Root No TWRP screen after install

[gregg1100]

I may have made a boo boo. It seems as I made 2 nandroid backups just after rooting the S4. I wondered why it took so long to start after I had flashed the RR rom and Gapps. Plus there was a 5.5 GB hit on the internal memory- don't know how it got there, when the rom and gapps was on SD card.
I have copied EFS, Twrp etc to both usb stick and second h/d drive in pc, and double nandroid backup to SD card.
I have to now try to chop the file in correct parts so there is only 1 backup.
Any ideas please how to sort this home made mess out, lol ??

 

[Jfalls63]

Do you have two separate stock backups or two of each partition combined into one backup? If it is two separate backups,just delete one. If only one with double copies of the partitions, that would be the first time I have heard of that.
The purpose of making a stock backup after root is its a easy way to correct any mistake you might make if you modify anything in system or try flashing something and it borks.
If you have a corrupt backup, it would probably be a good idea to download the stock firmware to have handy in case you need to reflash back to stock. Then all you would need to do is install TWRP and root. Any saved data would be lost but you would be up and running again.

 

[gregg1100]

Just getting back into this phone.
Re double up of twrp backup- not sure which ones to remove to get a working backup.



Any ideas please ??
I want to get this S4 back to stock for the wife. Can I get a stock download from Sammy via Kies Lite ?? Assuming twrp backup doesn't play ball.

 

[Jfalls63]

Create a free account at Sammobile. Free download takes about 30 to 45 min. Flash with Odin.
Should be able to find firmware for your country and carrier.

http://www.sammobile.com/firmwares/database/GT-I9505/

 

[gregg1100]

Thanks for info. Non sammobile members is a 15kb/sec download speed--took ages.
When I opened file there were actually 2 files inside it. When I set up Odin and ticked AP, there was no way the 19505 file was going anywhere near the AP box. I noticed that the 19505 was downloaded via IE, which I hate with a passion.
Maybe better off trying to sort out the duplicate of the backups. No luck with stock stuff.

 

[Jfalls63]

You can try Kies3, it will reflash the correct firmware for your device based on model number and SN. It's kinda picky about the information you enter. All letters need to be upper case and exactly as written on sticker in battery compartment.

http://www.samsung.com/ca/support/skp/faq/1072789

 

[gregg1100]

Just wiped stock firmware off pc and S4- will start again tomorrow- nothing going right so best to leave it alone, before it all gets cocked up.
Thanks.

 

[gregg1100]

GT-i9505 does not support initialising apparently. Will look again tomorrow. Just got a rom update for Resurrection Remix, so will look at that as well.

 

[gregg1100]

Rom update went on sweet as a nut--still got the kernal thingy at top, but working

 

[Jfalls63]

I looked again at your thread and the pic in your first post of stock recovery shows the stock Android version you had on the phone in the second line. I9505XXUHOJ2. You can verify this by going to Settings - About Phone and looking at your baseband. It's a generic UK version.

http://www.sammobile.com/firmwares/download/62033/I9505XXUHOJ2_I9505YXYHOK1_BTU/