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Flashing a Recovery,Kernel and Rom[FAQ'S][NOOB FRIENDLY]

Easiest guide to flash a custom ROM and custom kernel
Lets accept it,we all have been here,confused what should do after i root/boot unlock
we think i know enough so lets get this going but then, we get stuck in the splash/welcome screen and we think **** this was such a bad idea
SO i created this thread for anyone who ever is confused,lost,seeking help.
IF YOU FIND THIS THREAD HELPFUL, BE SURE TO RECOMMEND IT TO OTHERS AND PRESS THE THANKS BUTTON :d
Thread Contents
1.Common terms/Android Slangs
2.Basic Requirements
3.Download links for Recovery Images for PRIMO U/ PRIMO C]
4.How To flash recovery
5.FAST BOOT FILES(download links) : HTC ONE V DRIVER (DOWLOAD LINKS)
6.How To Back Up Your Current Rom
7.Installing Your ROM
8.Choose Your Kernel(download links)
9.Flashing The Kernel[windows]
*Flashing The Kernel[MAC]
10.people who have already flashed a ROM and are confused how to upgrade it
11.Upgrading KERNEL
12.Stuck in Bootloops, Cant Pass the HTC welcome Screen
13.Some tips from me
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Hope u have successfully rooted and boot unlocked
Common Terms/Android Slangs
a small guide on some of the android terms my Diablo67
Bootloader:This small program's only job is to load other data and programs which are then executed from RAM.Often, multiple-stage boot loaders are used, during which several programs of increasing complexity load one after the other in a process of chain loading.
Fastboot:A diagnostic protocol used primarily to modify the flash filesystem in Android smartphones from another computer over a USB connection. It is part of the Android Debug Bridge library.
Utilizing the Fastboot protocol requires that the device be started in a boot loader or Second Program Loader mode in which only the most basic hardware initialization is performed. After enabling the protocol on the device itself it will accept any command sent to it over USB via a command line. Some of most commonly used fastboot commands include:
•flash - Overwrites a partition in flash with a binary image stored on the host computer.
•erase - Erases a partition in flash.
•reboot - Reboots the device into the either the main operating system or the system recovery partition.
•devices - Displays a list of all devices (with Serial #) connected to the host computer.
Flashing:The ROM memory used in smartphones and tablets etc. is often same as flash memory found in SD cards and USB flash drives, simply optimized for better speed and performance while running the operating system.
Kernel:A kernel is a layer of code that allows the OS and applications to interface with your phone's hardware. The degree in which you can access your phone's hardware features depends on the quality of code in the kernel. The homebrew (rooting) community for HTC has made several kernel code improvements that give us additional features from our hardware that the stock kernel does not. When you flash a custom ROM, you automatically get a kernel. But you can also flash a standalone kernel ROM on top of the existing one, effectively overwriting it. These days, the difference in custom kernels is less about new features and more about alternate configurations. Choosing a custom kernel is basically choosing one that works best with your ROM.
Nandroid:To backup the current running rom.
Recovery Mode:A small separate operating mode you can boot your device into, used for device administration. Two popular custom recovery modes are Amon Ra and Clockwork.
Basic Requirements
1.A Boot-unlocked and Rooted HTC One V
2.Charge it till above 75% battery
2.A PC(this guide is for now only for windows)
3.usb cable
4.HTC driver download here or HTC SYNC
5.FastBoot Files[ click here>>> download them and put in a folder in c drive ]
> example c:\fastboot or c:\android
6.A recovery image(for image scroll down)
7.A Rom(thats ur choice)
8.boot image(scroll down)
9.put the rom(.zip file) in sd card
Here Are The Recovery Images
Recovery Images[PRIMO U/GSM]
1. CWM 6 by Lloir
2. TWRP 2.6.0 <<Ill Recommend [very user friendly]
3. CWM v5 Touch Recovery
Recovery Images[PRIMO C/CDMA
1. [VM/PRIMOC][RECOVERY] CWM Recovery
2. [VM/PRIMOC][RECOVERY] TWRP2 Recovery
3. [RECOVERY] [PRIMOC/CDMA] CWM 6.0.1.5
How To flash recovery
HOPE U HAVE THE FAST BOOT FILES
[IF NOT]
click here download them and put in a folder in c drive
example c:\fastboot)
>>Now enter Fast boot(power button +volume DOWN(for 15 + sec))<<<
u might have arrived at Hboot boot mode>>> now move up down by pressing the volume buttons and select fastbootwith the power button
Flash it via cmd(command prompt)
Enter these commands
Code:
[B][COLOR="Red"]fastboot flash recovery recovery.img
[/COLOR][/B]
How To Back Up Your Current Rom
(must for first time flashers)(nand=backup of current ROM)
1. Once the CWM/TWRP recovery installed:
Now enter Fast boot(power button +volume DOWN(for 15 + sec))
now move up down by pressing the volume buttons and select fastbootwith the power button
2. Once you are in the RECOVERY menu:
click backup and restore
click backup
the backup process is running. It will be a max 20 minutes to complete.
(optional step just to be sure)
3. once complete, check whether the backup is successful
click backup and restore
click restore
you will see your backup files, for example 2012-11-27 11-7
it should complete with in a span of time
4.Now if that is over go back to the previous menu
use the back button
click reboot system now to boot your device
Installing Your ROM
5.just do a factory reset and wipe cache, then click on install from sd card
6.flash it(the ROM in ur sd card shud be in a .zip format)
7.NOW.DON'T REBOOT UR PHONE GO TO FAST BOOT MODE (VOLUME DOWN+ POWER BUTTON)(or there will be a option to reboot into bootloader)
Choose Your Kernel
9.download whichever kernel u want
[CDMA/PRIMO C]
SuperSick kernel Click ME
SICK kernel PRIMO C/CDMA click here
[GSM/PRIMO U]
SuperSick kernel Click ME
SICK kernel CLICK here
TITANIUM KISS kernel SENSE users CLICK here
HELLBOY kernel FOR AOSP based ROMS(cm9/cm10/AOKP/PA)USE THE LATEST ONE FOR 4.2.2 >click<
Flashing The Kernel[windows]
8.HOPE U HAVE THE FAST BOOT FILES (if not click here download them and put in a folder in c drive)
rename it boot.img and put it in the folder as the fastboot files
GO TO FAST BOOT MODE (VOLUME DOWN+ POWER BUTTON)(or there will be a option to reboot in recovery)
10.flash it via CMD
Enter these commands
Code:
11.[B][COLOR="Red"]Fastboot flash boot boot.img [/COLOR][/B]
12.[B][COLOR="Red"]fastboot reboot[/COLOR][/B]
Flashing The Kernel[MAC] by kalaker
kalaker said:
Go developer.android.com and download the SDK & move it to your home directory ("~" or /Users/<username>)
Go to <sdk-location>/tools and launch "Android"
Download the platform tools
Open terminal
Open Finder to <sdk-location>/platform-tools
In terminal, type "sudo cp"; drag adb from the Finder window into the Terminal window; type "/usr/bin/"; hit enter
Enter your password
Repeat the above three steps, but drag "fastboot" instead of "adb"
Close terminal
Open terminal (it sounds weird, but just do it)
Now, and forever, do this to install a kernel:
Download kernel
Connect phone to computer
Make sure USB Debugging is enabled (Settings>Development>USB Debugging)
In terminal, type "adb reboot bootloader"
In terminal, type "fastboot flash boot"; drag in the kernel from finder; hit enter
Examples:
Code:
sudo cp /Users/Username/android-sdk-mac/platform-tools/adb /usr/bin/
sudo cp /Users/Username/android-sdk-mac/platform-tools/adb /usr/bin/
adb reboot recovery
fastboot flash boot /Users/Username/Downloads/boot.img
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13.enjoy
First boot takes some time have patience......be sure to ask questions or doubts
Ok For people who have already flashed a ROM and are confused how to upgrade it
Upgrading ROM
1.download your needed ROM
2.put in SD card
3.boot into recovery
4.no need to wipe everything,wipe caches(and if the dev says to full wipe do it)
5. (Unless u come from a different ROM eg.From Amazing Sense To CM10, in this case a factory reset i needed
6.flash the ROM
7.reboot
8.flash GAPPS
9. enjoy
Upgrading KERNEL
1.boot in bootloader
2.do the required steps(as mentioned above)
3.wipe caches
5.enjoy
Stuck in Bootloops, Cant Pass the HTC welcome Screen
ok, calm down, everyone has this problem while flashing, i get it so many times, they can cause by the following reasons
bad flash
wrong rom
you forgot to flash the kernel
wrong kernel
messed up the order in flashing
ok,
1.Bad flash-this occurs if the .zip file is corrupted
solution:= re flash the ROM, if still no, download the file again and try
2.wrong ROM- u may have downloaded a ROM that is not for ur device or a ROM which is of not ur description
for example u might me a PRIMO C device/CDMA and u downloaded a PRIMO U/GSM ROM
3.Wrong Kernel-Kernel is the link between ur software and hardware, if u flash the wrong one like the case mentioned above , download the correct one and re flash
4.[ FLASHING YOUR KERNEL SHOULD BE THE LAST STEP][UNLESS U HAVE A S-OFF DEVICE]
Ok Some Tips Which May Help You
1.Battery Draining fast?
-----get an app called BetterBatteryStats,run it over night.then next morning open it and check whats waking your device
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2.Can i use scripts?
-----Your wish, the rom works perfect,running a script can ruin it in some cases(chill,even i run some)
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3.Good/best/recommended ROMS?
-----all roms are good in their own way, but i can give u a list of recently updated roms
-----1.sphongle(4.2.2) 2.Slimbean 3.Cm10
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will add more cheers
Hope this helps u

another get thanks quick scheme thread?
Sent from my One V

paarthdesai said:
another get thanks quick scheme thread?
Sent from my One V
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LOL :silly:

no i plan to help!

My works
You call that work ??
Those are just tips

Y do u have a problem with that
Sent from my One V

No but that work word is pissing me off ..... For using it in a inappropriate place

donhashem.dh said:
No but that work word is pissing me off ..... For using it in a inappropriate place
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Don't read it
Sent from my One V

to clarify, step 6: "flash" should be edited to say " install ROM from zip" to avoid the "flash" misconception associate with flashing kernels:good:

more detailed work should be there.. like you said install cwm or twrp.... give a link to where they are embedded in the words will be good...
and the above goes for the flashing rom part also...embed the link to the dev section
make it easy and tidy instead of all those ugly looking clutters you did
Sent from my One V

will work into that!

did it!

cybervibin said:
flash it via cmd
Enter these commands
Fastboot flash recovery recovery.img
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You forgot to mention to boot into fastboot. No offence, but it has to be much better written. Its not noob friendly at all.

m sorry abt that! guess missed it! wrote the thread throygh my phone!
any other problems i corrected the one u said!

cybervibin said:
m sorry abt that! guess missed it! wrote the thread throygh my phone!
any other problems i corrected the one u said!
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Yeah, you could try creatign sub sections, like thinigs to have before swap, then steps after that. Eg in step 1 you say
>>Now enter Fast boot(power button +volume DOWN(for 15 + sec))<<<
and
1.Flash CWM 6 by lloir
or TWRP 2.3.1.0 ill recommend TWRP
>>PRIMO C /CDMA click here<<
To flash recovery HOPE U HAVE THE FAST BOOT FILES(IF NOT click here download them and put in a folder in c drive
example c:\fastboot
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First you mention the ROM, then out of the blue you mention recovery. ROM should be introduced after a nand backup. You should also explain in short what a nand backup is. A sentence with an analogy is sufficient. I am a software developer and I would like to share a rule that I follow: If you need to add a comment in your code, that means the code is not readable. In the same way, when you mention something in bracket, it itself means that the sentence is no clear, and need rephrasing and rewording.
Dont get me wrong, I am not trying to insult or berate or anything, but I got it read by a friend who wants to flash his One V, and he got back to me with more questions than the guide answered. There a some step holes in the guide, and you have to write is as if you are a noob
Lastly, thanks a lot, this particular guide and your answers have been really helpful to me and the community.
Cheers!

now ill consider that! hard being a noob!

thetuxracer said:
If you need to add a comment in your code, that means the code is not readable. In the same way, when you mention something in bracket, it itself means that the sentence is no clear, and need rephrasing and rewording.
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Nice, I liked this!
Sent from my One V using xda app-developers app

soham_sss said:
Nice, I liked this!
Sent from my One V using xda app-developers app
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thetuxracer said:
Yeah, you could try creatign sub sections, like thinigs to have before swap, then steps after that. Eg in step 1 you say
First you mention the ROM, then out of the blue you mention recovery. ROM should be introduced after a nand backup. You should also explain in short what a nand backup is. A sentence with an analogy is sufficient. I am a software developer and I would like to share a rule that I follow: If you need to add a comment in your code, that means the code is not readable. In the same way, when you mention something in bracket, it itself means that the sentence is no clear, and need rephrasing and rewording.
Dont get me wrong, I am not trying to insult or berate or anything, but I got it read by a friend who wants to flash his One V, and he got back to me with more questions than the guide answered. There a some step holes in the guide, and you have to write is as if you are a noob
Lastly, thanks a lot, this particular guide and your answers have been really helpful to me and the community.
Cheers!
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how about now, noob friendly enough?

Yup, pretty cool! If there was a way to thank again..

ty!! please keep the recomendations coming!

[Q] Any 1 here experienced with kernels? Need your help for my Kitchen.

Ok firstly this may seem a bit confusing, I am copying this from a PM i sent to @wedgess
Hi, I am wondering if you would be able to make a bootable recovery image with TWRP as i have no idea how to do it and i can only find CWM ones which requires signature for "--update_package="
I don't want a kernel and i don't want a cwm image but i want just simple a TWRP recovery.img which is bootable like http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1493996 but TWRP instead
Your kernel's work fine but i need it to boot a recovery.img then flash the new rom via "--update_package=" and then reboot device.
For more information check http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2391169
I hope you can help, Thanks.
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TWRP works great with both the last 2 options so i need to some how create a bootable recovery img based on TWRP but i don't have a clue about kernel development... Could i maybe replace ramdisk with existing bootable recovery or something?
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So to put it simply, I need to switch out CWM on this recovery.img and put TWRP on it (The reasons for this are complicated to explain but i would be extremely thankful if any one could help and credit will be giviven)
So please can any one help me Thanks.

Sorry I didn't reply to your final PM as I said due to real life and limited time I cannot do it for you, But happy to help assisting you if needed. Championswimmer has a tutuorial on what to change in the device tree for TWRP. Search function is down ATM so I can't link you to the thread.

wedgess said:
Sorry I didn't reply to your final PM as I said due to real life and limited time I cannot do it for you, But happy to help assisting you if needed. Championswimmer has a tutuorial on what to change in the device tree for TWRP. Search function is down ATM so I can't link you to the thread.
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Yeah no worries, Decided to ask any one else, As i really don't have the time to do this aswell as all the other stuff im doing. And it will take some one with experience a lot less time.
I tried switching out the /sbin folder but it didn't work and i didn't expect it to
I am hoping to find some 1 with a linux enviroment all sorted as i don't have a clue when it comes to kernels. surely there is a simple way to switch out a prebuiilt CWM Recovery with a TWRP recovery? Do you know what files TWRP and CWM use?
Thanks.
Altenatively any ideas on what needs to be changed to boot it to recovery always? if so i could modify a existing TWRP kernel (yours for example) and then force it to recovery.
EDIT
I assume you meant this guide?
PORT TO STOCK/ICS/YOU-FAVOURITE-KERNEL
A boot.img consists of the kernel image and the ramdisk (additionally and optionally RPM.bin and commandline). If you want to use TWRP for some other kernel, you have to do this
1. decompile this boot.img (for 2011 models it's a true boot.img, for 2012 models, it's actually a kernel.elf file renamed to boot.img, so you have to decompile accourdingly. you can use my kernel kitchen to do the same)
2. replace the kernel zImage with the one from the kernel you want to port to
3. replace /sbin/ramdisk.cpio with the "UNCOMPRESSED" ramdisk of the kernel you want to port this to. (usually ramdisk is compressed with gzip i.e. ramdisk.cpio.gz. you need to uncompressed ramdisk image i.e. ramdisk.cpio)
4. do not touch anyother thing
5. pack it up into a boot.img (for 2011) or kernel.elf (for 2012) and fastboot it

@wedgess ok so i got it working it now auto boots to TWRP but ADB isn't working, Any ideas?
Thanks so much i got it all working that guide helped

I am curious of what you are trying to do...
As i understand you want:
-flash (only) twrp recovery in fastboot mode
-reboot to recovery and flash rom from pc (adb sideload maybe?)
-reboot to fastboot again to flash kernel
-reboot
If i understand correctly you want to flash ROM (and kernel) from PC side, not dong it from phone?

Bakisha said:
I am curious of what you are trying to do...
As i understand you want:
-flash (only) twrp recovery in fastboot mode
-reboot to recovery and flash rom from pc (adb sideload maybe?)
-reboot to fastboot again to flash kernel
-reboot
If i understand correctly you want to flash ROM (and kernel) from PC side, not dong it from phone?
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ok this is what happens
1. Download rom and kernel from my kitchen via helper application on windows
2. verifiy md5's
3. fastboot fllash new kernel
4. fastboot boot "recovery.img"
5. once in the new bootable recovery i created/edited, send adb command "adb shell" > recovery --update_package=ROM
6. wait for rom to install, reboot
7. DONE! new rom and kernel flashed
All done automagically and without any user interaction other than picking the rom.
Check post 1 and 2 for more info - http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?p=46111684

fma965 said:
ok this is what happens
1. Download rom and kernel from my kitchen via helper application on windows
2. verifiy md5's
3. fastboot fllash new kernel
4. fastboot boot "recovery.img"
5. once in the new bootable recovery i created/edited, send adb command "adb shell" > recovery --update_package=ROM
6. wait for rom to install, reboot
7. DONE! new rom and kernel flashed
All done automagically and without any user interaction other than picking the rom.
Check post 1 and 2 for more info - http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?p=46111684
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One word: WOW :good:
Not just you have ideas what you can do, but knowledge to do it. You have my respect man :highfive:
i'll check that app ASAP

Bakisha said:
One word: WOW :good:
Not just you have ideas what you can do, but knowledge to do it. You have my respect man :highfive:
i'll check that app ASAP
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Thanks current released version is quite buggy but new version coming soon
Any way since this problem is now solved, I will close the thread. if you want to discuss this then post on my kitchen thread or pm me

Xiaomi 6 problem!

Hey guys, I am new to the forum and this is my first time posting, yesterday I made a stupid mistake of flashing my Xiaomi 6 MIUI to Lineage OS, I didn't do it correctly and it resulted a bootloop, I managed to flash back the stock rom via fastboot, it did boot up into MIUI, but I cannot connect to network as nothing is shown there and it just stucks in updating...
I also have TWRP but somehow Xiaomi recovery had taken over and I have no idea how to enter TWRP, (tried volume up + PWR, both volume + PWR, volume down + PWR which just gives me fastboot, Volume up plus + home...) is there anyway for me to get to TWRP and maybe I can try to flash Lineage?
Or how can I flash back to the stock rom via fastboot/TWRP, thank you for your help~!

Flash twrp from fastboot, make a fastboot format userdata and from twrp wipe all and then flash firmware, rom of your choice, gapps if you want and the others. Then reboot.

ccelik97 said:
Flash twrp from fastboot, make a fastboot format userdata and from twrp wipe all and then flash firmware, rom of your choice, gapps if you want and the others. Then reboot.
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hey there, thank you so much for your reply!!!
Stupidly I made a terrible mistake of relocking from the miflash tool and nope it doesn't work... Now will TWRP flash if my phone is locked???
And could you please tell me the instructions as I am a complete noob, thank you once again!

CaptainBilly said:
hey there, thank you so much for your reply!!!
Stupidly I made a terrible mistake of relocking from the miflash tool and nope it doesn't work... Now will TWRP flash if my phone is locked???
And could you please tell me the instructions as I am a complete noob, thank you once again!
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No you can't do anything with a locked bootloader. But since you have permission to unlock your bootloader with xiaomi's tool then unlock it again. (To be honest I've first unlocked at octover and haven't locked it again so I don't know if you'd have to wait for another 3 days. But after getting it unlocked it'd be okay, you'll be able to use fastboot so no worries)

ccelik97 said:
No you can't do anything with a locked bootloader. But since you have permission to unlock your bootloader with xiaomi's tool then unlock it again. (To be honest I've first unlocked at octover and haven't locked it again so I don't know if you'd have to wait for another 3 days. But after getting it unlocked it'd be okay, you'll be able to use fastboot so no worries)
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Okay then! Thank you! I just unlocked it! But now I have no idea how to reflash TWRP, could u please help?
I have the minimal ADB and fastboot installed, but currently when I type fastboot flash recovery recovery.img, both powershell/cmd says cannot load recovery.img...

CaptainBilly said:
Okay then! Thank you! I just unlocked it! But now I have no idea how to reflash TWRP, could u please help?
I have the minimal ADB and fastboot installed, but currently when I type fastboot flash recovery recovery.img, both powershell/cmd says cannot load recovery.img...
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Do you have a file called recovery.img at the same directory with the fastboot binary file? If no either rename it or write the recovery img 's actual name in terminal after fastboot flash recovery.

ccelik97 said:
Do you have a file called recovery.img at the same directory with the fastboot binary file? If no either rename it or write the recovery img 's actual name in terminal after fastboot flash recovery.
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I am not sure what fastboot binary file is...sorry, but I think what you meant is having TWRP file at the same location as the Minimal ADB and Fastboot program? If so yes I do, I did save the TWRP as the same location AND I did renamed it recovery.img, should I use MIUI Recovery Tool to install TWRP for me?
Thanks once again! Really appreciated.

CaptainBilly said:
I am not sure what fastboot binary file is...sorry, but I think what you meant is having TWRP file at the same location as the Minimal ADB and Fastboot program? If so yes I do, I did save the TWRP as the same location AND I did renamed it recovery.img, should I use MIUI Recovery Tool to install TWRP for me?
Thanks once again! Really appreciated.
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Check the file name correctly. Windows doesn't show every extension name so maybe the file you see as "recovery.img" is actually "recovery.img.img". Enable to show all extensions from explorer settings (search for it in Google because I forget it too even though I'm doing it on all windows pcs I use
And for what that so called "fastboot binary file" is just that "fastboot" file in adb and fastboot folder. It's a binary type file and that's why I'm referring to it as a binary file (it has executable codes in it). And the difference from a text file is while a text file has a structure like "file start"+"the actual text in it"+"file end", a binary file has executable codes in it so you execute it (like typing "fastboot flash recovery twrp.img ; it means you're running fastboot to execute it's flash function to recovery partition of your device, and the file you want to use as the input is twrp.img in this example. It's good to learn.)

ccelik97 said:
Check the file name correctly. Windows doesn't show every extension name so maybe the file you see as "recovery.img" is actually "recovery.img.img". Enable to show all extensions from explorer settings (search for it in Google because I forget it too even though I'm doing it on all windows pcs I use
And for what that so called "fastboot binary file" is just that "fastboot" file in adb and fastboot folder. It's a binary type file and that's why I'm referring to it as a binary file (it has executable codes in it). And the difference from a text file is while a text file has a structure like "file start"+"the actual text in it"+"file end", a binary file has executable codes in it so you execute it (like typing "fastboot flash recovery twrp.img ; it means you're running fastboot to execute it's flash function to recovery partition of your device, and the file you want to use as the input is twrp.img in this example. It's good to learn.)
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Thank you SO MUCH!!! your the best!!! Now I installed TWRP!!!
what should we do next? wipe portion? what does that mean? thanks!

CaptainBilly said:
Thank you SO MUCH!!! your the best!!! Now I installed TWRP!!!
what should we do next? wipe portion? what does that mean? thanks!
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Not portion, but partition. Partitions are simply the different parts on a storage. For example when you open a file explorer on your device you see your sdcard folder which is in data partition. System files are in system partition, kernel is in boot partition etc.
And yes simply in twrp under wipe select advanced wipe and select all of them, wipe. After that from the same screen select format data, type yes to confirm and reboot to recovery again.
Then while in twrp copy files you want to flash to your device (or use an usb flash drive with otg, which I prefer but for this don't forget to tick usb otg in mount section in twrp)
Personally I flash firnware, rom, gapps and reboot, configure my account settings and auto download apps etc. Then when finished go back to recovery and flash magisk (flash magisk after booting into the system at least for once or most likely you won't pass safetynet checks) for root and the other things (e.g. font).

ccelik97 said:
Not portion, but partition. Partitions are simply the different parts on a storage. For example when you open a file explorer on your device you see your sdcard folder which is in data partition. System files are in system partition, kernel is in boot partition etc.
And yes simply in twrp under wipe select advanced wipe and select all of them, wipe. After that from the same screen select format data, type yes to confirm and reboot to recovery again.
Then while in twrp copy files you want to flash to your device (or use an usb flash drive with otg, which I prefer but for this don't forget to tick usb otg in mount section in twrp)
Personally I flash firnware, rom, gapps and reboot, configure my account settings and auto download apps etc. Then when finished go back to recovery and flash magisk (flash magisk after booting into the system at least for once or most likely you won't pass safetynet checks) for root and the other things (e.g. font).
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oopsies sorry, I am very new to this and thanks for your really helpful explanation, I will wipe all now that includes dalvik,cache, system and data and internal storage, but what firmware should I flash and how do I know which one do I need? I am going for Linegae os btw.
Thanks once again, if without ur help my phone will essentially be dead :good:

ccelik97 said:
Not portion, but partition. Partitions are simply the different parts on a storage. For example when you open a file explorer on your device you see your sdcard folder which is in data partition. System files are in system partition, kernel is in boot partition etc.
And yes simply in twrp under wipe select advanced wipe and select all of them, wipe. After that from the same screen select format data, type yes to confirm and reboot to recovery again.
Then while in twrp copy files you want to flash to your device (or use an usb flash drive with otg, which I prefer but for this don't forget to tick usb otg in mount section in twrp)
Personally I flash firnware, rom, gapps and reboot, configure my account settings and auto download apps etc. Then when finished go back to recovery and flash magisk (flash magisk after booting into the system at least for once or most likely you won't pass safetynet checks) for root and the other things (e.g. font).
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I will wipe all now! Thankyou! but one question how do I know which firmware I need to flash and what do you mean by going back and flash magisk?
I am planning to flash lineage os if possible! Thanks once again for your help! if its without you I would probably never have it functional again

CaptainBilly said:
I will wipe all now! Thankyou! but one question how do I know which firmware I need to flash and what do you mean by going back and flash magisk?
I am planning to flash lineage os if possible! Thanks once again for your help! if its without you I would probably never have it functional again
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You're welcome but I'm pretty sure you'd figure it out yourself if you've wanted.
Which lineageos? And I suggest you to wait for the official los (next week I think) and try omnirom official for example. Officials are better for newcomers but try to not to spam the threads with the questions without doing some research first. You know I could just ignore your topic in the beginning and maybe nobody would answer it and you'd be on your own with all those comments on other threads without a proper preliminary knowledge.

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You're welcome but I'm pretty sure you'd figure it out yourself if you've wanted.
Which lineageos? And I suggest you to wait for the official los (next week I think) and try omnirom official for example. Officials are better for newcomers but try to not to spam the threads with the questions without doing some research first. You know I could just ignore your topic in the beginning and maybe nobody would answer it and you'd be on your own with all those comments on other threads without a proper preliminary knowledge.
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Thank you!
I had successfully flashed Lineage OS 15.1, will be tweaking a bit and decide if I wanna go for another custom rom or flash back to MIUI

CaptainBilly said:
oopsies sorry, I am very new to this and thanks for your really helpful explanation, I will wipe all now that includes dalvik,cache, system and data and internal storage, but what firmware should I flash and how do I know which one do I need? I am going for Linegae os btw.
Thanks once again, if without ur help my phone will essentially be dead :good:
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you can flash lineageos or MIUI by TWRP,just simply flow the wipe,then flash miui or lineageos ,but if you flash miui,you might go back to mi official recovery instead of TWRP(poor English).

laijirong said:
you can flash lineageos or MIUI by TWRP,just simply flow the wipe,then flash miui or lineageos ,but if you flash miui,you might go back to mi official recovery instead of TWRP(poor English).
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How do you even get the phone to be recognised to initiate the flash if its stuck in constant boot loop??
Normally your laptop or pc needs to recognise the phone before it can start the flash right?

Shanrom said:
How do you even get the phone to be recognised to initiate the flash if its stuck in constant boot loop??
Normally your laptop or pc needs to recognise the phone before it can start the flash right?
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vol + and power ,if not you might have it repaired.
Poor English.

PSA - Going back to stock from Treble.

I've noticed that many in this forum for the Honor 7x / Mate SE want to try a few ROMS, and then eventually go back to stock - Some just want to go back to stock. I had my own issues and thankfully there were others to help along the way. This method does not use fastboot to flash partitions, it uses TWRP, so the assumption is you have a working TWRP. Also I am not responsible for any bricks, I am just explaining what I did to get back to stock (And based on all the issues people are having, I'm staying there)
If you've tried a Treble ROM or others, the route I took to get back to stock was as follows:
1.) Download your firmware from Firmware finder or the Pro-TeamMT website:
http://pro-teammt.ru/firmware-database/?firmware_model=bnd-l34&firmware_page=0
In this example, mine is the Mate SE..
You should have downloaded 3 files. The important one we want right now is the Update.zip - Extract this file. You should see UPDATE.APP within this folder.
2.) Download the Huawei extractor software by worstenbrood:
https://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2433454
3.) Use this software to extract the files from the Update.App - You may need to disable the Checksum checks under "Settings". When you select the UPDATE.APP file, you should get a list of the files that are compiled or compressed into the app. The main 4 files you want are Ramdisk, Vendor, System, and if you'd like the Stock recovery (Recovey_Ramdisk). Copy these files to your SD card.
4.) Assuming you still have the functioning TWRP, reboot into TWRP and wipe everything but the SD card.
5.) Flash the images to the appropriate partition, Ramdisk = Ramdisk, Vendor = Vendor Image, and System = System Image - Ensure you're flashing the image partitions. Ramdisk is necessary if you've ever rooted or used Magisk.
At this point you should be able to reboot and get back into stock...But you'll notice Themes do not work properly..That's because you've wiped / formatted data at some point in TWRP, and now the Data/hw_int has been wiped. You can fix this by flashing the update on top of itself by the instructions in this thread (Thanks to mrmazak):
https://forum.xda-developers.com/honor-7x/how-to/guide-honor-7x-flash-oreo-update-t3781649
See the "Flash update while on Oreo"...This has worked twice now to get me back my themes after wiping /data.
I counted on my TWRP backup to get me back to stock after trying a Treble ROM, and I ended up bricked. So hopefully this helps someone!
PS, if anyone has more to add this this, the more help the better.

Wait, wouldn't the recovery be the file "RECOVERY_RAMDIS.img"
???

crayonicle said:
Wait, wouldn't the recovery be the file "RECOVERY_RAMDIS.img"
???
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You are correct...That is the name of the actual image in the UPDATE.APP, but I was basing the name off of the actual partition.

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smokinjoe2122 said:
You are correct...That is the name of the actual image in the UPDATE.APP, but I was basing the name off of the actual partition.
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Just learned today that you can't flash Vendor through Fastboot, so you have to copy all the necessary files onto a SD card or USD OTG.
The files needed are: "SYSTEM.img" "RECOVERY_RAMDIS.img" and "VENDOR.img"
Flash them through twrp in the required partitions, the partition names are literally the file names.
TWRP: https://forum.xda-developers.com/devdb/project/dl/?id=28883

crayonicle said:
Just learned today that you can't flash Vendor through Fastboot, so you have to copy all the necessary files onto a SD card or USD OTG.
The files needed are: "SYSTEM.img" "RECOVERY_RAMDIS.img" and "VENDOR.img"
Flash them through twrp in the required partitions, the partition names are literally the file names.
TWRP: https://forum.xda-developers.com/devdb/project/dl/?id=28883
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System image can fail too...that's why I said to flash everything in TWRP...Plus, flashing the update on-top of itself will not only give you theming back, but stock recovery.

crayonicle said:
Just learned today that you can't flash Vendor through Fastboot, so you have to copy all the necessary files onto a SD card or USD OTG.
The files needed are: "SYSTEM.img" "RECOVERY_RAMDIS.img" and "VENDOR.img"
Flash them through twrp in the required partitions, the partition names are literally the file names.
TWRP: https://forum.xda-developers.com/devdb/project/dl/?id=28883
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Is this working ? Did you try ? I'm on RR ROM and couldn't get adb recognize my device. This is my only hope to return to stock as of now.

Adithya Krishnakumar said:
Is this working ? Did you try ? I'm on RR ROM and couldn't get adb recognize my device. This is my only hope to return to stock as of now.
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Yes, I tried it. It works flawlessly.

How can I get themes to work? I don't understand the original post, it makes no sense when explaining how to get themes to work properly. I do not know what to do with the link provided in the original post.

crayonicle said:
How can I get themes to work? I don't understand the original post, it makes no sense when explaining how to get themes to work properly. I do not know what to do with the link provided in the original post.
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What part are you stuck on?
Essentially mrmazak created a flashable file that will take the 3 firmware files you download and flash them on top of your current firmware. This is helpful for doing an update or just reloading the firmware completely (Which is what you're trying to do)...
I'd follow the exact instructions that he's put out on that thread, but the 10,000 ft overview:
https://forum.xda-developers.com/honor-7x/how-to/guide-honor-7x-flash-oreo-update-t3781649
1.) Download files from link for your device
2.) Create a correctly named folder on your SD card, along with those files properly named in that folder (Ensure these files are named properly also.)
3.) Ensure you have the stock recovery on the SD card also.
4.) Copy the "xxx_Update.zip" he created onto your SD
5.) Flash the "xxx_Update.zip"...It will will flash the stock recovery, then boot into update mode and update with the 3 files you downloaded and put into that folder. This will basically "reflash" the firmware and give you back themes.
I would go step by step on his action list and follow them to a "T". I've verified it works perfectly. He also has a "Basic-Instructions" write up in the zip also.

My device build number was BND-L21C185, I bricked my device once but I managed to get it back. Since then I have strange build number which is system 8.0.0.046(063f). Does this method fix it?

This info helped me bring my phone back to life,thank you sir for the step by step instructions.

Found a way to get back to stock without all this hassle lol
So I thought this was the only way to get back to stock... turns out there is a much easier way
This method also enables themes, I checked myself.
https://forum.xda-developers.com/honor-7x/how-to/getting-to-stock-emui-super-easily-t3804722

Is it possible to flash all of the partitions from fastboot?
I have the BND-L34 and I am unsure as to what happened.
I have been running the RROS surdu_petru posted for about 3 weeks now and it was running fine.
2 days ago I grab my phone and it was booted into error mode. Now when I try to boot into twrp I get an error code for my recovery. When I try to boot into the system it throws a different error code for boot image.
I have a twrp backup stored on an sd card, and all 3 OTA's I saved back during the June update. I have the Pro-TeamMT app on my pc and have found/extracted every file for the brick method only get the same errors, 1 right after the other.
I am no noob, (although I am not a Senior Member with a giant banner either ) but I have been rooting android devices going on 8 years now, and have never completely bricked any of them.
My last 2 phones were Oneplus 1 and Oneplus 3, so I am familiar with flashing all the partitions using fastboot. But with those phones there were about 9 different individual flashes that needed to be done in a particular order.
Any help or advice would be greatly appreciated.

unbrick Nokia 3.2

Hello together,
after many tries to get my nokia 3.2 rooted, i end up now with a black screen.
Only the Qulacomm mode is working.
Get anyone managed to flash the stock firmware with QFIL provided from the rooting thread?
I always end up with "sahara fails".
Every help is welcome!
Thanks!!!!

After many tries I have finally put my phone back to life.
My instructions how to do it will come soon!

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After many tries I have finally put my phone back to life.
My instructions how to do it will come soon!
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please do, i encountered a similar problem.

HowTo Flash STOCK 00WW
1. Trigger nokia 3.2 to edl-mode (https://forum.xda-developers.com/nokia-3-2/how-to/guide-how-to-trigger-nokia-3-2-to-edl-t3962841)
2. Flash the given image from this thread (https://forum.xda-developers.com/nokia-3-2/how-to/rooted-nokia-3-2-t3945206)
- This was the main problem. I never managed it to flash the image with the Windows Programmer QFIL. After more research in Internet, i found finally a Linux application called QDL that work directly without any problems. This application can be found here https://www.96boards.org/documentation/consumer/guides/qdl.md.html .
- Flashing the software ends up into a bootloop. Also i got a message on startup that the bootloader could not be trusted anymore. After a software-update, this message disappears.
3. Flash all the user images again manually with fastboot.
fastboot flash boot boot.img
fastboot flash dtbo dtbo.img
fastboot flash system system.img
fastboot flash vendor vendor.img
flastboot flash vbmeta vbmeta.img
Whyever you have to flash this partitions only to the active partitions without the suffix _a or _b.
Then the bootloop is finished.
The phone boots normally to Android ONE.
The next problem which occurs on my phone is now that it is not able to connect to GSM network. I guess this happens because i deleted all the necessary partitions for the modem (modemst1, modemst2, fsg).
I get it managed to restore the imei, but still no service available.
In original my phone had the software 00EEA. Perhaps they use different drivers. My luck is that i got a cheap damaged phone from ebay with that firmware.
My next step is to modify the code from QDL that it can read the partitions from the damaged phone and save the software to computer.
Then i will flash this software to my phone and look if this software will run on my phone!

page1875 said:
1. Trigger nokia 3.2 to edl-mode (https://forum.xda-developers.com/nokia-3-2/how-to/guide-how-to-trigger-nokia-3-2-to-edl-t3962841)
2. Flash the given image from this thread (https://forum.xda-developers.com/nokia-3-2/how-to/rooted-nokia-3-2-t3945206)
- This was the main problem. I never managed it to flash the image with the Windows Programmer QFIL. After more research in Internet, i found finally a Linux application called QDL that work directly without any problems. This application can be found here https://www.96boards.org/documentation/consumer/guides/qdl.md.html .
- Flashing the software ends up into a bootloop. Also i got a message on startup that the bootloader could not be trusted anymore. After a software-update, this message disappears.
3. Flash all the user images again manually with fastboot.
fastboot flash boot boot.img
fastboot flash dtbo dtbo.img
fastboot flash system system.img
fastboot flash vendor vendor.img
flastboot flash vbmeta vbmeta.img
Whyever you have to flash this partitions only to the active partitions without the suffix _a or _b.
Then the bootloop is finished.
The phone boots normally to Android ONE.
The next problem which occurs on my phone is now that it is not able to connect to GSM network. I guess this happens because i deleted all the necessary partitions for the modem (modemst1, modemst2, fsg).
I get it managed to restore the imei, but still no service available.
In original my phone had the software 00EEA. Perhaps they use different drivers. My luck is that i got a cheap damaged phone from ebay with that firmware.
My next step is to modify the code from QDL that it can read the partitions from the damaged phone and save the software to computer.
Then i will flash this software to my phone and look if this software will run on my phone!
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Thank you for your reply, it seems that your problem is more complicated than mine.
I have a global variant with 00WW software and i attempt to root the phone. I successfully flash the patched boot.img and had root access. However wi-fi didn't work after that.
Since before flashing the patched boot.img my phone was running on a different firmware from the one that boot.img was extracted from, so i think that was the problem.
I attempted to use QFIL to flash my phone back to 00WW_15 and it failed half way, bricked my phone.

Normally you can use the EDL Mode every time.
My phone only showed black screen and it was always possible to connect in EDL Mode and flash again.
Did you try to flash again? What happens then?

Flash the given image from this thread (https://forum.xda-developers.com/nokia-3-2/how-to/rooted-nokia-3-2-t3945206)
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What did you mean by Flash the given image ? Was it flash the firmware package with QFIL ?
My main problem is flashing, it always failed half-way and the error log reported that needed files were missing from the package.

Okay. I used the linux program QDL for flashing.
But i saw, that in the xml file rawprogram0.xml a few files are missing.
The linux programm jump over these files but perhaps QFIL do not.
For example is there a picture.img listed which is not available..
Try to remove them manually from the rawfile and test again.

page1875 said:
Okay. I used the linux program QDL for flashing.
But i saw, that in the xml file rawprogram0.xml a few files are missing.
The linux programm jump over these files but perhaps QFIL do not.
For example is there a picture.img listed which is not available..
Try to remove them manually from the rawfile and test again.
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@update:
Also the files "demoapp.img", "dp_AP_signed.mbn" and "dp_MSA_signed.mbn" are missing.
Remove them from the XML file and try again!

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Okay QFIL still failed half-way but i manually flash the user images and my phone boots normally now

Hello,
my nokia 3.2 europe variant wont boot up its stuck in fastboot mode. What can i do to bring it back?
I get this: FAILED (remote: partition table doesn't exist)
P.S. if i do a fastboot reboot it boots back into bootloader

I also had this problems for many many times and don't know what went wrong when this happens.
The only thing that helped was flashing the complete firmware again in EDL-mode.
You can try first to flash only the 5 user-images with fastboot, which i mentioned before in this thread.
I uploaded this files for you, because you don't will find the europe files in internet yet.
Here is the link:
https://transfernow.net/81iti7q21s0s
Good luck!

Hi,
Thank you very much. Is this the complete Firmware? (All Images from Device) Another question: I couldnt Access the recovery System. Did you have the same Problem when your Nokia didnt boot up and was stuck in Bootloader? So is this normal that the recovery is unaccessible?

Yes, that also happens sometimes with my phone.
No, that are not all firmware files, which you need to do a full EDL-Flash.
But with this files you can first try a fastboot flash!
If it does not work, you can take all the other files from the Global-Stock-Firmware, given in the thread https://forum.xda-developers.com/nokia-3-2/how-to/rooted-nokia-3-2-t3945206.
Delete the 5 files with the same names, flash the Global-Stock-Firmware in EDL-Mode, with QFIL or QDL, (without the 5 files) and in the following flash the 5 europe-image files with fastboot.

Thanks, ive sent it in and got Friday a 00WW Variant of the device back. I will upload those User images for 00EEA to my Google drive so that anyone who needs those files can download them

hello
i wanted to install custom rom and i bricked my phone. i lost recovery mode and i have only fastboot mode .but can not write any img file for example twrp.img beacuse show this error : FAILED (remote: partition table doesn't exist). can please anyone help me.
thank you very much

thanks so much i was able to put my phone back to life. i had almost given up.

smure said:
thanks so much i was able to put my phone back to life. i had almost given up.
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Hello to ervery one
how you flashed your phone. can you please guide?
i am also stucked in fastboot mode after rooting.

damn... I've been finding on how to restore the wifi and sound because I uninstalled magisk and it failed. I don't think I can thank you enough for this post.