I made a nandroid in TWRP, standard wipe, install new rom, then booted.
Oops, forgot GApps. Downloaded that, rebooted into TWRP and it was asking for a password which I did not have. Looked it up and apparently another standard wipe fixes that... booted again and all my data is gone including my nandroid. am I screwed?
Yes, it seems so ...
Now you know for next time: ALWAYS copy backups to safe location (PC, USB dongle ...) before wiping or flashing anything.
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Your backup is gone. But your phone is still fixable!
I just pressed back in twrp then it just said swipe to modify like normal
navycow said:
I made a nandroid in TWRP, standard wipe, install new rom, then booted.
Oops, forgot GApps. Downloaded that, rebooted into TWRP and it was asking for a password which I did not have. Looked it up and apparently another standard wipe fixes that... booted again and all my data is gone including my nandroid. am I screwed?
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You have to remove your lockscreen password before entering into TWRP . I too got that in TWRP and same thing while booting , Install a ROM set a lockscreen password reboot and now change it to swipe . It will fix your issue and now your good to set another password.
(your TWRP password is your old lockscreen password.)
EDIT:- It will ask you password for TWRP and while booting even if you install a new ROM or restore your old backup ,you need to follow those steps to disable it.
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Phone was rooted and running CM10.2 nightlies just fine. I had to encrypt my phone for work email, no issues. I now want to change ROM's to a TW because of WiFi Calling.
So here is what I did:
- I did a TWRP (2.6.3.1) backup before starting
- Advanced Wipe Dalvik/Cache/System/Data/Internal Storage as well as Format Data to remove encryption
- Downloaded SWARMROM, flashed ROM, Modem, SuperSU.
Flash went good, rebooted with T-Mo splash and boot animation. Before I can do anything, I get a prompt to "Enter your PIN or password to use the encrypted device memory". My old password doesn't work and it won't let me in. All I can access is Emergency Call.
I have even formatted my external drive thinking it might be what is still encrypted, re-ran the install process, but same result.
I did trip the KNOX counter somehow, if that matters.
Any advice?
Go back into recovery and restore your backup, reboot and remove encryption, use titanium backup for app data
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mrhughy said:
Go back into recovery and restore your backup, reboot and remove encryption, use titanium backup for app data
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The backup doesn't have encryption. But there is somewhere on the phone that a Stock ROM is detecting encryption from. I can go to any Cyanogenmod 10.2 ROM, but not a Stock or even OMNI.
Finally got it.
ODIN root66 Stock ROM, reboot to encrypted error. Boot into factory recovery and wipe/factory reset, then wiped cache for good measure. Rebooted and it came up without the encryption prompt. Let the WiFi Calling commence.
St Veronus said:
Finally got it.
ODIN root66 Stock ROM, reboot to encrypted error. Boot into factory recovery and wipe/factory reset, then wiped cache for good measure. Rebooted and it came up without the encryption prompt. Let the WiFi Calling commence.
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You saved my arse today, THANK YOU! I have been out of the flashing game for some time now so I was getting stuck when I had the same issue as you, but thankfully, now it's back to normal, phew!
I've gone and screwed up again. I managed to root and install TWRP from Lollilop. Before flashing with CM13, I wiped everything except the external SD and I believe I wiped TWRP and SuperSU in the process. So then I was like, no biggie, let's root and get TWRP back on. I rooted via ADB but now when I power the phone up, it's stuck in an endless CM boot screen.
How can I resolve this. Go back to stock and start over? I really want to avoid any further screw ups hence why I am posting here.
Thanks!
Can anyone offer some pointers? I'm truly at loss and I don't want to brick the phone.
dmg14 said:
I've gone and screwed up again. I managed to root and install TWRP from Lollilop. Before flashing with CM13, I wiped everything except the external SD and I believe I wiped TWRP and SuperSU in the process. So then I was like, no biggie, let's root and get TWRP back on. I rooted via ADB but now when I power the phone up, it's stuck in an endless CM boot screen.
How can I resolve this. Go back to stock and start over? I really want to avoid any further screw ups hence why I am posting here.
Thanks!
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dmg14 said:
Can anyone offer some pointers? I'm truly at loss and I don't want to brick the phone.
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Yeah, sure.
So how about telling me first how you managed to wipe TWRP? I'm pretty sure there is no option under "wipe" to wipe the recovery partition?
And CM13 is rooted, all you need to do is enable it in settings, you can install SuperSU optionally if you wish to manage superuser access with it.
So like, confirm that you actually wiped recovery (still don't get it how? you used dd command?), try to enter TWRP with hardware key combination. If successful get a new CM13 zip and reflash.
NatusVincere said:
Yeah, sure.
So how about telling me first how you managed to wipe TWRP? I'm pretty sure there is no option under "wipe" to wipe the recovery partition?
And CM13 is rooted, all you need to do is enable it in settings, you can install SuperSU optionally if you wish to manage superuser access with it.
So like, confirm that you actually wiped recovery (still don't get it how? you used dd command?), try to enter TWRP with hardware key combination. If successful get a new CM13 zip and reflash.
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Under the wipe settings of TWRP, I checked all the boxes except external SD. Then after installing CM13, the phone didn't power on unless I pulled the battery before turning it on. Also, recovery mode doesn't boot into TWRP is simply says Factory Reset? Which is the stock recovery I believe.
This is the first time that TWRP doesn't work after wiping the phone and installing CM.
No.. It is not stock. If you installed cm then you had twrp. Just click yes when asked to wipe and you will go to twrp.
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NatusVincere said:
No.. It is not stock. If you installed cm then you had twrp. Just click yes when asked to wipe and you will go to twrp.
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That worked. Thank you! I re-flashed CM13 and all is good.
Hello!
Yesterday I installed Resurrection Remix Rom and it worked great. So I configured everything to my needs including setting the security to ask for a pattern on Restart. So everything is encrypted.
After a reboot the phone kept crashing and I tried to go back to my old system. Somehow I managed to set the security to none so I can revert to my old system. I then rebooted to Recovery but in Recovery it asked me for a password. I never set a password so I don’t know what to insert in here. I tried various stuff but nothing worked. I also can’t reboot back into the system without a password. It looks like my phone is still encrypted.
Is there any way how I can decrypt my files?
Can i "convert" my old pattern into a password and this will decrypt everything?
And if I am ok with losing my data, how can I just wipe everything and install a new rom?
Thank you for your help!
easiest way to delete all your data is via twrp, select everything in twrp wipe section and execute. your phone will be completely empty now. reconnect your phone to your pc and copy paste the rom and gapps and flash.
bonham1988 said:
easiest way to delete all your data is via twrp, select everything in twrp wipe section and execute. your phone will be completely empty now. reconnect your phone to your pc and copy paste the rom and gapps and flash.
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I was in TWRP and tried to Wipe just the Data and Cache partitions but it told me that it was unable to mount storage.
I thinkt that since don't know the password i don't have permission to mount partitions.
An0nYm3 said:
I was in TWRP and tried to Wipe just the Data and Cache partitions but it told me that it was unable to mount storage.
I thinkt that since don't know the password i don't have permission to mount partitions.
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Have you reflashing the stock recovery and doing a factory reset? After that you can reflash twrp and delete data. You can try if that works.
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bonham1988 said:
Have you reflashing the stock recovery and doing a factory reset? After that you can reflash twrp and delete data. You can try if that works.
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So you think i can mount the data partition again after a factory reset from the stock recovery?
I will try to flash the stock recovery when i get home.
I suppose i have to flash it via fastboot?
An0nYm3 said:
So you think i can mount the data partition again after a factory reset from the stock recovery?
I will try to flash the stock recovery when i get home.
I suppose i have to flash it via fastboot?
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I read it on xda that this process resolves the issue and yes it has to be done via fastboot in bootloader mode. Stock recovery is available on oneplus's website.
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bonham1988 said:
I read it on xda that this process resolves the issue and yes it has to be done via fastboot in bootloader mode. Stock recovery is available on oneplus's website.
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I just flased the stock recovery via fastboot and made a factory reset.
After that I could reboot back into the system without any security question.
Sadly, all data are gone, meaning it did also wipe the internal storage partition. This is a pity but I'm really glad to have my phone back.
Thank you for your support
An0nYm3 said:
I just flased the stock recovery via fastboot and made a factory reset.
After that I could reboot back into the system without any security question.
Sadly, all data are gone, meaning it did also wipe the internal storage partition. This is a pity but I'm really glad to have my phone back.
Thank you for your support
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Good to know it worked and sorry i forgot to tell you that it would delete all your data too.
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An0nYm3 said:
I just flased the stock recovery via fastboot and made a factory reset.
After that I could reboot back into the system without any security question.
Sadly, all data are gone, meaning it did also wipe the internal storage partition. This is a pity but I'm really glad to have my phone back.
Thank you for your support
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That's what a factory reset does, it wipes /Data
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That's what a factory reset does, it wipes /Data
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That’s right, but not always /sdcard
TWRP asks for a password even if you set a PIN.
enter your PIN - it should work.
my phone is encrypted running sultan's CM and TWRP asks me for a password when I go in, and my PIN works
2x4 said:
TWRP asks for a password even if you set a PIN.
enter your PIN - it should work.
my phone is encrypted running sultan's CM and TWRP asks me for a password when I go in, and my PIN works
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I definitely going to try this next time.
Hi. I have this very annoying problem with OnePlus 3, TWRP (downloaded via the official website) and LineageOS by SultanXDA (same problem with LineageOS official).
Everytime I open the TWRP to flash a zip, make a Nandroid Backup or even wipe the cache, when I reboot my phone it results in... everything back to default. My apps are gone, my settings are gone, even my PIN/Fingerprint data are gone (I can't unlock if I don't manually delete the KEY files).
I don't know if this issue is here with OxygenOS, but this seems a Recovery problem.
How can I fix that?
Thanks!
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Hi. I have this very annoying problem with OnePlus 3, TWRP (downloaded via the official website) and LineageOS by SultanXDA (same problem with LineageOS official).
Everytime I open the TWRP to flash a zip, make a Nandroid Backup or even wipe the cache, when I reboot my phone it results in... everything back to default. My apps are gone, my settings are gone, even my PIN/Fingerprint data are gone (I can't unlock if I don't manually delete the KEY files).
I don't know if this issue is here with OxygenOS, but this seems a Recovery problem.
How can I fix that?
Thanks!
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I think this is because of the recovery version you have. Flash bluspark's twrp, and let us know if the issue persists
Thank you, I've tried to do a mini-backup and looks like nothing is resetted.
So I made a backup through OrangeFox of my A13 AOSP rom (checked every option). Now I tried to restore the backup and the restore goes normally but when I reboot to system it shows Poco logo for couple seconds then reboots to recovery and internal memory is messed up. I formatted data and tried installing the rom then restoring data alone, then data and super system, Ans the result was the same which is the rom animation starts and "starting Android" loading screen appears but never goes away. Any idea on how to get it working?
Thanks in advance
Are you trying to restore the Backup after you formated data/reflashed ROM ?
I trusted TWRP backups twice, and both times it failed.
I think to backup /data, you also have to backup /metadata, because /metadata stores the encryption-key for /data.
I also recommend the app "Swift Backup" from Play Store, it's the best app for backing up apps + appdata, messages, and call history. Requires Root to backup app-data of course.
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So I made a backup through OrangeFox of my A13 AOSP rom (checked every option). Now I tried to restore the backup and the restore goes normally but when I reboot to system it shows Poco logo for couple seconds then reboots to recovery and internal memory is messed up. I formatted data and tried installing the rom then restoring data alone, then data and super system, Ans the result was the same which is the rom animation starts and "starting Android" loading screen appears but never goes away. Any idea on how to get it working?
Thanks in advance
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Yeah seems like is a tough (or impossible) mission to recover a backup in alioth.
I've done twice too, and both didn't booted too.
And this in twrp skkk, so I guess it's the same thing in all recoveries.
lapirado said:
Yeah seems like is a tough (or impossible) mission to recover a backup in alioth.
I've done twice too, and both didn't booted too.
And this in twrp skkk, so I guess it's the same thing in all recoveries.
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cyanGalaxy said:
Are you trying to restore the Backup after you formated data/reflashed ROM ?
I trusted TWRP backups twice, and both times it failed.
I think to backup /data, you also have to backup /metadata, because /metadata stores the encryption-key for /data.
I also recommend the app "Swift Backup" from Play Store, it's the best app for backing up apps + appdata, messages, and call history. Requires Root to backup app-data of course.
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Okay so I figured it out. You basically need to flash the same backed-up rom first and fully boot it to system. This will take care of encryption, then reboot to recovery, then restore your backup (boot/data/super). At this point reboot won't work yet. You need to go back to recovery and reflash the rom again then boot into system. For me it booted once but the status bar was missing. I did a restart and voila! It worked.
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Okay so I figured it out. You basically need to flash the same backed-up rom first and fully boot it to system. This will take care of encryption, then reboot to recovery, then restore your backup (boot/data/super). At this point reboot won't work yet. You need to go back to recovery and reflash the rom again then boot into system. For me it booted once but the status bar was missing. I did a restart and voila! It worked.
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Thanks for sharing your solution!
Sounds a bit quirky but I'm glad someone got TWRP Backup Restores working!
Man the bloody forced encryption.. i hate it.