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I've noticed that many in this forum for the Honor 7x / Mate SE want to try a few ROMS, and then eventually go back to stock - Some just want to go back to stock. I had my own issues and thankfully there were others to help along the way. This method does not use fastboot to flash partitions, it uses TWRP, so the assumption is you have a working TWRP. Also I am not responsible for any bricks, I am just explaining what I did to get back to stock (And based on all the issues people are having, I'm staying there)
If you've tried a Treble ROM or others, the route I took to get back to stock was as follows:
1.) Download your firmware from Firmware finder or the Pro-TeamMT website:
http://pro-teammt.ru/firmware-database/?firmware_model=bnd-l34&firmware_page=0
In this example, mine is the Mate SE..
You should have downloaded 3 files. The important one we want right now is the Update.zip - Extract this file. You should see UPDATE.APP within this folder.
2.) Download the Huawei extractor software by worstenbrood:
https://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2433454
3.) Use this software to extract the files from the Update.App - You may need to disable the Checksum checks under "Settings". When you select the UPDATE.APP file, you should get a list of the files that are compiled or compressed into the app. The main 4 files you want are Ramdisk, Vendor, System, and if you'd like the Stock recovery (Recovey_Ramdisk). Copy these files to your SD card.
4.) Assuming you still have the functioning TWRP, reboot into TWRP and wipe everything but the SD card.
5.) Flash the images to the appropriate partition, Ramdisk = Ramdisk, Vendor = Vendor Image, and System = System Image - Ensure you're flashing the image partitions. Ramdisk is necessary if you've ever rooted or used Magisk.
At this point you should be able to reboot and get back into stock...But you'll notice Themes do not work properly..That's because you've wiped / formatted data at some point in TWRP, and now the Data/hw_int has been wiped. You can fix this by flashing the update on top of itself by the instructions in this thread (Thanks to mrmazak):
https://forum.xda-developers.com/honor-7x/how-to/guide-honor-7x-flash-oreo-update-t3781649
See the "Flash update while on Oreo"...This has worked twice now to get me back my themes after wiping /data.
I counted on my TWRP backup to get me back to stock after trying a Treble ROM, and I ended up bricked. So hopefully this helps someone!
PS, if anyone has more to add this this, the more help the better.
Wait, wouldn't the recovery be the file "RECOVERY_RAMDIS.img"
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Wait, wouldn't the recovery be the file "RECOVERY_RAMDIS.img"
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You are correct...That is the name of the actual image in the UPDATE.APP, but I was basing the name off of the actual partition.
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You are correct...That is the name of the actual image in the UPDATE.APP, but I was basing the name off of the actual partition.
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Just learned today that you can't flash Vendor through Fastboot, so you have to copy all the necessary files onto a SD card or USD OTG.
The files needed are: "SYSTEM.img" "RECOVERY_RAMDIS.img" and "VENDOR.img"
Flash them through twrp in the required partitions, the partition names are literally the file names.
TWRP: https://forum.xda-developers.com/devdb/project/dl/?id=28883
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Just learned today that you can't flash Vendor through Fastboot, so you have to copy all the necessary files onto a SD card or USD OTG.
The files needed are: "SYSTEM.img" "RECOVERY_RAMDIS.img" and "VENDOR.img"
Flash them through twrp in the required partitions, the partition names are literally the file names.
TWRP: https://forum.xda-developers.com/devdb/project/dl/?id=28883
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System image can fail too...that's why I said to flash everything in TWRP...Plus, flashing the update on-top of itself will not only give you theming back, but stock recovery.
crayonicle said:
Just learned today that you can't flash Vendor through Fastboot, so you have to copy all the necessary files onto a SD card or USD OTG.
The files needed are: "SYSTEM.img" "RECOVERY_RAMDIS.img" and "VENDOR.img"
Flash them through twrp in the required partitions, the partition names are literally the file names.
TWRP: https://forum.xda-developers.com/devdb/project/dl/?id=28883
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Is this working ? Did you try ? I'm on RR ROM and couldn't get adb recognize my device. This is my only hope to return to stock as of now.
Adithya Krishnakumar said:
Is this working ? Did you try ? I'm on RR ROM and couldn't get adb recognize my device. This is my only hope to return to stock as of now.
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Yes, I tried it. It works flawlessly.
How can I get themes to work? I don't understand the original post, it makes no sense when explaining how to get themes to work properly. I do not know what to do with the link provided in the original post.
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How can I get themes to work? I don't understand the original post, it makes no sense when explaining how to get themes to work properly. I do not know what to do with the link provided in the original post.
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What part are you stuck on?
Essentially mrmazak created a flashable file that will take the 3 firmware files you download and flash them on top of your current firmware. This is helpful for doing an update or just reloading the firmware completely (Which is what you're trying to do)...
I'd follow the exact instructions that he's put out on that thread, but the 10,000 ft overview:
https://forum.xda-developers.com/honor-7x/how-to/guide-honor-7x-flash-oreo-update-t3781649
1.) Download files from link for your device
2.) Create a correctly named folder on your SD card, along with those files properly named in that folder (Ensure these files are named properly also.)
3.) Ensure you have the stock recovery on the SD card also.
4.) Copy the "xxx_Update.zip" he created onto your SD
5.) Flash the "xxx_Update.zip"...It will will flash the stock recovery, then boot into update mode and update with the 3 files you downloaded and put into that folder. This will basically "reflash" the firmware and give you back themes.
I would go step by step on his action list and follow them to a "T". I've verified it works perfectly. He also has a "Basic-Instructions" write up in the zip also.
My device build number was BND-L21C185, I bricked my device once but I managed to get it back. Since then I have strange build number which is system 8.0.0.046(063f). Does this method fix it?
This info helped me bring my phone back to life,thank you sir for the step by step instructions.
Found a way to get back to stock without all this hassle lol
So I thought this was the only way to get back to stock... turns out there is a much easier way
This method also enables themes, I checked myself.
https://forum.xda-developers.com/honor-7x/how-to/getting-to-stock-emui-super-easily-t3804722
Is it possible to flash all of the partitions from fastboot?
I have the BND-L34 and I am unsure as to what happened.
I have been running the RROS surdu_petru posted for about 3 weeks now and it was running fine.
2 days ago I grab my phone and it was booted into error mode. Now when I try to boot into twrp I get an error code for my recovery. When I try to boot into the system it throws a different error code for boot image.
I have a twrp backup stored on an sd card, and all 3 OTA's I saved back during the June update. I have the Pro-TeamMT app on my pc and have found/extracted every file for the brick method only get the same errors, 1 right after the other.
I am no noob, (although I am not a Senior Member with a giant banner either ) but I have been rooting android devices going on 8 years now, and have never completely bricked any of them.
My last 2 phones were Oneplus 1 and Oneplus 3, so I am familiar with flashing all the partitions using fastboot. But with those phones there were about 9 different individual flashes that needed to be done in a particular order.
Any help or advice would be greatly appreciated.
Hi!
!!! First things first: big phat huge !!!THANKS!!! to the full TeamWin Team, SGCMarkus (initial twrp tree), Phoenix591 (for inspiration), Dees Troy (for his trees), z31s1g for his brilliant theme and Captain Throwback (inspiration, too) !!!
For Pie ROMs you should use 3.3.1 recovery, either OrangeFox (based on TWRP with many very useful additions, with Magisk module manager being only one of it :good: ), or good old TWRP itself. 3.3.1 needed for decryption of pie ROMs!
Feature list:
- capable of installing treble and/or vendorized ROMs
- Possibility to leave out lockscreen settings when restoring a backup (sometimes you have to delete them manually, otherwise no login into your restored ROM possible -.- You can bypass this with this. Note: lockscreensettings are independent from your encryption settings)
- Time and date is showed correctly, independent of /data
- some extra partitions (see below)
- Oreo 3.2.3-7: compiled with (modified) 8.1 TWRP branch
- Oreo recovery: Decryption of AOSP up to 8.1 and stock ROMs userdata is working (cherrypicked stuff for bringing that up), so, with this recovery, the urgent need for flashing no-verity-opt-encrypt zip isn't there anymore
Pie is not decryptable for the moment, neither with old Oreo recovery nor with newer PIe recovery: this is being worked on. Encryption changed in Pie, this needs some extra "love"
- everything working: backup, restore, decryption, time, mtp, adb, installing of treble or vendorized builds, themeable, .........
- modem image support: backup, restore, flashing of modem images either taken directly from kdz or via diskdump (this already was available but then broken at some point of time, sry for that! ).
- Same for OP image
Don't forget your timezone settings after flashing. Also there are some extra partitions you can mount/backup/flash/explore, like LAF, persist-LG and OP configs. There's the thought of some people to flash TWRP as a second copy to LAF partition to be on the sure side when it comes to ROM switching or sth like that. You can do this, anyway it's not really recommended (by me and some others) because you'll lose download mode, but you now have the option.
Also, if you want to restore an older backup, don't restore 'firmware' from it!!! This will break your WLAN, at least, and you have to flash a modem.img to get it back working.
For extra partitions: Some of them are needed for decryption (modem / persist-lg (drm)), some are for VoLTE (OP), time is stored on /persist/time (and /data/vendor/time), modem should be known and the LAF partition should be known already (described above).
For decryption: it works as it should. Therefore it is a little bit tricky to restore a ROM which has encrypted userdata, when you'd installed any other ROM in between. or formatted data There are some points to remember when restoring, a little guide is available in 3rd post, and some tipps too.
Some instructions:
How to flash?
If starting fresh with an unmodified phone, this thread should help you installing it
When you already have TWRP installed, you can flash this recovery from within TWRP:
- Tap "Install"
- Tap "Install image" button, located down right
- Locate your downloaded image and select it
- Select "recovery" from the list which shows up then
- Install; and reboot to recovery after installing immediately, don't use it for any other tasks until rebooted pls, as it may not function. Things can go bollox when phone wasn't rebooted to recovery after installing.
And of course you can flash it via fastbootmode. Reboot to bootloader (adb reboot bootloader; when magisk is installed, you can use magisk manager => module => menu on the top right => reboot to bootloader. You can reboot to recovery from there too) and then:
fastboot flash recovery <twrp-image-name.img>
When you experience errors or sth isn't working as it should in your opinion:
When an error occurs, pls supply me a log from TWRP, taken immediately after the error showed up. You can use the "Copy to SDCard" option (advanced options) in TWRP for this. Grab this file then and upload its content to pastebin.org.
I can't help without as much detailed info as you can supply. This should include at least following information: phone model, used TWRP image (exact name of image), task you wanted to do (which ROM e.g.).
There's now an optional version of TWRP available, which contains the inclusion of internal storage in data backups (IntSD version). Exclusions (folders which won't be backed up): TWRP, Movies, Music and Download folders. These won't be included in backups, as they can be really big.
With the recovery including internal storage you can backup to internal and external storage, no matter. The data_image recovery can backup its data image to external sd only, of course.
If you want to use data_image, system_image or internal storage included in data backup, first check your filesystem on your external sdcard. It needs to be capable of writing big files, which isn't the case with fat/fat16/fat32. You need exFAT (for stock) or ext4/ntfs (only available with custom kernel and/or AOSP based builds).
DOWNLOADS:
Oreo and Pie capable 3.2.3-7 TWRP:
Download links (always the latest and newest only; one version for all):
File name: TWRP-3.2.3-7-DataIMG.img (default)
MD5sum: aac1525f9bd85d6efbc0fb65bda4a904
MAIN Download: AndroidFileHost - TWRP-3.2.3-7-DataIMG latest
File name: TWRP-3.2.3-7-IntSD.img (non-default, includes main part of internal storage in data backup)
MD5sum: 23113ad33772a5f783dcabd09fa97ebb
MAIN Download: AndroidFileHost - TWRP-3.2.3-7-IntSD latest
Some additional words to different versions;
I personally use internal w/ sdcard backup, all my pics and almost everything possible app related on my phone is on external SDcard. Some data always remains on intSD (e.g. whatsapp, the Android folder which contains settings and app data too, k-9 mail folder and others), this needs to be in a backup for me. This is, what the intSD version does: but it leaves out the big folders (download, music, movie and TWRP).
As always: Use it at your own risk! You are the one who changes stuff on your phone, I'm not responsible for anything which happens to your phone. TWRP is powerful, be careful at what you do with it :good: And it just works.
All you need to compile this yourself:
[url]https://github.com/seader/android_device_lge_joan-twrp[/url]
[url]https://github.com/minimal-manifest-twrp/platform_manifest_twrp_omni[/url]
[url]https://github.com/seader/android_kernel_lge_msm8998[/url] (not really needed as a prebuilt kernel is used)
[url]https://github.com/seader/bootable_recovery-twrp[/url] (copy of twrp recovery with encryption cherrypicks and the stuff added. encrypt-8.1 branch = intSD version, master branch = DataIMG version)
Features:
- Treblelized / vendorized: one recovery for all
- Time and date working, getting this from persist partition
- decryption working for both stock and AOSP up to 8.1; Pie is being worked on [break atm ]
- additional partitions available
- "data_image" (default) and "internalSD included" (non-default) available
- Checkbox for leaving out lockscreensettings when restoring data partition (available in main settings and restore settings; in supported themes in main settings only!)
- TWRP app removed
Changelog:
21. April 2019, TWRP 3.3.0-00, new Pie recovery:
- Newest sources used, pie branches everywhere
- tiny menu structure overhaul
- almost all the stuff from Oreo recovery back in, except:
-- decryption
-- data image function
-- inclusion of internal sdcard in backups
-- everything else is working and included (special partitions, time and date working, all the default functions working, exclusion of lockscreen settings when restoring, TWRP su and app removed)
08. Dec. 2018, TWRP 3.2.3-7, old Oreo recovery:
- OP image flashing function added
- Sources update
Older:
09. Nov. 2018:
- treble ROMs are now installable
- brought back modem partition, fully working (remember to NOT restore the "firmware" partition!)
02. Nov. 2018:
- switched from prebuilt kernel to inline kernel building for easier future updates in terms of pie / treble
- removed modem/firmware partition from backup list
- included some QCOM optimizations for buildtime
- excluded TWRP app, install prompt for this app shouldn't pop up anymore (not tested by me)
- disabled logcat
26. Oct. 2018:
- increased compatibility for some scripts / flashable zips
25. Oct. 2018:
- added optional recovery with internal sd content added to data backups (the "data_image" version is the one you already may have installed, like 3.2.3-4-f, just renamed and containing the fstab edits)
- little fstab changes regarding modem / firmware: pls update
18. Oct. 2018:
- removed decrypt files from RAMdisk and added a link to firmware instead
- added possibility to leave out lockscreen-db* files while restoring
- added data_image option; read post #3 pls
15. Oct. 2018
- added decryption of stock and AOSP based ROMs
12. Oct. 2018, pt. 2 (succesful)
- finally fixed the OP mysery... A typo from my side, sry!!
12. Oct. 2018, pt. 1 (failed)
- Added versioning, TWRP now is 3.2.3-1
- re-sorted partitions list
- OP partition won't cause an error anymore on phones where it doesn't exist; sry, didn't know, that US998 doesn't have a OP partition! In addition, it doesn't look for me like there is an equivalent partition on these phones...?
11. Oct. 2018:
- fixed some warnings
- added some additional partitions
- made OP flashable and backupable
- made vendor 'removable', so no warnings anymore for non-vendor devices
- included logcat
- added local_manifest, patch for timefix and a little description in readme
How to (re)boot to TWRP?:
If your phone is rooted:
- Magisk has options to reboot to different targets like bootloader or recovery, but this menu is a little bit hidden: you can access it by starting Magisk.Manager, going to the "Module" menu, tapping on the three dot menu on the top right. Then select your target
- If a terminal emulator is installed, open it, type "su" followed by enter and type "reboot recovery"
- You can do the same with an adb shell, open a shell and type the commands from above, they're the same
- There also are apps for rebooting to recovery or other targets. Just search around in PlayStore
- The good old "button dance" When phone is powered off, press the volume down key and power button at the same time. When a first sign of life is seen on display, immediately release the power button, but just to instantly press it again. A menu will show, which wants you to do a factory reset: do it You have to confirm this two times, and afterwards TWRP will boot without performing a factory reset. TWRP is compiled with a flag which recognizes this procedure and hinders the bootloader to pass the command for factory resetting.
Some additional infos:
- vendor partition: it's there for everyone (no more present in TWRP 3.3!). It is flagged as removable, so it can be leaved in fstab without producing errors. Ppl w/o a vendor partition (which you need to create via script when you want to flash treblelized AOSP builds) shouldn't let themselves get confused about that, it's an additional entry like external sdcard or USB OTG.
- kdzwriter: still untested (and no more present in 3.2, in 3.3 it never was), respectively tested with 21h kdz, which told me "not applicable for this device". I for know mark this as non-working. I'll leave it in this recovery, for future updates and other testers with other kdz file (no more inside).
- data image backup: chose SDCARD for backup location, and enable compression otherwise it's an ~55gb image lol. (<= it IS an 55gb image, no matter of compression. Compression doesn't work for images! So prepare for a huuuge file, and think about your filesystem on sdcard (can it handle big files? For AOSP you can chose ext4 or exfat, for stock exfat only)). This option includes internal sdcard, which is in /data/media. This can be used to do a real full backup with absolutely everything needed (incl. /sdcard/Android folder, your music, vids or anything else e.g.).
- time: when it goes wrong again, just delete the /persist/time folder from within recovery, boot up android and reboot to recovery. Should be "fixed" now. This folder isn't present in 3.3: here you can try to delete "/persist/.twrps" file (you need to re-setup TWRPs settings then) and the folder "/data/vendor/time", followed by a reboot to ROM and then to recovery again. May ned one or two reboots more to ROM or TWRP to get TWRP recognize the time correctly.
Encryption:
There's something you need to remember when restoring encrypted backups, after you have flashed another ROM (which differs from the one to restore): your secure startup settings. Write them down or have them in mind, you need it. Steps for restoring an stock or AOSP data partition encrypted backup:
- format data
- first restore your ROM only partially, means only boot and system (and only that)
- boot into your ROM you've restored
- go through the setup manager and afterwards hop into security and encryption settings
- encrypt your phone exactly the same way it was in your backup you want to restore encrypted userdata from; for 3.3 recovery it's only needed to set up any encryption config, you can put in what you want for yourpin / pattern / passwd
- if it is encrypted already, you only have to redo security settings. Use the same settings as in the backup, means pin/pattern/pw need to be the same *and* secure startup too, if you've chosen it before (see above for pie and 3.3 recovery: you can use anything. Youcan try this with oreo too, maybe it works too)
- reboot to recovery again and restore your encrypted data partition (from the backup you've already restored system and boot from)
- now you're good to go You should tick "Don't restore lockscreen settings" for leaving out the lockscreen.db* files. Otherwise you have to delete them manually to be able to get into your ROM, because lockscreen settings will prevent it. Lockscreen settings btw. are independent of encryption settings. It's the same pattern/pin/pw used, but another building site.
If you want to encrypt your AOSP ROMs userdata (only possible if you are on android up to 8.1), you can use the attached fstab file (it's for LOS 15.1 non treble), either as an example or to overwrite the existing one. Have a look at the line which contains "userdata". The fstab file is located in /system/vendor/etc/. Unzip the attachment (it is no flashable zip), put it in the correct location and overwrite the original file. Reboot your phone, then go into security settings, you should now be able to encrypt it.
This TWRP can't handle decryption of AOSP 9.0 encrypted data atm, you need 3.3 TWRP for that. There changed something from 8.1 to 9.0 which means the new stuff needed new recovery, which is included with 3.3 recovery.
Additional stuff:
- Recommended theme (original thread): [THEME][TWRP] TWRP Materialised - Black / Dark / Light / Play [27/01/18]
Edited versions of this theme, with menu entries added:
Black and Dark theme versions available here. There are two version of each: one showing "incl. internal" and one without, both have the lockscreen settings exclusion checkbox included. You'll now find this menu entry in main settings page only, it was there before too, but there was an additional entry when restoring a backup. This is gone in this theme as it didn't fit the way I wanted it to fit Pick the one you need.
Included storage: version for recovery "IntSD"
Without storage: version for recovery "DataIMG"
can i just update it by flashing it in the twrp 3.2.1-02 treble as img?
seadersn said:
reserved #2
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What's the difference between the AFH file and Mega file?
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black metallic said:
can i just update it by flashing it in the twrp 3.2.1-02 treble as img?
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yes, and then reboot to recovery again
TWRP can simply be updated that way.
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What's the difference between the AFH file and Mega file?
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Im 99.9% sure thats a mirror, incase AFH is slow again.
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yes, and then reboot to recovery again
TWRP can simply be updated that way.
Im 99.9% sure thats a mirror, incase AFH is slow again.
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I figured as much. I had a night that AFH wanted 3 hours to download TWRP. A Google speed test gave me 78mbps.
So yeah, seems Mega is the way to go
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First, thanks for this. Second, what's the difference b/w the earlier "tfp" img and this "tfp-kdz" img?
joarce said:
First, thanks for this. Second, what's the difference b/w the earlier "tfp" img and this "tfp-kdz" img?
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Stated in op. This image allows for writing of some stuff from kdz files.
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jip, thx
SGCMarkus said:
yes, and then reboot to recovery again
TWRP can simply be updated that way.
Im 99.9% sure thats a mirror, incase AFH is slow again.
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cool, can i still use treble and wipe tge vendor?
I don't know if I understand it correctly. Pls correct me If I'm wrong.
The benefit of KDZ Writer is that we can update system from KDZ in TWRP.
Thanks will try this
Running it now (H932). Thank you.
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So, here it is: a new (the third for v30...?) thread for an already existing recovery.
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Actually the 4th, but thank you!
First one was "H930" (which confused US998 users when they got bootloader unlock and root), 2nd one was for "US998" to counteract the H930 confusion -- but really should have been "V30" or "JOAN". @SGCMarkus then made one which not only was Oreo compatible but was "unified". Now this is 4th.
The unification thing is important. I saw over in Moto Quark threads (Droid Turbo, Moto Maxx, Moto Turbo -- all the same phone) where one initial forum was split into two because Droid Turbo at first didn't have bootloader unlock and root, the OTHER Quarks (Moto Maxx, Moto Turbo) jumped ahead in development. Then a year later when Droid Turbo got bootloader unlock and root, thanks to Sunshine, the CM dev at the time generously modified his kernel to include Droid Turbo (which was in a different "dead" forum by then). Thus all the Quarks were unified in development and could all run the same ROMs, same TWRP.
Whereas with one LG flagship phone (which I can't find right now), starting having split development. TWRP and dedicated ROMs for European (which again got bootloader unlock first, thanks to LG's mysterious ways) but then separate older TWRP and a few ROMs for the North America open market. Maybe that's improved now, which is why I can't find it, but I remember thinking "that's not right" and I didn't want that to happen to the V30.
Is the vendor partition mountable ?
Are trebleized ROMs flashable ?
Thanks for providing the new, current version of TWRP. V30 really needed an update for this. No more incorrect times/dates and Magisk giving an error due to false time/date.
Can you give a quick "dummies " tutorial on how to replace the old twrp with this new version using twrp?
Thx.
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Can you give a quick "dummies " tutorial on how to replace the old twrp with this new version using twrp?
Thx.
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I put the new image on sd card. Booted to current TWRP. Flashed new image to recovery partition. Rebooted to system.
Mine took a few reboots to settle in. Couldn't get to it using reboot manager app. Was getting ready to do button dance, but tried reboot app one more time and it booted me to new TWRP. Everything's great now. I don't know if you're supposed to boot back to recovery after flashing the new image. That's what I didn't do.
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I don't know if I understand it correctly. Pls correct me If I'm wrong.
The benefit of KDZ Writer is that we can update system from KDZ in TWRP.
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jep, that's the intention of this tool. have a look at the pic in first post there's more to flash via kdzwriter.
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Is the vendor partition mountable ?
Are trebleized ROMs flashable ?
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comes this evening, i need a bit of time for relaxing now, but i don't get it because of kids xD
Ballroomblitz said:
... I don't know if you're supposed to boot back to recovery after flashing the new image. That's what I didn't do.
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jep, this is needed! after flashing of new recovery reboot to recovery. :good:
This is the new thread for Pie & 10 TWRP Recovery 3.3.1-x
Feature list:
- Pie stock ROMs are fully decryptable with this TWRP, either protected with secure startup or without :good: OREO encrypted userdata is not decryptable with 3.3 . However, if you're on encrypted oreo and update to pie stock, either via zip or kdz, crypto gets migrated and you're good to go in terms of access to your encrypted data with 3.3. So, with this recovery, the urgent need for flashing no-verity-opt-encrypt zip isn't really there anymore
- everything working: backup & restore even with encrypted userdata, no matter if it's from oreo or pie. If you restore a backup containing an encrypted userdata, you'll need to format userdata before, for crypto removal. But only when coming from another encrypted ROM, otherwise you can just restore, boot up (it will use the encryption settings you"ve set up) ; decryption; time & dat; mtp; adb; installing of ROMs and zips in general; themeable; .........
- Possibility to leave out lockscreen settings when restoring a backup (sometimes you were forced to delete them manually, otherwise no login into your restored ROM possible -.- You can bypass this with this. Note: lockscreensettings ≠ encryption pin/pw/pattern.)
- Time and date is shown correctly, independent of /data. This should work after a few boots of ROM and TWRP, TWRP needs to get the data once and later on it will then be calculated from persist's settings file.
- modem image support: backup, restore, flashing of modem images either taken directly from kdz or diskdump. Same for OP partition (not present on USA and some others possibly)
- For removing encryption completely you can now do it as already known, via format userdata. Crypto is removed with it now again.
- busybox instead of toolbox/toybox, for better zip compatibility as it looks for now
- Pie 3.3.1-x: compiled with full 9.0 TWRP sources
- capable of installing every ROM and zip files
- some extra partitions (see below)
Don't forget your timezone settings after flashing. Also there are some extra partitions you can mount/backup/flash/explore, like LAF, persist-LG and OP configs. There's the thought of some people to flash TWRP as a second copy to LAF partition to be on the sure side when it comes to ROM switching or sth like that. You can do this, anyway it's not really recommended (by me and some others) because you'll lose download mode, but you now have the option.
For extra partitions: Some of them are needed for decryption (modem / persist-lg (drm)), some are for VoLTE (OP), time is stored on /persist/time (and /data/vendor/time), modem should be known and the LAF partition should be known already too (described above).
For decryption: it works as it should. Therefore it is a little bit tricky to restore a backup of a ROM which had encrypted userdata, when you'd installed any other ROM in between. There are some points to remember when restoring, a little guide is available in old thread's third post (https://forum.xda-developers.com/showpost.php?p=77839649&postcount=3), and some tipps too.
Some instructions:
How to flash?
If starting fresh with an unmodified phone, this thread should help you installing it
When you already have TWRP installed, you can flash this recovery from within TWRP:
- Copy the new image file to one of your phone storages
- Tap "Install"
- Tap "Install image" button, located down right
- Locate your downloaded image and select it
- Select "recovery" from the list which shows up then
- Install; and reboot to recovery after installing immediately, don't use it for any other tasks until rebooted pls, as it may not function. Things can go bollox when phone wasn't rebooted to recovery after installing.
And of course you can flash it via fastbootmode. Reboot to bootloader (adb reboot bootloader; when magisk is installed, you can use magisk manager => module => menu on the top right => reboot to bootloader. You can reboot to recovery from there too) and then:
fastboot flash recovery <twrp-image-name.img>
How to (re)boot to TWRP?:
If your phone is rooted:
- Magisk has options to reboot to different targets like bootloader or recovery, but this menu is a little bit hidden: you can access it by starting Magisk.Manager, going to the "Module" menu, tapping on the three dot menu on the top right. Then select your target
- If a terminal emulator is installed, open it, type "su" followed by enter and type "reboot recovery"
- You can do the same with an adb shell, open a shell and type the commands from above, they're the same
- There also are apps for rebooting to recovery or other targets. Just search around in PlayStore
- The good old "button dance" When phone is powered off, press the volume down key and power button at the same time. When a first sign of life is seen on display, immediately release the power button, but just to instantly press it again. A menu will show, which wants you to do a factory reset: do it You have to confirm this two times, and afterwards TWRP will boot without performing a factory reset. TWRP is compiled with a flag which recognizes this procedure and hinders the bootloader to pass the command for factory resetting.
This time no optional version of TWRP is available, it's "one for all". This TWRP works for every V30 model, and only for them. I removed vendor partition too btw, there isn't any active development about that, so it's useless and only confuses ppl. DataImage function is available.
If you want to use data_image, system_image or internal storage included in data backup, first check your filesystem on your external sdcard. It needs to be capable of writing big files, which isn't the case with fat/fat16/fat32. You need exFAT (for stock) or ext4/ntfs (only available with custom kernel and/or AOSP based builds).
CHANGELOG:
February 23rd, 2020, TWRP 3.3.1-2:
- corrected blocksize for formatting crypto related partitions
- included timezone data, maybe helps some ppl with time still not showing correct; should speed up time calc
- used pre-compiled full mke2fs and e2fsdroid binaries
- enabled ntfs experimental support (rw in kernel, NTFS_3G flag in twrp / ofox)
- minimal tweaks
- enabled F2FS and NTFS support
January 1st, 2020, TWRP 3.3.1-1:
- Formatting problem solved, TWRP now removes crypto as it should when user initiates a data format
- small fixings like checkbox layout in restore menu
- Moved a LOGERR to LOGINFO: "E: Unable to decrypt FBE device". Couldn't get rid of it with our needed config...
Dec. 30th, 2019, TWRP 3.3.1-0:
- initial first version
- almost everything working like in 3.2 oreo TWRP
- Formatting your device doesn't remove crypto from disk, so a "fresh" (formatted) userdata gets disturbed by old security lock
DOWNLOADS:
Nougat, Oreo and Pie capable 3.3.1-0 TWRP, but decrypting support only for PIE (AOSP untested, stock confirmed):
Download links below (always the latest and newest only; one version for all):
File name: TWRP-JOAN-3312_2020-02-23.img
MD5sum: 2fd78a606b65274977f1cd63080d5f23
MAIN Download: MEGA, TWRP-JOAN-3312_2020-02-23.img
As always: Use it at your own risk! You are the one who changes stuff on your phone, I'm not responsible for anything which happens to your phone. TWRP is powerful, be careful at what you do with it :good: And it just works.
All you need to compile this yourself:
[url]https://github.com/seader/android_device_lge_joan-twrp[/url]
[url]https://github.com/minimal-manifest-twrp/platform_manifest_twrp_omni[/url]
[url]https://github.com/seader/android_kernel_lge_msm8998[/url] (not really needed as a prebuilt kernel is used)
[url]https://github.com/seader/bootable_recovery-twrp[/url] (copy of twrp recovery with the stuff added. Pie is "encrypt-9.0" branch. omni's android-9.0 branch almost fully compatible, beside not being able to remove crypto (dirty hack, sry )
Much appreciated for your hard work. Twrp after all is the base for all customization
Thanks!
sure, enjoy it
btw, is there someone with oreo encrypted...? would be nice to know if it's decryptable with this new twrp too, and we therefore only need this one (and the other one can be archived...?)?
which is spoken very early, there's a lot left to do for 3.3 running really flawlessly. but, of course, this will be continued and being further worked on :good: starting right now xD
@ChazzMatt: it will take a while until wtf can be updated with this new one here. this is in an late beta stage, it works but has some quirks left. nothing that can destroy a phone but this twrp isn't fully working at this point of time and therefore not possible to use "in productive threads".
Everything works as well as the previous stable recovery.
I have tried:
1. backing up and restoring ROMs
2. Flashing, ROMs(stock pie and aosp Q), kernels and other mods.
Big thanks ??
In my case time is still not correct, I have to choose a different timezone compared to actual.... When booted up normally, it is correct.
kanehun said:
In my case time is still not correct, I have to choose a different timezone compared to actual.... When booted up normally, it is correct.
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it needs some boots and reboots to recovery. after setting up everything it showed in twrp as it should :good: i'll add the tzdata back, a registry of all timezones, used for calculation of time, maybe it helps.
Time zone is beyond screwed up, 3 hours off without DST. Also, I'm on Oreo and it's asking for the decrypt password to access internal SD.Going back to 3.2.3-7.
ldeveraux said:
, I'm on Oreo and it's asking for the decrypt password to access internal SD.Going back to 3.2.3-7.
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Try using the Pie compatible Decryption Disabler and then Reformatting data...
Have you tried flashing the @Zackptg5 Disable_Dm-Verity_ForceEncrypt_08.18.2019 (encryption disabler) before reformatting?
Flash Magisk,
Flash Pie-compatible encryption disabler,
Flash JohnFawkes Root Checker disabler,
Reformat data (where you type yes),
Reboot to recovery from within TWRP,
Flash Magisk AGAIN,
Reboot phone.
See this post: https://forum.xda-developers.com/showpost.php?p=79972563&postcount=107
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7. MORE TWRP ACTIONS - Now turn off data encryption and install essential items… all in TWRP:
(This is not a "menu" in TWRP, it's merely a list of what you NEED to do before booting to the OS)
a. Wipe Data – Factory Reset
b. Install – set storage to the External SD (if you have a microSD card) OR drag necessary files over from PC once in TWRP.
c. Install the Magisk zip. (This is to give the encryption disabler root privileges)
d. Install @Zackptg5 Disable_Dm-Verity_ForceEncrypt_08.18.2019 (encryption disabler).
e. Install @JohnFawkes AnyKernel 3 RCTD Remover (root checker disabler); this disables LG's firmware root checks, which may impede performance.
f. FORMAT DATA (Select WIPE, then FORMAT DATA, then select yes.)
Do NOT delete your OS, but you do need to FORMAT your data , not just "wipe" it this time. Otherwise you may get an encryption error when you boot up the first time. If you get any red mount errors, go back to the TWRP reboot menu and select reboot to recovery and try to FORMAT DATA again. Then, after successfully formatting...
g. Reboot – "Reboot Recovery" from TWRP reboot menu (choose to reboot back to Recovery). Now that the data partition has been formatted, TWRP needs to reload the recovery partition for usage. If you skip this step, when Magisk is installed again below, it may think that /data is still encrypted and set "preserve force encryption". This is also a good sanity check that LG encryption has been removed from /data.
h. Re-flash the Magisk zip again. (This is to make sure, due to Pie changes.)
i. Reboot – to System (NOW you are finally rebooting your phone! Until now this whole section has been done within TWRP.)
ChazzMatt said:
Try using the Pie compatible Decryption Disabler and then Reformatting data...
Have you tried flashing the @Zackptg5 Disable_Dm-Verity_ForceEncrypt_08.18.2019 (encryption disabler) before reformatting?
Flash Magisk,
Flash Pie-compatible encryption disabler,
Flash Root Checker disabler,
reformat data (where you type yes),
reboot to recovery from within TWRP,
flash Magisk AGAIN,
reboot phone.
See this post: https://forum.xda-developers.com/showpost.php?p=79972563&postcount=107
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7. MORE TWRP ACTIONS - Now turn off data encryption and install essential items… all in TWRP:
(This is not a "menu" in TWRP, it's merely a list of what you NEED to do before booting to the OS)
a. Wipe Data – Factory Reset
b. Install – set storage to the External SD (if you have a microSD card) OR drag necessary files over from PC once in TWRP.
c. Install the Magisk zip. (This is to give the encryption disabler root privileges)
d. Install @Zackptg5 Disable_Dm-Verity_ForceEncrypt_08.18.2019 (encryption disabler).
e. Install @JohnFawkes AnyKernel 3 RCTD Remover (root checker disabler); this disables LG's firmware root checks, which may impede performance.
f. FORMAT DATA (Select WIPE, then FORMAT DATA, then select yes.)
Do NOT delete your OS, but you do need to FORMAT your data , not just "wipe" it this time. Otherwise you may get an encryption error when you boot up the first time. If you get any red mount errors, go back to the TWRP reboot menu and select reboot to recovery and try to FORMAT DATA again. Then, after successfully formatting...
g. Reboot – "Reboot Recovery" from TWRP reboot menu (choose to reboot back to Recovery). Now that the data partition has been formatted, TWRP needs to reload the recovery partition for usage. If you skip this step, when Magisk is installed again below, it may think that /data is still encrypted and set "preserve force encryption". This is also a good sanity check that LG encryption has been removed from /data.
h. Re-flash the Magisk zip again. (This is to make sure, due to Pie changes.)
i. Reboot – to System (NOW you are finally rebooting your phone! Until now this whole section has been done within TWRP.)
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No, that's an insane amount of hassle for no apparent gain! I'm just sticking with the older TWRP [emoji6]
ldeveraux said:
No, that's an insane amount of hassle for no apparent gain! I'm just sticking with the older TWRP [emoji6]
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Were you already on a decrypted ROM using the older version of TWRP? Trying to figure out if the same encrypted internal storage situation will happen to me if I bother to try this Pie version of TWRP. Just would stick with Oreo TWRP if it's going to be this whole hassle to upgrade.
Thanks!
:victory: thank you seadersn!
ldeveraux said:
No, that's an insane amount of hassle for no apparent gain! I'm just sticking with the older TWRP [emoji6]
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It's the exact steps people have to do when installing TWRP to work with bootloader unlocked Pie KDZ.
We needed new Encryption Disabler and we needed new Root Checker Disabler and we needed to flash Magisk twice.
The order of steps had to be rewritten besides new files.
Those have been in effect ever since EU H930 got Pie. Works on Oreo AND Pie bootloader unlocked KDZ.
drewcu said:
Were you already on a decrypted ROM using the older version of TWRP? Trying to figure out if the same encrypted internal storage situation will happen to me if I bother to try this Pie version of TWRP. Just would stick with Oreo TWRP if it's going to be this whole hassle to upgrade.
Thanks!
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I'm on the TWRP flashable US99820H, so no clue
ChazzMatt said:
It's the exact steps people have to do when installing TWRP to work with bootloader unlocked Pie KDZ.
Those have been in effect ever since EU H930 got Pie.
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I guess. I don't have Pie and don't plan on updating soon. I don't even know what the decryption password was all about. My TWRP was working fine, I've learned one thing with Android: if it ain't broke...
ldeveraux said:
I'm on the TWRP flashable US99820H, so no clue
I guess. I don't have Pie and don't plan on updating soon. I don't even know what the decryption password was all about. My TWRP was working fine, I've learned one thing with Android: if it ain't broke...
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Any TWRP flashable ROM was likely decrypted and is similar to my situation (except I'm on Pie VS99630c). Sounds like upgrading to TWRP 3.3.1 Pie is more hassle than it's worth and I'll stay put.
Thanks.
ldeveraux said:
I'm on the TWRP flashable US99820H, so no clue
I guess. I don't have Pie and don't plan on updating soon. I don't even know what the decryption password was all about. My TWRP was working fine, I've learned one thing with Android: if it ain't broke...
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Sure. I'm still on stock rooted Oreo firmware, also.
But those two new files, different order of steps work with both Oreo AND Pie Bootloader Unlocked KDZ with 3 2.3.7 -- whereas the older method and (with original decryption and root check disabler files) were in place before Pie.
WTF has always had decryption and root check disabler files and reformat of data to install TWRP.
What's different now is newer files to be effective on Pie KDZ as well as different order of steps -- as well as flashing Magisk at the beginning and again at the end.
I am hoping those files and steps also work with this new TWRP 3.3.1.
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drewcu said:
Any TWRP flashable ROM was likely decrypted and is similar to my situation (except I'm on Pie VS99630c). Sounds like upgrading to TWRP 3.3.1 Pie is more hassle than it's worth and I'll stay put.
Thanks.
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Those files and steps I posted work with all Pie KDZ on 3.2.3.7. If they don't work on this 3.3.1 that's strange.
ChazzMatt said:
Sure. I'm still on stock rooted Oreo firmware, also.
But those two new files, different order of steps work with both Oreo AND Pie Bootloader Unlocked KDZ with 3 2.3.7 -- whereas the older method and (with original decryption and root check disabler files) were in place before Pie.
WTF has always had decryption and root check disabler files and reformat of data to install TWRP.
What's different now is newer files to be effective on Pie KDZ as well as different order of steps -- as well as flashing Magisk at the beginning and again at the end.
I am hoping those files and steps also work with this new TWRP 3.3.1.
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Those files and steps I posted work with all Pie KDZ on 3.2.3.7. If they don't work on this 3.3.1 that's strange.
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I am on John Fawkes' Pie VS99630c TWRP flashable ZIP using TWRP 3.2.3.7. The concern is whether upgrading TWRP to 3.3.1 is as simple is flashing the IMG file within TWRP 3.2.3.7, or whether we'll have to reflash multiple things in a whole list of steps. If it's the latter, then why not just stay on TWRP 3.2.3.7 which seems to do everything we need in terms of flashing Pie ROMs?
ChazzMatt said:
Those files and steps I posted work with all Pie KDZ on 3.2.3.7. If they don't work on this 3.3.1 that's strange.
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it's only formatting data switched to "fastboot -w" (reformats cache and data) or "fastboot erase userdata" (reformats data). both remove eventually present encryptions. everything else works like in the default wtf recovery :good: and that's really an enerving point... i want to simply format my userdata in twrp and not have to switch to fastboot...
formatting now works :good:
drewcu said:
I am on John Fawkes' Pie VS99630c TWRP flashable ZIP using TWRP 3.2.3.7. The concern is whether upgrading TWRP to 3.3.1 is as simple is flashing the IMG file within TWRP 3.2.3.7, or whether we'll have to reflash multiple things in a whole list of steps. If it's the latter, then why not just stay on TWRP 3.2.3.7 which seems to do everything we need in terms of flashing Pie ROMs?
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it's the first: flashing image easily. only thing is, as described above, removing encryption requires fastboot. atm not possible to do this in recovery as usual. therefore nod suitable for wtf thread, but for anybody else, especially the ones who have pie installed and want to acces their data in twrp when encrypted. i'll test oreo decryption compatibility soon, zip needs downloading time lol
oreo decryption compatibility not given with 3.3 but: you can easily migrate from encrypted oreo via fw zip to pie, it adopts the storage encryption then and 3.3 is able to unlock :good: i've got a solution for 3.3 not being able to remove encryption: i keep a copyof 3.2.3-7 image on external sd and install it when formatting needed xD then back to 3.3 and good to go.
workaround no more needed, working now
Today the unlock time for bootloader to unlock will complete and I Intend to install TWRP. I have found the latest officially supported twrp-3.6.1_11-0-alioth.img at https://eu.dl.twrp.me/alioth/. How does it compare to TWRP-3.5.1 https://forum.xda-developers.com/t/recovery-unofficial-twrp-3-5-1-20210702.4300189/.
Can anyone guide me what are the pros and cons of using twrp-3.6.1_11-0-alioth.img and its limitations as compared to TWRP-3.5.1 as I can not find any documentation on twrp-3.6.1_11-0-alioth.img. Any help will be appreciated.
Also does the following limitations of TWRP-3.5.1 also apply to twrp-3.6.1_11-0-alioth.img ?
KNOWN LIMITATIONS:
The following are some known limitations due to either the design nature of Virtual A/B or a problem with ROM themselves. Please read carefully :-
You cannot format data after flashing a ROM zip (Limitation of Virtual A/B). If you want to format, then reboot recovery after flashing ROM. Additionally, if you are encrypted, the newly flashed ROM must be able to decrypt your device. If not, then you have to format data before flashing the ROM It appears, you can actually format data after reboot even if the new ROM cannot decrypt.
You can flash only one ROM in one boot. If you wanna flash another ROM, you must boot to system once. This is again a limitation of Virtual A/B.
Once you have rebooted after flashing a ROM, you cannot write to the data partition until you boot successfully to the new ROM. Android seals the data partition after a ROM flash to prevent any accidental brick since the newly flashed ROM is actually stored in /data. Only data format is allowed in this case. Once you successfully boot to the new ROM, your storage becomes ready for writing again.
Ideally, after flashing a new ROM, you should only need to wipe your data rather than format. But, due to a problem in the device trees current ROMs are using, you will have to format data if you are currently on miui and want to switch to a custom ROM. Specifically, the roms need this commit and to set vendor security patch level to fix this issue. Switching between custom ROMs should not need format, except for hentai OS.
If you are currently on hentai OS, then before using TWRP, you must flash vendor_boot from the link provided in every hentai OS release. Otherwise, you will get black screen. This is only needed when you boot to TWRP for the first time. Do not repeat this step again. Also, do not try this with beta version of the ROM. Use it only with stable.
If you reboot to older slot after flashing new ROM, the new ROM will be cancelled and you will have to reflash again. This is because of how Virtual A/B works.
If you must flash magisk via recovery (it's not recommended now), please uncheck "Inject TWRP after install" else TWRP will remove magisk.
Do not flash magisk after flashing a ROM before reboot. Magisk's zip detects slot in a different way that will cause issues.
Backuptool (used to persist magisk and gapps across ROM updates) will also not work in recovery due to A/B. You will have to flash gapps (or any other zips) everytime after flashing a ROM.
you dont search enough...
this is latest A12 TWRP....
https://dl.akr-developers.com/?dir=skkk/TWRP
Installation:
activateUSB DEBUGGIN and OEM unlocked on Poco
(copy all files in Adb folder) rename the long TWRP file to twrp.img
Disable all security settings like PIN, pattern, fingerprint
start Poco in fastboot
fastboot boot twrp.img"
copy twrp.img to Poco or "adb push twrp.img /sdcard/"
TWRP Menü -> Advanced -> Flash Current TWRP or Install Recovery Ramdisk -> you must test it... both should work
TWRP Menü -> Reboot -> recovery
Magisk and safety net working great...
see also....
Xiaomi devices on Android 12 via Fastboot only:
- Download our ROM zip file
- Unpack downloaded zip file in the PC using WinRAR
- Reboot your device to fastboot mode (press volume down + power)
- Connect to PC via USB cable
- Run fastboot installation script from unpacked zip according your PC operating system:
--- For Windows OS - windows_fastboot_update_rom.bat
--- For Linux - linux_fastboot_update_rom.sh
--- For MacOS - macos_fastboot_update_rom.sh
greeting
hofi01 said:
you dont search enough...
this is latest A12 TWRP....
https://dl.akr-developers.com/?dir=skkk/TWRP
Installation:
activateUSB DEBUGGIN and OEM unlocked on Poco
(copy all files in Adb folder) rename the long TWRP file to twrp.img
Disable all security settings like PIN, pattern, fingerprint
start Poco in fastboot
fastboot boot twrp.img"
copy twrp.img to Poco or "adb push twrp.img /sdcard/"
TWRP Menü -> Advanced -> Flash Current TWRP or Install Recovery Ramdisk -> you must test it... both should work
TWRP Menü -> Reboot -> recovery
Magisk and safety net working great...
see also....
Xiaomi devices on Android 12 via Fastboot only:
- Download our ROM zip file
- Unpack downloaded zip file in the PC using WinRAR
- Reboot your device to fastboot mode (press volume down + power)
- Connect to PC via USB cable
- Run fastboot installation script from unpacked zip according your PC operating system:
--- For Windows OS - windows_fastboot_update_rom.bat
--- For Linux - linux_fastboot_update_rom.sh
--- For MacOS - macos_fastboot_update_rom.sh
greeting
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I know where the lastest TWRP for Poco F3 is and how to install it as I have already installed it. That was not the question. The question was that "does limitations of TWRP-3.5.1 also apply to twrp-3.6.1_11-0'? Limitattions like being forced to reboot TWRP after flashing a every single zip file and other limitations like it as mentioned above. Thanks for your reply anyways.
so for me, TWRP does not start again, after installing a file.
I install TWRP, boot into TWRP again and install Magisk. after that I boot into the ROM.
TWRP does not restart itself
So, still no decryption on A12?
I wanted to test new custom roms but i dont want to have to reinstall everything from scratch if i go back to my current rom (.EU).
Can twrp make a full backup and restore it despite not having decryption?
If it cant, can I make a full back up of my phone from cmd in fastboot mode? (so i can just flash it from fastboot to restore everything as it is now)
Last night I do have a problem with the custom rom that I have installed, because of the battery problem keeps on dropping, so I decided to go back to the official stock rom which is for global however after flashing the fastboot rom via Miflash Tool, I have a welcome message that says Find Device storage corrupted. Your device is unsafe now. I thought that I just need to activate this to the device admin, after a reboot I tried to check it out if this message if this message will still pop up, and it keeps on popping up. I have flashed the rom again and it keeps on happening.
Things that I have Tried:
So I tried to check for other ways that I could get rid of this but this doesnt work on the terminal via TWRP. "
[GUIDE] How to fix "Find Device storage corrupted. Your device is unsafe now".
[GUIDE] How to fix "Find Device storage corrupted. Your device is unsafe now". How to fix "Find Device storage corrupted. Your device is unsafe now" ? (At your own risk... I'm not responsible for damage or brick) Required : - Be rooted and...
forum.xda-developers.com
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The one that works:
Things that you needed:
1. Download Mi Flash Tool(https://www.xiaomiflash.com/)
2. Minimal ADB and Fastboot
3. 7zip or BreeZip
4. TWRP A12(
TWRP A12.rar
drive.google.com
) if you are using other MIUI and devices and want to check it this will work then just use your twrp that is recommended for your mui device.
5. Global Rom (https://xiaomifirmwareupdater.com/miui/alioth/stable/V12.5.6.0.RKHMIXM/)
warning: make sure that you are using the right rom for your device, my device that I am using is a global variant so I need to flash a global version, if you are using other MIUI device and want to check it out just download the miui that works for you must be on a later update of the rom if the latest current rom that you are working on right now didnt work.
Steps to follow.
1. Extract the Rom which you have downloaded using the 7zip or BreeZip, so for me I extracted the version 12.5.6.0 take note that this is not the latest rom but for this to work we need to be in a later update this rom is an android version 11.
2. after extracting the fastboot rom file type TGZ you will notice that the one that you extracted is on a TAR file type, and you need to extract the TAR file type for you to have the folder "alioth_global_images_V12.5.6.0.RKHMIXM_20220210.0000.00_11.0_global_62b4f5d6ca"
3. Using the Mi Flash Tool, just pick the clean all and start the flashing.
4. After flashing the rom set up the phone but do not update it.
5. On your extracted folder for the rom go to the folder that says images and look for 'persist" this is an img file. copy the persist img file and paste it on your Internal memory of your phone.
6. Turn off your phone and go to fastboot by pressing the volume down as well as the power button. You will notice that the fastboot logo is the older version since we are using an older rom.
7. Extract the TWRP A12 and you should have the disc recovery image of it, copy and paste it on your Minimal ADB and Fastboot folder and rename it "recovery".
8. While you are on the Minimal ADB Fastboot folder make sure that your phone is plug in to the usb port on your computer, click the cmd here on the Minimal ADB and Fastboot Folder and you should able to run the cmd.
9. run the following commands:
fastboot devices (then press the enter)
warning: make sure that the fastboot devices is able to see your device.
after seeing the device run this command:
fastboot boot recovery.img (then press enter)
the device should boot to the twrp if its on chinese look for settings and set it to english. we are not flashing the twrp we are just going to use it temporarily thats why we are only going to boot it to twrp recovery.
10. On your twrp, go to install, click the install image and look for your persist.img that we have copied earlier to your internal memory
you should find it on the sdcard folder. just flash and you will see that you have successfully flashed the persist image and then just reboot your phone.
After rebooting your phone you will notice that the "Find Device storage corrupted. Your device is unsafe now." will not prompt. Since I already have the current fastboot rom I have tried to flash the current fastboot rom and locked my device and fixed the problem permanently without any problem.
You wrote too much for something that could be written in a few sentences. And why would anyone downgrade an android or flash a clean fastboot ROM? (Android or MIUI version doesn't matter)
Summary guide:
1. Download the fastboot ROM from here and extract the "persist.img" image or dump the "persistbak" partition from your device and rename this file to "persist.img"
2. Put persist.img into your device's internal memory and go to TWRP
3. In TWRP, go to: Install> select install image> select file persist.img> select "Persist" partition
4. Restart the device, it should work fine
uvzen said:
You wrote too much for something that could be written in a few sentences. And why would anyone downgrade an android or flash a clean fastboot ROM? (Android or MIUI version doesn't matter)
Summary guide:
1. Download the fastboot ROM from here and extract the "persist.img" image or dump the "persistbak" partition from your device and rename this file to "persist.img"
2. Put persist.img into your device's internal memory and go to TWRP
3. In TWRP, go to: Install> select install image> select file persist.img> select "Persist" partition
4. Restart the device, it should work fine
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Wrote it down for the newbies that doesnt know how to fix anyway thanks for the summary. I have to downgraded it because the latest current rom doesnt work give me "invalid sparse file format at header magic" error as I flash the persist.img file, via twrp.
mizuhored said:
Wrote it down for the newbies that doesnt know how to fix anyway thanks for the summary. I have to downgraded it because the latest current rom doesnt work give me "invalid sparse file format at header magic" error as I flash the persist.img file, via twrp.
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If you are using TWRP from Nebrassy then use skkk TWRP or OrangeFox. Flashing persist should work fine on both recoveries (I did it myself recently).
uvzen said:
If you are using TWRP from Nebrassy then use skkk TWRP or OrangeFox. Flashing persist should work fine on both recoveries (I did it myself recently).
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Thats great but this is the one that works for me anyways. At least we have found out the things that we needed in order for it to be fixed. Just sharing my ideas and how did I fixed the problem myself. Thanks for sharing of your ideas. Hoping that we could share our ideas to others as well. Been on a nightmare last night cant sleep because of this problem. Trying to figure out what to do since using the cmds via terminal on twrp doesnt work for me. Need to downgrade for me to fix it.
mizuhored said:
Thats great but this is the one that works for me anyways. At least we have found out the things that we needed in order for it to be fixed. Just sharing my ideas and how did I fixed the problem myself. Thanks for sharing of your ideas. Hoping that we could share our ideas to others as well. Been on a nightmare last night cant sleep because of this problem. Trying to figure out what to do since using the cmds via terminal on twrp doesnt work for me. Need to downgrade for me to fix it.
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Could you please confirm if flashing persist.img doesn't mess up with sensor like fingerprint, l1, compass etc..? I have seen other forums talking about possibility of losing these in case perist is flashed from rom. I have this message for some time now, but all other sensors work fine, even l1 certification and saftynet. Thanks in advance.