crDroid recovery does not support flashing multiple zips sequentially. After booting into the ROM once, you must:

Flashing a new recovery and switching ROMs requires wiping your device. Back up all photos, documents, contacts, and 2FA tokens to an external storage drive or cloud service. 2. Unlock the Bootloader

Have Android USB drivers installed on your PC. Step-by-Step Installation Connect Device: Connect your phone to the PC via USB.

Download recovery.img and save it directly into your computer's folder. Step 2: Booting into Fastboot Mode

Unlike a full operating system, this recovery environment runs in a limited RAM disk and allows low-level operations such as:

If the recovery cannot read your data, you may need to "Format Data" (not just Wipe Data) to remove encryption. Note: This erases all files on the phone. Conclusion

You forgot to format the data partition, causing the new ROM to crash while trying to read old encryption keys from your previous OS.