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So I have my HTC One perfectly converted to Google Edition, but now I'm like crazy with all this Android L thing and I bought a red Nexus 5. That's why I'm gonna sell this baby, but for that, I need to return it to Sense, which teorically is easy, but somehow I'm having some issues which are driving me crazy.
I've downloaded an official RUU file for my AT&T HTC One, and by having my MID and CID back on their original numbers, and compared with "android-info.txt" file, I went to the installation, which ends in a "Error 170". I went and got the "rom.zip" file which the RUU temporally descompress in a temp folder, renamed it to "ruu.zip" and put it inside the "platform-tools" folder under my sdk directory. Next I proceeded to the proper fastboot commands:
Code:
1- fastboot oem reboot RUU
Here the screen goes black with the HTC logo in grey.
Code:
2- fastboot flash zip ruu.zip
Here's what the screen shows me:
Code:
fastboot flash zip ruu.zip
target reported max download size of 1526722560 bytes
Invalid sparse file format at header magi
... and stays there forever (I waited like 25 minutes).
I really have no idea what's happening. According to what I've been reading, it must be problem with drivers, but when I checked in Device Manager, I have the last driver installed (according to the most recent from htc.com). I've tried even to uninstall all my USB drivers and reinstall them again and got the same.
Maybe the solution is far beyong simple (hopefully) and I'm not seeing it, in which case I wish someone can help me here.
Thanks in advance.
PS: My RUU is named "RUU_M7_UL_K44_SENSE55_MR_Cingular_US_4.18.502.7_R10_Radio_4T.24.3218.09_10.26.1718.01L_release_356565_signed_2.exe"
So i was flashing manually ATT 5.1 Zip firmware(Source) with cmd, but i'm stuck on flashing system.img :crying:
E:\Bootloader Tool Kits>mfastboot flash system system.img
(bootloader) Variable not supported!
target max-download-size: 768MB
Multi-Flash is enabled!
load_file: could not allocate 1482130164 bytes
error: cannot load 'system.img': Not enough space
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And after trying several times and it gives same result, i decided to skip that one. And then i tried to flash TWRP, it successful. I tried to restore my CM12 backup, it's going though but i can't reboot to system. When i reboot to system it keep going back to fastboot :crying:
How i can flash system.img or at least restore my CM12 backup?
EDIT:Now i can reboot to system with CM12 installed (backup) but it could not recognize my sim card
EDIT2:Now it can recognize my sim card. so for now, i ended up just updating my bootloader version hahaha
Solution to "cannot load 'system.img': Not enough space"
LuthfiKun said:
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SOLUTION
I had the same issue using the official 5.1 from Motorola and KidJoe's guide. I saw in the options section that -P "enable parallel loading for multi-flash if there is no [sic] enough memory on host to load whole image."
Thus, using mfastboot flash system system.img -P loaded it in 256MB chunks which worked. It did sit on the moto logo for just long enough to strike fear, but is running beautifully now.
This was on a system with 13.9GB free of 16GB RAM....
I faced this issue just the last day, when I was trying to flash through mfastboot. I tried to flash with rsdlite and it worked fine. I guess the -P switch must be automatic in rsdlite!
-P worked thank you very much
I unlocked the bootloader and was going to install CM. Accidentally wiped the internal storage too using twrp. Tried to mount USB so that I could copy the CM and gapps zipps but it just wouldn't copy from the computer. Tried to reboot and now I'm stuck on the "warning bootloader unlocked" screen. It looks like there is no OS on the phone!
EDIT: I can't even switch it off. Every time I hold down the power button, it just reboots to the same screen. So, I don't see any way of being able to boot into recovery. ;(
EDIT 2: I've got my hands on the exact AsiaRetail firmware I was on earlier. Does that help in any way? I've been reading that it might.
EDIT3: I've managed to get the phone into fastboot. All that needed to be done was hold on to the volume down and power buttons for a bit after the screen turned off and then let go.
It turns out I only got the OTA update zip. Can't flash from that one right? Where can I get hold of lollipop firmware for XT1052 that I can flash using fastboot?
What can I do from here?
Please help!
Okay, I'm at my last straw here. Someone please help! This is where I'm stuck now.
C:\Users\Soumen\Downloads\XT1052_GHOST_RETASIA_5.1_LPA23.12-15.5_cid7_CFC.xml>mfastboot flash system system.img
(bootloader) Variable not supported!
target max-download-size: 768MB
Multi-Flash is enabled!
load_file: could not allocate 1431847344 bytes
error: cannot load 'system.img': Not enough space
soumen08 said:
Okay, I'm at my last straw here. Someone please help! This is where I'm stuck now.
C:\Users\Soumen\Downloads\XT1052_GHOST_RETASIA_5.1_LPA23.12-15.5_cid7_CFC.xml>mfastboot flash system system.img
(bootloader) Variable not supported!
target max-download-size: 768MB
Multi-Flash is enabled!
load_file: could not allocate 1431847344 bytes
error: cannot load 'system.img': Not enough space
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I've got an xt1060 (Vzn US version) but have heard of and/or seen most of your "error" messages before. If you google all those things, you'll see everything from "you've got the wrong version of fastboot/mfastboot" to "OEM /system restores/installs can restore your /recovery partition to the system version" and more. Feel free to chase it down or you can just try to get the thing back to a working state and worry about things like custom recovery and root later. This might be important to you if you've gone to pains to root the phone, so if it's not rooted, it is probably less of a big deal than if it is.
I'm not sure you gave enough "context" before & after your error on /system flash (like whether you were following down a complete list as in one of the flash.xml files in that same folder), but it appears from your path that you've got a full factory image of 5.1 in the original .xml format. If that's so and you just want to restore and don't care about root or any data on the phone, then do something like this:
Download RSD Lite (version 6.2.4 would do) from somewhere and set it up. Get the phone back in fastboot. Make sure it shows up in a "fastboot devices" command. Run RSD (virus check the thing first) and open up the .xml file (or flashfile.xml from within if it wants that). Make sure the phone is attached in fastboot.
Run RSD on that and it should restore the everything. Meanwhile, don't forget that any data you had saved will be gone (from /sdcard/0 etc).
If that succeeds (should take 30 minutes or less) and another 5 for first boot then you can think about other stuff like custom recovery & root, but only if you've got an unlocked bootloader. I have no idea whether there's any current way to an unlocked bootloader. Mine is a DE model so it's unlocked and I'm not up on current 5.1-compatible methods.
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By the way: I jotted this reply down about 3 hours back, then had to go out to do some stuff for awhile and just am back now. If someone solved it or you've solved it, just disregard this reply. Cheers.
Well, I've got it back up now. Turns out the problem was that my system didn't have enough free RAM to load the entire thing to RAM, split it into parts and then transfer it (which is what it does on the inside). So, rebooting the system solved the problem.
Hi, I'm writing this to guide those who faced - and will face similar situation in the future - the problem of being stuck on the fastboot screen, where the recovery or booting in EDL is not available.
So, after failing to get root after upgrading to android 10 I was fiddling with TWRP to try to get it to recognize my storage so I can reflash it and flash Magisk, but I couldn't get it to mount the storage, so my stupid brain decided to go to the wipe page and wiped everything in the hope it might magically work!! well.. it didn't!! and I got stuck in the fastboot screen and I thought that I bricked my phone for good.
after hours of searching online and trying everything nothing helped... but finally I managed to fix it.
and btw when I tried to flash TWRP by (fasboot boot twrp.img) I got the following message:
"remote: Failed to load/authenticate boot image: Load Error"
So here is what I did to get my phone working again:
Download and install Tool All in One
Download Fastboot ROM for your phone from here
In the Tool All in One app click on the Flash Factory Images button.
Select the ROM and let it do its work,
hopefully this will work and your device will reboot into a fresh android.
Also it's good to know that the official TWRP of twrp.me does not support Android Q at the moment, that's why you couldn't decrypt and mount the storage. TWRP in Oneplus 7 Pro thread here on XDA does support Q, you just have to remember to boot into the inactive/upgraded slot before booting back to TWRP to flash Magisk as it only installs to the active slot and not the upgraded slot.
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vegatr0n said:
Hi, I'm writing this to guide those who faced - and will face similar situation in the future - the problem of being stuck on the fastboot screen, where the recovery or booting in EDL is not available.
So, after failing to get root after upgrading to android 10 I was fiddling with TWRP to try to get it to recognize my storage so I can reflash it and flash Magisk, but I couldn't get it to mount the storage, so my stupid brain decided to go to the wipe page and wiped everything in the hope it might magically work!! well.. it didn't!! and I got stuck in the fastboot screen and I thought that I bricked my phone for good.
after hours of searching online and trying everything nothing helped... but finally I managed to fix it.
and btw when I tried to flash TWRP by (fasboot boot twrp.img) I got the following message:
"remote: Failed to load/authenticate boot image: Load Error"
So here is what I did to get my phone working again:
Download and install Tool All in One
Download Fastboot ROM for your phone from here
In the Tool All in One app click on the Flash Factory Images button.
Select the ROM and let it do its work,
hopefully this will work and your device will reboot into a fresh android.
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Or just use the MSM tool. Job done
All with varying levels of interpretation, steps, descriptions, and the solution. Not all are useful.
I had the same issue and this worked perfectly to get my device up and running again. Thanks again!!
Hi all!
Here is plan B!
First of all - BEFORE you do some upgrade - make OPSwitch backup and copy to PC !!!!!
If you stuck - it's mean that something is badly damaged and wrong. Some of the files reside in the areas where upgrade tools (including Fastboot!) can't change and repair them.
We don't have time, knowledge to sort out WHAT was damaged.
We make all straight from beginning:
1. MSM tools - make your phone like from the Factory with "clean" install (ver 9 for now)
2. "FlashAll" то ver 10E
3. If you need - install "global"
4. If you need - install TWRP and Magisk
5. Restore your backup from PC
At the end you will have "clean" phone with all programs working
EASY!!!
Same as OP, I wanted to flash twrp.img.
I had my OP7Pro stuck in 'fastboot mode', I thought. It wouldn't respond to any commands from console (device not found) and I couldn't turn it off with the power button any more.
For noobs, just like me, I learned that I just had to press the powerbutton + volume up button. My phone rebooted after this.
Now making a backup before rooting and such, phew.
vegatr0n
I was stuck in Fastboot after switching slots. Excelent stuf! 2,3 clicks , done! Thank you!
vegatr0n said:
Hi, I'm writing this to guide those who faced - and will face similar situation in the future - the problem of being stuck on the fastboot screen, where the recovery or booting in EDL is not available.
So, after failing to get root after upgrading to android 10 I was fiddling with TWRP to try to get it to recognize my storage so I can reflash it and flash Magisk, but I couldn't get it to mount the storage, so my stupid brain decided to go to the wipe page and wiped everything in the hope it might magically work!! well.. it didn't!! and I got stuck in the fastboot screen and I thought that I bricked my phone for good.
after hours of searching online and trying everything nothing helped... but finally I managed to fix it.
and btw when I tried to flash TWRP by (fasboot boot twrp.img) I got the following message:
"remote: Failed to load/authenticate boot image: Load Error"
So here is what I did to get my phone working again:
Download and install Tool All in One
Download Fastboot ROM for your phone from here
In the Tool All in One app click on the Flash Factory Images button.
Select the ROM and let it do its work,
hopefully this will work and your device will reboot into a fresh android.
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Many people have found this problem. Thank you, I am working again.
i am not even able to flash the twrp in android 10 always getting stuck at fastbootlogo after flashing the recovery cmd
nitinvaid said:
i am not even able to flash the twrp in android 10 always getting stuck at fastbootlogo after flashing the recovery cmd
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Then you have to use the MSM unbrick tool:
https://forum.xda-developers.com/oneplus-7-pro/how-to/op7pro-collection-unbrick-tools-t3956595/amp/
vegatr0n said:
Then you have to use the MSM unbrick tool:
https://forum.xda-developers.com/oneplus-7-pro/how-to/op7pro-collection-unbrick-tools-t3956595/amp/
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Nope...
I was able to reboot holding both vol+ and - and power
I bricked my tmobile oneplus 7 pro and dont know which file is safe to try can anyone please point me in the right direction?
I already tried the steps using the tool and downloading the FASTBOOK os file and I get this error
"CreateProcess failed: %1 is not a valid Win32 application. (193)
fastboot: error: Cannot generate image for userdata"
Tried booting the device but boots to OOS recovery always.
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vegatr0n said:
Hi, I'm writing this to guide those who faced - and will face similar situation in the future - the problem of being stuck on the fastboot screen, where the recovery or booting in EDL is not available.
So, after failing to get root after upgrading to android 10 I was fiddling with TWRP to try to get it to recognize my storage so I can reflash it and flash Magisk, but I couldn't get it to mount the storage, so my stupid brain decided to go to the wipe page and wiped everything in the hope it might magically work!! well.. it didn't!! and I got stuck in the fastboot screen and I thought that I bricked my phone for good.
after hours of searching online and trying everything nothing helped... but finally I managed to fix it.
and btw when I tried to flash TWRP by (fasboot boot twrp.img) I got the following message:
"remote: Failed to load/authenticate boot image: Load Error"
So here is what I did to get my phone working again:
Download and install Tool All in One
Download Fastboot ROM for your phone from here
In the Tool All in One app click on the Flash Factory Images button.
Select the ROM and let it do its work,
hopefully this will work and your device will reboot into a fresh android.
Click to expand...
Click to collapse
I am getting the error
"Erasing 'userdata' OKAY [ 0.243s]
CreateProcess failed: %1 is not a valid Win32 application. (193)
fastboot: error: Cannot generate image for userdata"
I dont know how to proceed with this :crying:
moonbosques said:
I already tried the steps using the tool and downloading the FASTBOOK os file and I get this error
"CreateProcess failed: %1 is not a valid Win32 application. (193)
fastboot: error: Cannot generate image for userdata"
Tried booting the device but boots to OOS recovery always.
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I am getting the error
"Erasing 'userdata' OKAY [ 0.243s]
CreateProcess failed: %1 is not a valid Win32 application. (193)
fastboot: error: Cannot generate image for userdata"
I dont know how to proceed with this :crying:
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Sounds like you're having problems with Windows Defender. I also got the same error messages suddenly once week ago. I did sfc /scannow and all that but all files were intact. After rebooting the PC two times the problem was gone, really strange.
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Anyone here know what fastboot rom i can use to fix my bricked tmobile oneplus 7 pro?
Can you explain this strange effect, please
pitrus- said:
Also it's good to know that the official TWRP of twrp.me does not support Android Q at the moment, that's why you couldn't decrypt and mount the storage. TWRP in Oneplus 7 Pro thread here on XDA does support Q, you just have to remember to boot into the inactive/upgraded slot before booting back to TWRP to flash Magisk as it only installs to the active slot and not the upgraded slot.
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After an update to Android Q twrp an root was lost.
I was going the normal way like this:
1. In fastboot boot twrp.img
2. In twrp install twrp.zip
3. Reboot to twrp
4. In twrp install magisk.zip
After this the phone stuck a while on this orange splash screen and then reboot to bootloader.
Reboot --> the same effect
Then:
1. Boot into twrp
2. install twrp.zip
3. Reboot system
Everything ok, but no root
Just one method is working for me:
1. Download the full package of OOS 10.x.x
2. Extract the boot.img
3. Patch boot.img with Magisk
4. Flash on fastboot boot magisk_patched.img
5. reboot
My phone is rooted now but without twrp.
Why can twrp an Magisk not work together?
And why I can´t find any information for this problem on the internet?
Well, since TWRP lives in the boot partition on this phone, you will have to boot TWRP using fastboot boot TWRP. Then you flash the unofficial TWRP build 74 installer zip downloaded from the link below (the one from twrp.me only works on OOS 9 and not 10). Reboot phone back into Magisk to switch slot, flash Magisk installer zip which will then install Magisk to both boot slot a and boot slot b. Reboot phone and you should have both Magisk root and working TWRP.
https://r.tapatalk.com/shareLink/to...2&share_fid=3793&share_type=t&link_source=app
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Fails anyway
Bricked my OnePlus and now I'm left with bootloader (no os, no twrp). Everything leads back to bootloader. Any attempts to apply fastboot boot lead to "Load Error". Now I tried with that tool and ended up with this:
Sending 'odm' (102400 KB) OKAY [ 2.576s]
Writing 'odm' FAILED (remote: '(odb_b) No such partition')
fastboot: error: Command failed
Press any key to exit...
P.S. Full log:
--------------------------------------------
Bootloader Version...:
Baseband Version.....:
Serial Number........: e434a4c8
--------------------------------------------
extracting android-info.txt (0 MB) to RAM...
android-info.txt syntax error: я╗┐require product=msmnile
Setting current slot to 'b' OKAY [ 0.002s]
extracting boot.img (96 MB) to disk... took 0.776s
archive does not contain 'boot.sig'
Sending 'boot_b' (98304 KB) OKAY [ 2.389s]
Writing 'boot_b' OKAY [ 0.406s]
extracting dtbo.img (16 MB) to disk... took 0.151s
archive does not contain 'dtbo.sig'
Sending 'dtbo' (16384 KB) OKAY [ 0.393s]
Writing 'dtbo' OKAY [ 0.047s]
archive does not contain 'dt.img'
archive does not contain 'recovery.img'
extracting vbmeta.img (0 MB) to disk... took 0.001s
archive does not contain 'vbmeta.sig'
Sending 'vbmeta' (8 KB) OKAY [ 0.008s]
Writing 'vbmeta' OKAY [ 0.002s]
archive does not contain 'vbmeta_system.img'
archive does not contain 'super_empty.img'
archive does not contain 'boot_other.img'
extracting odm.img (100 MB) to disk... took 0.395s
archive does not contain 'odm.sig'
Sending 'odm' (102400 KB) OKAY [ 2.576s]
Writing 'odm' FAILED (remote: '(odm_b) No such partition')
fastboot: error: Command failed
Press any key to exit...
I am getting this error, any ideas what is going wrong? (please see attachment)
vegatr0n said:
Hi, I'm writing this to guide those who faced - and will face similar situation in the future - the problem of being stuck on the fastboot screen, where the recovery or booting in EDL is not available.
So, after failing to get root after upgrading to android 10 I was fiddling with TWRP to try to get it to recognize my storage so I can reflash it and flash Magisk, but I couldn't get it to mount the storage, so my stupid brain decided to go to the wipe page and wiped everything in the hope it might magically work!! well.. it didn't!! and I got stuck in the fastboot screen and I thought that I bricked my phone for good.
after hours of searching online and trying everything nothing helped... but finally I managed to fix it.
and btw when I tried to flash TWRP by (fasboot boot twrp.img) I got the following message:
"remote: Failed to load/authenticate boot image: Load Error"
So here is what I did to get my phone working again:
Download and install Tool All in One
Download Fastboot ROM for your phone from here
In the Tool All in One app click on the Flash Factory Images button.
Select the ROM and let it do its work,
hopefully this will work and your device will reboot into a fresh android.
Click to expand...
Click to collapse
miflash error: not catch checkpoint (\$fastboot -s .*lock), flash not done -> HELP?!
Hello,
I unlocked my Mi8 and successfully installed Lineage on it.
After trying to install Magisk, my phone only boots into fastboot (and mi recovery, but that's not very helpful).
fastboot boot twrp.img results in error :
FAILED (remote: Failed to load/authenticate boot image: 00000050)
I tried MIFLASH by
1) downloading, dezipping and starting newest miflash (2020.3.14.0)
2) installing drivers
3) downloading and dezipping MIUI-fastboot-ROM
4) entering path* into miflash, refresh and flash (already tried all options "clean all" to "clean all and lock")
*) path to the folder that includes among others flash_all.bat
all this results in error:
not catch checkpoint (\$fastboot -s .*lock), flash not done
Nothing changed with the phone, still the same error.
While wanting to review the logs, I clicked in miflash on log/flash log. The log did not say anything helpful, but the error code of fastboot boot twrp.img changed to command write failed (Unknown error). Nothing else changed.
UPDATE: changed back to previous error (remote: Failed to load/authenticate boot image: 00000050)
If you have any idea or need any more information, please tell me!
I need that phone and cannot afford to terminally brink it!!
I did not find much online, did no one else had this problem??
THANK YOU!
PS: Using lenovo-laptop with quite vanilla win10 (and not so vanilla kubuntu dualboot, but miflash only supports windows)
MIFLASH-log says:
Code:
[14:37:14]:lsusb path:"C:\Users\<>\Downloads\MiFlash20200314\MiFlash20200314\Source\ThirdParty\Qualcomm\fh_loader\lsusb.exe"
[14:37:14]:Specified cast is not valid.: at XiaoMiFlash.code.Utility.TreeViewUsbItem.AddPortNode(String HubPath, Int32 NumberOfPorts)
[14:37:14]:Specified cast is not valid.: at XiaoMiFlash.code.Utility.TreeViewUsbItem.AddPortNode(String HubPath, Int32 NumberOfPorts)
[14:37:14]:Specified cast is not valid.: at XiaoMiFlash.code.Utility.TreeViewUsbItem.AddPortNode(String HubPath, Int32 NumberOfPorts)
[14:37:14]:GetScriptDevices
[14:37:15]:FlashingDevice.flashDeviceList.Remove ab6ee6a0
[14:37:15]:add device ab6ee6a0 index 1
[14:37:15]:Thread start,thread id 5,thread name ab6ee6a0
[14:37:15]:start process id 2524 name cmd
[14:37:15]:Thread stopped, thread id 5, thread name ab6ee6a0
UPDATE:
what would the world be without mysteries. Though I cannot really accept them in the IT sector, I cannot really explain, why "everything" works now.
The error of miflash still exists, but fastboot works.
I tried booting and flashing the lineage boot.img instead of twrp.img as well as miflash about every five minutes. I do not think it was the latter, though.
I am still curious on that matter, but having everything working is more important.
Thank you anyway.
Never encountered that error however, if you have Lineage installed i have to wonder how or why your phone is able to boot into mi recovery ? You should have a custom recovery installed (twrp, orangefox .. something)
If you have a ryzen laptop - see the thread about ryzen cpu - they have some issues with recognising properly devices via usb - solved by using a hub.
There is no need to use miflash to flash the fastboot miui rom - you can do it from command line in both windows and linux. Once you decompress the fastboot tar.gz, you have .bat and .sh files in the folder - miflash runs those exact files. Just install adb and fastboot on kubuntu and run your choice of script (flash_all, flash_all_lock, etc.) this has the added benefit of not needing odd drivers in windows (last time i used miflash it complained about some .net stuff that i had to manually install).
Since normally you would install twrp i have to wonder if by any chance mi-recovery is not checking the boot image before flashing it ... not sure, or maybe it had something to do with the FBE of lineage since there was no recovery in place to decrypt the partitions, if i remember correctly, the boot image needs to be signed with the verity key. The log snippet you provided doesn't tell anything as it has no error messages or anything.
Either way, not sure how what you brutforced to get it working but glad it solved itself, however, if you still have mi-recovery instead of a custom one, i would suggest you backup the device, flash MIUI without locking the bootloader, installing twrp (not just booting it) and reinstalling lineage from there. (all this can be done from your kubuntu install so you avoid driver and other windows shenanigans)
to install adb and fastboot it's just a question of sudo apt install adb fastboot
either tar -xvzf the archive of the fastboot image or just extract it from the file manager
open a terminal in the extracted folder (where the bat and sh files are)
put the phone in fastboot mode, connect via usb and do a "fastboot devices" just to make sure the device shows up
./flash_all.sh (this does the exact same thing as the clean option in miflash - just open the script and take a look through it)
Once the flash is done and the phone reboots, skip through all the setup steps just so miui loads up then reboot to fastboot
get twrp from their website, open terminal where it is downloaded and "fastboot flash recovery <name_of_file>.img"
once the command finishes do a "fastboot boot <name_of_file>.img" and once you are in twrp, go yo wipe, do a factory reset, back, advanced wipe and select the caches, back, format data, type yes, back to the main menu of twrp and reboot recovery, this should boot you back into twrp but this time the one that is flashed on the device.
from here on install rom of choice and magisk as usual (use the install option in twrp tho, don't unpack the zip)
Had the phone for 2 years and i flashed different roms on it almost weekly since the wait time to unlock the bootloader expired and never had an issue with this workflow and it saves you from having to use windows. Even for unlocking the bootloader, in case you ever lock it back up, you can use https://xiaomitool.com/V2/download (worked like a charm on linux)
sorfat said:
Never encountered that error however, if you have Lineage installed i have to wonder how or why your phone is able to boot into mi recovery ? You should have a custom recovery installed (twrp, orangefox .. something)
If you have a ryzen laptop - see the thread about ryzen cpu - they have some issues with recognising properly devices via usb - solved by using a hub....
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Thank you for your detailed reply!
Of cause, in order to install lineage, I used TWRP. But I somehow did not install it, but used fastboot boot twrp.img in order to manually temporary boot twrp every time I need it. It was not intentionally at first (did do
"fastboot flash recovery <name_of_file>.img"
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) but I learned to like the mi recovery for it's wiping and being able to use with the keys (not touch, since I managed to disable touch once before that). Mi recovery does not allow flashing at all, so no worries there^^
I have read the ryzen thread before posting, that's why I included my hardware. Not sure, if Lenovo has ryzen, mine does not.
Why I did not think of just running the script in kubuntu instead of hassling with windows, I do not know. Guess it does have something to do with the wood in front of all the trees.
I have the phone for about one and a half week and flashed it at least once a day :laugh:
But I hope to neither lock it again (twice is sweaty enough) nor have to flash it every week.
Thank you very much, if I ever lock myself out again or get another phone to set up, I will defintely reread this post!
btw: is there no way in xda to close a thread?