately flashed cm10.1 with the gapps everything runs smooth not that it didn't before on kit kat that's another story
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I now ask that this thread get placed in an appropriate place until a better solution is brought up or deleted to avoid taking up valuable space sorry and thank you
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Hi all iv have issues with my moto g I cant get any ROM or firmware to boot up then noticed this error in the pic below, how can I fix it and is this why I can't flash roms etc I was on rooted stock UK now I'm stuck with just recovery mode etc
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brewy said:
Hi all iv have issues with my moto g I cant get any ROM or firmware to boot up then noticed this error in the pic below, how can I fix it and is this why I can't flash roms etc I was on rooted stock UK now I'm stuck with just recovery mode etc
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Well, I can't see your posted pic but I recommend you to flash a stock UK firmware on your phone through fastboot. You can try any other option too but fastboot would be the best one to resolve your problem without much hassle.
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Well, I can't see your posted pic but I recommend you to flash a stock UK firmware on your phone through fastboot. You can try any other option too but fastboot would be the best one to resolve your problem without much hassle.
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The error says fail to find path (sd-ext) I'll try fastboot later on I'm just curious as how this error came up after doing the normal wipes I don't no if its recovery related or not but it won't boot any rom or stock roms
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@brewy : As long you as you are on moto g, you'll never be able to mount /sd-ext (as moto g only has /data).Since moto g doesn't has a sdcard, there can't be a sd-ext partition. So here ends your curiosity. Lol.
I guess you have CWM as recovery. I recommend you to install TWRP.2.7.0.0.falcon by dhacker.(It had no issue).
And what about your phone. Is it working fine now?
@brewy : As long you as you are on moto g, you'll never be able to mount /sd-ext (as moto g only has /data).Since moto g doesn't has a sdcard, there can't be a sd-ext partition. So here ends your curiosity. Lol.
I guess you have CWM as recovery. I recommend you to install TWRP.2.7.0.0.falcon by dhacker.(It had no issue).
And what about your phone. Is it working fine now?
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Phew I thought my phone had an error stopping it boot, yep I'm using philz cwm because iv found out twrp changes my F2fs to ext4 after doing the three wipes which I don't want period I have to mfastboot my G later today when I get some time I could of did it early but my laptop was missing some dll files which is now solved
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Nope, TWRP doesn't changes your partition from f2fs to ext4. I made a backup of my phone a day earlier and have data.f2fs.win as one of backup files and system will always be ext4 irrespective of which recovery you are on.
I encountered some problems with philz cwm so I moved on to TWRP. It's your choice to choose what you would like to have. Nevertheless, I'd still say to give a try to latest TWRP.
My good wishes for your phone. Hope it will get alive by today.:good:
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Nope, TWRP doesn't changes your partition from f2fs to ext4. I made a backup of my phone a day earlier and have data.f2fs.win as one of backup files and system will always be ext4 irrespective of which recovery you are on.
I encountered some problems with philz cwm so I moved on to TWRP. It's your choice to choose what you would like to have. Nevertheless, I'd still say to give a try to latest TWRP.
My good wishes for your phone. Hope it will get alive by today.:good:
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Well fixed my G as you can see I'm using with mfastboot now back to rooted stock with twrp none of cwm would stick but at least I got my pride and joy back that's all that matters for now
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Hello,
I just rooted my Moto G (CWM on it), but when I flashed a rom, is got stuck on the bootlogo.
I installed a newer version of CWM, and flashed a rom again, still stuck, and the newer version of CWM can't see my backup..
What now? please help me...
FearsomeStatue0 said:
Hello,
I just rooted my Moto G (CWM on it), but when I flashed a rom, is got stuck on the bootlogo.
I installed a newer version of CWM, and flashed a rom again, still stuck, and the newer version of CWM can't see my backup..
What now? please help me...
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Question 1: before you flashed the rom, what wipe options did you select?
Question 2: can u get into the bootloader?
I wiped cache and dalvik. (and I did factory reset to)
and yes, I can even start CWM, but I can't find my backup
FearsomeStatue0 said:
I wiped cache and dalvik. (and I did factory reset to)
and yes, I can even start CWM, but I can't find my backup
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So it's not in a bootloop anymore? I use TWRP not CWM but I wouldn't think that updating versions would change the source destination path of the backup. Sidenote: after I rooted and backedup my G for the first time, the auto generated name (which was that time/date stamp) had a weird date of sometime in the 1970's and I wasn't able to use that backup because it didn't backup the /system data for some reason. I could still see the backup tho, just not use it
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So it's not in a bootloop anymore? I use TWRP not CWM but I wouldn't think that updating versions would change the source destination path of the backup.
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Nope, no bootloop, I hold the powerbutton for 5 seconds. But that I can't find my backups is the real problem, I really can't find my backup anywhere (I can use a filemanager in CWM)
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Nope, no bootloop, I hold the powerbutton for 5 seconds. But that I can't find my backups is the real problem, I really can't find my backup anywhere (I can use a filemanager in CWM)
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I can't say where the backup went but if u freshly unlocked and rooted it before backing up, there can't be that much data lost! You would need to just reflash the stock firmware and backup if that is your intent; to have a stock backup :laugh: and I'm happy it's no longer in a bootloop. I would suggest going forward to save nandroid backups to usb-otg storage device so it can't be wiped from the phone.
I flashed the stock rom with this guide (http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2542219) but I am still stuck in bootscreen..
So flashing roms doesn't go well.. What now? (thanks for helping!)
And now my phone can't even see my internal storage anymore...
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And now my phone can't even see my internal storage anymore...
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Search mfastboot on here it will fix your phone
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showpost.php?p=47820707
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factory reset will format /sdcard or not?
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thestory101 said:
factory reset will format /sdcard or not?
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Mfastboot wipes everything
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brewy said:
Mfastboot wipes everything
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I faced a similar issue and i have found a answer another user gave me after countless "did you wipe this/ DID YOU WIPE THAT? responses"
what i did was i downgraded to JB 4.3 img ad once i flashed that and it booted up and flashed the philz edition cwm and then i was able to insatll a custom rom.
before this i was on stck 4.4.2 and NO custom rom booted past bootlogo until this solution.
btw i donwgraded to 4.3 in fastboot and flashed custom rom in cmw.
chairsz said:
I faced a similar issue and i have found a answer another user gave me after countless "did you wipe this/ DID YOU WIPE THAT? responses"
what i did was i downgraded to JB 4.3 img ad once i flashed that and it booted up and flashed the philz edition cwm and then i was able to insatll a custom rom.
before this i was on stck 4.4.2 and NO custom rom booted past bootlogo until this solution.
btw i donwgraded to 4.3 in fastboot and flashed custom rom in cmw.
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When you downgraded to JB did you also wipe the internal SD or did you just flash system and kernel via fastboot?
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Bert98 said:
When you downgraded to JB did you also wipe the internal SD or did you just flash system and kernel via fastboot?
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i erased everything
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i erased everything
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Aw crap thanks
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So I installed the lateat CM12 nightly, wasn't really impressed yet and went to go restore my backup and once it's done restoring, it get stuck at the bootscreen animation. Just keeps going and going abs going. I used the latest cwm touch recovery as CM12 is not compatible with MultiROM. I would just flash the factory img back but my computer decided to it doesn't ever want to recognize adb avid fastboot on Linux.
Anyone know where I can find a flashable zip for the factory 5.0.1 ROM? Any help would be appreciated!
Try googling Nexus 5 factory image...
Here's a flashable 5.0 : http://forum.xda-developers.com/goo...-android-4-4-3-ktu84m-rooted-busybox-t2557523
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Here's a flashable 5.0 : http://forum.xda-developers.com/goo...-android-4-4-3-ktu84m-rooted-busybox-t2557523
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Now I'm assuming I'd have to unroot it and flash stock recovery and lock the bootloader to get it to update to 5.0.1?
No, it's flashable in your custom recovery. It's 5.0 though
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Yeap , ota needs stock recovery. Also , switch to twrp since cwm isn't playing nice with L.
jd1639 said:
No, it's flashable in your custom recovery. It's 5.0 though
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I was talking about the 5.0.1 update but thanks.
Niflheimer said:
Yeap , ota needs stock recovery. Also , switch to twrp since cwm isn't playing nice with L.
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I'm on the stock ROM you linked too, stock recovery, and unrooted but, when I get the update for 5.0.1 and try and install it, I get an error. Do I need to relock my boatloader?
asd87 said:
I'm on the stock ROM you linked too, stock recovery, and unrooted but, when I get the update for 5.0.1 and try and install it, I get an error. Do I need to relock my boatloader?
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You're on a custom Rom. The ota isn't going to work. And you don't need to relock your bootloader. If you can afford to wipe your data download the 5.0.1 factory image. Extract it and use the flash-all.bat
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jd1639 said:
You're on a custom Rom. The ota isn't going to work. And you don't need to relock your bootloader. If you can afford to wipe your data download the 5.0.1 factory image. Extract it and use the flash-all.bat
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My computer is Linux, and adb and fastboot for whatever reason unknown to me, won't install. That's why I asked for a zip file of the factory image. Thanks for the help though.
asd87 said:
My computer is Linux, and adb and fastboot for whatever reason unknown to me, won't install. That's why I asked for a zip file of the factory image. Thanks for the help though.
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Well, unfortunately, there isn't a 5.0.1 flashable rom available right now. If you can't get fastboot to work on your Linux machine you're kind of sol as you need to be 100% stock to get the ota to work. That means stock recovery in your case. Google recovery zip collection xda. There's a custom recovery flashable stock recovery there.
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Well, unfortunately, there isn't a 5.0.1 flashable rom available right now. If you can't get fastboot to work on your Linux machine you're kind of sol as you need to be 100% stock to get the ota to work. That means stock recovery in your case. Google recovery zip collection xda. There's a custom recovery flashable stock recovery there.
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I have the stock 5.0 recovery that I installed through Flashify. I'll barrow a windows computer or something lol
asd87 said:
I have the stock 5.0 recovery that I installed through Flashify. I'll barrow a windows computer or something lol
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I'd work on getting adb/fastboot working on your Linux machine. You're going to need it in the long run.
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I'd work on getting adb/fastboot working on your Linux machine. You're going to need it in the long run.
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I've spent hours trying to get it work one night. I'll do some note searching for more advice and again thanks.
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I'd work on getting adb/fastboot working on your Linux machine. You're going to need it in the long run.
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Did some more digging, got it install, and flashed the factory img for 5.0.1 and twrp recovery then superSU through twrp.
Mods please lock the thread thanks.
Get wugfreshes Toolbox. It has access to all factory images. Some people are not fans of "one click solutions" but this has never let me down.
There's a flushable zip on here also. Put it in a search in the app and you should come across it. It IS the full version.
Did you ever find out why the CWM restore led to getting stuck on boot animation??
Just ran into this last night. Tried restoring 2 different CWM backups and both got stuck on boot animation.
I eventually got a new ROM flashed. Going to try TWRP recovery I suppose.
I know I never had this problem with 4.4, this was the first time I have restored a LP ROM..
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Did you ever find out why the CWM restore led to getting stuck on boot animation??
Just ran into this last night. Tried restoring 2 different CWM backups and both got stuck on boot animation.
I eventually got a new ROM flashed. Going to try TWRP recovery I suppose.
I know I never had this problem with 4.4, this was the first time I have restored a LP ROM..
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My guess would be; cwm hasn't been optimized for Lollipop. Cyanogen has just recently started working on 5.0 and they probably haven't touched the recovery too much. But that's just my guess.
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My guess would be; cwm hasn't been optimized for Lollipop. Cyanogen has just recently started working on 5.0 and they probably haven't touched the recovery too much. But that's just my guess.
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Yea figured something like that.
Got TWRP installed, will try to update after my next nandroid restore so that any old CWM users will know..
Wifi was working fine with CM12.1. I wonder why its not working in CM12.0 Since 12.1 had crash issues, I flashed it back to 12.0 for which wifi doesnt turn ON.
I cannot flash stock ROM/firmware anyway. Can anyone help? Thank You.
sivakrishnan said:
Wifi was working fine with CM12.1. I wonder why its not working in CM12.0 Since 12.1 had crash issues, I flashed it back to 12.0 for which wifi doesnt turn ON.
I cannot flash stock ROM/firmware anyway. Can anyone help? Thank You.
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Explain the exact way of flashing please
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sivakrishnan said:
Wifi was working fine with CM12.1. I wonder why its not working in CM12.0 Since 12.1 had crash issues, I flashed it back to 12.0 for which wifi doesnt turn ON.
I cannot flash stock ROM/firmware anyway. Can anyone help? Thank You.
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Did you come from the latest firmware??
SdtBarbarossa said:
Explain the exact way of flashing please
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I was using CM12.1 and due to crashes i decided to install CM12, and for easiness i flashed twrp recovery to FOTAKernal using TWRP Manager app.
But TWRP failed to install any rom, so i flashed stock firm (not latest) using flash tool.
Then using in fast boot mode, flashed Philz Recovery by command "fastboot flash boot <boot.img>"
got Philz Recovery and using that recovery installed CM 12.0
is this clear?
Did I had to install latest firmware before flashing CM12.0 to get wi-fi turned on?!!!
sivakrishnan said:
I was using CM12.1 and due to crashes i decided to install CM12, and for easiness i flashed twrp recovery to FOTAKernal using TWRP Manager app.
But TWRP failed to install any rom, so i flashed stock firm (not latest) using flash tool.
Then using in fast boot mode, flashed Philz Recovery by command "fastboot flash boot <boot.img>"
got Philz Recovery and using that recovery installed CM 12.0
is this clear?
Did I had to install latest firmware before flashing CM12.0 to get wi-fi turned on?!!!
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Yes it must be latest stockrom!
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Yes it must be latest stockrom!
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thank you so much, i have clicked thanks,
well will you please tell me why we should use latest stock firmware, since we are wiping all data, change kernel etc using recovery?
just out of curiosity
I would like to know whether i can use its FOTAKernel for TWRP Recovery??
Once I failed to flash rom using twrp recovery..
sivakrishnan said:
thank you so much, i have clicked thanks,
well will you please tell me why we should use latest stock firmware, since we are wiping all data, change kernel etc using recovery?
just out of curiosity
I would like to know whether i can use its FOTAKernel for TWRP Recovery??
Once I failed to flash rom using twrp recovery..
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1. because of some "invisible" partitions that must be up-to-date... Most important is "modemst" partition... You never touch them while flashing!
2.use the app by Corphish to get my TWRP .... Twrpmanager is ****ty
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SdtBarbarossa said:
1. because of some "invisible" partitions that must be up-to-date... Most important is "modemst" partition... You never touch them while flashing!
2.use the app by Corphish to get my TWRP .... Twrpmanager is ****ty
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flash the recovery zip through recovery after flashing the image file via flashtool!
if we flash using flash tool, it will lose after flashing another CM rom right? i need to get it for ever that's why I'm asking about flashing in to fotakernel.
thanks