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[STOCK]Sprint One boot.img and recovery.img

Dumped with help from Dees_Troy, while we work on recovery I removed all the extra crap from both .img's that you get when you dump it from the phone.
Boot - http://www.androidfilehost.com/?fid=22909751817929742
Recovery - http://www.androidfilehost.com/?fid=22909751817929743
You need to have the platform-tools folder from the SDK and HTC Drivers installed!
How to Flash
Reboot to bootloader
For boot: fastboot flash boot Sprint_One_stock_boot.img
For recovery: fastboot flash recovery Sprint_One_recovery_boot.img

Nothing constructive to add, but I just wanted to say thanks for busting your ass on the One. Its only been a couple hours and you're already haxing, that's dedication.
See you all in #htc-one-sprint at freenode.
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Hey Viper!
You going to be devving for the Sprint One??

Great to see you here Viper

misfit0313 said:
Nothing constructive to add, but I just wanted to say thanks for busting your ass on the One. Its only been a couple hours and you're already haxing, that's dedication.
See you all in #htc-one-sprint at freenode.
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jkt97401 said:
Hey Viper!
You going to be devving for the Sprint One??
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Paleryder said:
Great to see you here Viper
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Thanks guys, yes I will be here. I don't just drop a ton of work and leave like others do
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Nice to see you here viper! I can't get this phone soon enough! You did wonders to the battery life on the 3d

Excellent work man. Good to see you over here.
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jayv1717 said:
Nice to see you here viper! I can't get this phone soon enough! You did wonders to the battery life on the 3d
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youkosnake said:
Excellent work man. Good to see you over here.
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Thanks guys! Stock ROM coming up in a few hours if all goes well

Will this take it back to a stock Rom? Sorry if this is a noob question.
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dryvali said:
Will this take it back to a stock Rom? Sorry if this is a noob question.
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No, it won't. You're talking about an RUU, which there is nothing public yet.
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Would you mind sharing how you were able to dump these without root? Did you just dd a bunch.of.times and hope for the best?

CNexus said:
Would you mind sharing how you were able to dump these without root? Did you just dd a bunch.of.times and hope for the best?
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I gained root via a rooted boot.img from the Intl One. Dees_Troy helped with that. It wouldn't stay booted for more than a minute without crashing, but it was enough time to dump our boot.img

hi will flashing the boot img get rid of the relocked warning you see in bootloader?thanks

sugarsine said:
hi will flashing the boot img get rid of the relocked warning you see in bootloader?thanks
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No it will not.

Thanks! I always like to have a stock recovery handy so I can do the OTAs then reroot/reflash custom
one question tho.. is this the recovery from the launch FW or the OTA FW? does it matter?
thanks again dudes!

orthonovum said:
Thanks! I always like to have a stock recovery handy so I can do the OTAs then reroot/reflash custom
one question tho.. is this the recovery from the launch FW or the OTA FW? does it matter?
thanks again dudes!
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Launch firmware. I don't think they updated recovery on ota.
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best update option?
-viperboy- said:
Dumped with help from Dees_Troy, while we work on recovery I removed all the extra crap from both .img's that you get when you dump it from the phone.
Boot - http://www.androidfilehost.com/?fid=22909751817929742
Recovery - http://www.androidfilehost.com/?fid=22909751817929743
You need to have the platform-tools folder from the SDK and HTC Drivers installed!
How to Flash
Reboot to bootloader
For boot: fastboot flash boot Sprint_One_stock_boot.img
For recovery: fastboot flash recovery Sprint_One_recovery_boot.img
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Sprint HTC One Stock 1.29 ROM looking to OTA a couple times to 4.3 Jellybean. I am rooted, S-off, locked. Do I need to unroot before update? Or can I simply re flash to stock recovery then update. Can't seem to find a way to flash the OTA with twerp.
More importantly Should we OTA or just flash a ROM based off the updates? Then Just wait for the next update flash-able ROM(4.3 jellybean)?
Thanks Hope to hear some responses on this. Patiently waiting to do it right. Thanks to all the developers. Have had a pleasant experience here!

OTA Updates vs Flashable Rom's
orthonovum said:
Thanks! I always like to have a stock recovery handy so I can do the OTAs then reroot/reflash custom
one question tho.. is this the recovery from the launch FW or the OTA FW? does it matter?
thanks again dudes!
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How do you do your OTA. Do yo OTA or use the flash-able ones found here on the site? I am stock 1.29, rooted, S-off, locked. I think I can just flash the stock recovery and update via OTA's? There are two for me to get. Have been waiting for answers here on the site before I proceed. So far no answers to this question...What is the best way to upgrade? Revert the recovery to stock or download and flash a rom? Thanks

upowersystems said:
How do you do your OTA. Do yo OTA or use the flash-able ones found here on the site? I am stock 1.29, rooted, S-off, locked. I think I can just flash the stock recovery and update via OTA's? There are two for me to get. Have been waiting for answers here on the site before I proceed. So far no answers to this question...What is the best way to upgrade? Revert the recovery to stock or download and flash a rom? Thanks
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I just flash the stock recovery then take the OTA then reflash TWRP and reroot. This only works if you:
1. dont make any changes to your rom (/system/app) (if you do just revert them if you can)
2. helps if you are s-off and unlocked bootloader so you dont have issues re-rooting

-viperboy- said:
Dumped with help from Dees_Troy, while we work on recovery I removed all the extra crap from both .img's that you get when you dump it from the phone.
Boot - http://www.androidfilehost.com/?fid=22909751817929742
Recovery - http://www.androidfilehost.com/?fid=22909751817929743
You need to have the platform-tools folder from the SDK and HTC Drivers installed!
How to Flash
Reboot to bootloader
For boot: fastboot flash boot Sprint_One_stock_boot.img
For recovery: fastboot flash recovery Sprint_One_recovery_boot.img
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For recovery - cmnd should be this : fastboot flash recovery Sprint_One_stock_recovery.img
& its working fine , doing 4.3 OTA Update.
Thanks for sharing recovery img.

Downgrade after OTA update?

I have a verizon moto x Dev edition with unlocked bootloader. Is there a way to downgrade from the ota update?
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I couldn't find one for my us cellular moto x. That's why unlocked it so I could gain root.
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My phone is unlocked and still can't downgrade so I can gain root...
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sporty377 said:
My phone is unlocked and still can't downgrade so I can gain root...
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you can't downgrade, update does not let you go backwards. However if you have a Dev edition and its unlocked you can root it very easily. Fastboot TWRP to it. Then boot into TWRP and flashed SuperSu 1.65 *.zip. Just run a search on Google and you'll find a link to SuperSU the *.zip you need
Edit: here is the thread for SuperSU
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1538053

will2live said:
you can't downgrade, update does not let you go backwards. However if you have a Dev edition and its unlocked you can root it very easily. Fastboot TWRP to it. Then boot into TWRP and flashed SuperSu 1.65 *.zip. Just run a search on Google and you'll find a link to SuperSU the *.zip you need
Edit: here is the thread for SuperSU
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1538053
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just reading and curious--with an unlocked BL you can't use the fxz file to flash to an older version? couldn't you first flash the old boot loader and then try the fxz file though rsdlite. if that doesn't work couldn't you just flash all of the images separately?

mohlsen8 said:
just reading and curious--with an unlocked BL you can't use the fxz file to flash to an older version? couldn't you first flash the old boot loader and then try the fxz file though rsdlite. if that doesn't work couldn't you just flash all of the images separately?
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tried that....didn't work....I just flashed custom recovery and supersu did the rest

will2live said:
you can't downgrade, update does not let you go backwards. However if you have a Dev edition and its unlocked you can root it very easily. Fastboot TWRP to it. Then boot into TWRP and flashed SuperSu 1.65 *.zip. Just run a search on Google and you'll find a link to SuperSU the *.zip you need
Edit: here is the thread for SuperSU
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1538053
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thanks....worked like a charm.....

mohlsen8 said:
just reading and curious--with an unlocked BL you can't use the fxz file to flash to an older version? couldn't you first flash the old boot loader and then try the fxz file though rsdlite. if that doesn't work couldn't you just flash all of the images separately?
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Nope not even a unlocked Dev edition can go fully backwards. Once bootloader is updated it will not pass the checks when flashing trying to go back. I know because I just brain farted the other day flashing my unlocked HD i was selling and tried flashing with the wrong file. However depending on what needs to be flashed you can in some cases flash a specific partition from older an older software build like i did to restore my botched job on the HD.
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thanks....worked like a charm.....
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No prob. The joy of owning unlocked version will make it easy like that all the time to get root moving forward

will2live said:
Nope not even a unlocked Dev edition can go fully backwards. Once bootloader is updated it will not pass the checks when flashing trying to go back. I know because I just brain farted the other day flashing my unlocked HD i was selling and tried flashing with the wrong file. However depending on what needs to be flashed you can in some cases flash a specific partition from older an older software build like i did to restore my botched job on the HD.
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No prob. The joy of owning unlocked version will make it easy like that all the time to get root moving forward
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very interesting. can you flash back and forth between the old/new kernel? i'm assuming the system is yes.

mohlsen8 said:
very interesting. can you flash back and forth between the old/new kernel? i'm assuming the system is yes.
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On my HD i did, and I know the X you can as well currently. Whether that holds true moving forward once 4.3 hits is a different story. In my case messing aroudn its alwasy been the same Android version when flashing something older.
As for the X depending on how you go about updating the X before the full fastboot was posted yesterday if you wanted root you did in fact need to use the old (original stock) kernel to fastboot over the recovery once the OTA was installed.

Going from a custom Rom back to ota rom without losing root

Hey all
I'm currently running PA 2.99 rom. I want to get the new KitKat rom.
What's the processes of going from the custom one back to ota without losing root?
Thanks in advance.
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masprague said:
Hey all
I'm currently running PA 2.99 rom. I want to get the new KitKat rom.
What's the processes of going from the custom one back to ota without losing root?
Thanks in advance.
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Hi, masprague...
Just to clarify... do you mean going from a Custom ROM (such as PA) to official Factory Stock (such as KitKat)... without loosing root?
Not possible, I'm afraid.
And further, you can't apply an OTA to a Custom ROM anyway. OTA's are intended to update only the current version of Factory Stock Android to the latest version of Factory Stock Android.
If I understand your post correctly, you'll need to download the full KitKat factory image (download link in my sig), and fastboot flash it.
Afterward, if you wish to re-root... you'll need to fastboot flash a Custom Recovery, such as TWRP or CWM... and then using that Custom Recovery, flash Chainfires latest SuperSU root updater .zip.
Be aware though, that fastboot flashing the full KitKit factory image will wipe your device... so before doing any of this, you'll need to backup all of your apps & their associated data using Titanium, and then fully backup the entire contents of your Nexus 7 to your PC.
Rgrds,
Ged.

Rooting a nexus device is so easy why bother making it more difficult? Just flash stock, custom recovery, and supersu

Ur just use Wugs Toolkit?

BL4CK_92 said:
Ur just use Wugs Toolkit?
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That's what I did
Painless process

[Q] Dev Edition - Root but keep OTA?

I have sucessfully converted my AT&T HTC One to the Developers Edition. If install TWRP and root the device, then re-install the stock recovery, can I maintain the ability to receive OTA Updates?
Also can someone confirm that the 4.06.1540 recovery is the latest for 4.4.2 sense 6? (Found Here http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2545227)
Or if there is a better way to accomplish root etc.
Thank you in advance.

sednafx said:
I have sucessfully converted my AT&T HTC One to the Developers Edition. If install TWRP and root the device, then re-install the stock recovery, can I maintain the ability to receive OTA Updates?
Also can someone confirm that the 4.06.1540 recovery is the latest for 4.4.2 sense 6? (Found Here http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2545227)
Or if there is a better way to accomplish root etc.
Thank you in advance.
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That is a good recovery to have in place *before* you start checking for the latest 5.x.x.x OTA. Technically it's not the "latest" (the latest one would be the one you will end up with *after* the OTA) but it's the right one for your situation.
Overall the short answer to your question is yes, you can get OTA's with this plan.
If you remove anything from /system you might not.
If you do more stuff (like downgrading HBOOT, installing a custom kernel, whatever) you might not.
But for most people in your situation, you'll get OTA's.
Generally.
Enjoy.

sednafx said:
I have sucessfully converted my AT&T HTC One to the Developers Edition. If install TWRP and root the device, then re-install the stock recovery, can I maintain the ability to receive OTA Updates?
Also can someone confirm that the 4.06.1540 recovery is the latest for 4.4.2 sense 6? (Found Here http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2545227)
Or if there is a better way to accomplish root etc.
Thank you in advance.
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The best thing to do is a nandroid of your stock rom & recovery prior to installing TWRP and obtaining root. If you need to go back to stock you will have it. I haven't seen the stock recovery for 4.4.2 sense 6, it should be 5.11.1540.9.

majmoz said:
The best thing to do is a nandroid of your stock rom & recovery prior to installing TWRP and obtaining root. If you need to go back to stock you will have it. I haven't seen the stock recovery for 4.4.2 sense 6, it should be 5.11.1540.9.
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Sure it is but unfortunately if has not been possible to (fastboot boot recovery.zip) since hboot 1.44
The best most people can do is after taking the update reflash TWRP and make a backup including recovery. then download and keep the stock recovery with it.

Thank you all for the response. Here is what I would like to do:
1. Backup my existing recovery through adb using the #dd command. Anyone know the correct syntax?
2. Install TWRP and backup the existing unrooted ROM.
3. Root the device. Do not remove any files from /system, no custom kernels (doesn't really matter since I will restore backup). Simply use titanium back to restore my apks and freeze the ones I don't use. I would like to install Xposed though.....
4. See OTA Update. Backup apks, restore unrooted. Restore stock recovery through adb. Anyone know why the syntax??
5. Run the OTA Update.
6. Profit.... Go back to step 1.
What do you all think? Any help with the syntax to dump and restore stock recovery?
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sednafx said:
1. Backup my existing recovery through adb using the #dd command. Anyone know the correct syntax?
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doesn't know the #dd command but recovery can be extracted from the firmware package inside the ota.zip
anyway, I have all the latest dev edition recovery so you'll save a little time:
4.06.1540.2 MD5: 2bb3d9df9ce8c8329db8d22781613e2c
4.06.1540.3 MD5: 87eaf7d4a9c4ba1108bf26164b1f3f3d
4.19.1540.4 MD5: 6e25ef0e614c41722b2fb4afbdde5d7c
4.19.1540.9 MD5: b4d31a181a9e44225dc83282bc1bf134
5.11.1540.9 MD5: c487a17382e2e1c207efae66fed00925
you need the one that match your actual version
2. Install TWRP and backup the existing unrooted ROM.
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Always a good thing to do, also make a copy of that backup on your computer.
3. Root the device. Do not remove any files from /system, no custom kernels (doesn't really matter since I will restore backup). Simply use titanium back to restore my apks and freeze the ones I don't use. I would like to install Xposed though.....
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no problem using xposed and receiving ota updates
4. See OTA Update. Backup apks, restore unrooted. Restore stock recovery through adb. Anyone know why the syntax??
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no need to restore your backup if you didnt modified/deleted /system or /preload files and your kernel is stock. Just restore your recovery
Code:
fastboot flash recovery name_of_file.img
fastboot erase cache
fastboot reboot
5. Run the OTA Update.
6. Profit.... Go back to step 1.
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More Questions on Receiving OTA's
@alray On Step 4, to receive the OTA's, in addition to restoring stock recovery, wouldn't it be necessary to unroot the device and disable Xposed?

gingerlindsey said:
@alray On Step 4, to receive the OTA's, in addition to restoring stock recovery, wouldn't it be necessary to unroot the device and disable Xposed?
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no need to unroot to be able to apply the ota but you might loose root after the update, in that case, root again after the update.
I have updated mine many times with xposed still enabled and didnt have any issue. But you might want to disable module like ''sense 5 toolbox'' when updating to sense 6... Anyway if you want to be safe, yes you can disable xposed but this is not required.

@alray Thank you very much! I was unrooting and disabling Xposed, etc. Good to know I can "Keep it Simple"!

@alray The link for the latest recovery is 404ed. Can you repost? EDIT: Nevermind. Removed the [/HIDE] from the link and it worked.
Where is the OTA saved BTW?
Thanks again for all the advise. I may update the OP to outline these in detail.

The ota is saved to /sdcard/downloads
Sorry for the bad link, it should work now
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alray said:
The ota is saved to /sdcard/downloads
Sorry for the bad link, it should work now
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That path makes perfect sense.... I feel like captain obvious smacked me in the face..... Thanks!!!!!
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Best way to root latest 5.1 pure edition OTA?

What are people doing to root the newest official 5.1 pure OTA? I saw a couple of threads about root floating around, but cf autoroot seems to have failed for a few people. What are you guys using to root?
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Completing this question by adding one more bit that is there any root method which supports easy unrooting like Kitkat days where we don't have to go through hassles and risks of flashing whole stock ROM again?

I rooted 5.1 by booting twrp and flashing latest supersu. I haven't tried yet to full unroot but it should work.

Nicolae-Daniel said:
I rooted 5.1 by booting twrp and flashing latest supersu. I haven't tried yet to full unroot but it should work.
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How did you boot twrp??,,, . Using windroid?
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rohithksaj said:
How did you boot twrp??,,, . Using windroid?
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Via fastboot. I just unrooted my device,although bootloader says "Software status : Modified" so i don't think it's safe to OTA update.

Be careful with this method though. Cause as of now there is no full image of 5.1. Therefore no stock recovery if you want to flash everything back like stock , unless you go back to 5.0 and then flash ota, hence the potential risk.

kristof95 said:
Be careful with this method though. Cause as of now there is no full image of 5.1. Therefore no stock recovery if you want to flash everything back like stock , unless you go back to 5.0 and then flash ota, hence the potential risk.
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Yep. Kinda stuck as I didn't backup before rooting

Doesn't the factory reset convert the phone back into the stock? Like what used to happen in previous Android versions?

Jack Sparrow xda said:
Doesn't the factory reset convert the phone back into the stock? Like what used to happen in previous Android versions?
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No, that's never been a thing. It only wipes /data and doesn't touch /system at all.
For that to work, they'd have to take up valuable phone space with system images.
As for root, getting it is virtually unchanged since 4.4.4. Use Cf-Auto-Root or let twrp do it.

Anybody tried re locking the boot loader.???
I tried every method but failed....
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rohithksaj said:
Anybody tried re locking the boot loader.???
I tried every method but failed....
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Can't be done.

rohithksaj said:
Anybody tried re locking the boot loader.???
I tried every method but failed....
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It's pointless to do. There is no valid reason to relock it.
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the topic gone wrong, what is the best way to root latest ota? does cf-auto-root work?
since there is full image of latest 5.1 ota for pure edition, there are low risks of rooting.
any suggestion?

pro.gangster said:
the topic gone wrong, what is the best way to root latest ota? does cf-auto-root work?
since there is full image of latest 5.1 ota for pure edition, there are low risks of rooting.
any suggestion?
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Just flash TWRP and root that way... If you don't want to overwrite the default recovery, boot TWRP. No real risks, it hasn't changed from 5.0.
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