Is there a way to reflash system without wiping data? - Sprint Samsung Galaxy S6

My aunt is having problems with her phone and she lives across the country so I can't just reflash for her. Is there a way (kies, maybe?) for her to easily reflash her software since I believe that is the root of her issues? She's not super tech savvy, but with instructions she can figure do anything.

When u wipe data u not erase any data of smartphone, u can install the firmware found in sammobile with odin and this not erase anything, just restore every change in the system partition (unroot)
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Oh sorry xD i confuse with wipe cache but this dont wipe the data of the smartphone

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APN list blank [ARHD 8.1.0, Android 4.0.4]

Hi,
I have recently updated my phone to ARHD 8.1.0 (ICS 4.0.4) however my APN list is blank and I can't get 3g or a data connection. I still have cell coverage just no data connection. I have tried re-flashing to a previous radio and that didn't do anything. If anyone can help me sort out my APN list, whether it is a permissions thing or maybe I have to bite the bullet and re-flash to a previous rom with ICS 4.0.3 (last resort) because I am loving the speed and smoothness of ARHD 8.1.0. And I have tried to simply add the APNs again, the list continues to stay blank.
Thanks guys!
bump, anyone know?
Go into recovery and do a full wipe, re-download the boot image and ARHD rom and flash.
ghori1989 said:
Go into recovery and do a full wipe, re-download the boot image and ARHD rom and flash.
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Okay I will try that, so a full wipe? I have done a superwipe and re-flash 3 times. But will try it again, might get lucky. Cheers mate.
Did you do a restore of any kind? Titanium backup restores including system data seem to mess with many sense settings.
ghori1989 said:
Go into recovery and do a full wipe, re-download the boot image and ARHD rom and flash.
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No luck mate, that didn't work. Might just bite the bullet and wait till the full release.
unome1233 said:
Did you do a restore of any kind? Titanium backup restores including system data seem to mess with many sense settings.
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Yeah I do titanium backup restores, however I currently have no data on my phone because I just did a full reset and wipe, and still my APN list is blank and I can't add any. Must be some sort of bug... Not sure.
luvaofcarz said:
Yeah I do titanium backup restores, however I currently have no data on my phone because I just did a full reset and wipe, and still my APN list is blank and I can't add any. Must be some sort of bug... Not sure.
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Did you try manually re-adding them even after a clean wipe with no restore? Did you clear all caches? Davlik and normal. There shouldn't be a glitch if you are starting from scratch especially if it worked on the stock rom before.
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luvaofcarz said:
Yeah I do titanium backup restores, however I currently have no data on my phone because I just did a full reset and wipe, and still my APN list is blank and I can't add any. Must be some sort of bug... Not sure.
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Also, when you say wipe, do you mean reflashing the rom or just a wipe from inside the rom?
unome1233 said:
Did you try manually re-adding them even after a clean wipe with no restore? Did you clear all caches? Davlik and normal. There shouldn't be a glitch if you are starting from scratch especially if it worked on the stock rom before.
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Also, when you say wipe, do you mean reflashing the rom or just a wipe from inside the rom?
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Super wipe and wipe data from CWM Recovery, cleared all the caches yes. Stock rom it was fine on 4.0.3, but since i've gone to 4.0.4 I have lost the APN list. And of course I have tried re-adding them, it still stays blank. Really annoying...
Managed to find a bit of a fix, every time I would save an APN with the MNC set at 02 the list would be blank, but if I left it at 029 it would save. My APN seems to work with 029 but it is meant to use 02. Not to worry, least it is working. Thanks for everything guys!

Cannot do a factory reset

I don´t know why but when I try to do a battery reset nothing happens. I go do "Backup and reset", "Reset Phone" and click on "Reset Phone". Then if tells me that all my personal info will be erased and that this cannot be reversed, blah, blah...I click on ok and nothing happens. I have only 10% battery but the phone is plugged to the charger charging.
Can I do a factory reset using htc sync manager? What other options do I have?
You want to do a battery reset ? What do whant to achieve ? If you want to wipe the batt stats because you think it is displayed wrong you can wipe the batt stats in the recovery (custom one if you have)
And if you are still on the stock rom you can perform a factory reset from the bootloader !
If you are on a custom rom you can not do a factory reset because it will bring you in a bootloop,then you have to reflash the rom
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Why opening multiple threads within 20 minutes.
It was a batt restriction after all. I guess that if you´re lower than 10% it won´t let you reset the phone even if you´re plugged in.
Mr Hofs said:
You want to do a battery reset ? What do whant to achieve ? If you want to wipe the batt stats because you think it is displayed wrong you can wipe the batt stats in the recovery (custom one if you have)
And if you are still on the stock rom you can perform a factory reset from the bootloader !
If you are on a custom rom you can not do a factory reset because it will bring you in a bootloop,then you have to reflash the rom
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Why opening multiple threads within 20 minutes.
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So, if I want to do a factory reset I have to go back full stock (ROM and recovery?) And then go to the bootloader and choose it from there?
willdarko said:
So, if I want to do a factory reset I have to go back full stock (ROM and recovery?) And then go to the bootloader and choose it from there?
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Yes can always perform a factory reset but only when you are on the stock rom. A custom rom will get wiped so the phone doesn't boot anymore.
willdarko said:
So, if I want to do a factory reset I have to go back full stock (ROM and recovery?) And then go to the bootloader and choose it from there?
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Yes.. If you have any custom rom problems... use custom recovery to wipe data/cache/dalvic and then reflash the boot.img and rom!

[Q] Bootloop after restoring CWM nandroid

I was upgrading my n7100 from 4.1.2 to the
MJ5 4.3 ROM. I wanted to back up my data with a nandroid so that I could retain my app data. After I made the nandroid I tried restoring it. After that I got stuck at the Samsung logo in a perpetual boot loop. I tried deleting the cache and davit cache and that took me to the part where it says android is optimising apps after software upgrade but once the upgrading finishes the phone restarts again and then gets stuck at the Samsung logo again in a boot loop. The only solution to get by this is to delete data/factory reset in Cwm. But then I lose all data. Is there any way to recover the app data? I still haven't upgraded to 4.3 and am still on 4.1.2.
Thanks!!
Wipe data and do a factory reset. Don't format the internal sd if u had made your backup in the internal memory of your phone. Once the phone starts use Titanium backup to restore all your stuff from the nandroid backup.
joy854 said:
Wipe data and do a factory reset. Don't format the internal sd if u had made your backup in the internal memory of your phone. Once the phone starts use Titanium backup to restore all your stuff from the nandroid backup.
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OK I'll try that. Does that work even after I have changed android versions? Or gone from TW based romantic to AOSP based rom?
phone freez at boot
i have tried factory reset and cleaned all my data but its still stuck on samsung logo..
devtherockstar said:
OK I'll try that. Does that work even after I have changed android versions? Or gone from TW based romantic to AOSP based rom?
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It should work.
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mohd aatif said:
i have tried factory reset and cleaned all my data but its still stuck on samsung logo..
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Have patience. The first boot might take about 5 minutes.
joy854 said:
It should work.
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I havent been able to get titanium backup to work. It says failed to get root priviledges. i am on the latest version of SuperSU with latest binary installed. Any help on how to proceed will be appreciated.
Cheers!

T Mobile HTC One M8 has No OS, Please HELP!!!!!!

Hi, I'm a noob at messing with rooting or ROMs, I have a T-Mobile HTC One M8 that I rooted, it worked fine until 2 weeks later it started rebooting every few seconds, I went into TWRP Recovery and wiped the Dalvik Cache and the regular Cache, it worked fine for a few days then started rebooting every minute or so so I attempted to wipe both the Dalvick Cache and the regular Cache again thinking it would solve the problem once more. I went into Advanced Wipe and wiped Dalvik Cache, Cache, Data, Internal Storage and System...it was a noob mistake thinking that I just did a Factory Wipe. I'm not sure why I did that, but afterwards, I lost the OS to my phone because of it.
These are the Problems:
I have S-On
I didn't do a Backup of anything
I don't know how to find the CID (if needed to fix it)
I have no idea how to fix the phone
I've attached a picture of what my bootloader shows for its information. Please can someone help me fix my mistake...I really want to learn how to fix this. Can someone please instruct me how to get my OS back? I want to be able to use this phone again.
I think you can side load in recovery a ROM to flash. Lemme check...
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Well hopefully someone else can chime in. I can't find on my phone. I'm on my way to the pitch for football.
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Try this method. Hope it helps http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?p=42412062
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mauricioreynoso123 said:
Hi, I'm a noob at messing with rooting or ROMs, I have a T-Mobile HTC One M8 that I rooted, it worked fine until 2 weeks later it started rebooting every few seconds, I went into TWRP Recovery and wiped the Dalvik Cache and the regular Cache, it worked fine for a few days then started rebooting every minute or so so I attempted to wipe both the Dalvick Cache and the regular Cache again thinking it would solve the problem once more. I went into Advanced Wipe and wiped Dalvik Cache, Cache, Data, Internal Storage and System...it was a noob mistake thinking that I just did a Factory Wipe. I'm not sure why I did that, but afterwards, I lost the OS to my phone because of it.
These are the Problems:
I have S-On
I didn't do a Backup of anything
I don't know how to find the CID (if needed to fix it)
I have no idea how to fix the phone
I've attached a picture of what my bootloader shows for its information. Please can someone help me fix my mistake...I really want to learn how to fix this. Can someone please instruct me how to get my OS back? I want to be able to use this phone again.
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I have a friend that did that this is what he did:
Boot into recovery phone plugged into pc
Put Rom in adb folder and start cmd from that folder
adb devices (to make sure pc is seeing the phone)
adb push NameOfRom.zip /
On phone goto install in recovery pick the Rom and install it
Do you have a micro SD card? If so, download a ROM on your computer, transfer it to micro SD card, put the card into your m8, boot into recovery (hold volume up or down and power, I forget which one, then select recovery) go to install and choose external storage. Then install the rom like normal.
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mauricioreynoso123 said:
Hi, I'm a noob at messing with rooting or ROMs, I have a T-Mobile HTC One M8 that I rooted, it worked fine until 2 weeks later it started rebooting every few seconds, I went into TWRP Recovery and wiped the Dalvik Cache and the regular Cache, it worked fine for a few days then started rebooting every minute or so so I attempted to wipe both the Dalvick Cache and the regular Cache again thinking it would solve the problem once more. I went into Advanced Wipe and wiped Dalvik Cache, Cache, Data, Internal Storage and System...it was a noob mistake thinking that I just did a Factory Wipe. I'm not sure why I did that, but afterwards, I lost the OS to my phone because of it.
These are the Problems:
I have S-On
I didn't do a Backup of anything
I don't know how to find the CID (if needed to fix it)
I have no idea how to fix the phone
I've attached a picture of what my bootloader shows for its information. Please can someone help me fix my mistake...I really want to learn how to fix this. Can someone please instruct me how to get my OS back? I want to be able to use this phone again.
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The mistake you made there was that you wiped the system which removes any is that is on your phone.... I've made that mistake before.... That's why every dev says make nandroid backup every so often:good::victory:
If you have external sd, follow the guide in my sig
mauricioreynoso123 said:
I went into Advanced Wipe and wiped Dalvik Cache, Cache, Data, Internal Storage and System...it was a noob mistake thinking that I just did a Factory Wipe. I'm not sure why I did that, but afterwards, I lost the OS to my phone because of it.
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System refers specifically to the OS, so obviously if you wipe it, you will have no OS.
First off, my advice is that you should not be wiping anything if you don't know what it is, or what the effect will be. Sorry, not trying to be harsh, but you see the result if you rush into things without being properly informed or careful.
On a similar note, there is usually no reason to wipe Internal Storage. Some of the more OCD folks here like to do it from time to time, just to do a really thorough cleanup. But again, if you don't have a good specific reason to wipe a partition, you shouldn't do it. For instance, even if you had done a TWRP backup, the default save location is Internal Storage, so you would have deleted the backup anyway. Same thing if you had a ROM zip on the Internal Storage (to flash in case of problems like no OS), you would have wiped that too. Its a bit too common to see folks post "I had a ROM zip on the phone, but I wiped everything so now I can't flash the ROM".
All you need to do to recover is adb push a ROM to the internal storage; or copy a ROM to a removable MicroSD card. Then flash either in TWRP.
redpoint73 said:
System refers specifically to the OS, so obviously if you wipe it, you will have no OS.
First off, my advice is that you should not be wiping anything if you don't know what it is, or what the effect will be. Sorry, not trying to be harsh, but you see the result if you rush into things without being properly informed or careful.
On a similar note, there is usually no reason to wipe Internal Storage. Some of the more OCD folks here like to do it from time to time, just to do a really thorough cleanup. But again, if you don't have a good specific reason to wipe a partition, you shouldn't do it. For instance, even if you had done a TWRP backup, the default save location is Internal Storage, so you would have deleted the backup anyway. Same thing if you had a ROM zip on the Internal Storage (to flash in case of problems like no OS), you would have wiped that too. Its a bit too common to see folks post "I had a ROM zip on the phone, but I wiped everything so now I can't flash the ROM".
All you need to do to recover is adb push a ROM to the internal storage; or copy a ROM to a removable MicroSD card. Then flash either in TWRP.
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Thanks for the information,
How do I find out if a ROM is compatible with my phone? or does it matter? also, I read that to flash a ROM, you need to have S-OFF? My phone has S-On, does that matter as well?
mauricioreynoso123 said:
How do I find out if a ROM is compatible with my phone? or does it matter?
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Any ROM meant for the M8 should work. If you want to be sure, check the thread for that ROM to see the T-Mobile version is supported. or other T-Mob users have flashed it successfully.
mauricioreynoso123 said:
How do I find out if a ROM is compatible with my phone? or does it matter? also, I read that to flash a ROM, you need to have S-OFF? My phone has S-On, does that matter as well?
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No, you do not need S-off to flash ROMs. You can flash ROMs with S-on. Any mods that require s-off should state so in the top post of the thread for that mod.
mauricioreynoso123 said:
Don't forget to hit the bacon button! @redpoint good to see you brother been a while.
Sent from my One M8 using XDA Premium 4 mobile app
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redpoint73 said:
Any ROM meant for the M8 should work. If you want to be sure, check the thread for that ROM to see the T-Mobile version is supported. or other T-Mob users have flashed it successfully.
No, you do not need S-off to flash ROMs. You can flash ROMs with S-on. Any mods that require s-off should state so in the top post of the thread for that mod.
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Okay thanks, I downloaded a Nandroid Backup from here: http://forum.xda-developers.com/showpost.php?p=51836232&postcount=1
The one that shows this: TWRP-TmoUS-Stock-Rom-Backup-1.12.531.19.zip
In the TWRP I go to Install, change the storage to Micro SDcard and choose the zip file, I then swipe to confirm flash...but it doesn't go through it says that it can't read the cache.
Am I possibly doing something wrong?
I think you need to go into boot loader and type command (fastboot erase cache) without the brackets there. Then reboot recovery and try again.
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Fastboot erase cache, as previously mentioned. Or using TWRP to erase cache (select Wipe, go Advanced, and check cache) should work, too.
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subarudroid said:
@redpoint good to see you brother been a while.
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Hey buddy, good to see you, too! I got the AT&T M8 in May, and have been hanging out in the AT&T version forum section. But it seems that most folks just post in this section, so I've been coming here lately.
I think of you just about every time I re-initialize my Subaru car stereo (which you taught me) whenever I flash a new ROM, or get a new device (like the M8)!
redpoint73 said:
Fastboot erase cache, as previously mentioned. Or using TWRP to erase cache (select Wipe, go Advanced, and check cache) should work, too.
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Hey buddy, good to see you, too! I got the AT&T M8 in May, and have been hanging out in the AT&T version forum section. But it seems that most folks just post in this section, so I've been coming here lately.
I think of you just about every time I re-initialize my Subaru car stereo (which you taught me) whenever I flash a new ROM, or get a new device (like the M8)!
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I went into TWRP to erase the cache using advance wipe like you said, it wiped the cache successfully, then I went into install to to install the ROM that i got from here: http://forum.xda-developers.com/showpost.php?p=51836232&postcount=1
I chose the Nandroid Backup that says: TWRP-TmoUS-Stock-Rom-Backup-1.12.531.19.zip
but when I install it. it says " checking for MD5 file...skipping MD5 check: no MD5 file found"
I opened the zip that I downloaded and it does show an MD5 file so, what do you think I should do?
redpoint73 said:
Fastboot erase cache, as previously mentioned. Or using TWRP to erase cache (select Wipe, go Advanced, and check cache) should work, too.
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Hey buddy, good to see you, too! I got the AT&T M8 in May, and have been hanging out in the AT&T version forum section. But it seems that most folks just post in this section, so I've been coming here lately.
I think of you just about every time I re-initialize my Subaru car stereo (which you taught me) whenever I flash a new ROM, or get a new device (like the M8)!
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I went into TWRP to erase the cache using advance wipe like you said, it wiped the cache successfully, then I went into install to to install the ROM that i got from here: http://forum.xda-developers.com/show...32&postcount=1
I chose the Nandroid Backup that says: TWRP-TmoUS-Stock-Rom-Backup-1.12.531.19.zip
but when I install it. it says " checking for MD5 file...skipping MD5 check: no MD5 file found"
I opened the zip that I downloaded and it does show an MD5 file so, what do you think I should do?
mauricioreynoso123 said:
Okay thanks, I downloaded a Nandroid Backup from here: http://forum.xda-developers.com/showpost.php?p=51836232&postcount=1
The one that shows this: TWRP-TmoUS-Stock-Rom-Backup-1.12.531.19.zip
In the TWRP I go to Install, change the storage to Micro SDcard and choose the zip file, I then swipe to confirm flash...but it doesn't go through it says that it can't read the cache.
Am I possibly doing something wrong?
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mauricioreynoso123 said:
I chose the Nandroid Backup that says: TWRP-TmoUS-Stock-Rom-Backup-1.12.531.19.zip
but when I install it. it says " checking for MD5 file...skipping MD5 check: no MD5 file found"
I opened the zip that I downloaded and it does show an MD5 file so, what do you think I should do?
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A nandroid backup zip is for you to extract and place the folder to TWRP/backup on your sdcard.
In TWRP you select restore and select that folder.
It is not for install like a ROM.zip
ckpv5 said:
A nandroid backup zip is for you to extract and place the folder to TWRP/backup on your sdcard.
In TWRP you select restore and select that folder.
It is not for install like a ROM.zip
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I see... so a Nandroid Backup isn't going to replace the ROM...do you have any idea where I might be able a ROM that would work with my T-mobile M8? I know its alot to ask...but I haven't used the phone in over 2 months...Idk where exactly to look for an exact ROM
mauricioreynoso123 said:
I see... so a Nandroid Backup isn't going to replace the ROM...do you have any idea where I might be able a ROM that would work with my T-mobile M8? I know its alot to ask...but I haven't used the phone in over 2 months...Idk where exactly to look for an exact ROM
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A nandroid backup is indeed a ROM and to replace your current ROM ... just the installation is different from a ROM.zip. You restore a nandroid backup, complete and reboot... you have a stock ROM runnning.
Check here for ROM but not many for T-Mobile : http://forum.xda-developers.com/tmobile-htc-one-m8/development
ckpv5 said:
A nandroid backup is indeed a ROM and to replace your current ROM ... just the installation is different from a ROM.zip. You restore a nandroid backup, complete and reboot... you have a stock ROM runnning.
Check here for ROM but not many for T-Mobile : http://forum.xda-developers.com/tmobile-htc-one-m8/development
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I see, so I have the ability to fix this phone by using this backup on an sd card? its a possibility...by creating a TWRP folder and extracting the nandroid backup.zip in the folder.
Yes
You should already have TWRP backup folder.
The structure is TWRP/BACKUPS/yourdeviceserialno/folderhere
Good luck, gotta go now

I think I may have killed my phone

I went into twrp(which had just been installed using the twrp app) I then proceeded to make a new backup of my phone and found that afterwards I was no longer able to boot into android. It would automatically boot to recovery. I tried restoring the backup. and then a whole new rom. I have since found I was also unable to boot into download mode. it would still just boot into recovery. Any ideas on how I could fix this? mine is the rogers model to clarify.
Have u tried wiping dalvik cache or factory reset by Twrp?
Speak2Sid said:
Have u tried wiping dalvik cache or factory reset by Twrp?
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Yes, I wiped it and tried another rom.
New info just noticed that twrp is throwing out the error E:/sbin/runatboot.sh process ended with error=1
Edit: Upon looking online at the symptoms(automatically booting into recovery no download and no system) i believe the problem may be that twrp got installed on the wrong partition or deleted partitions that it shouldn't have. I'm coming from dn4 by the way.
follow steps:
1. charge ur phone to 80%
2. Advance wipe except SD card
3. Restore Stable backup
Second Option
1. Advance Wipe all
2. Goto fastboot mode
3. Re Flash TWRP Recovery
4. Then Try Restoring Old Stable Backup
Speak2Sid said:
follow steps:
1. charge ur phone to 80%
2. Advance wipe except SD card
3. Restore Stable backup
Second Option
1. Advance Wipe all
2. Goto fastboot mode
3. Re Flash TWRP Recovery
4. Then Try Restoring Old Stable Backup
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Thanks for your suggestion. backing up my internal storage really quick then i'll try option 1(option 2 won't work no matter what i try to boot to it just reloads twrp instantly, like it doesn't even act like i restarted it just goes immediately to the teamwin screen.)
Good luck.. Do update me if it help ..c ya
Speak2Sid said:
Good luck.. Do update me if it help ..c ya
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No luck.
SockmanTGR said:
No luck.
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After screwing around for a bit i managed to reflash a cwm backup of my recovery which now lets me boot into downloader which means if i can track down the official firmware i'll be good to go.
EDIT; Just out of curiosity i flashed the rom i wanted to install. Low and behold its showing the boot animation. i'll update in a few if it boots past there.
EDIT 2: booted! THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR YOUR HELP
:-o
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