So I installed successfuly DoT OS on my Moto C, however when I customized my phone a bit, I messed things up and attempted to reset DoT OS to stock settings.
Ever since my phone has been stuck in an infinite boot to TWRP.
Followed this guide:
https://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2426426
I tried wiping Dalvik, Cache
Tried Re-flashing from scratch, wiping Dalvik, Cache, System, Data.
Tried installing a stock rom. Failed.
Tried installing Lineage OS. Still in the loop.
Please help
Today I tried formatting Cache and Data. Still no luck.
Try to flash another twrp and also one old version of stock firmware .
Teddy Lo said:
Try to flash another twrp and also one old version of stock firmware .
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That totally did it! Now it won't even boot!
In an attempt to flash stock firmware with SF Tool I totally formatted the phone with Format + Download and in the middle of the process I got a message that the firmware cannot be flashed because the phone has a secure baseband and an AUTH file is needed, so now the phone has no firmware and won't boot at all.
I tried an AUTH file I found on the Internet, but it doesn't work.
I am now taking the phone to the service center in hopes that they will be able to flash back the stock firmware and revive it.
Send me you Model Number , and try to flash several times latest stock recovery with Format + Download in order to confuse your phone to be able to flash your phone without problem.
Don't panick , that can happen to everyone.
That error is probably because wrong twrp for that version that you want to flash .
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I have an i9300 international version. It began freezing and boot looping.
Recovery and download mode were working. adb shell was working via recovery.
To figure out why it was bootlooping, I wanted to run adb logcat during boot, but to do this you need to enable usb debugging, and mine was disabled. Obviously I couldn't enable it because I couldn't boot, and even tried to enable via adb shell using the following steps:
/data/data/com.android.providers.settings/databases/settings.db: adb_enabled=1
and
/system/build.prop: persist.service.adb.enable=1
But I couldn't find the above sqlite database. In fact /data was empty and I couldn't access any system files via adb shell anyway.
So no usb debugging, which means the next step is flash a stock rom. I flashed I9300XXEMG4 (here) with Odin, wiped system,data,cache. Still bootlooping (samsung logo - kernel i9300 logo - samasung logo - kernel logo etc).
I read about the PIT file here. I read about how you should stay away from it at all costs. As this was a last ditch attempt I flashed the PIT file GT-I9300_mx_20120329.pit along with I9300XXEMG4.
The phone booted fine!
Unfortunately I just read this post about not coming back from EMG4... and I hadn't backed up the efs partition
Disclaimer: do not flash the PIT file unless you know what the hell you are doing.
P.S. if you have any problems with Odin not working (stuck before it starts flashing), close Odin, unplug USB and take the phone battery out, open Odin, put the battery in, boot into download mode then plug USB in. Worked fine for me.
Cheers
Everytime I flash the stock ROM, I will have bootloop. I get into stock recovery mode, do a factory wipe and reboot. My phone boots up normally after that.
YRAJ23 said:
Everytime I flash the stock ROM, I will have bootloop. I get into stock recovery mode, do a factory wipe and reboot. My phone boots up normally after that.
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Why are you flashing the stock ROM? Upgrading? If you are flashing a different ROM or different Android version, your /data won't work with the new version. If you are flashing to a similar version, try only wiping the cache and dalvik cache.
thejonesyboy said:
Why are you flashing the stock ROM? Upgrading? If you are flashing a different ROM or different Android version, your /data won't work with the new version. If you are flashing to a similar version, try only wiping the cache and dalvik cache.
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I'm a flash addict. I will try new ROMs. I case anything went wrong, this will by my rescue step. Last week, my phone's external speaker malfunctioned. So I need to get back to stock. I need to unroot and flash stock firmware. I encountered boothloop. So, do a factory wipe and reboot. All was OK.
YRAJ23 said:
I'm a flash addict. I will try new ROMs. I case anything went wrong, this will by my rescue step. Last week, my phone's external speaker malfunctioned. So I need to get back to stock. I need to unroot and flash stock firmware. I encountered boothloop. So, do a factory wipe and reboot. All was OK.
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what type of speaker malfunctioning you got? I am facing some problem with audio/video apps. all audio/video related apps(even call ringtones) not running smoothly half of the time. I have tried many roms. Now i flashed stock firmware via odin and still have same issue.
I have not done any data/cache wipe before odin flash. Is full data/cache wipe is required for stock firmware via odin. OR any other solution you can suggest.
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what type of speaker malfunctioning you got? I am facing some problem with audio/video apps. all audio/video related apps(even call ringtones) not running smoothly half of the time. I have tried many roms. Now i flashed stock firmware via odin and still have same issue.
I have not done any data/cache wipe before odin flash. Is full data/cache wipe is required for stock firmware via odin. OR any other solution you can suggest.
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My phone was under warranty. So I reset the binary counter and reflashed stock ROM. Send it to Service Centre. They said my speaker was spoilt. So they replaced the speakers
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?
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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?
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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?
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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?
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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.
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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.
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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.
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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.
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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
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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?
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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.
Beamed in by telepathy.
Hi I have a SM-N910F model which is proving extremely difficult to flash. I firstly flashed the latest Marshmallow UK BTU firmware on it which resulted in a boot loop. I cleared cache partition and wiped data/factory reset in the stock recovery (and TWRM recovery) but this did not fix the problem. So I flashed the phone again and this time it was stuck in a boot loop with the text "recovering booting..." at the top left. Tried the same as before and still didnt fix it.
So I then tried a different stock rom - Lollipop UK BTU firmware. This gave me the exact same problems as before. However on a few occasions, I also got an error on the recovery screen saying cache could not be mounted. I cleared the cache partition, tried reformatting cache using TWRM but none of this worked. Eventually I reflashed and it went away but the boot loop doesnt go.
Lastly I tried an even older firmware - Kitkat UK BTU firmware. This again gave me a boot loop problem. It also kept displaying the cannot mount cache error as well. I tried using PIT file to repartition the device and eventually the error went but the device would still be on boot loop. However on two occasions the phone did go past the Samsung logo and show the first setup screen (where you select initial settings like Wifi etc). After like 10-15 seconds it would just switch off and then go back into boot loop. I havent managed to get to the first setup screen again.
I have tried flashing with various different Odin versions but still no luck.
I feel like I have exhausted my options and not sure what to do. Do you think I should try a custom rom? If so, for the sake of getting it to start, which is a good lightweight rom?
Does anyone know what I can do to make these infinite boot loops and/or "cannot mount cache" error go away?
Anyone? I could really do with some help..
I think you have problem with motherboard, try to find original stock frimeware, by country. If not help try custom rom. I suggest any AOSP rom such as Lineage OS or CM.
Tried 3 different stock roms. Like I said it will either be in a boot loop, recovery loop, or give an cache mounting error. Im hoping that the motherboard is not faulty because it is not always the same problem
Hi , I think is because You have FRP (Factory Reset Protection) On which means you can't flash property your phone .
What U can try is to extract recovery.img from latest stock firmware for your Region .
Now use this script to transform recovery.img to recovery.tar.md5
here is how to do :
https://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2446269
Put your phone in download mode click on AP: and choose recovery.tar.md5
After that click on Start .
If the flashing was OK , put again your phone in Download mode and flash completely the same firmware with original recovery.img inside it.
Good Luck
One guy from forums.androidcentral.com posted it work on sm-n910t, Android 6.0.1 .
My Redmi 5 plus won't boot as I messed up everything while trying to flash a couple of ROMs. At first the two ROMs that I flashed were working well. But after some time, whatever ROM I flashed, the phone started to restart while setting up the first boot (choosing language, region, etc.) and no further. So I tried wiping every partition there is under the TWRP wipe section (cache, system, vendor, data, internal storage, and so forth). Then flashed a custom ROM again with and without GApps but no success. I noticed that the phone even started to restart before the first boot finished. Also, after flashing stock ROM, TWRP said no OS installed. I even tried flashing stock MIUI ROM in fastboot mode. Although it went well, still bootloop and the device keeps restarting. However, before all of these problems, I did take a backup of every partition, leaving nothing behind, so I restored everything but again the "No OS installed, are you sure to boot?" message. Now I'm freaking out, not knowing what to do. I read somewhere that flashing via QPST tool may help but I'm having problems with installing it.
If I manage to make my phone work again, I will not flash any other ROM, ever.
Try installing new firmware with recovery, if that doesnt help you can try flashing with EDL mode.
Just open your phone and bridge these points ( on photo ) and connect phone to PC.
It should appear in XiaoMiFlash as COM[number].
Good luck!
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My Redmi 5 plus won't boot as I messed up everything while trying to flash a couple of ROMs. At first the two ROMs that I flashed were working well. But after some time, whatever ROM I flashed, the phone started to restart while setting up the first boot (choosing language, region, etc.) and no further. So I tried wiping every partition there is under the TWRP wipe section (cache, system, vendor, data, internal storage, and so forth). Then flashed a custom ROM again with and without GApps but no success. I noticed that the phone even started to restart before the first boot finished. Also, after flashing stock ROM, TWRP said no OS installed. I even tried flashing stock MIUI ROM in fastboot mode. Although it went well, still bootloop and the device keeps restarting. However, before all of these problems, I did take a backup of every partition, leaving nothing behind, so I restored everything but again the "No OS installed, are you sure to boot?" message. Now I'm freaking out, not knowing what to do. I read somewhere that flashing via QPST tool may help but I'm having problems with installing it.
If I manage to make my phone work again, I will not flash any other ROM, ever.
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Did u have the global or Chinese rom installed?
And which twrp version do u have?
Its my daughters bog standard, cheap chinese MTK6580 phone (uhappy up580 if it matters)
It came with stock 5.0 a few years back so I flashed TWRP, rooted it, ported a CRdroid 5.1 rom for it and was working fine. Yesterday on boot every app refused to start, or stopped, or froze including stock launcher and settings so I couldnt do anything at all. Booted to TWRP and wiped cache and dalvik but although TWRP said completed, it hadnt.
So decided to wipe EVERYTHING including data and again TWRP said it had but upon reboot the faulty rom was still there, not working.
Tried to flash a backup that ended in tar error, fixed that and it flashed the backup fine, rebooted but it hadnt.
Tried to TWRP flash a new rom, said it had but it hadnt,
Used SPFlash tools to flash the stock 5.0 rom, THAT said it completed after the usual time and procedure, rebooted but it hadnt
Used SPFlash tools to completely format and wipe the phone which also said it had completed but it hadnt.
I CANNOT wipe this phone using any method I know of! or install or flash anything! Just this same custom rom that was fine for years and just went wrong. Does ANYONE know how I can somehow wipe this phone or flash a new rom? Tried flashing a TWRP with SP tools AND a TWRP .img and they all said completed but obviously, nothing did.... I've accidently bricked phones easier than I can deliberately wipe this one
Any help greatly appreciated.
emmc is weared out. therefore it is read only
aIecxs said:
emmc is weared out. therefore it is read only
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Gah... exactly what I suspected but hoped not
cheers