Hi I am new to the Nexus 5x and need assistance. I dont know what factory image from https://developers.google.com/android/images#bullhead I need if I have metro pcs. And every time I need to go into custom recovery do I need to flash it threw bootloader with the custom rom folder in the adb folder? Please someone help me I am really confused
HaxUrMom69 said:
Hi I am new to the Nexus 5x and need assistance. I dont know what factory image from https://developers.google.com/android/images#bullhead I need if I have metro pcs. And every time I need to go into custom recovery do I need to flash it threw bootloader with the custom rom folder in the adb folder? Please someone help me I am really confused
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Factory images are universal for this device. All carriers are supported. Just flash the June factory image.
You can flash the boot, system, recovery, and vendor images through TWRP. Those same images can be flashed in the bootloader. Radio and bootloader images must be flashed in bootloader. Does that answer your question? If not, read my guide and see if that resolves your questions:
https://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=3206930
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Factory images are universal for this device. All carriers are supported. Just flash the June factory image.
You can flash the boot, system, recovery, and vendor images through TWRP. Those same images can be flashed in the bootloader. Radio and bootloader images must be flashed in bootloader. Does that answer your question? If not, read my guide and see if that resolves your questions:
https://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=3206930
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So when you install a new rom you don't need to flash the vendor image also? Because some ROMs say to also flash vendor image when installing a rom
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So when you install a new rom you don't need to flash the vendor image also? Because some ROMs say to also flash vendor image when installing a rom
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This is covered in-depth with FAQ #9 of my link above. But in short, each monthly security update brings a new vendor image that must be installed. Each time your rom updates to a new month's security update, you need to install that vendor image. If you flash back to a previous month's rom, you need to flash that respective vendor image. Only exception is if your rom includes the vendor image in the rom zip.
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Sorry one last question. I am on the latest security update stock, if I was to flash the latest AOSP extended on the latest security update all I would have to do is flash the ROM and gapps? But when the new security update is added to the ROM then I would flash the vendor image. Sorry if I'm asking to many questions but I don't want to run into a problem.
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Sorry one last question. I am on the latest security update stock, if I was to flash the latest AOSP extended on the latest security update all I would have to do is flash the ROM and gapps? But when the new security update is added to the ROM then I would flash the vendor image. Sorry if I'm asking to many questions but I don't want to run into a problem.
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You're fine, ask away! Yes to both questions. Let's say the July security update is released for your custom rom. You would flash the July vendor.img then your rom and then that's it.
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You're fine, ask away! Yes to both questions. Let's say the July security update is released for your custom rom. You would flash the July vendor.img then your rom and then that's it.
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Just one more thing. I just realized there is no sd slot. where would I put the ROM and gapps
tactical bacon said:
Just one more thing. I just realized there is no sd slot. where would I put the ROM and gapps
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I have my stuff in subfolders inside /sdcard
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I have my stuff in subfolders inside /sdcard
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Thanks for the help. I just flashed asop extended and everything works fine. Do you have a recommended ROM for stability?
hi people, ive recently bought a RN5 (global), while waiting to unlock the bootloader id like to know
1. how to flash latest firmware?
2. is it necessary to flash custom roms?
3.is it necessary to flash custom roms based on miui?
4. which firmware is recommend?
thanks for your help.
PD. im on ARB4 sadly.:crying:
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hi people, ive recently bought a RN5 (global), while waiting to unlock the bootloader id like to know
1. how to flash latest firmware?
2. is it necessary to flash custom roms?
3.is it necessary to flash custom roms based on miui?
4. which firmware is recommend?
thanks for your help.
PD. im on ARB4 sadly.:crying:
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1. there are many ways. using the official sytem updater and searching for new updates. but if you are rooted and have twrp. i suggest to use either orange fox or red wolf twrp's they support OTA. thats for official miui. or you can download zip and use the sytem updater and using the 3 dots and data package.
or unlocked bootloader using fastboot rom 2.5GB and miflash tools. i think this is the best way when you have problems and needs a fresh clean installation. beware that at bottom the option its selected to relock bootloader . just change to clean. clean and lock will flash and lock bootloader.
2. depends am not sure in RN5 how is camera. most of the times when you dont use official rom from vendor camera quality decreases. say using stock firmware will give you best quality then when using AOSP LAOS.
if camera doesnt suffer from decrease quality then its good. your phone will be faster,more battery and there are lots of roms available. i have not tried AOSP or LAOS roms in RN5 thought.
2. i love masik rom over official rom. this is miui based rom. but no OTA. you have to manually flash new updates.
3. not sure about your question.
4. doesnt matter ARB. in ARB4 only thing that changes its that in order to have twrp permanent you have to do an extra step. ARB3 you flash twrp.img. and had to use lazy flasher file.
in ARB4 you have to boot twrp. then in twrp you must flash twrp.img to have pemanent. or use orangefox and thats it.
WOS17 said:
hi people, ive recently bought a RN5 (global), while waiting to unlock the bootloader id like to know
1. how to flash latest firmware?
2. is it necessary to flash custom roms?
3.is it necessary to flash custom roms based on miui?
4. which firmware is recommend?
thanks for your help.
PD. im on ARB4 sadly.:crying:
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Hello:
1. Being you are on ARB4, I would be extremely careful flashing firmwares. It's generally not necessary anyways, although sometimes newer firmwares can contain some bug fixes. In the ROM section you can find a thread with a firmware collection, including versions of firmware that have been stripped of ARB and thus *should* be safer to flash. You can follow instructions in that thread if you decide you want to flash.
2. Of course not. MIUI is a decent ROM by itself.
3. Of course not. It's purely a matter of preference. All ROMs you will find for your device support your device (duh), regardless of the base used.
4.There is no firmware recommended per se, because firmware is released by Xiaomi, thus we don't really know what's inside. We can have a general idea sometimes if a bug fix was applied our if ARB was changed looking at the whole ROM release notes, but that's all.
Hope that helps you.
Hello everyone
I want to flash newest Pixel or AEX custom rom, 9.0.version
Can you tell me which version of TWRP i need?
My phone is still with stock ZUI, i did open bootloader.
Version of my Karnel is still stock.
I know that i need to flash ZUI 3.5 for that, but im not sure which version of TRWP i need for Pixel or AEX rom, do i need to flash vendor zip too or maybe something esle?
Im new at this, sorry, i need help becouse i dont want to brick my device :/
Vukpa said:
Hello everyone
I want to flash newest Pixel or AEX custom rom, 9.0.version
Can you tell me which version of TWRP i need?
My phone is still with stock ZUI, i did open bootloader.
Version of my Karnel is still stock.
I know that i need to flash ZUI 3.5 for that, but im not sure which version of TRWP i need for Pixel or AEX rom, do i need to flash vendor zip too or maybe something esle?
Im new at this, sorry, i need help becouse i dont want to brick my device :/
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Just install latest twrp 3.3.1
I recently bought a Chinese phone from a relatively unknown manufacturer, so I was unable to find any TWRP images that match the device, I was wondering if it was possible to extract the boot image directly from a GSI ROM. My end goal is to install Magisk so if there is a better way to go about this please let me know.
can you tell model and brand
Hsnmastoor said:
can you tell model and brand
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Thank you for replying,
The phone is the Cubot X20 pro, it is running the Unofficial Pixel Experience GSI ROM.
XDA-Developer30 said:
Thank you for replying,
The phone is the Cubot X20 pro, it is running the Unofficial Pixel Experience GSI ROM.
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your welcome its mediatek download stock rom extract it and port twrp with hovatek twrp porter
Hsnmastoor said:
your welcome its mediatek download stock rom extract it and port twrp with hovatek twrp porter
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Mediatek (MTK) Auto TWRP recovery porter by Team Hovatek
If you wish to root your Mediatek Android phone, we'd dropped a guide on rooting using Magisk and stock boot.img at https://www.hovatek.com/forum/thread-21427.html , no custom recovery is required. Se
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Due to my understanding, GSI have no boot.img , it uses stock boot image ( along with all other needed partitions ). So if your purpose is to root using Magisk, just find the correct boot.img of the current stock firm on your device before GSI and patch it with Magisk!
LinhBT said:
Due to my understanding, GSI have no boot.img , it uses stock boot image ( along with all other needed partitions ). So if your purpose is to root using Magisk, just find the correct boot.img of the current stock firm on your device before GSI and patch it with Magisk!
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Thank you for the reply, I forgot to mention that I used Hsnmastoor's method successfully.
LinhBT said:
Due to my understanding, GSI have no boot.img , it uses stock boot image ( along with all other needed partitions ). So if your purpose is to root using Magisk, just find the correct boot.img of the current stock firm on your device before GSI and patch it with Magisk!
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I use the boot.img file from the stock rom of my device, I patch it with magisk but I always end up in bootloop
how can i root my device?
elmapq said:
I use the boot.img file from the stock rom of my device, I patch it with magisk but I always end up in bootloop
how can i root my device?
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And your device is...???
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And your device is...???
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Tecno Spark 6 ke7
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And your device is...???
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I have a Vortex V22 MTM6761 There is no stock rom. It has unofficial GSI Pixel experience plus 13.0 running on it. I too would like to root. How can I retrieve the boot.img file from the GSI rom? Or how can I pull it from the phone via terminal and fastboot? All help is greatly appreciated! Happy Saint Patricks Day!
For devices which powered by MediaTek SOC, after flash the patched boot.img, you will need to flash patched blank vbmeta.img in order to bypass AVB with follow command :
fastboot --disable-verity --disable-verification flash vbmeta vbmeta.img
in which vbmeta.img is a patched blank vbmeta of your device
LinhBT said:
For devices which powered by MediaTek SOC, after flash the patched boot.img, you will need to flash patched blank vbmeta.img in order to bypass AVB with follow command :
fastboot --disable-verity --disable-verification flash vbmeta vbmeta.img
in which vbmeta.img is a patched blank vbmeta of your device
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Thank you for the quick reply. I'm not sure I quite understand your message.
Flashing a vbmeta.img will give me a boot.img? I have a GSI PixelExperience 13.IMG file. The command fastboot --disable-verity --disable-verification flash vbmeta vbmeta.img was flashed along with it. It was running a different rom prior to flashing the GSI PixelExp 13.IMG
All I want to do is Root the device. I've been told over and over I need the boot.img partition to modify for Root access, but I can't get unless i'm in Root or have access to the current ROM BOOT.IMG, Correct?
Why is the BOOT.IMG or Payload.BIN missing from GSI IMG ROMS? is there another way to convert or pull from a ROM like that?
defcondoc said:
Thank you for the quick reply. I'm not sure I quite understand your message.
Flashing a vbmeta.img will give me a boot.img? I have a GSI PixelExperience 13.IMG file. The command fastboot --disable-verity --disable-verification flash vbmeta vbmeta.img was flashed along with it. It was running a different rom prior to flashing the GSI PixelExp 13.IMG
All I want to do is Root the device. I've been told over and over I need the boot.img partition to modify for Root access, but I can't get unless i'm in Root or have access to the current ROM BOOT.IMG, Correct?
Why is the BOOT.IMG or Payload.BIN missing from GSI IMG ROMS? is there another way to convert or pull from a ROM like that?
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Yep, I think u misunderstanding me from my very first msg. What I meant back there was : GSI ROM is what called Generic System Image. Which means, it has ONLY system.img that you will need to flash into system partition of the device. Therefore, if you need the boot image in order to patch it with Magisk or else, you will need to extract the boot.img of the CURRENT ROM which is already running on your device ( and normally, it should be stock ROM ). Cuz to be in short, GSI ROM does not have any boot.img for you to seek for, my friend!
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LinhBT said:
Yep, I think u misunderstanding me from my very first msg. What I meant back there was : GSI ROM is what called Generic System Image. Which means, it has ONLY system.img that you will need to flash into system partition of the device. Therefore, if you need the boot image in order to patch it with Magisk or else, you will need to extract the boot.img of the CURRENT ROM which is already running on your device ( and normally, it should be stock ROM ). Cuz to be in short, GSI ROM does not have any boot.img for you to seek for, my friend!
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Thank you for the message my friend. I understand that part of it. There is no stock ROM, at least I don't think there is on it. It is a a/b system but I've tried to go back to factory reset but it does not work and goes into a boot loop. So I load the GSI pixel experience rom to get it working again.
So what you are saying is, if I do not have the stock ROM, I cannot get the BOOT.IMG, Correct? So I am pretty much out of luck to get a boot.img from a GSI? Is there another generic ROM I could use that would have a boot.IMG? Ive tried a dozen ROMS and the latest pixel experience 13 unofficial rom was the only one that worked. Maybe Im trying the wrong ROM's. I do know I need A/B versions of them, I think.
If anyone else might know a way to help get me out of this situation, I would greatly appreciate. Thank you my friends!
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Thank you for the message my friend. I understand that part of it. There is no stock ROM, at least I don't think there is on it. It is a a/b system but I've tried to go back to factory reset but it does not work and goes into a boot loop. So I load the GSI pixel experience rom to get it working again.
So what you are saying is, if I do not have the stock ROM, I cannot get the BOOT.IMG, Correct? So I am pretty much out of luck to get a boot.img from a GSI? Is there another generic ROM I could use that would have a boot.IMG? Ive tried a dozen ROMS and the latest pixel experience 13 unofficial rom was the only one that worked. Maybe Im trying the wrong ROM's. I do know I need A/B versions of them, I think.
If anyone else might know a way to help get me out of this situation, I would greatly appreciate. Thank you my friends!
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You need to understand the basic core point is : GSI is ALWAYS system image only my friend. Boot.img can be found only on FULL ROM, not GSI. And there's always stock ROM for ANY DEVICES, what you need to do is just Google with keywords : Your-Device-Full-name Stock ROM Download. Then choose the correct one which is currently running on your device and download it. Boot.img will be right there on the zip.
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You need to understand the basic core point is : GSI is ALWAYS system image only my friend. Boot.img can be found only on FULL ROM, not GSI. And there's always stock ROM for ANY DEVICES, what you need to do is just Google with keywords : Your-Device-Full-name Stock ROM Download. Then choose the correct one which is currently running on your device and download it. Boot.img will be right there on the zip.
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Thank you! I do realize the obvious. If I was able to find it, I wouldn't be asking for help. I have rooted close to a hundred phones with stock ROM's going back over a decade.
What I'm asking is, What if the stock rom cannot be found? There is no other alternative way? I challenge finding this particular stock ROM.
Vortex V22 Model 2ADLJ-V22 MT6761V/WBB.
I have searched over and over for months on various search engines and found nothing. Maybe the ROM is uploaded somewhere in a different language other than English. I would be absolutely stunned if the stock rom was found on the internet.
Can I extract boot.img from terminal via fastboot or other linux or win program?
I have 2 models I cannot find stock ROM's for:
Vortex V22 Model 2ADLJ-V22 MT6761V/WBB - manufacture date year 2022
Moxee M2160 Model MH-T6000 2APQU-MH-T6000 Q6006_V1.0 - manufacture date year 2022
Can anyone find anything? I have scoured the web for months!
I can't believe there is nothing available for these phones.
Please let me know if you can find a stock ROM. I would love to learn where and how you found them. As I've have found nothing for months and months.
Thank you!!!
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Thank you! I do realize the obvious. If I was able to find it, I wouldn't be asking for help. I have rooted close to a hundred phones with stock ROM's going back over a decade.
What I'm asking is, What if the stock rom cannot be found? There is no other alternative way? I challenge finding this particular stock ROM.
Vortex V22 Model 2ADLJ-V22 MT6761V/WBB.
I have searched over and over for months on various search engines and found nothing. Maybe the ROM is uploaded somewhere in a different language other than English. I would be absolutely stunned if the stock rom was found on the internet.
Can I extract boot.img from terminal via fastboot or other linux or win program?
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You CAN extract the boot.img via terminal ONLY IF you're on a ROOTED devices!
i want to switch from arrow os to stock miui
should i directly flash and relock boot loader or needed to do something before flashing?
audismart007 said:
i want to switch from arrow os to stock miui
should i directly flash and relock boot loader or needed to do something before flashing?
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You may find it useful to read this guide:
How to flash ROM and TWRP on POCO F3 / k40 / mi11x. And an explanation. A very important guide
Mandatory instructions for beginners (and not only beginners) to install ROM and other on poco f3 Prerequisite, unlocking the bootloader For questions, if something is not clear, please write to "Conversations", I will try to correct it in a post...
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Also, this topic has already been covered here:
Unable to flash Stock ROM
Hey, I'm currently on ArrowOS latest build, and I wanted to go back to stock but I can't flash the stock rom for my phone aliothin or Mi 11x. TWRP updater process ends with Error 1 and then Error 7: kInstallDeviceOpenError. I'm using...
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Here:
How to flash global stock ROM
Hi, I just got my unit a few days ago and found that I dislike MIUI and planning to flash some custom ROM. But for some reason I need some way to re-flash stock ROM in case something bad happen. Could someone help me which tool used to flash...
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how to flash to stock
TLDR ok first and foremost i am able to flash back to miui stable but there are banking/finance apps that are showing that the device isnt compatible or something tried pixel experience but miss the memc feature of miui now on weekly eu,but...
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Go back to stock
Hello just want to ask question. How to go back to stock? Im running evox rom with twrp. Please anyone can help?
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In these threads you should find the answer to your question.
Also I advise you to NEVER BLOCK THE BOOTLOADER if there is a rom other than the original in the phone, go brick.
To be able to block it, make sure that the ROM with which it was born is installed in the phone (same region).