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I need help bad... Please anyone help me

A couple of weeks ago, I went on Sammobile and installed a leaked OTA that I thought didnt carry any problems with until now. I Installed the UVLI1 verson. Now yesterday, I just found out that I will not be able to get any OTAs from T-Mobile since my modem number is changed. So I tried to Install the UVALH2 update so I can get back on the offical modem but its not letting me install it! Im 100% stock. No root or anything. I need help please.

Snook321 said:
A couple of weeks ago, I went on Sammobile and installed a leaked OTA that I thought didnt carry any problems with until now. I Installed the UVLI1 verson. Now yesterday, I just found out that I will not be able to get any OTAs from T-Mobile since my modem number is changed. So I tried to Install the UVALH2 update so I can get back on the offical modem but its not letting me install it! Im 100% stock. No root or anything. I need help please.
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Use Odin and flash a stock firmware.
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uoY_redruM said:
Use Odin and flash a stock firmware.
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What is Odin? How can I access that?

It's the full operating system for our phone. It's available in the development section in the stickies:
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1723175
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So is the stock firmware
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http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1746682
Not to be a jerk, but use the search button.... there'slots of info regarding Odin here

Or here; http://forum.xda-developers.com/showpost.php?p=31890391&postcount=2

Thanks guys... It may have taken 2 hours but I finally Rooted my phone for the first time... Flashed the previous update and now im just waiting for it to start so i can unroot my phone... I like knowing that I have a warranty on it

One more noob question.... How do you know if your phone is unrooted? I Flashed the previous update and cleared my cashe and wiped my data and now my device status is normal. does that mean that im not rooted anymore?

Glad you're learning some of the basics but you should definitely read before you start going to sammobile and installing leaks. You should be glad that your phone isn't bricked.
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Snook321 said:
One more noob question.... How do you know if your phone is unrooted? I Flashed the previous update and cleared my cashe and wiped my data and now my device status is normal. does that mean that im not rooted anymore?
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Use root check from play store.
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How do you install an OTA without ever using Odin......

psykhotic said:
How do you install an OTA without ever using Odin......
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I asked the same but then i just thought it about it again that maybe he installed it via ota lol.. Maybe kies too
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psykhotic said:
How do you install an OTA without ever using Odin......
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All I know is I installed it throuhh sammobile. One of the leaked OTA files
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Snook321 said:
All I know is I installed it throuhh sammobile. One of the leaked OTA files
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Lol next time don't do something you don't know what your really doing.
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Crisisx1 said:
Lol next time don't do something you don't know what your really doing.
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I know right? Lol ill never do that again! But hey, at least I know how to root my phone now
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Learning is what happens when you do something that you don't have the knowledge to do. If I said I knew what I was doing before I started flashing, I would be a liar. That being said, a smart person learns from other people's mistakes. Read a lot.
It's simple. Basically, never flash anything that isn't made for the SGH-T999. And if using Odin, always use PDA.
Since you are rooted, get Terminal Emulator from the Play Store. Run it, and type: su <enter> reboot nvbackup <enter>. This will backup your IMEI data, so it can be restored should it ever become corrupted. You will only need to do this one time.
Follow these instructions, and it's pretty much impossible to hard brick.
You want to check root status? Why do you need another app from the Play Store? Just open Superuser/SuperSU. It will tell you if the binaries are present/updated. Though, the presence of a su app is generally indicative that you have root access.

Cm 10.1.2

Irecently tried to flash cm10.1.2 the "stable" version of cm by I keep getting error 7. I am running the latest cwm recovery 6.0.3.1 and had no problem installing 10.1.1 a week or so ago. I have downloaded it multiple times just incase it was corrupted during the download and no luck. Has anyone else experienced this problem? Any feedback would be great
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IIRC I had this issue a while back and it has to do with the bootloaders. Error 7 means (I think) it doesn't recognize something about your device so it stops before causing issues.
I had to go back to stock and then the flash worked fine.

Search is your bestfriend.
This has been posted 100s of times.
Status 7 means outdated recovery or wrong bootloader.
Galaxy S3 / AoCP / V4A / Turbocharged

jayRokk said:
Search is your bestfriend.
This has been posted 100s of times.
Status 7 means outdated recovery or wrong bootloader.
Galaxy S3 / AoCP / V4A / Turbocharged
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I know what status 7 is, I have downloaded the proper rom and my recover is the latest one. Today is not the first time I have flashed a cm rom but it is the first time I have flagged a"stable" release
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ckavvouras said:
Irecently tried to flash cm10.1.2 the "stable" version of cm by I keep getting error 7. I am running the latest cwm recovery 6.0.3.1 and had no problem installing 10.1.1 a week or so ago. I have downloaded it multiple times just incase it was corrupted during the download and no luck. Has anyone else experienced this problem? Any feedback would be great
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You'll have to go back to a stock 4.1.1 or 4.0.4 ROM first. Then install CWM, and your ROM should install fine. I had the same issue, and this is my solution.

jayRokk said:
Search is your bestfriend.
This has been posted 100s of times.
Status 7 means outdated recovery or wrong bootloader.
Galaxy S3 / AoCP / V4A / Turbocharged
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UPDATE the bootloader if your on the latest recovery just as jayRokk said.
click link below for a newer bootloader, flash in odin. There is a newer one but this is the last one prior to the newest one. The latest one is MVLDMF1
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showpost.php?p=41503727&postcount=13716

ckavvouras said:
I know what status 7 is, I have downloaded the proper rom and my recover is the latest one. Today is not the first time I have flashed a cm rom but it is the first time I have flagged a"stable" release
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Not trying to be a ****. You ask what status 7 is. You're given the answer and also asked to search and you reply with attitude.
JayRokk myself and xBeerDroidx see this come up once to twice a day. So please don't take it personally and search next time.
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trini_vibezzz said:
You'll have to go back to a stock 4.1.1 or 4.0.4 ROM first. Then install CWM, and your ROM should install fine. I had the same issue, and this is my solution.
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You don't have to flash a stock rom. Just flashing the bootloader is sufficient. No sense downloading a 1.1gb file if you don't have too.
Bootloader files can be found here. http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2321310
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KorGuy123 said:
Not trying to be a ****. You ask what status 7 is. You're given the answer and also asked to search and you reply with attitude.
JayRokk myself and xBeerDroidx see this come up once to twice a day. So please don't take it personally and search next time.
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You don't have to flash a stock rom. Just flashing the bootloader is sufficient. No sense downloading a 1.1gb file if you don't have too.
Bootloader files can be found here. http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2321310
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I checked my post over and over and couldnt fint the part were I asked what error 7 is, in any case I appriciate your feedback and didn't realize I was coming off as a ****, im sorry that it appeared as if I was giving your buddy attitude, as for serching the forums I did and found 1 post in regaurds to 10.1.1 that was similar, as I have installed that rom before without a hitch I was thinking maybe my problem was different .
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ckavvouras said:
I checked my post over and over and couldnt fint the part were I asked what error 7 is, in any case I appriciate your feedback and didn't realize I was coming off as a ****, im sorry that it appeared as if I was giving your buddy attitude, as for serching the forums I did and found 1 post in regaurds to 10.1.1 that was similar, as I have installed that rom before without a hitch I was thinking maybe my problem was different .
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The first line in your op was "I keep getting error 7"
The actual error on the screen is "status 7" we were both half right
That's all you need to search for. Status 7 isn't rom specific you can get it flashing any rom. These threads are for helping, and I don't mind doing it, its just a lot of people need to learn how to try to help themselves first.
There is an interesting video on the homepage for xda where they say "there are 5+ million users in the forums, chances are your problem is new " interesting watch.
Getting back to the issue at hand. If your recovery is up to date than it's your bootloader. The link I added gets you to where you need to be. Don't flash the MF1 (if on a Canadian carrier) though as some roms haven't changed the script to allow it to flash and you'd get the same issue.
Let me know if you're still stuck
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KorGuy123 said:
The first line in your op was "I keep getting error 7"
The actual error on the screen is "status 7" we were both half right
That's all you need to search for. Status 7 isn't rom specific you can get it flashing any rom. These threads are for helping, and I don't mind doing it, its just a lot of people need to learn how to try to help themselves first.
There is an interesting video on the homepage for xda where they say "there are 5+ million users in the forums, chances are your problem is new " interesting watch.
Getting back to the issue at hand. If your recovery is up to date than it's your bootloader. The link I added gets you to where you need to be. Don't flash the MF1 (if on a Canadian carrier) though as some roms haven't changed the script to allow it to flash and you'd get the same issue.
Let me know if you're still stuck
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Worked great I appriciate everyones help, thank you
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ckavvouras said:
Worked great I appriciate everyones help, thank you
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Glad you got it working
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Boot Screen of Death

i managed to install pa_fascinatemtd-4.2-BETA1-20140318 using cwr/twrp but it's stuck on boot screen. I have tried 3x to reinstall and still stuck on boot screen. any suggestions?:crying:

Did you do a factory reset in recovery first?
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jgmedina said:
i managed to install pa_fascinatemtd-4.2-BETA1-20140318 using cwr/twrp but it's stuck on boot screen. I have tried 3x to reinstall and still stuck on boot screen. any suggestions?:crying:
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Do factory reset as pirateghost said, and if that don't help then flash stock firmware
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sscsps said:
Do factory reset as pirateghost said, and if that don't help then flash stock firmware
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i want to install hhp_221's 3.3-cm11-devil-kernel_twrp-4.4__01-21-2014-fassy can i install it over the PA beta 4?

jgmedina said:
i want to install hhp_221's 3.3-cm11-devil-kernel_twrp-4.4__01-21-2014-fassy can i install it over the PA beta 4?
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Most easiest way is reverting back to stock and doing what you want to
And yes I prefer installing stock and then install any kernel on it
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jgmedina said:
i want to install hhp_221's 3.3-cm11-devil-kernel_twrp-4.4__01-21-2014-fassy can i install it over the PA beta 4?
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Btw which device are you on?
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sscsps said:
Most easiest way is reverting back to stock and doing what you want to
And yes I prefer installing stock and then install any kernel on it
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Btw which device are you on?
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sch-i500 fassy just installed beta 4 hoping i don't get phone failure again
well read here that fassy doesn't handle twrp well but there is a work around....not checking insert twrp when using twrp

Phone stuck, and won't boot. Possible soft brick?

Alright so my dad just got a S4, and I did the same steps I did when I rooted my S4, except this time it didn't work. I flashed CWM Touch Recovery v6.0.3.2 and flashed the root file via recovery. Now when I reboot it gets to the Samsung Galaxy S4 logo, and just gets stuck. In the corner it says "kernel is not seandroid enforcing". I'm doing my best not to panic, but I could use some help fixing this.
I can:
Get into Recovery
Get into Download Mode
Any tips and advice would be amazing, thank you!

What "root file" did you use? You need to flash the stock firmware and then use Odin to flash CF auto root or something.
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Im guess your dads phone came with 4.4.2 stock?
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Kriptik210 said:
What "root file" did you use? You need to flash the stock firmware and then use Odin to flash CF auto root or something.
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Im guess your dads phone came with 4.4.2 stock?
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Oh ****, there was an update? Oh ****.
I used the root file found in this thread: http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2268880
Is there anyway I can reverse this?

Reserved. said:
Oh ****, there was an update? Oh ****.
I used the root file found in this thread: http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2268880
Is there anyway I can reverse this?
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Do you know what baseband was on the phone and what android version before you flashed?
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Kriptik210 said:
Do you know what baseband was on the phone and what android version before you flashed?
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No clue. I just assumed it would be the same as mine. I'd make the safe assumption it's 4.4.2 as the android version, as that is what the website is telling me. As far as Baseband I have no clue. Is there anyway I can find out without booting in?

I've actually done this same exact thing about a year ago with my last s4. All I did was flash the latest firmware with odin and start over. The fact that you can get in to recovery and download leads me to believe everything should be fine, except you may lose all you saved data like messages, pics, etc..

stikboy73 said:
I've actually done this same exact thing about a year ago with my last s4. All I did was flash the latest firmware with odin and start over. The fact that you can get in to recovery and download leads me to believe everything should be fine, except you may lose all you saved data like messages, pics, etc..
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That is reassuring. It was an out of the box thing. We charged it, and then he had me do it real quick. Now I just got to find the latest firmware for 4.4.2.

Reserved. said:
That is reassuring. It was an out of the box thing. We charged it, and then he had me do it real quick. Now I just got to find the latest firmware for 4.4.2.
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Odin the stock 4.4.2 firmware and you'll be good.
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After you do that, you can use this method...
http://www.droidviews.com/how-to-root-t-mobile-galaxy-s4-on-android-4-4-2-kitkat/
Or which ever you prefer. Just make sure it is for 4.4.2.
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Kriptik210 said:
Odin the stock 4.4.2 firmware and you'll be good.
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After you do that, you can use this method...
http://www.droidviews.com/how-to-root-t-mobile-galaxy-s4-on-android-4-4-2-kitkat/
Or which ever you prefer. Just make sure it is for 4.4.2.
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Hate to ask, but where can I find the stock 4.4.2 firmware?

http://www.sammobile.com
They have all the Samsung firmwares for all the carriers.

stikboy73 said:
http://www.sammobile.com
They have all the Samsung firmwares for all the carriers.
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Just for confirmation, this is the one correct: http://www.sammobile.com/firmwares/1/?model=SGH-M919&pcode=TMB#firmware
Don't want to be a dumbass and mess-up even more.

Those are the correct ones.

stikboy73 said:
Those are the correct ones.
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Alright, and when I flash it to the phone I can just follow this thread? http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2258628

Thise instructions are perfectly fine. The only difference is that you are using a newer firmware with a different file name.

stikboy73 said:
Thise instructions are perfectly fine. The only difference is that you are using a newer firmware with a different file name.
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Okay, and I should be using Odin 3.09?

Instructions
Extract (unzip) the firmware file
Download Odin v3.09
Extract Odin zip-file
Open Odin v3.09
Reboot phone in Download Mode (press and hold Home + Power + Volume Down buttons)
Connect phone and wait until you get a blue sign in Odin
Add the firmware file to AP / PDA
Make sure re-partition is NOT ticked
Click the start button, sit back and wait a few minutes
I took those instructions from sammobile

stikboy73 said:
Instructions
Extract (unzip) the firmware file
Download Odin v3.09
Extract Odin zip-file
Open Odin v3.09
Reboot phone in Download Mode (press and hold Home + Power + Volume Down buttons)
Connect phone and wait until you get a blue sign in Odin
Add the firmware file to AP / PDA
Make sure re-partition is NOT ticked
Click the start button, sit back and wait a few minutes
I took those instructions from sammobile
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Ah alright. Thank you so much for the help! I really appreciate it.

No problem. I'm glad I could help.

Just for future reference, you dont need to hold the HOME button when booting into Download mode or Recovery. Other than that stickboy is right. If you have to, just go on YouTube and find a 4.4.2 root video tut if you feel you need it.
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Kriptik210 said:
Just for future reference, you dont need to hold the HOME button when booting into Download mode or Recovery. Other than that stickboy is right. If you have to, just go on YouTube and find a 4.4.2 root video tut if you feel you need it.
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Alright, so this should work to fix the phone though right? I guess lesson learned in this situation: Look to see what Android Version you're running before getting too hasty.

Unable to Mount '/data' in TWRP

Hello There!
I'm an idiot. :crying:
I went to follow some steps to flashing a rom on my device.
Then when I got to the TWRP Part that says to factory reset device, I accidentally chose Wipe Data for I didn't see the slidable "slide to factory reset" on the bottom. While it is wiping my data, it restarted and only got stuck wuth the samsung logo. Anyone also experienced this?
If so, I'm gladly accepting help from all of you. thanks!
Attached is a photo of the error

Can you get back into recover? If so just do the wipes in the right order and flash the ROM. Otherwise I don't know what to do next.
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Orion116 said:
Can you get back into recover? If so just do the wipes in the right order and flash the ROM. Otherwise I don't know what to do next.
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Thank you for noticing my post
But sad to say i can't do a factory reset, I have posted a screenshot showing me doing factory reset. I also can't install a rom

xytherion said:
Thank you for noticing my post
But sad to say i can't do a factory reset, I have posted a screenshot showing me doing factory reset. I also can't install a rom
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You are using TWRP 2.8.0 right? If you can install version 2.6.3 using Obin. Then do the wipes and install. There is a bug with 2.8.0 and above for wiping the caches which is why the factory resets are failing and why you cannot install a ROM. Tell me if that works or not. O, to get the older version look through the last 10 or so pages for TWRP for are device. There are several links to the old version
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Orion116 said:
You are using TWRP 2.8.0 right? If you can install version 2.6.3 using Obin. Then do the wipes and install. There is a bug with 2.8.0 and above for wiping the caches which is why the factory resets are failing and why you cannot install a ROM. Tell me if that works or not. O, to get the older version look through the last 10 or so pages for TWRP for are device. There are several links to the old version
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thanks! i'll try it. i'll update you if it works

xytherion said:
thanks! i'll try it. i'll update you if it works
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Your welcome! And thank you.
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Your welcome! And thank you.
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Hi there, I flashed twrp 2.6.3 and now I'm getting a bootloop. the orange splash screen just keep on blinking

xytherion said:
Hi there, I flashed twrp 2.6.3 and now I'm getting a bootloop. the orange splash screen just keep on blinking
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Hmm. Orange splash screen? Can you still boot to recovery or download mode?
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You might want to ask over at the TWRP thread. I am not sure what is going on.
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Orion116 said:
Hmm. Orange splash screen? Can you still boot to recovery or download mode?
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i can go to download mode.
recovery mode just keeps flashing the orange twrp splash screen
image is attached

Also it is late were I live, so I am going to bed. ???✌
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Orion116 said:
Also it is late were I live, so I am going to bed. ???✌
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Oh, ok. thanks anyway :good:

xytherion said:
Oh, ok. thanks anyway :good:
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Your welcome.
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I had the exact same problem with TWRP 2.8. I had to do the factory reset about 6 times before I was able to get it working again. Is your's showing the size of /data as 0?