Will reflashing TWRP Recovery Cause Issues? - G3 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting

I get an error saying the zip could not be opened when trying to flash. .Was going to try to re-flash TWRP recovery to see that fixes it. Will reflashing TWRP with it already in place do harm?

No it probably won't do any harm, however on other devices in the past it has had weird effects on nandroids. More importantly the package you are trying to flash is most likely broken not the recovery try redownloading the package you are trying to flash and check the md5, if that doesn't work then reinstall TWRP

melbing said:
No it probably won't do any harm, however on other devices in the past it has had weird effects on nandroids. More importantly the package you are trying to flash is most likely broken not the recovery try redownloading the package you are trying to flash and check the md5, if that doesn't work then reinstall TWRP
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Thanks I tried flashing two different ROMS and got the same can't open the zip error. Tried to reflash TWPR using Flashify, it gets stuck on fastboot
Thoughts?

Try flashing it with the adb method this will write it directly to the directory, flashify may write it differently link: http://forum.xda-developers.com/lg-g3/orig-development/bump-unlock-lg-g3-twrp-d852-d852g-f400-t2900614. I tested it on my G3 F400S model and had no issues at all with the reinstall process

Somehow I got it to work, not quite sure how though.
Thanks for the help
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[Q] RECOVERY PROBLEM: Can't flash anything!?

hey everyone,
so what's happened is my phone refuses to flash anything in TWRP :T
anything i attempt to flash aborts at md5 and says FAILED in red letters.
im guessing the internal mightve gotten corrupted cause i've used multiple different zips that ive flashed before.
even redownloaded some of them and tried again.
already checked the forums, and found nada so i was hoping someone out their could help me out on this one.
try to check md5 of your zip manually, with md5 checker, or reflash recovery only with tool.... : D
thanks a lot man, i really appreciate it! turns out md5s were fine, the recovery was just borked. so i used tool to install cwm for a while.
i use twrp and see no such issue.
sent from my i9250
bk201doesntexist said:
i use twrp and see no such issue.
sent from my i9250
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There are some compatibility issues with TWRP when trying to flash certain zips that have dynamically linked binaries (like zipalign). TWRP needs static binaries that don't link to any libraries. See here.

Need help accessing interactive mode in CWM

I got stuck in a neverending boot with the CM11 OTA updater on last nights nightly. Updater works in cm, then upon reboot, seems to install the update in non-interactive mode in cwm, then upon reboot, doesn't get past boot animation.
If i try to boot into CWM/recovery, it installs again, but I can't access the interactive menus, it just installs, then reboots again, and get's stuck. ADB sees the device, but says "offline" so I can't connect and access anything thru that.
Don't wanna have to invoke odin, as that's a last-ditch fix, and not sure what i'd install anyways.
I'd assume you'd be able to use one of these devices if you have an micro SD card availibile on your phone. I think you know what to do after that and that would be to get your ROM and GApps onto there. If you cannot do that, then you'll need to use Odin in Download mode.
was looking for a speedier way, but I solved it already by using odin to install TWRP, which let me adb in, kill the install process, then sideload the latest nightly, solving the problem, which was caused by the cmupdate program allowing me to install an incomplete zip file. I am curious as to if there's a cancel install type button-press in CWM for this type of problem.
gomisensei said:
was looking for a speedier way, but I solved it already by using odin to install TWRP, which let me adb in, kill the install process, then sideload the latest nightly, solving the problem, which was caused by the cmupdate program allowing me to install an incomplete zip file. I am curious as to if there's a cancel install type button-press in CWM for this type of problem.
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So you're having two recoveries I presume?
codemonkey98 said:
So you're having two recoveries I presume?
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Naw, just used twrp and it let me adb in. After I fixed the problem, i reflashed my cwm touch recovery. May play with twrp again sometime, but i've always preferred the look and functions of cwm, mostly cuz I'm used to it, also had some problems with twrp forever ago
gomisensei said:
Naw, just used twrp and it let me adb in. After I fixed the problem, i reflashed my cwm touch recovery. May play with twrp again sometime, but i've always preferred the look and functions of cwm, mostly cuz I'm used to it, also had some problems with twrp forever ago
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I was going to say, having two recoveries is really bad to have. :victory:

[Guidance] SGH-T989 UPDATING ISSUE!

Good evening everyone!
I've recently wanted to update my Hercules from 4.1 (I know it's reeealy outdated) to version 6.0 Marshmallow.
So I did a few steps and now I cant' seem to go any further, and I need your help.
So far, I've done the following:
-Installed TWRP 2.8.7.0
-Used Odin to flash the TWRP mentioned above
Now, I know there are a few problems regarding this version of the TWRP on the Hercules, so I tried fixing it by using Odin again and flashing the updated 2.8.7.1 and even the 3.0 version that I found on some threads, but with no sucess.
I haven't even had the chance to install Marshmallow on my phone in the first chance, because I couldn't find any .ZIP folders on the TWRP instalation menu.
I really appreciate your help guys, I'm a noob at this and I'm just starting to figure what is what, I just need my phone updated. It's running so far atleast, so it's not hard bricked I guess.
Did you follow the instructions to flash TWRP using Odin?
olafo73 said:
Did you follow the instructions to flash TWRP using Odin?
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I'm pretty sure I did everything I was intended to do. I installed Samsung Kies so I could install the drivers on my mobile, and then TWRP through Odin properly with the blue light showing up. After flashing it, it turned green and said PASS or PASSED. So I think I did everything right on that end, I can even access TWRP with no real problems.
I even tried to do a ROOT on my system, but again, I couldn't use ZIP or any other files on the TWRP installation option because they simply do not appear
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Watching this thread as I have the same problem.
I can boot to TWRP 2.8.7, but if I try to install, there's no file to install from.
I can go back to TWRP 2.6.0, and then mount the card and see the ROM, but every ROM I try fails. Something about non-virtual partitions if I try 4.4 or better, and error executing updater binary if i try 4.1
aguycalled80 said:
Watching this thread as I have the same problem.
I can boot to TWRP 2.8.7, but if I try to install, there's no file to install from.
I can go back to TWRP 2.6.0, and then mount the card and see the ROM, but every ROM I try fails. Something about non-virtual partitions if I try 4.4 or better, and error executing updater binary if i try 4.1
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How did you go back to TWRP 2.6.0?
N1ZUW said:
How did you go back to TWRP 2.6.0?
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With Odin.
I can boot in download mode no problem.
N1ZUW said:
Good evening everyone!
I've recently wanted to update my Hercules from 4.1 (I know it's reeealy outdated) to version 6.0 Marshmallow.
So I did a few steps and now I cant' seem to go any further, and I need your help.
So far, I've done the following:
-Installed TWRP 2.8.7.0
-Used Odin to flash the TWRP mentioned above
Now, I know there are a few problems regarding this version of the TWRP on the Hercules, so I tried fixing it by using Odin again and flashing the updated 2.8.7.1 and even the 3.0 version that I found on some threads, but with no sucess.
I haven't even had the chance to install Marshmallow on my phone in the first chance, because I couldn't find any .ZIP folders on the TWRP instalation menu.
I really appreciate your help guys, I'm a noob at this and I'm just starting to figure what is what, I just need my phone updated. It's running so far atleast, so it's not hard bricked I guess.
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I don't know of any problems with any of the recoveries. However there are different recoveries for different roms which need to be used in a specific order and in a specific way, the first time that you virtually repartition your phone.
Have you gone through the process of applying the "virtual partition" and installing the modified "virtual partition" recovery? This is required for most of the MM roms on this phone (Hercules). The process is very well documented here http://forum.xda-developers.com/galaxy-s2-tmobile/help/guidance-sgh-t989-updating-issue-t3414641 in the #2nd post.
markusrow said:
I don't know of any problems with any of the recoveries. However there are different recoveries for different roms which need to be used in a specific order and in a specific way, the first time that you virtually repartition your phone.
Have you gone through the process of applying the "virtual partition" and installing the modified "virtual partition" recovery? This is required for most of the MM roms on this phone (Hercules). The process is very well documented here http://forum.xda-developers.com/galaxy-s2-tmobile/help/guidance-sgh-t989-updating-issue-t3414641 in the #2nd post.
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Hi, thanks for replying
No, I dont' take I have taken that step actually. I'm pretty new to this and I tried following every step correctly, but I know that I failed or skipped something at some extent and I've been trying to figure out what exactly, so I can fix it. I guess I need to Virtual Partition my phone then, could you post me the link do to so? Because I think you posted one that would take back to this post
aguycalled80 said:
With Odin.
I can boot in download mode no problem.
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How do you go in download mode if you have TWRP installed? Does TWRP work as download mode aswell? Thanks for your help man, hope you can fix your phone too!
N1ZUW said:
How do you go in download mode if you have TWRP installed? Does TWRP work as download mode aswell? Thanks for your help man, hope you can fix your phone too!
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I shut it down in TWRP then hold volume down and power to go into download mode.
My phone has gone backwards now though - it doesn't matter what I load in Odin now, it won't boot up. The SAMSUNG screen is on, with a progress bar, but it never gets to the end. It stops right near the end and it sits there until I reboot it again.

Can't reinstall twrp after accidently updating CM13 to CM14.

I've been running cm13 nightlies on my OP3. I haven't updated in a couple weeks and last night i got a notification that there was some new updates. Since it's been a while i decided to do the update so i let the cmupdater do it's thing and went to bed. This morning i wake up and was greeted with a very cranky phone. I noticed i was having trouble with any google related app, and also popups of google apps crashing. So i go to settings and I see that my phone has been updated to CM14!
well that would explain the Google apps pproblem. I was going to flash gapps for 7.0 but i couldn't get into recovery. I had twrp installed but now i couldn't get into it. the phone reboots, shows the oneplus logo then shuts off. Then i decide to reflash twrp. i put the phone into fastboot mode and from my pc command prompt, tried the fastboot flash recovery. img. it says it was successful but i still can not boot into recovery. I made sure debugging was on and I also accepted my pc key when asked on the phone before booting into fastboot mode. I realise this is a dirty flash but is there anyway of recovering from this ? i usually flash the nightlies myself from the recovery,i don't know why last night i used the cmupdater.
You probably got it going by now but in case. Which version of twrp are you trying? I would try the latest twrp-3.0.2-23-oneplus3.img. Make sure OEM unlock is checked in device manager, root is allowed as well, try an app like flashify or something that can flash an image from within the OS and see if you have better luck.
Ducter said:
You probably got it going by now but in case. Which version of twrp are you trying? I would try the latest twrp-3.0.2-23-oneplus3.img. Make sure OEM unlock is checked in device manager, root is allowed as well, try an app like flashify or something that can flash an image from within the OS and see if you have better luck.
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Thank you for your help. I couldn't try the flashify route as it would not install. Something about parsing the package failed. I did manage to fix it by downloading the latest twrp you suggested and flashing that. After that I was able to boot into recovery and flash pico gapps 7.1. Unfortunately that wiped out all of my apps but at least i didn't lose any of my files. Thanks again.
pdrift said:
Thank you for your help. I couldn't try the flashify route as it would not install. Something about parsing the package failed. I did manage to fix it by downloading the latest twrp you suggested and flashing that. After that I was able to boot into recovery and flash pico gapps 7.1. Unfortunately that wiped out all of my apps but at least i didn't lose any of my files. Thanks again.
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Glad you got it going, I see now that I mentioned device manager... No clue where that came from lol, was suppose to be developer options. Regardless, you got it and that was the goal.

Bricked my op3, flashed op3t firmware - now i cant do anything -SOLVED-

SOLVED - FULL version of unbrick tool did the trick, after that i was able to restore my backup
So, mistakenly flashed op3t 4.16fw to my rooted op3
Phone died, used MsmDownloadTool V3.0 to get it back to life
Wont boot, says all kinds of md5sum checksum failed and turns off
Managed to flash latest twrp, flashed op3fw 4.15
Tried to restore my backup, even more md5sum checksum failed
Flashed bluspark modified twrp, restored backup, nope.
Flashed stock oxygen zip from recovery, nope
Flashed stock recovey, and then stock oxygen zip, nope
[edit] i had my fingerprint setup, so i have to give my pin to enter recovery if that matters
Dont really know what i could try next?
Atleast i got to copy all my data and backups to my computer...
raimopeku said:
So, mistakenly flashed op3t 4.16fw to my rooted op3
Phone died, used MsmDownloadTool V3.0 to get it back to life
Wont boot, says all kinds of md5sum checksum failed and turns off
Managed to flash latest twrp, flashed op3fw 4.15
Tried to restore my backup, even more md5sum checksum failed
Flashed bluspark modified twrp, restored backup, nope.
Flashed stock oxygen zip from recovery, nope
Flashed stock recovey, and then stock oxygen zip, nope
[edit] i had my fingerprint setup, so i have to give my pin to enter recovery if that matters
Dont really know what i could try next?
Atleast i got to copy all my data and backups to my computer...
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You get those md5sum failed if you didn't follow the guide properly. You need to disable driver signature enforcement otherwise windows will force you to use certain drivers which will result in those errors. I highly recommend you doing this before you flash any rom. Make sure you follow the steps 100%.
Puddi_Puddin said:
You get those md5sum failed if you didn't follow the guide properly. You need to disable driver signature enforcement otherwise windows will force you to use certain drivers which will result in those errors. I highly recommend you doing this before you flash any rom. Make sure you follow the steps 100%.
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I did just like the guide said, and now i tried random things again, ending up to point where my phone is no more reqocnized by my pc, and wont turn on :/
Adb sideload mate..
madsponge26 said:
Adb sideload mate..
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Nope, didnt work either.
Now i got my pc to detect it again, and used full version of unbrick tool, and now my phone is booting, next up is to restore backups...

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