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Root I Broke Busybox

ocnbrze said:
ok so i just went into TWRP's IRC channel and posted a question on "simulating actions". and it seems like no one is on from the team. as soon as i get a hit. i will let you know. its kind of late to get help, but hopefully we will get some answers tomorrow.
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Alright. I might try a different version of TWRP, or maybe CWM?

Will report back, then report to bed.
 
Ok.

Nothing personal, but this is chasing symptoms, not problems, yeah?

Busybox is a low level app. It's a Swiss Army Knife. Installation includes a bunch of shortcuts for common unix commands, missing from a compact embedded os like Android, but provided through that Swiss Army Knife payload. Nothing more, nothing fancy, nothing mysterious.

Everything you saw after a bad Busybox wasn't a problem, it was a symptom, ok.

By the numbers - thankfully, you've proven that our s-off is truly permanent.

Hboot of 1.15 with s-off means you have s-off, but you have a scrambled bootloader.

Flash LazyPanda 1.12.2222 again.

Fastboot flash, or fastboot install, the latest TWRP. Leave CWM out of it.

Leave radios and an RUU out of it for now. That's all trying to get in the back door of proper partitions when the front door may still be open to you.

Once flashing LazyPanda 1.12.2222 and the current TWRP, go into TWRP settings and reset your paths.

Then try a nandroid restore.

Report back at that point.

Absolutely - Don't Panic. ;) :)
 
EarlyMon said:
Trying it fresh in the morning - also way cool, ok. ;) :)
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No dice. TWRP is still simulating.

So, since I did the RUU I have a stock 1.22 that is not rooted (no Su binaries or busybox) that is s-off.

I'm not sure what that means, but that's what I got.

Any sense in flashing the earlies radio through hboot, RUU 1.13, and re-rooting the phone?

After I read your reply I'm hitting the sack and will mess with it tomorrow.
 
Rachel A said:
Popping into this thread with no experience on the hardware in question or on TWRP (I'm a CWM gal myself), I did find talk of TWRP having a simulation mode that can be turned on and off in Settings. The mode is apparently meant to help folk how like to prototype themes etc.

Just a thought is all...
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Your thought turned out to be a solution! Why I didn't see the 'Simulated Actions' check box in TWRP's settings before eludes me. Regardless, TWRP is functioning, and I have a clean install of 2.13.

Now, what do I do about having an updated hboot? Does is matter now that I'm still S-off?
Per earlymon's suggestion I flashed lazypanda and am very happily back to hboot 1.12.2222!
 
CYNICALifornia said:
Your thought turned out to be a solution! Why I didn't see the 'Simulated Actions' check box in TWRP's settings before eludes me. Regardless, TWRP is functioning, and I have a clean install of 2.13.

Now, what do I do about having an updated hboot? Does is matter now that I'm still S-off?
Per earlymon's suggestion I flashed lazypanda and am very happily back to hboot 1.12.2222!
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NICE!!!!!!!!

good call rachel A. i'm relatively new to TWRP and still learning all of the functions.

@CYNICALifornia glad everything worked out. sorry it was such a simple fix that i missed it. but all is good. LOL
 
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