I attempted to load the RMS ROM (RMS_ROM_v1.6.1_Gapps.zip, 201 MB) on my vibrant. All went well loading the ROM and the associated GApps. I followed the instruction to reboot the phone and leave it alone for 10 minutes. The phone rebooted the "S" logo and stayed there. After about a 1/2 hour I tried to reboot it with the same result. I then 3 fingered to the option page and attempted a restore. Now I am stuck at the "S" page but can no longer get to the 3 finger option menu.
Is this phone bricked and done? I can't see how I can get to a download mode to make any repairs.
Any help is appreciated.
Thanks,
For future reference when you get stuck on boot, pull battery 3 button recovery and reflash w/o wipe. It usually fixes a boot loop.
Now if you can see anything you are not truly bricked. At this point you need to get in DL mode and flash stock firmware, 2.1 eclair, in Odin. I am going to include a couple of links, please read them completely as this will give you a better understanding of your device etc.
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?p=9375927
Its peanut butter jelly(bean) time...
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http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?p=11358713
Its peanut butter jelly(bean) time...
samsgun357 said:
For future reference when you get stuck on boot, pull battery 3 button recovery and reflash w/o wipe. It usually fixes a boot loop.
Now if you can see anything you are not truly bricked. At this point you need to get in DL mode and flash stock firmware, 2.1 eclair, in Odin. I am going to include a couple of links, please read them completely as this will give you a better understanding of your device etc.
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?p=9375927
Its peanut butter jelly(bean) time...
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http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?p=11358713
Its peanut butter jelly(bean) time...
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Thank you very much, I've read the links and understand.
When I tryed to flash MeanICS on my evo all appeared to go well until I rebooted. After rebooting I only got a black screen. I can still boot into bootloader which gives me hope. I tryed reflashing Mean and a couple of other ROMs but the problem persists. I was hoping someone may have had a simular problem and had a fix or workaround that I could try.
Thx
Check my guide I listed this exact issue in troubleshooting, if you have any questions after feel free to ask
Thank you for your help. I now understand the problem (bootloop, caused probably by the kernel) but even a full wipe using twrp I can't get any ROMs to load, and I was not thinking and didn't make a back up.
Download a ROM and verify the check sum then unzip and place the boot.img in your adb tools (or SDK depending on what you use) boot to boot loader and select fastboot (from PC terminal, sorry) type fastboot flash boot boot.img and then in recovery try to flash the ROM zip. Be sure to wipe dalvik, cache, factory reset and system first to avoid issues
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I just noticed you said black screen, that most definitely is a kernel issue but its a ROM base mismatch, you just needed to fast boot the mean kernel most likely
I had this problem literally yesterday. All you need to do is flash the boot.img located in the unzipped folder of meanrom and then flash via fast boots via pc or mac. Wipe everything first and then flash the BOOT.IMG. THEN FLASH MEAN ROM and wipe cache etc.
Sent from my EVO on CM10
Yeah I read too quickly and missed the part about the black screen. I decided it was better to outline the whole process
ok i downloaded a new rom, verified md5sum, and unzipped the rom. i also downloaded eclipse and am linking eclipse and android sdk to try and make this a little easier, i hope. i feel like such a total noob, well for the most part i am.... i guess what i am saying is that i don;t know if i am removing boot.img from zip or if i'm just checking something on the boot.img using adb
You just need adb tools, you are making this a little harder then it needs to be
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Sorry, couldn't remember the exact name, do a search for evo4glteroot2 its basically adb tools
http://downloadandroidrom.com/file/HTCEvo4GLTE/rooting/Evo4GLTERoot2.zip
It took me a bit to realize what you guys were telling me to do.. I can be dence at times. But thank you very much my phone is now fixed.
No prob. Sorry if I at any time seemed hostile, I have been having issues with loud neighbors who have legal permission to make noise all damn night and have done so all week, I'm very agitated
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Oh god now I'm confusing threads again
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brandoncastleman said:
Hi,
I made a fudge... I had a couple of the bootloader flash files in the same download folder - long story short, I thought I was updating radios/firmware and it turns out I downgraded. Everything said "Ok" during the process, but after the reboot, I'm bricked. No lights, no response, Windows shows it as the Qsomething-or-another mode.
Is there any way to fix this - or do I have to take it into the store? I have TEP, but I'm afraid of what to say when they ask me what happened, since I have already customized my bootloader, unlocked via HTC Dev Unlock, etc.
Any pointers?
B
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yes there is a way to unbrick but not sure exaclty how I search and see if I can find you some posts for you to look at
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cgrimm9 said:
yes there is a way to unbrick but not sure exaclty how I search and see if I can find you some posts for you to look at
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I dont know if this will work maybe others will reply and see So don't taoke my word for it Untill I can get back to you or someone else can confirm. I bricked my phone on purpose so I can get back to hboot1.12 but this is not the same. here is a linlk but it should work this unbricker fixes the phone when you are trying to flash lazy panda
cgrimm9 said:
yes there is a way to unbrick but not sure exaclty how I search and see if I can find you some posts for you to look at
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I dont know if this will work maybe others will reply and see So don't taoke my word for it Untill I can get back to you or someone else can confirm. I bricked my phone on purpose so I can get back to hboot1.12 but this is not the same. here is a linlk but it should work this unbricker fixes the phone when you are trying to flash lazy panda
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I tried this, and Terminal tells me that the phone is not found... and I confirmed through their IRC support chat page that this tool only works for bricks caused by their tool. Mine was caused by a firmware flash.
I was not sure thats why I said I would wait till someone would confirm. would you do stuff makes sure your usb plug in is plugged into the read of the computer where the usb plug is plugged into the motherboard not by a extension that goes to the front of the computer makes a bif difference in stuff like this.
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You could look into this thread a little just some again this is something different but I not sure what the unbricker really does its a file ported over from the htc one x phone that worked on the htc evo lte since it iis very simular phone
I'm quite worried I soft bricked my phone. I am new to a rooted android device. I am more used to an unlocked windows mobile. Here is what I did...
I rooted my handset using blackwofls guide, it worked perfectly. I then installed adfree android from the market, it also worked perfectly.
After that, I went and got font installer, it installed like any other app, opened fine. I chose a font I wanted to use, previewed it, and installed it.
It had prompted me to reboot for the font to take effect. After rebooting my phone will no longer go past the AT&T splash screen. I am very worried since I do not know how to fix it, I don't have a backup of my ICS of any sort. I can however get into ODIN and the recovery mode of clockwork.
I reset my cache and data numerous times, and i did a factory reset, it didn't help me. It just sits at the splash screen and vibrates often. Please help me.
I got you covered man.
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http://d-h.st/ozL
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ian577416 said:
I got you covered man.
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This is actually what I had used to fix it. I appreciate your response and help in solving my issue.
Me too
brallyn said:
This is actually what I had used to fix it. I appreciate your response and help in solving my issue.
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The link was deleted. Could someone please tell me what it was/where it went?
Thanks in advance.
Here's the deal,
1. I was on resurrection remix 7.1 custom rom with TWSRP recovery installed.
2. Wanted to go back to stock huawei honor 5x OS so I downloaded it on the internet, since I live in Malaysia, I searched for "Huawei Honor 5x Stock Rom Malaysia Variant"
3. Flash the rom, got EMUI 2.0 instead of the written EMUI 3.1 on the file (the file name is KIW-L22_C636B130_Firmware_Android 5.1_EMUI 3.1_Malaysia.zip"
4. Flashed HONOR_5X_Firmware_KIW-L22_Android 6.0.1_EMUI 4.0.1_C675B360CUSTC675D002.zip that I got from huawei's website
5. Stuck in bootloop.
6. I went into TWRP recovery and tried to do something but I couldn't use the touchscreen for some odd reason
7. Went and browsed XDA for around 2 hours and found that I can install another recovery that uses the volume buttons and the power buttons to navigate, thus I installed a recovery called "carliwm touch recovery"
8. Was happy could finally do something, successfully flashed the recovery. Went and downloaded Lineage OS rom based on my mistakes that I've done and never want to go back to stock rom.
9. The recovery has an option to mount the external sd card (my sd card in my phone, dont know why it's called as such), so I did, I still couldn't navigate using the touchscreen as it's disfunctional still but can still navigate using volume and power buttons.
10. Wiped all data, flashed Lineage OS, flashed GAPPS.
11. Stuck in recovery for some reason, can't get into my phone. I've re-flashed it many times
For those who want to know my phone model, it's KIW-L22. When it had stock rom it was EMUI 4 something, can't remember as it's very vague. I think it was marshmallow
Please help
EDIT:
I use Huawei Update Extractor to get into the stock rom that had EMUI 2.0, extracted the System and Recovery images
Used this video ( https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EoZQHTidnGA&t=629s ) to flash back to stock rom that had EMUI 2.0
The only way to get out of the recovery is to reboot the phone
In the bootloader, it says "PHONE Unlocked" and "FRP Unlock"
UPDATE:
I've tried to follow the video again and re-flashed the stock rom with EMUI 2.0 and it still doesn't work
I've wiped everything in the phone using the recovery (wiped data and factory reset), going to sleep as it's 4:37 AM
This is what happens when you dont read the guides that are posted all over this forum, we have seen it so many times I have lost count and also the inclination to help sort out the mess, I would never ever in my life download any firmware that wasn't posted on XDA or flash a phone without reading guides on here first as they usually not only give the correct information but usually point to the correct firmware.
Beauty fades but stupid is forever...Judge Judy !
swukjay said:
This is what happens when you dont read the guides that are posted all over this forum, we have seen it so many times I have lost count and also the inclination to help sort out the mess, I would never ever in my life download any firmware that wasn't posted on XDA or flash a phone without reading guides on here first as they usually not only give the correct information but usually point to the correct firmware.
Beauty fades but stupid is forever...Judge Judy !
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Well, sorry for my stupidity man, not everyone's perfect. Am I forever stuck like this?
TurtleKicks said:
Well, sorry for my stupidity man, not everyone's perfect. Am I forever stuck like this?
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Your touchscreen isn't working and your getting a bootloop because you probably have the wrong boot.image this is clealy the case as your touch screen isn't working, if you search through my guides for al10 which i cant be bothered to get the link for now one of them has a link to a twrp image of what i rhink is l22, anyway its a twrp image, you can flash that using twrp and it should restore your phone, good luck
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https://forum.xda-developers.com/honor-5x/how-to/solution-to-downgrade-netcom-al10-3gb-t3718355
This is for the AL10 but should be of use to you, download the twrp image, you will need to make a backup first of your phone then follow the instructions, you cant restore using a update.app as you have wrecked the system image and ruined the version check so this is your best hope to reatore tour phone and install lineage, good luck
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swukjay said:
Your touchscreen isn't working and your getting a bootloop because you probably have the wrong boot.image this is clealy the case as your touch screen isn't working, if you search through my guides for al10 which i cant be bothered to get the link for now one of them has a link to a twrp image of what i rhink is l22, anyway its a twrp image, you can flash that using twrp and it should restore your phone, good luck
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https://forum.xda-developers.com/honor-5x/how-to/solution-to-downgrade-netcom-al10-3gb-t3718355
This is for the AL10 but should be of use to you, download the twrp image, you will need to make a backup first of your phone then follow the instructions, you cant restore using a update.app as you have wrecked the system image and ruined the version check so this is your best hope to reatore tour phone and install lineage, good luck
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In your case tick everything including modem But dont tick EFS
swukjay said:
Your touchscreen isn't working and your getting a bootloop because you probably have the wrong boot.image this is clealy the case as your touch screen isn't working, if you search through my guides for al10 which i cant be bothered to get the link for now one of them has a link to a twrp image of what i rhink is l22, anyway its a twrp image, you can flash that using twrp and it should restore your phone, good luck
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https://forum.xda-developers.com/honor-5x/how-to/solution-to-downgrade-netcom-al10-3gb-t3718355
This is for the AL10 but should be of use to you, download the twrp image, you will need to make a backup first of your phone then follow the instructions, you cant restore using a update.app as you have wrecked the system image and ruined the version check so this is your best hope to reatore tour phone and install lineage, good luck
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In your case tick everything including modem But dont tick EFS
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sorry but im using a CWM based recovery right now, its this one https://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2471479 cause i cant touch anything i read somewhere that they recommend using this when theres no touch functionality
EDIT: I've done what you told me based on your guide, still doesn't work, probably cause I'm using the CWM based recovery
Dan Ger said:
Hey man im from Malaysia too,im sorry for you because right now you got bricked your device.. eventually when you already flash 4.1 emui you cant go back to stock rom...
And you have flash wrong system number for our Malaysian version..i cant help
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So there's no hope for me? If I were to send it to a phone repair shop, it won't do anything?
TurtleKicks said:
sorry but im using a CWM based recovery right now, its this one https://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2471479 cause i cant touch anything i read somewhere that they recommend using this when theres no touch functionality
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Then you will need to use adb to flash the boot partition, you have a major job on your hands which will be especially difficult for a noob, this is why its best to read the guides !
swukjay said:
Then you will need to use adb to flash the boot partition, you have a major job on your hands which will be especially difficult for a noob, this is why its best to read the guides !
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is this website trustable? https://android.****************/ho...actory-images-android-using-fastboot-0175277/ as a guide
huh nevermind, its censored, then do you have any idea how to flash the boot partition?
This will be my last instructions then the rest is down to you..
Download minimal adb and unzip it
Download Huawei extractor tool
Download stock update.apo for any honor 5x
Use huawei extractor and open update.app with it
Extract boot.img
Place e boot.img in minimal adb folder
Download hiapp from web
Install hiapp
Plug phone into computer in adb mode
Open adb command window
Type adb devices to check its there
Type fastboot flash boot boot.img
Then install twrp
Fastboot flash recovery twrp.img "or whatever file name it is"
No fastboot reboot recovery
Now install lineage
Now hit the thanks button and write a guide on why guides are important
swukjay said:
This will be my last instructions then the rest is down to you..
Download minimal adb and unzip it
Download Huawei extractor tool
Download stock update.apo for any honor 5x
Use huawei extractor and open update.app with it
Extract boot.img
Place e boot.img in minimal adb folder
Download hiapp from web
Install hiapp
Plug phone into computer in adb mode
Open adb command window
Type adb devices to check its there
Type fastboot flash boot boot.img
Then install twrp
Fastboot flash recovery twrp.img "or whatever file name it is"
No fastboot reboot recovery
Now install lineage
Now hit the thanks button and write a guide on why guides are important
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I did everything that you told me but I still dont have touchscreen functions in TWRP. I used the boot.img from HONOR_5X_Firmware_KIW-L22_Android 6.0.1_EMUI 4.0.1_C675B360CUSTC675D002
TurtleKicks said:
I did everything that you told me but I still dont have touchscreen functions in TWRP. I used the boot.img from HONOR_5X_Firmware_KIW-L22_Android 6.0.1_EMUI 4.0.1_C675B360CUSTC675D002
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Your last option is e-recovery
swukjay said:
Your last option is e-recovery
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im very sorry but what's e-recovery?
https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=CHjL2AIQXKw
Follow the instructions and use erecovery to dowload latest rom
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Bet you wish you read those guides now !
swukjay said:
https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=CHjL2AIQXKw
Follow the instructions and use erecovery to dowload latest rom
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Bet you wish you read those guides now !
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boy i wish i read those guides. Okay I got into e-recovery and im using the power buttons to navigate through the menu, I use my power button to select the "Download latest version and recovery." and got into the wifi section, pressed download recovery and its starting to Connect to Wifi. Now I'm stuck in selecting wifi. I cant even use my power buttons to choose my wifi but i can choose the back option using the volume and power keys, what do i do now?
TurtleKicks said:
boy i wish i read those guides. Okay I got into e-recovery and im using the power buttons to navigate through the menu, I use my power button to select the "Download latest version and recovery." and got into the wifi section, pressed download recovery and its starting to Connect to Wifi. Now I'm stuck in selecting wifi. I cant even use my power buttons to choose my wifi but i can choose the back option using the volume and power keys, what do i do now?
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Probably not working because boot.img is messed up, you cant have flashed it right, you only option is to try flashing each partition with the extracted files and hope it works and if it doesnt return it to a service center, im out of ideas im afraid, i flashed my boot.img before and it worked when i had no touch screen, didnt you make a backup before you messed with the phone ? Could end up being a expensive mistake, maybe try other boot.img or ask someone on here with a l24 for a copy of their boot.img but without that your screwed as it cant load the touchscreen drivers.
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swukjay said:
Probably not working because boot.img is messed up, you cant have flashed it right, you only option is to try flashing each partition with the extracted files and hope it works and if it doesnt return it to a service center, im out of ideas im afraid, i flashed my boot.img before and it worked when i had no touch screen, didnt you make a backup before you messed with the phone ? Could end up being a expensive mistake, maybe try other boot.img or ask someone on here with a l24 for a copy of their boot.img but without that your screwed as it cant load the touchscreen drivers.
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Doesnt the touchscreen work now to select the wifi? If you can see it you should be able to select it, i cant suggest any more its down to you now
swukjay said:
Probably not working because boot.img is messed up, you cant have flashed it right, you only option is to try flashing each partition with the extracted files and hope it works and if it doesnt return it to a service center, im out of ideas im afraid, i flashed my boot.img before and it worked when i had no touch screen, didnt you make a backup before you messed with the phone ? Could end up being a expensive mistake, maybe try other boot.img or ask someone on here with a l24 for a copy of their boot.img but without that your screwed as it cant load the touchscreen drivers.
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sorry but what's the L24? You've mentioned that for a while now. I'm using the Huawei Honor 5X, model KIW-L22, not L24. Nevertheless, does that affect what I'm doing right now?
swukjay said:
Probably not working because boot.img is messed up, you cant have flashed it right, you only option is to try flashing each partition with the extracted files and hope it works and if it doesnt return it to a service center, im out of ideas im afraid, i flashed my boot.img before and it worked when i had no touch screen, didnt you make a backup before you messed with the phone ? Could end up being a expensive mistake, maybe try other boot.img or ask someone on here with a l24 for a copy of their boot.img but without that your screwed as it cant load the touchscreen drivers.
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Doesnt the touchscreen work now to select the wifi? If you can see it you should be able to select it, i cant suggest any more its down to you now
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Touchscreen doesn't work at all, can't do anything except for navigating using the power buttons
TurtleKicks said:
sorry but what's the L24? You've mentioned that for a while now. I'm using the Huawei Honor 5X, model KIW-L22, not L24. Nevertheless, does that affect what I'm doing right now?
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Should all be the same, all use the same cpu so drivers should all be the same, as i said I cant do any more now if erecovery isnt working and you have no touch screen after flashing boot.img your in the poop, send it to a service center
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Personally i dont think you flashed the boot.img correctly but there we go
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swukjay said:
Should all be the same, all use the same cpu so drivers should all be the same, as i said I cant do any more now if erecovery isnt working and you have no touch screen after flashing boot.img your in the poop, send it to a service center
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Personally i dont think you flashed the boot.img correctly but there we go
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L22
https://www.hihonor.com/in/support/details/
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May also help,
https://www.google.co.uk/amp/s/foru...ds-to-stock-rom-flashing-custom-t3358468/amp/
Cant do no more now its down to you... get that boot.img to flash and your touchscreen will work then your problem is solved.... Good luck !
swukjay said:
Should all be the same, all use the same cpu so drivers should all be the same, as i said I cant do any more now if erecovery isnt working and you have no touch screen after flashing boot.img your in the poop, send it to a service center
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Personally i dont think you flashed the boot.img correctly but there we go
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L22
https://www.hihonor.com/in/support/details/
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May also help,
https://www.google.co.uk/amp/s/foru...ds-to-stock-rom-flashing-custom-t3358468/amp/
Cant do no more now its down to you... get that boot.img to flash and your touchscreen will work then your problem is solved.... Good luck !
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Oh my God! I rebooted the phone, pressed the volume up button then BAM the phone boots into Lineage OS! Touchscreen is working, everything is working! Thanks for your help! Making the guide on why reading guides are important haha!
TurtleKicks said:
Oh my God! I rebooted the phone, pressed the volume up button then BAM the phone boots into Lineage OS! Touchscreen is working, everything is working! Thanks for your help! Making the guide on why reading guides are important haha!
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Nice one glad its working
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Dont forget to MAKE A BACKUP !