Pi won't boot (green light issue)

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Hi there,

I’ve been having a problem with my pi since yesterday. I had to fix some stuff I did that made the pi unable to connect to WiFi and therefore I needed to access the command line directly on OSMC. I did the standard procedure (power-exit-then press esc) but as soon as I pressed esc the pi became idle and I couldn’t do anything but unplug the power cable. This happened three times. Since that moment the pi won’t boot and the green light flashes 4 times in a row. What can I do now? Do I need to reinstall OSMC completely? Is there a way to salvage the data and settings I have? Thank you!

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Hi,

If you have access to a linux or Mac, you may be able to mount the ext4 partition and retrieve the .kodi folder.

But does sound like the sd card may have died.

Thanks Tom.

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The card might not have died completely, could just be a corrupt boot partition. You might be able to backup the ext4 partition, reformat the sd card and reload it with osmc, then restore your backup