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[Q] Herp a derp : what is meant with a custom recovery???

Hey there and really sorry for taking your time with something that problably will be solved within minutes >,<,
I'm trying to flash my One X (with cid : HTC__Y13) with maXimus but it isn't cooperating.
I've come to the part where I'm supposed to install a custom recovery, where I now notice now that I have no Idea what a custom recovery is...
I know, I know... I should have read up more before, but I must be stupid or something cause I can't find it !
//Sincerly
iConfide

iConfide said:
Hey there and really sorry for taking your time with something that problably will be solved within minutes >,<,
I'm trying to flash my One X (with cid : HTC__Y13) with maXimus but it isn't cooperating.
I've come to the part where I'm supposed to install a custom recovery, where I now notice now that I have no Idea what a custom recovery is...
I know, I know... I should have read up more before, but I must be stupid or something cause I can't find it !
//Sincerly
iConfide
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it is the device meant to flash ROMs...
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Use the Net
This will Help u my friend.
www.google.com

It allows you to install roms ...mods ....and if you have s off you can flash kernels from it

matt95 said:
it is the device meant to flash ROMs...
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Okay, I see. Was abit too worried to just take a chance with the recovery-tool there, thanks there!

iConfide said:
Okay, I see. Was abit too worried to just take a chance with the recovery-tool there, thanks there!
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Okay, new problem !
Thought I managed to install everything, cause it booted up and so on.
But when I unlock the phone, it's stuck in flight-mode =(!

Some people really should not be trying to flash a phone !!!!!!
Sorry ! :banghead:
Wright down ALL the steps you did ! So we can provide good help .... guessing is no fun !

MarcelHofs said:
Some people really should not be trying to flash a phone !!!!!!
Sorry ! :banghead:
Wright down ALL the steps you did ! So we can provide good help .... guessing is no fun !
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Yeah, sorry, I thought it would be as easy to flash my One X as it was with my o2x.
I checked the log (kept it open) and I see now that I failed to flash Fastboot KIT V8.5!
I also thought that I (like the old times) should have flashed the rom in the custom recovery, but I see that I should probably have done that in Windows aswell!

Partial correct , you need to flash the rom in recovery and the boot.img that is found in the rom.zip file with fastboot commands from pc to the phone in fastboot mode
And let's be honest, if you have to ask what a custom recovery is afterwards then the homework is not done !

The recovery is kinda like BIOS on Windows. This sentence really cleared up my thoughts.
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superioor said:
The recovery is kinda like BIOS on Windows. This sentence really cleared up my thoughts.
Sent from my HTC One X using xda app-developers app
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Great explanation!
Will re-use that if ever I need to

MarcelHofs said:
Partial correct , you need to flash the rom in recovery and the boot.img that is found in the rom.zip file with fastboot commands from pc to the phone in fastboot mode
And let's be honest, if you have to ask what a custom recovery is afterwards then the homework is not done !
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I've found the boot.img and I tried to flash it through fastboot mode, just said Failed: Remote not allowed.
Like I said before about the recovery-thing : wanted to make sure I didn't **** things up (which I evidently did anyways).
And yes, I do understand your point about that the homework haven't been done.
I noticed (and read) the first time you wrote about "some people", I've gotten the point .
Promise that I will read up more!

Is your bootloader still unlocked ? Flashing recovery went oke ?

MarcelHofs said:
Is your bootloader still unlocked ? Flashing recovery went oke ?
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Home in 1 1/2 hour. Bootloader is still unlocked and cwm is installed. Installed maximus through recovery but as said... can't get the phone out off airplane-mode :<.

Oke uhm the maximum rom is a ICS rom ? Not trying to flash a JB rom did you ?
And if the bootloader is unlocked you should flash the boot.img oke . Hmmm
You did
fastboot flash boot boot.img
With the command in dos prompt ?

MarcelHofs said:
Oke uhm the maximum rom is a ICS rom ? Not trying to flash a JB rom did you ?
And if the bootloader is unlocked you should flash the boot.img oke . Hmmm
You did
fastboot flash boot boot.img
With the command in dos prompt ?
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maXimus is a JB-rom, yes.
Yes, fastboot flash boot boot.img is the command I used.
EDIT: I missed the point where I was supposed to extract and start a .bat-file, apparently it's been done before and I must have missed out on searching for that for some strange reason...
*snip snip*
Tried updating 8.0.1 to 8.5.0 using the otherwise promising OTA feature.
Unfortunately, it resulted in a complete cluster-f¤ck.
Yes, I did NOT do a full wipe during the update.
Now, I have no cell coverage at all. Airplane Mode is ON, "Closing".... When I go to Settings > About, the software information shows no Baseband version, so no baseband driver installled...(?)
Trying rebooting, entering TWRP recovery, clearing cache, dalvik cache, fixing permissions and rebooting again, but this fixed nothing...
Trying rebooting, entering TWRP recovery, resetting phone, but this fixed nothing...
Another example of ALWAYS having to doing a full wipe when updating customs ROMs, I gues...
Sigh...
I think there is something wrong with the ROM. I made a full whipe (came from ardh 12) and i have the same. No guide selecting network and flightmode is on and no service. I have tried reflashing and making a whipe after flash but still problem.
First i though it was a kernel issue but no boot.img in the rom-file.
*snip snip*
So, yes. I'm a total dimwit =).
Finally solved atleast, thanks alot for the help!

I think you have to flash a ICS rom. What is your hboot number ? Is you're hboot 1.12 then you can not flash a JB rom !
You can find hboot version in the bootloader menu
Try a ics rom and i think you will be fine !
Try this
Put Rom.zip on sd card
Extract boot.img and flash it in fastboot
Enter recovery and wipe/factory reset
Wipe all caches / dalvik cache
And charge the phone full first before going at it again ... might be good to do !
Flash Rom and reboot .... I will bet it boots up fine

Thanks for the help, but the rom is installed... and yes, it is JellyBean =).

[Q] switching ROMs

well i got know the ROM blade.
and it got some bugs so i want to replace it to mik project X rom..
do i need to do the same thing as i installed the blade rom?
or i need to do something else..
and can u get a guild how to install rom agine? i kinda forgot..

1. Flash the boot.img via fastboot and then fastboot erase cache
2. Go to recovery and wipe data/cache/dalvic and format /system
3. Flash rom.zip via recovery
4. Reboot!

vin4yak said:
1. Flash the boot.img via fastboot and then fastboot erase cache
2. Go to recovery and wipe data/cache/dalvic and format /system
3. Flash rom.zip via recovery
4. Reboot!
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thank's you!
and my Hboot ver. is 1.36.
ok isn't it?

Ron312123 said:
thank's you!
and my Hboot ver. is 1.36.
ok isn't it?
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Yes, it's fine!
You can flash any rom out here!

Hboot sounds good to me.
I recommend doing a nandroid backup first so if anything goes wrong you can just restore from it but mind flashing your old boot.img again.

land.apfel said:
Hboot sounds good to me.
I recommend doing a nandroid backup first so if anything goes wrong you can just restore from it but mind flashing your old boot.img again.
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thanks i did an recovery one.. i hope everything goes ok.. for know its seems it dosent.. ill try doing it agine..
nvm! its worked.. i just reset it!
thanks!
that ROM look awsome

[Q] Trying to get Cyanogenmod on my Z1 Compact

Hi
I tried to get CM on my new Sony Xperia Z1 Compact, but I wasn't successful. I followed the standard guideline on the CM-Wiki and everything seemed to go well so far, but it doesn't start: I was waiting for about 30 minutes after the final reboot but it still went only in circles at the splash screen
I have tried the experimental from 2014/03/14 and the nightly from 2014/03/26 and 2014/03/27, but unfortunately no success with any of these versions.
I know, it's still a very early version, but I thought, at least I should be able to install it. Has someone already get it working on this device?
Thanks for your help!
Best regards
Matthias

Muetze1707 said:
Hi
I tried to get CM on my new Sony Xperia Z1 Compact, but I wasn't successful. I followed the standard guideline on the CM-Wiki and everything seemed to go well so far, but it doesn't start: I was waiting for about 30 minutes after the final reboot but it still went only in circles at the splash screen
I have tried the experimental from 2014/03/14 and the nightly from 2014/03/26 and 2014/03/27, but unfortunately no success with any of these versions.
I know, it's still a very early version, but I thought, at least I should be able to install it. Has someone already get it working on this device?
Thanks for your help!
Best regards
Matthias
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Yes I have the nightly installed, plus updating everynight, everything working fine. Is your bootloader unlocked? what recovery you have installed?

{Z1 Compact}[DEVELOPMENT] - CM11 - Android 4.4 - FreeXperia Project

RevokOne said:
Yes I have the nightly installed, plus updating everynight, everything working fine. Is your bootloader unlocked? what recovery you have installed?
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I followed the standard installation procedure on the CM-Wiki (which I can not link, sorry). And according to the results of fastboot, etc., yes, it should be unlocked. Can I check it somehow?
Recovery is the ClockworkMod Recovery.
Which was the first nighlty built you used for the first installation?

Muetze1707 said:
Can I check it somehow?
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Did you actually unlock it, if not then it wont be.

XperienceD said:
Did you actually unlock it, if not then it wont be.
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I just tried to follow the steps of the tutorial again and when I executed the "fastboot -i 0x0fce oem unlock 0x<MyKey>" it said:
Code:
FAILED (remote: Device is already rooted)
So, I would say looks good.
Then I flashed the boot.img again und installed the newest nightly build, but still no success, still only the splash screen.

Muetze1707 said:
Then I flashed the boot.img again und installed the newest nightly build, but still no success, still only the splash screen.
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Does it say "OKAY" when you flash the boot.img?
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That will show if it is or not, if it is then flash the one from this forum and make sure you wipe everything before installing the zip.

XperienceD said:
Does it say "OKAY" when you flash the boot.img?
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Yes:
Code:
./fastboot_ln -i 0xfce flash boot Z1c_DooMLoRD_AdvStkKernel_FW-681_v03.img
sending 'boot' (12374 KB)...
OKAY [ 0.690s]
writing 'boot'...
OKAY [ 0.823s]
finished. total time: 1.513s
XperienceD said:
That will show if it is or not, if it is then flash the one from this forum and make sure you wipe everything before installing the zip.
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Which one from this forum do you mean? I tried the one from the thread "[D550X] CWM-Based Recovery 6.0.4.6 + ROOT for Xperia Z1 Compact {KitKat!} [20140320]", but with the same result.
For wiping I do a "wipe data/factory reset", a "wipe cache partition" and a "wipe dalvik cache".

Muetze1707 said:
Which one from this forum do you mean?
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The ROM and kernel from the first link I posted, the stock kernel wont work with CM. EDIT: Noticed the link above wasn't posted right. - {Z1 Compact}[DEVELOPMENT] - CM11 - Android 4.4 - FreeXperia Project

XperienceD said:
The ROM and kernel from the first link I posted, the stock kernel wont work with CM.
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Many thanks for your help! Now it's working.

Muetze1707 said:
Many thanks for your help! Now it's working.
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Hi, I'm experiencing the same problem as you Muetze1007. I followed the guide from cyanogenmod wiki and tried to install a nightly version of official Amami but I get stuck at the Cyanongenmod logo...
I had a look at the topic you linked Xperienced but then I got stuck at the page (I can't post the link, the page with "unrestrict" in its URL)... What am I supposed to download ?

are there some GPU / CPU OC funktion on the CM Kernel?

Leaxius said:
What am I supposed to download ?
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http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2685286

XperienceD said:
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2685286
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Thanks XperienceD, I already went there and read everything carefully, went to the unrestrict.li website and then couldn't find an Amami rom...
However when going on the FXPblog I managed to find one (FXP316-cm-11-20140421-UNOFFICIAL-amami.zip) and tried to install it following instructions (fastboot flash boot boot.img, then recovery mode, install from sdcard...).
I am still blocked at the Cyanogenmod loading screen on the boot sequence...
Xperienced I noticed you were talking about a specific kernel, noob question but is it something different from the rom ? (ie the zip file)

Leaxius said:
Xperienced I noticed you were talking about a specific kernel, noob question but is it something different from the rom ? (ie the zip file)
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Extract the boot.img file to where your fastboot.exe is, run the command you have which will install the kernel then reboot, enter CWM then flash the zip after wiping data and caches and that should be it. Yes, the kernel and ROM are two separate things.

XperienceD said:
Extract the boot.img file to where your fastboot.exe is, run the command you have which will install the kernel then reboot, enter CWM then flash the zip after wiping data and caches and that should be it. Yes, the kernel and ROM are two separate things.
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Thanks for your help !
I wasn't sure what and where the kernel was (ie, the boot.img file). I've already done that before, it seems I had permission problem to wipe data, which I managed to solve by formatting some folders. It's working now

Leaxius said:
It's working now
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That's the main thing. :good:

Same problem, exact solution please?
Hi,
Sorry for revisiting this thread but it appears I have the same exact problem as the OP. I followed the instructions on the CM wiki (got the prepackaged rom from FXP, extracted boot.img, unlocked bootloader, flashed boot.img, booted into recovery and selected the zip file to flash to the device. An odd phenomenon occurred when I tried mounting data, this gave me an error. Also, I couldn't seem to choose the zip from SD card but from storage/SD or so...can't remember the exact wording. But after all that I rebooted and it just slowed the alien with the spinning arrow and got stuck there. So for the ones who solved this particular problem, what did you have to do to make it behave? Some ADB commands perhaps? I'd really like this to work because the CM11 ROM is heaps more accessible (meaning blind-friendly) than the stuff Sony ships with the phone by default, something which is useful for me, being fully blind and all.
Thanks in advance for any help you guys can provide,
Zersiax

zersiax said:
Hi,
Sorry for revisiting this thread but it appears I have the same exact problem as the OP. I followed the instructions on the CM wiki (got the prepackaged rom from FXP, extracted boot.img, unlocked bootloader, flashed boot.img, booted into recovery and selected the zip file to flash to the device. An odd phenomenon occurred when I tried mounting data, this gave me an error. Also, I couldn't seem to choose the zip from SD card but from storage/SD or so...can't remember the exact wording. But after all that I rebooted and it just slowed the alien with the spinning arrow and got stuck there. So for the ones who solved this particular problem, what did you have to do to make it behave? Some ADB commands perhaps? I'd really like this to work because the CM11 ROM is heaps more accessible (meaning blind-friendly) than the stuff Sony ships with the phone by default, something which is useful for me, being fully blind and all.
Thanks in advance for any help you guys can provide,
Zersiax
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I flashed CWM today, got the Rom from here: http://fxpblog.co/cyanogenmod/cyanogenmod-11/
I used fxp323
I had CWM and TWRP installed, but I only used CWM. I like TWRP more but it seems CM is more CWM fixated.
Used linux. Its easy, only installed android-tools (I'm using ubuntu-gnome but with fedora, opensuse or manjaro or debian it should be the same).
Download fxp 323.
Copy the zip to the sdcard of your phone.
Unzip the fxp323 on yor pc. Copy boot.img to inside downloads.
Open the terminal on pc.
code: cd Downloads
adb kill-server
sudo adb start-server
put your phone in fastboot (blue LED) there is nice tool from doomlord for this : https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.doomlord.xperiareboot&hl=de
connect with usb-cable to pc when the led is blue
fastboot -i 0x0fce getvar version (for verifying your fastboot connection)
sudo fastboot devices (for verifying your fastboot connection)
sudo fastboot -i 0x0fce flash boot boot.img
sudo fastboot -i 0x0fce reboot
now go CWM and flash the fxp323.zip
reboot
CM11 is fine, The only bad thing is That you loose the fm-radio which comes with the sony software. If anybody has an idea how to get it back please tell.

zersiax said:
Hi,
Sorry for revisiting this thread but it appears I have the same exact problem as the OP. I followed the instructions on the CM wiki (got the prepackaged rom from FXP, extracted boot.img, unlocked bootloader, flashed boot.img, booted into recovery and selected the zip file to flash to the device. An odd phenomenon occurred when I tried mounting data, this gave me an error. Also, I couldn't seem to choose the zip from SD card but from storage/SD or so...can't remember the exact wording. But after all that I rebooted and it just slowed the alien with the spinning arrow and got stuck there. So for the ones who solved this particular problem, what did you have to do to make it behave? Some ADB commands perhaps? I'd really like this to work because the CM11 ROM is heaps more accessible (meaning blind-friendly) than the stuff Sony ships with the phone by default, something which is useful for me, being fully blind and all.
Thanks in advance for any help you guys can provide,
Zersiax
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I think what a lot of people are missing is that after unlocking the bootloader, the device deletes the /data/media (internal storage) partition but doesn't format it. CM11 doesn't format this partition as part of its installation or boot, Sony's ROM does, if this partition is unformatted when the Sony ROM boots it'll format it. So there are two solutions.
1. After unlocking bootloader, boot Sony ROM once, then proceed with the CM11 instructions.
2. After unlocking bootloader and flashing CM11 kernel (boot.img), do a /data and /data/media format, then proceed with the CM11 instructions.

how do i backup my stock recovery?

As title says, im going to install cwm but i would like to make a backup of my stock recovery for ota updates but im not totaly sure on how to do that properly, thanks

RENEGAD3 said:
As title says, im going to install cwm but i would like to make a backup of my stock recovery for ota updates but im not totaly sure on how to do that properly, thanks
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Connect phone to PC, boot into bootloader mode and type fastboot boot name_of_recovery.img that'll just boot the custom recovery as opposed to flashing it, that way you can make a nandroid backup of all partitions including stock recovery.

Great thanks very much mate

RENEGAD3 said:
As title says, im going to install cwm but i would like to make a backup of my stock recovery for ota updates but im not totaly sure on how to do that properly, thanks
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The guys method of using recovery to backup recovery will only work on Philz… Not twrp as it does not always backup stock recovery properly. The proper way to backup stock recovery is..
1. Root your phone, which can be done by towel root or by just booting a recovery like he said,
fastboot boot twrporwhatever.img, then flash supersu
2. Boot phone that has stock recovery
3. adb shell
4. su "watch your phone to grant root adb access if you haven't ever done it"
5. dd if=/dev/block/mmcblk0p43 of=/sdcard/recovery.img
6. This will put flashable recovery.img on your internal sd card. Copy this and save it for later
7. "fastboot flash recovery recovery.img" will get you back to stock recovery, "fastboot flash recovery twrporwhatever.img" to flash custom recovery.

Just a question
When restoring to stock.Should I flash just the recovery.img or I have to flash kernel.img etc files together with that??

tabandronil said:
When restoring to stock.Should I flash just the recovery.img or I have to flash kernel.img etc files together with that??
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Not exactly sure what you mean.
If you are just trying to restore stock recovery, than no you do not have to flash kernel.
If you are trying to restore stock ROM, you have to flash the whole ROM, not just the kernel.
Restoring stock recovery alone does not restore the stock ROM (that may be part of your confusion).

Thanks for clarifying.
I don't have a clear idea about flashing. I just read the instructions in the forum that during CWM flashing I would need those rom dumps and replace the recovery.img and misc.img with the one provided and also use parameter file or something. So I wanted to know about the failsafe to restore in case I mess-up. So I thought to restore I might need to do the same but now with my original recovery.img dump file.
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Also I don't know what parameter file I should use during restoring. Sorry I am a newbie.

tabandronil said:
Thanks for clarifying.
I don't have a clear idea about flashing. I just read the instructions in the forum that during CWM flashing I would need those rom dumps and replace the recovery.img and misc.img with the one provided and also use parameter file or something. So I wanted to know about the failsafe to restore in case I mess-up. So I thought to restore I might need to do the same but now with my original recovery.img dump file.
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Also I don't know what parameter file I should use during restoring. Sorry I am a newbie.
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Its not clear to me what you're trying to do exactly, or what guide you are following (can you link it?).
Kinda sounds like you may be making it more complicated than it needs to be.

Or just use flashify after rooting.
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The link you asked http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?p=46108430

RENEGAD3 said:
As title says, im going to install cwm but i would like to make a backup of my stock recovery for ota updates but im not totaly sure on how to do that properly, thanks
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After rooting your mobile install rashr
By this you can backup your stock recovery to your sdcard
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tabandronil said:
The link you asked http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?p=46108430
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What the heck is an Iball Slide? You have an HTC M8? If so, you should never be using any guides intended for other devices. Could cause your M8 permanent damage.
If your device is the IBall Slide, this forum section is specifically for the HTC M8. Likewise, don't do anything here that isn't specific to your device, except at your own risk.

an0ther said:
The guys method of using recovery to backup recovery will only work on Philz… Not twrp as it does not always backup stock recovery properly. The proper way to backup stock recovery is..
1. Root your phone, which can be done by towel root or by just booting a recovery like he said,
fastboot boot twrporwhatever.img, then flash supersu
2. Boot phone that has stock recovery
3. adb shell
4. su "watch your phone to grant root adb access if you haven't ever done it"
5. dd if=/dev/block/mmcblk0p43 of=/sdcard/recovery.img
6. This will put flashable recovery.img on your internal sd card. Copy this and save it for later
7. "fastboot flash recovery recovery.img" will get you back to stock recovery, "fastboot flash recovery twrporwhatever.img" to flash custom recovery.
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Very confused with your steps. In step 1, I install custom recovery twrp and flash supersu? then in step 2, how can I boot up stock recovery while in the custom recovery? Did you mean I need to flash back to stock recovery? if so that should be step 2.

MaXi32 said:
Very confused with your steps. In step 1, I install custom recovery twrp and flash supersu? then in step 2, how can I boot up stock recovery while in the custom recovery? Did you mean I need to flash back to stock recovery? if so that should be step 2.
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In step 1, you boot recovery without actually flashing it, using the indicated fastboot command. The TWRP file resides on your computer, so its sort of a "remote boot".

an0ther said:
The guys method of using recovery to backup recovery will only work on Philz… Not twrp as it does not always backup stock recovery properly. The proper way to backup stock recovery is..
1. Root your phone, which can be done by towel root or by just booting a recovery like he said,
fastboot boot twrporwhatever.img, then flash supersu
2. Boot phone that has stock recovery
3. adb shell
4. su "watch your phone to grant root adb access if you haven't ever done it"
5. dd if=/dev/block/mmcblk0p43 of=/sdcard/recovery.img
6. This will put flashable recovery.img on your internal sd card. Copy this and save it for later
7. "fastboot flash recovery recovery.img" will get you back to stock recovery, "fastboot flash recovery twrporwhatever.img" to flash custom recovery.
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redpoint73 said:
In step 1, you boot recovery without actually flashing it, using the indicated fastboot command. The TWRP file resides on your computer, so its sort of a "remote boot".
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Does samsung work with fastboot command? when i use the fastboot command it said waiting for devices. The fastboot devices is empty here:
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"lightbox_stop_slideshow": "Stop slideshow",
"lightbox_full_screen": "Full screen",
"lightbox_thumbnails": "Thumbnails",
"lightbox_download": "Download",
"lightbox_share": "Share",
"lightbox_zoom": "Zoom",
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My phone is Samsung Galaxy Note 3 - SM 9005

MaXi32 said:
Does samsung work with fastboot command? when i use the fastboot command it said waiting for devices. The fastboot devices is empty here:
My phone is Samsung Galaxy Note 3 - SM 9005
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I do not believe that Samsung devices have fastboot.

redpoint73 said:
I do not believe that Samsung devices have fastboot.
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Thanks... any other way that I can backup my stock recovery.img without installing custom recovery like TWRP/CMW. The reason why I dont want to install this custom recovery is to prevent the Current Binary status to Custom. hmmm.. i have search al lot but mostly they said about using fastboot. unfortunately fastboot doesn't work on Samsung

MaXi32 said:
Thanks... any other way that I can backup my stock recovery.img without installing custom recovery like TWRP/CMW. The reason why I dont want to install this custom recovery is to prevent the Current Binary status to Custom. hmmm.. i have search al lot but mostly they said about using fastboot. unfortunately fastboot doesn't work on Samsung
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Post to the forum section for your device, and see if others there can help you.

m8, stock, s-on,rooted, 5.0.1, twrp2.8.6.1 latest, only dragon-fi sound mod and custom battery indicator mods installed.
made nandroid backup of rom via twrp before and after mods.
so i couldnt make stock recovery backup. can you share link and guide me , i seen the thread named ruu, stock recoveries,cids, etc, but i could not understand what exactly and only is for me, and now what should i do to get OTA if its available , if sense 7 comes then also i need to stock recovery for getting it? or its for only firmware updates?

wasim9283 said:
m8, stock, s-on,rooted, 5.0.1, twrp2.8.6.1 latest, only dragon-fi sound mod and custom battery indicator mods installed.
made nandroid backup of rom via twrp before and after mods.
so i couldnt make stock recovery backup. can you share link and guide me , i seen the thread named ruu, stock recoveries,cids, etc, but i could not understand what exactly and only is for me, and now what should i do to get OTA if its available , if sense 7 comes then also i need to stock recovery for getting it? or its for only firmware updates?
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You need the stock ROM and stock recovery in order to be able to install future OTAs (your phone is already up to date, so this would only be for future OTAs).
As long as you have a TWRP backup of the stock ROM without any changes to the /system partition (root is ok) you can just use that, instead of downloading a stock nandroid from the collection thread.
For stock recovery, you need 4.16.401 stock recovery.

[Q] Failure to update to Lollipop. Now what?

I have Vodafone IE HTC M8. I tried to upgrade to stock 5.0 (just recently arrived). As people advised, flashed stock recovery and started OTA upgrade... And got big red triangle... Have no idea why I managed to reboot (Power + VolUp). And ... Now I cannot get to recovery any more, the phone says "Software status: modified" and stays in the boot loader.
Any attempts to flash recovery fail with "signature verify fail". I tried various things: stock recovery, philz recovery. Same thing.
Any advice? I would really like to have recovery recovered...

It seems I managed to oem lock the phone again. Unlocked - and can normally flash recovery.
So, philz recovery works, once flashed. But the stock recovery... It does not work, at all. Trying to switch to it, getting back to bootloader (and I see some messages, quickly disappearing: "No image or wrong image". Still not good

1. Unlock your Bootloader
2. Load adb/fastboot (if you're to lazy to install this all, like me, use the version from the video https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5xVl2dBTnmI)
3. Then load the latest Version of TRWP and flash it with fastboot
4. Download the right nandroid backup here http://forum.xda-developers.com/show...postcount=2960
5. Start Recovery on your Device and Make backup of boot (to see were the right place is to put in the nandroid)
6. Start Backup from the nandroid via TRWP on your device
7. Finish
(The only thing is, that you have got a branded HTC8)
This was the thing I did here. I think it should work for you too.
Here you can see my Thread with a similar Problem:
http://forum.xda-developers.com/htc-one-m8/help/bootl-loop-lollipop-update-t3016142

sudaltsov said:
I have Vodafone IE HTC M8. I tried to upgrade to stock 5.0 (just recently arrived). As people advised, flashed stock recovery and started OTA upgrade... And got big red triangle... Have no idea why I managed to reboot (Power + VolUp). And ... Now I cannot get to recovery any more, the phone says "Software status: modified" and stays in the boot loader.
Any attempts to flash recovery fail with "signature verify fail". I tried various things: stock recovery, philz recovery. Same thing.
Any advice? I would really like to have recovery recovered...
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When you get the big red triangle, press & hold volume up and tap power button once to read the error log.
As some have same problem like yours, the problem maybe wrong stock recovery.
To ensure the right recovery image for you to proceed OTA, download OTA again, when it ask to install select install later. Connect your device to PC, open the Internal Storage with PC explorer, browse to Download folder, you'll have the OTA.zip there. Copy that OTA.zip to PC, open it with 7-zip then open firmware.zip that you see inside, extract out the recovery.img ---this is the correct recovery image to use.

ckpv5 said:
When you get the big red triangle, press & hold volume up and tap power button once to read the error log.
As some have same problem like yours, the problem maybe wrong stock recovery.
To ensure the right recovery image for you to proceed OTA, download OTA again, when it ask to install select install later. Connect your device to PC, open the Internal Storage with PC explorer, browse to Download folder, you'll have the OTA.zip there. Copy that OTA.zip to PC, open it with 7-zip then open firmware.zip that you see inside, extract out the recovery.img ---this is the correct recovery image to use.
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I had the same problem. I did exactly what you said. extracted the stock recovery.img from the OTA update, flashed my M8 with this recovery, still no luck
I am on 3.28.401.9 stock rom from last OTA
unlocked
this is the error I'm getting :
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"lightbox_start_slideshow": "Start slideshow",
"lightbox_stop_slideshow": "Stop slideshow",
"lightbox_full_screen": "Full screen",
"lightbox_thumbnails": "Thumbnails",
"lightbox_download": "Download",
"lightbox_share": "Share",
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snowfree52 said:
I had the same problem. I did exactly what you said. extracted the stock recovery.img from the OTA update, flashed my M8 with this recovery, still no luck
I am on 3.28.401.9
this is the error I'm getting :
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Your error is different .. the libril-qc-qmi-1.so is modified and not pure stock. You need to replace this file with the stock one.
To make thing easier for you, just flash TWRP again and restore my 3.28.401.9 nandroid backup here : http://forum.xda-developers.com/showpost.php?p=56979449&postcount=2960
You can restore only the system part, keep your data part so you have pure stock system but your data intact.

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Your error is different .. the libril-qc-qmi-1.so is modified and not pure stock. You need to replace this file with the stock one.
To make thing easier for you, just flash TWRP again and restore my 3.28.401.9 nandroid backup here : http://forum.xda-developers.com/showpost.php?p=56827142&postcount=2920
You can restore only the system part, keep your data part so you have pure stock system but your data intact.
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thanks for your reply. :good:
your link doesn't point to the right files I believe.
How do I flash only the system part ?

snowfree52 said:
thanks for your reply. :good:
your link doesn't point to the right files I believe.
How do I flash only the system part ?
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Link corrected.
You don't flash, you restore with TWRP.
Read what @swedax94 wrote above and his thread
You also can read http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2701376
I guided many on how to restore a backup made with TWRP

ckpv5 said:
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Your error is different .. the libril-qc-qmi-1.so is modified and not pure stock. You need to replace this file with the stock one.
To make thing easier for you, just flash TWRP again and restore my 3.28.401.9 nandroid backup here : http://forum.xda-developers.com/showpost.php?p=56979449&postcount=2960
You can restore only the system part, keep your data part so you have pure stock system but your data intact.
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ckpv5 said:
Link corrected.
You don't flash, you restore with TWRP.
Read what @swedax94 wrote above and his thread
You also can read http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2701376
I guided many on how to restore a backup made with TWRP
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OK I see, still downloading your nandroid.
I had a look at TWRP, just have to uncheck data then ? Am I correct ?
Thanks

snowfree52 said:
OK I see, still downloading your nandroid.
I had a look at TWRP, just have to uncheck data then ? Am I correct ?
Thanks
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Yes .. uncheck data if you want to keep your data.
If you want everything fully stock, then check all boot, data and system.. it's your choice.

Should I also restore the boot part or only system is good ?
Thanks !

snowfree52 said:
Should I also restore the boot part or only system is good ?
Thanks !
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Only system is good enough but selecting boot make no harm.
BTW @sudaltsov - how's thing going ?

ckpv5 said:
Only system is good enough but selecting boot make no harm.
BTW @sudaltsov - how's thing going ?
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OK, did it !
Is it normal that it's still showing HTC boot logo after already 10 minutes ?

snowfree52 said:
OK, did it !
Is it normal that it's still showing HTC boot logo after already 5 minutes ?
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Lets wait for 10 mins. If still not booting, go back to recovery select system & boot (I expect you have stock boot.img installed), then wipe dalvik & cache before reboot.
You have TWRP 2.8.4.0 installed right ?
If it's still fail to boot, then make a backup of your data then restore data from the downloaded nandroid. This will make you have a new set up phone.

ckpv5 said:
Lets wait for 10 mins. If still not booting, go back to recovery select system & boot (I expect you have stock boot.img installed), then wipe dalvik & cache before reboot.
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It worked ! thank you
now what ? I replace TWRP recovery with the one from the OTA update then try again to install it ?

snowfree52 said:
It worked ! thank you
now what ? I replace TWRP recovery with the one from the OTA update then try again to install it ?
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Yes..install the stock recovery then check OTA, download and install
And also note that after a successful update to lollipop, it will take some time for it to complete boot and optimizing ..

ckpv5 said:
Yes..install the stock recovery then check OTA, download and install
And also note that after a successful update to lollipop, it will take some time for it to complete boot and optimizing ..
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Well didn't work again !
My M8 is european, the lockscreen from your nandroid is different than mine
edit : I see, in parameters, it now says my firmware is 1.54.401.10 ??? and android 4.4.2. How comes ???
I guess I restored an old nandroid of mine !
I see, I didn't put your nandroid in the right folder ! where should I put it ?

snowfree52 said:
Well didn't work again !
My M8 is european, the lockscreen from your nandroid is different than mine
edit : I see, in parameters, it now says my firmware is 1.54.401.10 ??? and android 4.4.2. How comes ???
I guess I restored an old nandroid of mine !
I see, I didn't put your nandroid in the right folder !
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Never mind ... try again.
Remember when you extract the nandroid zip using extract to 3.28.401.9_ckpv5, there will be another folder inside it, use extract here then you get 3.28.401.9 folder

ckpv5 said:
Never mind ... try again.
Remember when you extract the nandroid zip using extract to 3.28.401.9_ckpv5, there will be another folder inside it, use extract here then you get 3.28.401.9 folder
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That's what I didn't do !
restoring right now ! :good:

ckpv5 said:
extract out the recovery.img ---this is the correct recovery image to use.
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That worked! Thank you very much!! There were some errors in the recovery, actually - but at least the installation process passed. Hurray! Thank you again!