Help Please!! Phone will not boot after trying to re-load ROM.

musiclover7

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Ok, I went in today to reload MOAR ROM on my phone. I had initially thought to check if maybe there was a higher compatible firmware version than BOC4, so I posted to the thread, but then I figured everything was working fine on my phone so why bother.

I loaded NI2 and booted up into safestrap recovery.

Once in safestrap, I tapped wipe, but strangely, it was like the touch screen registered 2 rapid taps, and before I know it the phone is formatting. Me, I try to do a data wipe after this, silly me, and it doesn't work. It no longer seems to detect distinct partitions, probably cuz the entire internal drive just got formatted.

Anyways, I proceed to install MOAR, and then the BOC4 firmware. Now the phone starts to boot, gets to Samsung screen, hangs there for a few seconds, then reboots. It's caught in a boot loop. I am guessing that safestrap might have been removed, and I am looking advice as to how I might go about reloading it, if that is indeed my problem.

Or really, any pertinent advice on how I might make my phone function again would be greatly appreciated!
 

musiclover7

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Worth noting, I am able to boot into Recovery, which I am pretty certain means that my phone is not bricked. Just not sure what to do from here. Thanks!
 

musiclover7

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hmm.. I just tried factory reset in recovery, and now it maybe appears to be booting for first time. I have that spinning tornado boot animation that came with MOAR. Should maybe come up in 10-15 min, fingers crossed...
 

CVertigo1

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hmm.. I just tried factory reset in recovery, and now it maybe appears to be booting for first time. I have that spinning tornado boot animation that came with MOAR. Should maybe come up in 10-15 min, fingers crossed...
Did it work? If you formatted, assuming you are not on the latest bootloader, you'll need to flash the NCG restore tar and start the root process from the beginning.

Also, I'd suggest upgrading to @jrkruse latest safestrap, as it removes the format button.
 
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