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[Q&A] **TWRP** custom recovery for IDOL3 6045

Q&A for **TWRP** custom recovery for IDOL3 6045
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stuck on twrp bootloop
stuck on twrp boot loop. any suggestions? i followed instructions as posted, but when rebooted into twrp and tried to reboot system, i keep going back to twrp. thanks

Heyy
I have the same problem,, although i did a backup and then a deleted everything cause it was looping,,, how do i fix everything to the original condition,, i won't be doing this again,, my model is an i version.. Although mine is not booting into twrp ,, just the original..

Restoring my backup does not work

I tryed everything,, i know not to do this anymore I think it's broke forever.

If you can get into twrp it can most likely be fixed.
Download the system image and try to install it. May need to put it on sdcard or USB otg.
This is all Alcatel's fault for not releasing anything when we kindly asked...

Where is the system image?
neilownz said:
If you can get into twrp it can most likely be fixed.
Download the system image and try to install it. May need to put it on sdcard or USB otg.
This is all Alcatel's fault for not releasing anything when we kindly asked...
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im in tears (

I believe there's a link in the thread about ota updates after rooting.
http://forum.xda-developers.com/idol-3/general/want-to-able-to-install-ota-updates-t3163745

Yeah that what i was following and made a backup.. and now my crap is all screwed
I updated another backup from someone but it doesn't notice it,, same model and everything... sighhh
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TrevBlu19 said:
Yeah that what i was following and made a backup.. and now my crap is all screwed
I updated another backup from someone but it doesn't notice it,, same model and everything... sighhh
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Trying to make the other guys restore show up.... with my other phone and swapping.. trying to change timestamps...

TrevBlu19 said:
Yeah that what i was following and made a backup.. and now my crap is all screwed
I updated another backup from someone but it doesn't notice it,, same model and everything... sighhh
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Trying to make the other guys restore show up.... with my other phone and swapping.. trying to change timestamps...
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Tell us which backup you used and exactly what the path is to where you put it on the phone. Is it in TWRP/BACKUPS? If so, give us the rest of the path. If TWRP's Restore menu is not showing the backup you put on the phone, it's probably (assuming it's there and in the right place) because the folder name that starts with "4" isn't the right one or because it's in the wrong place. If you haven't already done this, from TWRP, make a system image backup. You probably won't use it, but it'll create the directory in which you can put the backup from XDA. It'll have a name that your installation of TWRP can recognize. Then, you can put that unrecognized backup there and it should be seen.

I can't even get into TWRP mode now it reboots too fast now..
maigre said:
Tell us which backup you used and exactly what the path is to where you put it on the phone. Is it in TWRP/BACKUPS? If so, give us the rest of the path. If TWRP's Restore menu is not showing the backup you put on the phone, it's probably (assuming it's there and in the right place) because the folder name that starts with "4" isn't the right one or because it's in the wrong place. If you haven't already done this, from TWRP, make a system image backup. You probably won't use it, but it'll create the directory in which you can put the backup from XDA. It'll have a name that your installation of TWRP can recognize. Then, you can put that unrecognized backup there and it should be seen.
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You mean it's looping every few seconds? What happens, exactly? Do you get the black logo screen briefly, then it all goes black and comes back again?
Maybe it's worth copying a command like
Code:
adb reboot-bootloader
or, maybe better,
Code:
fastboot reboot bootloader
so that you have it in your clipboard. Then, keep entering them into the command line. You're bound to time it right at some point, at least if it can possibly be done in the state your device is in. You might have to do:
Code:
fastboot -i 0x1bbb reboot-bootloader
If you can get into the bootloader, you should be able to get booted into TWRP from there. Keep in mind that when you do get booted into the bootloader, it won't look like anything distinct. It's just that same black logo screen you see every time you boot up (or loop, probably).

I soft-bricked my 6045i after editing the build.prop and didn't have a backup like a fool. I cannot get the phone to boot at all, stuck on the Alcatel Onetouch boot logo and can't go any further. I have tried to create an update.zip to be able to flash the build.prop thru stock recovery but so far no luck. Each time it would give me an error saying invalid footer, I tried editing the updater-script to match the device but still the error remains and I cannot sideload the update.zip.
Would it be possible for someone to upload a signed update.zip for the 6045i model with only the build.prop for use with adb sideload in stock recovery?

datkevjames said:
I soft-bricked my 6045i after editing the build.prop and didn't have a backup like a fool. I cannot get the phone to boot at all, stuck on the Alcatel Onetouch boot logo and can't go any further. I have tried to create an update.zip to be able to flash the build.prop thru stock recovery but so far no luck. Each time it would give me an error saying invalid footer, I tried editing the updater-script to match the device but still the error remains and I cannot sideload the update.zip.
Would it be possible for someone to upload a signed update.zip for the 6045i model with only the build.prop for use with adb sideload in stock recovery?
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Flash a stock system rom image from here: http://forum.xda-developers.com/idol-3/general/want-to-able-to-install-ota-updates-t3163745/
Important points: A corrupted build.prop should still mean you have adb access to your phone even though it won't finish booting...you can do an "adb reboot bootloader" then fastboot boot twrp and flash one of the stock recoveries.
How do I know this so well? I soft bricked mine for a day by editing the build.prop before TWRP was available.
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maigre said:
You mean it's looping every few seconds? What happens, exactly? Do you get the black logo screen briefly, then it all goes black and comes back again?
Maybe it's worth copying a command like
Code:
adb reboot-bootloader
or, maybe better,
Code:
fastboot reboot bootloader
so that you have it in your clipboard. Then, keep entering them into the command line. You're bound to time it right at some point, at least if it can possibly be done in the state your device is in. You might have to do:
Code:
fastboot -i 0x1bbb reboot-bootloader
If you can get into the bootloader, you should be able to get booted into TWRP from there. Keep in mind that when you do get booted into the bootloader, it won't look like anything distinct. It's just that same black logo screen you see every time you boot up (or loop, probably).
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If you can execute fastboot commands, your already in bootloader.

famewolf said:
Flash a stock system rom image from here: http://forum.xda-developers.com/idol-3/general/want-to-able-to-install-ota-updates-t3163745/
Important points: A corrupted build.prop should still mean you have adb access to your phone even though it won't finish booting...you can do an "adb reboot bootloader" then fastboot boot twrp and flash one of the stock recoveries.
How do I know this so well? I soft bricked mine for a day by editing the build.prop before TWRP was available.
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If you can execute fastboot commands, your already in bootloader.
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Believe me I've already tried. For whatever reason I cannot boot to fastboot, no matter what I try. I go into stock recovery and choose update from adb, when this happens adb gets enabled supposedly. Well when I try doing 'adb reboot-bootloader' it gives me: error: closed, no matter what I do. I've even added the 0x1bbb and same thing. When I try doing fastboot commands it just gives me <waiting for device> and nothing happens.
I either need to flash an update.zip with build.prop or somehow flash an entire image uploaded to the other thread which I'm well aware of.
PS: I've tried all different sorts of adb/fastboot executables as well as multiple adb drivers (Samsung, Motorola, Google etc) even the Alcatel ones provided with their Mobile Upgrade Q app which install more of the phone than any other drivers, I've noticed.
PPS: A handful of times I was able to get a tiny bit further in stock recovery adb sideload mode, of course it was an error: 'you must use adb 1.0.32 to be able to sideload' blah blah and I made sure I was using that version.
PPPS: Is there a 3rd party app I can use to flash the image like odin or rsd lite? I cannot for the life of me get to fastboot to flash the image. Adb devices detects the phone but beyond this I can't do squat.
PPPPS: Phone is rooted and bootloader unlocked. USB debugging enabled iirc although this may be the reason for all the 'error: closed' issues.
Please someone upload a signed flashable zip with build.prop in it for 6045i (USA) model. I love this phone more than my Moto X 2014 (XT1097), that's saying something considering the Moto has more power and smoothness to it.

twrp bootloop
im able to boot into bootloader and also able to get into twrp, but cant fully reboot. i have 6045i and if anybody has any solution to this, i would greatly appreciate it.

datkevjames said:
Believe me I've already tried. For whatever reason I cannot boot to fastboot, no matter what I try. I go into stock recovery and choose update from adb, when this happens adb gets enabled supposedly. Well when I try doing 'adb reboot-bootloader' it gives me: error: closed, no matter what I do. I've even added the 0x1bbb and same thing. When I try doing fastboot commands it just gives me <waiting for device> and nothing happens.
I either need to flash an update.zip with build.prop or somehow flash an entire image uploaded to the other thread which I'm well aware of.
PS: I've tried all different sorts of adb/fastboot executables as well as multiple adb drivers (Samsung, Motorola, Google etc) even the Alcatel ones provided with their Mobile Upgrade Q app which install more of the phone than any other drivers, I've noticed.
PPS: A handful of times I was able to get a tiny bit further in stock recovery adb sideload mode, of course it was an error: 'you must use adb 1.0.32 to be able to sideload' blah blah and I made sure I was using that version.
PPPS: Is there a 3rd party app I can use to flash the image like odin or rsd lite? I cannot for the life of me get to fastboot to flash the image. Adb devices detects the phone but beyond this I can't do squat.
PPPPS: Phone is rooted and bootloader unlocked. USB debugging enabled iirc although this may be the reason for all the 'error: closed' issues.
Please someone upload a signed flashable zip with build.prop in it for 6045i (USA) model. I love this phone more than my Moto X 2014 (XT1097), that's saying something considering the Moto has more power and smoothness to it.
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There are no install-script and install-binary example files to use to build a signed update.zip because there are no rom's available....maybe someone could build something using the spanish rom just posted but I don't read spanish and they seem to have built it for a 6045Y which isn't gonna help 6045i or 6045K users. If you were running twrp it wouldn't be an issue as twrp allows adb access....stock recovery doesn't..it also doesn't support rebooting to bootloader....if your bootup was "freezing" as a normal build.prop issue would then you should STILL be able to do an "adb reboot bootloader" or an "adb shell" and look around.

datkevjames said:
Believe me I've already tried. For whatever reason I cannot boot to fastboot, no matter what I try. I go into stock recovery and choose update from adb, when this happens adb gets enabled supposedly. Well when I try doing 'adb reboot-bootloader' it gives me: error: closed, no matter what I do. I've even added the 0x1bbb and same thing. When I try doing fastboot commands it just gives me <waiting for device> and nothing happens.
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Try this:
-turn off your phone
-run command line in direcotry where is fastboot and adb.exe
-connect phone to the pc and turn the phone on
-when the phone is booting you will hear a sound that new device is detected from your pc
-in this point type "adb reboo bootloader"
-the phone should reboot to initial screen and stays there
-now you are in bootloader mode and you can flash twrp recovery
-in twrp recovery you can run file manager and copy and delete files, so you can replace the bad build.prop with your backup (you surely have)
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faresbreech said:
im able to boot into bootloader and also able to get into twrp, but cant fully reboot. i have 6045i and if anybody has any solution to this, i would greatly appreciate it.
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if you have a problem then:
1- you have to tell what did you do before it happen.
anyway if you can go to TWRP, you can download system Image backup from @famewolf thread HERE, copy it to your sd card and then proceed with restore menu from TWRP. And just check the "system" .

First I rooted phone, then verified through root checker that I was truly rooted. After that I proceeded to flash twrp. Once twrp was flashed, I went to recovery to make a full backup. There I first chose read only and then backed up, but realized that I was limited on performing different actions so I reflashed twrp and this time I chose for twrp to fully work and again preformed another backup. It was when I rebooted system after the second backup when I started looping back to twrp.
I was wondering if maybe there is a terminal command I can execute through twrp to fix this like the LG G2 has. I had a problem like this before on my G2 but after executing the terminal command it would get fixed. Thanks
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DallasCZ said:
Try this:
-turn off your phone
-run command line in direcotry where is fastboot and adb.exe
-connect phone to the pc and turn the phone on
-when the phone is booting you will hear a sound that new device is detected from your pc
-in this point type "adb reboo bootloader"
-the phone should reboot to initial screen and stays there
-now you are in bootloader mode and you can flash twrp recovery
-in twrp recovery you can run file manager and copy and delete files, so you can replace the bad build.prop with your backup (you surely have)
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I tried spamming 'adb reboot-bootloader' as fast as possible, but apparently I didn't authorize my computer. ADB gives me this: error: device unauthorized. Please check the confirmation dialog on your device. ffs. Now what? I do appreciate all help. I am savvy enough to try to solve this on my own but any helpful advice would be awesome.

[Resolved] One Plus 3 OxygenOs 3.2.2 Installation failed

Hi, I have been using One plus 3 for a week now. Today I received new update 3.2.2 After downloading it, started the update. However after some time, the installation window is saying "Installation failed" with only reboot option given. I am really confused right now. Note : This phone is Chinese variant and was given OxygenOS while purchasing. Any help regarding this would be much appreciated.

farhan37 said:
Hi, I have been using One plus 3 for a week now. Today I received new update 3.2.2 After downloading it, started the update. However after some time, the installation window is saying "Installation failed" with only reboot option given. I am really confused right now. Note : This phone is Chinese variant and was given OxygenOS while purchasing. Any help regarding this would be much appreciated.
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Same issue. i thought it may be a security with my unlocked bootloader so i reflashed stock recovery and relocked the bootloader. Still failed.
Trying adb sideload now. Will let you know if it works
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mayerlench said:
Same issue. i thought it may be a security with my unlocked bootloader so i reflashed stock recovery and relocked the bootloader. Still failed.
Trying adb sideload now. Will let you know if it works
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Success!! Adb sideload the full oxygenos 3.2.2 full rom(1.3gb) and youll be up and running.
Let me know if you need help.

mayerlench said:
Same issue. i thought it may be a security with my unlocked bootloader so i reflashed stock recovery and relocked the bootloader. Still failed.
Trying adb sideload now. Will let you know if it works
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Success!! Adb sideload the full oxygenos 3.2.2 full rom(1.3gb) and youll be up and running.
Let me know if you need help.
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Thats great ! However, I am newbie to these things ! Could you please suggest a step by step guide for the procedure ? Thanks a lot in advance.

farhan37 said:
Thats great ! However, I am newbie to these things ! Could you please suggest a step by step guide for the procedure ? Thanks a lot in advance.
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First you need adb on your computer.
1. Download the ADB For Windows from here :- https://drive.google.com/open?id=0B0...VB1elljU2NPR0k
2. Run the .exe file downloaded from above as Administrator.
3. Press 'Y' every time the installer asks.
4. Continue Driver Installation.
Now,ADB and Fastboot have been installed on your PC. Great
1. Now, go to settings>aboutphone>click buildnumber 10 times to activate developer options.
2. Settings>developer options>enable usb debugging
3. Dowbload the update to your pc fron here: https://mega.nz/#!o4EhnCDZ!lG3IrVdAc6ceIbSLQRRvOzZrzGhL-DObCg0oBtncgDc
4. Connect phone to pc. and boot phone into recovery by powering down phone and booting back up while holding volume down and power button. Using volume buttons navigate to recovery. Use power button as select.
Now go to advanced and click the adb option while in recovery mode.
5. Open command prompt on your pc. Type "adb sideload (Update file zip)".
Type without the quotes and the update zip file is the big file you downloaded, just drag and drop it onto the command prompt window without the parentheses obviously.
Hopefully this helps
let me know if you need more help

How do I root my MT7-L09 B571 on Arch Linux

Hallo there,
at first sorry for the nearly 10th post about this topic, but as you can see I'm in a different position than the most of you. I'm on Arch Linux here and I don't rly want to root my phone with a windows box.
I got adb and fastboot installed, but I can't find a general guide how to flash recovery and root with them, because there are always these click-click-shiny-shiny gui .exes for windows, which take some tasks.
I did root my Droid 3, but this was years ago, and I did never get into this stuff so deep it would help me now. I am a lil exhausted from the day, and don't rly want to puzzle my way through the google search results, which as described above lead to a .exe with a gui at some point.
Anyone here, who knows the basics and is willing to give me a hand here?
As I said I'm a Linux aka a terminal user so you don't need to be soft on this, I just need it compact but complete.
Thanks in advance
p.s. What I think will be relevant at some point, based on the search results so far:
http://forum.xda-developers.com/mat...overy-twrp-2-8-7-0-mate7-android-5-1-t3156779
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showpost.php?p=66546853&postcount=53

Flash recovery image in fastboot (terminal)?
Be need I have an .img of twrp somewhere but should be on forum.
You could also consider using a VM for the .exe.

Mother_Teresa said:
Flash recovery image in fastboot (terminal)?
Be need I have an .img of twrp somewhere but should be on forum.
You could also consider using a VM for the .exe.
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aka I just follow this guide and change the mobopx part to this:
Code:
fastboot flash recovery twrp_3.0.2_mate7_6.0.img
as stated in the the download entry I linked above?
And there is another question. The part after
NOW LETS GET XPOSED AND LUCKY PATCHER WORKING
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is not necessary if I use a different launcher than EMUI, or is it?
EDIT: A VM is not an option, would be the same for me than using a physical windows box.

quote: aka I just follow this guide and change the mobopx part to this:
Code:
fastboot flash recovery twrp_3.0.2_mate7_6.0.img
as stated in the the download entry I linked above?
sounds good to me, so now it is twrp and not cwm?
And there is another question. The part after "NOW LETS GET XPOSED AND LUCKY PATCHER WORKING" is not necessary if I use a different launcher than EMUI, or is it?
it allows customizing advanced settings and is implemented in boot. not necessary
EDIT: A VM is not an option, would be the same for me than using a physical windows box.
if you have recovery etc just flash supersu for root

Okay, good was just checking, if it's the way I puzzled it together. Don't want to wipe me phone.
Mother_Teresa said:
sounds good to me, so now it is twrp and not cwm?
if you have recovery etc just flash supersu for root
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What's the difference between twrp and cwm?
Mother_Teresa said:
it allows customizing advanced settings and is implemented in boot. not necessary
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Okay, nice.
Mother_Teresa said:
if you have recovery etc just flash supersu for root
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Just like in the guide i guess. Thx.

This is the tldr:
I have rooted my Mate 7 now like this:
1. got my unlockcode here
2. installed the recovery
Code:
adb reboot bootloader
fastboot oem unlock (insert code)
fastboot flash recovery twrp_3.0.2_mate7_6.0.img
fastboot reboot
3. moved supersu to my sd card
4. booted into recovery (by shutdown and power on with power+volUP+volDOWN pressed)
5. backup system (just for safety)
6. install -> chose supersu.zip
DONE
EDIT: HOW DO I MARK THIS AS SOLVED?

pepper-jk said:
This is the tldr:
I have rooted my Mate 7 now like this:
1. got my unlockcode here
2. installed the recovery
Code:
adb reboot bootloader
fastboot oem unlock (insert code)
fastboot flash recovery twrp_3.0.2_mate7_6.0.img
fastboot reboot
3. moved supersu to my sd card
4. booted into recovery (by shutdown and power on with power+volUP+volDOWN pressed)
5. backup system (just for safety)
6. install -> chose supersu.zip
DONE
EDIT: HOW DO I MARK THIS AS SOLVED?
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Yay well done and also on posting the solution. I reread what I typed and couldn't make sense to why I mentioned cwm and twrp (same stuff, diff developers or so) so maybe I mixed up bits of another topic

Easy Flash to Nougat Tutorial (Unlocked Retail Devices)

Easy Flash to Nougat Tutorial (Unlocked Retail Devices)
Prerequisites:
Download RSD lite XML to Batch Script from https://www.androidfilehost.com/?fid=24651430732235266
Download ROGERS_MPL24.246-45 from https://mega.nz/#!nssGEDiT!hhLkcTM106hmqbH_fiWfAytEV-fgdlYOhUwpcd_sGJY
Download Nougat firmware from https://mega.nz/#!608HGYqB!kKTc1196PhimDtVte6OdCWF6aXSWGSNLToEkvUePymE
Steps:
Unpack RSDLite XML to Batch Script to a folder on your computer
Unpack Rogers 24.246-45 firmware to the SAME folder
Run 2-rsd-flash-flashfile-windows.bat
Batch File #2 will convert the flashfile.xml file (included in Rogers zip) to a Batch file
Run flashfile.bat which will flash the Rogers firmware to your device (WILL WIPE EVERYTHING EXCEPT MICRO SD CARD)
Wait till its done!
Your device should now have Rogers 24.246-45 Firmware.
From the Bootloader, select Recovery Mode.
If you see No Command don't panic! That's normal. Press the power button for a couple seconds and press volume up or down (not sure if you need volume buttons but I always do anyway)
Once it displays on screen, Select ADB Sideload
From an adb capable command prompt, enter ADB Sideload <name and location of Nougat.zip> (minus the <> obviously)
This will take time. Leave it alone!
Once complete, simply reboot from recovery and let the device start like normal.
TROUBLESHOOTING:
If ADB Sideload gives you a Can't Read error, try these steps:
1. Download Large Address Awareness from here https://www.techpowerup.com/forums/threads/large-address-aware.112556/
2. Download ADB from here http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2588979
3. Start Task Manager and kill adb.exe if its running
4. Load the adb.exe file from Large Address Awareness and check the flag button
5. Continue on with adb sideload
I've tested this process multiple times today and it should work well. Let me know if you have any trouble!
I want to mention I have had NO success backing up with TWRP and restoring after this. Something changed with Nougat and any modification to System causes a soft brick (it did for me anyway). Do not attempt to flash system mode TWRP or flash the TurboZ kernel. They don't work and they will cause a boot loop.
UPDATE:
This method might not be for everyone, and if you're not interested in sticking with stock 7.0 and potentially want to roll around to other ROMs you should follow this guide instead; http://forum.xda-developers.com/moto-z/development/android-nougat-moto-z-versions-t3506342

Great thank you! Question:
Will all the radio bands (T-MOBILE) still work as normal?
Have you try this out with Google Day Dream VR yet?
I had the note 7 and the Galaxy VR., Kinda of miss that.

dallas90733 said:
Great thank you! Question:
Will all the radio bands (T-MOBILE) still work as normal?
Have you try this out with Google Day Dream VR yet?
I had the note 7 and the Galaxy VR., Kinda of miss that.
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Daydream works from what I can tell. Also I'm on att so I haven't checked T-Mobile bands but im assuming they work fine. I know there's an app to check which bands your device supports. I'll try downloading it and let you know

So I get to the point to sideload the nougat update and it always says "can't read..." I've done factory resets and everything else I could think of, still no go for me.

Prfndhatrdofman said:
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I want to mention I have had NO success backing up with TWRP and restoring after this. Something changed with Nougat and any modification to System causes a soft brick (it did for me anyway). Do not attempt to flash system mode TWRP or flash the TurboZ kernel. They don't work and they will cause a boot loop.
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So... are you of the opinion that recovering a Nougat boot+system TWRP backup on a MM phone would cause a soft brick too?
What type of soft brick do you faced exactly?

Prfndhatrdofman said:
Easy Flash to Nougat Tutorial (Unlocked Retail Devices)
Prerequisites:
Download RSD lite XML to Batch Script from https://www.androidfilehost.com/?fid=24651430732235266
Download ROGERS_MPL24.246-45 from https://mega.nz/#!nssGEDiT!hhLkcTM106hmqbH_fiWfAytEV-fgdlYOhUwpcd_sGJY
Download Nougat firmware from https://mega.nz/#!608HGYqB!kKTc1196PhimDtVte6OdCWF6aXSWGSNLToEkvUePymE
Steps:
Unpack RSDLite XML to Batch Script to a folder on your computer
Unpack Rogers 24.246-45 firmware to the SAME folder
Run 2-rsd-flash-flashfile-windows.bat
Batch File #2 will convert the flashfile.xml file (included in Rogers zip) to a Batch file
Run flashfile.bat which will flash the Rogers firmware to your device (WILL WIPE EVERYTHING EXCEPT MICRO SD CARD)
Wait till its done!
Your device should now have Rogers 24.246-45 Firmware.
From the Bootloader, select Recovery Mode.
If you see No Command don't panic! That's normal. Press the power button for a couple seconds and press volume up or down (not sure if you need volume buttons but I always do anyway)
Once it displays on screen, Select ADB Sideload
From an adb capable command prompt, enter ADB Sideload <name and location of Nougat.zip> (minus the <> obviously)
This will take time. Leave it alone!
Once complete, simply reboot from recovery and let the device start like normal.
I've tested this process multiple times today and it should work well. Let me know if you have any trouble!
I want to mention I have had NO success backing up with TWRP and restoring after this. Something changed with Nougat and any modification to System causes a soft brick (it did for me anyway). Do not attempt to flash system mode TWRP or flash the TurboZ kernel. They don't work and they will cause a boot loop.
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I did up until this
From the Bootloader, select Recovery Mode.
If you see No Command don't panic! That's normal. Press the power button for a couple seconds and press volume up or down (not sure if you need volume buttons but I always do anyway)
Once it displays on screen, Select ADB Sideload
From an adb capable command prompt, enter ADB Sideload <name and location of Nougat.zip> (minus the <> obviously)
But when I boot up i have no wifi and I am unable to get the no command to go away to select sideload any ideas?

pieman13 said:
So I get to the point to sideload the nougat update and it always says "can't read..." I've done factory resets and everything else I could think of, still no go for me.
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Same here, did you find a fix? Tried re-downloading Blur_Version.24.21.46.griffin.retail.en.US.zip and got the same error...

pixelens said:
Same here, did you find a fix? Tried re-downloading Blur_Version.24.21.46.griffin.retail.en.US.zip and got the same error...
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This happened to me as well. I think it came down to being an ADB Driver issue for me. I reinstalled a different set of ADB drivers and it had no issue after that.

enetec said:
So... are you of the opinion that recovering a Nougat boot+system TWRP backup on a MM phone would cause a soft brick too?
What type of soft brick do you faced exactly?
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Didn't work for me. As soon as the system partition was mounted R/W My device would boot loop. Could be a symptom of something else but im not sure.

Prfndhatrdofman said:
This happened to me as well. I think it came down to being an ADB Driver issue for me. I reinstalled a different set of ADB drivers and it had no issue after that.
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Interesting... I'm using the adb drivers from Android Studio.
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Tried using the ADB drivers from Minimal ADB and Fastboot, same result. Oh well.

pixelens said:
Interesting... I'm using the adb drivers from Android Studio.
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Tried using the ADB drivers from Minimal ADB and Fastboot, same result. Oh well.
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Yeah i struggled for about 3 hours trying to get sideload to work. I dunno why but after i completely deleted the driver, rebooted, reinstalled from ADB it finally worked. Its definitely not your device or the image its just ADB being a pain in the ass. I even tried multiple versions of ADB. One guy just tried on a different computer and it worked. I dunno why

Prfndhatrdofman said:
Yeah i struggled for about 3 hours trying to get sideload to work. I dunno why but after i completely deleted the driver, rebooted, reinstalled from ADB it finally worked. Its definitely not your device or the image its just ADB being a pain in the ass. I even tried multiple versions of ADB. One guy just tried on a different computer and it worked. I dunno why
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Yah, I've had similar experiences in the past - been ages since I've done this though (Samsung Galaxy SII Skyrocket days) so just wanted to make sure I wasn't missing something.
Quick question though, title says "unlocked retail devices" - does that mean the bootloader has to be unlocked? Or will this work with a locked bootloader? Cheers.

pixelens said:
Yah, I've had similar experiences in the past - been ages since I've done this though (Samsung Galaxy SII Skyrocket days) so just wanted to make sure I wasn't missing something.
Quick question though, title says "unlocked retail devices" - does that mean the bootloader has to be unlocked? Or will this work with a locked bootloader? Cheers.
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I specifically meant network unlocked. Really just any device purchased directly from Motorola.
But yeah i think you might need to have an unlocked bootloader as well.

pixelens said:
Same here, did you find a fix? Tried re-downloading Blur_Version.24.21.46.griffin.retail.en.US.zip and got the same error...
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Fix was I went back to my pixel and sold the Z.

Mine has unlocked bootloader. Unlocked thru Motorola's website since the first hour I got it

Got the Nougat update to sideload (yay!) - tried a different computer that had no adb drivers installed, used the ones from Minimal ADB and Fastboot and they worked no problem.
Is it possible to lock the bootloader after the Nougat update? I tried and received "(bootloader) still require signed boot.img" message.

pixelens said:
Got the Nougat update to sideload (yay!) - tried a different computer that had no adb drivers installed, used the ones from Minimal ADB and Fastboot and they worked no problem.
Is it possible to lock the bootloader after the Nougat update? I tried and received "(bootloader) still require signed boot.img" message.
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Dunno. I get the same error.

Thank you for this guide!

Prfndhatrdofman said:
Easy Flash to Nougat Tutorial (Unlocked Retail Devices)
Prerequisites:
Download RSD lite XML to Batch Script from https://www.androidfilehost.com/?fid=24651430732235266
Download ROGERS_MPL24.246-45 from https://mega.nz/#!nssGEDiT!hhLkcTM106hmqbH_fiWfAytEV-fgdlYOhUwpcd_sGJY
Download Nougat firmware from https://mega.nz/#!608HGYqB!kKTc1196PhimDtVte6OdCWF6aXSWGSNLToEkvUePymE
Steps:
Unpack RSDLite XML to Batch Script to a folder on your computer
Unpack Rogers 24.246-45 firmware to the SAME folder
Run 2-rsd-flash-flashfile-windows.bat
Batch File #2 will convert the flashfile.xml file (included in Rogers zip) to a Batch file
Run flashfile.bat which will flash the Rogers firmware to your device (WILL WIPE EVERYTHING EXCEPT MICRO SD CARD)
Wait till its done!
Your device should now have Rogers 24.246-45 Firmware.
From the Bootloader, select Recovery Mode.
If you see No Command don't panic! That's normal. Press the power button for a couple seconds and press volume up or down (not sure if you need volume buttons but I always do anyway)
Once it displays on screen, Select ADB Sideload
From an adb capable command prompt, enter ADB Sideload <name and location of Nougat.zip> (minus the <> obviously)
This will take time. Leave it alone!
Once complete, simply reboot from recovery and let the device start like normal.
I've tested this process multiple times today and it should work well. Let me know if you have any trouble!
I want to mention I have had NO success backing up with TWRP and restoring after this. Something changed with Nougat and any modification to System causes a soft brick (it did for me anyway). Do not attempt to flash system mode TWRP or flash the TurboZ kernel. They don't work and they will cause a boot loop.
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Hello
I flashed the rogers 45 firmware, but when I go to recovery mode I can't get the ADB menu to appear. I've held power and down, power and up, nothing, etc. Am I missing something? I did the rogers install, then went to homescreen, then powered off.
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after restarting my phone like 10 times in 5 minutes (rest in peace...) I finally figured it out. Now my issue is that I can't seem to get the sideload to work. I am going to try uninstalling android studio and start again. Did you guys figure out why it says * cannot read ' blur.....' * ?

I found how to fix the adb problem about being unable to read from another thread on XDA
1. Download Large Address Awareness from here https://www.techpowerup.com/forums/threads/large-address-aware.112556/
2. Download ADB from here http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2588979
3. Start Task Manager and kill adb.exe if its running
4. Load the adb.exe file from Large Address Awareess and check the flag button
5. Continue on with adb sideload
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Porcelainfog said:
Hello
I flashed the rogers 45 firmware, but when I go to recovery mode I can't get the ADB menu to appear. I've held power and down, power and up, nothing, etc. Am I missing something? I did the rogers install, then went to homescreen, then powered off.
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Do you see the "No command" picture after choosing Recover Mode? Once you get to that, I hold down power and tap volume up and down again and again

[SOLVED] Asking Experts for Solving Bootloop Nokia 8

So, I want to say that my Nokia 8 TA-1004 is having Bootloop. This happens very occasionally and randomly. It just attacks unexpected. I can't see what is the problem or what's the source of it. Thankfully, I have the logcat file. However, I do not understand what was the main cause. So please, I am asking the experts in here to help me identify the source of this error.
The Bootloop just boot like 4-5 times and then stopped Bootloop or sometimes just go straight to DOWNLOAD MODE and I had to restart manually. After that, i was able to gointo system like exploring like usual, and then it happens again. Sometimes not opening the app also happens. Repeat until you gets the nerve.
The phones status is rooted with magisk and unlocked bootloader but no twrp yet. Also, I am at 4.88B SP01 June,01 patch. If you are telling me that the root is the cause, then it is unlikely since it has been weeks since I had it rooted but the problem just came these recently.
Once again, I ask for the help of forumers here. I want to at least enjoy my phone that I love. I dont really want to sell the phone anymore.
Here's the link of logcat:
https://www16.zippyshare.com/v/2W0SVK8t/file.html
I promise. No viruses. Thank you

Hey, I suspect that this problem could be fixed by flashing original bootloader image.
I assume you have flashed an unsuitable image and I think you are using an unlocked bootloader, that's why you are facing this problem.

error748 said:
Hey, I suspect that this problem could be fixed by flashing original bootloader image.
I assume you have flashed an unsuitable image and I think you are using an unlocked bootloader, that's why you are facing this problem.
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Do you mean flashing original Boot.img? As we know, to gain root, we need to flash patched boot.img with magisk. Do you mean this kind of issue? I notice the problem is in Android System. It says failed to load as data may corrupt. Google is also not responding and Google play services.
Unlocked Bootloader isnt the issue. But, I do think image is unsuitable. However, I have patched boot.img as the same as the version of Nokia. Is such thing still happen?

godofknife said:
Do you mean flashing original Boot.img? As we know, to gain root, we need to flash patched boot.img with magisk. Do you mean this kind of issue? I notice the problem is in Android System. It says failed to load as data may corrupt. Google is also not responding and Google play services.
Unlocked Bootloader isnt the issue. But, I do think image is unsuitable. However, I have patched boot.img as the same as the version of Nokia. Is such thing still happen?
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now do one thing. flash stock boot img (will break wifi), after that download official twrp and boot into it. then from twrp flash twrp zip file provided with official boot img. reboot to twrp and flash latest magisk beta. (you will have wifi working after this)
This way you will get root and stable system.. no need to flash patched boot img anymore..
Make sure to revert back to stock boot first before flashing twrp..

sumitinhome said:
now do one thing. flash stock boot img (will break wifi), after that download official twrp and boot into it. then from twrp flash twrp zip file provided with official boot img. reboot to twrp and flash latest magisk beta. (you will have wifi working after this)
This way you will get root and stable system.. no need to flash patched boot img anymore..
Make sure to revert back to stock boot first before flashing twrp..
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sumitinhome, I just did factory reset. The problem STILL HAPPENS. It means it wasn't any of the app but from the system or the boot.img itself perhaps.
With no way to enter the system, how do i get into the fastboot now? By pressing volume down + Power (That shows DOWNLOAD MODE)? Is that the fastboot? Then yet again, the only issue that I have is the exactly driver for Nokia 8. I found lots of drivers in the internet but I am quite confused which one is the real driver of Nokia 8 to be able to detect in fastboot and ADB. Do you have a driver installer?
Assuming if you will have given Nokia driver and I managed to get into fastboot mode by using hard key, do I type this command?
fastboot flash boot.img? Or is it wrong command?
Thank you and sorry if i ask too many questions.

godofknife said:
sumitinhome, I just did factory reset. The problem STILL HAPPENS. It means it wasn't any of the app but from the system or the boot.img itself perhaps.
With no way to enter the system, how do i get into the fastboot now? By pressing volume down + Power (That shows DOWNLOAD MODE)? Is that the fastboot? Then yet again, the only issue that I have is the exactly driver for Nokia 8. I found lots of drivers in the internet but I am quite confused which one is the real driver of Nokia 8 to be able to detect in fastboot and ADB. Do you have a driver installer?
Assuming if you will have given Nokia driver and I managed to get into fastboot mode by using hard key, do I type this command?
fastboot flash boot.img? Or is it wrong command?
Thank you and sorry if i ask too many questions.
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1. download mode is fastboot mode.. no difference there.
2. unfortunately i dont have installer for drivers but you can find it if you browse nokia section in this forum.
3. you will need command 'fastboot flash boot_a boot.img' and 'fastboot flash boot_b boot.img' to flash stock boot img to your phone..
4. if you wish to install twrp then you will need to follow instructions from following thread
https://forum.xda-developers.com/nokia-8/development/official-twrp-nb1-t3832232
Make sure to read the thread and comments carefully before doing anything.
Hope it helped.

sumitinhome said:
1. download mode is fastboot mode.. no difference there.
2. unfortunately i dont have installer for drivers but you can find it if you browse nokia section in this forum.
3. you will need command 'fastboot flash boot_a boot.img' and 'fastboot flash boot_b boot.img' to flash stock boot img to your phone..
4. if you wish to install twrp then you will need to follow instructions from following thread
https://forum.xda-developers.com/nokia-8/development/official-twrp-nb1-t3832232
Make sure to read the thread and comments carefully before doing anything.
Hope it helped.
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Hey there, thanks for the fast respond. It greatly helps.
Alright, I am waiting for the driver. Also, I checked anywhere in the forum section of Nokia 8 but none of them have 00WW_4.88bSP01 version of stock boot.img which is 1st June 2018 patch.
Do you happen to have had it? Is it okay if i ask for it? Thank you.

godofknife said:
Hey there, thanks for the fast respond. It greatly helps.
Alright, I am waiting for the driver. Also, I checked anywhere in the forum section of Nokia 8 but none of them have 00WW_4.88bSP01 version of stock boot.img which is 1st June 2018 patch.
Do you happen to have had it? Is it okay if i ask for it? Thank you.
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I have it. Wait sometime.. i will upload it on gdrive and share you link

sumitinhome said:
I have it. Wait sometime.. i will upload it on gdrive and share you link
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Yes sumitinhome, thank you so much. Try make it one upload with the driver. All that and I will do the fastboot command asap..
Oh yeah, one verify question. When the bootloader is unlocked, updating the newest ROM after august will lock the bootloader again or not? Some say yes, some say no. A member name hikari stated no, we are unaffected. But, some say relock again. Which is true?

godofknife said:
Yes sumitinhome, thank you so much. Try make it one upload with the driver. All that and I will do the fastboot command asap..
Oh yeah, one verify question. When the bootloader is unlocked, updating the newest ROM after august will lock the bootloader again or not? Some say yes, some say no. A member name hikari stated no, we are unaffected. But, some say relock again. Which is true?
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we are unaffected.. and i have only boot img unfortunately.. i dont have drivers..
and dont update to august yet.. let pie come and update to pie directly then..
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godofknife said:
Hey there, thanks for the fast respond. It greatly helps.
Alright, I am waiting for the driver. Also, I checked anywhere in the forum section of Nokia 8 but none of them have 00WW_4.88bSP01 version of stock boot.img which is 1st June 2018 patch.
Do you happen to have had it? Is it okay if i ask for it? Thank you.
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here is boot img
https://drive.google.com/file/d/1XtxIWQdn9dbtt1tJydM_6fFhslRZfozr/view?usp=drivesdk

sumitinhome said:
we are unaffected.. and i have only boot img unfortunately.. i dont have drivers..
and dont update to august yet.. let pie come and update to pie directly then..
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here is boot img
https://drive.google.com/file/d/1XtxIWQdn9dbtt1tJydM_6fFhslRZfozr/view?usp=drivesdk
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Ah ha, thank you very much. I just need one more requirement. The driver. Honestly, there are so many drivers for Nokia 8 and none of them seems to work with my device detection. There's also type F, M driver..... Seriously confusing.

@sumitinhome, you are awesome. I must say thank you for helping me. Phone is no longer in bootloop state. However, I may require just little more help. I have also installed TWRP and succeeded. The problem is that the WIFI breaks. I went ahead and installed Magisk using zip one like you mentioned the steps in installing TWRP. It still doesn't solve the WIFI problem. How could this be? (Do note that I did not use fastboot flash twrp.img. I use fastboot boot twrp.img instead)
I also have other questions. During MTP in TWRP, I saw the partition drive; The internal storage and USB-OTG as given in picture below. What is the second drive meaning?
Second question is why is Magisk manager only showing Installed version v17.1? And the button is just uninstalled. I recall there are other buttons and feature like Safety Net and advance settings.
Finally, I want to know how do we get into recovery mode without using ADB command everytime? I tried pressing Volume UP + Power. But, it didn't go into TWRP. It just goes normal reboot.
Thank you so much once again.
Pic: https://ibb.co/jFtHPp

godofknife said:
@sumitinhome, you are awesome. I must say thank you for helping me. Phone is no longer in bootloop state. However, I may require just little more help. I have also installed TWRP and succeeded. The problem is that the WIFI breaks. I went ahead and installed Magisk using zip one like you mentioned the steps in installing TWRP. It still doesn't solve the WIFI problem. How could this be? (Do note that I did not use fastboot flash twrp.img. I use fastboot boot twrp.img instead)
I also have other questions. During MTP in TWRP, I saw the partition drive; The internal storage and USB-OTG as given in picture below. What is the second drive meaning?
Second question is why is Magisk manager only showing Installed version v17.1? And the button is just uninstalled. I recall there are other buttons and feature like Safety Net and advance settings.
Finally, I want to know how do we get into recovery mode without using ADB command everytime? I tried pressing Volume UP + Power. But, it didn't go into TWRP. It just goes normal reboot.
Thank you so much once again.
Pic: https://ibb.co/jFtHPp
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Do one thing.
Flash stock boot img again. and after that do the following
1) Full charge your phone.
2) Get a MicroSD card ( 8 or 16 GB )
3) Download this - https://mega.nz/#!mRZHDaJI!3KrT2F0ZE...KQux5EvPWVGI_4
4) Copy it to SDCARD from your PC.
5) Put the SD card in ur mobile.
6) Go to recovery
7) Select update, from SDCARD - start flashing by pressing power button.
This will get back wifi. after that you can update to latest august patch too if you want and then flash twrp.
And about that OTG thing, don't worry twrp is being updated it will be fixed very soon. People are working on it.

sumitinhome said:
Do one thing.
Flash stock boot img again. and after that do the following
1) Full charge your phone.
2) Get a MicroSD card ( 8 or 16 GB )
3) Download this - https://mega.nz/#!mRZHDaJI!3KrT2F0ZE...KQux5EvPWVGI_4
4) Copy it to SDCARD from your PC.
5) Put the SD card in ur mobile.
6) Go to recovery
7) Select update, from SDCARD - start flashing by pressing power button.
This will get back wifi. after that you can update to latest august patch too if you want and then flash twrp.
And about that OTG thing, don't worry twrp is being updated it will be fixed very soon. People are working on it.
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I see. Number 3 has Encryption. Also, before i can do this, i have a new problem. I was so stupid. I accidentally format everything including the system which leaves me NO OS. I should have just wipe data (factory reset). Not advanced wipe. Can I still install Stock rom (any version) with twrp? What do i do?

@sumitinhome, also I forgot to mention. SD Card and Internal storage is not detected in TWRP Mode. I checked in my PC. ADB Sideload is also fail. Is this the end of my phone fate?
EDITED: Never mind. I was using the obsolete TWRP Version. I updated to the latest one and SD Card and internal is detected in TWRP once again.

godofknife said:
@sumitinhome, also I forgot to mention. SD Card and Internal storage is not detected in TWRP Mode. I checked in my PC. ADB Sideload is also fail. Is this the end of my phone fate?
EDITED: Never mind. I was using the obsolete TWRP Version. I updated to the latest one and SD Card and internal is detected in TWRP once again.
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well done

sumitinhome said:
well done
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Thank you.
godofknife said:
I see. Number 3 has Encryption. Also, before i can do this, i have a new problem. I was so stupid. I accidentally format everything including the system which leaves me NO OS. I should have just wipe data (factory reset). Not advanced wipe. Can I still install Stock rom (any version) with twrp? What do i do?
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@sumitinhome, how about this? I still have the issue. NO OS is running.

godofknife said:
Thank you.
@sumitinhome, how about this? I still have the issue. NO OS is running.
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told you flash stock boot img again.. and use the above method i mention to flash firmware..
Do one thing.
Flash stock boot img again. and after that do the following
1) Full charge your phone.
2) Get a MicroSD card ( 8 or 16 GB )
3) Download this - https://mega.nz/#!mRZHDaJI!3KrT2F0ZE...KQux5EvPWVGI_4
4) Copy it to SDCARD from your PC.
5) Put the SD card in ur mobile.
6) Go to recovery
7) Select update, from SDCARD - start flashing by pressing power button

sumitinhome said:
told you flash stock boot img again.. and use the above method i mention to flash firmware..
Do one thing.
Flash stock boot img again. and after that do the following
1) Full charge your phone.
2) Get a MicroSD card ( 8 or 16 GB )
3) Download this - https://mega.nz/#!mRZHDaJI!3KrT2F0ZE...KQux5EvPWVGI_4
4) Copy it to SDCARD from your PC.
5) Put the SD card in ur mobile.
6) Go to recovery
7) Select update, from SDCARD - start flashing by pressing power button
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That was also the solution for NO OS? Wow. Thanks. Um, the download link need Decryption key. Do you happen to have it?

godofknife said:
That was also the solution for NO OS? Wow. Thanks. Um, the download link need Decryption key. Do you happen to have it?
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no it doesn't need any key