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Hi,
so I tried to install a new theme and during the install the phone froze. I tried to access the recovery again, but I can't, the phone stucks at galaxy s3 screen. However I can access download mode.
My question is, what do I have to do to keep my SD Card content (like pictures)? Which firmware should I flash? I was on Wanam Lite Rom.
Thanks for Help
Matt
MadMatt89 said:
Hi,
so I tried to install a new theme and during the install the phone froze. I tried to access the recovery again, but I can't, the phone stucks at galaxy s3 screen. However I can access download mode.
My question is, what do I have to do to keep my SD Card content (like pictures)? Which firmware should I flash? I was on Wanam Lite Rom.
Thanks for Help
Matt
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Flashing a theme will not mess your recovery partition so it cannot happen that you have lost recovery..so try again..
Once you are able to boot into recovery flash the ROM which you were using without a wipe first...you will not loose anything..if you face problems then wipe data/factory reset in CWM ..even then you will not loose the data on your internal SD..
zoot1 said:
Flashing a theme will not mess your recovery partition so it cannot happen that you have lost recovery..so try again..
Once you are able to boot into recovery flash the ROM which you were using without a wipe first...you will not loose anything..if you face problems then wipe data/factory reset in CWM ..even then you will not loose the data on your internal SD..
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I know that it seems strange but I'm not able to access it. I tried to install
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1844756
on my wanamlite since someone wrote it would work (I did a nandroid backup first). However the installation froze and I had to pull the battery. Since then it won't boot or boot into recovery (the syiah kernel flash screen doesn't show up either).
MadMatt89 said:
I know that it seems strange but I'm not able to access it. I tried to install
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1844756
on my wanamlite since someone wrote it would work (I did a nandroid backup first). However the installation froze and I had to pull the battery. Since then it won't boot or boot into recovery (the syiah kernel flash screen doesn't show up either).
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Then flash CWM using odin.. Then flash the ROM after a full wipe or restore your backup
sent from here, there, somewhere!!
zoot1 said:
Then flash CWM using odin.. Then flash the ROM after a full wipe or restore your backup
sent from here, there, somewhere!!
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thanks for that
by the way, do u have any idea how this could happen? i mean it was just a theme file and im a bit confused... what shoud I do next time if a cwm installation freezes? Is it okay to pull the battery? any other opportunities?
Cheers
Been using twrp since rooting note II. I wanted to try out 4.4 PA but they said to only use cwm. It was late so I decided to be lazy and since I used to use rom manager all the time I installed it to flash cwm recovery then booted into recovery to install touch version. It wasn't showing the touch version so selected to restart to check to see where I saved it to it would not boot past the first "note II" splash screen. Battery pull then back into recovery and went ahead and flashed PA 4.4 and now it will get past the splash screen then shows boot animation but then starts all over.
Is this a rom manager issue?
can I flash twrp from within cwm recovery?
will I have to basically reroot it?
Any suggestions on how to get back to twrp and to a usable phone?
thanks
If you download a .zip of twrp and flash it you will have twrp for your recovery.
As long as you flash a rooted rom, you will be rooted.
Not sure what happened with the boot loop, did you by chance wipe the system without flashing another before booting?
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cadavjo said:
If you download a .zip of twrp and flash it you will have twrp for your recovery.
As long as you flash a rooted rom, you will be rooted.
Not sure what happened with the boot loop, did you by chance wipe the system without flashing another before booting?
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Nope did my standard wipe cache, wipe dalvik, and factory reset then flashed rom then gapps. Going to go back to twrp and wait for 4.4 to be more stable before I try it out again and maybe then I can use twrp to flash it.
thanks for the help
cadavjo said:
If you download a .zip of twrp and flash it you will have twrp for your recovery.
As long as you flash a rooted rom, you will be rooted.
Not sure what happened with the boot loop, did you by chance wipe the system without flashing another before booting?
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that didn't work. flashed newest twrp then rebooted into it and tried to flash tweaked and sticks at the splash screen again
jdpeck said:
that didn't work. flashed newest twrp then rebooted into it and tried to flash tweaked and sticks at the splash screen again
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Have you wiped data at all? You need to wipe data / factory reset when switching roms, and it sounds like you havent.
fallingup said:
Have you wiped data at all? You need to wipe data / factory reset when switching roms, and it sounds like you havent.
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As stated above, on both cwm and twrp I wiped caches and did factory reset and still having the issues. Once back on twrp I even formatted internal memory thinking maybe rom manager messed something up on it and still can't get passed the splash screen.
jdpeck said:
As stated above, on both cwm and twrp I wiped caches and did factory reset and still having the issues. Once back on twrp I even formatted internal memory thinking maybe rom manager messed something up on it and still can't get passed the splash screen.
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Copy a ROM to your SD card (external not internal)
Install cwm and format data (actually full format, where /data/media gets wiped) and system
Install rom
Reboot
TWRP has some issues randomly with corrupting /data, that's why I no longer use it.
fallingup said:
Copy a ROM to your SD card (external not internal)
Install cwm and format data (actually full format, where /data/media gets wiped) and system
Install rom
Reboot
TWRP has some issues randomly with corrupting /data, that's why I no longer use it.
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Finally got it. Thought using odin to flash back to root 66 and start fresh would work but after that it was still going to the splash screen then black and a battery pull had to be done. TWRP back ups would fail when trying to restore, so I reverted back to an older version of twrp and it finally let a back up be installed and it booted up just fine!!
thanks for all the suggestions
Im having a similar problem to yours, I am using twrp and flashed PA 3.99 the phone works great, but if my battery dies or i restart the phone or shut it down it automatically wont get passed the samsung logo, or sometimes the PA logo, the only work arounds ive seen to it is to wipe the cache and dalvik to boot, but when that fails i have to install the whole rom over again. any ideas?
Recently, I don't know how it happened, but my S3 stopped powering up, every time I try it, it enters on a loop with the "Samsung Galaxy SIII i9300" message, and when I try to format the phone via recovery mode, it says that it can't mount /data nor formatting it. Anyone know how to fix this?
@Saternoir: which recovery do you run?
rp158 said:
@Saternoir: which recovery do you run?
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CWM 6.0.4.7
@Saternoir: if you want to format sdcard0, loosing your data is ok - right?
So I suggest to install TWRP (CWM is outdated) via Odin. TWRP can't restore CWM-Backups, so for restoring you've to go back to CWM.
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@Saternoir: if you want to format sdcard0, loosing your data is ok - right?
So I suggest to install TWRP (CWM is outdated) via Odin. TWRP can't restore CWM-Backups, so for restoring you've to go back to CWM.
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Just tried it, but when it enters on the TWRP (showing TeamWin), it returns to the "Samsung Galaxy..." loop.
Installed again CWM, it enters without problems.
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@Saternoir: how did you install CWM?
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@Saternoir: how did you install CWM?
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via Odin, did the same with TWRP
@Saternoir: I suppose, you took an official TWRP from here.
Perhaps try Phillz?
Otherwise I recommend a flash of actual firmware or, if this doesn't work, a 3part firmware + PIT-file to remake partitions.
rp158 said:
@Saternoir: I suppose, you took an official TWRP from here.
Perhaps try Phillz?
Otherwise I recommend a flash of actual firmware or, if this doesn't work, a 3part firmware + PIT-file to remake partitions.
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Ok, seems like somehow it worked finally, TWRP successfully installed, and I performed an install of a stock 4.3 ROM, but when I try to install once again the 5.1.1 CM12.1 ROM from Archi, it starts the loop, I've had that ROM since 1-2 months after he started developing it.
@Saternoir: wipe /data, /system and both of caches. Flash ROM again. If you stuck again in bootanim., flash Boeffla NG 4.0 alpha 9 with wipe of cashes only.
Otherwise try Slim-ROM (becauae of its AOSP-base).
rp158 said:
@Saternoir: wipe /data, /system and both of caches. Flash ROM again. If you stuck again in bootanim., flash Boeffla NG 4.0 alpha 9 with wipe of cashes only.
Otherwise try Slim-ROM (becauae of its AOSP-base).
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Ok, now the problem if that I have a random IMEI instead of mine (the one on the battery slot)... I don't have any backup of the efs directory. Any way to get again the real IMEI?
Very strange. Did you install BoefflaKernel ever? Then you would find the backup:
sdcard0/boeffla-kernel-data/efs.tar.gz
Otherwise install firmware again and pray that it repairs.
A few days ago i got the massage "uid inconsistent feeling lucky" and after a couple of minutes my phone restarted and got stuck on the flashing samsung logo, i was on an official 4.3 rom rooted.
I decided that it's time to move to Lineage OS 7.1.1. I tried to enter twrp recovery that was installed on my device but got stuck on the twrp splash screen and after 2 seconds it reboots the device, i installed 7 different twrp versions 2.8.5.0 - 3.0.2-2 with odin but every time with the same result, stuck on twrp splash screen
So i tried to install a stock rom, after odin finished and the device rebooted it got stuck again on the flashing samsung logo and when i tried to enter the recovery that should be the stock recovery i got an android image with the red triangle and the phone reboots, when i tried to install stock recovery with odin it got stuck on file analysis.
After all that i downloaded cwm recovery and philz recovery and those were the only recovery i can access, i can delete cache and dalvik cache but when i try to wipe data/factory reset when i select the option the phone immediately reboots.
I also tried to install the Lineage OS 7.1.1 official rom with cwm but got an error massage "can't install this package on top of incompatible data. please try another package or run a factory reset".
Please help me
Is the phone encrypted? You confirmed the model # of the phone by booting into download mode?
audit13 said:
Is the phone encrypted? You confirmed the model # of the phone by booting into download mode?
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The model # GT-I9300 shown in download mode, the phone isn't encryptd
Does the phone reboot when you put it into download mode?
audit13 said:
Does the phone reboot when you put it into download mode?
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No, download mode works fine
When flashing a stock ROM, Odin gives no errors? Are you able to boot into stock recovery right after flashing a stock ROM?
audit13 said:
When flashing a stock ROM, Odin gives no errors? Are you able to boot into stock recovery right after flashing a stock ROM?
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No errors in odin, when i try to enter stock recovery after flashing stock rom there is an android picture with red triangle and the phone reboots, the only problem that i had with odin is when i tried to flash only the stock recovery it got stuck on file analysis, in my first post i wrote all the things that i've tried already and what works and doesn't work
I'm at a loss as to what the problem could be. Have you thought about taking the phone to a cell repair shop to see if it can be flashed via JTAG?
audit13 said:
I'm at a loss as to what the problem could be. Have you thought about taking the phone to a cell repair shop to see if it can be flashed via JTAG?
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this would be my last resort, where i live a shop would charge me more than the phone is worth to repair it, is there a way to factory reset with a software or adb with a phone that can't boot into the os?
The only way I know of is using stock or custom recovery.
audit13 said:
The only way I know of is using stock or custom recovery.
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can it help if i check the re-partition or erase all nand option in odin?
You need a pit file in order to repartition.
Srgyoel said:
A few days ago i got the massage "uid inconsistent feeling lucky" and after a couple of minutes my phone restarted and got stuck on the flashing samsung logo, i was on an official 4.3 rom rooted.
I decided that it's time to move to Lineage OS 7.1.1. I tried to enter twrp recovery that was installed on my device but got stuck on the twrp splash screen and after 2 seconds it reboots the device, i installed 7 different twrp versions 2.8.5.0 - 3.0.2-2 with odin but every time with the same result, stuck on twrp splash screen
So i tried to install a stock rom, after odin finished and the device rebooted it got stuck again on the flashing samsung logo and when i tried to enter the recovery that should be the stock recovery i got an android image with the red triangle and the phone reboots, when i tried to install stock recovery with odin it got stuck on file analysis.
After all that i downloaded cwm recovery and philz recovery and those were the only recovery i can access, i can delete cache and dalvik cache but when i try to wipe data/factory reset when i select the option the phone immediately reboots.
I also tried to install the Lineage OS 7.1.1 official rom with cwm but got an error massage "can't install this package on top of incompatible data. please try another package or run a factory reset".
Please help me
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The error you got means you need to wipe the /system partition before you flash Lineage. As for why TWRP isn't working, I'm really not too sure unless the image size is bigger than the actual recovery partition size.
audit13 said:
You need a pit file in order to repartition.
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The PIT file depends on the phones model or on the rom version or both?
File depends on model number and the amount of internal memory. I think the 9300 has 16 GB.
RealWelder said:
The error you got means you need to wipe the /system partition before you flash Lineage. As for why TWRP isn't working, I'm really not too sure unless the image size is bigger than the actual recovery partition size.
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the only recovery i can use is cwm or philz, but when i try to wipe data\factory reset the phone reboots right when i select the option and does not complete the wipe\reset, i wiped cache, dalvik cache and system partition, but when i try to install the rom it said incomplete data and i should do a factory reset and i can't do that, i had the latest twrp working before all of this happened
audit13 said:
File depends on model number and the amount of internal memory. I think the 9300 has 16 GB.
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Thank you, i will try to download the file and re-partition in odin, that is the only thing i haven't tried yet
Is it possible the phone has 32 GB?
audit13 said:
Is it possible the phone has 32 GB?
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My s3 has 16 gb
Noooo... Dont repartition it. You haven't had anything that says it needs it yet.
Flash the stock firmware twice, back to back then see if you have more control.
If you have a btu device (unlocked international) i can give you my reliable files to flash.
All you'll need for now is the firmware file. Flash it and as the phone reboots (blue pass in odin) you need to get it into download mode again without going to the os, if you miss it just pull the battery and go again.
Once in dl mode for the second time, flash the firmware again. When the phone reboots, before it goes to os, get in into RECOVERY MODE and try to factory wipe it. If successful allow it to reboot again as normal to os.
If the factory wipe fails or the phone still hangs at the samsung logo you have bigger issues.
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Hi,
I was installing the lIneage OS 14.1 Mocha and I came across a strange problem. The TWRP and TWRP img installed well, but when I wiped Cache and system and tried to install the Lineage os 14.1 rom, it failed and I was left with a MiPad without an OS. I guess it failed because I did not partition the system before I installed the Rom.
The tablet is turned off and I am not sure hot to get to the recovery of what to do to install a ROM. Could someone please help me with what to do next
Hold Vol up + power button till you see the Mi screen to get to recovery. Go to http://en.miui.com/download-229.html and download Xiaomi's official stock ROM.
cooldude5500 said:
Hold Vol up + power button till you see the Mi screen to get to recovery. Go to http://en.miui.com/download-229.html and download Xiaomi's official stock ROM.
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I followed this thread http://en.miui.com/thread-118294-1-1.html to merge system partitions but now i am stuck in mi logo. twrp says no OS and i can not wipe system partition or restore from backup as it says 'E:device block not found, unable to mount /system' . Can i flash xiaomi's stock rom to solve this problem?
oreki9 said:
I followed this thread http://en.miui.com/thread-118294-1-1.html to merge system partitions but now i am stuck in mi logo. twrp says no OS and i can not wipe system partition or restore from backup as it says 'E:device block not found, unable to mount /system' . Can i flash xiaomi's stock rom to solve this problem?
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I tried to flash stock rom but it failed.
oreki9 said:
I tried to flash stock rom but it failed.
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Sorry, I've no clue what the issue is. I noticed that the ROM seems to be on the external SD, maybe try putting it on the internal might fix it? Or maybe or can try to flash mocha_repartition_stock, wipe, and then flash the stock ROM?
cooldude5500 said:
Sorry, I've no clue what the issue is. I noticed that the ROM seems to be on the external SD, maybe try putting it on the internal might fix it? Or maybe or can try to flash mocha_repartition_stock, wipe, and then flash the stock ROM?
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the problem is i am unable to flash any file as it gives 'unable to mount /system' error. The system partition shows 0 size. Should i first repair it?
oreki9 said:
the problem is i am unable to flash any file as it gives 'unable to mount /system' error. The system partition shows 0 size. Should i first repair it?
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Maybe you can try flashing/re-flashing the partition scripts? Or try flashing http://en.miui.com/thread-328108-1-1.html instead, it's a slightly more up to date version of the ROM.
Why do you "restore" when trying to flash?
Palm Trees said:
Why do you "restore" when trying to flash?
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i was using my nandroid backup to restore my system but it also failed.
oreki9 said:
i was using my nandroid backup to restore my system but it also failed.
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Have you tried wiping everything?
Which rom are you trying to flash? (by whom, I mean)
Did you confirm re-partitioning was successful?
Palm Trees said:
Have you tried wiping everything?
Which rom are you trying to flash? (by whom, I mean)
Did you confirm re-partitioning was successful?
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1. I did wipe cache,dalvik,system and data.
2. I tried to flash the stock rom found on the xiaomi website.
3. How can i confirm if repartitoning was succesfull if i cant boot into system? In twrp system partiton is showing 0 size.
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Can i flash cwm while in twrp ?
oreki9 said:
1. I did wipe cache,dalvik,system and data.
2. I tried to flash the stock rom found on the xiaomi website.
3. How can i confirm if repartitoning was succesfull if i cant boot into system? In twrp system partiton is showing 0 size.
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Did you follow my guide? https://forum.xda-developers.com/mi-pad/how-to/guide-flash-twrp-merge-partitions-mi-t3611814
Palm Trees said:
Did you follow my guide? https://forum.xda-developers.com/mi-pad/how-to/guide-flash-twrp-merge-partitions-mi-t3611814
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Didn't see your guide earlier. Now will try to flash your zip file and then a stock rom. Will it work? Also my system partiton is showing 0 size so unable to flash anything. so how can i flash the stock rom?Should i neglect the error and just reboot and hope it works?
oreki9 said:
Didn't see your guide earlier. Now will try to flash your zip file and then a stock rom. Will it work? Also my system partiton is showing 0 size so unable to flash anything. so how can i flash the stock rom?Should i neglect the error and just reboot and hope it works?
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Give it a try and see what happens.
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Give it a try and see what happens.
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Thanks it worked. The file i downloaded from the miui forum seems to be the problem. I flashed your zip and it succeeded and then i flashed the stock rom and everything worked. Really thanks. Plus the partitions are now merged Thanks again.
oreki9 said:
Thanks it worked. The file i downloaded from the miui forum seems to be the problem. I flashed your zip and it succeeded and then i flashed the stock rom and everything worked. Really thanks. Plus the partitions are now merged Thanks again.
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No problem Glad it worked.
Hi,
I'm struck on MI logo. I'm on TWRP 3.1.1-0. I've installed miui_MIPADGlobal_V7.3.1.0.KXFMIDD_0d8dcf2bc3_4.4.zip, AOSPExt ROM, AICP, RR ROM but every time it struck on MI logo. All the ROMs are flashed smoothly without any error. I waited for some 30 min but nothing happened. I tried flashing via MIflashtool using flashboot rom but in MIFlash tool it showed 'error: Mismatching image and device'.
Please guide me.
Avee007 said:
Hi,
I'm struck on MI logo. I'm on TWRP 3.1.1-0. I've installed miui_MIPADGlobal_V7.3.1.0.KXFMIDD_0d8dcf2bc3_4.4.zip, AOSPExt ROM, AICP, RR ROM but every time it struck on MI logo. All the ROMs are flashed smoothly without any error. I waited for some 30 min but nothing happened. I tried flashing via MIflashtool using flashboot rom but in MIFlash tool it showed 'error: Mismatching image and device'.
Please guide me.
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Did you flash stock miui_MIPADGlobal_V7.3.1.0.KXFMIDD_0d8dcf2bc3_4.4.zip using TWRP 2.8.4?
11. Your Mi Pad now boots into TWRP 2.8.4
12. In TWRP select ‘Wipe’ and choose ‘Cache, Data, System and Dalvik Cache’
13. After wiping, press ‘Install’ and flash the ‘Repartition_MI_Pad_1_2GB_zardMi3.zip’
14. Your Mi Pad boots back into TWRP as no OS is installed
15. Install miui_MIPADGlobal_V7.3.1.0.KXFMIDD_0d8dcf2bc3_4.4.z ip (there will be an error, just ignore it and let it finish). Reboot. Wait 5-10 minutes. The MIUI welcome screen will appear, complete the setup.
16. Install DiskInfo from Play Store to confirm your repartitioning was successful.
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Did you flash stock miui_MIPADGlobal_V7.3.1.0.KXFMIDD_0d8dcf2bc3_4.4.zip using TWRP 2.8.4?
11. Your Mi Pad now boots into TWRP 2.8.4
12. In TWRP select ‘Wipe’ and choose ‘Cache, Data, System and Dalvik Cache’
13. After wiping, press ‘Install’ and flash the ‘Repartition_MI_Pad_1_2GB_zardMi3.zip’
14. Your Mi Pad boots back into TWRP as no OS is installed
15. Install miui_MIPADGlobal_V7.3.1.0.KXFMIDD_0d8dcf2bc3_4.4.z ip (there will be an error, just ignore it and let it finish). Reboot. Wait 5-10 minutes. The MIUI welcome screen will appear, complete the setup.
16. Install DiskInfo from Play Store to confirm your repartitioning was successful.
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Thanks. But the problem remains the same. It again struck on MI logo even after flashing through TWRP 2.8.4.
i too have same problem dont know what to do...i tried flashing through fastboot also even that didnt help..