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[Completed] Verizon LG G3 Cyanogenmod Recovery To TWRP

I have Cyanogenmod recovery so that updates auto install. I downloaded the 20151005 update, and hit install. Things went fine until the part where apps optimize. It would finish, then show the Cyanogenmod boot logo for a few minutes and restart optimizing, over and over. I tried downloading the update on my computer and putting it on my SD card to see if it was just the download was messed up, and it did the same thing. I downloaded a previous update the same way, because my phone can't boot into android, and it did the same thing again. So now I want to get TWRP to see if the recovery is the problem, but I don't know how. That's where your help comes in. (hopefully!) Or, if there is a way to fix this without that, that would be preferable. And yes, I already wiped the media partition, cache partition, and did a data/factory reset, which are the only things I can wipe in Cyanogenmod recovery.

Hi
Thank you for using XDA Assist.
Here you go
http://forum.xda-developers.com/lg-g3/orig-development/recovery-twrp-touch-recovery-2-8-2-0-t2966129
TWRP is better recovery. I do recommend it

Yes, I agree. But if you read my post, or at least understood it fully, you would know that I was asking how to install TWRP from the Cyanogenmod Recovery. It only lets you flash Cyanogenmod update zips, and it replaces the stock bootloader as well, so I don't know if the regular ADB method of flashing TWRP will work. I can't break this phone, you see.

MatreyuC said:
Yes, I agree. But if you read my post, or at least understood it fully, you would know that I was asking how to install TWRP from the Cyanogenmod Recovery. It only lets you flash Cyanogenmod update zips, and it replaces the stock bootloader as well, so I don't know if the regular ADB method of flashing TWRP will work. I can't break this phone, you see.
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I guess you can since CM Recovery is almost a stock recovery.
Since you have 10 posts now, you can directly have a confirmation by posting in the above thread.

Cyanogen Mod 6.0 for OPPO R7 PLUS

I apologize if this is posted, but we now have an official build of Marshmallow for our Oppo r7 Plus (F) Variant. link attachedhttp://download.cyanogenmod.org/?type=nightly&device=r7plus

Excellent! I am going to test it right now and will report!!!!
Update: I was on ColorOS, flashed cm13 recovery and done factory reset, formatting cache is taking around 8 minutes, is that normal?
Flashing ARM64 opengapps for 6.0 end up with error: E:Installation error in /sideload/package.zip (Status 255) - seems like recovery problem as many people report this issue. I only dont know if TWRP will work with CM13 rom

Personally I'm using a 12.1 recovery at the moment. The 13.0 recovery is still WIP AFAIK.
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Ok, will try cm12.1 recovery, what about gapps? Which one to use? Btw I have done factory reset again, flashed cm13 rom only, phone rebooted and loading apps (total of 87 I think), then done reboot, then only showing blue android logo for very long time, like 10 minutes followed with another "starting apps" screen with 21 left or so, now another reboot with blue android logo. Is this normal for MM roms? Still not finished.
EDIT: after another 5 minutes same screen appears with saying starting android... 21 apps left, blue android logo when done - seems to be as bootloop as it is going nowhere from here.
CM13 rom flashed fine over TWRP, flashing gaaps now seems to be alright as well (open_gapps-arm64-6.0-mini-20151218).

Very exited, good job

so far I am getting the boot-loop also. will wait to here what Nexus5-32GB will post (if any success with the cyanogen recovery) before reverting back

Sadly "Androis is starting... Starting apps" is last message I can see, the soft reboot then followed wit this bootloop. Same when flashed with and without gapps from TWRP, cm12.1 and cm13 recoveries.
When doing factory reset in CM12.1 recovery I get this:
-- Wiping data...
Formating /data...
E:Failed to start /data/data/org.cyanogenmod.audiofx
Formating /cache...

Guy's I got it to boot up and install so far everything seems to work okay (Minus minor distortion when automatically switching to landscape, portrait and at start up) . I am going to post a picture if I can. I believe the issues arise when we try updating to Marshmallow from lollipop and we have made major modifications. (for example I had lolli viper and a host of other customization's). I had to do a factory reset wipe and format. I then installed a backup that was untouched bone dry cyanogen mod (no g apps yet). let that boot-up and rebooted into recovery. I then downloading the nightly form (today) the 18th from the website with the marshmallow G-apps. Pushed to my sd card, wiped cache and installed the nightly and installed the correct marshmallow G-apps (ARM 64 6.0) right away. After this,I rebooted phone (it will take a while; almost as long as it did when the first nightly for lollipop came out and we flashed from color OS). It's up and running on my phone. I also still have and used the twrp recovery.

Nexus5-32GB said:
Sadly "Androis is starting... Starting apps" is last message I can see, the soft reboot then followed wit this bootloop. Same when flashed with and without gapps from TWRP, cm12.1 and cm13 recoveries.
When doing factory reset in CM12.1 recovery I get this:
-- Wiping data...
Formating /data...
E:Failed to start /data/data/org.cyanogenmod.audiofx
Formating /cache...
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check out my post after this (well before now)

coled3 said:
Guy's I got it to boot up and install so far everything seems to work okay (Minus minor distortion when automatically switching to landscape, portrait and at start up) . I am going to post a picture if I can. I believe the issues arise when we try updating to Marshmallow from lollipop and we have made major modifications. (for example I had lolli viper and a host of other customization's). I had to do a factory reset wipe and format. I then installed a backup that was untouched bone dry cyanogen mod (no g apps yet). let that boot-up and rebooted into recovery. I then downloading the nightly form (today) the 18th from the website with the marshmallow G-apps. Pushed to my sd card, wiped cache and installed the nightly and installed the correct marshmallow G-apps (ARM 64 6.0) right away. After this,I rebooted phone (it will take a while; almost as long as it did when the first nightly for lollipop came out and we flashed from color OS). It's up and running on my phone. I also still have and used the twrp recovery.
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going to give this a go, but I was doing factory reset and format as well, is that mean the factory reset doesnt work as it should? Flashing cm 12 rom first to be able to boot to cm13 rom later is very strange way when you think about it

Nexus5-32GB said:
going to give this a go, but I was doing factory reset and format as well, is that mean the factory reset doesnt work as it should? Flashing cm 12 rom first to be able to boot to cm13 rom later is very strange way when you think about it
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indeed i agree 100%. I really think it boils down to if we have any customization. I had the same error (in regards to the audio FX) You should try installing a fresh clean cyanogen nightly without g-apps or any mods. Let it boot-up and try the steps i mentioned. do you have an audio customization or any that might have changed something (it shouldn't matter but I'm considering any and everything)? If this is the case the recovery might need tweaking as that would mean somehow or someway it doesn't allow us to properly wipe and format (another consideration). I really hope you and everybody else can also update. I'm trying to upload screenshots of my phone

coled3 said:
indeed i agree 100%. I really think it boils down to if we have any customization. I had the same error (in regards to the audio FX) You should try installing a fresh clean cyanogen nightly without g-apps or any mods. Let it boot-up and try the steps i mentioned. do you have an audio customization or any that might have changed something (it shouldn't matter but I'm considering any and everything)? If this is the case the recovery might need tweaking as that would mean somehow or someway it doesn't allow us to properly wipe and format (another consideration). I really hope you and everybody else can also update. I'm trying to upload screenshots of my phone
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I was on ColorOS while ago, went to TWRP and done manual wipe of Dalvik, System, Data and Cache. Installed latest cm12.1 rom without any gapps and let it boot up to home screen. Went back to TWRP and done same wipe as before. Installed cm13 without any gapps and this time I got little further than ussualy, I could see message "finishing boot" but again end up in bootloop as before. So no luck in my case...
About the error in TWRP: yes I was using viper4android before and it seems the TWRP recovery doesnt wipe the device right way - well actually not even CM recoveries can I think.

Nexus5-32GB said:
I was on ColorOS while ago, went to TWRP and done manual wipe of Dalvik, System, Data and Cache. Installed latest cm12.1 rom without any gapps and let it boot up to home screen. Went back to TWRP and done same wipe as before. Installed cm13 without any gapps and this time I got little further than ussualy, I could see message "finishing boot" but again end up in bootloop as before. So no luck in my case...
About the error in TWRP: yes I was using viper4android before and it seems the TWRP recovery doesnt wipe the device right way - well actually not even CM recoveries can I think.
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The events you listed I went through the same exact sequence. Keep trying it took for me; after a painstaking install experience of course. Also you're right Cyanogen recovery doesn't allow full wipe and install.

coled3 said:
The events you listed I went through the same exact sequence. Keep trying it took for me; after a painstaking install experience of course. Also you're right Cyanogen recovery doesn't allow full wipe and install.
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As I never give up :victory: I am flashing stock rom now - via stock recovery. Will try flash twrp and install cm13 straight after full wipe of ColorOS then. There is basiclly nothing more I can do really...
EDIT: same bootloop after "finishing boot" screen. Hope developers will be happy from this research

Nexus5-32GB said:
As I never give up :victory: I am flashing stock rom now - via stock recovery. Will try flash twrp and install cm13 straight after full wipe of ColorOS then. There is basiclly nothing more I can do really...
EDIT: same bootloop after "finishing boot" screen. Hope developers will be happy from this research
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let me know if it ends up working. I also had to hold power button to restart a couple of times after installing 13 and eventually took. Fingers crossed for you!!!!! "GO NEXUS.. GO ..GO.. GO NEXUS " HEHE

coled3 said:
let me know if it ends up working. I also had to hold power button to restart a couple of times after installing 13 and eventually took. Fingers crossed for you!!!!! "GO NEXUS.. GO ..GO.. GO NEXUS " HEHE
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am not gonna mess with restarts and so on. What I just did was, I installed the cm12.1 and tried to run system update which downloaded the cm13 rom and flashed it in twrp ending with same bootloop. I dont really know how devs could make this working on their phones at all.

Nexus5-32GB said:
As I never give up :victory: I am flashing stock rom now - via stock recovery. Will try flash twrp and install cm13 straight after full wipe of ColorOS then. There is basiclly nothing more I can do really...
EDIT: same bootloop after "finishing boot" screen. Hope developers will be happy from this research
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pls help me with the stock recovery ..before flashing stock recovery should i clean wipe using twrp..what all should i select for a clean wipe..i had issues with flashing stock recovery..when i selected wipe data and cache in oppo stock recovery it wipes for a secnd and then swithc off..could not get beyond that..after many twrp boot loops now i have a cm12 working ..but battery is very poor..so i want to go back to stock..please tell the steps..

Nexus5-32GB said:
am not gonna mess with restarts and so on. What I just did was, I installed the cm12.1 and tried to run system update which downloaded the cm13 rom and flashed it in twrp ending with same bootloop. I dont really know how devs could make this working on their phones at all.
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Well, I took my 12.1 installation without any wipe, went to CM recovery from 12.1, installed my (self compiled at that time) build + opengapps (it's important to install those before booting M for the first time), booted, done. I don't have any /system mods though.
I guess I'll try the nightly and see what happens there. Did anybody of you get a logcat of the failed boot attempts?
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unni84kollam said:
pls help me with the stock recovery ..before flashing stock recovery should i clean wipe using twrp..what all should i select for a clean wipe..i had issues with flashing stock recovery..when i selected wipe data and cache in oppo stock recovery it wipes for a secnd and then swithc off..could not get beyond that..after many twrp boot loops now i have a cm12 working ..but battery is very poor..so i want to go back to stock..please tell the steps..
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Just follow this quide with flashing twrp, only instead of twrp flash the stock recovery image. http://forum.xda-developers.com/showpost.php?p=63189590&postcount=5 Sorry, there is only boot command, you should type "fastboot flash recovery stock.recovery.img" - when "stock.recovery.img" is a filename of your stock recovery downloaded on your computer.
No need for wipe when installing recovery. I recon to install stock recovery and then install stock ColorOS from it, let it boot, install twrp later and do what you want then.

Looks like it's broken for everyone. I tried multiple recoverys, full wipes including /system and no joy. Guess we'll just have to wait!

OnePlus One - Won't boot RR , boot loop happens

Hi!
A while back I had some issues with the phone, it was when I was supposed to boot it, it always took 2 tries. It always got stuck, then had to long press the lock key to hard reboot it, then it worked fine. This prevented me from doing a factory reset (in hope to fix (what I later found out was) a media rescan etc). Tried to root it, something happened and it wouldn't boot anymore. Yiti yata and the phone wouldn't boot. Finally I got it back to life with some guide on here and I used whatever 4.4.4 I downloaded.
The software wouldn't find any "normal" update phone updates, so I figured I would try Resurrection Remix 7.1.x (.2 I think it was). At first I got just that it failed with some 2.x twrp version. Updated to TWRP 3.1.x.x (3.1.1.0 if I guess). Now I got to know that it was a TZ error (ERROR 7) from TWRP. This happened to my "RR-N-v5.8.3-20170718-bacon-Official.zip" file. I managed to get around it by doing this: https://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2522762. So I could get this installed, sort of I think. The problem now was that it would show the very first oneplus boot screen for around 20 ish seconds, before it would reboot in a boot loop.
So I tried to install some other CM Lineage Os nightly thing (they said install that and then RR), but that didn't work either. This post was the one I donwloaded from (install this first, then RR should work).
I tried doing this both on TWRP 2.8.6.0 and 3.1.1.0 since I saw some post about the modem not being right from versions newer than 2.8.6.0.
Looking around a bit more I saw in some post someone talking about firmware..? Does this matter anything, also how is this different from the recovery or ROM? (new to this stuff)
In short, last working version of Android I had on there was 4.4.4 (think I followed this post). Using a Mac currently and have no problem with flashing, entering fastboot or recovery.
My procedure when I tried to install RR was:
Install the TWRP 3.1.1.0 or 2.8.6.0 (since I did it several times).
Wipe everything (Have nothing of value on the phone) cache, system, internal storage, dalvik and data. Also did a factory reset (from TWRP) before if that matters.
Copied RR and Gapps 7.1 ARM (not arm64) over.
Installed RR, wiped cache/dalvik. (or linear/cm (post above^^) when I tried that)
Installed Gapps, wiped cache/dalvik.
Boot loop.
Also tried with/without emptying cache/dalvik also chose to install both zips at once.
So can anyone clue in how I can proceed to get RR 7.1 onto my OPO? Any help is very much appreciated
I'm sorry if this wasn't the best post. Have an immense headache at the moment

wahlmat said:
Hi!
A while back I had some issues with the phone, it was when I was supposed to boot it, it always took 2 tries. It always got stuck, then had to long press the lock key to hard reboot it, then it worked fine. This prevented me from doing a factory reset (in hope to fix (what I later found out was) a media rescan etc). Tried to root it, something happened and it wouldn't boot anymore. Yiti yata and the phone wouldn't boot. Finally I got it back to life with some guide on here and I used whatever 4.4.4 I downloaded.
The software wouldn't find any "normal" update phone updates, so I figured I would try Resurrection Remix 7.1.x (.2 I think it was). At first I got just that it failed with some 2.x twrp version. Updated to TWRP 3.1.x.x (3.1.1.0 if I guess). Now I got to know that it was a TZ error (ERROR 7) from TWRP. This happened to my "RR-N-v5.8.3-20170718-bacon-Official.zip" file. I managed to get around it by doing this: https://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2522762. So I could get this installed, sort of I think. The problem now was that it would show the very first oneplus boot screen for around 20 ish seconds, before it would reboot in a boot loop.
So I tried to install some other CM Lineage Os nightly thing (they said install that and then RR), but that didn't work either. This post was the one I donwloaded from (install this first, then RR should work).
I tried doing this both on TWRP 2.8.6.0 and 3.1.1.0 since I saw some post about the modem not being right from versions newer than 2.8.6.0.
Looking around a bit more I saw in some post someone talking about firmware..? Does this matter anything, also how is this different from the recovery or ROM? (new to this stuff)
In short, last working version of Android I had on there was 4.4.4 (think I followed this post). Using a Mac currently and have no problem with flashing, entering fastboot or recovery.
My procedure when I tried to install RR was:
Install the TWRP 3.1.1.0 or 2.8.6.0 (since I did it several times).
Wipe everything (Have nothing of value on the phone) cache, system, internal storage, dalvik and data. Also did a factory reset (from TWRP) before if that matters.
Copied RR and Gapps 7.1 ARM (not arm64) over.
Installed RR, wiped cache/dalvik. (or linear/cm (post above^^) when I tried that)
Installed Gapps, wiped cache/dalvik.
Boot loop.
Also tried with/without emptying cache/dalvik also chose to install both zips at once.
So can anyone clue in how I can proceed to get RR 7.1 onto my OPO? Any help is very much appreciated
I'm sorry if this wasn't the best post. Have an immense headache at the moment
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Calm down.
You're right about that firmware thing,that is the one causing issue when you're trying to flash RR 5.8.3 over KitKat.
This is because the firmware that kitkat comes with,is old and don't support newer android versions,that's because it is made for KitKat only.
Always use latest Twrp(https://dl.twrp.me/bacon/).
Make sure you don't edit any zip like what you did with the Rom zip earlier(devs don't post non-working zips),I'm sure you've a backup of your non-edited zip,if not,re-download the zip.
Now boot into latest twrp,wipe everything except internal storage.
Firmware: https://drive.google.com/file/d/0BxysuRdzsJeWeW9JbTNwaUJKb1E/view?usp=drivesdk
Flash the above zip,then without wiping anything flash rom zip(unedited) then flash google apps package(opengapps.org)(optional).
Reboot.It should boot fine now.
Good luck!

Mr.Ak said:
Calm down.
You're right about that firmware thing,that is the one causing issue when you're trying to flash RR 5.8.3 over KitKat.
This is because the firmware that kitkat comes with,is old and don't support newer android versions,that's because it is made for KitKat only.
Always use latest Twrp(Can't post links withing 10 posts apparently...).
Make sure you don't edit any zip like what you did with the Rom zip earlier(devs don't post non-working zips),I'm sure you've a backup of your non-edited zip,if not,re-download the zip.
Now boot into latest twrp,wipe everything except internal storage.
Firmware:
Flash the above zip,then without wiping anything flash rom zip(unedited) then flash google apps package(Can't post links withing 10 posts apparently...)(optional).
Reboot.It should boot fine now.
Good luck!
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Thank you so much! Got it working on 1st try with what you provided! Seems like the firmware thing was the bad guy in this scenario. A little interest, what specifically is the firmware in this case? Either way, rocking RR now and I'm really grateful

wahlmat said:
Thank you so much! Got it working on 1st try with what you provided! Seems like the firmware thing was the bad guy in this scenario. A little interest, what specifically is the firmware in this case? Either way, rocking RR now and I'm really grateful
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I'm glad you got it up and running.
Here are some FAQs:
What is a Firmware? What is Modem?
- Firmware is the whole package of proprietary partitions of your device, modem itself is a NON-HLOS file responsible for your device's communications over Wi-Fi, Mobile Networks and other such stuff.
So what is the difference between firmware and ROM then?
- Firmware is the responsible partition for IMEIs, the modemst partitions hold your IMEI, persist holds your Mac addresses etc.
ROM is only a combination​ of system.img and boot.img (kernel)
What to restore if I loose my IMEI?
- Both the modemst partitions (IMP: considering you took a backup of them before)
What is the default firmware? (default= firmware which comes with the latest CM/ LineageOS 14.1 weeklies)
- c6-00241

Thanks a lot, once again

Help!
I'm not sure of all the specifics on my oneplus one but I accidentally updated the wrong update from my nightly bacon.. it now is stuck in Boot Loop I can get to the fastboot screen (it gets stuck there too) and I can get to the recovery, etc (but it is not the usual screen with all the folders (it was rooted).. it is now just four options in Cyanogenmod recovery.. none work. I do not want to lose my data :crying: .. Sadly my techy is not available to save me! Please help this untechy Cali Girl! I've googled and researched and its still like a foreign language.. Thank you!!

HisMuse said:
I'm not sure of all the specifics on my oneplus one but I accidentally updated the wrong update from my nightly bacon.. it now is stuck in Boot Loop I can get to the fastboot screen (it gets stuck there too) and I can get to the recovery, etc (but it is not the usual screen with all the folders (it was rooted).. it is now just four options in Cyanogenmod recovery.. none work. I do not want to lose my data :crying: .. Sadly my techy is not available to save me! Please help this untechy Cali Girl! I've googled and researched and its still like a foreign language.. Thank you!!
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I am not 100% sure, but I would say, boot into fastboot, flash something like TWRP recovery, then you will be able to access the device files from the recovery. Just reflashing the boot shouldn't mess up anything as far as I am concerned. After that (when you've grabbed all the files you want), flash the newest firmware the guy linked above and install your latest 7.0 ROM

wahlmat said:
I am not 100% sure, but I would say, boot into fastboot, flash something like TWRP recovery, then you will be able to access the device files from the recovery. Just reflashing the boot shouldn't mess up anything as far as I am concerned. After that (when you've grabbed all the files you want), flash the newest firmware the guy linked above and install your latest 7.0 ROM
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I can get phone to fastboot but it just stays on the screen that says fastboot.. do I need a computer?

HisMuse said:
I can get phone to fastboot but it just stays on the screen that says fastboot.. do I need a computer?
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Yes you do. You need that + some software. Check out some "install custom recovery oneplus one" guides, you should be able to find something. Are you on Mac or Windows?

Yes I'm on Windows 10.. I tried removing battery overnight as well .. its not boiling hot anymore but still stuck in bootloop.

HisMuse said:
Yes I'm on Windows 10.. I tried removing battery overnight as well .. its not boiling hot anymore but still stuck in bootloop.
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Download the Samsung ADB driver or whatever it was called, then flash a new recovery for it. There are multiple guides for doing that. After that you should be able to transfer your files to your pc while being in recovery mode

TWRP says no OS is installed, but I just flashed it. Can anybody help?

Hi,
Its been a while since I been attentive to my Pixel. I was a lucky one who managed to get a Verizon 7.1.2 with an unlocked bootloader. I unlocked the bootloader, flashed a ROM, and rooted and haven't had a single major problem since.
I was running Resurrection Remix from about March and I yesterday I wanted to try to use Android Pay, so I followed a tutorial I found in another thread here to install Magisk, and when it was all said and done I ended up in a boot loop where the phone would reset as soon as it reaches the Google logo, ramdump, and eventually boot back into TWRP.
In the attempts to delete out all kinds of caches and dalviks and factory resets and whatever else, nothing worked.
So in the end I decided to just flash a new ROM. Flashed the latest Pure Nexus, reflashed TWRP, flashed the vendor image... went to go reboot and it gives me the WARNING! NO OS INSTALLED! error. I thought that was odd and decided to just update to the latest Resurrection Remix - same problem.
At this point I am unsure what to do next. I don't care about any user data on the phone, I just want to get it back up and running with a new ROM.
I have a few questions and thank you in advance for all help you may be able to offer:
1) Why am I getting the NO OS INSTALLED issue directly after flashing a ROM? Logs indicate no errors whatsoever. /system/ is mounted. Every time I boot into TWRP it asks me if I want to Keep System partition read only. I always tell it to allow modifications and never ask me this question again - it asks every time. Is it possible that /system/ can actually remain empty even after a fresh ROM install that gives no errors in the log?
2) I believe that I am supposed to reflash to stock image that this phone shipped with to start all over. If I reflash back to stock, will my bootloader have any chance of locking again? I don't even know what version the stock image was, and I'm further confused/concerned about the fact that it was a 7.1.2 image I shipped with - from my understanding there were security updates which make unlocking/rooting impossible. I don't understand why you have to start that far back - is it even needed? The latest Resurrection Remix ROM install instructions assumes that I am on latest "Firmware" NOF26W. This is another issue I don't understand - what is a firmware? The full factory image? In any case, NOF26W is specifically for Rogers Google Pixel devices. Since I need to be on this "firmware" before I install latest, can I just flash the NOF26W Stock image despite the fact that I am using a rooted Verizon Pixel? The NOF26W image is 1.8GB: What exactly in this ZIP am I supposed to flash?
3) There were various weird things about this phone/flashing ROMs that I seem to recall such as having to boot an older TWRP before flashing ROM and then flashing the newer TWRP - is any of this stuff still relevant?
4) I also remember that many people were fastbooting TWRP rather than flashing TWRP for some reason - are there specific builds/non-standard stuff required for any of this to work on the Pixel?
I really appreciate all and any help that anybody can provide. If there's files that you're referring to, PLEASE send links. I need to get this phone back up and running ASAP.
Thanks again!!

when you wipe system, twrp wipes current active slot but when install a rom, it gets installed in the inactive slot (which will become active upon reboot). but twrp still thinks the currently active slots system is erased and complains that no os is installed.

rohitece06 said:
when you wipe system, twrp wipes current active slot but when install a rom, it gets installed in the inactive slot (which will become active upon reboot). but twrp still thinks the currently active slots system is erased and complains that no os is installed.
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This. I just reboot anyway after seeing that message and I've never had any issues.

Question How to update Custom Roms using OTA?

I'm using a Custom Rom but when there-'s an update I download the new Rom, using OTA process. It enters in the recovery but I can't update it. What is wrong? If i Try making a dirty flash inside the recovery my Smartphone gets encripted. Can someone help me?

For many custom ROMs, the so-called OTA is just using recovery to dirty flash what OTA downloaded and everything should be Okay. I never found my data gets encrypted after the update. Maybe u could check the log if there's some update that needs a clean flash.

You had you rom flashed with DFE?
If yes you need to flash DFE zip after rom before booting.
Anyway it's supposed a rom encrypt data, but if recovery can't decrypt data you going for a bad time, last twrp has working decryption ...
Or you talking about something else?
Please provide more details....

As the first reply said, at least in the Roms I use, it just downloads the zip, reboots in twrp and flashes it. It worked pretty good in Havoc-Os

TioCareca said:
You had you rom flashed with DFE?
If yes you need to flash DFE zip after rom before booting.
Anyway it's supposed a rom encrypt data, but if recovery can't decrypt data you going for a bad time, last twrp has working decryption ...
Or you talking about something else?
Please provide more details....
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I'l try to explain in details what my problem is.
I was on Havoc 4.8 and the 4.9 came out. I entered config, selected System and Update. It showed me the new Rom to download. That's what I did. It was downloaded perfectly and then asked me to continue. Só I pressed the button and it entered TWRP (35.2 Nebrasy) and there I was. Stopped in recovery and no other process was going on. Should I have chosen Install, the rom (probably in download folder)?
I was thinking it should have done the whole process autmaticaly, as it always did using Miui Rom.
So, that's my problem. Thanks for your help.

Fmeyen said:
I'l try to explain in details what my problem is.
I was on Havoc 4.8 and the 4.9 came out. I entered config, selected System and Update. It showed me the new Rom to download. That's what I did. It was downloaded perfectly and then asked me to continue. Só I pressed the button and it entered TWRP (35.2 Nebrasy) and there I was. Stopped in recovery and no other process was going on. Should I have chosen Install, the rom (probably in download folder)?
I was thinking it should have done the whole process autmaticaly, as it always did using Miui Rom.
So, that's my problem. Thanks for your help.
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If your phone is not encrypted, then I don't think that the automatic OTA update (which uses an openrecovery script) will run. You will need to install the update manually, and your device will probably be encrypted when the ROM boots (unless you disable forced encryption).

DarthJabba9 said:
If your phone is not encrypted, then I don't think that the automatic OTA update (which uses an openrecovery script) will run. You will need to install the update manually, and your device will probably be encrypted when the ROM boots (unless you disable forced encryption).
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When I install the new custom rom i usually flash DFE. So, by your words, it is not encrypted. If so, I'll run it manually as I prefer not to have an encrypted rom. Thanks for your support.

Could you please explain the correct steps to make a proper dirty flash in X3P? Asking this 'cause this smartphone needs a format data.