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How can I get my recovery back?

Hi guys
I was trying to get TWRP on my ZE551ML (WW-2.20.40.198). In order to do that, I tried to unlock the bootloader using this guide. I don't believe it worked, though, because every time I tried to flash TWRP through Fastboot or the app, it failed.
So now, I don't have any recovery at all. If I go to the bootloader and select "RECOVERY MODE", the phone just restarts and goes to the same bootloader again. So I got neither the stock recovery, nor TWRP.
I did manage to root and install Xposed, though, both through adb. What worries me, though, is that if I mess up my phone somehow, I won't be able to flash stock firmware or a backup. I would actually prefer to have the stock recovery at this point.
What can I do? I need the stock recovery to flash the stock firmware, but I can't.
I've tried Asus Flashtool before, but it didn't work. I think maybe it's because I tried it on Windows 10, some users said it worked better with Windows 7.
Help would be greatly appreciated.

You fastboot flash stock recovery for .198 in bootloader state.

timbernot said:
You fastboot flash stock recovery for .198 in bootloader state.
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Where can I get the stock recovery?

http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=3096596
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https://mega.nz/#F!k4MHiAgL!dVuOKeH3eokcwPSNI79ffw

kenbo111 said:
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=3096596
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Thanks, but I don't see .198 in the list, though?

timbernot said:
https://mega.nz/#F!k4MHiAgL!dVuOKeH3eokcwPSNI79ffw
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Thanks, but I don't see .198 in the list, though?

4.20 .40 .184 or above should be fine for 551
I cannot open the link here on this , is there recovery for 194 or 6 ? Too

timbernot said:
4.20 .40 .184 or above should be fine for 551
I cannot open the link here on this , is there recovery for 194 or 6 ? Too
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What happens if it's not fine? Do I have anything to lose?

You will be ok as long it is 551 , 184 and above same .184I think was last full fw and others after were incremental otas after, smallish

timbernot said:
4.20 .40 .184 or above should be fine for 551
I cannot open the link here on this , is there recovery for 194 or 6 ? Too
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Yeah, 196 is there, is that alright? I'm afraid of brickng the phone.

Yup
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FYI You can flash .184 or above and have MM.134 FW on internal sd and get notification to update after a reboot

timbernot said:
Yup
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FYI You can flash .184 or above and have MM.134 FW on internal sd and get notification to update after a reboot
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I did it, used Fastboot to flash .196 recovery.img. I can now access the stock recovery again! Thank you guys so much for the help! This was a big deal to me, I had been feeling so uncomfortable without having access to the recovery! Thank you!! Will try restoring the stock firmware tomorrow.

Fiksdal said:
I did it, used Fastboot to flash .196 recovery.img. I can now access the stock recovery again! Thank you guys so much for the help! This was a big deal to me, I had been feeling so uncomfortable without having access to the recovery! Thank you!! Will try restoring the stock firmware tomorrow.
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Cool! Nice job
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kenbo111 said:
Cool! Nice job
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By the way, rather than flashing the .198 firmware again, I think it might be a good idea to flash "UL-Z00A-WW-2.20.40.196" from here since that will then correspond to the recovery file I flashed? Thoughts?

timbernot said:
You will be ok as long it is 551 , 184 and above same .184I think was last full fw and others after were incremental otas after, smallish
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Should I now flash the 196 or the 198 firmware through adb? If I flash the 198, will it also restore 198 recovery? I've posted a new thread about it.

Already answered earlier at FYI above
.put MM 4-21.40.134 on internal sd and reboot
Have you not tried ?
No need for multiple threads
Ps , if don't get notification ,go to file manager and add .zip to the end so it looks like user.zip.zip save and reboot again

timbernot said:
Already answered earlier at FYI above
.put MM 4-21.40.134 on internal sd and reboot
Have you not tried ?
No need for multiple threads
Ps , if don't get notification ,go to file manager and add .zip to the end so it looks like user.zip.zip save and reboot again
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Oh, sorry, I didn't notice it last time around, I was too excited about getting my recovery back
But what if I don't want Marshmallow, though? If I just want to stay on Lollipop? Do I just flash 198 and that's it?

timbernot said:
Already answered earlier at FYI above
.put MM 4-21.40.134 on internal sd and reboot
Have you not tried ?
No need for multiple threads
Ps , if don't get notification ,go to file manager and add .zip to the end so it looks like user.zip.zip save and reboot again
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Actually, I flashed 196, and then I got 198 OTA the moment I booted . I guess that means I've got the 198 recovery too, now?

Yup , like mentioned previous , recovery will be the same from .184 lp

help needed regarding update

Need help:
My Asus zenfone 2 551ml is rooted and twrp installed with anroid 6.0..i want to update from ww 4.21.40.144 to 4.21.40.297..should i flash the firmware directly from internal sd? or there is chance of bricking? my twrp and root will be gone or not? thanx

dr.estiack said:
Need help:
My Asus zenfone 2 551ml is rooted and twrp installed with anroid 6.0..i want to update from ww 4.21.40.144 to 4.21.40.297..should i flash the firmware directly from internal sd? or there is chance of bricking? my twrp and root will be gone or not? thanx
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yes you can brick it
There is a way if the fw is legit
post link to the firmware ?
I check it

timbernot said:
yes you can brick it
There is a way if the fw is legit
post link to the firmware ?
I check it
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oh..just foundout that mine is custom rom..cleanstock...i think i need to flash stock rom via adb..isnt it?

dr.estiack said:
oh..just foundout that mine is custom rom..cleanstock...i think i need to flash stock rom via adb..isnt it?
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What ?
Link ?

timbernot said:
What ?
Link ?
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https://www.asus.com/support/Download/39/1/0/13/Lk0Sg1Ulh0Ph49Hl/32/
want to flash the latest ww version

dr.estiack said:
https://www.asus.com/support/Download/39/1/0/13/Lk0Sg1Ulh0Ph49Hl/32/
want to flash the latest ww version
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link to the version in OP please.4.21.40.297..

timbernot said:
link to the version in OP please.4.21.40.297..
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official is 4.21.40.223..my cleanstock rom is also based on same...but there is camera lag after taking pic..also no theme using option.

dr.estiack said:
official is 4.21.40.223..my cleanstock rom is also based on same...but there is camera lag after taking pic..also no theme using option.
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remember to hit the thanks button for helping you
https://forum.xda-developers.com/showpost.php?p=71213295&postcount=6

timbernot said:
remember to hit the thanks button for helping you
https://forum.xda-developers.com/showpost.php?p=71213295&postcount=6
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i tried to sideload stock m rom via twrp but failed..do i need stock recovery first? and another think want to know about battery life,is it good in lp then m?

This might help you.
https://forum.xda-developers.com/zenfone2/general/guide-how-to-update-to-official-mm-t3452082

dr.estiack said:
i tried to sideload stock m rom via twrp but failed..do i need stock recovery first? and another think want to know about battery life,is it good in lp then m?
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You will do , you can NOT flash stock with TWRP , TWRP has only just been fixed to manage flashing linoOS
,.184 M had better battery imo
223 a little less

timbernot said:
You will do , you can NOT flash stock with TWRP , TWRP has only just been fixed to manage flashing linoOS
,.184 M had better battery imo
223 a little less
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if i want to downgrade to lp..now i should flash stock lp recovery then sideload via adb...or i have to flash lp boot.img too? and have to unlock bootloader again?i read in forums that lp was better than mm for zen 2!

dr.estiack said:
if i want to downgrade to lp..now i should flash stock lp recovery then sideload via adb...or i have to flash lp boot.img too? and have to unlock bootloader again?i read in forums that lp was better than mm for zen 2!
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No more questions , just do as already advised .

timbernot said:
No more questions , just do as already advised .
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sorry..bt i didnt understand what to do...my question is i m on cleanstock m custom rom with twrp installed..i want to flash stock lolipop..now what should i do? plz give me straight answer..i will not bother u further..thank you.

dr.estiack said:
sorry..bt i didnt understand what to do...my question is i m on cleanstock m custom rom with twrp installed..i want to flash stock lolipop..now what should i do? plz give me straight answer..i will not bother u further..thank you.
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Trust me here .
You are not bothering me.
What bothers me is people ignoring.
So you can either do what I suggest .
Your post is about update.
So let's get to that first
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dr.estiack said:
Need help:
My Asus zenfone 2 551ml is rooted and twrp installed with anroid 6.0..i want to update from ww 4.21.40.144 to 4.21.40.297..should i flash the firmware directly from internal sd? or there is chance of bricking? my twrp and root will be gone or not? thanx
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Are you confused ?
Or you can stay confused
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Install giovix`s modder tool from general section
Set it up , use`return to stock option` --in that option , first select boot , then after- recovery(both will be stock)
You then can
Reboot to stock recovery ,adb Sideload stock M
Once you have done this above .
I will help you downgrade.

timbernot said:
Trust me here .
You are not bothering me.
What bothers me is people ignoring.
So you can either do what I suggest .
Your post is about update.
So let's get to that first
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Are you confused ?
Or you can stay confused
---------- Post added at 03:27 PM ---------- Previous post was at 03:15 PM ----------
Install giovix`s modder tool from general section
Set it up , use`return to stock option` --in that option , first select boot , then after- recovery(both will be stock)
You then can
Reboot to stock recovery ,adb Sideload stock M
Once you have done this above .
I will help you downgrade.
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i have downgraded to lolipop .196...wifi is little.stable..bt battery backup is almost same like .223...now rooted nd installed twrp..if i want to upgrade to .223 again these toolkits will work?or they r for android m only?as they dont have stock recovery for lolipop...and thanx for your help.

Why are you asking silly questions ?
You know perfectly what to do.
https://forum.xda-developers.com/zenfone2/general/guide-how-to-update-to-official-mm-t3452082
Or you can unroot ,flash back stock recovery and You can upgrade to M easily providing your phone has not been tampered with , meaning , you are not rooted no more and have stock recovery .
If you have above and you can factory reset in settings , then , simply download M firmware from asus.
Put on external SD .
It should read something like this
UL-WW-4.21.40.134-user.zip
Or .144 or .184 or .223-user.zip .
When downloaded and inserted into phone , open Asus file manager and edit the file and save > eg.
UL-WW-4.21.40.134-user.zip.zip
Eg , put an extra .zip on the end of file , save , then reboot phone .
Side note , you may get ota to M , depending how you unlocked bootloader in LP
pps hit the thanks button for me unravelling your confusion in this thread
.com twaddle ppps ,
If you put ASUS fw 52.20.40.196 on ext sd same as above too , you can downgrade , upgrade go fishing and never brick .
Extra dimensional twaddle ...
Each time you downgrade or upgrade , your bootloader is re-locked
All info of this downgrade/upgrade process is in my signature and has been there for some time
Each time someone else is confused about updating I will refer them to this post

timbernot said:
Why are you asking silly questions ?
You know perfectly what to do.
https://forum.xda-developers.com/zenfone2/general/guide-how-to-update-to-official-mm-t3452082
Or you can unroot ,flash back stock recovery and You can upgrade to M easily providing your phone has not been tampered with , meaning , you are not rooted no more and have stock recovery .
If you have above and you can factory reset in settings , then , simply download M firmware from asus.
Put on external SD .
It should read something like this
UL-WW-4.21.40.134-user.zip
Or .144 or .184 or .223-user.zip .
When downloaded and inserted into phone , open Asus file manager and edit the file and save > eg.
UL-WW-4.21.40.134-user.zip.zip
Eg , put an extra .zip on the end of file , save , then reboot phone .
Side note , you may get ota to M , depending how you unlocked bootloader in LP
pps hit the thanks button for me unravelling your confusion in this thread
.com twaddle ppps ,
If you put ASUS fw 52.20.40.196 on ext sd same as above too , you can downgrade , upgrade go fishing and never brick .
Extra dimensional twaddle ...
Each time you downgrade or upgrade , your bootloader is re-locked
All info of this downgrade/upgrade process is in my signature and has been there for some time
Each time someone else is confused about updating I will refer them to this post
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I am in big big trouble...my set is bricked..I flashed custom m rom while was on lolipop..now no bootloader or recovery..then i followed a thread and used xtfs like something and now enters in bootloader..but when i flashed raw file using asus flash tool it shows failed wrong image..i tried 20 times bt same..dont know what to do..very much upset..plz help

timbernot said:
Why are you asking silly questions ?
You know perfectly what to do.
https://forum.xda-developers.com/zenfone2/general/guide-how-to-update-to-official-mm-t3452082
Or you can unroot ,flash back stock recovery and You can upgrade to M easily providing your phone has not been tampered with , meaning , you are not rooted no more and have stock recovery .
If you have above and you can factory reset in settings , then , simply download M firmware from asus.
Put on external SD .
It should read something like this
UL-WW-4.21.40.134-user.zip
Or .144 or .184 or .223-user.zip .
When downloaded and inserted into phone , open Asus file manager and edit the file and save > eg.
UL-WW-4.21.40.134-user.zip.zip
Eg , put an extra .zip on the end of file , save , then reboot phone .
Side note , you may get ota to M , depending how you unlocked bootloader in LP
pps hit the thanks button for me unravelling your confusion in this thread
.com twaddle ppps ,
If you put ASUS fw 52.20.40.196 on ext sd same as above too , you can downgrade , upgrade go fishing and never brick .
Extra dimensional twaddle ...
Each time you downgrade or upgrade , your bootloader is re-locked
All info of this downgrade/upgrade process is in my signature and has been there for some time
Each time someone else is confused about updating I will refer them to this post
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plz help me..set is bricked

[GUIDE] Unbrick your BLN-L24 and other variants after rollback to EMUI 4.1

The process here will work on all variants of 6X but you must use the Huawei Update Extractor Tool to get the necessary images from your devices initial firmware update.app. I have provided the images only for the BLN-L24 variant for which initial firmware is B110. Due to variants having different firmware the BXXX for the rollback might not be the same but the process is
When you attempt to rollback from Nougat/5.0 (B360) to MM/4.1 stock B110 firmware with successful updates using the dload method there is a good chance your phone will be bricked and fail to boot . The first update/downgrade from B360 firmware to B300 will boot the phone but when you do the second update from B300 to B110 firmware the phone will stay on the honor screen. This happened to me and after flashing firmware numerous times and using ADB to flash boot.img the phone was still not working but I was able to recover and get it working again thanks to the Huawei_Multi-Tool_by_Team_MT_v7.1.
Download Images and put them in the Unbrick folder of the Huawei Multi Tool.
System.img
Boot.img
Cust.img
Recovery.img
1. Put phone in fastboot by holding Vol - and connecting usb to computer
2. Unlock bootloader using command fastboot oem unlock xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx where x is your 16 digit unlock code
3. After automatic data reset put phone in fastboot again
4. Start Multi Tool and hit enter to get to main menu
5. Press U for unbrick and hit enter
6. Press 2 and hit enter to start the process
Downgrading from Nougat to MM will relock your bootloader so you must unlock it in order for the multitool to flash the files to unbrick your device. Once unbricked if you relock the bootloader your device will be factory fresh with initial firmware.
Credit to: Team MT for the multi tool and Update Extractor Tool
If this helped you give me a thanks!

No luck for me had to return my phone and get a replacement
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McRoberts said:
No luck for me had to return my phone and get a replacement
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At least your method is not just the dload method it does not always work. I know. Thank you. You did great on the method.

McRoberts said:
No luck for me had to return my phone and get a replacement
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At least your method is not just the dload method it does not always work. I know. Thank you. You did great on the method.
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Thank you. So you have another 6X now?

Yes I got today so I'm taking my time and reading a lil more. It's such a defeat taking that phone back it's my first real brick.

can i download the recovery img and then flash that using adb to remove twrp and then *try* to restore stock firmware? like.. will my BLN-L24 honor 6x accept that recovery img there?
i used the twrp app to back up my recovery and boot imgs but idk where they were backedup to and where ever they are, if i still have them.. i dont know how to restore them

xSpartacusx said:
can i download the recovery img and then flash that using adb to remove twrp and then *try* to restore stock firmware? like.. will my BLN-L24 honor 6x accept that recovery img there?
i used the twrp app to back up my recovery and boot imgs but idk where they were backedup to and where ever they are, if i still have them.. i dont know how to restore them
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Look in a folder named TWRP (on your device's storage)

can you repost system.img, it doesn't seem to be available anymore. Thanks.

System. img link is error 404
Hi I wanted to take a shot and see if anyone is still on this thread that may have and is willing to help me out and relink the system.img for the initial release FW for the BLN-L24, any help would be great thanks in advance!

System.img
Boot.img
Cust.img
Recovery.img
Any chance someone has the System.img file and can reupload?
Thanks,
Greg

How can i remove root without using Magisk ?

Hi guys,
I rooted my phone using the first method (flashing patched boot on A and B).
The problem is that magisk disappeared from my phone and i was wondering how can i remove root and have the original firmware again.
I am currently on the august patch.

You can check @BubuXP's reply here it might help you out.

Solved?

lb1331 said:
Solved?
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I flashed original boot img but OTA still doesn't apply.
The only solution might be to flash stock rom 9.4.0 (July) using MI flash tool but i'm afraid that It isn't possible to do it

Installed org boot with A/B?
Did u modify system partition? Like build.prop OR something?
If nothing works you must try using MI Flash tool with the stock ROM

lb1331 said:
Installed org boot with A/B?
Did u modify system partition? Like build.prop OR something?
If nothing works you must try using MI Flash tool with the stock ROM
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I flashed original boot img on both partition and the update failed...
Do you think flashing an older version 9.4 causes problems ?
Now i'm running on version 9.6

http://en.miui.com/getrom.php?r=354&m=yes&app=false
http://api.bbs.miui.com/url/MiFlash
You will lose all your data by doing this.
If you want to keep the data tell me

lb1331 said:
http://en.miui.com/getrom.php?r=354&m=yes&app=false
http://api.bbs.miui.com/url/MiFlash
You will lose all your data by doing this.
If you want to keep the data tell me
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I have downloads the files on the computer, now what do i do ?

lb1331 said:
http://en.miui.com/getrom.php?r=354&m=yes&app=false
http://api.bbs.miui.com/url/MiFlash
You will lose all your data by doing this.
If you want to keep the data tell me
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I would like to keep data

Connect the Phone to the pc via USB in the flash tool must say "refresh" once you click refresh must apear your device with de adb/fastboot id. Then click select, choose the folder you've downloadwd, then click flash. Now wait until the flash tool says "flashed".
After that your Phone must have stock ROM ready for OTA. If you want to keep magisk i'll recomend you to follow BubuXp guide to install magisk with proper support for OTA's
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fake__knv said:
You can check @BubuXP's reply here it might help you out.
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If u want to keep data use the guide in the link

lb1331 said:
Connect the Phone to the pc via USB in the flash tool must say "refresh" once you click refresh must apear your device with de adb/fastboot id. Then click select, choose the folder you've downloadwd, then click flash. Now wait until the flash tool says "flashed".
After that your Phone must have stock ROM ready for OTA. If you want to keep magisk i'll recomend you to follow BubuXp guide to install magisk with proper support for OTA's
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If u want to keep data use the guide in the link
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Thank you very much, i will do it tomorrow.
One lady question, i saw that the rom is 9.4 while my device is running 9.6.
Is this a problem ?

There's no problem it will flash everything a leave the device with stock ROM, i recomend you to use the first way, you will lose the data, but I think is better, anyway i think both methods will lock the bootloader, so anyway you will lose the data, make backup and If u need something tell me.
Good luck, LB

lb1331 said:
There's no problem it will flash everything a leave the device with stock ROM, i recomend you to use the first way, you will lose the data, but I think is better, anyway i think both methods will lock the bootloader, so anyway you will lose the data, make backup and If u need something tell me.
Good luck, LB
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Today i flashed system img instead of flashing stock rom and i finally installed OTA. )

=D

Rooting chinese version with global rom.

Hey there are tons of guides and threads about rooting, installing roms etc. and I really don't want to brick my phone(was close once) so can someone please tell me how to root cn version of this phone with global rom installed? Or at least link me a guide which worked for someone in the same situation as me.

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KurogamiZz said:
Hey there are tons of guides and threads about rooting, installing roms etc. and I really don't want to brick my phone(was close once) so can someone please tell me how to root cn version of this phone with global rom installed? Or at least link me a guide which worked for someone in the same situation as me.
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I am also searching for a solution. My phone was chinese variant and flashed global rom and tried to flash twrp and it didn’t get flashed rather it got a bootloop. I fixed that by unrooting from twrp but now i Don't have any recovery, my system recovery also don’t work now

Greetings
rubel623 said:
I am also searching for a solution. My phone was chinese variant and flashed global rom and tried to flash twrp and it didn’t get flashed rather it got a bootloop. I fixed that by unrooting from twrp but now i Don't have any recovery, my system recovery also don’t work now
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Dude, flash miui fastboot ROM like this (search on YT):
HOW TO FLASH MIUI via FASTBOOT - REDMI NOTE 8 PRO
tha channel name is Konah the Begonia Guardian
*chose your version like pggcnxm

buddy how do you know that you have Chinese version with global rom.
i have this device but not sure if it is global or not

I'm using cn and moved to global.
Here is what I have done:
- Unlock
- Flash fastboot global rom (Only A9 available)
- Update to latest
- Flash orangefox
- Use TWRP's guide to flash vbmeta to disable and avoid tripping AVB (see TWRP thread)
- Boot to system once
- Reboot to recovery
- ...
- Profit
The trickiest part is when flashing recovery. If you don't enter the recovery after entering "fastboot reboot" command, your recovery would likely be replaced. Hold vol+ when entering command.
Be carefull when updating. If you have not flashed a MIUI full rom on orangefox, you cannot do incremental update, so go with full rom once. Also I have bootloop once, and fortunately escaped. Here is my solution (need someone to test, since this is my daily driver)
- Vanillafy everything (uninstall magisk, restore stock boot.img, restore stock recovery)
- Update
- Customize everything
OR
- After flashing update, dont reboot to system. It will likely to trip AVB. Flash vbmeta once and try to reboot.
If you have tried second update method and succeeded, please do tell.
Hope this help.
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x2138 said:
buddy how do you know that you have Chinese version with global rom.
i have this device but not sure if it is global or not
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From the packaging, if you have a red box, it's chinese. If white, it's global.
From rom version. If it says someting like "QGGMIXM", it's global. If it says "QCGMIXM" or something like that, it's chinese.

KonahZave said:
Dude, flash miui fastboot ROM like this (search on YT):
HOW TO FLASH MIUI via FASTBOOT - REDMI NOTE 8 PRO
tha channel name is Konah the Begonia Guardian
*chose your version like pggcnxm
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Bro i flashed MIUI via Fastboot

thx for clarification it was in white box with global rom installed. but is it possible that a Chinese device may have shipped with global rom installed by manufacturers.

rubel623 said:
Bro i flashed MIUI via Fastboot
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I said that for restaure your device, its the only way for recovery it from "like a brick" error.

KonahZave said:
Dude, flash miui fastboot ROM like this (search on YT):
HOW TO FLASH MIUI via FASTBOOT - REDMI NOTE 8 PRO
tha channel name is Konah the Begonia Guardian
*chose your version like pggcnxm
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hey are you "KONAH THE BEGONIA GUARDIAN?"

usafxai said:
hey are you "KONAH THE BEGONIA GUARDIAN?"
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yup dude XD

KonahZave said:
yup dude XD
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NICE
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KonahZave said:
yup dude XD
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can you guide on how to install MIUI 12 global on RN8Pro global currently on MIUI 12 China Beta ROM
I'm not enrolled as Beta tester (i know the warning issued by Xiaomi)
tried directly installing via TWRP over MIUI 12 China
but after finished install, the internal memory got all erased and replaced with weird names of folders and wouldn't boot to the system, kept rebooting to TWRP
reinstalled MIUI 12 China beta via TWRP

usafxai said:
NICE
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can you guide on how to install MIUI 12 global on RN8Pro global currently on MIUI 12 China Beta ROM
I'm not enrolled as Beta tester (i know the warning issued by Xiaomi)
tried directly installing via TWRP over MIUI 12 China
but after finished install, the internal memory got all erased and replaced with weird names of folders and wouldn't boot to the system, kept rebooting to TWRP
reinstalled MIUI 12 China beta via TWRP
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pretty simple bro, just return to miui 11 first because I fear you can brick, after that, just flash any twrp for a10 or a9 (depending of your android version) then wipe dalvik, cache, data.
**miui is problematic flashing in different versions, in my video I recommended donwgrade first

KurogamiZz said:
Hey there are tons of guides and threads about rooting, installing roms etc. and I really don't want to brick my phone(was close once) so can someone please tell me how to root cn version of this phone with global rom installed? Or at least link me a guide which worked for someone in the same situation as me.
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I have the same situation.
Mine was worst. I didn't know my phone was chinese with global rom, 'cause the chinese sold me 'global version', and sent it in white box, but it's the chinese version with global rom.
Well, I tried following a few tutorials, but all after fastboot twrp, close AVB, install ROOT and reboot, started bootlooping and I had to flash global rom again with mi flash. Can't get root access / magisk.
Did you solve that? Please, guide us.

kekesed97 said:
I'm using cn and moved to global.
Here is what I have done:
- Unlock
- Flash fastboot global rom (Only A9 available)
- Update to latest
- Flash orangefox
- Use TWRP's guide to flash vbmeta to disable and avoid tripping AVB (see TWRP thread)
- Boot to system once
- Reboot to recovery
- ...
- Profit
The trickiest part is when flashing recovery. If you don't enter the recovery after entering "fastboot reboot" command, your recovery would likely be replaced. Hold vol+ when entering command.
Be carefull when updating. If you have not flashed a MIUI full rom on orangefox, you cannot do incremental update, so go with full rom once. Also I have bootloop once, and fortunately escaped. Here is my solution (need someone to test, since this is my daily driver)
- Vanillafy everything (uninstall magisk, restore stock boot.img, restore stock recovery)
- Update
- Customize everything
OR
- After flashing update, dont reboot to system. It will likely to trip AVB. Flash vbmeta once and try to reboot.
If you have tried second update method and succeeded, please do tell.
Hope this help.
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From the packaging, if you have a red box, it's chinese. If white, it's global.
From rom version. If it says someting like "QGGMIXM", it's global. If it says "QCGMIXM" or something like that, it's chinese.
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If I'm on Global ROM on CN(red box) version phone and decide not to install root or custom recovery and keep everything vanilla with unlocked bootloader, can I do incremental updates?

UsuallyIncorRekt said:
If I'm on Global ROM on CN(red box) version phone and decide not to install root or custom recovery and keep everything vanilla with unlocked bootloader, can I do incremental updates?
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Yes, OTA works pretty well

UsuallyIncorRekt said:
If I'm on Global ROM on CN(red box) version phone and decide not to install root or custom recovery and keep everything vanilla with unlocked bootloader, can I do incremental updates?
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You can, working flawlessly. But once go global, never lock your bootloader.

You can use below TWRP Thanks LR Team. (I tired Miui 12 with CH Device)
install TWRP in fastboot
Reboot TWRP after Advanced >File Manager > delete "system_root/system/recovery_fromboot.p"
Again Advanced > install root
Finish.
https://mega.nz/file/7E5QhS6Y#hzCpPWwxO4104R0oJRTv0L1_-lNb5D1pgYp9h4oJfVM
if bootloop restart TWRP>Advanced>Remove AVB 2.0
Advanced >File Manager > delete "system_root/system/recovery_fromboot.p"
Again "Advanced > install root"

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