TWRP restore hung at "Restoring system" on G2/D800-20y

[Jun K]

Hi,

This is the first time I rooted and installed a custom ROM.

I wanted Android 5.x on my new LG G2 AT&T (D800 20y) which came with 4.x.

So I
- rooted using ioroot10
- installed ROM Manager, TWRP Manager, AutoRec, (SuperSU,...)
- reboot to restore
- created a backup (checked all check boxes) using TWRP Backup, it created 2.5-3GB backup.
- reboot system, downloaded latest CM12.2 nightly from cyanogenmod dot org and put the zip file in /sdcard.
- from ROM Manager GUI -> Install ROM from SD Card and followed all prompts (reboot to restore, ...)
- rebooted a couple of times and finally booted up in CM12
- things were bad, Play Store didn't work (I tried installing GApps, it was still crashing), browser was crashing and so on. So I decided to go back.

- Rebooted to restore
- TWRP restore -> Selected the backup I had created earlier.

It started restoring but it's stuck at "Restoring system" since 3+ hours.

I'm scared of stopping it in between by hardbooting for obvious reasons, so for now I'm leaving it connected to charger.

Only screwup I think I might've done is there is no SD card on the phone, so I don't know if it's trying to restore the backup onto the backup file itself or something.

Thanks

Using TWRP 2.7.0.0

 

[Joel Andre]

Hi, i've got the same problem on my HTC one M8, did you manage to solve your problem?

 

[Erikari Shinji]

Had the same problem just now.
Solved. Just force-rebooted (long pressed power button) and restored once again. Working fine.
My device's a Nexus 5 so, not sure if it'll work for you~

 

[adensmore222]

That worked for me as well! - Note 4 SM-N910T3, 10gig recovery in TWRP, it started and hung at 0% on "Restoring System...." I was pretty panicked that I'd just wiped my phone and definitely didn't want to hard reboot during a restore. But after about 20 mins and no progress I did down+home+power and then up+home+power to go right back into recovery, and this time the restore started making progress immediately and everything looks good. Just wanted to throw in another vote for the possibility that will hopefully work for the next guy too !