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Hi everyone,
A friend of mine has had an Xperia Play on AT&T for a little over a year now. I've been flashing custom ROMs on Android devices since the OG Droid and the Nexus One all the way up until now on my Droid 2 Global (waiting for my Samsung Galaxy S3 to arrive). This friend got an HP TouchPad back during the firesale, and after seeing how nice CyanogenMod 9 is on it, he really wants a custom ROM on his Xperia Play.
The community at XDA is always very helpful, and I've searched around, but it seems the r800at owners are in the minority compared to the r800i owners.
I cannot seem to find a straightforward guide on how we would go about getting him started with this. I'm also unfamiliar with Sony's actual flashing tools, if they have any. Anyways, I've gathered the very first step would be to pay someone reputable on XDA to unlock the bootloader and Fastboot. This is required for the r800at, correct?
We've already gained root access on his device, and I have made sure he doesn't pull the latest update that AT&T is trying to push OTA.
Also, the r800at's hardware is identical to the r800i's correct? As in, after we get everything set up, he can just flash ROMs intended for the r800i, correct?
If anyone r800at can point me in the right direction as to how we would get his device up and running with custom ROMs, that would be extremely helpful.
Thanks in advance!
My signature says I have a r800i, but my phone was originally a r800at before I flashed it. Just an fyi.
Now, you're friend needs to unlock his bootloader/fastboot. He can just google search alessandro and you should come across his unlock bootloader site. Your friend has to pay him 24 dollars to unlock his phone. He does not make a profit whatsoever, the money is used on the program he uses to unlock the phone. Once that's done, if he goes to the CM page, he'll probably have to flash a different firmware, likely a r800i firmware. All he has to do is adjust his apn settings and it will be like nothings different. Just flash it via flashtool. Google is your friend. Since he's rooted, he should go to the market and install CWM auto installer. Then open the app and install CWM recovery. To access recovery, reboot your phone, and when the Sony Ericsson logo appears, continuously press volume down until you reach the menu. Now put that aside for a second. In the CM thread, there will probably be a zip file to be downloaded. Download it, and put it somewhere in your sd card. Do NOT unzip the file. Now boot into recovery. Using the volume keys to navigate, with the home key as select, navigate to install zip on sd card. Then locate it in your sd card and select it. Then select yes and let it do it's magic. This a very rough explanation so if you need more help just holler
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CloudShepherd said:
My signature says I have a r800i, but my phone was originally a r800at before I flashed it. Just an fyi.
Now, you're friend needs to unlock his bootloader/fastboot. He can just google search alessandro and you should come across his unlock bootloader site. Your friend has to pay him 24 dollars to unlock his phone. He does not make a profit whatsoever, the money is used on the program he uses to unlock the phone. Once that's done, if he goes to the CM page, he'll probably have to flash a different firmware, likely a r800i firmware. All he has to do is adjust his apn settings and it will be like nothings different. Just flash it via flashtool. Google is your friend. Since he's rooted, he should go to the market and install CWM auto installer. Then open the app and install CWM recovery. To access recovery, reboot your phone, and when the Sony Ericsson logo appears, continuously press volume down until you reach the menu. Now put that aside for a second. In the CM thread, there will probably be a zip file to be downloaded. Download it, and put it somewhere in your sd card. Do NOT unzip the file. Now boot into recovery. Using the volume keys to navigate, with the home key as select, navigate to install zip on sd card. Then locate it in your sd card and select it. Then select yes and let it do it's magic. This a very rough explanation so if you need more help just holler
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I'm obviously familiar with using CWM, but I'm a bit confused- is it only the very first time you flash a ROM that it must be done through flashtool? Can we just use CWM to update/install new ROMs via the traditional method with zip files?
That's where I'm a bit lost- why and when must flashtool be used as opposed to CWM?
Thank you for the help though. I think first things first we'll get his bootloader and fastboot unlocked.
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I'm obviously familiar with using CWM, but I'm a bit confused- is it only the very first time you flash a ROM that it must be done through flashtool? Can we just use CWM to update/install new ROMs via the traditional method with zip files?
That's where I'm a bit lost- why and when must flashtool be used as opposed to CWM?
Thank you for the help though. I think first things first we'll get his bootloader and fastboot unlocked.
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When you're flashing a rom, it may ask for a certain firmware since that might have been what the Ron might have been based off of. Once you have the required firmware, you can flash the zips away. Flashtool is used to flash the required firmware.
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CloudShepherd said:
When you're flashing a rom, it may ask for a certain firmware since that might have been what the Ron might have been based off of. Once you have the required firmware, you can flash the zips away. Flashtool is used to flash the required firmware.
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So when you say "firmware" are you referring to low-level stuff like the radio baseband?
If so, that makes sense.
So even the kernel can be flashed with CWM, correct?
Alessandro
CloudShepherd said:
My signature says I have a r800i, but my phone was originally a r800at before I flashed it. Just an fyi.
Now, you're friend needs to unlock his bootloader/fastboot. He can just google search alessandro and you should come across his unlock bootloader site. Your friend has to pay him 24 dollars to unlock his phone. He does not make a profit whatsoever, the money is used on the program he uses to unlock the phone. Once that's done, if he goes to the CM page, he'll probably have to flash a different firmware, likely a r800i firmware. All he has to do is adjust his apn settings and it will be like nothings different. Just flash it via flashtool. Google is your friend. Since he's rooted, he should go to the market and install CWM auto installer. Then open the app and install CWM recovery. To access recovery, reboot your phone, and when the Sony Ericsson logo appears, continuously press volume down until you reach the menu. Now put that aside for a second. In the CM thread, there will probably be a zip file to be downloaded. Download it, and put it somewhere in your sd card. Do NOT unzip the file. Now boot into recovery. Using the volume keys to navigate, with the home key as select, navigate to install zip on sd card. Then locate it in your sd card and select it. Then select yes and let it do it's magic. This a very rough explanation so if you need more help just holler
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I have been looking on google for Alessandro and I can not find this site your talking about. Do you have a link or another possible way to turn my r800at into an r800i?
Its alejandrissimo and google search xperia unlock service ull get it
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This is the page.
http://unlock-bootloader.com
Unlocked
Running AOKP milestone6 4.0.4/supercharged
can anyone tell me is there any problem for data transfer if we install r800i firmware into r800at?
Hello, firstable i would like to say that i'm new here, and that im totally neophyte in the wolrd of rooting phone etc.
I recently lurned that i could "root" my HTC Desire HD on a android 4.3 rom, but after spending one hour on the website, i have to say that im really confuse and that it dont seems as easy as i though it will be to root my phone. Some people might say that i'm a noob or whatever, and it's actually true, but i believe that everyone here was like me at the begening.
So long story short, i would like some help to root my phone on Android 4.3, or 4.0 at least cause some brand new apps or games seems to only works on Android 4.0, but i can't find any easy tutorial that i could follow step by step to do it, most of the tutorial use terms that i dont even understand !
So if someone could spend some time to explain me the basic step that i need to follow to root my phone, or lead me to a thread made for total beginers, i would really appreciate it, thanks for your time and i hope i will be able to manage the operation succefully !
Got a custom recovery?
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http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1824379
There is a nice thread right there explaining about the whole process. You can upgrade to 4.3 using two methods:
1. Unlock bootloader, flash custom recovery, flash 4.3 rom, flash boot.img of that rom.
Or
2. Get s-off using aahk2, flash custom recovery, flash 4.3 roms.
Those steps is just main procedures but it should help you started.
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U only need to unlock bootloader but if u want to unlock ur device 100% then do it with aahk 2 http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2367322
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Thanks for your replies, well i actually used the easyaceroottool, i unlocked the phone, and then i tried to instal 2 different rom but no one worked and now i can't use my phone anymore, expet in the recovery mode with volume - / power.
I will try to do the process again with AAHK2 as you advice me, i hope it will fix the problem and that i will be able to instal a new rom, otherwise my phone is screwed :s
i will keep you in touch, thanks
Damn, i think my phone is dead now :s i wiped all the things in the bootloader to instal the roms, and now it is stuck on the white htc screen, and it can't be recognise by the computer or AAHK2
Is it totally broken since i dont have any recovery / backup or there is a solution ?
Alazob said:
Damn, i think my phone is dead now :s i wiped all the things in the bootloader to instal the roms, and now it is stuck on the white htc screen, and it can't be recognise by the computer or AAHK2
Is it totally broken since i dont have any recovery / backup or there is a solution ?
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is the phone still can go into bootloader..?, n what the state of your phone bootloader now..?
did you've already installing custom recovery..like CWM, TWRP or 4EX recovery..?, n is it the recovery still worked..?
after installing the custom rom..did you sure don't forget to flashing boot.img from the rom itself through FASTBOOT mode..?
JJeamy said:
is the phone still can go into bootloader..?, n what the state of your phone bootloader now..?
did you've already installing custom recovery..like CWM, TWRP or 4EX recovery..?, n is it the recovery still worked..?
after installing the custom rom..did you sure don't forget to flashing boot.img from the rom itself through FASTBOOT mode..?
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Hi, yes i can still go into the bootloader and the recovery mode, i have the ClockworkMod v5.8.1.5, and im not sure that i have flash the boot.img ! How am i supose to do that ? do i need to dezip it in the sd card before the operation ?
thanks for your help by the way !
Alazob said:
Hi, yes i can still go into the bootloader and the recovery mode, i have the ClockworkMod v5.8.1.5, and im not sure that i have flash the boot.img ! How am i supose to do that ? do i need to dezip it in the sd card before the operation ?
thanks for your help by the way !
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i assume that you already had SDK/ADT for execute ADB and fastboot command..if not..you can download it from here..
just extracted the rom.zip that you already installed..find "boot.img" file in there..then copied to the SDK/platform-tools folder that's the place of your ADB n fastboot.exe on your pc..
then reboot your to bootloader with pressed volume down + power..then select FASTBOOT..then connecting it your phone with pc..until indicator on your phone change to "FASTBOOT-USB"..
then open cmd and change it the source to your SDK/ADB folder..then type (w/o quote) "fastboot devices" to cek the connected first..then type "fastboot flash boot boot.img"
now you can try rebooting the phone with type "fastboot reboot"..done..
hope this help..sorry for my bad grammar
Awesome i think it worked, now i dont have the white htc screen anymore and i think that the phone is loading the new rom, but i had to create myself a folder "Fastboot" at C:/ and past a fastboot.exe from the easyaceroottool. Anyway, it's still loading at the moment i think it will works correctly, i will keep you in touch ! thanks !
Well, i dont know if it's normal, but it has been more than 20 minute and the phone haven't started yet, i see the new loading menu from the rom running, but the phone don't start, is it normal that i have to wait that long ? it's the first time that my phone is rooted with a new rom by the way.
Alazob said:
Well, i dont know if it's normal, but it has been more than 20 minute and the phone haven't started yet, i see the new loading menu from the rom running, but the phone don't start, is it normal that i have to wait that long ? it's the first time that my phone is rooted with a new rom by the way.
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No..it's not normal..booting the first time of any rom after every installing is not more than 5-6 minutes..
what the rom you installing..?, just try installing another custom rom..maybe you can try (ICS rom) SVHD v2.1.0 rom..or (JB rom) MIUI V5 v3.12.27 ported rom from MIUI site..that's what i know more stable than the other custom rom..
note: always don't forget to flashing a boot.img too extracted from the rom that you've been installed..
Ok i will try the 4.0 android one, because that's why i wanted a new rom at the begening, to have a 4.0 or + android version ^^
There is no need for any gapps ? i see only one thing in the downloads section
Alazob said:
There is no need for any gapps ? i see only one thing in the downloads section
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the Gapps is already include in SVHD rom..don't needed flashing Gapps again..
Okay, im downloading it right now, i will see if it works, otherwise i think i will just go buy a new phone lol :s
Duuuuuuuude !!!! it works !!! thanks you really much man i thought my phone was lost !!! thanks you thanks you thanks you !!
Alazob said:
Duuuuuuuude !!!! it works !!! thanks you really much man i thought my phone was lost !!! thanks you thanks you thanks you !!
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glad to hear that mate.. and congrats to you...
JJeamy said:
glad to hear that mate.. and congrats to you...
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Ahah yes ! the rom seems really nice, but apprently there is no music player, i will try to find one on the market ^^ Anyway, i will keep this thread open if any other user has the same problem.
Thanks again Jjeamy !
The rom is rooted
FOR NOW ,ALMOST EVERY CUSTOMED ROM HAS BEEB ROOTED.
I unlocked bootloader and rooted my htc one v(gsm).I am currently on stock htc sense I want to install twrp so can i install it from goo manager i downloaded from play store??
Also I want cm10 rom so if I flashed it from twrp do i need to install kernel by going into fastboot mode and using cmd etc.??i saw a video tutorial in which they just installed rom from twrp and they didnt installed kernel but i have heard many users are not going past logo as they havent installed kernel...
mandarmane said:
I unlocked bootloader and rooted my htc one v(gsm).I am currently on stock htc sense I want to install twrp so can i install it from goo manager i downloaded from play store??
Also I want cm10 rom so if I flashed it from twrp do i need to install kernel by going into fastboot mode and using cmd etc.??i saw a video tutorial in which they just installed rom from twrp and they didnt installed kernel but i have heard many users are not going past logo as they havent installed kernel...
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You will want to install your recovery using a cmd prompt. Our phone is S-on, so you may run into difficulty trying to use goo for a recovery installation. MAKE A BACKUP ONCE YOU GET TWRP INSTALLED!!!!
If you want cm10 you will need to get your twrp up and running first, download your desired cm10 zip to your computer, open archives using 7zip, copy the boot img from the rom zip to your working fastboot folder (assuming that you have fastboot set up since you got this far), open a cmd window and navigate to your fastboot folder using the command cd c:\yourfastbootfoldername.
Once your rom is installed, reboot to bootloader. Plug your phone into your pc, it should switch from fastboot to fastboot usb. Use the command fastboot flash boot boot.img. You should now be able to reboot your phone and enjoy cm10!
sellersj27 said:
You will want to install your recovery using a cmd prompt. Our phone is S-on, so you may run into difficulty trying to use goo for a recovery installation. MAKE A BACKUP ONCE YOU GET TWRP INSTALLED!!!!
If you want cm10 you will need to get your twrp up and running first, download your desired cm10 zip to your computer, open archives using 7zip, copy the boot img from the rom zip to your working fastboot folder (assuming that you have fastboot set up since you got this far), open a cmd window and navigate to your fastboot folder using the command cd c:\yourfastbootfoldername.
Once your rom is installed, reboot to bootloader. Plug your phone into your pc, it should switch from fastboot to fastboot usb. Use the command fastboot flash boot boot.img. You should now be able to reboot your phone and enjoy cm10!
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So I shouldn't install kernel (Hellboy )??? I unlocked my bootloader so my device should be s - off or does that mean something different plz guide me
mandarmane said:
So I shouldn't install kernel (Hellboy )??? I unlocked my bootloader so my device should be s - off or does that mean something different plz guide me
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You should install kernel that given on every ROM thread, and not always HELLBOY.
Unlocked bootloader doesn't mean that your phone is S-Offed, it is different.
mandarmane said:
So I shouldn't install kernel (Hellboy )??? I unlocked my bootloader so my device should be s - off or does that mean something different plz guide me
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There is a whole lot more work to get the device s-off. Your kernel is the boot img that I mentioned earlier. I am PrimoC, so I don't have experience with hellboy, but I do have to flash a new kernel with every rom. If you are going from one cm10 to another cm10, you might be safe, but I wouldn't chance it. Unlocking your bootloader allows you to flash kernels. It doesn't give you s-off.
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There is a whole lot more work to get the device s-off. Your kernel is the boot img that I mentioned earlier. I am PrimoC, so I don't have experience with hellboy, but I do have to flash a new kernel with every rom. If you are going from one cm10 to another cm10, you might be safe, but I wouldn't chance it. Unlocking your bootloader allows you to flash kernels. It doesn't give you s-off.
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can you provide any tutorial for installing twrp on htc one v gsm version and downloading link plz that will help me alot
Ringford said:
You should install kernel that given on every ROM thread, and not always HELLBOY.
Unlocked bootloader doesn't mean that your phone is S-Offed, it is different.
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While flashing cm10 which boot.img file should i use the one that came with rom or hellboy
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While flashing cm10 which boot.img file should i use the one that came with rom or hellboy
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The one that came with ROM. And please.. just read the damn instruction in the ROM thread, everything is said clearly there, I can bet on that. Read it carefully step by step or you will end up here soon or sooner with another question like "Guys my htc is bricked help".
I just got home from work.... Did you get it, or would you like that tutorial
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I just got home from work.... Did you get it, or would you like that tutorial
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Plz provide me tutorial and can you confirm from any gsm user which kernel should I use for cm10, from cm10 thread I think its Hellboy but not sure and I can't post in development section yet.. thanks
Okay so here is my issue. I'm literally stuck! I have no computer to go back and lock my bootloader and I'm not s-off. I have no way, to my knowledge, to install the new firmware to play with the new stock roms. If anybody has any suggestion, that would be terrific!
Are you on stock rom? If yes you only need to flash stock recovery. Relocking bootloader is not needed
stathis95194 said:
Are you on stock rom? If yes you only need to flash stock recovery. Relocking bootloader is not needed
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How would I go about flashing stock recovery?
Unfortunately you will need a PC for this . Are you on custom recovery now? How did you flash that in the first place?
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Unfortunately you will need a PC for this . Are you on custom recovery now? How did you flash that in the first place?
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I did it from a computer at work. I no longer have that job though. So I'm seriously stuck.
Surely, you know someone with a computer that they will let you use?
redpoint73 said:
Surely, you know someone with a computer that they will let you use?
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This ^^^^
alright, here's an update. i went to my fiances house and used her mothers computer (worlds slowest internet, i think AOL is faster) and worlds oldest computer ... anyways... i locked my bootloader and flashed a stock recovery, i went back to my stock rom as well and checked the software update from AT&T (which said that I had an update before i did all this) but now when i check for an update it says that i'm currently up to date and when i check information from online and compare it to my information i can confirm that I am on 1.58 but i'm android 4.4.2 and VIPER calls for a stock firmware of 4.4.3 (i think) also i can't find anywhere online on information on what the current radio is of the newest update. i'm trying to make sure that everything that I have is current to date. I don't want to be outdated lol . anways , i'm trying to figure out how to run viper with the current firmware that they require. thank you for any help you can give me now
EDIT : i bought this phone about 3 months ago and i HAVENT made any updates since then. i rooted it as soon as i got it. so im not sure if i am up-to-date
PureLife90 said:
also i can't find anywhere online on information on what the current radio is of the newest update. i'm trying to make sure that everything that I have is current to date. I don't want to be outdated lol .
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Radio associated with software 1.58 (latest software before the new 2.23 now rolling out) is: 1.16.21331931.LA11G_20.31A.4145.02L
But in any case, the RUU for 2.23 is now available. So you can just run the "official" RUU: http://www.htc.com/us/support/htc-one-m8-att/news/
Or the bootable version (no PC required) here: http://forum.xda-developers.com/att-htc-one-m8/general/att-2-23-502-3-bootable-ruu-pc-required-t2860486
Just relock the bootloader (since you are s-on) and run the RUU. It doesn't matter if anything on the device is not updated, as RUU contains the complete image. Just backup your personal data, as it will be wiped.
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Unfortunately you will need a PC for this . Are you on custom recovery now? How did you flash that in the first place?
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If he was rooted he could have restored the stock recovery without a PC pretty easily.
There used to be a command flash_image in the terminal emulator(Need to download binary for it I think). Don't know if it still works or not though
flash_image recovery /path-to-image/name_of_recovery.img
Even then there is always the "dd" command to use.
Download recovery file to phone, if it's zipped then uzip it and move the recovery.img file to /sdcard/ - Can use ES File explorer or Root explorer.
Open Terminal Emulator.
Type:
su - to get # if you don't have it.
cat /proc/emmc - this will dump all the partition info in the terminal, look for recovery. WWE should all be mmcblk0p43 , just make sure either way.
When you have the partition number for recovery go and type:
dd if=/sdcard/recovery.img of=/dev/block/mmcblk0p43 - that's it.
You just "flashed" back stock recovery. No PC required.
Hey,
Quick question, I'm away on holiday and had to use an RUU to reset my phone completely back to stock. I don't have my PC with me but was wondering if there might be any other way to get TRWP installed so I can get back to custom ROM's before the end of my trip?
Regards,
Ravi
rav101 said:
Hey,
Quick question, I'm away on holiday and had to use an RUU to reset my phone completely back to stock. I don't have my PC with me but was wondering if there might be any other way to get TRWP installed so I can get back to custom ROM's before the end of my trip?
Regards,
Ravi
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I've described how to do this for CM-based ROMS with Samsung devices. Unfortunately, I know of no way to do this for the HTC 10. The issue is getting it rooted. My understanding is that the Sunshine app can root some 10s, but not all. You could try that. When you run the app it will do a series of tests on your device. If it cannot be rooted by the app it will give the message, "Root is required first." Otherwise, the app can root your device and proceed from there. Once rooted you could then use Flashify to install TWRP.
2PS6IMG.zip
rav101 said:
Hey,
Quick question, I'm away on holiday and had to use an RUU to reset my phone completely back to stock. I don't have my PC with me but was wondering if there might be any other way to get TRWP installed so I can get back to custom ROM's before the end of my trip?
Regards,
Ravi
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Like post 3 said. Just get the no wipe firmware that comes with twrp and change the name then reboot to download and flash it
Haldi4803 said:
2PS6IMG.zip
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twinnfamous said:
Like post 3 said. Just get the no wipe firmware that comes with twrp and change the name then reboot to download and flash it
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Thanks guys!!
I'm trying to figure out, if I want to flash just the recovery with the no wipe zip, can I delete all the other .img files within the zip or do I have to edit the Android-info.txt for the corresponding lines?
No issue in flashing the no wipe file as it is, just curious for future reference if I wanted to create easy 2PS6IMG.zip's in the future.
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I simply take the firmware.zip from OTA, delete all .img files, rename twrp.IMG to recovery.IMG and repack it to 2PS6IMG.zip
You don't need to change the android-info.txt as partitions without images won't get wiped, even if it says so.
You can flash Boot, Recovery and..... And.... Which was the third one? Without S-Off or signed firmware package.