spent the last 3 weeks ( NO LIE ) trying every method under the sun to get my device rooted
easy recowvery
Hard Recowvery
manual ADB and flashing img
tot updates
kdz downgrades
basically everything
im not sure what else to do if its even possible at this point
Device details
tmobile locked LG G5 (h830)
OEM unlocked
its on 20a firmware ( coming from 20i )
ive rooted and installed twrp on may phones so i have a vast knowledge of these things
a few observations are
phone seems like its rewriting stock recovery on each reboot
fastboot won't accept any commands, i get "writing 'recovery'...FAILED (remote: unknown command)"
both hard recowvery and easy recowvery work up to the part of twrp install then it reboots to nothing
FINAL NOTE
im wondering if t-mobile is blocking the fastboot commands since im on temp unlock via device unlock app
if thats not a thing idk whats wrong im hoping one of you great minds can help this poor soul
Anyone?
Did you check oem unlock in developer options
rflores said:
Did you check oem unlock in developer options
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thanks for replying ,
yes i did
its greyed out now but its been off
the fastboot commands says its unlocked as well
Did you make sure to download the recovery image and put in the root directory of the device storage and rename it recovery? If not then non of the recowvery methods will work. Also twrp needs to be the newest image. When using easy recowvery you should hit option 5 and enter then option 7 and enter and then option 0 and enter then option 2 and enter. Select y for yes when prompted and let the program do its thing. You should be prompted to boot into recovery at the end and it will go into tarp recovery. Hit cancel when it asks for password. Then go to wipe and format. After formatted, you need to install no-opt enc or root and then you're done. If you want to update all you have to do is get latest firmware from this forum. Also' if you update you need to also re flash no opt enc or root again and I also delete recovery from boot.p file in recovery. Should be good to go!
speters04 said:
Did you make sure to download the recovery image and put in the root directory of the device storage and rename it recovery? If not then non of the recowvery methods will work. Also twrp needs to be the newest image. When using easy recowvery you should hit option 5 and enter then option 7 and enter and then option 0 and enter then option 2 and enter. Select y for yes when prompted and let the program do its thing. You should be prompted to boot into recovery at the end and it will go into tarp recovery. Hit cancel when it asks for password. Then go to wipe and format. After formatted, you need to install no-opt enc or root and then you're done. If you want to update all you have to do is get latest firmware from this forum. Also' if you update you need to also re flash no opt enc or root again and I also delete recovery from boot.p file in recovery. Should be good to go!
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thanks for this reply
i will try this as soon as i get home
thanks in advance
speters04 said:
Did you make sure to download the recovery image and put in the root directory of the device storage and rename it recovery? If not then non of the recowvery methods will work. Also twrp needs to be the newest image. When using easy recowvery you should hit option 5 and enter then option 7 and enter and then option 0 and enter then option 2 and enter. Select y for yes when prompted and let the program do its thing. You should be prompted to boot into recovery at the end and it will go into tarp recovery. Hit cancel when it asks for password. Then go to wipe and format. After formatted, you need to install no-opt enc or root and then you're done. If you want to update all you have to do is get latest firmware from this forum. Also' if you update you need to also re flash no opt enc or root again and I also delete recovery from boot.p file in recovery. Should be good to go!
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providing an update
Ive just tried everything listed in you post specifically and failed , so i tried like 2 more time ,
it reboots into stock recovery so still no TWRP ,
boot loader is unlocked , cause i just checked again , and its still not accepting any commands
Adb flash commands do not work for the lg g5... You have to root with either easy recowvery or hard recowvery. You have to be on 20a firmware.
speters04 said:
Adb flash commands do not work for the lg g5... You have to root with either easy recowvery or hard recowvery. You have to be on 20a firmware.
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thanks for reply;
none of those work for me either, I've been trying all this time
it says its successful in deploying commands, but when it restarts I see the LG logo two times, then it boots back up
( i assume its rewriting recovery there )
Can you explain the exact process you are trying? It is kinda hard to diagnose the issue without knowing the full process you are trying. I have rooted several lg g5 phones with the autorecowvery tool.
I had the same issue after returning from 20k to 20a. I didn't have this problem doing the same from 20f. T-Mobile might've introduced some security kink at 20i that sticks across updates. I was only able to flash twrp after flashing 20a with UPPERCUT to enter LGUP, booting into 20a, allowing debug in developer options, then running easyrecowvery with verification disabled (press 5 for advanced options, then 7 I think, then 0 to return to main menu, then 1 or 2). With verification enabled, easyrecowvery will just take you to the non-existent Android recovery screen and leave you there. I think that's where you're stuck??
speters04 said:
Can you explain the exact process you are trying? It is kinda hard to diagnose the issue without knowing the full process you are trying. I have rooted several lg g5 phones with the autorecowvery tool.
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well lets use Autorecowvery for example
ive exhausted all options there and Ive gotten the success messages , does its fancy restarts and success messages all around , but when it restarts to install the "no-verity-opt-encrypt" it reboots and comes right back to android . ( note it reboots 2 times at this point , so i know its rewriting stock recovery )
see below
https://ibb.co/eq5ctR
It seems like you have a recovery flash. Have you tried adv reboot recovery? If not then you need to try that. You can also use hardware combination to get into recovery. You have to select yes both times and it will reboot to recovery. If it doesn't then start over with the auto recowvery. Also, it is very important that you download twrp and copy it to your internal storage on the root. Also, once it is there you have to name it to recovery. Don't use the .img when renaming it because you end up with recovery.img.img... Sometimes it takes a few tries on the recowvery method... Hope this helps!
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It seems like you have a recovery flash. Have you tried adv reboot recovery? If not then you need to try that. You can also use hardware combination to get into recovery. You have to select yes both times and it will reboot to recovery. If it doesn't then start over with the auto recowvery. Also, it is very important that you download twrp and copy it to your internal storage on the root. Also, once it is there you have to name it to recovery. Don't use the .img when renaming it because you end up with recovery.img.img... Sometimes it takes a few tries on the recowvery method... Hope this helps!
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well ive used
- "adb reboot recovery"
- hardware keys ( whenever i do this it wipes the phone ) , so i wont be trying that much cause i have stuff on it now , phones not encrypted tho
ive tried all 4 versions of twrp and renamed them all , countless times ive tried everything ive searched and read
When you first get into TWRP for the very first time, I believe it is a must to "FORMAT DATA" before you flash supersu and 'no-verify' zips
dtgo said:
well ive used
- "adb reboot recovery"
- hardware keys ( whenever i do this it wipes the phone ) , so i wont be trying that much cause i have stuff on it now , phones not encrypted tho
ive tried all 4 versions of twrp and renamed them all , countless times ive tried everything ive searched and read
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I know this might sound silly, but have you extracted the twrp file and then renamed it to recovery? Have you tried downloading on your phone and then extracting it on your phone and then renaming it? After I looked at the image you shared it seems like the flash seems to have an error and the only thing that makes any sense to me is a bad download of twrp or an unextracted version. I've ran into that error before and it drove me nuts until I figured it out...
poog said:
When you first get into TWRP for the very first time, I believe it is a must to "FORMAT DATA" before you flash supersu and 'no-verify' zips
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well ive been working to get to this screen it NEVER happens , i already know im set when im there
the phone isnt encrypted so i know i wont have to format data , since , format data removes encryption
speters04 said:
I know this might sound silly, but have you extracted the twrp file and then renamed it to recovery? Have you tried downloading on your phone and then extracting it on your phone and then renaming it? After I looked at the image you shared it seems like the flash seems to have an error and the only thing that makes any sense to me is a bad download of twrp or an unextracted version. I've ran into that error before and it drove me nuts until I figured it out...
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ive tried both your suggestions plus more
copied to the phone and renamed
downloaded on the phone then renamed
dowloaded on pc and renamed then copied to phone
used adb to push and rename to phone
still having challenges with this
do you think its a dead case guys
OP isn't the only one with this hair-pulling problem...I too downgraded a new H830 from 20M (? I can't remember which one exactly since I've LG-Uppercutted 20A and troubleshooted this constant problem so many times now)---I get the exact same error as OP, also with the highly suspicious 'greyed-out OEM Unlock' (in the Developer Options of the Settings).
Related
FINAL EDIT: FIXED!!! Sparsechunk files 1,2and 3 have to match the exact name with the firmware folder sparsechunk files.
I did not notice that my firmware sparsechunk files ended in .0 .1 .2 and not 1 2 3 like the tutorial had listed, so I was fastbooting the wrong sparsechunk command. That was the final fix that finally worked for me.
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SHORT VERSION:
My god this has been one crazy root journey.
I have done absolutely EVERYTHING I could pull up on google to fix my phone, and what seemed to be the final piece to the puzzle, still has not fixed anything.
My phone is bricked, and i would really appreciate help at this point.
The current problem:
When I turn on my phone, it vibrates, and displays the WARNING BOOT LOADER UNLOCKED screen, and stays there forever.
I can access my boot loader, and recovery, but I dont know what to do at this point.
I tried a quick flash stock recovery kit kat with moto tool AIO, and it didnt help.
Any ideas?
LONG VERSION (backround info may help to understand the current issue)
Now, if you want to know what began all of this, continue reading, otherwise the above is my current issue.
After successfully unlocking and rooting my phone
I downloaded SWITCHME, an app that lets you create multible users on the phone. the instructions say that you can use a sub account to test and mess around with anything because you can simply go back to the admin account that has everything untouched.
That was a lie.
1.I deleted .setup, along with a few other things THAT WHERE NOT FLAGGED AS IMPORTANT, assuming the phone would still work. and my phone went bonkers, displaying this infinite message: UNFORTUNATELY, SETUP HAS STOPPED. It was impossible to use the phone, and I could only access bootloader.
2.After endless googling, driver downloading, xda mod installing, I managed to set up my boot loader to do the guide restore stock firmware:http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2542219
Sadly, I flashed the wrong model number package, I was flashing x35, when I later discovered that my phone is x45.
Flashing the x35 firmware bricked my phone further, to where it would "fail to boot up" and would only display bootloader over and over after attempting to turn the phone on.
3. Simple, I realized I flashed the wrong thing, so I downloaded the x45 firmware from the firmware teem on this website, flashed all of the commands, and bam, the phone starts up with the boot loader warning, and DOES NOT get stuck in the previous boot loader issue I had.
But now the phone wont get past that warning screen so... now im pissed.
Please, if anyone can help me I would greatly appreciate it, Im so close to getting my phone back...
EDIT 2: Looks like the phone wont stay shut down, I realized that if I dont open up boot loader, it will turn itself on and display the warning message.
EDIT:
The stuffs I have, ready to try anything:
CWM touch mod
Moto Tool AIO
Minimal ADB and Fast boot
RETUS x1045 factory firmware
All directories, folders, cmd commands are set up and working properly between all of the programs.
The phone appears to be responding to all cmd commands properly.
I also have the windows one touch super boot root method. (he superboot-windows.bat )
Im afraid to try anything major after freshly flashing the x45 firmware that seemed to bring me one step closer without the help of someone else.
I restored stock to my phone using this link yesturday http://www.ibtimes.co.uk/how-restore-motorola-moto-g-stock-firmware-1447290
it may work for you
I have almost the same problem as if the fastboot not install anything despite not display errors
great that you got it done.
maybe my few cents about my "bricking" story. (xt1032 moto g)
yesterday i wanted to change the rom from cm11 nightly to another custom rom like ehndroix/carbonrom...
first i thought that will be done in a few mins, after having already flashed a custom rom.
then the story began, getting adb work, but, 2weeks ago everything was setup and went fine. dunno why my laptop lost the "drivers".
thats the link which solved that problem: tinyurl . com / kgffjh4 [sorry cant post links outside of xda yet, spam protection]
so after a few hours of getting that fixed i, i began flashing.
suddently i got stuck in bootscreen (ehndroix logo for example)...
then i wanted to go back with my previous backup made internaly of clockworkmod. though i couldnt restore my backup because there was an error message while restoring /data of my backup
also when restoring to factory/wipe in cwm there was that error message about clouldnt "touch" /data, i dont remember the message exactly.
after thinking i bricked everything, i though lets wipe my internal sdcard, maybe that causes the /data error.
then i restarted the device and went for a shower... after 15min i came back and my device was "started".
now i dont know that exactly helped, maybe wiping all data on my phone, or just letting my device boot for a "long" time...
so, thats my yesterdays brick story.
do a factory reset if the bootloader has that option.. otherwise install or run/boot a custom revovery, then either
try the factory reset option there and reboot or..
wipe everything and install a rom
Ok try this, I'm was a victim too:
Relock and unlock bootloader
Download and flash latest Philz
From there format everything...EVERY PARTITION...switch F2FS
After switching wipe every partition again
Select and execute the other 3 wiping option ie., Clean to install new ROM and the other 2 (I can't remember now)
Do this all over again via TWRP too
Now, this is important, don't use the mfastboot for restoring stock...use the one provided by Google for its Android SDK
Flash the stock images
Flash the Moto Razr boot animation and not the one for Moto G to remove the warning sign
I'm 99.99% sure your phone will boot properly
After the phone boots, reflash the Moto G bootanimation
Good Luck!
ngr.hd said:
Ok try this, I'm was a victim too:
Relock and unlock bootloader
Download and flash latest Philz
From there format everything...EVERY PARTITION...switch F2FS
After switching wipe every partition again
Select and execute the other 3 wiping option ie., Clean to install new ROM and the other 2 (I can't remember now)
Do this all over again via TWRP too
Now, this is important, don't use the mfastboot for restoring stock...use the one provided by Google for its Android SDK
Flash the stock images
Flash the Moto Razr boot animation and not the one for Moto G to remove the warning sign
I'm 99.99% sure your phone will boot properly
After the phone boots, reflash the Moto G bootanimation
Good Luck!
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I try to flash any recovery but after entering I get an android and says no commands, and installation does not throw errors
angelgzg said:
I try to flash any recovery but after entering I get an android and says no commands, and installation does not throw errors
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You're still in stock recovery.
Use fastboot flash recovery xyz.zip to flash philz recovery
Use this when you're in bootloader mode.
ngr.hd said:
You're still in stock recovery.
Use fastboot flash recovery xyz.zip to flash philz recovery
Use this when you're in bootloader mode.
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I flash the recovery but rebooted into recovery, the android keeps popping up (no commands)
FINAL EDIT: FIXED!!! Sparsechunk files 1,2and 3 have to match the exact name with the firmware folder sparsechunk files.
I did not notice that my firmware sparsechunk files ended in .0 .1 .2 and not 1 2 3 like the tutorial had listed, so I was fastbooting the wrong sparsechunk command. That was the final fix that finally worked for me.
Sorry I'm traveling a d couldnt update thread fast enough.
Just got my XT1644 G4 Plus 16GB here in America and brought it home for some testing.
Everything was a piece of cake, I did these things in order with no issues. There are other guides for these things all over XDA so I won't be giving detailed instructions.
Unlocked the bootloader here - https://motorola-global-portal.custhelp.com/app/standalone/bootloader/unlock-your-device-a
Installed TWRP from here. - http://forum.xda-developers.com/mot...p-twrp-3-0-2-2-recovery-moto-g4-plus-t3386586
And flashed SuperSU from here - https://download.chainfire.eu/696/supersu/
When TWRP first boots it will ask if you want to run in systemless mode. Make sure you tell it YES!!!
Rebooted on the first try with no issues.
I have Xposed installed with a few modules and it works great.
Sent from my Moto G (4) using Tapatalk
Can anyone get me a stock boot.img i seemed to have messed up my adb protocol on the phone and my computer will no longer allow it to give me an RSA key prompt. The method worked for me though.
mystx2112 said:
Can anyone get me a stock boot.img i seemed to have messed up my adb protocol on the phone and my computer will no longer allow it to give me an RSA key prompt. The method worked for me though.
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Can extract it from the stock ROM here: https://www.androidfilehost.com/?fid=24572369242687085
not sure if this is full proof i got bootloop
After flashing SuperSu 2.76 the phone is stuck forever at the "moto" logo. Is it because I'm using such a new version of SuperSu? Why do you use 2.46?
How long did it take to get the unlock code? I am waiting for a couple hours now...
LE: 4 hours... and finally I got the code.
Just got XT1644.
Unlocked bootloader with no problem.
Installed TWRP 3.0.2-0 with no problem
Installed SuperSu 2.46 in read only mode.
Stuck at moto screen.
Any help would be appreciated.
craigl14 said:
Just got XT1644.
Unlocked bootloader with no problem.
Installed TWRP 3.0.2-0 with no problem
Installed SuperSu 2.46 in read only mode.
Stuck at moto screen.
Any help would be appreciated.
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Nevermind. Followed steps 5-8 of this post http://forum.xda-developers.com/moto-g4-plus/how-to/root-systemless-rooting-supersu-2-74-2-t3405772 and all is well.
I can't get twrp to install. I keep getting told that the image is not signed or corrupt
First unlock Bootloader.
You don't need to install TWRP, just boot into it so you can flash the Systemless SuperSU.
SoNic67 said:
First unlock Bootloader.
You don't need to install TWRP, just boot into it so you can flash the Systemless SuperSU.
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that's just it... I can't boot to twrp. It's not there.
Where? You can't find it on the SD by browsing in the recovery?
because that's just it, there's nothing in recovery. This has gotten so convoluted that I don't even know what I'm supposed to have where....
@davidkoby
Stock ROM Recovery starts with a "Dead Android" and "no command" written under it, it is you see or something else?
Does supersu need to be in systemless mode?
craigl14 said:
Nevermind. Followed steps 5-8 of this post http://forum.xda-developers.com/moto-g4-plus/how-to/root-systemless-rooting-supersu-2-74-2-t3405772 and all is well.
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Hi Bro,
I was also stuck at the moto logo screen and then I followed steps from 5-8, (where I see the superSu file is of different version), and now my phone is not booting at all, normally. I can boot in to bootloader but not normal boot is happening, I cannot even switch on my phone. I am a bit scared. Can you please assist.
sam9s said:
Hi Bro,
I was also stuck at the moto logo screen and then I followed steps from 5-8, (where I see the superSu file is of different version), and now my phone is not booting at all, normally. I can boot in to bootloader but not normal boot is happening, I cannot even switch on my phone. I am a bit scared. Can you please assist.
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Assuming you have XT1644, stock marshmallow ROM and TWRP recovery installed, maybe boot into recovery and double check that the .supersu file you created is in the data directory (step 6) through file manager. If it's there maybe flash the supersu zip file in OP since that is the version that worked for me. If neither works maybe factory reset in recovery and flash the correct supersu zip and try again. Failing all that, you may have to completely start over and reflash the ROM. My guess is creating the .supersu file wasn't done correctly or the incorrect version of the supersu zip is causing the problem.
craigl14 said:
Assuming you have XT1644, stock marshmallow ROM and TWRP recovery installed, maybe boot into recovery and double check that the .supersu file you created is in the data directory (step 6) through file manager. If it's there maybe flash the supersu zip file in OP since that is the version that worked for me. If neither works maybe factory reset in recovery and flash the correct supersu zip and try again. Failing all that, you may have to completely start over and reflash the ROM. My guess is creating the .supersu file wasn't done correctly or the incorrect version of the supersu zip is causing the problem.
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Ok yes I have XT1644 (any way to confirm BTW), I also have TWRP recovery installed (thats how I took the backup)m BUT, I was not on stock marshmallow, I was on nougat (Stock), The phone did an OTA update, months ago. Could that be the reason.
Also I checked .supersu file was there via file manager. What do you advice ..??? I also have tried now with SR3-SuperSU v2.79, but same result, it get stuck at Moto Boot screen.
Another thing I noticed at the screen where it says "Your phone is unlocked and cant be trusted" and it will boot in 5 seconds, in front of ID it says BAD KEY ... wonder what that means or if it has something to do with what wrong has happened.
Appreciate your assistance here.
Regards
Sammy
sam9s said:
Ok yes I have XT1644 (any way to confirm BTW), I also have TWRP recovery installed (thats how I took the backup)m BUT, I was not on stock marshmallow, I was on nougat (Stock), The phone did an OTA update, months ago. Could that be the reason.
Also I checked .supersu file was there via file manager. What do you advice ..??? I also have tried now with SR3-SuperSU v2.79, but same result, it get stuck at Moto Boot screen.
Another thing I noticed at the screen where it says "Your phone is unlocked and cant be trusted" and it will boot in 5 seconds, in front of ID it says BAD KEY ... wonder what that means or if it has something to do with what wrong has happened.
Appreciate your assistance here.
Regards
Sammy
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Hmmmm...I don't know if you have XT1644. Most who have that version are still waiting on OTA I think and certainly didn't get it month's ago. It is the G4 Plus North American version. If you still have the box it will be on the UPC label. It will also be in your phone info in settings once your phone works again. Did your phone work fine before you tried to root it? Anyway, Nougat will not root with this method. If you can boot into recovery, try factory reset. If that doesn't work, you're going to have to reflash the Nougat ROM...make sure you get the right one for your phone. You will need to search around on this forum for instructions and which download to get, etc. Once you have Nougat up and running again, you will need to leave it unrooted or use one of the proven methods of root. Again, I don't think systemless supersu works for Nougat. I have no idea what bad key means. The only thing I've ever had is "N/A" come up in the unlock warning. Incidentally, you can get rid of the bootloader warning screen if you want to.
Hi There, need some help if you can...any educated and experienced help would be appreciated thanks.
After downloading my stock firmware and extracting via Huawei update Extractor all the image files ( System, user data, Cache, etc) I backed up oeminfo and cust files via Rayglobe Knife and saving the extracted update.app file to my dload folder on SDCard and successfully resetting my phone to factory using the vol+/- and power method I was quietly confident to make the jump and flash a rom the Android 7.0 (N) Nougat beta on Huawei posted by Somboons
I followed the instructions and dirty flashed this thru TWRP as instructed which seemed to go ok until I tried to reboot, the phone booted to stock recovery so I wiped Dalvik, Cache and Factroy reset, this completed and it all went down hill from there, basically now just stuck at boot screen saying that its about to reboot but never moves unless I use button combos
(OK so yes I feel stupid now and I'll beat myself up so you don"t have to, but I reallyt thought that I could always get back to stock via my SDCard)
What I can do...
Phone can only boot to eRecovery ( with WIFI failed message )
I can go into fastboot ( shows Bootloader and FRP unlocked)
What i can't do...
Cant access my update file on SDCard....Trying to boot using vol+/- and power to access my dload/update.app file on my SDCard just freezes at initial boot screen and tells me to push vol up button for 3 second and this takes me to eRecovery where all i can do is reboot or shut down.
I can't adb sideload files " no SU Binary detected"
What I've tried...
I have tried Rayglobe knife UNBRICK option placing my extracted boot, cust, system, recovery .img files but his fails with my PC popping up and saying this operation can't be performed on this PC please contact developer so this fails.
I then tried to fastboot flash all the image files which seemed to work successfully but no changes to the situation.
I have tried to fastboot flash the update.app which went thru the sparse process of all seven files and then come up with error command can not complete ( something in those words)
I have tried to fastboot new stock recovery from my rom as well as TWRP recovery but nothing works even if it says seems to have completed in the adb command prompt.
I have a feeling this is to do with the encryption of the rom and now my system cannot recognise my partition and without recovery I have no way of mounting my sdcard.
Thank god I have my old and reliable Lumia 1520 to fall back on untill I get this sorted.
Any Help would be appreciated....thanks in advance
Are you able to boot into Huawei recovery?
Mickie.C said:
Hi There, need some help if you can...any educated and experienced help would be appreciated thanks.
After downloading my stock firmware and extracting via Huawei update Extractor all the image files ( System, user data, Cache, etc) I backed up oeminfo and cust files via Rayglobe Knife and saving the extracted update.app file to my dload folder on SDCard and successfully resetting my phone to factory using the vol+/- and power method I was quietly confident to make the jump and flash a rom the Android 7.0 (N) Nougat beta on Huawei posted by Somboons
I followed the instructions and dirty flashed this thru TWRP as instructed which seemed to go ok until I tried to reboot, the phone booted to stock recovery so I wiped Dalvik, Cache and Factroy reset, this completed and it all went down hill from there, basically now just stuck at boot screen saying that its about to reboot but never moves unless I use button combos
(OK so yes I feel stupid now and I'll beat myself up so you don"t have to, but I reallyt thought that I could always get back to stock via my SDCard)
What I can do...
Phone can only boot to eRecovery ( with WIFI failed message )
I can go into fastboot ( shows Bootloader and FRP unlocked)
What i can't do...
Cant access my update file on SDCard....Trying to boot using vol+/- and power to access my dload/update.app file on my SDCard just freezes at initial boot screen and tells me to push vol up button for 3 second and this takes me to eRecovery where all i can do is reboot or shut down.
I can't adb sideload files " no SU Binary detected"
What I've tried...
I have tried Rayglobe knife UNBRICK option placing my extracted boot, cust, system, recovery .img files but his fails with my PC popping up and saying this operation can't be performed on this PC please contact developer so this fails.
I then tried to fastboot flash all the image files which seemed to work successfully but no changes to the situation.
I have tried to fastboot flash the update.app which went thru the sparse process of all seven files and then come up with error command can not complete ( something in those words)
I have tried to fastboot new stock recovery from my rom as well as TWRP recovery but nothing works even if it says seems to have completed in the adb command prompt.
I have a feeling this is to do with the encryption of the rom and now my system cannot recognise my partition and without recovery I have no way of mounting my sdcard.
Thank god I have my old and reliable Lumia 1520 to fall back on untill I get this sorted.
Any Help would be appreciated....thanks in advance
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I have solved so
https://www.dc-unlocker.com/DC-Phoenix-flash-repair-tutorial
warsangel said:
I have solved so
https://www.dc-unlocker.com/DC-Phoenix-flash-repair-tutorial
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A very big thanks ....this worked with no hitches except I now have no service now have to find unlock code for sim and get rid of the Ascend 7 splash screen that appears before the original Huawei Boot screen.?
After the above issues with thanks to warsangel's suggestion to use DC_Phoenix, I have managed to get my phone back up and running...got sim working so I now can detect my network and call and text using HCU client.
I now want to get rid of the annoying splash screen on bootup that shows Huawei Ascend spalsh screen before the mate 8 factory Huawei animated boot up screen. I still cannot access my dload folder on SDCard using vol-/+ and power button combo and if I dial in to manufacturers settings using*#*#2846579#*#* when i select upgrade from sd card i get a "PT failed do you still want to continue" if i click yes it re installs the firmware but makes no changes at all. Does any one have any other ideas. Of how to clear the splash screen and get the phone working back on Mate 8 button and bootup settings. Everything else works perfectly just a couple of things that will niggle at me...just want to get it back to out of the box as I have the Original Firmware zip file for this phone and region. cheers
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Are you able to boot into Huawei recovery?
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Hi blueheart...no I can't, I think this is my problem, I can get to fast boot and I can't fastboot anything now because the boot loader is locked with a different code than the original one that I paid for with dc-unlocker. I have manged thru HCU cLIENT to get my original imei number and serial number but this serial number doesnt show up when I fastboot devices, lists one that come with the Phoenix firmware I flashed which is an Ascend as this was a NXT image closest to my NXT-L09.
My problem still is that I seem to go in to 2G and lose the signal all the time, I'm thinking I need to enter more details in CDMA repair in HCU Client or am I going about this the wrong way???
Oh bru, no idea!
HCU client is good enough. Keep trying dload if your bootloader is locked, it will flash for sure. Phone isn't easy to brick.
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Oh bru, no idea!
HCU client is good enough. Keep trying dload if your bootloader is locked, it will flash for sure. Phone isn't easy to brick.
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Cheers Mate, managed to get to dload/update now but this doesnt seem to give a full reset, but modem is holding a signal but intermittently will drop into no service. I managed via HCU to re enter my imei and serial but a different serial number showsup in my settings still ??? getting back to where i need to but the signal dropping is a real problem. The next step is to try and get bootloader unlocked....any advice from any one.... if I fastboot flash modem will this be enough to bring my base band back or is there another file I should be looking at? cheers
You need to have cust and oem info of your own area for best signal
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You need to have cust and oem info of your own area for best signal
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Thanks....I have my backup oeminfo it isnt a .img or .app file it just says oeminfo (type=file) can i fast boot this ? or do I have to use SRKtool as I don't want to unlock bootloader.
DC-Phoenix tool lets me fastboot .img files via backdoor and app files can I convert the oeminfo file to and .img file?
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How did you do the back up?
You can flash via fastboot
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How did you do the back up?
You can flash via fastboot
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Backup was done through Rom Manager but the back up isn't an image it's a series of files like system.ext4, boot.emmc.win etc with MD5 info files. I've re-rooted device and tried to use rom manager to restore but when it boots to TWRP recovery nothing happens??? and I can't see any of the files if I go into the twrp folder on the SDcard because they aren't zip or img file.
My biggest problem even after doing full factory reset, wipe cache or install my original firmware update.app file, it doesn't seem to over write the image file that I used to recover my phone with the DC-Phoenix app, every thing indicates that it has been successful, but when I boot up,, It never goes to the stock setup mode where you would normally, choose your region, set your pin etc....it's like my install is only a shell or part of my install is not overwriting the dgtks firmware file I used which was a Huawei Ascend 7. The system re-defaults after rest to this firmware. Anyone help me to get rid of it and get back to my stock please?
I can use my stock update.app but it's not installing over the NXT AL10_M00A095_Factory_firmware_Android_6.0_EMUI_4.0.dgtks that I use ( this was the closest firmware that they had ) I think I need to format my whole system to ext4 ??? especially the partition that it storing this data that is preventing me to get my stock firmware back....any help or advice on this ...thanks
Yes format via Huawei recovery then flash
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Root and flash via TWRP after unzipping
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Yes format via Huawei recovery then flash
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Root and flash via TWRP after unzipping
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just to update....I tried formatting and resetting all partitions to ext4 format most of the partitioning was successful with the exception of Systrem and Cust...TWRP would allow me to do these....I did numerous wipes via TWRP and Stock RECOVERY but unfortunately even with a full update.app via sdcard / dload folder and fastboot update.app (my firmware) via DC-Phoenix I couldn't seem to get a full factory stock install, same problems as discussed above and file system always goes to Encrypting screen and then I end up with the Ascend 7 screen and settings with obviously the wrong base band for my region. So I hate to admit defeat, but I've relocked bootloader, reset as much as I can and sent off to the Huawei Workshop to see if they can reset all the partitons back to normal.
Hahaha
Cool, let's see
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Hahaha
Cool, let's see
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Update: well I dodged a bullet today....I sent my Mate 8 away 5 days ago to the Huawei tech support up the other end of the country and it arrived back today, back to stock and they replaced the main board with no cost to me at all. I was sure that they would call foul play and charge me but I obviously did such a number on the phone and then cleaned up all traces that they couldn't make that call lesson learn't and I see a few other people having similar problems with the Beta Nougat Rom....that you may need to post a big warning and send them to this posting so they are fair warned. I think this thread is done....I might just leave my phone alone and no tweaking for a while
Absolutely true!
XDA is not a playground for kids
You need courage to keep the Mate's balls on fire and get burnt with the nuclear reactions while keeping the blame on self
Hello, I would like some help since I got this device just yesterday.
I got it with the EMUI 4 Android 6.0 stock installed on it. Since there was no update for it I unlocked the bootloader installed twrp rooted and manually flashed EMUI 5 7.0. Everything worked fine.
I created a backup through TWRP and restored it succefully multiple times.
Then I installed the Meticulus TWRP (since I was told it is a prerequisite for the AOSP). I Flashed the AOSP but it stuck during the boot animation (30 minutes afterwards I powered it off).
I reflashed my old TWRP and tried restoring my backup. IT fails with the explanation "Cannot wipe /vendor" while at the top it says "Cannot mount /vendor (invalid argument)" "Cannot mount /product (invalud argument)".
Anyone has a clue how to fix this? Fastboot adb all works so there should be a way to boot into an OS properly?
Since AOSP was not booting i guess you forgot formatting /data partition to ext4... And did u Used Stock vendor and not openkirin ones ?
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As said I have replaced the custom TWRP with the default one so I think this should not apply anymore?
The "cannot mount vendor/product" messages came from the default TWRP after I reflashed it again.
At the top it says "cannot mount /vendor" either so I guess that is the actual problem?
It would be nice to get teh AOSP up but I really want to be able to boot into something first honestly.
And did u Used Stock vendor and not openkirin ones
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Can you please explain? When I flashed your ROM i was on your TWRP. Does this even matter anymore?
At best I would be able to restore my backup.
To me it appears to be caused by the vendor partition.
Is there any way I can manually create that through TWRP?
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To me it appears to be caused by the vendor partition.
Is there any way I can manually create that through TWRP?
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Yes you can but not creating it through twrp, but flashing it by fastboot mode: this is because
image (.img) files needs to be flashed by fastboot mode to avoid any kind of problem.
So, you should look for the last version of stock firmware on which you was before going custom, like BLN-L21CXXXB368 for example; tell me your build number and I'll find the package for you. Then, extract from the UPDATE.APP (a very big file that contains every partition in your phone like recovery, vendor, data, ecc. - you'll find this file inside the zip archive that contains the downloaded update) the vendor.img using Huawei Update Extractor, and then flash it through fastboot mode using the command "fastboot flash vendor vendor.img".
Otherwise, you could rely on dload method to reflash a full update package, and this should really fix everything since that it'll be like a new and clean installation of the OS. Then, unlocking the bootloader again and reflash TWRP to finally restore your previous backup made when it was working would be the final step.
Feel free to ask for further help
Thanks for the reply first really appreciate it.
I got the device on EMUI 4 Marshmallow rooted it and unlocked the bootloader then installed the BLN-L21C185B140 which worked smoothly.
I used that update.zip and extracted into dload root folder and started the huawei recovery installer but it said "package not found".
I tried flashing something to vendor before with fastboot but it said command not allowed.
Maybe I am doing something wrong?
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Thanks for the reply first really appreciate it.
I got the device on EMUI 4 Marshmallow rooted it and unlocked the bootloader then installed the BLN-L21C185B140 which worked smoothly.
I used that update.zip and extracted into dload root folder and started the huawei recovery installer but it said "package not found".
I tried flashing something to vendor before with fastboot but it said command not allowed.
Maybe I am doing something wrong?
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Latest build on Nougat after the update was BLN-L22C185B140 so? If yes, the package that you need to download is that one. Unluckily i can't help about dload method, i never had fortune using dload because package verification always failed at 5%, i tried every combination but without success.
Command not allowed while flashing vendor image... but flashing others, like recovery or boot.img is allowed? If yes, i don't know what's causing this sorry... I'm sure that my friend @shashank1320 could surely help more than me about how using dload method correctly. Check his signature, it should contain a guide on how to use it
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Latest build on Nougat after the update was BLN-L22C185B140 so? If yes, the package that you need to download is that one. Unluckily i can't help about dload method, i never had fortune using dload, i never be able to using it successfully because package verification always failed at 5%.
Command not allowed while flashing vendor image... but flashing others, like recovery or boot.img is allowed? If yes, i don't know what's causing this sorry... I'm sure that my friend @shashank1320 could surely help more than me about how using dload method correctly. Check his signature, it should contain a guide on how to use it
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For fastboot yes flashing recovery or boot do work but vendor does not. Maybe the ISO is corrupted somehow I will try it again on a different machine now with the tool.
The link you posted the dload method from is the one where I initially found it as well so yea.
Also it shouldn't matter what I install since the only thing I need is the actual vendor (and product?) partition to work. I have a functional backup just TWRP cannot create/mount the partitions. So even a way to just create them without any data would actually fix my problem (at least I hope so?)
When trying to use Fastboot to flash the vendor/product img I get remote: Command not allowed (yes my bootloader is unlocked) although I can flash the recovery without any problem.
The dload method does not work as said. I placed the extracted content of the update.zip into the dload folder but the software "cannot find" the package.
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When trying to use Fastboot to flash the vendor/product img I get remote: Command not allowed (yes my bootloader is unlocked) although I can flash the recovery without any problem.
The dload method does not work as said. I placed the extracted content of the update.zip into the dload folder but the software "cannot find" the package.
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@RedSkull23, thanks for the tag mate.
@algg, No need to flash the vendor image as you already had the stock vendor img.
Now what else you can try is to flash the stock recovery, boot to stock recovery, select factory reset and reboot. It should most probably fix the issue.
If not, reflash the TWRP, a regular TWRO available and not specific to elite or meticulous, but generic one given by OldDroid.
I hope you have downloaded the content for dload, if not, download these for B140.
Flash this via TWRP- http://update.hicloud.com:8180/TDS/...afnaf/update_data_full_BLN-L21_hw_meafnaf.zip
no further changes and Then use dload method for this file- http://update.hicloud.com:8180/TDS/data/files/p3/s15/G1756/g1755/v105054/f1/full/update.zip
Try above and provide feedback. This is what I could think of best possible way to have everything with all system app working.
If not, let me know and I will try to help further.
Hi, I thought I need the vendor image since TWRP (all versions) tell me "Could not mount/wipe vendor" and "Could not mount/wipe product" "invalid argument" for both.
I tried the factory reset before but it does not work. It stops at 23% then shows a red exclamation mark and just goes to the original screen with the 3 buttons (restart, shutdown and wipe).
I am currently trying to get it to recognize my sd card. But somehow it does not work through TWRP it just does not recognize the 8GB SD Card. Also I am currently on the TWRP I was before all of this happened (3.1 openkirin). Without the SD Card recognized I can't put the dload files for it on it and in turn I can't use the dload.
I mean technically it should very well be possible to fix the device since it isn't a real brick and even TWRP and Fastboot load. It's just that all those little things are somehow ruining it.
Edit: I will get a new micro sd for some reason this one does nt work. I'll say then whether the flash then dload worked.
@shashank1320
Mind explaining why I should first use TWRP to flash something and then on top of it use dload?
And why those specific files?
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Edit: I will get a new micro sd for some reason this one does nt work. I'll say then whether the flash then dload worked.
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Mind explaining why I should first use TWRP to flash something and then on top of it use dload?
And why those specific files?
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Sure, let me explain.
The first file is the data file which will install few systems apps like file manager, updater, themes, clock, fm radio etc. This will work via dload as well but the installation time is around 3-7 seconds so, over the course of time and flashing few times, i realised that these PV files cannbe flashed via TWRP and it works perfectly fine specific to PV files( twrp won't supoort other stock zips). We foash this first so that it updates your buld number and also does not replace the recovery with stock (as if you flash the main update zip first, it will replace with stock recovery so flashing the 2nd file will be quick but with unstable system apps, sometime).
Now we flash the main zip file with update.app via dload and it Install the main firmware for boot, vendor, recovery, system, usrdata etc.
Hope this explanation helps, if not let me know and I will rephrase myself.
It does help. I did all of this and now in the dload app I get "Software install failed Incompatibilty with current version please download the correct update package".
When I flashed the zip you linked me with TWRP it said "cannot mount /data /vendor /product". Appearently data cannot be mounted since it is encrypted.
Any clue as to what I am doing wrong? Or is this device now a real brick with functioning recovery but without OS?
Is there any way I can "debug" what is going on while the boot animation is playing?
What is confusing me is that the boot animation plays just normal but it simply does not continue to the actual OS.
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It does help. I did all of this and now in the dload app I get "Software install failed Incompatibilty with current version please download the correct update package".
When I flashed the zip you linked me with TWRP it said "cannot mount /data /vendor /product". Appearently data cannot be mounted since it is encrypted.
Any clue as to what I am doing wrong? Or is this device now a real brick with functioning recovery but without OS?
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Not bricked..its just Data is not mounted or encryption. Should never encrypted it. NVM.
Do one thing, boot to twrp recovery. Try flashing and get error, then go to main TWRP page and click on reboot, select recovery out of 4 options( power off, system, bootloader and recovery). It will boot to recovery, now try flashing it again and see. Most if the time it helps.
Else, go to main page, select wipe, click on format rather than wipe here, it will prompt for typing Yes to confirm. Biit to recovery from main twrp page ( as mentioned above). And try this same thing of formatting data couple of times and then flash the zip and then dload.
I know these are tedious steps but inhave revived my device many a times with all these tricks after some efforts.
Good luck
YAY it works.
Just to recap what I did:
I flashed your thing first through TWRP tried to flash your other link with dload (which did NOT work)
Then I flashed the thing (emui5 Android 7 for Europe) through TWRP played in my old backup of exactly this through TWRP cleared dalvik & cache.
Then I waited 20 minutse and now it started.
Really thanks to all of you very nice people here. I would be very baffled if it wasnt able to repair the device since Fastboot and Recovery still work.
But Huaweis recovery is beyond terrible.
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YAY it works.
Just to recap what I did:
I flashed your thing first through TWRP tried to flash your other link with dload (which did NOT work)
Then I flashed the thing (emui5 Android 7 for Europe) through TWRP played in my old backup of exactly this through TWRP cleared dalvik & cache.
Then I waited 20 minutse and now it started.
Really thanks to all of you very nice people here. I would be very baffled if it wasnt able to repair the device since Fastboot and Recovery still work.
But Huaweis recovery is beyond terrible.
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It is terrible indeed. Glad your phone working.
Thanks to @RedSkull23 for tagging, else I may have not responded as he was already involved and was helping as usual.:good:
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Really thanks to all of you very nice people here. I would be very baffled if it wasnt able to repair the device since Fastboot and Recovery still work.
But Huaweis recovery is beyond terrible.
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I'm happy for you man, indeed it would be so bad, especially because you got this device 3 or 4 days ago if i didn't read bad, anyway what matters is that now it works. Are you able to restore the previous backup through TWRP now? (But before trying... Make a backup of your actual OS )
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It is terrible indeed. Glad your phone working.
Thanks to @RedSkull23 for tagging, else I may have not responded as he was already involved and was helping as usual.:good:
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Are you joking man? I just tagged you for more help, but practically you helped him in everything, not me; I'm sure that you would noticed the thread and helped as always even without my tag, i just speeded up things for being helpful to algg.
algg, I'd like to apologize myself; i didn't vanished after tagging shashank, today i just was at work and obviously i was busy for help, but as i saw with pleasure he already helped you to restore your OS and that was the objective. Nice one, guys!
I'm very new to everything related to rooting and I think I screwed up, I'm not even sure if this is what a bootloop is.
My device won't boot back into android, I've tried to look for a solution but I don't understand any of the terms those people use.
I followed a tutorial to help me root my phone which I think might have worked but now I can't do anything.
I installed the latest twrp .zip on my phone and elementalX (I think I downloaded it for android 10 instead of 11), I tried a couple of commands in the terminal suggested by other people but none of them did anything.
I really want my phone back, even if that means that it won't be rooted, I made a backup of my data so all that matters to me is that I can use my phone again.
If you know anything that can help me, please try to explain it in a way I might understand as I don't even really know what flashing means.
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I'm very new to everything related to rooting and I think I screwed up, I'm not even sure if this is what a bootloop is.
My device won't boot back into android, I've tried to look for a solution but I don't understand any of the terms those people use.
I followed a tutorial to help me root my phone which I think might have worked but now I can't do anything.
I installed the latest twrp .zip on my phone and elementalX (I think I downloaded it for android 10 instead of 11), I tried a couple of commands in the terminal suggested by other people but none of them did anything.
I really want my phone back, even if that means that it won't be rooted, I made a backup of my data so all that matters to me is that I can use my phone again.
If you know anything that can help me, please try to explain it in a way I might understand as I don't even really know what flashing means.
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Can you boot into fastboot then toggle the volume key to recovery , does it go to twrp or something else?
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Can you boot into fastboot then toggle the volume key to recovery , does it go to twrp or something else?
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that goes back to twrp
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that goes back to twrp
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Good then try the below steps
This sequence has worked for me every time
1. Reboot twrp/lineage recovery, format data. Reboot bootloader
2. Fastboot boot into TWRP FBEv2
3. Sideload official TWRP 3.5.2.9-0 installer (found on TWRP website). Reboot recovery
4. Copy OOS 11.zip to internal storage. Or OTG drive,, Flash OOS 11.zip. Reboot recovery again
5. Format data in OOS stock recovery & Reboot
6. After boot into OOS 11, just local upgrade rom .zip again, you will have OOS in both slots