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[q] confused brick [gt-p3100]

Hey guys, thanks for reading this question. I own a samsung galaxy tab 2 (gt-p3100) with android 4.2.1. I rooted it and tried installing cm11. After flashing the rom via odin, the device wont boot up. When i turn it on, it just shows the samsung logo 2 times in a row, and then goes back to recovery. To turn the tab off, i have to drain the battery fully because when i press the power button it boots up again. I dont know whether this is a hard brick or softbrick. I CANNOT GO TO DOWNLOAD MODE. please help me. sorry for bad english
Thank you

balarishinoob said:
Hey guys, thanks for reading this question. I own a samsung galaxy tab 2 (gt-p3100) with android 4.2.1. I rooted it and tried installing cm11. After flashing the rom via odin, the device wont boot up. When i turn it on, it just shows the samsung logo 2 times in a row, and then goes back to recovery. To turn the tab off, i have to drain the battery fully because when i press the power button it boots up again. I dont know whether this is a hard brick or softbrick. I CANNOT GO TO DOWNLOAD MODE. please help me. sorry for bad english
Thank you
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this is softbrick, only problem with software.
Flash that ROM again,and follow the instruction.

Paget96 said:
this is softbrick, only problem with software.
Flash that ROM again,and follow the instruction.
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Please give me the instructions

balarishinoob said:
Please give me the instructions
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from where you download this rom??
give me a link

Paget96 said:
from where you download this rom??
give me a link
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http://download.cyanogenmod.org/?device=p3100
Sorry I dont remember which build i downloaded

balarishinoob said:
http://download.cyanogenmod.org/?device=p3100
Sorry I dont remember which build i downloaded
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wipe data, wipe cache, wipe dalvik cache
install zip
then repeat first step
and reboot

Paget96 said:
wipe data, wipe cache, wipe dalvik cache
install zip
then repeat first step
and reboot
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No Luck. When I install it, it says installation aborted!

balarishinoob said:
No Luck. When I install it, it says installation aborted!
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I think you format system...
If you format system it say Instalation aborted (status i think 6)
flash stock,and then root,and install cwm and flash cm.

I can't do that. I told that I can't get to download mode. So how can I flash ?

Problem solved. Luckily my tab had a micro SD card slot. I copied cm 10 and gapps and it works perfectly

[SOLVED] Hardware Brick flashing BootAnimation

Hello guys,
I´m using BlissPop with Metallized Kernel and after flash logo and move bootanimation and rbootanimation, my phone doesn´t boot. I can´t enter recovery or fasboot mode!!!! What can I do???, please help me.
I use bootanimation and logo from this post: http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2768755&page=3#post60766600
Thanks in advance.

Hello again guys,
After read and use this gide http://forum.xda-developers.com/oneplus-one/general/guide-unbrick-oneplus-one-t3013732 I finish with CM 11 (4.4.4) with TWRP 2.8.6.0.
I want to install CM 12S or BlissPop, preferably BlissPop but I can´t install any zip from TWRP, the flashing process always fail. Can anyone give me some advice? Or point me to a certain toolkit? I´m totally confussed right now... :S
Thanks in advance guys!!!

You need to provide more information. Exactly what error message are you getting when the zip install fails?
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Heisenberg said:
You need to provide more information. Exactly what error message are you getting when the zip install fails?
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Hello and thanks for your answer.
The error message that I get is "E: Error executing updater binary in zip....." the next to this message is the path where I have the Zip for the rom in my SD card. I´m totally disoriented and I don´t know how to proceed, I appreciate any more help. Thanks in advance!!!

Istvan_86 said:
Hello and thanks for your answer.
The error message that I get is "E: Error executing updater binary in zip....." the next to this message is the path where I have the Zip for the rom in my SD card. I´m totally disoriented and I don´t know how to proceed, I appreciate any more help. Thanks in advance!!!
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Ok. Are you checking the md5 after downloading the zip to ensure that it isn't corrupt? Are you wiping properly (system, data, cache, dalvik cache) before attempting the install? Since unbricking the phone have you flashed any firmware at all or is this your first attempt?

Heisenberg said:
Ok. Are you checking the md5 after downloading the zip to ensure that it isn't corrupt? Are you wiping properly (system, data, cache, dalvik cache) before attempting the install? Since unbricking the phone have you flashed any firmware at all or is this your first attempt?
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Hi again,
md5 checked, full wipe done and after unbrick phone I just flash CM12 nightly.
Also note that I flash BlissPop and Metallized Kernel and everything was ok until I decide to change the bootanmation, rbootanimation and logo. I try to flash the ROM with the zip that I use the first time and also try with a new downloaded zip.
Thanks and regards.

Istvan_86 said:
Hi again,
md5 checked, full wipe done and after unbrick phone I just flash CM12 nightly.
Also note that I flash BlissPop and Metallized Kernel and everything was ok until I decide to change the bootanmation, rbootanimation and logo. I try to flash the ROM with the zip that I use the first time and also try with a new downloaded zip.
Thanks and regards.
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Ok, that information probably would have been useful in your initial post. You're messing with things that can (and obviously do) cause major problems. Flash the stock images with fastboot, see section 8 of my guide here:
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2839471
After that you should be able to flash and boot a ROM again, just don't go screwing with the boot logo.

Heisenberg said:
Ok, that information probably would have been useful in your initial post. You're messing with things that can (and obviously do) cause major problems. Flash the stock images with fastboot, see section 8 of my guide here:
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2839471
After that you should be able to flash and boot a ROM again, just don't go screwing with the boot logo.
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Really thanks again, I´ll check carefully your post and post the results here. Thanks.
P.S.: I never touch any bootlogo or logo again.

Hello again Heisenberg,
I follow all the steps of section 8 of your guide and I´m on CM OS 5.0.2 and an update of 598,4 MB is downloading right now, the name is Cyanogen OS YNG1TAS17L, can I install it and then flash again my BlissPop?
Really thanks for all your help.
P.S.: Are you watching Better Call Saul? xD

Hello again,
All works like a charm and I´m on BlissPop again.
Really really thanks Heisenberg, cheers.

Istvan_86 said:
Hello again,
All works like a charm and I´m on BlissPop again.
Really really thanks Heisenberg, cheers.
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Excellent, glad to see you're up and running again.

unable to mount system on twrp recovery samsung core i8262

Hi all
I have rooted my phone and installed custom recovery ( twrp 2.7.1 )
Then i have backed up my data ,system,boot,cach......
And try to install any rom like cosmic rom,kitkat rom,lollipop rom or any rom or any system file like trying to deaodex my stock rom
I wipe cach and data and dalivd cach then tap install from sd card
Everything goes well but its finshed quickly and at the end it give me this
E:/unable to mount system
And its give me successful
But when i reboot system its still on samsung galaxy core i8262 screen
And nothing else
I went to recovery mode agine and a restore my backup and its work fine
Can any one help me please to slove this proplem
....... .

Try to format system also. Not only data/cache/dalvik!
Thank me, by hitting the Thanks Button!

AnDrOiiiD_YT said:
Try to format system also. Not only data/cache/dalvik!
Thank me, by hitting the Thanks Button!
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Thanks for help but it didn't work

Any help please

I don't understand what your problem is but tell me is your phone stuck in the Samsung Galaxy...... Screen forever?? Or are you still able to boot up your device?

Samuel2599 said:
I don't understand what your problem is but tell me is your phone stuck in the Samsung Galaxy...... Screen forever?? Or are you still able to boot up your device?
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No I can't boot up my phone ( stuck in Samsung Galaxy screen )

fergson said:
No I can't boot up my phone ( stuck in Samsung Galaxy screen )
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Means you're having exactly the same problem I had.I tried different ways and techniques to fix it but none worked.Then finally I fixed it by just flashing my device's stock firmware. But still there may be another simpler fix for your particular device so just try googling around the internet, mentioning your device and its problem, if nothing works then just flash it's stock firmware. But just in case you don't know how to, just take it to the nearest Samsung service centre and hopefully the guys there will flash its stock firmware. Just for your information, before I manually tried flashed the stock firmware, I also did take my device to a service centre first, but they found out it was rooted and they said they couldn't fix it and they said that the only way it was to replace its motherboard, which costs more than half the phone's total price. But when I took it home I finally decided to flash the firmware manually and thus, the device is up and running again.
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Hey man I think OS has been properly intalled in ur device....
Just flash it with stock firmware.....
I also faced it... believe me there is no need to hit the service centre fella....
Firstly just flash it with stock firmware and then let me know about it...
I have a lot of ways....lets see which one works on ur device...

Samuel2599 said:
Means you're having exactly the same problem I had.I tried different ways and techniques to fix it but none worked.Then finally I fixed it by just flashing my device's stock firmware. But still there may be another simpler fix for your particular device so just try googling around the internet, mentioning your device and its problem, if nothing works then just flash it's stock firmware. But just in case you don't know how to, just take it to the nearest Samsung service centre and hopefully the guys there will flash its stock firmware. Just for your information, before I manually tried flashed the stock firmware, I also did take my device to a service centre first, but they found out it was rooted and they said they couldn't fix it and they said that the only way it was to replace its motherboard, which costs more than half the phone's total price. But when I took it home I finally decided to flash the firmware manually and thus, the device is up and running again.
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irishdean2703 said:
Hey man I think OS has been properly intalled in ur device....
Just flash it with stock firmware.....
I also faced it... believe me there is no need to hit the service centre fella....
Firstly just flash it with stock firmware and then let me know about it...
I have a lot of ways....lets see which one works on ur device...
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I tried to flash stock firmware and pit file and it doesn't work
Thanks for replying

What it is exactly showed when u flashed stock

The same E/: unable to mount system

fergson said:
The same E/: unable to mount system
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install supersu again. It resolved to me.
In TWRP you have to do all wipes and reboot the recovery. The Recovery will say to you to install Root, click 'yes"

DBRITO86 said:
install supersu again. It resolved to me.
In TWRP you have to do all wipes and reboot the recovery. The Recovery will say to you to install Root, click 'yes"
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i tried to install MosterROM but after wiping caches, internal storage and flashed monster rom via external storage, it gave me same problem E: unable to mount system
and i followed ur solution but it didnt fix either should i have to do it on stock firmware ??

Chiranjeevi01 said:
i tried to install MosterROM but after wiping caches, internal storage and flashed monster rom via external storage, it gave me same problem E: unable to mount system
and i followed ur solution but it didnt fix either should i have to do it on stock firmware ??
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Go into TWRP and format system (Wipe -> Advanced Wipe -> unselect all -> select system -> wipe)

damn man this error is not going away tried formatting "/system" alone hundred times
how to solve this damn "unable to mount /system" error ? after i install (not installing though)a custom rom this error pops up saying above line
anybody experts ??
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DBRITO86 said:
install supersu again. It resolved to me.
In TWRP you have to do all wipes and reboot the recovery. The Recovery will say to you to install Root, click 'yes"
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i tried this step too but no luck ...

Exactly same problem i have.. plz help us
fergson said:
Hi all
I have rooted my phone and installed custom recovery ( twrp 2.7.1 )
Then i have backed up my data ,system,boot,cach......
And try to install any rom like cosmic rom,kitkat rom,lollipop rom or any rom or any system file like trying to deaodex my stock rom
I wipe cach and data and dalivd cach then tap install from sd card
Everything goes well but its finshed quickly and at the end it give me this
E:/unable to mount system
And its give me successful
But when i reboot system its still on samsung galaxy core i8262 screen
And nothing else
I went to recovery mode agine and a restore my backup and its work fine
Can any one help me please to slove this proplem
....... .
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plz help me... i also have the same problem unable to mount system so plz help so that i can install custom rom on my phone

karanshukla said:
plz help me... i also have the same problem unable to mount system so plz help so that i can install custom rom on my phone
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Just restore a backup

Samuel2599 said:
Just restore a backup
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I have restore backup. But I wanna use a custom rom not stock. So plz tell me the solution of unable to mount system. N thanx for reply

karanshukla said:
I have restore backup. But I wanna use a custom rom not stock. So plz tell me the solution of unable to mount system. N thanx for reply
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You'll have to flash stock firmware first via odin then flash a custom rom...unless your particular custom rom requires the /system partition to be formatted first, then you don't have to flash stock..hope this helps..

Samuel2599 said:
You'll have to flash stock firmware first via odin then flash a custom rom...unless your particular custom rom requires the /system partition to be formatted first, then you don't have to flash stock..hope this helps..
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How can I formate /system partition??

[HELP] can't open twrp recovery

Hi everyone,
I was trying to root my nexus 5 MOB30M
unlocked bootloader, install twrp(3.0.2) and selected read only and powered off my phone through twrp options.
Now when i try to get into recovery a dead android with red exclamation comes up. I have no clue what to do.
Should i flash the twrp image again?
or any solution? Please help me out. :crying:

You should just try to reflash twrp. If your phone is rooted, you can flash it through the twrp app and if its not you can try Wugfreshs Root Toolkit to reflash the recovery using your PC.
If that doesn't work then you could try flash a different recovery first (like cwm) and then reflash twrp. Also you should allow twrp to make modifications instead of leaving it read only.
Hope this helps & Good luck!
(Link to Wugfreshs Root Toolkit) -
http://www.wugfresh.com/nrt/

thank you for the reply. i haven't rooted yet. i was just about to copy the su binaries and this happened. well i will try installing twrp again.
thank you.

psychoarka said:
thank you for the reply. i haven't rooted yet. i was just about to copy the su binaries and this happened. well i will try installing twrp again.
thank you.
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No problem! Let me know if you have issues and I'll try help.

You need to boot into twrp right after flashing without rebooting; otherwise, stock recovery will overwrite twrp.

Thank you guys for the help.
My recovery partition was damaged, i re flashed twrp as @Rooted Droid suggested and i'm out of problems and my device is rooted. Thank you for all the help. You guys are great.

psychoarka said:
Thank you guys for the help.
My recovery partition was damaged, i re flashed twrp as @Rooted Droid suggested and i'm out of problems and my device is rooted. Thank you for all the help. You guys are great.
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Awesome, glad you got it fixed!

moto g3(xt1550) stuck in bootloader warning.

I manged to install superSU on my moto g 3rd gen (XT1550).It gave the error "superSU binaries not found"
So I installed superSU 2.65.Now my phone is stuck on bootloader warning.However I can still go to TWRP. Trouble is,installing the previous superSU is not helping either.
Please tell me what went wrong and how can I fix it.Its my first time so I apologise for any newbie mistake here.Thanks for help.

kanav11090 said:
I manged to install superSU on my moto g 3rd gen (XT1550).It gave the error "superSU binaries not found"
So I installed superSU 2.65.Now my phone is stuck on bootloader warning.However I can still go to TWRP. Trouble is,installing the previous superSU is not helping either.
Please tell me what went wrong and how can I fix it.Its my first time so I apologise for any newbie mistake here.Thanks for help.
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Not sure what you're saying, but once you unlock the bootloader you will get a long bootloader warning unless you flash a boot logo.
See step 4 in:
https://forum.xda-developers.com/20...gin-how-to-t3599251/post72111431#post72111431

KrisM22 said:
Not sure what you're saying, but once you unlock the bootloader you will get a long bootloader warning unless you flash a boot logo.
See step 4 in:
https://forum.xda-developers.com/20...gin-how-to-t3599251/post72111431#post72111431
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My phone is bootlooping as I tried to reinstall magisk 14.0 over the 14.5 in magisk manager app itself !! It is stuck on warning message !
Twrp is working hopefully ,
I tried to clear system, data , dalvik , cache but it still results in bootloop.
Pls help !

KrisM22 said:
Not sure what you're saying, but once you unlock the bootloader you will get a long bootloader warning unless you flash a boot logo.
See step 4 in:
https://forum.xda-developers.com/20...gin-how-to-t3599251/post72111431#post72111431
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The phone is stuck on bootloader warning.The step you mentioned points out how to remove the warning screen. My phone was stuck on it until its battery ran out. I have today installed superSU 2.62 beta and did what Tassusian did.While the phone now boots after the warning,it is stuck on the motorola logo screen.I'm waiting to see what it does next.Thanks for the reply though.It is good to see a helping hand.

kanav11090 said:
The phone is stuck on bootloader warning.The step you mentioned points out how to remove the warning screen. My phone was stuck on it until its battery ran out. I have today installed superSU 2.62 beta and did what Tassusian did.While the phone now boots after the warning,it is stuck on the motorola logo screen.I'm waiting to see what it does next.Thanks for the reply though.It is good to see a helping hand.
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Try to install a different rom ! Clean flash that ROM hopefully that will solve the bootloop issue !
(Clear the system while clean flashing ) and after booting the whole rom then instal root (superSU/magisk)zip file in twrp.

kanav11090 said:
The phone is stuck on bootloader warning.The step you mentioned points out how to remove the warning screen. My phone was stuck on it until its battery ran out. I have today installed superSU 2.62 beta and did what Tassusian did.While the phone now boots after the warning,it is stuck on the motorola logo screen.I'm waiting to see what it does next.Thanks for the reply though.It is good to see a helping hand.
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What are you installing SuperSU TO? Have you flashed a ROM? Flash a different ROM. Some repeat of above post @Mohammed Siamwala . Avoid majisk until you fix this.- I find it buggy sometimes.

I suspect I have corrupted my ROM somehow.
Installing superSU 2.62 Beta seems to boot it but it still gets stuck at the motorola logo screen.Which ROM should I use and how do I install it?Thanks for diagnosing the problem.:good:

Mohammed Siamwala said:
Try to install a different rom ! Clean flash that ROM hopefully that will solve the bootloop issue !
(Clear the system while clean flashing ) and after booting the whole rom then instal root (superSU/magisk)zip file in twrp.
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Will certainly try it tomorrow.Thanks for the tip.Any suggestions about which ROM I should use?

kanav11090 said:
Will certainly try it tomorrow.Thanks for the tip.Any suggestions about which ROM I should use?
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Try any stable nougat ROM like LOS 14.1 ! Avoid installing Oreo ROM as they're still in beta

Mohammed Siamwala said:
Try any stable nougat ROM like LOS 14.1 ! Avoid installing Oreo ROM as they're still in beta
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hi,
Sorry for getting back so late as I away with my family.I did as you said but the system is stuck at
'patching system image unconditionally....'
I browsed and found this link:
https://forum.xda-developers.com/oneplus-3t/help/twrp-stuck-patching-image-t3623593/page2
It says that sideloading the ROM worked.Will it work here? Thanks for being with me for this long time.

kanav11090 said:
hi,
Sorry for getting back so late as I away with my family.I did as you said but the system is stuck at
'patching system image unconditionally....'
I browsed and found this link:
https://forum.xda-developers.com/oneplus-3t/help/twrp-stuck-patching-image-t3623593/page2
It says that sideloading the ROM worked.Will it work here? Thanks for being with me for this long time.
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Which version of TWRP you're using ???
Make sure you're having latest !
And try flashing again

kanav11090 said:
hi,
Sorry for getting back so late as I away with my family.I did as you said but the system is stuck at
'patching system image unconditionally....'
I browsed and found this link:
https://forum.xda-developers.com/oneplus-3t/help/twrp-stuck-patching-image-t3623593/page2
It says that sideloading the ROM worked.Will it work here? Thanks for being with me for this long time.
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Sorry, I have no idea.

Mohammed Siamwala said:
Which version of TWRP you're using ???
Make sure you're having latest !
And try flashing again
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I'm using twrp 3.2.0. Which one should I use?

KrisM22 said:
Sorry, I have no idea.
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Will my phone get hard-bricked if i do it unsuccesfully? I'm new so I don't have much knowldege about this.Thanks.

kanav11090 said:
I'm using twrp 3.2.0. Which one should I use?
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3.2.1
Make sure:
wipe/advanced/check: dalvik/art, system, data, cache - all 4, but NOT internal storage or SDcard
click the thing that says not to install the TWRP app when rebooting
take a screenshot of error (same way as in ROM) and post it.
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kanav11090 said:
Will my phone get hard-bricked if i do it unsuccesfully? I'm new so I don't have much knowldege about this.Thanks.
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It's possible. I do not know.

no success.Is there a chance that the zip file is corrupted?Thanks for help.

kanav11090 said:
no success.Is there a chance that the zip file is corrupted?Thanks for help.
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https://forum.xda-developers.com/2015-moto-g/help/problems-flashing-oreo-8-x-check-t3726839

KrisM22 said:
https://forum.xda-developers.com/2015-moto-g/help/problems-flashing-oreo-8-x-check-t3726839
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Did as you said,still stuck at 'patching system unconditionally'. Any other OS ROMs that I can try using with TWRP 3.2.1? Thanks for the article though.It threw light on many other new things.

kanav11090 said:
Did as you said,still stuck at 'patching system unconditionally'. Any other OS ROMs that I can try using with TWRP 3.2.1? Thanks for the article though.It threw light on many other new things.
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Thanks for the help mate.I finally managed to get the stock ROM and shifted to it.Now my phone is faster than ever because of minimal gapps and other useless stuff being thrown out.Thanks for your help once more.