hi
i just unlocked my mi5s now, but when im trying to get into recovery mode (volume up + power) it still shows me the phone picture.
there is something that i am missing?
Flash the recovery, when in fastboot reboot into recovery by "fastboot boot recovery.img" if that's the name of the file on your computer. It will boot into recovery. After that, turn of the phone and boot into recovery with the button combination. Do not boot into the OS as it will disrupt the process! After this you should be fine. If not, try again, as you probably failed to directly boot into recovery with the button action.
Also, do check that you push both the volume keys plus the on/off button. So three in total.
8166uy said:
Flash the recovery, when in fastboot reboot into recovery by "fastboot boot recovery.img" if that's the name of the file on your computer. It will boot into recovery. After that, turn of the phone and boot into recovery with the button combination. Do not boot into the OS as it will disrupt the process! After this you should be fine. If not, try again, as you probably failed to directly boot into recovery with the button action.
Also, do check that you push both the volume keys plus the on/off button. So three in total.
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as far as i know, when im unlock the phone, it unlock the recovery mode so i can access it by volume up + power instead of the phone picture.
i want for now stay with the stock recovery and not flash a custom one
Mm, you could use the phrase "fastboot reboot recovery". If that doesn't work, flash the latest Global beta and try again both ways.
If that also doesn't work, recheck if the phone is really unlocked (sometimes Xiaomi phones relock after an update without any good reason).
You could also try to find the stock recovery and use it in the method in my first reply. But keep that for last, as I don't know for sure how that recovery reacts to such a thing. Although I can't think of a reason why it would go wrong, it's better to be save than sorry.
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Trying to install TWRP v3. Phone is unlocked (not rooted yet as not necessary atm). I'm able to sucesfully push the .img to the sdcard via adb and install via "fastboot flash recover twrp.img" but the moment I reboot the phone and try to access recovery to get into TWRP, all I get is a little icon of an android mascot lying down with his belly open. No TWRP.
I know the phone will auto-overwrite custom recovery's if the correct combination of hardware buttons are not pressed after the first TWRP install (as TWRP needs to patch the default recovery the first time to stop the phone from constantly trying to overwrite TWRP every time) but so far i've not been able to find out what it is (i.e. not the usual vol +- and power all at the same time. Its gotta be something else?).
Edit: Delete his post. I figured it out. Turns out it isn't a good idea to execute "fastboot reboot" immediately after TWRP installation
Don't restart the Phone!
Flash Recovery and the do the following:
Use the volume keys to scroll and power key to select the Reboot Bootloader option. Once the phone has booted back into the bootloader you can use the volume keys to scroll and the power key to boot into your newly flashed recovery. It's now safe to disconnect your usb cable.
I tried to root my phone and followed all steps until it asked to boot into the custom recovery and that only displayed a blackscreen and if I tap on the screen the phone vibrated. I cannot boot into bootloader as the phone just automatically tries to enter recovery with blackscreen.
Hold all buttons the phone boots normally and can use the phone as usual.
I've tried to use the adb and fastboot cmds to restore and factory reset but just reboots and tries to enter recovery with the blackscreen.
My device is htc_a51ul if that helps.
Thanks,
Phatzy
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I think you have flashed a wrong recovery ,first thing to do now is flash stock recovery and whether if it is working fine if so then flash the proper version of twrp 2.8.7.0 is recommended and see if it works
I had the same issue when I first flashed twrp on lollipop but then I did the above and now everything is fine.
while its on the blackscreen only adb commands work. If i try fastboot commands its just waiting for device and phone dont respond. I cannot get into bootloader at all with volume keys or with adb command.
Many thanks for suggestions.
Ok I have now managed to get bootloader back and I can now enter the stock recovery but when I enter recovery it has a red triangle. Is there anyway to remove this?
Thanks.
Cant seem to flash TWRP, will this be because I am on the latest OS 3.2.2? Bootloader is unlocked and when I flash the recovery image with [fastboot flash recovery recovery.img] via terminal on a mac I just get looped back into bootloader. If I press volume down and recovery its the same 5 second warning then I never get to TWRP. If i hold volume down and power until the boot loader disappears then the only way I can get the phone back on is volume up & power which takes me back to the bootlader.
TIA
the OS will not have anything to do with not being able to or not to install a recovery, what u can try to do is (if u can) boot to ur OS and download flashify and install twrp that way, if u can't then try the fastboot again, fastboot flash recovery nameofrecovery.img then u use the vol + and power until device powers off and the power on, then press the vol key when the bootloader unlock screen comes one go to recovery and try see if it works, when u r done flashing don't use fastboot reboot, u have to manually power off the device, are u getting stock recovery at all? and also to does it show it has transferred successfully
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Cant seem to flash TWRP, will this be because I am on the latest OS 3.2.2? Bootloader is unlocked and when I flash the recovery image with [fastboot flash recovery recovery.img] via terminal on a mac I just get looped back into bootloader. If I press volume down and recovery its the same 5 second warning then I never get to TWRP. If i hold volume down and power until the boot loader disappears then the only way I can get the phone back on is volume up & power which takes me back to the bootlader.
TIA
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fastboot boot recovery.img
and see if you can boot to TWRP.If you're successful,flash the TWRP img from the recovery itself.
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So I already had a rooted (and I'm pretty sure unlocked bootlader) version of the stock Asus and wanted to put CM13 nightly on there. Everything was going smooth until I got to the stage where I have to load into TWRP and I got the error screen with the little dead alien and the red symbol.
Now I can't enter normal boot, but entering recovery mode seems to work. I tried the option to side load a package from ADB on that screen but nothing worked (.zip files extracted, but I got an error on the phone).
As you can tell, I'm really new to this so any help would be greatly appreciated. I tried looking around, but it seems the more common issue is people not being able to enter recovery mode or something similar.
Thanks
Looks like your doing it wrong. Being rooted does not necessarily mean that your bootloader is unlocked.
By the looks of it your in recovery mode with the dead robot with the "error" message. That is normal. To reboot back into system you either have to press (I don't remember) power button and volume up or down button. Then you should see some options with reboot to system. Or if that does not work you can hold the power button till it turns off.
Then you get back into Android, download the official bootloader unlock tool from ASUS and install it on your device. NOTE: If you updated to MM then this will not work and this will void your warranty.
Run the tool and press unlock and it should reboot into fastboot where it should begin the unlocking process. I believe it should automatically reboot and you should see that the Asus logo is now black instead of white. If not, repeat the process.
You can now proceed to flash twrp recovery. Boot into fastboot/bootloader mode either with "adb reboot bootloader" or hold a specific set of buttons while off to go directly into fastboot.
On the computer, connect your device and type in "fastboot flash recovery (path to twrp IMG without brackets)"
When done you should be able to reboot into twrp recovery where you can flash the cm13 zip.
Hope this helped.
Hello guys,
I have a Ginko device. It started to act weird, as if the volume down button was held down at all times. I took it to some shop and they told me it's most likely software and not hardware, and to try and flash a new ROM.
Now, I believe he was talking out of his ass. Rebooting the phone automatically puts it into fastboot because of the volume- button being broken. If it was a software issue this would not happen, I believe.
Whatever, I decided to try and flash a ROM just because maybe if I have root I will be able to block that button from working somehow.
The issue is, I can't boot into TWRP.
I unlocked the phone through Xiaomi and downloaded TWRP for Ginko. I did the `fastboot flash recovery twrp.img` thing and it works fine, but after that the command to reboot it to recovery `fastboot boot twrp.img` does not work. The fastboot image goes black for .1s then it shows the fastboot image again. Nothing happens. If I run the command again it takes a few seconds shoing "booting..." then the phone reboots to SYSTEM and an error shows on the CMD saying "FAILED (status read failed (Too many links))".
The only way I've found to boot to recovery is by using `adb reboot recovery` but that needs me to boot into system, which means TWRP is erased and the default recovery comes up.
If I reboot the phone the only way to go into system is by holding volume+, as it seems to counter the broken volume- button... But that means I can't boot to recovery, no matter how many times I try.
So I have no idea what to do.
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Hello guys,
I have a Ginko device. It started to act weird, as if the volume down button was held down at all times. I took it to some shop and they told me it's most likely software and not hardware, and to try and flash a new ROM.
Now, I believe he was talking out of his ass. Rebooting the phone automatically puts it into fastboot because of the volume- button being broken. If it was a software issue this would not happen, I believe.
Whatever, I decided to try and flash a ROM just because maybe if I have root I will be able to block that button from working somehow.
The issue is, I can't boot into TWRP.
I unlocked the phone through Xiaomi and downloaded TWRP for Ginko. I did the `fastboot flash recovery twrp.img` thing and it works fine, but after that the command to reboot it to recovery `fastboot boot twrp.img` does not work. The fastboot image goes black for .1s then it shows the fastboot image again. Nothing happens. If I run the command again it takes a few seconds shoing "booting..." then the phone reboots to SYSTEM and an error shows on the CMD saying "FAILED (status read failed (Too many links))".
The only way I've found to boot to recovery is by using `adb reboot recovery` but that needs me to boot into system, which means TWRP is erased and the default recovery comes up.
If I reboot the phone the only way to go into system is by holding volume+, as it seems to counter the broken volume- button... But that means I can't boot to recovery, no matter how many times I try.
So I have no idea what to do.
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Did you also try to flash recovery as you did before but right after that booting directly into recovery using hw buttons (vol- and pwr button till boot splash appears) from fastboot?
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The only way I've found to boot to recovery is by using `adb reboot recovery` but that needs me to boot into system, which means TWRP is erased and the default recovery comes up.
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to prevent twrp to be erased flash vbmeta (attached) using :
fastboot --disable-verity --disable-verification flash vbmeta vbmeta.img
i suggest you use OrangeFox and enable "aggresive stock recovery deactivation" in settings
This is a hardware problem and it's better to replace it
you can disable that button (while on Android) using xposed edge by setting "none" to click and long clic (need root + lsposed or edxposed)