Hello everyone, I have a problem with my xperia S, any help would be greatly appreciated! Let's start from the beginning, I'll try to be brief :
So, I flashed TWRP recovery using the app "RASHR" (I was using the Pure AOSP Lollipop rom when doing this, if it can help), which caused my phone to always boot the recovery and nothing else. I managed to flash the rom again (I made sure to wipe using "factory reset" and "dalvik cache" before installing), and it seemd to work perfectly, but then I rebooted the phone, and got stuck at the sony logo, no recovery available.
I flashed TWRP recovery (stock-6.1.A.0.452-twrp-2.4.0.0.elf) using flashtool, then tried to install another rom (Paranoid Android, found on this thread : http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2573345). The first boot was successful, but as soon as I reboot the phone, I'm stuck in a bootloop again, with a little difference : when the sony logo appears, the led becomes pink for a few seconds. No access to recovery. Then the led lights off, the logo disappears, and the phone reboots. Again and again. I just reinstalled the same recovery and tried to wipe and fix permissions, but it does not solve the bootloop, and I don't know what to do...
Could it be possible that "rashr" did a bad install of TWRP and corrupted my recovery/bootloader partition or something ?
EDIT : I reinstalled Pure AOSP Lollipop, and now for some reason, no boot loop anymore... I don't understand why, but as long as it works... problem solved !
LegatoExia said:
Hello everyone, I have a problem with my xperia S, any help would be greatly appreciated! Let's start from the beginning, I'll try to be brief :
So, I flashed TWRP recovery using the app "RASHR" (I was using the Pure AOSP Lollipop rom when doing this, if it can help), which caused my phone to always boot the recovery and nothing else. I managed to flash the rom again (I made sure to wipe using "factory reset" and "dalvik cache" before installing), and it seemd to work perfectly, but then I rebooted the phone, and got stuck at the sony logo, no recovery available.
I flashed TWRP recovery (stock-6.1.A.0.452-twrp-2.4.0.0.elf) using flashtool, then tried to install another rom (Paranoid Android, found on this thread : http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2573345). The first boot was successful, but as soon as I reboot the phone, I'm stuck in a bootloop again, with a little difference : when the sony logo appears, the led becomes pink for a few seconds. No access to recovery. Then the led lights off, the logo disappears, and the phone reboots. Again and again. I just reinstalled the same recovery and tried to wipe and fix permissions, but it does not solve the bootloop, and I don't know what to do...
Could it be possible that "rashr" did a bad install of TWRP and corrupted my recovery/bootloader partition or something ?
EDIT : I reinstalled Pure AOSP Lollipop, and now for some reason, no boot loop anymore... I don't understand why, but as long as it works... problem solved !
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You flashed the TWRP in wrong way. You need to flash it by this method.
Mirhawk said:
You flashed the TWRP in wrong way. You need to flash it by this method.
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Hello, and thanks for the answer ! After a few days using the Pure AOSP rom and rebooting several times without any problem, I just got a bootloop again yesterday, forcing me to reflash my rom to be able to use the phone again... will your method (including your tutorial in your signature, which I'm trying as I write this) solve the problem once and for all ? It's a real pain to redownload all my apps again and again and again because of those bootloops =(
Edit : finished following your tutorials, everything seems to work for the moment, hope it will stay stable this time... thanks for your help )
LegatoExia said:
Hello, and thanks for the answer ! After a few days using the Pure AOSP rom and rebooting several times without any problem, I just got a bootloop again yesterday, forcing me to reflash my rom to be able to use the phone again... will your method solve the problem once and for all ? It's a real pain to redownload all my apps again and again and again because of those bootloops =(
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What did You do before the bootloop was caused? Did You try to flash the TWRP again?
Mirhawk said:
What did You do before the bootloop was caused? Did You try to flash the TWRP again?
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No, I didn't, I was too afraid of creating another problem xD I just used the phone normally, installed apps from the play store, the last one being nova launcher (but I rebooted a few times after that without any issue)., things like that.
But after applying your tutorials to flash the Lollipop Pure AOSP rom, I think the problems were caused by :
1) a wrong recovery and/or flashing method : previously I used "stock-6.1.A.0.452-twrp-2.4.0.0.elf" which I flashed directly via flashtools with the phone in fastboot mode with the command "fastboot flash boot xxxxxx.elf". And although I didn't reinstall it after flashing the ROM, I suppose it left something in the recovery partition that caused the bootloop... ?
2) the fact that I didn't flash any "boot.img" at all before installing the ROM... inf fact, I didn't even knew it was necessary !
3) a bad ROM installation procedure : wipe, flash rom, gapps and SuperSU and THEN wiping cache and dalvik, restart
4) all of the above (!)
Anyways, after doing it "the right way", everything seems to work correctly for the moment. After installing the ROM, I followed your recovery tutorial using "openrecovery-twrp-2.8.5.0-LT26i.img", hope I did the right thing this time, hahah. Thank you again for your help !
LegatoExia said:
No, I didn't, I was too afraid of creating another problem xD I just used the phone normally, installed apps from the play store, the last one being nova launcher (but I rebooted a few times after that without any issue)., things like that.
But after applying your tutorials to flash the rom AND the recovery, I think the problems were caused by :
1) a wrong recovery and/or flashing method : previously I used "stock-6.1.A.0.452-twrp-2.4.0.0.elf" which I flashed directly via flashtools with the phone in fastboot mode with the command "fastboot flash boot xxxxxx.elf". And although I didn't reinstall it after flashing the ROM, I suppose it left something in the recovery partition that caused the bootloop... ?
2) the fact that I didn't flash any "boot.img" at all before installing the ROM... inf fact, I didn't even knew it was necessary !
3) a bad ROM installation procedure : wipe, flash rom, gapps and SuperSU and THEN wiping cache and dalvik, restart
4) all of the above (!)
Anyways, after doing it "the right way", everything seems to work correctly for the moment. Thank you again for your help !
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Glad that it is worked for You. Yes, You did somethings wrong, which caused You bootloop, better explained as below:
1) The "stock-6.1.A.0.452-twrp-2.4.0.0.elf" is the stock kernel of ICS version of Xperia S. So if You flash it with a ROM, Your ROM won't boot.
See, each ROM consist of two main parts, one the kernel and other the is the remaining of ROM(apaps, data etc.) A ROM is compatible only with certain kernels, and if wrong kernel is used with a ROM, the ROM won't boot. This is what You were doing, using a stock kernel on non stock based ROM.
2) This essentially doesn't lead to boot loop. This step needs to be done sometimes if You occur a error while flashing ROM via TWRP sometimes.
3) Yes, this sometimes does cause issue, the procedure is always for a clean flash, -Wipe system, wipe data, wipe cache and wipe dalvik cache. Flash ROM and immediately wipe cache and dalvik cache.
Mirhawk said:
Glad that it is worked for You. Yes, You did somethings wrong, which caused You bootloop, better explained as below:
1) The "stock-6.1.A.0.452-twrp-2.4.0.0.elf" is the stock kernel of ICS version of Xperia S. So if You flash it with a ROM, Your ROM won't boot.
See, each ROM consist of two main parts, one the kernel and other the is the remaining of ROM(apaps, data etc.) A ROM is compatible only with certain kernels, and if wrong kernel is used with a ROM, the ROM won't boot. This is what You were doing, using a stock kernel on non stock based ROM.
2) This essentially doesn't lead to boot loop. This step needs to be done sometimes if You occur a error while flashing ROM via TWRP sometimes.
3) Yes, this sometimes does cause issue, the procedure is always for a clean flash, -Wipe system, wipe data, wipe cache and wipe dalvik cache. Flash ROM and immediately wipe cache and dalvik cache.
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Okay, now I understand ! There are so many roms, kernels and things like that on the internet, it was quite confusing...
Thanks again good sir, your help was a precious time saver =D
LegatoExia said:
Okay, now I understand ! There are so many roms, kernels and things like that on the internet, it was quite confusing...
Thanks again good sir, your help was a precious time saver =D
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can you please tell me how did you get out of the boot loop to begin with? i can't do anything...
Frostymoon said:
can you please tell me how did you get out of the boot loop to begin with? i can't do anything...
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I guess You are on stock firmware and flashed the "stock-6.1.A.0.452-twrp-2.4.0.0.elf" or the twrp.img file via fastboot directly. Flash the DoomKernel from here via flashtool as kernel and it will work with stock and have recovery too. Use the blue coloured "Download Now" button and the extension of file is .elf.
Hey guys,
So last night I accidentally wiped internal storage in TWRP. I guess that messed up my partitions or something, I don't know. Anyway, I can still access recovery, and I've tried to do a restore (one that I made back when I was on stock 4.4.2 I think) but after that it tries to boot, gets to "Android is upgrading... Optimizing app Y of X." and once that operation completes it shows the lockscreen for about a tenth of a second, and the phone reboots.
I'm stumped. Anyone know what can I do?
Sorry if this has been asked a hundred times. For some reason the search function in the forums isn't working for me. And I've been looking for a solution all morning.
EDIT: FYI when I tried the restore I did only System and Data and not Boot, because I was afraid that'd cause more problems.
Did you try restoring and performing a factory wipe before booting the newly-restored ROM?
It seems that Marshmallow based roms aren't working, but Lollipop ones will boot. Not sure why as I didn't have any problem with the same MM roms in the past.
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MM roms wont flash in TWRP; after the failed attempt, TWRP says system cannot be mounted until I either wipe or install a 12.1 rom.
Tried to install a stock rom (4.4.2) and it failed in TWRP. Just says "Error Flashing"
Are you performing a full wipe (system, Dalvik, cache, data) before installing or restoring a ROM? Is the phone running the latest version of TWRP?
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Are you performing a full wipe (system, Dalvik, cache, data) before installing or restoring a ROM? Is the phone running the latest version of TWRP?
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Yes to full wipe. TWRP is 2.8.7.0, so yeah I think it's the newest? Not 100% sure.
Wiping internal storage should not affect the partitions. I'm not sure that TWRP even has the ability to change partitions.
Yes, 2.8.7.0 is the latester version of TWRP.
If you are on the nj2 bootloader, try flashing this in TWRP: http://forum.xda-developers.com/galaxy-s3-att/general/rooted-ucufnj1-stock-rom-t2985006
Welp, seems to be all good now. Not sure if I really did anything to fix it or not. I tried to install a stock ROM but it wouldn't boot (stuck on Samsung logo) but after that my CM13 ROM installed properly again. The one CM13 ROM I have still wont install at all - maybe that file became corrupt or something? Not sure if that's even possible.
Either way I'm all fixed up. Thanks for all your help.
Cheers
Glad you got it sorted out. If you do figure out what you did to get it working, post your answer as it may help others that are in a similar situation.
Hey guys, could one of you please tell me how to do a complete wipe?
I'm having so many problems with TWRP at the moment, and so I want to nuke the partitions in hope that it'll fix it. I've tried using the fastboot format commands for system, data & cache. I've also tried to wipe the recovery, but it gives me the error "Formatting is not supported for filesystem with type ' ' ". So for that I just use format erase and flash the recovery again.
The only other partitions I know of are the boot and bootloader, but I don't want to touch them if at all possible.
The problem I'm having and why I want to wipe sotrage is that if I install sultan's LinageOS (haven't tested with other ROMs yet), TWRP ****s the bed and will make the device undetectable from ADB, (while TWRP is still running though), and if I then try to go into TWRP again, it'll hang, crash, and somehow make the ROM think its just been freshly installed again (data partition corruption?), and it'll do that every time I reboot from then on. The only way to fix this is to wipe the phone as I mentioned earlier, but it will always get stuck again when I re-flash the ROM.
Also, another unusual thing is that when I boot the phone, it has the old boot splash from my previous ROM when loading recovery or for the first few seconds when loading a ROM. So that might be having an effect on the problems I'm having, and what makes me believe that wiping will help.
Any help would be greatly appreciated. (Sorry if it's a bit incoherent)
TL;DR: Flash TWRP, load TWRP, flash ROM, flash Gapps, load ROM, restart, load TWRP, TWRP hangs, crashes, and breaks ROM. ROM will keep being broken until full wipe. Also weird thing where I have old boot splash from old ROM.
Edit: Ended up bricking my phone, and using the unbrick tool to fix that. It seems that it was what I was looking for, where it wiped the phone completely. I'll have to see if that actually fixes my problem.
TWRP 3.1.xx is having this problem, believe the fix is to use the blue_spark 3.1.xx version or the nethunter 3.0.4-1 version, both found here on the forums somewhere
So here is my problem:
My OnePlus 5T is stuck in a bootloop. The device was stock when it started, and is now back to the latest stock ROM.
In between I tried serval custom ROM's and a custom kernel to solve my bootloop issue. Flashing other ROM's, kernels or recovery's didn't do it. The device still is in a bootloop. It goes as far as the boot logo, then freezes and then reboots. Sometimes I can acces the operating system, but that only lasts for a few seconds before it also freezes and reboots.
Is there anyone who can possibly help me with this issue?
Thanks in advance.
u may have to wipe system, data, and both caches also u may have to format data (will wipe internal storage, so make backup to PC or OTG) and install a clean official Oxygen OS from their site, do u have TWRP?
also if you have overlays from substratum can cause issues if u have not wiped system and data.
Bradl79 said:
u may have to wipe system, data, and both caches also u may have to format data (will wipe internal storage, so make backup to PC or OTG) and install a clean official Oxygen OS from their site, do u have TWRP?
also if you have overlays from substratum can cause issues if u have not wiped system and data.
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Thanks for the reply.
I have wiped system, data and both caches and formatted data. I clean installed the lastes build of oxygen(5.1.2).
Unfortunatly this still gives the same result. The phone crashes on boot. For now I have tried these OS:
Oxygen OS: Gets stuck on boot logo
TheOne5TOS: Gets stuck on boot logo and goes back in TWRP.
Android Open Source Project Extended: Loads OS. crashes after a while. Gives me a black screen with a purple notification light.
For TWRP I use Blu Spark for the 5T
Added: I don't use substratum
Try the unbrick tool. Its my last resort and always works if u can get it into dl mode.
Woodrow256 said:
Try the unbrick tool. Its my last resort and always works if u can get it into dl mode.
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I tried the unbrick tool. Connected the phone and downloaded the stock firmware. But this gets the same result as previously. It loops.
It's a hardware issue, u need to contact oneplus, someone else had that issue too, not sure the outcome though