My VS986 was on latest MM build and I unlocked it using SALT UsU two months. The unlock was successful, then I installed TWRP and Magisk Root, and performed backup after verifying everything working.
Today I restored from backup using TWRP (selected default settings, which is everything). The restore completed successfully. But after the restore, the phone will stuck at the red Verizon boot screen and blue LED light blinks.
Is this so-called 'soft-brick'? How to fix the issue? (I can still enter recovery mode and the backup is the only thing I have. I can accept flash to factory build too but in my impression after UsU Unlock factory image can no longer be flashed?)
Thanks in advance!
Some update: the issue is solved now. Just post the details here in case it could help someone else.
After I just selected system and data partitions and restore, the phone was able to boot fine. However, a new issue came up: the phone doesn't recognize my PIN to unlock.
Then I booted into TWRP and used File Manager to delete the following files under /data/system
gatekeeper.password.key
gatekeeper.pattern.key
locksettings.db-wal
locksettings.db-shm
locksettings.db
After that, reboot the phone, it worked without issue.
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Hey,
I wanted to create an nandroid backup in TWRP and got error 255 in the process.
I got the log of the failed update:
cloud.directupload.net/dfZq
So i searched for a solution, and the internet said that i should remove the file wich causes backup to fail. The logs said it was '/system/app/AndroidPay'
This is a file, not a folder.
So i removed the file, keeping an backup of it, booted into TWRP and the backup still failed.
To my surprise the boot into OxygenOS fails now. It shows the Oneplus Powerd by Android logo, turns black and reboots into twrp. Recovery and Bootloader seems to work fine.
So I connected my device with my computer and tried to get the file back to '/system/app' using adb.
I tried 'adb push AndroidPay /system/app' and it seems to be transferred succesfully, however the boot into oxygenOS is still not working.
I think it can be fixed by formatting the device and flash OxygenOS new to it, but I really don't wanna do that.
General Information:
Oneplus 3
OxygenOS 3.3.4
Rooted
Xposed Installed
No custom kernal
TWRP 3.0.2-0
File wich may be broken: cloud.directupload.net/dfZs
Is there an easyer way than resetting my whole phone to get it to work ?
I'm sorry for language mistakes or maybe leaving relevant information.
Thank you for help
I've had same problem today, my solution is restore "System" part (only system) from old backup, it saved my data and OP3 works fine after that
Wipe system, then flash OOS and it should work fine. If it doesn't Im afraid you need to do a full clean install since it isn't system related then.
Hi,
I wanted to update my Pixel C to the most current factory image with flashfire as i did it before a few times without problems.
So I DL'd current factory image from https://developers.google.com/android/images#ryu, opened it in flashfire and said it should flash the normal partitions except recovery as i don't want that it overwrites my TWRP.
Flashfire analyzed the zip file and after i said "flash" it restarted my Pixel into a black screen. At this point i was wondering that nothing more happened.
I waited for 10 minutes so that maybe something in the background could happen, but there was no further action. The screen kept black.
After these 10 minutes i restarted the device but now it always runs into TWRP directly instead of starting the system
I also tried to install the zip manually in TWRP but it tells me
"Could not find 'META-INF/com/google/android/update-binary' in the zip file.
Error installing the zip file '/usb-otg/ryu-n2g48c-factory-0bc0ee15.zip'"
As you can see from the error message i also tried to dl the file again and install it via OTG but the same thing.
If I go into the file manager in TWRP i can still access the folders from the sdcard.
The bootloader is unlocked of course.
Anyone an idea what i can do without loosing all the data?
Thanks in advance
Download the full system image and extract it. There should be a flash_all-file (bat for windows of sh for linux). Open it with an editor and remove the "-w" option in fastboot. "-w" is the switch for wipe. After you removed it, you can flash the complete image and your system should boot again into android. After that you can install a custom recovery, etc. again.
Thank you peter, worked like a charm for the system flash. Now follows the TWRP etc again
EDIT: ok, the system flash was the only thing that worked like a charm. I tried flashing TWRP with NRT but didn't work. I am stuck now at a "no command" screen when i start the device.
To install the custom recovery NRT tells me that i will loose all my data, so i wanted to backup everything.
Unfortunately i can't backup everything now as the temp booted TWRP demands a password to decrypt the sdcard, but i only have a pattern and no password set.
So now i try to flash everything again and to install twrp without loosing all the data.
Hey everyone I have flashed android 7.1.2 August again and android started afterwards without any problems. I was able to restore the backup of all the apps from Google.
Than I wanted to get back root and flashed TWRP with Nexus Root Toolset, but now only TWRP starts every time I switch on the tablet. Any ideas what I can do?
EDIT: I fixed it somehow with flashing the whole firmware package again and than the TWRP wich broke the startup again so i ended up in a TWRP bootloop. Therefore i flashed android again and TWRP 3.0.0.0 than TWRP 3.0.2.4 (something like that) and after like 3 to 4 different flashing steps it worked again. I have no idea what happened during the first flash of Andoir 7.1.2 but i think that something broke there.
Hi everyone,
I tried to update my rooted Pixel C with Android 8 and TWRP 3.1.0.0 from August build to September build with FlashFire.
All of the following have I done on my Nexus 5x as well and it worked as a charm there.
Therefore i dl'd the corresponding zip-file from google dev page and started the update with FF. It said to me it can update the boot, system, recovery and vendor partition so I unchecked the recovery partition only to keep TWRP. I also told FF it should include SuperSU again to root the new Android.
After the update the device was unrooted, so i tried to start into recovery to install superSU manually. But TWRP was gone and i get everytime the android on the back with the text "no command".
Therefore I tried to flash TWRP with NRT again. But after the flash the device always starts into TWRP and Android isn't starting anymore.
I can use NRT again to flash Android without loosing my data but than TWRP is gone again.
So either the device always starts into TWRP or I have no recovery installed.
Anyone an idea what i can do to flash TWRP again and to fix the boot order or whats broken than?
Regards,
flattervieh
I don't have the C but here's what I would try. First, have your device booting normally with the stock recovery. Then use fastboot to boot into TWRP, not flash it. When it boots into TWRP then flash supersu. From TWRP then boot back into the bootloader and then flash TWRP with fastboot.
Flash the latest (beta?) TWRP. It allows reading the encrypted data folder.
Short notice, i'm still struggling with the problem.
In the meantime I tried the following:
1. I temporarely booted TWRP 3.1.0.0, with this version I was not able to encrypt the data partion (always invalid key) but I was able to see the system partition and I installed SuperSU. After that i restarted into the bootloader and flashed TWRP 3.1.0.0.
This led to the same phenomenon, that my pixel always boots into TWRP and not into Android itself.
2. Same thing as before but with TWRP 3.1.1.1.
With this version I was able to see the size of the data partition, but I was also not able to read or write onto it. (Again invalid code) I installed SuperSU and made a device restart without flashing TWRP 3.1.1.1.
This led to a totally softbricked device with a boot into "no command" screen.
After flashing Android again via fastboot Android starts correctly and I can use the device but root is still not working.
Regards
I'm not sure why twrp isn't sticking. But the android on its back with "no command"is the stock recovery. To get into it simultaneously press and release the power and vol up keys. You might have to try it a few times as the timing can be very finicky. From there you can boot into the system, you don't need to flash the factory image and start all over.
So i unlocked my bootloader few days ago, installed twrp and magisk. Everything was working fine , so I decided to unlock critical to flash bootloader in the future if required. It was done successfully and the fastboot own device command shows that both are unlocked. But when I rebooted it kept taking me to twrp and shows unable to mount data and storage and then rebooted. I went to twrp recovery through fastboot and tried to restore a previous backup for which it restored the system portion and said data failed to mount. When I try mounting data and storage manually, it does not let me tick it. Can someone please help, I used to do rooting back in the nexus 4 days and just not familiar with this new partition a b system.
Thanks
EnIXmA said:
So i unlocked my bootloader few days ago, installed twrp and magisk. Everything was working fine , so I decided to unlock critical to flash bootloader in the future if required. It was done successfully and the fastboot own device command shows that both are unlocked. But when I rebooted it kept taking me to twrp and shows unable to mount data and storage and then rebooted. I went to twrp recovery through fastboot and tried to restore a previous backup for which it restored the system portion and said data failed to mount. When I try mounting data and storage manually, it does not let me tick it. Can someone please help, I used to do rooting back in the nexus 4 days and just not familiar with this new partition a b system.
Thanks
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I would one if two things. First, try fastbooting the stock boot.img to whatever current rom your on, and let it boot up. If successful, then go back to bootloader/fastboot mode, fastboot temporary twrp, then once in twrp, flash the twrp.zip, custom kernel, then magisk. Hopefully that fixes it. If not, then dirty flash your rom, let it boot up, then go back and do the twrp stuff :good:
Yea that fixed it.. thanks
I upgraded a couple months ago from 8.1 to 10. I ended up doing a full wipe ( or so I thought) through TWRP and flashing the 10 image. However, it seems that I somehow screwed up the encryption on my phone. I can boot the phone and put in my PIN to access and use the phone normally, but inputting the same 6 digit and my old pre-10 4 digit PIN into TWRP does not decrypt the phone and allow me to flash things. If I continue in read only mode in TWRP, I can flash but everything in my data partition has jumbled file names.
So my question is: Am I going to need to back everything up and wipe in order to fix this? Can I simply use Magisk to disable Force Encryption then decryp that way while keeping my data intact?
I would prefer using the simplest least painful way possible, but if I have to wipe to fix it then so be it.
Twrp decoding doesn't work for Q .. best to remove lock before entering TWRP
Also try "default_password".
Well I got impatient and ended up screwing up everthing.
Now I'm having trouble getting TWRP installed back on the phone. I have wiped everything, flashed the latest January factory image, booted to TWRP image, but when I attempt to flash the TWRP zip I get "failed to mount /system" and "failed to mount /vendor". If I boot back into the installed TWRP, I am not able to flash any other zips such as Magisk.
Sunsparc said:
Well I got impatient and ended up screwing up everthing.
Now I'm having trouble getting TWRP installed back on the phone. I have wiped everything, flashed the latest January factory image, booted to TWRP image, but when I attempt to flash the TWRP zip I get "failed to mount /system" and "failed to mount /vendor". If I boot back into the installed TWRP, I am not able to flash any other zips such as Magisk.
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Disable your screen lock. Download twrp again to your pc. Put a copy of the twrp.img file on your phone as well. Fastboot into twrp, select instal, select image, go to your twrp.img,.select to install it to Recovery Ramdisk. You'll have to flash custom kernel and magisk again if applicable :good: