Moto G5S Plus - TWRP Recovery Boot Loop - Android Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting

Hey everyone, I just flashed my Moto G5S with a custom ROM (8.1 Pixel Experience).
Everytime I start it, it just goes into TWRP recovery mode. If I hold the Power+Volume buttons, and then select "Start", then it will boot into the Android OS. But if I leave it alone, then it just boots into TWRP Recovery mode.
How do I resolve this? it sounds like the boot order is not correct... but I don't know how to fix this.
EDIT: I have tried running the commands below in TWRP Terminal. They did not help
dd if=/dev/block/platform/msm_sdcc.1/by-name/fota of=/sdcard/fota-backup.img
dd if=/dev/zero of=/dev/block/platform/msm_sdcc.1/by-name/fota
Thank you all so much.

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Same problem
I'm having exactly the same problem.
I've tried every single thing I can think of so far, including reverting everything back to stock.
Even when I revert the recovery img back to stock, it still tries to boot into recovery and just has a screen with the android logo and one word: "error".
I think that we need the moto G5 plus equivalent of "blank flash". EDIT: I'm not allowed to post links, so replace DOT with . here: cloudDOTEvache-androidDOTcom/Moto/potter/blankflash/
I'll try flashing this and see if it works.

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Solved!!
I was finally able to solved this with the following steps:
Download the latest stock rom and firmware. There are lots of links around (sorry, I still can't post links). I used the Feb 2018 version.
Extract the zip file to the same places as fastboot. Boot into the bootloader.
1: Check your device is connected in fastboot mode
Code:
fastboot devices
If your device is listed then proceed.
2. flash bootloader
Code:
fastboot flash partition gpt.bin
fastboot flash bootloader bootloader.img
fastboot reboot-bootloader
This might be enough - I didn't test it but you could try booting back into twrp and reinstalling your custom ROM here.
2. flash stock ROM ( and everything else)
I got a couple of error messages about signing with bad keys here, just ignore them.
Code:
fastboot flash logo logo.bin
fastboot flash boot boot.img
fastboot flash recovery recovery.img
fastboot flash dsp adspso.bin
fastboot flash oem oem.img
fastboot flash system system.img_sparsechunk.0
fastboot flash system system.img_sparsechunk.1
fastboot flash system system.img_sparsechunk.2
fastboot flash system system.img_sparsechunk.3
fastboot flash system system.img_sparsechunk.4
fastboot flash system system.img_sparsechunk.5
fastboot flash system system.img_sparsechunk.6
fastboot flash system system.img_sparsechunk.7
fastboot flash modem NON-HLOS.bin
fastboot erase modemst1
fastboot erase modemst2
fastboot flash fsg fsg.mbn
fastboot erase cache
fastboot erase userdata
fastboot erase customize
fastboot erase clogo
4: Optional: relock bootloader
Code:
fastboot oem lock
5: Reboot and rejoice! (hopefully)
Code:
fastboot reboot
6: Reflash TWRP and then sideload Magisk for root
Reboot back into bootloader.
Download lastest TWRP for Moto G5S plus. Mine is called twrp-sanders-r16.im
g:
Code:
fastboot flash recovery twrp-sanders-r16.img
Get the latest Magisk from their website. Mine is v16.0.
In TWRP go to advanced -> sideload. Then:
Code:
adb sideload Magisk-v16.0.zip[CODE]
And you are done! Good luck :D

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Thank you. I will give this a shot when I have a moment. At least I can still use my phone and it's not a brick. I'll come back with an update!

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Success!
The previous suggestion worked... thank you so much!

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I don't want erase my user data... I'm good with pixel experience rom.. no major bugs.
Help with twrp bootloop.. I use twrp r20 for Sanders unofficial

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Hi,
I got the same issue. Can load fine with Start from Bootloader, but after next Restart, it's stuck on TWRP bootloop again.
I installed Pixel Experience, TWRP 3.2.1 r20 and Magisk 17.1
I used fastboot to load each file as you suggested, but still don't work.
Any idea where it might be wrong?
Thanks!

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Fix bootloop in twrp MOTO G5 PLUS, works too in G5 s Plus
kevinm2738 said:
Hey everyone, I just flashed my Moto G5S with a custom ROM (8.1 Pixel Experience).
Everytime I start it, it just goes into TWRP recovery mode. If I hold the Power+Volume buttons, and then select "Start", then it will boot into the Android OS. But if I leave it alone, then it just boots into TWRP Recovery mode.
How do I resolve this? it sounds like the boot order is not correct... but I don't know how to fix this.
EDIT: I have tried running the commands below in TWRP Terminal. They did not help
dd if=/dev/block/platform/msm_sdcc.1/by-name/fota of=/sdcard/fota-backup.img
dd if=/dev/zero of=/dev/block/platform/msm_sdcc.1/by-name/fota
Thank you all so much.
Click to expand...
Click to collapse
Here the solution: search in youtube "Solucion al Reinicio en Twrp Moto G5 Plus y seguramente todos" i cant upload links because i am a newbbie.
Sorry bad english.
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stevenhw8 said:
Hi,
I got the same issue. Can load fine with Start from Bootloader, but after next Restart, it's stuck on TWRP bootloop again.
I installed Pixel Experience, TWRP 3.2.1 r20 and Magisk 17.1
I used fastboot to load each file as you suggested, but still don't work.
Any idea where it might be wrong?
Thanks!
Click to expand...
Click to collapse
Here the solution: search in youtube "Solucion al Reinicio en Twrp Moto G5 Plus y seguramente todos" i cant upload links because i am a newbbie.
Sorry bad english.