[Samsung Galaxy Light Questions & Answers] somedaymaybe:
tried flashing TigerLilly, hit a wall

Hello DJBoxer, I’m really excited to flash TigerLilly but I’ve had a problem and have ended up in twrp recovery with no OS left to reboot into. I’m hoping you can help. Here’s how I got there:

I downloaded twrp v7. from, as far as I remember, the link in this general discussion forum #26 (your suggested link). I tried to download it using Odin 3 v1.85 from my desktop. It didn’t take, so I looked through the developer forum for this rom and found other links. This was late last night, so the only memory of whatall I tried is in my download folder: openrecovery-twrp2.7.1.0 gardaltetmo-tar md5, operecoverytwrp2.8.4.0 gardaltetmo-tar md5, and TWRP+2.8.4.0+sgl.zip (yours). I fully realize some of these were the wrong recoveries, so either I tried them before I knew that, or I didn’t.

I’m pretty sure I checked the md5 numbers for all when I downloaded, but maybe not the first one. I’m not sure I actually installed that last one, because it shows as a zip file, tho maybe I broke it open and pushed a tar file from it through Odin (pda box).

None of these took, so again I looked in the developer forum and followed your direction to take out the battery just as the pass light flashed green on Odin. It worked! – altho I found later that I have to download it thru Odin using the same green light trick every time I want the twrp recovery.

OK, so I had the recovery. I downloaded the tigerlilly zip file from your site to my download folder on my pc. I tried to copy it to the phone directory a few times, each time not working – sometimes the error message was that there wasn’t enough space for the file, sometimes that it couldn’t. My computer also would asked if I wanted to transfer the file(s?) as a media file or a general (? sorry, this was late last night) file, and I tried both ways.

Finally, I happened to check for the zip file in the twrp file manager, and there it was. (The directory that had shown up for the phone on my pc had had no choice of whether to put it on an external card or internal, so I just dropped it in the /sdcard directory that was available from my pc file manager.) I then moved it to the external_sd directory with the twrp recovery file manager.

I tried to backup the phone thru the twrp, but the backup failed. I don’t recall if I noticed that them or later, when I actually really needed it. Then I followed your wiping instructions.

Then I tried to install the zip in my external_sd directory. I got this error message screen (couldn’t take a screenshot, but it’s still sitting here right in front of me):

Updating partition details

… done

Full SElinux support is present

MTP enabled

Wiping Dalvik Cache directories…

Cleaned: /data/dalvik-cache…

---Dalvik Cache Directories wipe complete!

Formatting Cache using make_ext4fs function.

Formatting System using make-ext4fs function.

Wiping data without wiping /data/media….

Done

Wiping internal storage – data/media….

Updating partition details…

…done

Error flashing zip ‘/external_sd?TigerLilly_v2.1.zip

Updating partition details…

…done

Trying to reboot got me a message asking if I really wanted to do that because I had no OS. Then I tried to restore from the backup. No backup.

Help! I don’t want to reboot because I might brick the phone. I want to take my sim card out so I can use it in another phone to call people/take calls, but that would mean taking out the battery, and I’m still on the twrp recovery. The logo at the top of the recovery had two arrows within a white circle, one pointing up , one down (that’s the only clue as to what recovery this might be).

What next? Any help would be much appreciated.

Sorry about this extremely long post. I"m not familiar with xda - or I am, I've just never figured out how to pm or email posters - or I would send this to you. I'm trying to give as many details as possible.

Update: After taking battery out, put phone in download mode, flashed ShabbyPenguin's stock rom, started all over, and, between one thing and another, got TigerLilly on my phone. It's running really well: thank you for a great rom.