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Recovery image would't update/install.

Hi everyone,
I've done a LOT of reading/searching, but since I can't find sulution decided someone could help.
Just to avoid future questions:
>My Desire is rooted.
>I tried using fastboot (Error: - not allowed)
>I tried using adb (I get an error that /system/bin/sh cannot be found).
>I tried Unreavoked3, but since the phone is rooted, the recovery doesn't isntall.
>I tried ROM Manager. It says the recovery is up to date, but when you boot it, it is stock.
>I'm using original USB cable supplied with the phone.
The only way I get into CWM recovery is flashing update.zip on my sdcard (fakeflash?).
My question are:
1. Why i cant access shell via adb?
2. How should i flash recovery?
Thank You in advance.

So if you turn the phone on whilst holding the volume down button and then select Recovery it doesn't boot into the custom Recovery?

No, it boots into stock recovery.

I just use the Android Flasher Utility (here). Really quick and painless, but you need s-off though.
I'm quite curious, how are you rooted without a custom recovery?

Maybe I don't get it, I bought the phone about a year ago and rooted using unreavoked utility. The recovery I get to gives me 4 options. Text is in blue colour, reboot, apply update.zip and wipe options. What I do, is apply update.zip so i get into CMW recovery.

If you rooted with unrEVOked it flashes CWM. If you've never had that you're not rooted
I'd go back to 100% stock with an RUU suitable for your phone and then root again
EDIT: You weren't rooted and then accepted an OTA update did you?

I think I didn't. So if I:
1. Do a nandroid backup now, I have custom rom installed.
2. Then go back to stock RUU.
3. Root the phone.
Can I do a nandroid restore so I don't have to install everything back again?
EDIT: But I have Superuser app, and if I enter Terminal, type "su" I get root privileges. How can I not be rooted?

[Q] Dlashimg SuperSU fails to root my device

I'm at a loss as to what is wrong. I flashed a prerooted stock version of KitKat and I think root was working. But now for some reason it doesn't work. I flashed the supersu zip (v1.80) via TWRP recovery but after rebooting, the SuperSU app doesn't even show up on my device. When I install manually from thr Play Store it's as if I'm not rooted. I've flashed the zip multiple times and I do not want to factory reset and delete all my data (especially since I really can't backup without root atm). Any ideas?
Edit: sorry about the post title typo. *flashing

Update oxygen 3.2.6 removed my root. Please help. Also just joined xda.

My oneplus 3 was rooted (oxygen 3.2.5 maybe) but I installed the update 3.2.6 today from phone by going into settings. When the phone got updated my root does not work anymore. Please help.
I forgot how I rooted my phone before but it was still on android 6 when I rooted.
When I reboot I still get the black screen saying the device can't be trusted because xxxxxxxxxx Is unlocked, dont remember what.
Usb debugging is on as well as oem unlocked ( these options are still showing unlocked when i went to settings but don't know if they are ACTUALLY unlocked.
Xposed luck patcher, etc not working
Root checker says root not installed properly
Used twrp before.
Also is there any way that I can re-root my phone again without data loss?
Its my first post ever in any form so dont know about posting much.
You can mail me too at [email protected].
Thanks

Try flashing Super su manually from Recovery

Flash latest SuperSU (I think it is 2.78) in twrp. Flash xposed module in twrp too

If you did the official update from Settings > System Updates, then you are most likely back to stock recovery as well. You're going to have to re flash twrp before you can flash root and xposed. You will not lose data by performing any of these steps as your bootloader is still unlocked.

http://forum.xda-developers.com/oneplus-3/development/toolkit-oneplus-3-toolkit-unlock-t3398799

Download twrp
Boot to fastboot
fastboot boot sometwrp.img
Flash supersu from temporary twrp

Hw4ng3r said:
If you did the official update from Settings > System Updates, then you are most likely back to stock recovery as well. You're going to have to re flash twrp before you can flash root and xposed. You will not lose data by performing any of these steps as your bootloader is still unlocked.
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If you had root and custom recovery (TWRP) then you couldn't have updated by this method as it wouldn't have worked. You need to reflash SuperSU in TWRP as others have stated.

Much simple: from recovery (hope you're having TWRP installed) flash latest SuperSU and Xposed zip file.
Then Wipe Cache/Dalvik, then reboot in System.
If you won't to lose root, you should consider a custom rom like FreedomOS, that provides SuperSU binary by itself (even Xposed, if I'm not wrong).

Magisk and rooted HTC One M8

Question: Magisk says "You are not forced to a single root solution for Magic Mount and other features. However, only two choices are provided: systemless SuperSU and MagiskSU. It will attempt to remove any other root, and install MagiskSU by default"
If my M8 is already rooted with S-ON, having SuperSU root access manager, what changed are required and are to be expected by going on with Magisk?

Not sure. But my thought would be make a TWRP backup of your current (rooted) setup (which you should always do before rooting) then try Magisk. If it doesn't work, restore your backup.
Or flash full stock (unrooted) ROM, then Magisk, if you want to be sure it installs without a hitch.

OTA Update Re-twrp and re-root

Is there a smooth way to take an OTA update and re-root without a computer? So far my method has been:
see that there's an update
wait a week to see if the bugs are worked out
take the update at work
curse myself for forgetting I can't root until I get home
go home and flash twrp twice to get it to stick
flash magisk
get root back for Tasker and titanium
Is there a less tethered method I'm missing?

Immediately after installing new OTA, don't restart ur device, first reboot to recovery, after that reboot again to system, in this way ur TWRP will not be replaced by stock recovery. And after rebooted, again reboot to TWRP and flash the SuperSU zip to get root again.

Sounds good, except for the supersu bit. Is magisk interchangeable there?

Yes, Magisk is interchangeable with SuperSU.
You don't even have to reboot to recovery after flashing an update. Since you're rooted, the OnePlus OTA app will automatically download the 1 GB+ full OTA update zip. Once you have the update, make sure you have a copy of Magisk.zip somewhere on your internal storage. Then reboot to TWRP, flash OOS OTA, then immediately flash Magisk.zip. (Occasionally, you will run into an error where TWRP unmounts /system after flashing the OTA, simply go to main menu > mount and toggle /system off and then on again before flashing Magisk). Then simply reboot and your OS will be updated and rooted without OOS replacing TWRP.
Generally: Flash OTA -> wipe cache/Dalvik -> Flash Magisk (may need to remount /system) -> Reboot