Hi,
I've got a Oneplus One that's stuck in a twrp recovery boot loop, and I'm wondering if anyone can help. I just had my screen replaced and when I got it back it was stuck in a twrp recovery bootloop, and I couldn't boot into fastboot mode- not via recovery, and not via holding the power/volume buttons down. By wiping the system in twrp I was able to get into fastboot mode, and flash the latest stock Cyanogen rom cm-13.1-ZNH2KAS254-bacon-signed-fastboot-d194f46bee. Everything booted up fine, and at that point the phone had been restored to stock. After that, I installed the latest cyanogenmod snapshot cm-13.0-20160419-SNAPSHOT-ZNH0EAO2O0-bacon, and everything booted up fine. Next I flashed the latest twrp 3.0.2-0 and rebooted the system. At that point everything seemed to be okay. I took the back cover off again to try and line up the speaker grill a little bit better, and now I'm stuck in a recovery bootloop again, except this time I can't get back to fastboot mode by wiping the system, and I don't have consistent internet access to research how to fix this (I'm posting this from the library). I was able to install the cm snapshot again via twrp thinking that it would just undo whatever it is that was causing the problem, but the phone still boots into twrp every time. Twrp does detect that I have indeed installed the zip, it's just I can't boot into anything other than twrp. Even when I plug the phone in powered off as if to charge it, it boots straight into recovery. I am able to put files on the phone via mtp, and it shows up under adb devices as serial# recovery when I mount mtp, so if there is a magic file that I can install, or an adb command that I can run, or if you know of the solution please lend me a helping hand.
Apparently the issue is that I wiped data via twrp instead of formatting data, and that wipe data is a feature of the stock recovery that twrp doesn't carry out, and as a result there is a command written somewhere on a partition that is forcing the phone into an endless twrp bootloop. Apparently this command <dd if=/dev/zero of=/dev/block/mmcblk0p3 bs=64 count=1> worked for a person that had a asus tf700 that was doing the same thing. How would I modify this command to get it to work on the OPO, or should it work as is?
This didn't work. I WAS able to use the colorOS flashing tool to install colorOS onto the phone, but it's still stuck in a recovery boot loop, and still can't get to fastboot, or get to the lock screen. I think that it may be a problem with the volume button since the colorOS boot seems to work, except for the recovery boot looping part. Any ideas?
Hello guys, i did a lot of research before coming here and nothing seems to help me.
The Story is.. I updated to nougat, unlocked it, flash twrp, flash supersu and it showed no sim. So i tried wiping the phone and flash nougat again. Phone keeps booting on TWRP. So i flash Xiaomi.eu 6.12.1(the one i use before update to nougat). Still booting on TWRP, i read somewhere if your phone keeps booting on twrp, get to fastboot and type "fastboot continue" , and the phone finally boot to miui and now im on xiaomi.eu 6.12.1 bootloader locked.
The problem is when i try to update using updater, the phone reboot to MI logo and shuts the phone down .When i turn it on its still not updated and the rom.zip is deleted, i tried different version same thing happens. TIA!
After flashing TWRP and being successful, i installed LineageOS 14.1 and gapps as you have guided on your posts, i saw that there were some old folders that were left over from the many apps my wife have installed previously, so i decided to do a factory reset. After pressing factory reset, the phone restarted and booted into TWRP recovery, which then i clicked on "Format Data" from the wipe tab.
Things went really south from here on, i am unable to boot into anything i have flashed (i tried flashing LineageOS 14.1 and gapps). Once the rom and gapps are installed, the phone reboots back into TWRP again. it seems like the internal storage of the phone is still empty except with the 2 zip files i've put in. I am able to access TWRP Recovery and detect it as a R7S on my computer, but i cannot boot into anything else, its been stuck like that booting ONLY into TWRP ever since i've pressed "Format Data" which in this case is my mistake and i apologize, is there any solutions to unbrick the phone? Could anyone please help me? I would be very very thankful.
Edit: I have flashed a newer TWRP via TWRP itself under Install > install image. previously running on 3.0.2-2-r7sf-final.img but i tried downloading from TWRP website twrp-3.1.0-0-r7sf.img and flashed it vi TWRP since i cannot get into fastboot. phone booted up after wards into OS and made backups and kept it somewhere safe. was reading and panicking around the web for a good 10 hours
I unlocked the bootloader through mi unlock tool. I flashed official twrp from their site, 3.3.1-0-violet.img but when I tried booting it into recovery, it got stuck at twrp logo. Then I learnt that it's necessary to wipe userdata using fastboot first so I did that. Then, when twrp started, it was unable to install/wipe/mount any partition. Tried installing magisk using sideload, did work but then device stopped booting.
Figured out a way on how to fix the mount issue, twrp working fine, but then I accidentally wiped /system. Now my device only opens in fastboot, even though I've tried installing, erasing and reinstalling that twrp recovery as well as a couple of others I found in pixel experience forums for my device.
I've got all the stuff needed to install pixel experience, fcrypto disabler, xiaomi latest firmware and the rom itself. Can anyone guide me on how to install it using fastboot?
Also whenever I try booting the recovery image straight from fastboot, it says that command failed, too many links.
I can't boot into recovery via vol up + power button, fastboot doesn't recognize command fastboot reboot recovery.
you need to install stock rom ,then flash twrp but newer unofficial twrp and orangefox twrp boots into recovery even if system partition is empty.
try installing unofficial twrp or orangefox.
orangefox is recommended .
I have a Redmi note 8 with MIUI 12 installed. Bootloader is unlocked and the phone is rooted.
When I try to flash TWRP recovery in fastboot mode using my PC, it successfully flashes and boots into the TWRP recovery. TWRP does not ask for any password for decrypting the files, and when I go to install>sdcard then the storage is all in random letters, completely unrecognizable.
I have tried a lot of tutorials on youtube but none of them worked. I tried flashing the latest version of TWRP, didn't work. I tried formatting all data and rebooting back into recovery mode, didn't work. (if you reboot to system after installing TWRP, the phone automatically deletes TWRP and the next time you open recovery mode you just get the default MI recovery, and you have to flash TWRP again to open TWRP recovery.) I tried almost everything on the internet but none of it worked. Is there any way I can make it ask for the decryption password? or have my files decrypted? I just need the TWRP for a one-time-use to install a custom ROM. I don't need it to be installed permanently, but no problem even if it does get installed permanently. I just want my custom ROM.
Please help
does that work?:
Boot into twrp, then
Code:
adb shell
twrp decrypt myPassword
(myPassword is your user password)
User699 said:
does that work?:
Boot into twrp, then
Code:
adb shell
twrp decrypt myPassword
(myPassword is your user password)
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It didnt work, "failed to decrypt data" i typed the right password
#JKTheBaskieBoy said:
It didnt work, "failed to decrypt data" i typed the right password
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Okay, interessting. What's the exact error?
However, since you only want to use twrp to flash a custom OS, you could try to boot twrp (without flashing)
Code:
fastboot boot twrp.img
and then wipe data via twrp and then install your custom OS. You can use sideload which should be located under "advanced" I guess.
Code:
adb sideload myCustomOS.zip
EDIT: Don't boot out of twrp before sideloading, since your os should encrypt everything again after wiping which makes it unpossible for twrp to decrypt again (at least in your case, since it failed for some reason).
If you booted out of twrp, just wipe again and then sideload.
the correct and recommend way to install TWRP is
Flash TWRP
Erase userdata partition <~ it's important to do this as soon as possible since booting your device would just encrypt everything again
Format userdata partition
by doing this you would be able to access data partition files and folder would not be random letters.
User699 said:
Okay, interessting. What's the exact error?
However, since you only want to use twrp to flash a custom OS, you could try to boot twrp (without flashing)
Code:
fastboot boot twrp.img
and then wipe data via twrp and then install your custom OS. You can use sideload which should be located under "advanced" I guess.
Code:
adb sideload myCustomOS.zip
EDIT: Don't boot out of twrp before sideloading, since your os should encrypt everything again after wiping which makes it unpossible for twrp to decrypt again (at least in your case, since it failed for some reason).
If you booted out of twrp, just wipe again and then sideload.
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Sorry for the late reply. Earlier i just gave up on installing the custom ROM and continued with my stock from. Today a tried again, installed TWRP and turns out it is not showing random letters now. its all regular storage. i didn't even do anything to decrypt it lol it just fixed itself. Now I will install the room myself. Thank you for your help though
Ah sh** here we go again. So i installed the custom rom successfully and everything worked fine, the TWRP too. but when I tried to flash a magisk patched image (the image that I used to root my phone in MIUI) then it got stuck in the boot screen. I had to flash the stock fastboot rom again.. And as expected from my piece of **** that xiaomi calls a phone, TWRP will show encrypted folders, and does not ask for a password. Same problem. Rooted my phone again, using the magisk root image, and it worked like usual, the phone rooted. Now i am stuck again in this bs. I guess I will wait for about 4-5 days and continue using the phone like normal. Maybe it will work again this time. I will try your method here first
User699 said:
Okay, interessting. What's the exact error?
However, since you only want to use twrp to flash a custom OS, you could try to boot twrp (without flashing)
Code:
fastboot boot twrp.img
and then wipe data via twrp and then install your custom OS. You can use sideload which should be located under "advanced" I guess.
Code:
adb sideload myCustomOS.zip
EDIT: Don't boot out of twrp before sideloading, since your os should encrypt everything again after wiping which makes it unpossible for twrp to decrypt again (at least in your case, since it failed for some reason).
If you booted out of twrp, just wipe again and then sideload.
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Okay i tried wiping the data, cache and dalvik but it shows a huge essay of "error opening xxx/xxxx" in red text. Data wipe failed.
See you after like 4-5 days... hopefully
Update. I finally found a solution. It took literal hours of experimenting to find this.
-Flashed the fastboot ROM of the phone
-Rooted the phone by flashing magisk patched image
-Flashed Inception kernel via FK kernel manager
-Rebooting after flashing the kernel, It will get stuck in a black screen with no text whatsoever (probably a bootloop)
-Installed TWRP (This time TWRP does not show encrypted letters), Wiped all data, Transferred the custom ROM zip to the phone (while in TWRP) and flashing the rom
-The rom is flashed successfully. On the first reboot you get greeted with another bootloop. Fortunately the phone booted into TWRP. This time the folders are encrypted again.
-Successfully wiped the data (advanced>wipe data). No errors in data wiping this time.
-A fully working Corvus OS setup appears on rebooting.
I think the whole TWRP problem was fixed by the custom kernel. Anyways I am finally done with this now. You probably enjoyed seeing all this xD
#JKTheBaskieBoy said:
Update. I finally found a solution. It took literal hours of experimenting to find this.
-Flashed the fastboot ROM of the phone
-Rooted the phone by flashing magisk patched image
-Flashed Inception kernel via FK kernel manager
-Rebooting after flashing the kernel, It will get stuck in a black screen with no text whatsoever (probably a bootloop)
-Installed TWRP (This time TWRP does not show encrypted letters), Wiped all data, Transferred the custom ROM zip to the phone (while in TWRP) and flashing the rom
-The rom is flashed successfully. On the first reboot you get greeted with another bootloop. Fortunately the phone booted into TWRP. This time the folders are encrypted again.
-Successfully wiped the data (advanced>wipe data). No errors in data wiping this time.
-A fully working Corvus OS setup appears on rebooting.
I think the whole TWRP problem was fixed by the custom kernel. Anyways I am finally done with this now. You probably enjoyed seeing all this xD
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I like that you keep trying and finding a solution, even though you had to invest hours to make it work!
Let's hope it will work if you update the OS though – I'd actually suggest a backup of all of your data before you do an update in the future, just to be safe!
#JKTheBaskieBoy said:
I have a Redmi note 8 with MIUI 12 installed. Bootloader is unlocked and the phone is rooted.
When I try to flash TWRP recovery in fastboot mode using my PC, it successfully flashes and boots into the TWRP recovery. TWRP does not ask for any password for decrypting the files, and when I go to install>sdcard then the storage is all in random letters, completely unrecognizable.
I have tried a lot of tutorials on youtube but none of them worked. I tried flashing the latest version of TWRP, didn't work. I tried formatting all data and rebooting back into recovery mode, didn't work. (if you reboot to system after installing TWRP, the phone automatically deletes TWRP and the next time you open recovery mode you just get the default MI recovery, and you have to flash TWRP again to open TWRP recovery.) I tried almost everything on the internet but none of it worked. Is there any way I can make it ask for the decryption password? or have my files decrypted? I just need the TWRP for a one-time-use to install a custom ROM. I don't need it to be installed permanently, but no problem even if it does get installed permanently. I just want my custom ROM.
Please help
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tell me how to turn off a smartphone with a non-working sensor?
you can still use adb push command from pc to transfer files to your phone :
adb push "nameoffile" /sdcard
(place the file in your adb folder) I was able to root a phone that had this issue using this technique.
I think u should flash dm verity becoz when i flashed the rom and flashed dm verity it worked fine