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[GUIDE] How to get root on the 10.1v

BEFORE YOU BEGIN
As always, mucking with your device at this level is risky. If you follow this process, you do so entirely at your own risk. I accept no responsibility for any detrimental effects resulting from following this process, or for any problems associated with the updated files. Only if you accept these risks should you use these instructions.
PREREQUISITES
Unlocked bootloader (see my guide to do this)
Working fastboot (also see my guide )
Patience
NOTES
I developed and followed this process on Ubuntu Natty, 64bit. I see no reason why it should not work on any other platform, since the only tool used is fastboot and the syntax for fastboot is the same on any platform. if you need to know how to get fastboot working, there are already many guides for that (see my how to unlock your bootloader thread, for example)
BUTTON CONFUSION
When in landscape mode, with the camera at the top, the power button is on the left 'vertical' side of the tab. On the top is the volume rocker. In this orientation:
- The LEFT side of the volume rocker is VOLUME DOWN
- The RIGHT side of the volume rocker is VOLUME UP
This might seem obvious, but to anyone who is used to phones, this is the opposite, since they were designed to be used in Portrait mode.
PREPARE
1) With your Tab in fastboot mode (step 1 of "GETTING ROOT" below), make sure you have a working fastboot implementation:
Code:
fastboot devices
If all is well, you should see your device serial number. If there is a problem, you won't get any response.
2) Downlad View attachment skitzandroid-10-1v-root_0.2.zip and View attachment skitzandroid-stock-recovery.zip
3) Create a folder on your desktop called "root"
Code:
mkdir ~/Desktop/root
for Ubuntu or
Code:
md %userprofile%\desktop\root
for Windows
This will be referred to as the working directory throughout the rest of this guide
4) Copy skitzandroid-10-1v-root.zip to your working directory (DO NOT UNZIP!)
5) Extract the skitzandroid-recovery.img file from skitzandroid-stock-recovery.zip to your working folder. Your working folder should now have 1 IMG file and one ZIP file.
6) This was an afterthought - Make sure fastboot is somewhere in your path (ie can be executed from anywhere). To test, 'cd' to any random folder and type 'fastboot' and make sure it runs.
7) Copy the skitzandroid-10-1v-root.zip file to the root of your sdcard. You can eithe drag/drop, or run:
Code:
adb push skitzandroid-10-1v-root.zip /sdcard/
from your working directory
...now the easy part
GETTING ROOT
1) Power off your Tab and power it back on, while holding the VOLUME DOWN button.
2) When the DOWNLOAD / FASTBOOT icons appear, press VOLUME DOWN again to select FASTBOOT icon (the one with the USB logo) and press VOLUME UP to confirm selection.
3) Confirm you are now in fastboot mode and do a:
Code:
fastboot devices
If all is well, you should see your device serial number.
4) Open a terminal / CMD prompt and CD to your working folder
Code:
cd ~/Desktop/root
for Ubuntu or
Code:
cd %userprofile%\desktop\root
for Windows
5) Run the following command:
Temp Root:
Code:
fastboot boot skitzandroid-recovery.img
..and wait. It might not look like anything is happening but it is.
Permanent Root:
Code:
fastboot flash recovery skitzandroid-recovery.img
6) You should now have a recovery menu. Use the volume rocker (up/down navigates menu options) to select "Install zip from SDCARD" (or something like that - if someone can post the exact menu item wording, I will update the guide). Press (tap!) the POWER button to confirm the menu selection
7) Navigate to the root of your internal storage (/sdcard), select the skitzandroid-10-1v-root.zip file and press (tap!) the POWER button to confirm selection.
8) Once complete, use the Volume rocker to select "REBOOT" from the menu and press (tap!!!) the POWER button to confirm selection.
9) You're done! Press the thanks button on this thread to continue
TESTING
1) Once your Tab boots up, check your apps menu to confirm the existence of SuperUser app.
2) With the Tab attached to your PC via USB cable, do the following:
Code:
adb shell
su
..and watch the screen on your Tab for a SuperUser prompt. If you see this, congratulations!
If you have never rooted a phone/tablet before, go get Titanium Backup Pro and ROM Manager from the market. As soon as the custom ROMs start flowing in, you'll be all set to go.
Edit: How about thanking smaskell who was very patient and persistent in dumping the image from his Google IO 10.1 - for the good of his fellow XDA members. Without his help, this would not be possible.

Note that the above process doesn't flash the recovery, just loads it.
If you want to flash the recovery permanently, all you need to do is follow the guide above and then, in step 5, use this command instead:
Code:
fastboot flash recovery skitzandroid-recovery.img
You will then have a permanent recovery which you can get to by doing:
Code:
adb shell
su
reboot recovery
at any time.
Note that doing just
adb reboot recovery
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...for some bizarre reason does not boot to recovery. Open up a shell first, as shown above.
I will also give you credit in the guide for having "Balls of Steel" to steal a phrase from PaulObrien
EDIT:
...and the Balls of Steel award goes to *drumroll*
Egan
...for having the balls to flash the recovery. Thanks egan. If I was in a battle, I'd definitely want you in our squad

FAQ
Does it need unlocked bootloader? Yes, see my other guide for this.
Do I need to wipe, or will it wipe my device? No and No.
Can I return my device to factory default config? Yes. This process does not flash the partition unless you follow the process in post 2 which is optional.
Changelog
0.2 - Added busybox (can be flashed over the top of 0.1 without wipe)
0.1 - Initial Relase
Factory Voda Tab Images
Recovery
Boot
System

Awesome news! Thanks to everyone who worked on this - I can't wait!

Great, great job you guys! This thing needs root so it can grow

Thanks a lot bcmobile and smaskell! Ill give it a go around launch.
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Thank you guys, it's working great on my 10.1v

I'm pretty sure I know the answer to this already - but is there anyway of getting temp root on these devices so I can backup all my apps and data (properly) before unlocking / flashing recovery / rooting??

This wont make any changes to the partitions. You could undo the whole process by just deleting a few files.
The process in my second post would actually flash the image, and would be permanent if you had no 'factory' recovery image to flash back.
The 'standard' process in post 1 is normally used for testing and doesn't overwrite the recovery partition

Thanks a lot. Works like a charm
Now to make a full "original" fastboot flashable restore fileset:
Boot: dd if=/dev/block/mmcblk0p5 of=/sdcard/boot.img
System: dd if=/dev/block/mmcblk0p4 of=/sdcard/system.img
Would this be enough to have a proper "original" image? (With the small addition of root offcourse)
(Did a dd of dd if=/dev/block/mmcblk0p1 of=/sdcard/efs.img too, just to have a backup
Will see if I can make a full nandroid back-up now
Before flashing any recovery images etc..

gjroeleveld said:
Thanks a lot. Works like a charm
Now to make a full "original" fastboot flashable restore fileset:
Boot: dd if=/dev/block/mmcblk0p5 of=/sdcard/boot.img
System: dd if=/dev/block/mmcblk0p4 of=/sdcard/system.img
Would this be enough to have a proper "original" image? (With the small addition of root offcourse)
(Did a dd of dd if=/dev/block/mmcblk0p1 of=/sdcard/efs.img too, just to have a backup
Will see if I can make a full nandroid back-up now
Before flashing any recovery images etc..
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That's all the backup I have done so I hope so
Just uploading a new version of the update zip (v0.2) which includes busybox

bcmobile said:
This wont make any changes to the partitions. You could undo the whole process by just deleting a few files.
The process in my second post would actually flash the image, and would be permanent if you had no 'factory' recovery image to flash back.
The 'standard' process in post 1 is normally used for testing and doesn't overwrite the recovery partition
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Sorry, I realise that applying the root won't wipe anything, but unlocking the bootloader comes with a nice factory reset if I'm not mistaken..

gjroeleveld said:
Now to make a full "original" fastboot flashable restore fileset:
Boot: dd if=/dev/block/mmcblk0p5 of=/sdcard/boot.img
System: dd if=/dev/block/mmcblk0p4 of=/sdcard/system.img
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Sorry for the ignorance, but are these fastboot or a adb commands?

Good work!
You should mention that you can't unlock and flash the Root-Update in one step.
The recovery complains then that /data/media is missing
Regards
EDIT:
black beard said:
Sorry for the ignorance, but are these fastboot or a adb commands?
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These are adb commands you need to do with su!

black beard said:
Sorry, I realise that applying the root won't wipe anything, but unlocking the bootloader comes with a nice factory reset if I'm not mistaken..
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That is part of the recovery image, not the unlocked bootloader.
You can always put back a stock image using fastboot which is one of the really nice things about fastboot unlocking vs bootloader exploits. "fastboot oem unlock" can then be undone by "fastboot oem lock" and nobody would know the diff.

seraphimserapis said:
Good work!
You should mention that you can't unlock and flash the Root-Update in one step.
The recovery complains then that /data/media is missing
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Thanks!
Yeah, oem unlock doesn't actually do anything until the next boot

Egan said:
Thanks a lot bcmobile and smaskell! Ill give it a go around lunch.
Sent from my LG-P990 using XDA Premium App
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Works like a charm! Now lets backup the original recovery and then flash the stock recovery .

Egan said:
Works like a charm! Now lets backup the original recovery and then flash the stock recovery .
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Are you going to flash it?
You will earn the official "Balls of steel" badge

Thanks,
Also remember to enable USB debugging after you have done the unlocked bootloader, took me 5 min to to realize why adb did not want to work, 5 scary min after the reboot.

I've tried to make a proper nandroid backup but haven't been able too.
Tried with romdump 0.72 but that crashes :-(
Most tutorials use Rom Manager, but that needs some work from @koush before we can use it.
I'll google on
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[REQ]Dump of initial rom on N5 (Instructions inside)

Progress:
KFS78N: not needed
KQS81M: not needed
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Introduction:
I would like to request users to dump KFS78N and KQS81M.
(The roms that were initially installed on the N5 at release)
As there is already an ota to KRT16M, the only way to get it is from a device that has never past the welcome screen when you turn the device on for the first time
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Eligibility:
You have a desired rom if the following are true
You have not installed the ota that is required during setup
Your bootloader is either HHZ10x or HHZ11a (specifically any that isnt HHZ11d) in fastboot
Instructions to enter fastboot are below
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Requirements:
Adb and fastboot set up
basic understanding of the command line/shell
A custom recovery (such as TWRP)
There are many guides on how to set up fastboot for a device and tutorials on using the command line on the internet.
You will need the newest android sdk to set up adb/fastboot easily for this device.
Beyond that there are no additional/unique steps to it.
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Instructions:
Unpack N5 from box
Charge it to ~60% (recommended, may not be required)
Enter fastboot mode:
Make sure device is off
Hold down volume up + volume down + power until you reach the fastboot screen
If you accidently turned it on normally: just turn it off and try again, it is not an issue as long as you dont finish the initial welcome/setup
open up fastboot and enter: "fastboot oem unlock"
follow onscreen instructions to unlock
enter "fastboot boot <path to custom recovery>"
Follow onscreen instructions and make a nandroid
Let it finish and go back to the recovery top most menu
Make sure /sdcard is mounted
Go to mounts (or it's equivilent)
Check that /sdcard is a mounted partition
enter "adb shell"
Dump the radio
"dd if=/dev/block/platform/msm_sdcc.1/by-name/modem of=/sdcard/radio.img
Dump the bootloader
"dd if=/dev/block/platform/msm_sdcc.1/by-name/aboot of=/sdcard/bootloader.aboot.img
"dd if=/dev/block/platform/msm_sdcc.1/by-name/imgdata of=/sdcard/bootloader.imgdata.img
"dd if=/dev/block/platform/msm_sdcc.1/by-name/rpm of=/sdcard/bootloader.rpm.img
"dd if=/dev/block/platform/msm_sdcc.1/by-name/sbl1 of=/sdcard/bootloader.sbl1.img
"dd if=/dev/block/platform/msm_sdcc.1/by-name/sdi of=/sdcard/bootloader.sdi.img
"dd if=/dev/block/platform/msm_sdcc.1/by-name/tz of=/sdcard/bootloader.tz.img
Zip them up and upload somewhere
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2chars

Will do ASAP.
Prolly this forthcoming week :good:

should i known about this i wouldn't have done the initial 125MB download/update out of the box. oh well.

We dont need dumps of the original roms anymore, but we dont have otas from the original roms to 4.4.1/4.4.2

[Root] Root and TWRP for R

Disclaimer: If you are not comfortable with using Fastboot and ADB and editing system files than this guide might not be for you. At this point this is what I have to offer.
Click here for the unofficial twrp image - Latest version as of 12/27/14
So getting right into it.
1. Turn on ADB mode on the watch by going to about and tapping the build info 7 times.
2. Download ADB and Fastboot utilties
3. Plug the watch into the computer and your phone should vibrate and ask you to accept the computers fingerprint, tick the check box to always allow and hit ok
4. Open up a command prompt or terminal inside of where the ADB utilities are located and enter
Code:
adb reboot bootloader
This next step will wipe your data!
5. Now you should be in fastboot, go ahead and on the terminal use the next code and follow prompts to unlock
Code:
fastboot oem unlock
6. Now after you re-set up your watch again you will need to do step 1 and 3 again.
Please do not skip step 6!
7. Go ahead and issue
Code:
adb reboot bootloader
8. Flash unofficial twrp, make sure the recovery image file is in the same location as fastboot than issue
Code:
fastboot flash recovery YOURIMGNAMEHERE.img
9. Upon successfully doing that you should have twrp installed
10. Lots in one step here, download the latest supersu.zip flashable file and put it in the same folder as ADB use the proper name of what you downloaded. Issue
Code:
adb push SUPERSUNAMEHERE.zip /sdcard/
11. Issue
Code:
adb reboot recovery
12. than using the very tiny TWRP and somewhat messed up go ahead and use it to install the supersu.zip under the folder /sdcard
13. Enjoy root and twrp.
I will make this guide into a much easier Java program in the very near future to make it easier to use.
This was typed up pretty fast and it is kinda hacky, I will work on a bat script and a shell script if we have enough osx users here. I'm sure someone will come along and make this better if I don't get around to it.
Credits:
Dees-Troy for his TWRP support for dory our fish brother device which worked on our device
Chainfire for all his hard work these many years

Q: ADB complains there is no device listed.
A: Install universal ADB drivers and then go to device manager and under the device with a yellow warning icon go to update driver, Browse my computer, let me pick from list of device drivers, than Google ADB interface. If it still complains turn off debugging, than turn it back on, revoke authorization, then disable and re-enable again.

One more just in case.

Great work!!
Just got the watch today and couldn't be happier. Custom kernel, TWRP and root (well sort of) all within 6 hours of having this watch.
I say root (sort of) because SU is force closing when running su in adb shell. First time it crashed adb on PC and had to reboot watch. Now it just force closes on my watch and adb exits on PC. What is the most current version of SuperSU? I have 1.94 from Chainfire's site.
Thank you SO MUCH for this! Do you or your team have a paypal?

hatefuel19 said:
Just got the watch today and couldn't be happier. Custom kernel, TWRP and root (well sort of) all within 6 hours of having this watch.
I say root (sort of) because SU is force closing when running su in adb shell. First time it crashed adb on PC and had to reboot watch. Now it just force closes on my watch and adb exits on PC. What is the most current version of SuperSU? I have 1.94 from Chainfire's site.
Thank you SO MUCH for this! Do you or your team have a paypal?
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The latest supersu is version 2.36 dated 11.27.2014. 1.94 is well over a year old, you need to update for sure that is why you are force closing.

I figured that's what it was. Feeel real dumb for not finding the newest version the first time. Also most current is now 2.37 XD
Edit: That got it! Thanks tonu!

hatefuel19 said:
I figured that's what it was. Feeel real dumb for not finding the newest version the first time. Also most current is now 2.37 XD
Edit: That got it! Thanks tonu!
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I'm here to help! I'm working on adding other mods to my other thread right now I'm working on getting busybox working.

Thanks for doing all of this work.
I was hoping you could help me with a step I am stuck on.
10. Lots in one step here, download the latest supersu.zip flashable file and put it in the same folder as ADB. Issue "adb push SUPERSUNAMEHERE.zip /sdcard/
When I do this it is saying permission denied. Also, should the watch be in recovery or fully booted when I run this command?
Thanks
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jimmydigital00 said:
Thanks for doing all of this work.
I was hoping you could help me with a step I am stuck on.
10. Lots in one step here, download the latest supersu.zip flashable file and put it in the same folder as ADB. Issue "adb push SUPERSUNAMEHERE.zip /sdcard/
When I do this it is saying permission denied. Also, should the watch be in recovery or fully booted when I run this command?
Thanks
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Disregard I did it again and for some reason it worked. Maybe I need to reboot first.

Recovery
I went through your command and everything worked until I ran:
fastboot flash recovery UNOFFICIAL-openrecovery-twrp-2.8.0.0-lenok.img
Now the device just boots into the recovery and not into the system. The system/data partitions keep saying:
E:Unable to mount /data
E:Unable to mount /system
I am very comfortable with fastboot and adb so I do not know what I did wrong here.
Any ideas?

adamrobles said:
I went through your command and everything worked until I ran:
fastboot flash recovery UNOFFICIAL-openrecovery-twrp-2.8.0.0-lenok.img
Now the device just boots into the recovery and not into the system. The system/data partitions keep saying:
E:Unable to mount /data
E:Unable to mount /system
I am very comfortable with fastboot and adb so I do not know what I did wrong here.
Any ideas?
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Try reflashing the recovery IMG again. And check back here.
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tonu42 said:
Try reflashing the recovery IMG again. And check back here.
Sent from my A0001 using XDA Free mobile app
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I reflashed the recovery you provided and I keep rebooting to system but it takes me to twrp.
I am in the process of downloading the system dump from another thread to hopefully flash those to get back into the system.

adamrobles said:
I reflashed the recovery you provided and I keep rebooting to system but it takes me to twrp.
I am in the process of downloading the system dump from another thread to hopefully flash those to get back into the system.
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The dump is extracted from the system.img, you won't be able to flash it in any way. None of this guide touches system files besides the root stuff which shouldn't affect boot. Try flashing the stock recovery.img instead.

tonu42 said:
The dump is extracted from the system.img, you won't be able to flash it in any way. None of this guide touches system files besides the root stuff which shouldn't affect boot. Try flashing the stock recovery.img instead.
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Thank you for that information, I stopped the download of the dump.
Downloading the stock recovery now.
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tonu42 said:
The dump is extracted from the system.img, you won't be able to flash it in any way. None of this guide touches system files besides the root stuff which shouldn't affect boot. Try flashing the stock recovery.img instead.
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I must have skipped a step...
installed stock recovery
booted into the watch system
enabled adb debugging
reboot to bootloader
install your recovery image
rebooted
pushed supersu
rebooted to twrp
installed supersu
rebooted to system
adb shell - verified root!
You are awesome! Thank you for taking the time to help me!

HYPE for 5.0.1
'm Hype! can't wait to flash the first 5.0.1 system dump on this as stated by +Darek Ross we MAY be receiving update as early as today!

I did this yesterday, and run into the same problem - TWRP spitting out errors when flashing
It was caused by NOT rebooting after unlocking bootloader, but proceeding with the flash rightaway - this apparently leaves the watch in an empty state (no /sdcard or /system contents) and it needs to boot up at least once before you flash anything
So the correct procedure is like this
1) enable development options
2) enable usb debugging
3) adb reboot-bootloader
4) fastboot oem unlock
5) let the watch boot normally, pair with your phone, enable development options and usb debugging again
6) adb reboot-bootloader
7) fastboot flash recovery recovery.img
8) fastboot reboot
9) adb push supersu.zip /sdcard/
10) adb reboot recovery
11) flash supersu.zip
Apparently, there is a problem when the original kernel is not present after "fastboot oem unlock" - the watch will be left empty, while on the original kernel it "reinstalls"
I typed this from memory, but I think you should know how these things work anyway, as there's not much for a "normal" user to do anyway... yet...

zvieratko said:
I did this yesterday, and run into the same problem - TWRP spitting out errors when flashing
It was caused by NOT rebooting after unlocking bootloader, but proceeding with the flash rightaway - this apparently leaves the watch in an empty state (no /sdcard or /system contents) and it needs to boot up at least once before you flash anything
So the correct procedure is like this
1) enable development options
2) enable usb debugging
3) adb reboot-bootloader
4) fastboot oem unlock
5) let the watch boot normally, pair with your phone, enable development options and usb debugging again
6) adb reboot-bootloader
7) fastboot flash recovery recovery.img
8) fastboot reboot
9) adb push supersu.zip /sdcard/
10) adb reboot recovery
11) flash supersu.zip
Apparently, there is a problem when the original kernel is not present after "fastboot oem unlock" - the watch will be left empty, while on the original kernel it "reinstalls"
I typed this from memory, but I think you should know how these things work anyway, as there's not much for a "normal" user to do anyway... yet...
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My guide is setup like the one you put there. In order to get adb working again you need to re setup the watch step 6. Read the instructions carefully. I'll post a batch script later to simplify this.
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Step 6 doesn't really say "you need to do this, OR ELSE", it seems like you just rehash the factory reset thing
And you should put step 10 before step 6, it can't really be done in that order...
but again, I guess the people trying this should now how it works, so no biggie, but since a few of us got hit by that "no initial boot" issue, it would be better to put a note in there

zvieratko said:
Step 6 doesn't really say "you need to do this, OR ELSE", it seems like you just rehash the factory reset thing
And you should put step 10 before step 6, it can't really be done in that order...
but again, I guess the people trying this should now how it works, so no biggie, but since a few of us got hit by that "no initial boot" issue, it would be better to put a note in there
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By default debugging is disabled, I'm not sure how you were able to issue an ADB command on step 7 with out first performing step 6.

Aaah, sorry, should have been "after step 6"
another option is to do adb push with recovery loaded
I guess that's why I got that error before, because I combined 5+8 and flashed the recovery, but TWRP was unable to revive the watch from factory reset state (which makes me think it should not be on the watch unless needed...)

zvieratko said:
Aaah, sorry, should have been "after step 6"
another option is to do adb push with recovery loaded
I guess that's why I got that error before, because I combined 5+8 and flashed the recovery, but TWRP was unable to revive the watch from factory reset state (which makes me think it should not be on the watch unless needed...)
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Ah I see, yea the guide is written as the absolute minimum to work right now. Like I said later today I'll try to post a script that automates all of this, its much easier.

How to unlock bootloader on D405 v20a?

Hi!
I haven't found aboot.zip for my device. LG D405 v20a. Help anyone? Rooted but need to unlock to install TWRP and custom ROM.

You must have full rooted device. Install terminal from play and open it.
Type: su
(grant superuser permission)
then type:
dd if=/dev/block/platform/msm_sdcc.1/by-name/aboot of=/sdcard/aboot.bin
VERY careful with spaces and punctuation. One wrong letter and you could nuke your phone.
Then download Flashify and install latest version of TWRP.
Note: You must save aboot.bin file in root of your external sd card before execute command.
View attachment D405_v20a_patched_aboot.zip

Vule991 said:
You must have full rooted device. Install terminal from play and open it.
Type: su
(grant superuser permission)
then type:
dd if=/dev/block/platform/msm_sdcc.1/by-name/aboot of=/sdcard/aboot.bin
VERY careful with spaces and punctuation. One wrong letter and you could nuke your phone.
Then download Flashify and install latest version of TWRP.
Note: You must save aboot.bin file in root of your external sd card before execute command.
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Did everything as you said. Took the twrp.img file from here: http://forum.xda-developers.com/lg-l90/development/recovery-twrp2-7-1-0lgl90w7xxshoxx-t2826150
After installed from flashify I go boot to recovery and then I get LG logo with white text Secure Booting Error! Cause: boot certification verify and black screen. Nothing happens then and I have to take my battery out and then put it in to reboot and it loads back to stock rom normally. What is wrong?

J3R3MiN said:
Did everything as you said. Took the twrp.img file from here: http://forum.xda-developers.com/lg-l90/development/recovery-twrp2-7-1-0lgl90w7xxshoxx-t2826150
After installed from flashify I go boot to recovery and then I get LG logo with white text Secure Booting Error! Cause: boot certification verify and black screen. Nothing happens then and I have to take my battery out and then put it in to reboot and it loads back to stock rom normally. What is wrong?
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Hm if you work step by step it should be all right and that you can enter into recovery. Try again download aboot.bin and then do the same. Maybe the file is corrupted when you downloaded to disk.

Vule991 said:
Hm if you work step by step it should be all right and that you can enter into recovery. Try again download aboot.bin and then do the same. Maybe the file is corrupted when you downloaded to disk.
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OK I'll try again but what about this command? Is it the same or is it wrong?
su
dd if=/storage/sdcard/aboot.bin of=/dev/block/platform/msm_sdcc.1/by-name/aboot

J3R3MiN said:
OK I'll try again but what about this command? Is it the same or is it wrong?
su
dd if=/storage/sdcard/aboot.bin of=/dev/block/platform/msm_sdcc.1/by-name/aboot
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Same, download file again and repeat operation.

Vule991 said:
Same, download file again and repeat operation.
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Repeated all the steps, nothing. Same error. My su + code didn't work (couldn't find sdcard file) so I used yours again. Flashed again twrp image and rebooted to recovery through Flashify.

J3R3MiN said:
Repeated all the steps, nothing. Same error. My su + code didn't work (couldn't find sdcard file) so I used yours again. Flashed again twrp image and rebooted to recovery through Flashify.
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What about this code? With the use of Minimal ADB and fastboot
adb push aboot.bin /storage/external_SD/aboot.bin
adb shell
su
dd if=/dev/block/platform/msm_sdcc.1/by-name/aboot of=/storage/external_SD/stockaboot.bin
dd if=/storage/external_SD/aboot.bin of=/dev/block/platform/msm_sdcc.1/by-name/aboot
EDIT: I GOT IT WORKING WITH THIS CODE THROUGH ADB CMD ON MY LAPTOP. THANK YOU FOR THE ABOOT FILE :angel: :highfive:
EDIT2: Had rooted Lollipop LG L90 D405 v20a for this to work.

J3R3MiN said:
What about this code? With the use of Minimal ADB and fastboot
adb push aboot.bin /storage/external_SD/aboot.bin
adb shell
su
dd if=/dev/block/platform/msm_sdcc.1/by-name/aboot of=/storage/external_SD/stockaboot.bin
dd if=/storage/external_SD/aboot.bin of=/dev/block/platform/msm_sdcc.1/by-name/aboot
EDIT: I GOT IT WORKING WITH THIS CODE THROUGH ADB CMD ON MY LAPTOP. THANK YOU FOR THE ABOOT FILE :angel: :highfive:
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I still have the error:crying::crying:

I use this patch but still unlocked bootloader
l90 d405 v20a

J3R3MiN said:
What about this code? With the use of Minimal ADB and fastboot
I GOT IT WORKING WITH THIS CODE THROUGH ADB CMD ON MY LAPTOP. THANK YOU FOR THE ABOOT FILE :angel: :highfive:
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I have D405n V20a, how can I unlock bootloader?

Worked for me! Thanks for the modified aboot.bin. I took the command from this Thread, and the aboot.bin from this current Thread. I executed the command over ADB shell after copying the aboot.bin to the sdcard, worked without any problems!

rueolps said:
Worked for me! Thanks for the modified aboot.bin. I took the command from this Thread, and the aboot.bin from this current Thread. I executed the command over ADB shell after copying the aboot.bin to the sdcard, worked without any problems!
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I have D410n v20a so what should i download?

Mammolos98 said:
I have D410n v20a so what should i download?
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Not this one, I guess...

rueolps said:
Worked for me! Thanks for the modified aboot.bin. I took the command from this Thread, and the aboot.bin from this current Thread. I executed the command over ADB shell after copying the aboot.bin to the sdcard, worked without any problems!
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I did the same but my bootloader is still locked
Because the adb commands were executed fine I thought it worked and I tried to flash TWRP. Probably flashing was okay but no I cannot boot into recovery. I get an android lying on his back with an exclamation mark. And fastboot getvar all tells me the bootloader is not unlocked.
What can I do to repair my recovery and unlock the bootloader (v20a)?

Try it again. Remember: Even if you execute it over adb shell, you need to type "su" first. Afterwards you need to allow the root access of adb shell on your phone (if you have never used it before). You should get the "#" on adb shell now. Only now you are able to execute the copy of the aboot.bin. If it executes fine you should see something like "1 file copied" if I remember correctly.

Bricked Realme X2 Pro (Still have TWRP and Fastboot)

I was trying to flash the Ozip to restore the stock rom using TWRP and after that boom
damaged boot/recovery that msg
i still can go inside twrp and the fastboot mode
what i did notice is that the file folder name changed to system_root and it was just system bevor
is there any fix for it i am using the CN Version

(how-to unbrick your realme device) fastboot needed fix inside.
I Went totally nuts last night when i bricked my phone so i did figure out my self how to unblock the phone.
First you need to BE ABLE TO ENTER FASTBOOT it won't work without it and you need working TWRP.
First you need to go to TWRP and go to mount and unmount everything and disable MTP.
Then go to Advanced and select Terminal
type in LS make sure there is 2 Folders one called system and one called system_root
make sure that the system folder is empty if empty type in rm -r system
and rename the system_root folder to system using mv system_root system
after that boot into Fastboot mode and Flash your Rom for your Device using the Fastboot Tool
Hope that works for you guys.

System wiped/corrupted. Flash the chinese fastboot rom to fix it via fastboot

The real mistake is when your device brick with locked bootloader, all the other cases are solvable.

HTCDevil said:
The real mistake is when your device brick with locked bootloader, all the other cases are solvable.
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Yep once you lock you doomed
Funny is my bootloader still unlock and my fingerprint works fine on the stock rom
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natedogg20050 said:
Yep once you lock you doomed
Funny is my bootloader still unlock and my fingerprint works fine on the stock rom
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That's interesting, i thought it works only if you relock bootloader and then update fw

HTCDevil said:
That's interesting, i thought it works only if you relock bootloader and then update fw
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Worked perfectly fine even on the old 0.8 firmware
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Can you make a small video please showing this steps? After that terminal thing I didn't understand anything

talalahmed said:
Can you make a small video please showing this steps? After that terminal thing I didn't understand anything
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I will is your device broken
Sent from my RMX1931 using Tapatalk

What to do when 2 Folders one called system and one called system_root are missing? cant access data in MTP when in TWRP from PC to send the rom file.
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I Went totally nuts last night when i bricked my phone so i did figure out my self how to unblock the phone.
First you need to BE ABLE TO ENTER FASTBOOT it won't work without it and you need working TWRP.
First you need to go to TWRP and go to mount and unmount everything and disable MTP.
Then go to Advanced and select Terminal
type in LS make sure there is 2 Folders one called system and one called system_root
make sure that the system folder is empty if empty type in rm -r system
and rename the system_root folder to system using mv system_root system
after that boot into Fastboot mode and Flash your Rom for your Device using the Fastboot Tool
Hope that works for you guys.
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hack-os said:
What to do when 2 Folders one called system and one called system_root are missing? cant access data in MTP when in TWRP from PC to send the rom file.
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Can you enter twrp?
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natedogg20050 said:
I will is your device broken
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Thanks,I fixed it but not with your steps,it turns out using the Chinese twrp fixed everything for me

Solved.! (For me) CN
I unlocked the bootloader according to the guide [Guide] Guides for x2 Pro[Locking/unlocking bootloader, tweaks and more]. And flashed TWRP successfully. MY MAIN MISTAKE -> DIDN'T MAKE A BACKUP AT THIS POINT.
Then I flash canary debug magisk and open gapps micro (culprit for brick). Then tried to reboot but stuck in yellow Realme screen. Then went back to recovery tried "Facrory reset", "Format data", flash latest CN ozip, even fastboot flash and guide by natedogg20050 with no luck. But Lineage OS unofficial by karthick mostwanted worked with magisk 20.3. :good:
For one final time I tried to get back the stock(since Lineage is still in alpha ATM), after seeing this post by exadeci. Did a "format data" following fastboot flash with chinese images, SUCCESS...!!! :victory: And even updated with ozips from CN site worked.. Finger print works too.
Still in update process to latest .15 . Plan to install magisk.(hopefully canary debug).
Will update this after latest upgrade + magisk install.

don't worry we can
first reboot to recovery
then go to wipe
and wipe sytem,catche,davik catche and data
then download the stock os for realme software
download link(please select your mobile) in realme software website
and flash the recovery
wipe catche and data
and you are back to stock os
enjoy

natedogg20050 said:
I Went totally nuts last night when i bricked my phone so i did figure out my self how to unblock the phone.
First you need to BE ABLE TO ENTER FASTBOOT it won't work without it and you need working TWRP.
First you need to go to TWRP and go to mount and unmount everything and disable MTP.
Then go to Advanced and select Terminal
type in LS make sure there is 2 Folders one called system and one called system_root
make sure that the system folder is empty if empty type in rm -r system
and rename the system_root folder to system using mv system_root system
after that boot into Fastboot mode and Flash your Rom for your Device using the Fastboot Tool
Hope that works for you guys.
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after do that my phone boot only in TWRP but i can't see anything.
if I connect the phone to the computer it is empty and if I want to transfer something on it gives me an error.
can you help me ?
SOLVED: i formatted by TWRP.

When I type LS in terminal it gives a long list. There is a "system" and a "system_root".
When I try to open "system" with cd system command, it says, no such file or directory. When I enter "cd system_root" it goes into this Folder. But using "ls" command within this Folder it just shows nothing. Am I doing something wrong?
Any idea?
P.S. Yes I can enter fastboot, and TWRP is working.
natedogg20050 said:
I Went totally nuts last night when i bricked my phone so i did figure out my self how to unblock the phone.
First you need to BE ABLE TO ENTER FASTBOOT it won't work without it and you need working TWRP.
First you need to go to TWRP and go to mount and unmount everything and disable MTP.
Then go to Advanced and select Terminal
type in LS make sure there is 2 Folders one called system and one called system_root
make sure that the system folder is empty if empty type in rm -r system
and rename the system_root folder to system using mv system_root system
after that boot into Fastboot mode and Flash your Rom for your Device using the Fastboot Tool
Hope that works for you guys.
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Sir Backe said:
When I type LS in terminal it gives a long list. There is a "system" and a "system_root".
When I try to open "system" with cd system command, it says, no such file or directory. When I enter "cd system_root" it goes into this Folder. But using "ls" command within this Folder it just shows nothing. Am I doing something wrong?
Any idea?
P.S. Yes I can enter fastboot, and TWRP is working.
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did you figure it out ?

natedogg20050 said:
did you figure it out ?
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Thanks for asking! Yes, I did, but in a different way. It was a long way, running from stuck in yellow realme boot logo to bootloops already on the white realme start logo. Finally I got back a running system, which I don't trust anymore now. My configuration is:
- unlocked bootloader
- TWRP 3.3.1.13
- Magisk canary debug 8ca5a048 (20405)
- Magis Manager 72f6770d (278)
- Andorid 10, C24
I was already at this point 2 days ago. Then Magisk Manager announced an update. Stupid as I am, I just klicked install, and arrived at the same point. Stuck in yellow boot logo, and the whole operation started from beginning. Now I am at the same point again as above, and Magisk Manager announces again an update for itself. But I don't trust it anymore, and I don't know what to do. Just leave it? Or making a nandroid backup first? But will it be sufficiant to backup boot partition, system image and data when the crash comes again? I don't know what to do.

HTCDevil said:
The real mistake is when your device brick with locked bootloader, all the other cases are solvable.
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My Phone cannot boot and cannot go to recovery mode. What should I do? Please help:crying:

allan1998PH said:
My Phone cannot boot and cannot go to recovery mode. What should I do? Please help:crying:
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If you have unlocked bootloader you could go in fastboot mode and flash twrp, then format data