[Q] Install flashable zips with flashify? - Xperia Z1 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting

Hi guys,
Just wondering if I can use the flashify app to install dual recovery on my z1. I think I have lost recovery after doing a TA backup, hence installing recovery again. On NUTs github I can see flashable zips so was wondering if I could do that?

difference between flashable zips and installer zips
What is the difference between flashable zips and installer zips on NUTs download page. The installers are larger files so does that mean that the installer.zips have to be run from a pc and flashable.zips can be done from the phone itself?

FCArsenal said:
What is the difference between flashable zips and installer zips on NUTs download page. The installers are larger files so does that mean that the installer.zips have to be run from a pc and flashable.zips can be done from the phone itself?
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Yes. You run install script from pc with installer.zips and flash flashable.zips from custom recovery on phone.

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What is the difference between CWM and Xrecovery?

What is the difference between CWM and Xrecovery?
There is much difference except the Zip files that they can install.
xRecovery can only run amend files and CWM recovery can only run edify files.
To fix this problem, many rooms have dual boot and there's a converter which convert's amend files to edify;
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=903598
Here's the link to the converter. How fun converting!

[Q] Tried to install TWRP, but failure

I tried to install TWRP from Goo Manager. After when the Touchpad rebooted, I had lost my ClockworkMod and there was no TWRP item. The only recovery left was WebOS recovery. Any suggestions?
Thanks
Gil1957 said:
I tried to install TWRP from Goo Manager. After when the Touchpad rebooted, I had lost my ClockworkMod and there was no TWRP item. The only recovery left was WebOS recovery. Any suggestions?
Thanks
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Extract the zip and place the uImage.TWRP into the boot folder. Delete uImage.Clockworkmod if it's there. Then reboot.
Is there any instructions on how to install CWM or TWRP recovery? I installed milaq's build using instructions in this thread: http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2542353
But someone I don't have the CWM or TWRP installed. As a result, in the moboot menu, I can't see a reboot into recovery and can't install any updates either.
I just answered that in the above post. Unzip the install zip. Name the image file.... In your case uImage.TWRP copy it into boot folder.
vishnumrao said:
Is there any instructions on how to install CWM or TWRP recovery? I installed milaq's build using instructions in this thread: http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2542353
But someone I don't have the CWM or TWRP installed. As a result, in the moboot menu, I can't see a reboot into recovery and can't install any updates either.
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/boot is possibly too full
Either choose CWM or TWRP and remove one or the other (be sure to employ the recovery specific to the ROM... see the specific ROM thread for more info)
You can use 'Root Browser' in ROM Toolbox Lite app (to copy, paste, move, delete uImage files from the recovery zips to or from /boot)
woodytrain said:
/boot is possibly too full
Either choose CWM or TWRP and remove one or the other (be sure to employ the recovery specific to the ROM... see the specific ROM thread for more info)
You can use 'Root Browser' in ROM Toolbox Lite app (to copy, paste, move, delete uImage files from the recovery zips to or from /boot)
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If /boot has adequate then you may want to to copy the TWRP installer zip file into the /cminstall folder in WebOS and use ACMEInstaller on your PC to reinstall it.

How to correctly install Xposed Installer?

hello devs
i wanted to install xposed installer on htc one m7 . last tme when i did it I stuck in a bootloop and then i had to flash a new rom. so can any one help me to install xposed installer without getting into any trouble.
[*]Download and install this APK - http://loadbalancing.modaco.com/download.php?file=XposedInstaller_2.1.4.apk
[*]In the app do 'Install / Update'
[*]Download this zip file and copy to your internal SD card - http://loadbalancing.modaco.com/download.php?file=xposedinstall-2.1.4.zip (ROMraid)
[*]Install the downloaded zip from your custom recovery
That's it, you're done! To uninstall, use the 'Clean Up' option in the app and then run the uninstall zip from the main Xposed Framework app.
Enjoy!
masterleron said:
[*]Download and install this APK - http://loadbalancing.modaco.com/download.php?file=XposedInstaller_2.1.4.apk
[*]In the app do 'Install / Update'
[*]Download this zip file and copy to your internal SD card - http://loadbalancing.modaco.com/download.php?file=xposedinstall-2.1.4.zip (ROMraid)
[*]Install the downloaded zip from your custom recovery
That's it, you're done! To uninstall, use the 'Clean Up' option in the app and then run the uninstall zip from the main Xposed Framework app.
Enjoy!
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again got into bootloop and I did all steps correctly
Which ROM are you currently on?
masterleron said:
Which ROM are you currently on?
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viper 9.0.0
amir_khan007 said:
viper 9.0.0
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and what framework version did you flashed? Viper 9 is android SDK 21 and the M7 is using an ARM cpu so you must use the sdk21-arm.zip version.
and btw @masterleron linked you an outdated installer (2.1.4). You need 3.0
Official and up-to-date xposed thread and files here. Remove everything you just installed, then install the 3.0-a4 xpsoed installer and then reboot in recovery and flash the xposed-v80-sdk21-arm.zip framework.
alray said:
and what framework version did you flashed? Viper 9 is android SDK 21 and the M7 is using an ARM cpu so you must use the sdk21-arm.zip version.
and btw @masterleron linked you an outdated installer (2.1.4). You need 3.0
Official and up-to-date xposed thread and files here. Remove everything you just installed, then install the 3.0-a4 xpsoed installer and then reboot in recovery and flash the xposed-v80-sdk21-arm.zip framework.
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Are sure I wont get into a bootloop again
because i have now flashed the rom 3 times once due a "unfornately playStore has stopped" error.
Twice because of bootloops.
amir_khan007 said:
Are sure I wont get into a bootloop again
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There are always some risks of softbrick/bootloop when modding your phone, its easily recoverable with a simple nandroid backup made before any modification. Learning to mod your phone = sometime making errors = need to reflash. This is the game you agreed to play when you first unlocked your bootloader. The only thing I'm sure is that you were not using the correct installer and possibly not the right framework (you didn't confirmed) and that using the right files should reduce the chances of bootloop

[Solved!] I want to update TWRP, but ...

Hi!
I have a Nook HD+ running CM 12.1 (Android 5.1.1). The tablet is not rooted. Right now I have TWRP v2.7.1.0 installed, but would like to update to a newer version.
Installing v2.7.1.0 was a breeze. I booted into recovery mode (ClockWorkMod at the time), then flashed an Ovation TWRP ZIP file that I downloaded online. Looking for the most recent Ovation version, it seems it's only available as an IMG file. I can't find a version of TWRP more recent than v2.7.1.0 for Ovation in a ZIP format. Since the tablet is not rooted, I can't flash the newer version using Flashify or similar apps (as far as I can tell, that is) since they all require root access. And I can't flash an IMG file with v2.7.1.0, since that feature wasn't included until a later version (v2.8.5.0 I think). Therein lies the problem. I need a newer version to update, but I can't update until I have a newer version!
I've struggled with the suggested methods of installing TWRP from an IMG file, and would really like to simply flash a ZIP file (I'm already pretty good at doing that). So I've come up with a possible method that sounds too easy and too good to be true. Examining the ZIP folder for v2.7.1.0 (using Linux Archive Manager), I can see that there is a recovery IMG file and a folder labeled META-INF. If I replaced the v2.7.10 recovery IMG file with a more recent TWRP IMG file and left the META-INF file as is, would that work? Or, does the META-INF folder only support v2.7.1.0?
Thanks for your help ... and for not laughing at my possibly nutty idea
MaydayMalone said:
Hi!
I have a Nook HD+ running CM 12.1 (Android 5.1.1). The tablet is not rooted. Right now I have TWRP v2.7.1.0 installed, but would like to update to a newer version.
Installing v2.7.1.0 was a breeze. I booted into recovery mode (ClockWorkMod at the time), then flashed an Ovation TWRP ZIP file that I downloaded online. Looking for the most recent Ovation version, it seems it's only available as an IMG file. I can't find a version of TWRP more recent than v2.7.1.0 for Ovation in a ZIP format.
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More recent versions of TWRP in flashable zip for HD+ (ovation) are available at https://notredame.app.box.com/s/26a4bygh9vbaw7jjq08xr5evomvaw5ww/folder/3332706778, but you should check for their compatibility with your CM12.1 ROM.
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I've struggled with the suggested methods of installing TWRP from an IMG file, and would really like to simply flash a ZIP file (I'm already pretty good at doing that). So I've come up with a possible method that sounds too easy and too good to be true. Examining the ZIP folder for v2.7.1.0 (using Linux Archive Manager), I can see that there is a recovery IMG file and a folder labeled META-INF. If I replaced the v2.7.10 recovery IMG file with a more recent TWRP IMG file and left the META-INF file as is, would that work? Or, does the META-INF folder only support v2.7.1.0?
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I have successfully updated flashable recovery zip files (for both the Nook NT and Nook HD+) with more updated recovery images by using an archive manager tool (mostly Windows 7-zip) to swap the recovery img files, just as you're contemplating -- see my brief discussion of this at https://forum.xda-developers.com/showpost.php?p=71402570&postcount=270.
There is a possibility that the update-binary and updater-script in the given flashable zip are not compatible with the newer recovery file image (in which case one would get an error trying to flash it) but I have yet to encounter it, presumably because the versions of old and new recovery images involved have been relative close to one another.
digixmax said:
More recent versions of TWRP in flashable zip for HD+ (ovation) are available at https://notredame.app.box.com/s/26a4bygh9vbaw7jjq08xr5evomvaw5ww/folder/3332706778, but you should check for their compatibility with your CM12.1 ROM.
I have successfully updated flashable recovery zip files (for both the Nook NT and Nook HD+) with more updated recovery images by using an archive manager tool (mostly Windows 7-zip) to swap the recovery img files, just as you're contemplating -- see my brief discussion of this at https://forum.xda-developers.com/showpost.php?p=71402570&postcount=270.
There is a possibility that the update-binary and updater-script in the given flashable zip are not compatible with the newer recovery file image (in which case one would get an error trying to flash it) but I have yet to encounter it, presumably because the versions of old and new recovery images involved have been relative close to one another.
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Thanks for your response. You told me exactly what I needed to know.
I have viewed D. Andrei Măceș dropbox in the past, but I neglected to check it for TWRP updates (my bad). I'll keep this in mind the next time I want to explore new possibilities for my HD+.
The idea of creating my own zip was a temptation that I couldn't resist (since I was now feeling confident that I wouldn't brick my tablet, blow up Pittsburgh, or be responsible for something equally catastrophic). So, instead of downloading a zip file from the dropbox, I used Linux Archive Manager (I switched to Linux Mint some time ago to escape the more-frequent-than-I-could-bear crashes with Windows), to delete the file named recovery.img in the v2.7.1.0 zip, then inserted a recovery.img file for TWRP v3.1.1.0 in it's place. It worked perfectly, and I feel like a genius (I'm very easily impressed)!
Thanks for letting me know that my idea wasn't as dumb as I feared it might be.
digixmax said:
More recent versions of TWRP in flashable zip for HD+ (ovation) are available at https://notredame.app.box.com/s/26a4bygh9vbaw7jjq08xr5evomvaw5ww/folder/3332706778, but you should check for their compatibility with your CM12.1 ROM.
I have successfully updated flashable recovery zip files (for both the Nook NT and Nook HD+) with more updated recovery images by using an archive manager tool (mostly Windows 7-zip) to swap the recovery img files, just as you're contemplating -- see my brief discussion of this at https://forum.xda-developers.com/showpost.php?p=71402570&postcount=270.
There is a possibility that the update-binary and updater-script in the given flashable zip are not compatible with the newer recovery file image (in which case one would get an error trying to flash it) but I have yet to encounter it, presumably because the versions of old and new recovery images involved have been relative close to one another.
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Hello,
I tried using the TWRP 3.0.1.0 - ovation and 2.8.7.5. and they both receive the status 7 error:
"This package is for device: ovation ; this device is .
E: Error in /external+sd/twrp-3.0.1-0-ovation.zip
(Status 7)
Installation aborted"
I currently run on CWM Recovery 6.0.4.6, with cyanogenbootloader, lineage os 14.1. Unfortunately I cannot turn off my device (Nook HD+) no matter what, it keeps turning itself on until it empties battery (if I don't pay attention).
I keep trying to install the zips from CWM Recovery but I cannot do it.
Is there any way for me to install TWRP from CWM?
Thank you
pnkye said:
Hello,
I tried using the TWRP 3.0.1.0 - ovation and 2.8.7.5. and they both receive the status 7 error:
"This package is for device: ovation ; this device is .
E: Error in /external+sd/twrp-3.0.1-0-ovation.zip
(Status 7)
Installation aborted"
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Did you use one of the flashable TWRP zip files from https://www.mediafire.com/#6a4rivb8kkdfu?
I currently run on CWM Recovery 6.0.4.6, with cyanogenbootloader, lineage os 14.1. Unfortunately I cannot turn off my device (Nook HD+) no matter what, it keeps turning itself on until it empties battery (if I don't pay attention).
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Did you tried holding down the power button for 30+ sec?
Thank you for the answer.
1. The link doesn't work (https://www.mediafire.com/#6a4rivb8kkdfu?) leads me to an upload page.
2. I tried all the options I could find online. If I let it be for 1 week (I use it for reading and sometimes youtube) it turns itself on at some point and the battery goes empty. And it is so hard to turn it on again. When I plug it for charging the battery and is completely empty, the led stays green - instead of orange - for a long time and is not responsive to anything I do until it reaches 80%+ , so I let it be for 2hrs while plugged.
3. What I try to do is actually root it for overclocking or make it a little bit faster because it lags in every thing I do with it. Although in some variants of the Android which I installed over the years it used to be more responsive.
Unfortunately I cannot root it because CWM doesn't recognize the install of SuperSU zip from Lineage website. Do you have any advice on that?
Thanks
pnkye said:
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The link doesn't work (https://www.mediafire.com/#6a4rivb8kkdfu?) leads me to an upload page.
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Try this link: https://www.mediafire.com/folder/6a4rivb8kkdfu/Nook+HD+
digixmax said:
Try this link: https://www.mediafire.com/folder/6a4rivb8kkdfu/Nook+HD+
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Thank you very much! You really helped me with this one!
I just did it! Flashed it with the cwm.flashable.twrp zip from your link!
I run now the TWRP 3.0.1-0.
I couldn't flash any higher versions (3.2.x) directly from this installed version
Anyway my booting time is faster and so far (1min time) the turning on/off procedure works normal, as it should be.
What lineage OS version is the best one for the nook hd+?
I just installed the 14.1 version from the lnos-ovation-ota-NJH47F.181223.zip found at: https://notredame.app.box.com/s/26a4bygh9vbaw7jjq08xr5evomvaw5ww/folder/3332706778
This version, however, has landscape mode as default viewing mode and it keeps spinning here and there.
At the moment I find myself in the latest stage of my process: rooting the device so I can try and overclock it.
Trying to install the official lineage "addonsu-14.1-arm-signed.zip" , from their website (https://download.lineageos.org/extras), but it doesn't work.
I mean it installs it successfully in the TWRP recovery. It is enabled in the developer options for both Apps and Adb. But the root checker app says it is not rooted.
Is there a proper way to root it? If so could you please share a solution when you have time?
Also any ideas on how to properly overclock (make the tablet a little snappier, besides the animation scale option from dev options)?
Cheers!
pnkye said:
I just did it! Flashed it with the cwm.flashable.twrp zip from your link!
I run now the TWRP 3.0.1-0.
I couldn't flash any higher versions (3.2.x) directly from this installed version
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There should be an option in TWRP to "flash image" you can use to directly flash .img binary of a newer TWRP version.
What lineage OS version is the best one for the nook hd+?
I just installed the 14.1 version from the lnos-ovation-ota-NJH47F.181223.zip found at: https://notredame.app.box.com/s/26a4bygh9vbaw7jjq08xr5evomvaw5ww/folder/3332706778
This version, however, has landscape mode as default viewing mode and it keeps spinning here and there.
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You should be able to disable auto-rotation in Settings->Display.
At the moment I find myself in the latest stage of my process: rooting the device so I can try and overclock it.
Trying to install the official lineage "addonsu-14.1-arm-signed.zip" , from their website (https://download.lineageos.org/extras), but it doesn't work.
I mean it installs it successfully in the TWRP recovery. It is enabled in the developer options for both Apps and Adb. But the root checker app says it is not rooted.
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Try disabling and exit Settings->Developer Options, then come back and re-enable it.
digixmax said:
There should be an option in TWRP to "flash image" you can use to directly flash .img binary of a newer TWRP version.
You should be able to disable auto-rotation in Settings->Display.
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My device is with default landscape. If I disable it it stays in landscape and never goes to portrait.
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Try disabling and exit Settings->Developer Options, then come back and re-enable it.
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It still doesn't work.
Thanks for the overall guidance!

Need root. Global version

Hey guys, I bought RM3 few days ago.
I want to root it.
It's the global version. Can anyone please make a video on how to root global version of RM3? PLEASE
Thread is here - https://forum.xda-developers.com/red-magic-3/how-to/red-magic-3-root-guide-t3933148
Texan1 said:
Thread is here - https://forum.xda-developers.com/red-magic-3/how-to/red-magic-3-root-guide-t3933148
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Can you please make a video?
I'm on global version. Why do I have to install Chinese version?
Saurabh Kash said:
Can you please make a video?
I'm on global version. Why do I have to install Chinese version?
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Easy setup
Download magisk
Search magisk on google
Sorry can't post links
Download your current global zip file
Extract zip file , copy boot.img and put it into you internal storage phone
Now open magisk and press install, Then batch boot file. Then select your boot.img
A new boot file will be added to your download folder named. Boot_patced.img
Now open you cmd , and flash your new boot_patched.img
And thats it your rooted
em902566 said:
Easy setup
Download magisk
Search magisk on google
Sorry can't post links
Download your current global zip file
Extract zip file , copy boot.img and put it into you internal storage phone
Now open magisk and press install, Then batch boot file. Then select your boot.img
A new boot file will be added to your download folder named. Boot_patced.img
Now open you cmd , and flash your new boot_patched.img
And thats it your rooted
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I'm new to this kinda stuff and don't wanna mess things up. Can you please make a video?
em902566 said:
Easy setup
Download magisk
Search magisk on google
Sorry can't post links
Download your current global zip file
Extract zip file , copy boot.img and put it into you internal storage phone
Now open magisk and press install, Then batch boot file. Then select your boot.img
A new boot file will be added to your download folder named. Boot_patced.img
Now open you cmd , and flash your new boot_patched.img
And thats it your rooted
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Please make a video for international Asia version. And I couldn't find link to global rom
em902566 said:
Easy setup
Download magisk
Search magisk on google
Sorry can't post links
Download your current global zip file
Extract zip file , copy boot.img and put it into you internal storage phone
Now open magisk and press install, Then batch boot file. Then select your boot.img
A new boot file will be added to your download folder named. Boot_patced.img
Now open you cmd , and flash your new boot_patched.img
And thats it your rooted
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And will I still get ota update after root?
Saurabh Kash said:
And will I still get ota update after root?
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No.
A suggestion: don't. You obviously don't know a lot about rooting and stuff and RM3 is a bit atypical amongst android phones, so it's more risky.
Why do you need root anyway?
Nightpwish said:
No.
A suggestion: don't. You obviously don't know a lot about rooting and stuff and RM3 is a bit atypical amongst android phones, so it's more risky.
Why do you need root anyway?
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To restore my important backup that I made with titanium and to use theme engines because dark in built theme isn't working on my phone
Saurabh Kash said:
To restore my important backup that I made with titanium and to use theme engines because dark in built theme isn't working on my phone
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I will say this the above posted is the only way to root global. If an OTA comes out you better not try to update. What you will have to do is BACKUP anything important to you, complete uninstall Magisk and modules, go into fastboot relock the bootloader which will factory reset the phone then update via OTA, re-unlock the bootloader and re-root with the updated boot.img which you will have to download.... Especially important if OTA updates security patch. You have to understand custom ROMs are developed for rooting, stock ROMs are not.... Hence all the trouble.
Hi,
Two things worth mentioning :
- it seems the procedure indicated to rrot does not work with EU v. 1.15 ; I just tried and phone reboots, but with no root
- rooting the phone will not allow OTA. You will get notified of an update, but the update will not apply to the end.
Regards.

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