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[Q] [i9023] Blank/Black screen in recovery

Hey everyone,
Basically I was trying to flash a new ROM onto an old Nexus S of mine and when I tried to boot into recovery there was just a black screen. I pressed the power button and a single line saying "Clockwork mod Recovery" and the version number popped up. I assumed that the recovery must've been corrupted so I erased it and installed the latest version using fastboot which seemed to work fine.
Now whenever I try to boot into recovery I just get a blank screen with nothing else. I've tried using other recovery images such as twrp but the same problem happened, I just get the background wallpaper/image and nothing else.
I searched the forums and apparently people were having this issue earlier on when the i9023 was first released but now most custom recoveries are supposed to work with both i9020 and i9023.
Also the touch buttons light up and vibrate whenever I touch them when I'm in recovery mode.
Any help to this problem would be greatly appreciated as atm I have an old ROM which is buggy as hell and I need to get rid of it.
Cheers!

I had the same Issue. If you can boot into the rom, you can try to download the rommanager-app and install the recovery from there.

Hey I tried that already that and instead of booting into recovery it just went into the bootloader and said "No Recovery or Bootloader found".
Any other ideas?

Did you clicked the first point in rommanager? Install recovery, or you only hit the second button reboot into recovery?
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Hey
I have the i9023 and I install rom manager. install CWM and if I reboot into recovery it works and I get in to CWM recovery.. but after reboot into os.. if I go into Rom manager and reboot to recovery it dont work? I just get the android figur and a "!".. then I just can Power + vol up and I'm in bootloader recovery..
Do I have to install CWM every time i want to use it? and can't I access CWM on boot op ?
sorry for my bad English

Normaly you have to flash the recovery only once.
Try to flash the newer clockwork-recovery with fastboot.
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=988686

Alfiedk: You need to get rid of this file:
/system/etc/install-recovery.sh
As it re-installs the stock recovery every boot.
I think you can download any custom ROM for your phone, and flash it in CWM recovery, this will also solve the problem
Edit: Did you unlock the phone? Have you tried fastboot oem unlock?
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bedalus said:
Alfiedk: You need to get rid of this file:
/system/etc/install-recovery.sh
As it re-installs the stock recovery every boot.
I think you can download any custom ROM for your phone, and flash it in CWM recovery, this will also solve the problem
Edit: Did you unlock the phone? Have you tried fastboot oem unlock?
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I havent unlock my phone, but I can get in to bootloader is it then necessary to unlock ?
I try to delete the /install-recovery.sh

Yes you need to unlock your bootloader, if you dont want to reflash it all the time.
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Xziped said:
Yes you need to unlock your bootloader, if you dont want to reflash it all the time.
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Then it must be unlock as default.. I havent unlock it.. just delete the install install-recovery.sh and it works every time now.
now I just have to find a ROM to try..

Xziped said:
Did you clicked the first point in rommanager? Install recovery, or you only hit the second button reboot into recovery?
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Yes I made sure I selected install clockwork mod. Like I said the problem isn't the same when I do this, instead of a blank screen, when I boot into recovery it goes straight to fastboot and tells me that I don't have a recovery image installed at all...

Simultaneity said:
Yes I made sure I selected install clockwork mod. Like I said the problem isn't the same when I do this, instead of a blank screen, when I boot into recovery it goes straight to fastboot and tells me that I don't have a recovery image installed at all...
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what happens when you try to temporary boot into the recovery?
instead of "fastboot flash recovery recovery.img", try to "fastboot boot recovery.img"
Just look for an recovery.img that works temporary and then try to flash it permanently.

I'll try it and get back to you Xziped. If anyone else can think of any other ideas please just throw'em at me, I'm willing to try anything!

Yeah no help there either. It does the exact same thing temporarily booting into a recovery that it did when I actually had it installed on the phone :\.
I updated ROM manager to the latest and tried installing CWM with that but to no avail. It still says that there is no recovery installed when I do that.

Simultaneity said:
Yeah no help there either. It does the exact same thing temporarily booting into a recovery that it did when I actually had it installed on the phone :\.
I updated ROM manager to the latest and tried installing CWM with that but to no avail. It still says that there is no recovery installed when I do that.
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Sorry but if not even the temporary recovery boots up, i dont know what else we can do
did you try some of the older recoverys? is your bootloader unlocked?

I haven't tried an older recovery and my bootloader is unlocked.
could it be a problem with my computer as opposed to the phone itself? As in my computer is messing up when trying to flash the recovery?
I've also noticed now that when I boot into fastboot mode the menu just locks up and doesn't respond to anything. Sometimes I have to pull the battery and other times it'll start responding after randomly pressing the power key a lot of times...
I'll try an older recovery next

Simultaneity said:
I haven't tried an older recovery and my bootloader is unlocked.
could it be a problem with my computer as opposed to the phone itself? As in my computer is messing up when trying to flash the recovery?
I've also noticed now that when I boot into fastboot mode the menu just locks up and doesn't respond to anything. Sometimes I have to pull the battery and other times it'll start responding after randomly pressing the power key a lot of times...
I'll try an older recovery next
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Use Odin, that might solve your problems. Search for the Nexus S version of Odin in the Dev section here.

khartaras said:
Use Odin, that might solve your problems. Search for the Nexus S version of Odin in the Dev section here.
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There's a version of Odin for the Nexus S!?!? I'll look into that straight away thanks!

Simultaneity said:
There's a version of Odin for the Nexus S!?!? I'll look into that straight away thanks!
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Just look @ http://www.samfirmware.com/ .
There you should find all you need
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Won't boot into and from recovery.

When I select to reboot to recovery the phone attempts to reboot and never shows the google screen. I have to enter the bootloader and enter recovery from there. After i install what I need to install and click "reboot to system" in the recovery, the phone does the same thing. It just goes to a black screen. I have to re-enter the bootloader again and select "Start" to boot into the ROM.
What could be the issue here? Do I need to reflash the bootloader?

What rom are you on. Stock doesn't give you an option to boot into recovery. I'd try and re-flash the rom

jd1639 said:
What rom are you on. Stock doesn't give you an option to boot into recovery. I'd try and re-flash the rom
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PSX. This started to happen after I flashed CWM so I switched back to TWRP but it seems like clockwork might of screwed something up. Might have to flash the factory img.

biggiephat said:
PSX. This started to happen after I flashed CWM so I switched back to TWRP but it seems like clockwork might of screwed something up. Might have to flash the factory img.
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I would try flashing the recovery image in fastboot. That should fix up the recovery issue. Cwm seems to have some issues right now.

jd1639 said:
I would try flashing the recovery image in fastboot. That should fix up the recovery issue. Cwm seems to have some issues right now.
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That did not work. Still cant turn on the phone unless i go into the bootloader when attached to AC adapter and click start from there.

biggiephat said:
That did not work. Still cant turn on the phone unless i go into the bootloader when attached to AC adapter and click start from there.
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I would try flashing the entire factory image then. But i think you have something else going on if you need to have it plugged in to start it up

I can't root my OS12 !

And I have no idea why. Before I downloaded the newest update I upgraded my TWRP to the latest version. After the update I tried first to install SuperSU via google store but didnt work so i downloaded the installable zip and tried through TWRP. All I get is : E: failed to verify whole-file signature; E: signature verification failed.
Tried the old SuperSu that always worked (2.02) but I get the same bug.
I think the problem is that instead of TWRP when i start my phone with start button + vol down it gets into CYANOGEN recovery. I just installed TWRP ver 2.8.5.1 but its not working =/ dont know what to do, help please

MrSeler said:
And I have no idea why. Before I downloaded the newest update I upgraded my TWRP to the latest version. After the update I tried first to install SuperSU via google store but didnt work so i downloaded the installable zip and tried through TWRP. All I get is : E: failed to verify whole-file signature; E: signature verification failed.
Tried the old SuperSu that always worked (2.02) but I get the same bug.
I think the problem is that instead of TWRP when i start my phone with start button + vol down it gets into CYANOGEN recovery. I just installed TWRP ver 2.8.5.1 but its not working =/ dont know what to do, help please
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You need to resinstall TWRP, just after you have done so, reboot back to TWRP instead of rebooting the whole system. Once back in TWRP you can flash SuperSU again, then reboot and you should be fine. Also make sure you have the cyanogen recovery option unticked under developer settings.

gsmyth said:
You need to resinstall TWRP, just after you have done so, reboot back to TWRP instead of rebooting the whole system. Once back in TWRP you can flash SuperSU again, then reboot and you should be fine. Also make sure you have the cyanogen recovery option unticked under developer settings.
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How do i reinstall TWRP? im pretty sure ive done it already but still when i turn on the phone I have the cyanogen recovery on, tried to do it with TWRP manager (at first i couldnt start it because but later it worked. However, when i click on "Reboot to Recovery" it does not work) I have recovery installed in TWRP manager (ver 2.8.6.0) maybe i can do sth with this ?
Edit: I was able to start TWRP manager, now I'm not again because it says "root is required for this app"

MrSeler said:
How do i reinstall TWRP? im pretty sure ive done it already but still when i turn on the phone I have the cyanogen recovery on, tried to do it with TWRP manager (at first i couldnt start it because but later it worked. However, when i click on "Reboot to Recovery" it does not work) I have recovery installed in TWRP manager (ver 2.8.6.0) maybe i can do sth with this ?
Edit: I was able to start TWRP manager, now I'm not again because it says "root is required for this app"
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You'll have to install it via PC fastboot or using a Tool, see below.
Install custom recovery via fastboot:
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2788632
Toolkit:
http://forum.xda-developers.com/oneplus-one/development/oneplus-one-toolkit-manudroid19-gui-t2807418
Make sure the following option is turned off.
Settings>Developer options>Update Cyanogen recovery - Off

gsmyth said:
You'll have to install it via PC fastboot or using a Tool, see below.
Install custom recovery via fastboot:
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2788632
Toolkit:
http://forum.xda-developers.com/oneplus-one/development/oneplus-one-toolkit-manudroid19-gui-t2807418
Make sure the following option is turned off.
Settings>Developer options>Update Cyanogen recovery - Off
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Tried via fastboot and seemingly it worked as you can see here http://i.imgur.com/vKTQUQ5.png
But when i turn on the phone i still get cyanogen recovery =/ will try the tool kit and let You know

MrSeler said:
Tried via fastboot and seemingly it worked as you can see here http://i.imgur.com/vKTQUQ5.png
But when i turn on the phone i still get cyanogen recovery =/ will try the tool kit and let You know
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Once it flashes, are you rebooting back into recovery first (without switching off, fully rebooting, anything else)? You should boot into TWRP and then you can reboot fully, it should be fine. If you just reboot out of TWRP after flashing the it gets overwritten by the stock cyanogen recovery.
After completing the TWRP flash in ABD run the following command.
Code:
adb reboot recovery

gsmyth said:
Once it flashes, are you rebooting back into recovery first (without switching off, fully rebooting, anything else)? You should boot into TWRP and then you can reboot fully, it should be fine. If you just reboot out of TWRP after flashing the it gets overwritten by the stock cyanogen recovery.
After completing the TWRP flash in ABD run the following command.
Code:
adb reboot recovery
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Im doing what Im told, so - After the phone has booted back up, turn it off. Now to enter your newly installed custom recovery, hold volume down + power. The phone should boot into recovery mode.
Wish I wasnt so braindead on this field =/ and the cyanogen recovery welcomes me every time
okay so instead of fastboot reboot command i should write the one you gave me? gonna try
EDIT: ERROR, DEVICE NOT FOUND

yeah, i was doing it wrong but i did it right this time and it is still not working. Have my usb debugging on
Is it possible that after the update i dont have the bootloader anymore?

MrSeler said:
yeah, i was doing it wrong but i did it right this time and it is still not working. Have my usb debugging on
Is it possible that after the update i dont have the bootloader anymore?
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Your boot loader shouldn't be touched.

gsmyth said:
Your boot loader shouldn't be touched.
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Okay. I tried and tried but failed. I have no idea what to do anymore. Downloaded new drivers for pc and new fastboot, tried like 15times to flash twrp on my phone and seemingly it worked but when I rebooted, turned it off and on again with volume - it's always cyanogen recovery there, never twrp. I downloaded twrp manager but it won't work because it requires root and I can't root because manager won't work. Saw on oneplus forum that some people have exact same problem but there S been no solution so far and I have no idea what to do anymore. The only thing I haven't tried yet is to hold start+volume- keys after I flash twrp and reboot the phone using the code, so instead of having to turn it off and on again maybe I ll be able to get into the twrp instantly and it won't get overwritten by cyanogen recovery.

MrSeler said:
Okay. I tried and tried but failed. I have no idea what to do anymore. Downloaded new drivers for pc and new fastboot, tried like 15times to flash twrp on my phone and seemingly it worked but when I rebooted, turned it off and on again with volume - it's always cyanogen recovery there, never twrp. I downloaded twrp manager but it won't work because it requires root and I can't root because manager won't work. Saw on oneplus forum that some people have exact same problem but there S been no solution so far and I have no idea what to do anymore. The only thing I haven't tried yet is to hold start+volume- keys after I flash twrp and reboot the phone using the code, so instead of having to turn it off and on again maybe I ll be able to get into the twrp instantly and it won't get overwritten by cyanogen recovery.
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OK so i am experiencing the EXACT same issues. When I go into Fastboot Mode all I get is a small cyanogen head forllowed by the words 'FASTBOOT MODE' I get no menu to navigate or anything. TWRP appears to install but I get Cyanogen recover every time. If I use the toolkit and go to fastboot mode it sees it as an unlocked fastboot device but will not allow me to root the device.

oasisdave said:
OK so i am experiencing the EXACT same issues. When I go into Fastboot Mode all I get is a small cyanogen head forllowed by the words 'FASTBOOT MODE' I get no menu to navigate or anything. TWRP appears to install but I get Cyanogen recover every time. If I use the toolkit and go to fastboot mode it sees it as an unlocked fastboot device but will not allow me to root the device.
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After flashboot reboot do not let phone turn on again but use the start + volume- combination, it will take you to twrp. Found the solution finally but I still have some issues with graphics and Google account =/

MrSeler said:
After flashboot reboot do not let phone turn on again but use the start + volume- combination, it will take you to twrp. Found the solution finally but I still have some issues with graphics and Google account =/
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Yeah, that's not working for me, still goes straight to Cyanogen Recovery.

See last question in FAQ thread:
http://forum.xda-developers.com/oneplus-one/help/faq-oneplus-one-frequently-questions-t2895136
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Can't boot into recovery

So I installed TWRM and now every time I boot into recover system it shows "No command" with an android layed on his back, pressing and holding power but. + plus volume doesn't get me in the recovery (saw this in a thread as a solution). I've also tried to reinstall it, the only way for me to get in it is to connect it to my computer and flash the recovery again. Any suggestions?

rylark said:
So I installed TWRM and now every time I boot into recover system it shows "No command" with an android layed on his back, pressing and holding power but. + plus volume doesn't get me in the recovery (saw this in a thread as a solution). I've also tried to reinstall it, the only way for me to get in it is to connect it to my computer and flash the recovery again. Any suggestions?
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If you mean TWRP by squid2, OP describes two methods. Which of them did you use?
- "fastboot boot twrp-osprey-2.8.7-test1.img" will flash TWRP as a temporary (one time) recovery
- "fastboot flash recovery twrp-osprey-2.8.7-test1.img" will make it permanent

RGold55 said:
If you mean TWRP by squid2, OP describes two methods. Which of them did you use?
- "fastboot boot twrp-osprey-2.8.7-test1.img" will flash TWRP as a temporary (one time) recovery
- "fastboot flash recovery twrp-osprey-2.8.7-test1.img" will make it permanent
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Thank you for the reply, I used the first method you mentioned. I never heard the second one, could you like me a tutorial for it please?

rylark said:
Thank you for the reply, I used the first method you mentioned. I never heard the second one, could you like me a tutorial for it please?
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Wait, is it the same process? I just have to type "flash recovery "file location" instead of "boot"?

rylark said:
Wait, is it the same process? I just have to type "flash recovery "file location" instead of "boot"?
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One you're just booting temporarily into TWRP and not overwriting the stock recovery, the other, you're flashing TWRP as the default recovery. So yes, leave off the boot part and you'll flash TWRP as the default recovery.
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Tel864 said:
One you're just booting temporarily into TWRP and not overwriting the stock recovery, the other, you're flashing TWRP as the default recovery. So yes, leave off the boot part and you'll flash TWRP as the default recovery.
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Worked perfectly, thank you once again kind sir.

Updated to CM12.1 on OPO. Cannot overwrite CM recovery to install custom ROM.

I have long been a user of CM11 on my OPO, but today I wanted to install a custom ROM. As the guide says here I was required to update to CM12.1 beforehand. The updates seem to have overwritten TWRP with Cyanogen Recovery, but whenever I try to flash TWRP back onto my device it always boots back to CM recovery when I boot recovery.
I have followed this guide to attempt to re-flash custom recovery and re-root my device but I seem to have hit a brick wall.
I used the following commands:
*fastboot flash recovery recovery.img
*fastboot reboot
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I have disabled CM recovery protection in developer options with no luck. I have also tried older versions of TWRP to no avail.
Can anyone advise me how to get around this problem? Any help is appreciated.

I had this problem when I first tried rooting the phone. Some said that you had to reboot directly to recovery after you had flashed TWRP and then it should presist, but that didn't work for me. The solution that worked (at least for me) was flashing it with a toolkit.

LittleConfucy said:
I had this problem when I first tried rooting the phone. Some said that you had to reboot directly to recovery after you had flashed TWRP and then it should presist, but that didn't work for me. The solution that worked (at least for me) was flashing it with a toolkit.
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Thanks for your reply. Sorry, I'm a bit out of the loop these days. Could you elaborate on what toolkits I could use?

jayalex said:
Thanks for your reply. Sorry, I'm a bit out of the loop these days. Could you elaborate on what toolkits I could use?
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http://www.wugfresh.com/brt/

LittleConfucy said:
I had this problem when I first tried rooting the phone. Some said that you had to reboot directly to recovery after you had flashed TWRP and then it should presist, but that didn't work for me. The solution that worked (at least for me) was flashing it with a toolkit.
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this is true, i had to do that... when done flashing TWRP reboot to recovery, no OS

jayalex said:
I have long been a user of CM11 on my OPO, but today I wanted to install a custom ROM. As the guide says here I was required to update to CM12.1 beforehand. The updates seem to have overwritten TWRP with Cyanogen Recovery, but whenever I try to flash TWRP back onto my device it always boots back to CM recovery when I boot recovery.
I have followed this guide to attempt to re-flash custom recovery and re-root my device but I seem to have hit a brick wall.
I used the following commands:
I have disabled CM recovery protection in developer options with no luck. I have also tried older versions of TWRP to no avail.
Can anyone advise me how to get around this problem? Any help is appreciated.
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A quick search would have uncovered a dozen or so threads detailing how to overcome this problem in the very q&a section that you've posted in. Then there's the FAQ thread that's stuck at the top:
http://forum.xda-developers.com/oneplus-one/help/faq-oneplus-one-frequently-questions-t2895136
Then there's my guide stuck in the general section:
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2839471

I have the same problem, unfortunately most of the suggested fixes in the Q/A sections and all the threads do not help me.
Here is a detailed explanation of what is going on:
http://forum.xda-developers.com/oneplus-one/help/installing-custom-recovery-cm12-1-5-1-1-t3232611
If I power down the phone, after flashing recovery, and boot it with power+volume it stays on the OPO logo, screen goes black and reboots again - and if I do not hold the volume button it boots into the normal OS. If i keep holding the volume button the OPO logo keeps appearing and it keeps going to black and reboots again and again.

Michiel0211 said:
I have the same problem, unfortunately most of the suggested fixes in the Q/A sections and all the threads do not help me.
Here is a detailed explanation of what is going on:
http://forum.xda-developers.com/oneplus-one/help/installing-custom-recovery-cm12-1-5-1-1-t3232611
If I power down the phone, after flashing recovery, and boot it with power+volume it stays on the OPO logo, screen goes black and reboots again - and if I do not hold the volume button it boots into the normal OS. If i keep holding the volume button the OPO logo keeps appearing and it keeps going to black and reboots again and again.
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Have you tried flashing a different version of TWRP or another recovery?

Heisenberg said:
Have you tried flashing a different version of TWRP or another recovery?
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Thank you for all your responses. I made a thread over on /r/cyanogenmod too and found a solution.
I run the following commands instead:
fastboot flash recovery twrp-2.7.6.0-bacon.img
fastboot boot twrp-2.7.6.0-bacon.img
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This booted into TWRP. Reboot prompted me to install SuperSU. Recovery now boots to TWRP. I'd link the thread but can't as a new user. Hopefully this method works for others too.

Heisenberg said:
Have you tried flashing a different version of TWRP or another recovery?
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jayalex said:
Thank you for all your responses. I made a thread over on /r/cyanogenmod too and found a solution.
I run the following commands instead:
This booted into TWRP. Reboot prompted me to install SuperSU. Recovery now boots to TWRP. I'd link the thread but can't as a new user. Hopefully this method works for others too.
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I have tried multiple versions of TWRP and different recoveries - all to no avail. I have no idea what I am doing wrong and I'm certainly not green at this!

Michiel0211 said:
I have tried multiple versions of TWRP and different recoveries - all to no avail. I have no idea what I am doing wrong and I'm certainly not green at this!
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Did you try using the fastboot boot command instead like I did above?

I'll give it a shot next time I get. Hope it works.

Michiel0211 said:
I'll give it a shot next time I get. Hope it works.
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Cool, let us know how it goes :good:

Michiel0211 said:
I have tried multiple versions of TWRP and different recoveries - all to no avail. I have no idea what I am doing wrong and I'm certainly not green at this!
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Try doing what the poster directly above you did.

I finally managed to get it working by downloading the latest version of TWRP (2.8.3.0) and (if it helped) using the command 'format cache'.
It doesnt stick, but atleast it works.