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Help Soft Brick and cant find files needed

I was on the omni rom and decided to change my recovery when this happened.
It wouldnt boot past the samsung screen. I cannot get into recovery but I can get into download mode.
I know one possible fix is flashing the stock image through Odin but I cannot find the stock images. All the links are dead.
Anything will help.

Also if there is anybody willing to walk me through this real time, feel free to message me and we can chat on google hangouts.

krayzielilsmoki said:
Also if there is anybody willing to walk me through this real time, feel free to message me and we can chat on google hangouts.
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What recovery are you using ?
Since you can get in to recovery, did you try restoring any of your previous backups ?
Are you already on 4,3 bootloader ?
You can download thr stock 4.3 firmware from here : http://www.sammobile.com/firmwares/1/?model=SGH-T889&pcode=0
You will need an account on sammobile though.

ciphercodes said:
What recovery are you using ?
Since you can get in to recovery, did you try restoring any of your previous backups ?
Are you already on 4,3 bootloader ?
You can download thr stock 4.3 firmware from here : http://www.sammobile.com/firmwares/1/?model=SGH-T889&pcode=0
You will need an account on sammobile though.
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I tried the sammobile website but the downloaded files didnt work for me. I finally downloaded the T889UVALL4 factory image from this thread:
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2102380 but now im stuck in a bootloop. ill see if I can get into recovery now and if so Ill just flash twrp that I have on my sd card

still didnt want to go into recovery but I flashed CWM recovery through odin and I was able to go into it. Now ill flash the TWRP and see if I can flash my rom.

krayzielilsmoki said:
I tried the sammobile website but the downloaded files didnt work for me. I finally downloaded the T889UVALL4 factory image from this thread:
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2102380 but now im stuck in a bootloop. ill see if I can get into recovery now and if so Ill just flash twrp that I have on my sd card
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How did you flash T889UVALL4 ?
Most likely your phone is on a newer(4.3) bootloader and flashing an older bootloader caused the boot loop.
I am very certain that flashing 4.3 stock image will resolve this problem.

ciphercodes said:
How did you flash T889UVALL4 ?
Most likely your phone is on a newer(4.3) bootloader and flashing an older bootloader caused the boot loop.
I am very certain that flashing 4.3 stock image will resolve this problem.
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That might be it, since I was on 4.4.2 before. Do you know if there are better hosting sites for the download file because the ones on that site take 6 hours to download.

krayzielilsmoki said:
That might be it, since I was on 4.4.2 before. Do you know if there are better hosting sites for the download file because the ones on that site take 6 hours to download.
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mluciano has uploaded the Stock Rooted ROM(Mr Robinsons) image on his dropbox, if you want stock rooted you can download it from here.
Not sure how fast this download would be.
https://www.dropbox.com/sh/lf54pmlxyrilzlx/xWF6hmlpAH
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?p=49356729&highlight=dropbox#post49356729

ciphercodes said:
mluciano has uploaded the Stock Rooted ROM(Mr Robinsons) image on his dropbox, if you want stock rooted you can download it from here.
Not sure how fast this download would be.
https://www.dropbox.com/sh/lf54pmlxyrilzlx/xWF6hmlpAH
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?p=49356729&highlight=dropbox#post49356729
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Thank you so much! that rooted one worked perfect. My phone booted completely. And the file downloaded fairly quick.

krayzielilsmoki said:
Thank you so much! that rooted one worked perfect. My phone booted completely. And the file downloaded fairly quick.
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Glad to know it worked.

[Q] SGH-I467 soft bricked, NEED 4.4.2 stock system and recovery dump

Hello all, I have an AT&T Galaxy Note 8.0 (SGH-I467) which had stock firmware version 4.4.2 (NI2). I attempted to flash the pre-rooted I467UCAMF1 image, ended up wiping out the SYSTEM partition since flashing the system partition fails from both stock and pre-rooted I467UCAMF1 system.img. Everything else except cache.img, and sboot.bin were flashed to the device.
Now the tablet says software unauthorized by AT&T installed (or something similar. I've found the NI2 stock kernel, and I'm able to flash it
Would someone with a working SGH-I467 running I467UCANI2 PLEASE dump their recovery and system partitions? I had no idea beforehand that NI2 odin isn't available anywhere on the internet, not even through KIES. I've tried hacking system.img dumps I have available, but haven't been able to get my hands on a I467UCANI2 system.img. Thanks for your help!

Can you tell me how to do the recovery and system dump for you? I'm willing to try, but don't know that process.

dandroid7 said:
Can you tell me how to do the recovery and system dump for you? I'm willing to try, but don't know that process.
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I can also dump the files, if directed how to do so.

dandroid7 said:
Can you tell me how to do the recovery and system dump for you? I'm willing to try, but don't know that process.
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Hi dandroid7 have solved this problem my tablet is bricked too. if so can you please help me.
thanks

scottgl9 said:
Hello all, I have an AT&T Galaxy Note 8.0 (SGH-I467) which had stock firmware version 4.4.2 (NI2). I attempted to flash the pre-rooted I467UCAMF1 image, ended up wiping out the SYSTEM partition since flashing the system partition fails from both stock and pre-rooted I467UCAMF1 system.img. Everything else except cache.img, and sboot.bin were flashed to the device.
Now the tablet says software unauthorized by AT&T installed (or something similar. I've found the NI2 stock kernel, and I'm able to flash it
Would someone with a working SGH-I467 running I467UCANI2 PLEASE dump their recovery and system partitions? I had no idea beforehand that NI2 odin isn't available anywhere on the internet, not even through KIES. I've tried hacking system.img dumps I have available, but haven't been able to get my hands on a I467UCANI2 system.img. Thanks for your help!
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@K1979C20 figured out that kingroot 4.1 works to root 4.4.2 on the sgh-i467. After rooting, I used an app called "supersu me" to remove kingroot and install supersu. Now I'm rooted and have supers installed!
Now we need to figure out a few things... like how to pull the factory 4.4.2 image and create a flashable or odin image for getting out of a jam in the future... then maybe how to port/flash a rom...
I have signed up to beta test for the flash fire app from @Chainfire, so even though we don't have a Normal recovery like twrp/cwm... we still have the possibility to flash a rom using flashfire.
If you can send me instructions I will dump the partitions you need and send them to you.

dandroid7 said:
@K1979C20 figured out that kingroot 4.1 works to root 4.4.2 on the sgh-i467. After rooting, I used an app called "supersu me" to remove kingroot and install supersu. Now I'm rooted and have supers installed!
Now we need to figure out a few things... like how to pull the factory 4.4.2 image and create a flashable or odin image for getting out of a jam in the future... then maybe how to port/flash a rom...
I have signed up to beta test for the flash fire app from @Chainfire, so even though we don't have a Normal recovery like twrp/cwm... we still have the possibility to flash a rom using flashfire.
If you can send me instructions I will dump the partitions you need and send them to you.
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Hi, it's been a long time, but were you able to dump those partitions? I'm stuck up with the same issue, any help would be highly appreciated.

Hi friend. I found a link of a system dump for sgh-i467 kitkat 4.4.2, but I dont know how to make them work to odin. maybe you can or someone here can make it.
link https://drive.google.com/folderview?id=0B3w-dFE5Q3FOY1R4U3JVZW83bE0&usp=sharing
If someone can make it please share. I need it as well. thanks much.

Have you made in headway on this? Kinda curious

I flash the G920P with Octopus and now its stuck on Samsung

Hello , i have a s920p, the custmer want to unlock it form google the from sprint, i tried to unlock the frp with Octoplus, but its fail V. 6.0., i chat with gsmserver techinal support, they advaice my to downgradit to V.5.0 so idid, at the bigining the phoen does not accept any flash, FRP LOCK, so i choose advance and i flashed the reovery and the pda, now the phone is stuck on samsung,
i cant go into the recovery, every time i try to fla**** with odin, it fail and it shows on the screen (sw rev. check fail, device :3. binary:1 )
since i dont have the serial number i cant flash it with Switch in emergency mode.......
who can i fix this phone ?
thanks in advance

iyasss said:
Hello , i have a s920p, the custmer want to it form google the from sprint, i tried to the frp with Octoplus, but its fail V. 6.0., i chat with gsmserver techinal support, they advaice my to downgradit to V.5.0 so idid, at the bigining the phoen does not accept any flash, FRP LOCK, so i choose advance and i flashed the reovery and the pda, now the is stuck on samsung,
i cant go into the recovery, every time i try to fla**** with odin, it fail and it shows on the screen (sw rev. check fail, device :3. binary:1 )
since i dont have the serial number i cant flash it with Switch in emergency mode.......
who can i fix this ?
thanks in advance
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you can try flashing a custom recovery on your device for example TWRP, and then download a flashable zip for the smg920p stock firmware. if u fail to get that zip for the stock rom, you can still flash a custom one like Renegade and go from there!

Bill Nice said:
you can try flashing a custom recovery on your device for example TWRP, and then download a flashable zip for the smg920p stock firmware. if u fail to get that zip for the stock rom, you can still flash a custom one like Renegade and go from there!
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Thanks for your reply,
Would you tell me where can I find the TWRP and with what I can flash it ?
I already downloaded ZIP stock firmware, I don't know with what I can flash it ? I tried with Odin, but it does not take the zip I unzip the file, the extension was CPGZ i cant find any software can flash it in the sm-g920P
I'm sorry about this stupid questions , but I'm new in the word,
Thanks in advance

Saafir said:
http://forum.xda-developers.com/spr...uide-links-files-update-root-restore-t3366862
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Do not extract any of the files. Using Odin you flash either a TAR or any MD5 file. Please watch the video that is included in my first post.
For anyone interested, the Octoplus Octopus software is an unlocker. See http://www.mobileflashtool.com/octoplus-octopus-box-latest-setup
I personally would not use it, but then I have no need to.

Saafir said:
http://forum.xda-developers.com/spr...uide-links-files-update-root-restore-t3366862
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I flash it using (G920PVPS3CPD2_G920PSPT3CPD2_SPR) with Odin, the phone work again!!!!
THANK YOU VERY MUCH GUYS
The has 6.0.1 , but its google locked, I tried with Octopus to unlock it, but it does not unlock it....
thanks again, I hope you can guide me how to unlock the google account with 6.0.1 marshmallow.

iyasss said:
I flash it using (G920PVPS3CPD2_G920PSPT3CPD2_SPR) with Odin, the phone work again!!!!
THANK YOU VERY MUCH GUYS
The has 6.0.1 , but its google locked, I tried with Octopus to unlock it, but it does not unlock it....
thanks again, I hope you can guide me how to unlock the google account with 6.0.1 marshmallow.
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https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=s2xnb6GWucQ

I need your all help. dead s9 / bricked

So i have a samsung s9 SM-G960F/DS version. i had have run TWRP on it and magisk + exposed and it worked fine. i had to uninstall exposed to log into some apps and then i would reinstall it agian. but when i ran the exposed unintaller the phone would not boot. i tryed diffrent things and it would not boot unless it had the exposed intalled on it. i did a complete wipe of the phone with TWRP and now i can´t install stock rom. i downloaded the latest stock ROM for my model and the latest odin that can handle the lz4 compression. bur when i but in BL AP CP CSC it just get stuck on system.img all the time. i there is simply nothing i have not tryed. and nothing works for me. The only think working is if i flash the TWRP then i can boot into recovery TWRP. thats it. i am at a point where i will pay anyone who can help me figure this out cause i almost lost all hope for this to work agian. So i really really hope someone here have an ide to what could work for me. every tip and trick i will test and if someone offer help via discord or somthing i would also be glad to hear from you.

Hi
Extract and flash bootload.img or hidden.img file from the main stock rom.
I'll check the actual file name for you when I get home later. Did experience that problem sometime back on my s6 edge.

Usually there is a small error message on the screen of the s9 if odin fails or stalls. It's small blue text, I have a feeling it's either 'magic string error' or 'SYSTEM not [Sec]' or close to it. I find this happens when flashing the wrong firmware for that model. Example, flashing G960N firmware for a G960F.
I just did a reflash and here are my exact steps for my G960F.
1. Download Odin 3.13.1
2. Make sure Samsung Drivers are installed
3. Grab the latest firmware for your device, my device is a G960F so I just picked the latest BRJ3 firmware with November patch from Updato. Just get the firmware for your exact model.
4. Extract the files from the ZIP file
5. Add all the correct BL, AP, CP and CSC files to odin.
6. Select nand erase
7. Boot S9 into download mode
8. Flash to phone.
Don't try to flash TWRP before installing the full firmwares and until the phone is setup.
If all fails, and because you seem to be able to install TWRP, then you can download TGP Kernel ROM and flash that. It is based on stock G960F firmware, has a nice aroma installer for selecting various things and tweaks. It also provides a clean install of Magisk if that's something you like.
Also be sure to flash no-DM Verify.

Make sure you're not trying to downgrade the bootloader, I'm sick of writing out the same guide each time and I just did it earlier today so shouldn't be hard to find

*Detection* said:
Make sure you're not trying to downgrade the bootloader, I'm sick of writing out the same guide each time and I just did it earlier today so shouldn't be hard to find
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thanks for the replies. the issue is fixed and the problem was the i last my "magic string" but a friendly person on the forum sent me the things needed to restore it and then restore to prerelease rom so i could upgrade to latest rom agian.

zalik20 said:
thanks for the replies. the issue is fixed and the problem was the i last my "magic string" but a friendly person on the forum sent me the things needed to restore it and then restore to prerelease rom so i could upgrade to latest rom agian.
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Why not ot share those items to help others in the forum.

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Why not ot share those items to help others in the forum.
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You should look for samfirm or frija tool . Those would help you get latest firmware for your phone. Download it , flash it with odin and everything should be fine. Just remember that its possible that as you would be on latest firmware, you might not be able to downgrade in future.

Question Locked bootloader while in download mode boot loop

Hey i was attempted to install TWRP and got stuck in download mode boot loop. Fixed it by flashing stock firmware. I noticed a small error with my camera so i tried to lock bootloader again to see if that would fix the issue. But after flashing stock firmware a second time after locking the bootloader it didnt work and im stuck in download mode boot loop again. Only this time i dont get the option to unlock the bootloader and i cant enter the OS in order to enable OEM Unlock.
Here is the error screen: https://prnt.sc/q8vmG--mTHxY
Anyone know how to get out of this mess? Thanks

Am i doomed?

cheen11 said:
Hey i was attempted to install TWRP and got stuck in download mode boot loop. Fixed it by flashing stock firmware. I noticed a small error with my camera so i tried to lock bootloader again to see if that would fix the issue. But after flashing stock firmware a second time after locking the bootloader it didnt work and im stuck in download mode boot loop again. Only this time i dont get the option to unlock the bootloader and i cant enter the OS in order to enable OEM Unlock.
Here is the error screen: https://prnt.sc/q8vmG--mTHxY
Anyone know how to get out of this mess? Thanks
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You can't lock your bootloader when your phone have unsigned binaries such as TWRP/Magisk installed. Have you tried to flash again the stock firmware (BL/CP/AP/CSC)?
EDIT: by looking at the error it seems like your bootloader and vbmeta aren't from the same build (bootloader: DVK5, vbmeta: DVL2), I highly suggest you to flash the latest firmware available for your country

BlackMesa123 said:
You can't lock your bootloader when your phone have unsigned binaries such as TWRP/Magisk installed. Have you tried to flash again the stock firmware (BL/CP/AP/CSC)?
EDIT: by looking at the error it seems like your bootloader and vbmeta aren't from the same build (bootloader: DVK5, vbmeta: DVL2), I highly suggest you to flash the latest firmware available for your country
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I can try other countries but im not sure what the exact country version is. Im from denmark and my country is not on the list so i just choose UK.

cheen11 said:
I can try other countries but im not sure what the exact country version is. Im from denmark and my country is not on the list so i just choose UK.
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Shouldn’t be a big deal unless there’s something Carrier specific required by your phone. Just make sure you don’t lock your bootloader again while using custom binaries or you might soft brick your device again. To bypass the camera lock you can use a SafetyNet fix module for Magisk which will spoof the bootloader status to the camera HAL

cheen11 said:
I can try other countries but im not sure what the exact country version is. Im from denmark and my country is not on the list so i just choose UK.
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You can try also the NEE for Nordic Countries...

BlackMesa123 said:
You can't lock your bootloader when your phone have unsigned binaries such as TWRP/Magisk installed. Have you tried to flash again the stock firmware (BL/CP/AP/CSC)?
EDIT: by looking at the error it seems like your bootloader and vbmeta aren't from the same build (bootloader: DVK5, vbmeta: DVL2), I highly suggest you to flash the latest firmware available for your country
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Am i supposed to flash only AP or all of them? I have only ever flashed AP and worked without problems but after locking the bootloader i only get the above error boot loop.

cheen11 said:
Am i supposed to flash only AP or all of them? I have only ever flashed AP and worked without problems but after locking the bootloader i only get the above error boot loop.
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The error in your device happens for this exact reason: vbmeta partition in the AP tar can’t verify other system binaries since they’re older and you didn’t update them (DVL2 vs. DVK5). First flash the whole firmware package via Odin (BL, CP, AP and CSC), if you wanna root your device make sure you flash TWRP+a patched vbmeta image to avoid this error to happen again. Also do not relock your bootloader again while your phone has custom binaries flashed, if you wanna lock your bootloader flash the whole stock firmware package before.

BlackMesa123 said:
The error in your device happens for this exact reason: vbmeta partition in the AP tar can’t verify other system binaries since they’re older and you didn’t update them (DVL2 vs. DVK5). First flash the whole firmware package via Odin (BL, CP, AP and CSC), if you wanna root your device make sure you flash TWRP+a patched vbmeta image to avoid this error to happen again. Also do not relock your bootloader again while your phone has custom binaries flashed, if you wanna lock your bootloader flash the whole stock firmware package before.
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Ah, once choosing all the files it worked, thanks a bunch

BlackMesa123 said:
The error in your device happens for this exact reason: vbmeta partition in the AP tar can’t verify other system binaries since they’re older and you didn’t update them (DVL2 vs. DVK5). First flash the whole firmware package via Odin (BL, CP, AP and CSC), if you wanna root your device make sure you flash TWRP+a patched vbmeta image to avoid this error to happen again. Also do not relock your bootloader again while your phone has custom binaries flashed, if you wanna lock your bootloader flash the whole stock firmware package before.
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I dont know if im using the right files but i still get the same boot loop (https://prnt.sc/1lCk2FQEymPn) after adding twrp-3.7.0_12-2-a52sxq.img.tar to AP and vbmeta_disable.tar to USERDATA.

cheen11 said:
I dont know if im using the right files but i still get the same boot loop (https://prnt.sc/1lCk2FQEymPn) after adding twrp-3.7.0_12-2-a52sxq.img.tar to AP and vbmeta_disable.tar to USERDATA.
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Are you flashing the patched vbmeta in the TWRP XDA thread or another one? Also the latest TWRP version is 3.7.0-3 so flash that one.

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Are you flashing the patched vbmeta in the TWRP XDA thread or another one? Also the latest TWRP version is 3.7.0-3 so flash that one.
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Im using the vbmeta from this thread: https://forum.xda-developers.com/t/recovery-unofficial-twrp-for-galaxy-note10-lite-exynos.4350891/
I tried flashing that along with this: twrp-3.7.0_12-3-a52sxq.img.tar
But i still get the boot loop. Not sure if i can keep trying to re-flash these if the boot loop already happened

cheen11 said:
Im using the vbmeta from this thread: https://forum.xda-developers.com/t/recovery-unofficial-twrp-for-galaxy-note10-lite-exynos.4350891/
I tried flashing that along with this: twrp-3.7.0_12-3-a52sxq.img.tar
But i still get the boot loop. Not sure if i can keep trying to re-flash these if the boot loop already happened
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You must use the patched vbmeta linked in the a52s TWRP thread, flash that one and you should boot fine in TWRP.

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You must use the patched vbmeta linked in the a52s TWRP thread, flash that one and you should boot fine in TWRP.
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Hmm i tried using the vbmeta from this thread: https://forum.xda-developers.com/t/recovery-official-twrp-3-7-0-3-for-galaxy-a52s-5g.4488419/
But this time i got a fail with odin: https://prnt.sc/9HfVrQtC-gSO

cheen11 said:
Hmm i tried using the vbmeta from this thread: https://forum.xda-developers.com/t/recovery-official-twrp-3-7-0-3-for-galaxy-a52s-5g.4488419/
But this time i got a fail with odin: https://prnt.sc/9HfVrQtC-gSO
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I think it has something to do with the space in “New folder” name, try to copy the TWRP tar in a path that has no spaces

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I think it has something to do with the space in “New folder” name, try to copy the TWRP tar in a path that has no spaces
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Oh yeah good catch, i renamed the folder and didnt consider that it might not be updated it odin. It finally worked, thanks again for the help very much appreciated

Hmm i guess problems keep popping up. I guess its best that i just post here instead of creating a new thread. Im successfully in the TWRP UI but now i cant boot to system, it will just restart 2 times and then boot to TWRP. Also it fails to backup the boot image (with the error "Unable to mount storage") which i read in a tutorial that you were supposed to do.

cheen11 said:
Hmm i guess problems keep popping up. I guess its best that i just post here instead of creating a new thread. Im successfully in the TWRP UI but now i cant boot to system, it will just restart 2 times and then boot to TWRP. Also it fails to backup the boot image (with the error "Unable to mount storage") which i read in a tutorial that you were supposed to do.
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As mentioned in the TWRP thread guide, you must format your data partition in TWRP in order to be able to boot back in the OS.