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[Q] Cannot go to recovery in bootloader

Hi there,
I unclocked my phone via htcdev.com and flash recovery-clockwork via fastboot. I installed Rom cook such as LeeDroid and Revolution. At the end, I back to original rom via RUU. When I arranged my SDcard, I deleted folder clockwork. Now, I can't enter recovery mode. When I go to recovery, an icon with phone and curve green arrows appear on monitor (like factory reset) then move to phone and red triagle. I tried to re-unclock and re-flash recovery via cmd but I just received message "cannot flash "recovery ....." on cmd.
Plz give me the way to enter recovery?
Best regards,
Thanks

You lost the CWM recovery after run the RUU.
You need to re-unlock the bootloader and fastboot flash the CWM recovery again.
Make sure you write a right command:
fastboot flash recovery recovery_whatever_name.img
not fastboot flash recovery.img

ckpv5 said:
You lost the CWM recovery after run the RUU.
You need to re-unlock the bootloader and fastboot flash the CWM recovery again.
Make sure you write a right command:
fastboot flash recovery recovery_whatever_name.img
not fastboot flash recovery.img
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Done! Tks a lot.

HELP. HOX is dead

Hello
Yesterday i unlocked bootloader on htc one x. Then i tried to root it but when i finished my hox did reboot and then reboot all the time. It goes on start screen of android and then reboot again. I cant do anything. Any idea or help?

How did you root it?
Did you flash a ROM without flashing its boot.img and fastboot erase cache?
Did you install a custom recovery?
What screen are you stuck on? "htc quietly brilliant"?

I remember when this happened to me when I first tried to root my phone (First Android phone actually) lol I freaked out.. In my case it's because I didn't make a full wipe after unlocking bootloader and flashing Cyanogen, just booted into Recovery, full wipe/wipe cache and it worked.
Tell us what you did like BenPope said, did you flash the boot.img for the ROM you installed?

the first i did was to unlock bootloader from htcdev. Afther that i tried to root by a guide from this forum:
ALTERNATE ROOT METHOD - 'INSECURE BOOT AND ROOT'
This zip file contains an insecure boot image to flash to your device and a script which will then push the root (SuperSU) files to your device. This is only tested on 1.27.401.2 / 1.27.401.7. USE AT YOUR OWN RISK!
Download
InsecureBootAndRoot r3 - DOWNLOAD (ROMraid) - MD5: a16bff582cb0e25fd3b422652d753ca7
How to use InsecureBootAndRoot - Windows, Linux and OSX
- Download the InsecureBootAndRoot zip file above and extract to a directory
- Put your device in bootloader mode - Turn off the phone then turn on with the 'volume down' button pressed to enter the bootloader, then press the power button again to enter fastboot.
- WINDOWS - double click 'install-insecure-windows.bat'
- MAC - Open a terminal window to the directory containing the files, and type 'chmod +x install-insecure-mac.sh' followed by './install-insecure-mac.sh'
- LINUX - Open a terminal window to the directory containing the files, and type 'chmod +x install-insecure-linux.sh' followed by './install-insecure-linux.sh'
The device will now flash the new boot image and reboot. Keep the device attached to USB and when it has rebooted, ensure USB debugging is enabled - the SuperSU files will then be installed.
CONVENTIONAL ROOT METHOD - 'SUPERBOOT' (currently not functioning on shippping devices).
Superboot is a boot.img that when booted, will root your device the first time you boot (installing su and the superuser APK). No need to flash any partitions, no need to mess around with ADB, no messing with the contents of your data partition, no overwriting the shipped ROM on your device, just boot the boot image using the instructions below and you're done!
Download
Superboot r1 - DOWNLOAD (ROMraid) - MD5: c79821d5d75d57dff8a5ffe7493241fd
The superboot image is also 'insecure', allowing you to use 'adb remount' as well as having full ADB root access to your device until such time as you reboot after running this process (it's a non permanent ADB root as it's a 'fastboot boot' and not a 'fastboot flash' but it IS a permanent root in all other regards!).
How to use Superboot - Windows, Linux and OSX
- Download the Superboot zip file above and extract to a directory
- Put your device in bootloader mode - Turn off the phone then turn on with the 'volume down' button pressed to enter the bootloader, then press the power button again to enter fastboot.
- WINDOWS - double click 'install-superboot-windows.bat'
- MAC - Open a terminal window to the directory containing the files, and type 'chmod +x install-superboot-mac.sh' followed by './install-superboot-mac.sh'
- LINUX - Open a terminal window to the directory containing the files, and type 'chmod +x install-superboot-linux.sh' followed by './install-superboot-linux.sh'
That was the steps. I didnt tried to put a custom rom yet. And the worst is that i need my number and i dont have an another device with micro sd. :/

It's funny, because there are two methods that you've pasted there. I have to ask, why did you not go with the recommended one? The one you didn't paste here?
Try it, you might like it.

BenPope said:
It's funny, because there are two methods that you've pasted there. I have to ask, why did you not go with the recommended one? The one you didn't paste here?
Try it, you might like it.
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I tried the first one and after i saw that my hpox rr all the time i tried the second one.
You mean this method?
EASIEST ROOT METHOD - 'RECOVERY + SUPERSU'
The easiest way to get root is now to install the official ClockworkMod release and then flash the latest SuperSU zip file. This approach is highly recommended (I also recommend running a backup as soon as you've flashed clockworkmod!)
I do now and nothing. Cant get the command.

I don't understand what "my hpox rr all the time" means.
At the top of your hboot does it say ENDEAVORU or EVITA?
What does "can't get the command" mean?
Edit: ahh, is it "command not found" when you try to run fastboot?

BenPope said:
I don't understand what "my hpox rr all the time" means.
At the top of your hboot does it say ENDEAVORU or EVITA?
What does "can't get the command" mean?
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i mean it restart all the time
It says ENDEAVORU. WHat does it mean?
I tried the command again now and its done. Now i go to reboot in fast boot and do the same again. The step with SuperSU i didnt yet.
EDIT:
c:\Android>fastboot flash recovery recovery-1-28.img
sending 'recovery' (5790 KB)...
OKAY [ 0.770s]
writing 'recovery'...
(bootloader) Format partition SOS done
OKAY [ 0.590s]
finished. total time: 1.380s
c:\Android>
That was i did.

IoSpy said:
i mean it restart all the time
It says ENDEAVORU. WHat does it mean?
I tried the command again now and its done. Now i go to reboot in fast boot and do the same again. The step with SuperSU i didnt yet.
EDIT:
c:\Android>fastboot flash recovery recovery-1-28.img
sending 'recovery' (5790 KB)...
OKAY [ 0.770s]
writing 'recovery'...
(bootloader) Format partition SOS done
OKAY [ 0.590s]
finished. total time: 1.380s
c:\Android>
That was i did.
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You could just flash a rooted rom and kernel now, it should work fine.
Flash this recovery http://download.clockworkmod.com/recoveries/recovery-clockwork-touch-5.8.4.0-endeavoru.img
Install a rom from recovery, you can mount usb from recovery to copy rom to phone.
Then flash the kernel from fastboot that acompanies the rom.

IoSpy said:
i mean it restart all the time
It says ENDEAVORU. WHat does it mean?
I tried the command again now and its done. Now i go to reboot in fast boot and do the same again. The step with SuperSU i didnt yet.
EDIT:
c:\Android>fastboot flash recovery recovery-1-28.img
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ENDEAVORU is good.
I kind of expected you to be flashing clockworkmod 5.8.4.0 as the recovery.
Once that's done, you take a backup, download the SuperSU zip file, boot into recovery, mount sd as USB, copy the zip onto the SD card, unmount and flash it.

BenPope said:
ENDEAVORU is good.
I kind of expected you to be flashing clockworkmod 5.8.4.0 as the recovery.
Once that's done, you take a backup, download the SuperSU zip file, boot into recovery, mount sd as USB, copy the zip onto the SD card, unmount and flash it.
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What do you mean to fl;ash as the recovery? Wasnt the command i did correct?
How i get backup? When i go to recovery under the fastboot goes to screen with the device and exclamation mark. How can i see my sdcard via usb on pc?
Sry for my question :/

IoSpy said:
What do you mean to fl;ash as the recovery? Wasnt the command i did correct?
How i get backup? When i go to recovery under the fastboot goes to screen with the device and exclamation mark. How can i see my sdcard via usb on pc?
Sry for my question :/
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fastboot flash recovery recoveryname.img
I dont know what you flashed, but you'd be better off with the latest clockworkmod, version 5.8.4.0
Doing a backup from that recovery is easy.

What I dont get is why you didn't just root/unlock bootloader via htcdev.com

RohinZaraki said:
What I dont get is why you didn't just root/unlock bootloader via htcdev.com
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He did. Thanks for playing.

IoSpy said:
What do you mean to fl;ash as the recovery? Wasnt the command i did correct?
How i get backup? When i go to recovery under the fastboot goes to screen with the device and exclamation mark. How can i see my sdcard via usb on pc?
Sry for my question :/
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The command you did was correct but you flashed the stock recovery, flash clockworkmod recovery to proceed.

BenPope said:
fastboot flash recovery recoveryname.img
I dont know what you flashed, but you'd be better off with the latest clockworkmod, version 5.8.4.0
Doing a backup from that recovery is easy.
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I used that command fastboot flash recovery recovery-clockwork-touch-5.8.4.0-endeavoru.img
So i think i didnt something wrong.

I'm confused, earlier you said you flashed recovery-1-28.img
You're going to have to be clearer on what you write here.

BenPope said:
I'm confused, earlier you said you flashed recovery-1-28.img
You're going to have to be clearer on what you write here.
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Ok sry. I mean i tried boath of them.

IoSpy said:
fastboot flash recovery recovery-clockwork-touch-5.8.4.0-endeavoru.img
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Do that again.
Then:
fastboot erase cache
Then boot into recovery and tell us what you get.

BenPope said:
Do that again.
Then:
fastboot erase cache
Then boot into recovery and tell us what you get.
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Ok i did and i have this screen now.

[Q] Dumb OTA Question on rooted phone

Hi Everyone,
sorry in advance for what is probably a dumb question. I have a HOX on Orange UK. It is successfully rooted but still on stock firmware - Android 4.0.4, HTC Sense 4.1, Software 2.17.61.3.
When checking in about I am told that there is an update available. I have downloaded it and can see that the file is called OTA_ENDEAVOR_U_JB_45_S_ORANGE_UK_3.16.61.6-2.17.61.3_release_3015.zip. However when I click in stall the phone reboots into teamwin recovery project v2.3.3.0. I then select Install adn browse to theis file which is in /sdcard/Download but the install keeps failing MD5 check. Unckecking the MD5 check still results in a failure since the error message is that the signature verification fails. Unchecking that still results in a failure- this time because of an "assert failure" whatever that is.
So a few questions.
1) Is this update worth having?
2) I am new to Android (10 years on a blackberry). Am I on ICS now and is this update to JB?
3) I am interested in a custom room. I really like the look and feel of the HTC sense and I have seen here that there are a lot of Sense custom roms. I presume I should stick to one of those. My main question is which one to install and what are the advantages. The honest truth is that apart from the Orange boot up and shut down logo there isn't much bloatware on this phone.
Thanks in advance for helping out a noob...

Yes its worth it, you have to flash back the stock recovery ! After that you can update.
Download this file and rename it to recovery.zip and copy it to your fastboot folder on the pc
http://db.tt/U5CK4noo
After that you put the phone in the bootloader/fastboot usb mode
Open a command prompt inside the fastboot folder and flash the stock recovery with these commands
Fastboot erase cache
Fastboot flash recovery recovery.img
Fastboot erase cache
Reboot the phone and try to update again

Mr Hofs said:
Yes its worth it, you have to flash back the stock recovery ! After that you can update.
Download this file and rename it to recovery.zip and copy it to your fastboot folder on the pc
xxxx://db.tt/U5CK4noo
After that you put the phone in the bootloader/fastboot usb mode
Open a command prompt inside the fastboot folder and flash the stock recovery with these commands
Fastboot erase cache
Fastboot flash recovery recovery.img
Fastboot erase cache
Reboot the phone and try to update again
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Thank you. I am afraid I need you to spell it out in a little more detail since I rooted my phone using the Hasoon toolkit so that did all the command prompt side of things. I do know how to launch command prompt but that is about it!!! Sorry

Well you can check if the toolkit you used is capable of flashing a self providided recovery.img
Otherwise you have to install the HTC drivers and download the fastboot files from me
http://db.tt/ldx3qOOU
Place the files in a folder just like this
C:\fastboot\fastboot files i gave you
Then you open a command dosprompt inside the fastboot folder
Then you keep the phone on the homescreen and type
adb reboot bootloader
This will reboot the phone into the bootloader and you should see there FASTBOOT USB (connect the phone to the pc)
Then you do the commands i posted earlier
(Make sure usb debugging is enabled in the settings menu of the phone)

after flashing the stock recovery and updating root is lost, but superSU still there. How can we obtain root back? thanx

You have to reroot the rom again just like you did on ICS

geomad said:
after flashing the stock recovery and updating root is lost, but superSU still there. How can we obtain root back? thanx
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u have to unlock the bootloader again over at htcDev http://www.htcdev.com/bootloader
*happy new year Mr Hofs!

beanbean50 said:
u have to unlock the bootloader again over at htcDev http://www.htcdev.com/bootloader
*happy new year Mr Hofs!
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Happy newyear Mr Bean
And if he had the unlock_code.bin file he can flash it with fastboot
Fastboot flash unlocktoken unlock_code.bin

Mr Hofs said:
Happy newyear Mr Bean
And if he had the unlock_code.bin file he can flash it with fastboot
Fastboot flash unlocktoken unlock_code.bin
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Do I have to flash clockwork first or can it be done with stock recovery? Thanx!
Happy new year!

you can do this with the stock recovery because you flash directly from the bootloader and not from the recovery

Well im trying to flash via fastboot but I get :
Code:
C:\onexroot>Fastboot flash unlocktoken Unlock_code.bin
sending 'unlocktoken' (0 KB)...
OKAY [ 0.078s]
writing 'unlocktoken'...
FAILED (remote: unlock token check failed)
finished. total time: 0.292s
PS. when in fastboot the phone state at the top is *** UNLOCKED ***
When I type 'su' in terminal
Code:
[email protected]:/ $ su
1|[email protected]:/ $
but apps still doent have superuser privilages

geomad said:
Well im trying to flash via fastboot but I get :
Code:
C:\onexroot>Fastboot flash unlocktoken Unlock_code.bin
sending 'unlocktoken' (0 KB)...
OKAY [ 0.078s]
writing 'unlocktoken'...
FAILED (remote: unlock token check failed)
finished. total time: 0.292s
PS. when in fastboot the phone state at the top is *** UNLOCKED ***
When I type 'su' in terminal
Code:
[email protected]:/ $ su
1|[email protected]:/ $
but apps still doent have superuser privilages
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So the bootloader is actually unlocked ! Then forget the unlocktoken step !!! Now you have to flash the custom recovery and from there the super user root.zip

Mr Hofs said:
So the bootloader is actually unlocked ! Then forget the unlocktoken step !!! Now you have to flash the custom recovery and from there the super user root.zip
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Thank you! so my problem is I'm still in stock recovery? cause superSu is still in my apps from ICS.

Lets get it straight...you updated the phone to JB and after that you restored apps (titanium backup ?) You need to reroot the stock JB rom properly again like flashing the root script from a custom recovery

i updated from OTA , so i didnt restore any apps. and when i write 'su' at terminal i dont get any errors. doesnt that mean su is installed?

If SU is installed you should see the SU app in the apps list ... My recommendation would be to reflash the custom recovery and re-apply the root

Mr Hofs said:
If SU is installed you should see the SU app in the apps list ... My recommendation would be to reflash the custom recovery and re-apply the root
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yes, i can see the SuperSU app. but it seems that the apps ingore it. Don't know.. I'll reflash recovery and root and let you know! Thanx anyway!!

Its the best thing i can think of at the moment

Done - everything works perfect now! Thanx guys

Nice !
CASE CLOSED

Boot loop - flashing via fastboot works, adb does not.

Okay, so I tried my best to search the forums and read the Q+A first, but the suggestions I've found so far didn't help me solve my problem.
I started with Hasoon200's tool kit and successfully unlocked the boot loader. Then, however, I got stuck at installing CWRM (it just wouldn't boot into recovery after installing). So I gave it a try with the "One X one Click" tool kit. I downloaded the n3okernel v34 and -modules as well as the newest nightly build of Cyanogen Mod (cm-10.1-20130414-NIGHTLY-endeavoru).
Now my HOX is caught in a boot loop. No matter which option I choose (fastboot / hboot, recovery, factory reset), it'll always go to the white HTC screen and stay there. Since Q+A's Q11 mentions it: yes, the last time I could boot into the OS (then still the stock image) I disabled fast boot in power settings.
Currently I can only access my HOX via fastboot, I already got a stock image and extracted the boot + recovery images, which I then flashed with the fastboot utility, as suggested in the Q+A's Q9. I erased the cache and rebooted to no avail. I also tried the firmware executable (RUU_ENDEAVOR_U_ICS_40_O2_DE_1.26.207.2_Radio_1.1204.90.13_release_251288_signed) to no avail.
Q+A's Q15 suggests sideloading via adb, but adb won't recognize my device.
I've also relocked the bootloader, this was suggested in another online ressource after flashing the stock boot+recovery images.
The phones HBOOT Version is 1.36.0000. I've noticed a different radio version than the one mentioned in my downloaded RUU; phone says 5.1204.162.29, downloaded file says 1.1204.90.13. I've not yet found a working download link with the right version number.
Please help.

Unlock it, make a full wipe in the custom recovery, install cm10.1, install gapps, flash the boot.img from the cm10.1 Rom and reboot.
So
Unlock it, flash a custom recovery (if you havent got one). If you still have trouble entering it you do this command in the bootloader
Fastboot erase cache

Mr Hofs said:
Unlock it, make a full wipe in the custom recovery, install cm10.1, install gapps, flash the boot.img from the cm10.1 Rom and reboot.
So
Unlock it, flash a custom recovery (if you havent got one). If you still have trouble entering it you do this command in the bootloader
Fastboot erase cache
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Unlocking the bootloader works, but I'm not able to enter the recovery mode. It only shows a black screen (see attached picture).
EDIT: ok, wait... after flashing the clockwork recovery, I'm now getting into recovery mode. Will now try the next steps you suggested and give feedback later. Thanks a lot so far!

Press the Power and Volume down buttons which will take you the the hboot screen. From there select fastboot and flash a custom recovery like CWM via fastboot.
Now select hboot again and then select recovery!

Okay, so I successfully flashed CWM. I'm now able to boot into recovery. I also succeeded in flashing a boot.img which i took from cm-10.1-20130414-NIGHTLY-endeavoru.zip
c:\One\One\Data>fastboot flash boot boot.img
sending 'boot' (4960 KB)...
OKAY [ 0.684s]
writing 'boot'...
(bootloader) Format partition LNX done
OKAY [ 0.498s]
finished. total time: 1.186s
Now - when selecting hboot - the phone gets to another screen, the one where it displays the "HTC One" logo; I tried flashing the CM-image using fastboot (adb still doesn't work), but got following error message:
c:\One\One\Data>fastboot flash /sdcard update.zip
sending '/sdcard' (200098 KB)...
OKAY [ 25.507s]
writing '/sdcard'...
FAILED (remote: not allowed)
finished. total time: 25.716s
So close, yet so far...

So you have a working CWM installed right?
After flashing the boot.img... do "fastboot erase cache"
now go to CWM(recovery) and mount your sd card... copy the CM10ROM.zip and the gapps.zip to your HOX...
after that select wipe data and then wipe dalvic and cache...
Now select install zip from SD and install the ROM and then the gapps... reboot!

The problem is that I can't - or could'nt - transfer files any other way than using fastboot. However, I've now flashed Team Win TWRP2, and finally I'm able to access my phone over adb or just mount it and access it via explorer. Phew.

FINALLY!
So, if another noob like me finds this thread in the future...
After installing the TWRP2 recovery with flashboot flash twrp2.img, then booting into recovery and mounting my device, I was able to copy the CM-ROM-zip file onto the HOX. Then I rebooted into fastboot again and flashed the boot.img from aforementioned zip-file using "fastboot flash boot boot.img".
Booted again, selected the recovery system, installed ROM from zip file.
I'm getting too old for this ****. Almost had a heart attack when I thought I had bricked my phone. Thanks everyone for holding my hand, I appreciate it.

Good mate !
CASE CLOSED !

Can't flash TWRP after 11.0.12.0

Hi, I was on 11.0.11 and after flashing 11.0.12 from TWRP
miui_GINKGOGlobal_V11.0.12.0.PCOMIXM_912960e1fc_9.0.zip
I can't flash TWRP
twrp-3.4.0-1-ginkgo.img
in fastboot mode even though there isn't an error
Code:
fastboot flash recovery twrp-3.4.0-1-ginkgo.img
Sending 'recovery' (65536 KB) OKAY [ 1.564s]
Writing 'recovery' OKAY [ 0.277s]
Finished. Total time: 1.868s
if I try to boot into recovery TWRP isn't there, it's on stock recovery. My bootloader is unlocked if it isn't obvious.
If I do
fastboot reboot recovery
after flashing TWRP, it doesn't boot into TWRP but instead into normal phone mode, not recovery.
If I do
fastboot reboot recovery
after flashing TWRP and then keep pressing the recovery key combo (PWR+VOLUP) it doesn't boot any recovery, it just keeps rebooting

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Hacker?pcs said:
Hi, I was on 11.0.11 and after flashing 11.0.12 from TWRP
miui_GINKGOGlobal_V11.0.12.0.PCOMIXM_912960e1fc_9.0.zip
I can't flash TWRP
twrp-3.4.0-1-ginkgo.img
in fastboot mode even though there isn't an error
Code:
fastboot flash recovery twrp-3.4.0-1-ginkgo.img
Sending 'recovery' (65536 KB) OKAY [ 1.564s]
Writing 'recovery' OKAY [ 0.277s]
Finished. Total time: 1.868s
if I try to boot into recovery TWRP isn't there, it's on stock recovery. My bootloader is unlocked if it isn't obvious.
If I do
fastboot reboot recovery
after flashing TWRP, it doesn't boot into TWRP but instead into normal phone mode, not recovery.
If I do
fastboot reboot recovery
after flashing TWRP and then keep pressing the recovery key combo (PWR+VOLUP) it doesn't boot any recovery, it just keeps rebooting
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Download twrp fastboot mode.
Download TWRP-3.3.2B-0627-REDMI_NOTE8-10.0-CN-wzsx150-fastboot.zip - Redmi Note 8
Download TWRP TWRP-3.3.2B-0627-REDMI_NOTE8-10.0-CN-wzsx150-fastboot.zip - Redmi Note 8 - in MiFirm ✅ - Xiaomi MIUI Firmware - ROM - TWRP download free and max speed - The biggest Xiaomi Mi download
mifirm.net

J. Harry Potter said:
Download twrp fastboot mode.
Download TWRP-3.3.2B-0627-REDMI_NOTE8-10.0-CN-wzsx150-fastboot.zip - Redmi Note 8
Download TWRP TWRP-3.3.2B-0627-REDMI_NOTE8-10.0-CN-wzsx150-fastboot.zip - Redmi Note 8 - in MiFirm ✅ - Xiaomi MIUI Firmware - ROM - TWRP download free and max speed - The biggest Xiaomi Mi download
mifirm.net
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Doesn't work,
fastboot boot recovery-TWRP-3.3.2B-0627-REDMI_NOTE8-10.0-CN-wzsx150.img
bring me to a different screen, the one that says "Redmi by Xiaomi" instead of the one with the little thing with the communist hat tinkering with Android but it's fastboot again, no TWRP.
Flashing it to recovery is the same as the official, rebooting to normal phone mode and if I do adb reboot recovery it gets me to stock recovery, not TWRP

Hacker?pcs said:
Doesn't work,
fastboot boot recovery-TWRP-3.3.2B-0627-REDMI_NOTE8-10.0-CN-wzsx150.img
bring me to a different screen, the one that says "Redmi by Xiaomi" instead of the one with the little thing with the communist hat tinkering with Android but it's fastboot again, no TWRP.
Flashing it to recovery is the same as the official, rebooting to normal phone mode and if I do adb reboot recovery it gets me to stock recovery, not TWRP
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Then ig.......try after reseting your device or clean flash latest miui with mi flash tool.(your bootloader needs to be unlocked)

Hacker?pcs said:
Doesn't work,
fastboot boot recovery-TWRP-3.3.2B-0627-REDMI_NOTE8-10.0-CN-wzsx150.img
bring me to a different screen, the one that says "Redmi by Xiaomi" instead of the one with the little thing with the communist hat tinkering with Android but it's fastboot again, no TWRP.
Flashing it to recovery is the same as the official, rebooting to normal phone mode and if I do adb reboot recovery it gets me to stock recovery, not TWRP
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By the way this is a different method. this should have worked. what did you do ?

J. Harry Potter said:
Then ig.......try after reseting your device or clean flash latest miui with mi flash tool.(your bootloader needs to be unlocked)
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My bootloader is unlocked, I'm with Magisk since I bought the device, I usually to update download the recovery rom
Miui Updates
Redmi Note 8 Global Stable V11.0.12.0 OTA Apply for V11.0.11.0 https://bigota.d.miui.com/V11.0.12.0.PCOMIXM/miui-blockota-ginkgo_global-V11.0.11.0.PCOMIXM-V11.0.12.0.PCOMIXM-a0ac2f3c57-9.0.zip Recovery ROM...
t.me
and flash it then flash Magisk then TWRP to recovery, sometimes I forget though TWRP and then flash it from fastboot. I forgot it now but now it doesn't flash via fastboot for some reason
J. Harry Potter said:
By the way this is a different method. this should have worked. what did you do ?
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As I've said, it acts like the official TWRP, it either reboots to fastboot or to normal phone mode.

Hacker?pcs said:
My bootloader is unlocked, I'm with Magisk since I bough the device, I usually to update download the recovery rom
Miui Updates
Redmi Note 8 Global Stable V11.0.12.0 OTA Apply for V11.0.11.0 https://bigota.d.miui.com/V11.0.12.0.PCOMIXM/miui-blockota-ginkgo_global-V11.0.11.0.PCOMIXM-V11.0.12.0.PCOMIXM-a0ac2f3c57-9.0.zip Recovery ROM...
t.me
and flash it then flash Magisk then TWRP to recovery, sometimes I forget though TWRP and then flash it from fastboot. I forgot it now but now it doesn't flash via fastboot for some reason
As I've said, it acts like the official TWRP, it either reboots to fastboot or to normal phone mode.
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i don't know how you flashed that twrp. Just open EN_Recovery-twrp-oneclick-EN then press enter. and then boot your phone to fastboot mode and connect to pc. then in pc type 2 and then i hope it will work

J. Harry Potter said:
i don't know how you flashed that twrp. Just open EN_Recovery-twrp-oneclick-EN then press enter. and then boot your phone to fastboot mode and connect to pc. then in pc type 2 and then i hope it will work
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I've flashed it with the fastboot I have from Android SDK, didn't run the script. I've checked it out and saw that it flashes the misc.bin file too, I've tried flashing it but now I'm stuck on fastboot... ffs
I've downloaded the official Fastboot rom
ginkgo_global_images_V11.0.12.0.PCOMIXM_20201119.0000.00_9.0_global_37804edbcb.tgz
but I can't flash its misc.bin, it says Volume full...
fastboot continue
says "system has been destroyed"
I really don't want to wipe data and start fresh with Mi Flash tool ffs

Hacker?pcs said:
I've flashed it with the fastboot I have from Android SDK, didn't run the script. I've checked it out and saw that it flashes the misc.bin file too, I've tried flashing it but now I'm stuck on fastboot... ffs
I've downloaded the official Fastboot rom
ginkgo_global_images_V11.0.12.0.PCOMIXM_20201119.0000.00_9.0_global_37804edbcb.tgz
but I can't flash its misc.bin, it says Volume full...
never heard of volume full problem. place the fastboot rom in desktop menu. and install necessary drivers that need to flash via mi flash tool
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J. Harry Potter said:
never heard of volume full problem. place the fastboot rom in desktop menu. and install necessary drivers that need to flash via mi flash tool
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Well the misc.bin from your link is 8KB, the misc.img from fastboot rom tgz is 8MB
It sucks because mi flash tool erases data...
EDIT
THANK GOD,
fastboot erase misc
fixes the destroyed problem and lets me boot.
I figured it out from the bat script in the tgz fastboot rom, it doesn't flash the contained 4MB misc.img, it just has "fastboot %* erase misc" near the end
Problem that I can't flash TWRP again so I can't root :/

Hacker?pcs said:
Well the misc.bin from your link is 8KB, the misc.img from fastboot rom tgz is 8MB
It sucks because mi flash tool erases data...
EDIT
THANK GOD,
fastboot erase misc
fixes the destroyed problem and lets me boot.
I figured it out from the bat script in the tgz fastboot rom, it doesn't flash it, it just has "fastboot %* erase misc" near the end
Problem that I can't flash TWRP again so I can't root :/
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so now you can boot.
if you have a pc just store your data in pc and then flash miui. then ig it will clear all the bugs u r facing and then you can try to flash twrp

J. Harry Potter said:
so now you can boot.
if you have a pc just store your data in pc and then flash miui. then ig it will clear all the bugs u r facing and then you can try to flash twrp
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Yeah seems to the only way, something blocks the custom TWRP recovery and a clean slate may be the only way

Hacker?pcs said:
Yeah seems to the only way, something blocks the custom TWRP recovery and a clean slate may be the only way
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don't forget to flash VBMETA after so the custom recovery (twrp or orangefox) persist