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[20.2.2015][Root and stay with stock recovery]

Hello Yu Yureka fans!!!
This for the Yu Yureka fans who want to root the phone but don't want to miss OTA update by flashing custom recovery
In this thread i will tell you how to ROOT your Yu Yureka without flashing custom recovery.
This method will not flash custom recovery over stock recovery, this will just boot the custom recovery once just to flash the superuser.zip. so you will be back to stock recovery after flashing superuser.zip.
So lets get started...
Your Bootloader should be UNLOCKED
Files you need:
1. adb and fastboot drivers
2. A CWM recovery link (don't worry we wont flash it, it is just needed to install superuser.zip)
3. Superuser.zip link (save this in your sd card or internal memory)
Note: Keep recovery.img file in the same folder where adb and Fastboot drivers are placed and always open command window from that folder.
Connect your phone to pc via data cable
Steps:
1. Open command window (cntl+shift+right click)
2. Type
Code:
adb devices
if your device is connected you will get it in connected devices
3. Type
Code:
adb reboot-bootloader
4. Type
Code:
fastboot -i 0x1ebf boot recovery-yu.img
now your device will boot into recovery mode
5. Select install zip from sd and navigate where you have downloaded the superuser.zip and select install.
6. Done!!! Your device is rooted and you are still in stock recovery :good: you wont miss the OTA
To check if you are in stock recovery just reboot into recovery :good:
Hit thanks if this helped :good:

This isn't yours, You copied it from YuPlayGodForums, from DoomLord's post...

N'ayam Amarsh'e said:
This isn't yours, You copied it from YuPlayGodForums, from DoomLord's post...
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First i am not a user of yuplaygod forums,
Second its not copied
Third you have no right to point at someone without any valid reason
Lastly stop spamming my post (read xda forum rules first you visit it here --> http://forum.xda-developers.com/announcement.php?f=3861)

@aashking
You can't boot the recovery image on locked bootloader; we have covered this fact already.
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showpost.php?p=58628082&postcount=12

Titokhan said:
@aashking
You can't boot the recovery image on locked bootloader; we have covered this fact already.
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showpost.php?p=58628082&postcount=12
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@Titokhan yeah dude thanks for reminding i will update the OP :good:

Unable to get the 3rd command working. It keeps waiting for the device and the device reboots in normal mode. What am I doing wrong?

jitendragarg said:
Unable to get the 3rd command working. It keeps waiting for the device and the device reboots in normal mode. What am I doing wrong?
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Reinstall ADB Drivers
adbdriver.com

N'ayam Amarsh'e said:
Reinstall ADB Drivers
adbdriver.com
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Thanks, will check. Although I downloaded the drivers just today, so not sure, how it is not up to date. Anyway, will check it once I am home in 3 hours.

tried resintalling the drivers. didn't help. command prompt still keeps on waiting for device forever, while phone is in fastboot mode.
Edit:
If I cancel the third command, and check the list again, phone is not listed. Somehow, after rebooting into bootloader, phone stops the adb connection.

i am on twrp recovery can i flash this recovery on that and update the new ota?
please help

Oneplus 3 Boot Loop

So I tried to flash another rom by flashing TWRP and unlocking the bootloader, which worked and I then had installed Freedom Os. Then I locked the Bootloader to get the Message away, but know when you charge it or turn it on it is in an boot loop which repeats the Oneplus Logo what you normally see, but very short and after that it bobrates turns the screen off and it atart again. Or I can go into fastboot mode, but when I try to go into the recovery, it goes into the Boot Loop again. Is there a way to get the Original OS back? Ive already dopwnloaded it but I cant get in on there. Can you tell me how to fix it on my own?

[GUIDE] Mega Unbrick Guide for A Hard Bricked OnePlus 3 > METHOD 1

If you can access fastboot mode, connect the phone to a PC, then go to ADB and erase recovery using the command " fastboot erase recovery" and install TWRP 3.0.4-1 using the command " <fastboot flash recovery <recovery.zip/img> again.
Once you do that, boot into TWRP, go to wipe and wipe everything. Once you do that, transfer the stock OOS into the internal memory using copy-paste , then go to install , select the transferred file to install the OS or else go to advance setting in TWRP and select adb sideload and use the command "adb sideload <filename.zip>".
This should install the OS on the phone.
If you want to go complete stock, then you also need to install the stock recovery. Search the forum to get the relevent files or else you can download it from the OnePlus website and later on update to latest OS via OTA.
NEVER EVER LOCK THE BOOTLOADER , IF YOU'RE USING ANY ROM OTHER THAN STOCK OS AND STOCK RECOVERY

anup807 said:
If you can access fastboot mode, connect the phone to a PC, then go to ADB and erase recovery using the command " fastboot erase recovery" and install TWRP 3.0.4-1 using the command " <fastboot flash recovery <recovery.zip/img> again.
Once you do that, boot into TWRP, go to wipe and wipe everything. Once you do that, transfer the stock OOS into the internal memory using copy-paste , then go to install , select the transferred file to install the OS or else go to advance setting in TWRP and select adb sideload and use the command "adb sideload <filename.zip>".
This should install the OS on the phone.
If you want to go complete stock, then you also need to install the stock recovery. Search the forum to get the relevent files or else you can download it from the OnePlus website and later on update to latest OS via OTA.
NEVER EVER LOCK THE BOOTLOADER , IF YOU'RE USING ANY ROM OTHER THAN STOCK OS AND STOCK RECOVERY
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Can you tell me how to go to adb? When doing it while being in fastboot I get the error "remote: Partition erase is not allowed"

revedar said:
Can you tell me how to go to adb? When doing it while being in fastboot I get the error "remote: Partition erase is not allowed"
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Download Universal ADB software, download the latest version and install it.
TWRP 3.0.4-1
Official Oxygen OS 4.0.3
Official Recovery
Connect your phone to the PC and then navigate to installed folder, right click holding SHIFT key and select "Open command window here"
Inside command window type
adb devices
If all the drivers are installed properly, you should see you're device ID here.
then type
adb reboot bootloader
your phone will enter fastboot mode.
then type
fastboot devices
again you should see you're device ID here.
then follow the instruction , i've given earlier.

anup807 said:
Download Universal ADB software, download the latest version and install it.
TWRP 3.0.4-1
Official Oxygen OS 4.0.3
Official Recovery
Connect your phone to the PC and then navigate to installed folder, right click holding SHIFT key and select "Open command window here"
Inside command window type
adb devices
If all the drivers are installed properly, you should see you're device ID here.
then type
adb reboot bootloader
your phone will enter fastboot mode.
then type
fastboot devices
again you should see you're device ID here.
then follow the instruction , i've given earlier.
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So i've downloaded the software, installed the driver and typed in cmd adb devices "adb devices List of devices attached" is returned, so it seems like there is going something wrong. Is it because the Driver is installed wrong or because "target reported max download size of 440401920 bytes
sending 'recovery' (22605 KB)...
OKAY [ 0.528s]
writing 'recovery'...
FAILED (remote: Partition flashing is not allowed)
finished. total time: 0.551s"
This is returned when trying to flash. Do I have to be in fastboot mode or something else to be able to follow your instructions? In Fast Boot is written that the Device State is locked and Secure Boot is enabled. I messaged Oneplus and hope they have a solution which can just unlock the Bootloader when being in fastboot mode, so everything is fine again. I hope you can help me, but I still wanna say thank your for now

Errr... fastboot can unlock the bootloader. fastboot oem unlock

emuandco said:
Errr... fastboot can unlock the bootloader. fastboot oem unlock
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Thank you, but it dont works because i forgot to re-enable the oem modification and usb debugging in freedom os, maybe there is an option to do this without having this enabled but I didnt found it. So I wait for a helpful answer from somebody here or from Oneplus, I consider sending my smartphone to oneplus to let them repair it if I cant do it. Just saying that modding an S3, Asus transformer pad and nvidia shield is way easier.

never ever relock your bootloader while you in custom OS

oopstairs said:
never ever relock your bootloader while you in custom OS
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Thank you for not helping me

revedar said:
Thank you for not helping me
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Yeah I'm sorry I can't help you in your case. I'm just stating the fact. Sorry if I offended you.

Shouldn't it still be possible to reflash the properly signed official updates? TBH I never had such a problem and thus never had to cope with it. Same with recovery: http://oxygenos.oneplus.net.s3.amazonaws.com/recovery_op3.img Try flashing this one with fastboot. It's the official one. By flashing this one you might fix your stuff over adb sideloading the official full update zips.

Try the unbrick guide provided in the 2nd post to your query. It should definitely help. Better contact OnePlus tech2 support and they'll flash your phone for you. They're really helpful.

emuandco said:
Shouldn't it still be possible to reflash the properly signed official updates? TBH I never had such a problem and thus never had to cope with it. Same with recovery: http://oxygenos.oneplus.net.s3.amazonaws.com/recovery_op3.img Try flashing this one with fastboot. It's the official one. By flashing this one you might fix your stuff over adb sideloading the official full update zips.
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I already tried to do this, but the console returns something like permission denied.

anup807 said:
Try the unbrick guide provided in the 2nd post to your query. It should definitely help. Better contact OnePlus tech2 support and they'll flash your phone for you. They're really helpful.
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The MSM Software disconnects the smartphone while the process works

U cannot flash in adb while the bootloader is locked, u can not unlock the bootloader unless u can access ur OS, I am not sure y people was trying to get u to flash via fastboot the answer was provided to u in the 2nd post

^^^ This!
It's pretty much obvious fastboot flash will not work with a locked bootloader.
It's pretty obvious unlocking the bootloader will not work, while one can not access the OS.
Unbrick tool is the only option to bring it back to life, or sending it for RMA. If unbrick tool fails, try using different drivers and make sure it is connected with the stock cable (I've only tried with a Nilkin cable besides the stock one, which always failed at different stages during the process).
Not even sure drivers must be installed manually, I've never done that myself on Windows 10, as they were automatically installed (3 different's PC's, both on x86 and x64).

Which version of stock firmware did you last have? If it was 4.0.1 or earlier, then you can use
Code:
fastboot oem 4F500301
to issue a flash command even without unlocking the bootloader. If you are on that, then use that command and flash stock recovery and then flash stock zip.

rk2612 said:
Which version of stock firmware did you last have? If it was 4.0.1 or earlier, then you can use
Code:
fastboot oem 4F500301
to issue a flash command even without unlocking the bootloader. If you are on that, then use that command and flash stock recovery and then flash stock zip.
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I had the most recent update installed. Is there a similar command at the moment?

revedar said:
I had the most recent update installed. Is there a similar command at the moment?
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Don't think so.

Forgot pattern on Android 10 Beta

Hello everyone,
I have managed to forget my pattern. :crying: I'm on a Pixel 1 and on Android 10 Beta 4. The problem is I have my bitcoin wallet on that device, which is the reason why I cannot factory reset it.
The problem is I cannot reach the device via Google Find, even though it's connected to my WiFi. I also tried putting in a simcard - this didn't help either. Next problem is, I cannot access it via ADB, only via fastboot in bootloader mode.
Any ideas what else I could try? I'm starting to give up...
Best regards

snOwjAwk said:
Hello everyone,
I have managed to forget my pattern. :crying: I'm on a Pixel 1 and on Android 10 Beta 4. The problem is I have my bitcoin wallet on that device, which is the reason why I cannot factory reset it.
The problem is I cannot reach the device via Google Find, even though it's connected to my WiFi. I also tried putting in a simcard - this didn't help either. Next problem is, I cannot access it via ADB, only via fastboot in bootloader mode.
Any ideas what else I could try? I'm starting to give up...
Best regards
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if you have twrp installed without encryption then its possible to remove that
look here something like this
https://forum.xda-developers.com/android/software-hacking/remove-lockscreen-recovery-t3530008

zfk110 said:
if you have twrp installed without encryption then its possible to remove that
look here something like this
https://forum.xda-developers.com/android/software-hacking/remove-lockscreen-recovery-t3530008
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I tried to install twrp but ran into this error (on mac):
booting...
ERROR: usb_read failed with status e00002ed
FAILED (status read failed (Undefined error: 0))
EDIT:
Tried it from a windows pc now, got another error:
creating boot image...
creating boot image - 11765760 bytes
Sending 'boot.img' (11490 KB) OKAY [ 0.495s]
Booting FAILED (Status read failed (Too many links))
fastboot: error: Command failed

You don't install TWRP. you boot into it via fastboot and from there you can then choose to flash a zip file which will permanently flash TWRP until a custom ROM is flashed then you have to reflash it. The command to boot into TWRP is fastboot boot *name of TWRP file*.img
It will then boot into TWRP . For convenience sake, I always rename my TWRP file TWRP.img

Phalanx7621 said:
You don't install TWRP. you boot into it via fastboot and from there you can then choose to flash a zip file which will permanently flash TWRP until a custom ROM is flashed then you have to reflash it. The command to boot into TWRP is fastboot boot *name of TWRP file*.img
It will then boot into TWRP . For convenience sake, I always rename my TWRP file TWRP.img
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Thats what I did actually. I typed in Fastboot Boot twrp.img and that was the outcome

snOwjAwk said:
Thats what I did actually. I typed in Fastboot Boot twrp.img and that was the outcome
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You have to have TWRP installed before hand, if not then you wont able to do it. since OEM unlock needs to be on
read here more
https://forum.xda-developers.com/pixel-xl/how-to/how-to-unlock-bootloader-verizon-pixel-t3796030
also Im going to PM get it touch with that guy and see if he can help you out

zfk110 said:
You have to have TWRP installed before hand, if not then you wont able to do it. since OEM unlock needs to be on
read here more
https://forum.xda-developers.com/pixel-xl/how-to/how-to-unlock-bootloader-verizon-pixel-t3796030
also Im going to PM get it touch with that guy and see if he can help you out
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Bootloader is unlocked! That's why im curious why it doesnt work...

snOwjAwk said:
Bootloader is unlocked! That's why im curious why it doesnt work...
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if its unlocked then you should able to install twrp without any issues,
follow him
You don't install TWRP. you boot into it via fastboot first and from there you can then choose to flash a img file which will permanently flash TWRP until a custom ROM is flashed then you have to reflash it. The command to boot into TWRP is fastboot boot *name of TWRP file*.img
It will then boot into TWRP . For convenience sake, I always rename my TWRP file TWRP.img
copy that TWRP.img in the same adb folder, also its saying too many links that mean you have more than one USB devices connected, just take all of them off and only have your phone connected to it

zfk110 said:
if its unlocked then you should able to install twrp without any issues,
follow him
You don't install TWRP. you boot into it via fastboot first and from there you can then choose to flash a img file which will permanently flash TWRP until a custom ROM is flashed then you have to reflash it. The command to boot into TWRP is fastboot boot *name of TWRP file*.img
It will then boot into TWRP . For convenience sake, I always rename my TWRP file TWRP.img
copy that TWRP.img in the same adb folder, also its saying too many links that mean you have more than one USB devices connected, just take all of them off and only have your phone connected to it
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That's what I did... And there was no other USB device connected other than the pixel. Fastboot devices also only showed my device

Unable to Install any TWRP Image on my Nokia 6.1 (2018) - Getting Stuck on Splash Screen

Hi Team,
I have an spare Nokia 6.1 (2018) smartphone (Model # - TA -1089)) at my home which I wasn't using since 2-3 years.
Today, I got hands on it, and tried to use it for my development needs.
To begin with, I unlocked its boot-loader using this guide to unlock Nokia 6.1 (2018)
and within "Developer Options", I can see that the "OEM Unlocking" option reads - "Bootloader is already unlocked."
Now, as a next step, I am trying to install TWRP recovery, but nothing seems to be working. No matter which image I try, I get stuck on the TWRP splash screen.
I have tried TWRP Images from the following websites and many more:
TWRP.me
Get Droid Tips - Here when I click on the "Download" option, I get redirected to the "TWRP.me" website only, whose images are not working.
In addition, I have ensured that "ADB and Fastboot" + "Nokia USB Drivers" & other contingencies are properly installed on my system & are not the underlying issue.
I tried running the code
Code:
fastboot flash recovery twrp.img
and my phone got stuck on the TWRP splash screen. Ultimately, I had to use OSA tool and flash the STOCK ROM to get my device working again.
Many websites suggested to simply boot the TWRP and so I used this command:
Code:
fastboot boot twrp.img
in the "Download" mode and then again, nothing happened and I got stuck on the TWRP splash screen.
Note: The only difference between above two commands being - my stock recovery worked fine after executing the 2nd command, and I could boot into my device without much trouble.
Here's my Device Overview:
Device Name - Nokia 6.1
Model & hardware = TA-1089
OS version - Android 10
Security Patch Level - May 1, 2020
Build Number - 00WW_4_15c
Can someone now please suggest where I could be going wrong?
What's my goal:
Root Nokia 6.1 & to be able to install Custom ROM's on Nokia 6.1 and use that device for development purposes
and in case anything goes wrong,
Flash the STOCK ROM again using OSA Tool and bring the device back to its current state.

Telegram: Contact @nokia_pl2_2018
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Join this
In this a twrp mod version is updated
And also a full guide
Give q chack
Am here

And also not fla#h
It is a/b partition so only boot done your goals and boom
Everytime you need to temporarily boot twrp

White_devil_04200 said:
Telegram: Contact @nokia_pl2_2018
t.me
Join this
In this a twrp mod version is updated
And also a full guide
Give q chack
Am here
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Hi @White_devil_04200
Thank you for redirecting me to this Telegram channel.
However, let me share that - On the channel, I found "twrp-3.3.1-1-PL2.img" listed as the TWRP image that works.
The conflict is that - I downloaded this version only from multiple sites & after flashing it, got stuck on TWRP splash screen. I had to use OSA tool to reflash Android OS & restore the stock recovery.
And, when I ran the code -
Code:
fastboot boot twrp.img
, then also I got stuck on the splash screen, but was able to reboot into the OS successfully.
Note: Also, I tried switching the slots too (from 'a' to 'b' or vice versa') but then also, nothing worked for me.
I hope you get my problem, and would now assist me accordingly.

this is how i use twrp on nokia 6 2018 (since i unlocked it):
1. connect my phone with download mode to my pc:
2. run 2 code lines:
fastboot flash recovery twrp.img
fastboot boot twrp.img
3. and done.
The only disadvantage of this way is that every time I go to twrp, I have to run those 2 code lines with my pc. Still, it worked (at least for me).
You can try my twrp version.

Bảo Dora said:
this is how i use twrp on nokia 6 2018 (since i unlocked it):
1. connect my phone with download mode to my pc:
2. run 2 code lines:
fastboot flash recovery twrp.img
fastboot boot twrp.img
3. and done.
The only disadvantage of this way is that every time I go to twrp, I have to run those 2 code lines with my pc. Still, it worked (at least for me).
You can try my twrp version.
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Thanks @Bảo Dora for sharing your TWRP file and for the instructions.
I was finally able to boot into TWRP (used another file, of course), and then successfully get "root" access on my device.
Also, I read that if you execute the command:
fastboot flash recovery twrp.img
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you shall permanently install TWRP on your device, which may or may not be the first preference of many users.
Having said that, am glad that it worked out for you. However, I still prefer to use just the "boot" command to avoid changing my stock recovery.
Thanks for your help again.
Cheers,
Manu

For potential readers of this thread, I would like to explain one thing here.
"fastboot flash recovery twrp.img" does NOT change your stock recovery on Nokia 6.1. Because this phone has "A/B system updates" and due to that the recovery RAM disk is now contained in the boot.img file. So Nokia 6.1 has not recovery partition so if you execute the "fastboot flash recovery twrp.img" command it only shows an error message and nothing is changed on your device.
Common issue on Nokia 6.1 is that when you execute only this one command "fastboot boot twrp.img" then it stucks on androidone logo.
But for some special reason, if you execute "fastboot flash recovery twrp.img" and then "fastboot boot twrp.img" it successfully boots into TWRP recovery.
Really there is nothing to worry about. This procedure is safe and really works.

White_devil_04200 said:
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Join this
In this a twrp mod version is updated
And also a full guide
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Am here
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And also wipe data with help of fastboot ! Yes it is important if you facing stuck on twrp logo

mAnN14 said:
Thanks @Bảo Dora for sharing your TWRP file and for the instructions.
I was finally able to boot into TWRP (used another file, of course), and then successfully get "root" access on my device.
Also, I read that if you execute the command:
you shall permanently install TWRP on your device, which may or may not be the first preference of many users.
Having said that, am glad that it worked out for you. However, I still prefer to use just the "boot" command to avoid changing my stock recovery.
Thanks for your help again.
Cheers,
Manu
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Hi,
which file did you use at the end? i have the same problem..

AndreaMariaBono said:
Hi,
which file did you use at the end? i have the same problem..
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Let me try and find that file link again bro. It's been time I performed the root process, so I will have to search for it.
Will share it with you at the earliest.
Till then, stay calm and be safe.

Bảo Dora said:
this is how i use twrp on nokia 6 2018 (since i unlocked it):
1. connect my phone with download mode to my pc:
2. run 2 code lines:
fastboot flash recovery twrp.img
fastboot boot twrp.img
3. and done.
The only disadvantage of this way is that every time I go to twrp, I have to run those 2 code lines with my pc. Still, it worked (at least for me).
You can try my twrp version.
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I accidentally found a way to permanently install twrp on nokia 6.1..you don't have to temp boot it every time

sayanmitra753 said:
I accidentally found a way to permanently install twrp on nokia 6.1..you don't have to temp boot it every time
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I don't think it works...

MricCall said:
I don't think it works...
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Bro it works in real..i am using it on my device

use comand
adb erase userdata
then
adb erase system
adb arase vendor
then fastboot reboot

Hello,
i have nearly the same problem atm.
I successfully unlocked the device.
When i do to 'fastboot boot twrp.img' in 8 of 10 cases it stucks on Android One screen but sometimes it stucks at twrp boot screen.
I have tried multible twrp versions for Nokia 6.1 PL2.
I also tried 'fastboot flash recovery twrp.img' but here comes a adb error that says:
Sending 'recovery' (38592 KB) OKAY [ 1.064s]
Writing 'recovery' FAILED (remote: '(recovery_a) No such partition')
fastboot: error: Command failed
On Galaxy S6 this works fine for installing permanently but here i event cant boot into twrb.
Any advices pls?

N0t3xx_A said:
Hello,
i have nearly the same problem atm.
I successfully unlocked the device.
When i do to 'fastboot boot twrp.img' in 8 of 10 cases it stucks on Android One screen but sometimes it stucks at twrp boot screen.
I have tried multible twrp versions for Nokia 6.1 PL2.
I also tried 'fastboot flash recovery twrp.img' but here comes a adb error that says:
Sending 'recovery' (38592 KB) OKAY [ 1.064s]
Writing 'recovery' FAILED (remote: '(recovery_a) No such partition')
fastboot: error: Command failed
On Galaxy S6 this works fine for installing permanently but here i event cant boot into twrb.
Any advices pls?
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"fastboot flash boot recovery.img" and reboot into recover using Vol+ & Power.

Recovering data on a DEAD Redmi Note 8 PRO

Hello,
I hope this is the right section for this post.
I've been using a Note 8 Pro with zero issues until one week ago when I accidentally dropped the phone in the water.
After a few seconds submerged the display turned off and I felt an intense heat coming from the zone of the battery.
Having no chance to recover the phone (tried with Isopropyl Alcohol too) I decided to open it and manually dry/clean each component, having seen the situation inside gave me the phone is dead but I still want to recover some pictures/data from it.
Before opening the open Minitool was not detecting any device on my Windows Laptop, after cleaning each component Minitool is instead detecting the phone via USB, but I still can't extract any data because the "Usb debugging" option is not tuned on (and no the device is not rooted).
Is there any option to extract data from the phone? There's a way to turn on USB Debugging via ADB on a non-rooted phone?
Thanks,
Andrea.

how about trying your luck with a service ? most of the time they do have access to special programs, which have a better functionality than adb.

Thanks for the hint, but I am not happy with the idea of someone playing with my data

1. Try reboot phone to recovery
2. Connect it to your computer (download Platform-tools)
3. In the folder with Platform-tools open cmd
4. In cmd - adb shell
5. cd storage/emulated/0
6. ls
7. Now, using the commands, drag files from your phone to your PC

Thanks for your hint.
No luck so far, I think because the phone is not in recovery mode.
I can hear the phone starting up several times (hear the jingle) so I think it's in a reboot loop and I don't know how to boot it into recovery mode wo a working display (tried with power/volume up combination with no luck).
From the windows taskbar I can see that the phone is recognized for a few seconds before it restarts.
EDIT: trying to switch the phone on with the combination "power/volume down" brings to a kind of stable state and I can now see the phone in the windows taskbar recognized as a generic "android device". Still no luck when trying to access the phone as there's no device in windows and no device obtained through "adb devices" command.
EDIT1: I think that the phone is in "FASTBOOT" mode. If I type "fastboot devices" I can see it detected but still can't access it.

Any idea? Should I give up?

If it's popping up and down you need something to keep track.
You can try my UsbLog.exe (in the sig), it just sits there and shows what devices appear (if they have a driver) and disappear.
Try these to see if anything is working:
Code:
C:\>fastboot devices
C:\>fastboot getvar all
C:\>fastboot oem device-info

Yes it's popping up and down when it's booted in recovery mode whilst is stably connected when in fastboot mode but in this case I can't access the internal memory of the device.
I didn't get the purpose of logging the devices connecting to the USB as I can see the device connected for a while and correctly recognized as Redmi Note 8 pro but as it keeps popping out windows have no time to show it's folder.
As for the code you wrote: i will try asap but already tried with "fastboot devices" and I get the phone correctly listed but still can't access its memory as told.

Renate said:
If it's popping up and down you need something to keep track.
You can try my UsbLog.exe (in the sig), it just sits there and shows what devices appear (if they have a driver) and disappear.
Try these to see if anything is working:
Code:
C:\>fastboot devices
C:\>fastboot getvar all
C:\>fastboot oem device-info
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After rebooting the phone in fastboot mode I can see it recognized as a generic android device from windows (still can't access the storage folder of the device).
fastboot devices----> I get the device listed with a series of numbers/letters
fastboot getvar all---> I get a list of information on token/token version/partition type and size/baseband/bootloader etc.
fastboot oem device-info----> FAILED (remote: unknown command)
So I think it's clear that the device is in Fastboot mode and instead is in a boot loop when started in revocery mode.
Is there a way to extract data from fastboot mode?
Thanks,
Andrea.

If you put a custom recovery on it in the first place you can try reflashing recovery from fastboot.
Fastboot doesn't allow you to read anything.
oem device-info is obviously an oem command that might not be on any device.
You've got a Mediatek processor. That has some low level equivalent to Qualcomm EDL, but I have no experience with that.
If you can get there you can download the user data partition, but it's probably encrypted. Also no experience with that.
The easiest is if you can get the system to mount/decrypt the partition.
You've tried the normal system too?
Is this A/B? Have you tried changing slots?
How much time does it stay up in recovery? Do you have ADB? Maybe try:
Code:
# stop recovery
Does that prevent it from looping?

So I should try to flash a custom recovery like TWRP for example?
What you mean with "normal system too"?
Changing slots you mean changing usb port?
It stays in recovery less than one second so I can't give any command via ADB.
EDIT: cant' flash any custom recovery because the bootloader is locked.
If I Try to unlock the bootloader via MiUnlock I get a warning saying that all data will be erased.
Any idea on how to unlock the bootloader wo wiping all the data?

Sephiroth79 said:
So I should try to flash a custom recovery like TWRP for example?
What you mean with "normal system too"?
Changing slots you mean changing usb port?
It stays in recovery less than one second so I can't give any command via ADB.
EDIT: cant' flash any custom recovery because the bootloader is locked.
If I Try to unlock the bootloader via MiUnlock I get a warning saying that all data will be erased.
Any idea on how to unlock the bootloader wo wiping all the data?
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There is a mediatek bootloader unlocked you just have to boot in Brom mode and it'll unlock it please follow this
PS: press all buttons

MysticNoOb said:
There is a mediatek bootloader unlocked you just have to boot in Brom mode and it'll unlock it please follow this
PS: press all buttons
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My bootloader is unlocked!
Thank you very much.
Now I am going to try to flash a custom recovery mode via fastboot in order to access the internal memory of the phone.
EDIT: I've just flashed twrp-3.6.2_9-0-begonia.img but still can't boot into recovery mode.
Any hint on how to extract data from the system now?

You really want to boot the normal system because that's the best way to get decrypted data.
I realized that you don't have ADB enabled there.
You should look at B. Kerler's https://github.com/bkerler/mtkclient/
If you can pull the boot image off your device then I might be able to fix it so that you have ADB.
You'd have to flash it back in fastboot or mtkclient.
You can also pull a copy of userdata off the device with mtkclient.
As far as booting into recovery, there's a way.
Here's how, if you don't have A/B (that is you flashed TWRP into recovery and not recovery_a or recovery_b)
then you can fastboot flash a special file into the misc partition and it wil boot into recovery next reboot.
To return things to normal you have to flash the empty file to the misc partition.
Code:
C:\>fastboot flash misc misc-rec.img
C:\>fastboot reboot
Only do this if you don't have partitions that end in _a or _b

I really don't know if I have partitions A and B as you mentioned and I think there's no way to check actually.
I confirm I don't have "USB Debugging" active on the phone.
So if I understand correctly I should do the following:
- Flash misc-reg.img via Fastboot
- Boot into recovery just rebooting the system after flashing the above file;
- use MTKclient to dump userdata or boot image to enable ADB on (I will need help with mtkclient I suppose).
Is it correct?
EDIT: flashed TWRP first and misc-rec then rebooted via Fastboot/Reboot but nothing happens.

Sephiroth79 said:
My bootloader is unlocked!
Thank you very much.
Now I am going to try to flash a custom recovery mode via fastboot in order to access the internal memory of the phone.
EDIT: I've just flashed twrp-3.6.2_9-0-begonia.img but still can't boot into recovery mode.
Any hint on how to extract data from the system now?
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TWRP cant boot because you used wrong one. Search again in that unlock bootloader channel and use suitable one.

Kirasu2080 said:
TWRP cant boot because you used wrong one. Search again in that unlock bootloader channel and use suitable one.
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Hmmm, I am almost sure that the TWRP I've flashed was listed under Redmi Note 8 pro page. Can you please indicate more precisely where should I sera
EDIT: I think I've downloaded and flashed the correct TWRP file.
@Renate can you please detail your method so I can try to extract data from the phone?

Sephiroth79 said:
Hmmm, I am almost sure that the TWRP I've flashed was listed under Redmi Note 8 pro page. Can you please indicate more precisely where should I sera
EDIT: I think I've downloaded and flashed the correct TWRP file.
@Renate can you please detail your method so I can try to extract data from the phone?
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1/Yeah it's official. You "flashed correct TWRP." Downgrade to Miui Android 9 (_9 in it's name) to boot into that TWRP and lose your data.
2/In unlock bootloader video above, search other video in his channel playlist and find TWRP video suitable for your Miui version.

Kirasu2080 said:
1/Yeah it's official. You "flashed correct TWRP." Downgrade to Miui Android 9 (_9 in it's name) to boot into that TWRP and lose your data.
2/In unlock bootloader video above, search other video in his channel playlist and find TWRP video suitable for your Miui version.
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Can't find the right video, can you kindly send me a link (I am on the latest Miui version and I am in Europe)?
In all the videos I've seen on his page he is using the device to install TWRP etc.
I think I just need the correct TWRP version for my MIUI release and then I'll flash TWRP and misc-reg.img. Is it right?

Sephiroth79 said:
Can't find the right video, can you kindly send me a link (I am on the latest Miui version and I am in Europe)?
In all the videos I've seen on his page he is using the device to install TWRP etc.
I think I just need the correct TWRP version for my MIUI release and then I'll flash TWRP and misc-reg.img. Is it right?
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Use brp 3.5.2 v3.1 or V3.6 to decrypt Miui 12.5