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How to flash images with fastboot?

My phone is almost bricked
I was trying to install sevenrov v3.2 while i was on v3.1 and i ****ed up everything while doing a fullwipe
Right now there is only fastboot&rescuemode available
twrp is not working, because it does no read the digitizer(i cannot press anything)
i can install cwm but should i ?
I believe that is best to flash images through fastboot.
But what images should i flash?
Where to find them?
How should i flash them?

revery0 said:
My phone is almost bricked
I was trying to install sevenrov v3.2 while i was on v3.1 and i ****ed up everything while doing a fullwipe
Right now there is only fastboot&rescuemode available
twrp is not working, because it does no read the digitizer(i cannot press anything)
i can install cwm but should i ?
I believe that is best to flash images through fastboot.
But what images should i flash?
Where to find them?
How should i flash them?
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Oh dear! You are in a mess. All I can suggest is that you flash the stock recovery and then install a stock ROM for your phone using the force update (dload) method that has been described in other threads. Then you can return to a custom ROM of your choice. As far as I know CWM for this phone is only in Chinese so it may be of little value unless you understand the language.

arthios said:
Oh dear! You are in a mess. All I can suggest is that you flash the stock recovery and then install a stock ROM for your phone using the force update (dload) method that has been described in other threads. Then you can return to a custom ROM of your choice. As far as I know CWM for this phone is only in Chinese so it may be of little value unless you understand the language.
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cwm has english also but it has no use for me
Only fastboot works
dload method does not complete, the blue progress bar goes up to to 85% and stays there forever...
I am looking for a mathod to create a flashable zip for fastboot
to use fastboot flash filename.zip command
or flash each partition seperatly , i tried the method with huawei extractor
extracted the images system,root,boot,cache,cust,userdata
flashed each one on their partitions
but without success

revery0 said:
cwm has english also but it has no use for me
Only fastboot works
dload method does not complete, the blue progress bar goes up to to 85% and stays there forever...
I am looking for a mathod to create a flashable zip for fastboot
to use fastboot flash filename.zip command
or flash each partition seperatly , i tried the method with huawei extractor
extracted the images system,root,boot,cache,cust,userdata
flashed each one on their partitions
but without success
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Why you do not flash twrp recovery in fastboot mode and then install a flashable ZIP?
Edit:
In this thread, are the same probs:
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?p=56634210
Short: install recovery and try to flash a rom again.
I See your post in this thraed that this not work for you but i think you have to try it again. In fastboot mode you can flash recovery and cust. Its that working?
Can you explain step by step what are you doing?

87insane said:
Why you do not flash twrp recovery in fastboot mode and then install a flashable ZIP?
Edit:
In this thread, are the same probs:
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?p=56634210
Short: install recovery and try to flash a rom again.
I See your post in this thraed that this not work for you but i think you have to try it again. In fastboot mode you can flash recovery and cust. Its that working?
Can you explain step by step what are you doing?
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First of all thank you,
Right now my phone is in a bootloop(not more than 6 sec duration, with short vibration)
3 buttons , power button tricks and combos don't seem to work
The only way to exit the bootloop is by sending the fastbbot reboot recovery command and wait for some loops while you are doing the vol+vol-power combo
Then the phone enters fastboot rescue mode
I get reply when sending the fastboot devices command,
And the phone has unlocked bootloader (OEM command)
I can flash images extracted from the official 135 ROM
I tried cust boot user data system cache recovey , and the are all flashed correctly
But I can't get into recovery mode aftethe reboot (yes I am doing the 3 buttons trick)
I tried different SD cards with different update.app each time, from b135 official and sevenrom3 (yes I put them in /dload folder)
I even tried flashing cwm and twrv recovery images in the recovery partition, but I got in a bootloop after the reboot again
So I am asking if there is anyway to flash the partitions correctly from fastboot or maybe send a kernel image with some offset and run it with the fastboot command
Of course adb does not work, not responding
Maybe reparation the storage?
I don't know
And I am desperare...

revery0 said:
First of all thank you,
Right now my phone is in a bootloop(not more than 6 sec duration, with short vibration)
3 buttons , power button tricks and combos don't seem to work
The only way to exit the bootloop is by sending the fastbbot reboot recovery command and wait for some loops while you are doing the vol+vol-power combo
Then the phone enters fastboot rescue mode
I get reply when sending the fastboot devices command,
And the phone has unlocked bootloader (OEM command)
I can flash images extracted from the official 135 ROM
I tried cust boot user data system cache recovey , and the are all flashed correctly
But I can't get into recovery mode aftethe reboot (yes I am doing the 3 buttons trick)
I tried different SD cards with different update.app each time, from b135 official and sevenrom3 (yes I put them in /dload folder)
I even tried flashing cwm and twrv recovery images in the recovery partition, but I got in a bootloop after the reboot again
So I am asking if there is anyway to flash the partitions correctly from fastboot or maybe send a kernel image with some offset and run it with the fastboot command
Of course adb does not work, not responding
Maybe reparation the storage?
I don't know
And I am desperare...
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Okay...
your system is so messy. we must bring fully to factory condition first time.
Plesse try to flash stock recovery img. (In your post you write only that you have tryed twrp/cwm).
And then try update in recovery.
I not think your phone is broken. You can try my tool (http://forum.xda-developers.com/asc...eandadjust-t2941186/post56774286#post56774286). There is a stock recovery img in it. In your case you have to flash cust img to.

87insane said:
Okay...
your system is so messy. we must bring fully to factory condition first time.
Plesse try to flash stock recovery img. (In your post you write only that you have tryed twrp/cwm).
And then try update in recovery.
I not think your phone is broken. You can try my tool (http://forum.xda-developers.com/asc...eandadjust-t2941186/post56774286#post56774286). There is a stock recovery img in it. In your case you have to flash cust img to.
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Thank you but I already did flash the official recovery image, both extracted from a factory update.app and your recovery.IMG also... None of them worked.... Iam still in the same bootloop.
I am starting to believe that the partitions have been ****ed up.
Any way to repartition?
Also is there a procedure to create a flashable zip with huawei software extractor? I edited the accompaning XML to add the p7 device on the list (copy data from p6 and changed the name) created the zip but fastboot doesn't flash the zip because its missing 2 XML files which I can't remember their name.
And at this point I would like to give my 2 cents of advice to everyone who might listen,
Before you flash anything from a microsd, first verify the card with h2testw, and always use high quality microsd and never ever stop a flashing procedure by any means. . i would like to make it more extreme and advise to use a software with copy verification (like richcopy) when you copy files that are going to be flashed.
I tend to believe that a faulty microsd is the cause of my problems... Even though I checked the microsd afterwards and didn't got any errors.
I would advise the ROM creators to append this on their posts!

Fresh root, recovery not booting

Finally decided to root my own device to find out that the recovery is not working when I try going into it on the bootloader mode. It is a rooted device and I've tried flashing the twrp recovery through the command prompt and also through the flashify app. It only works when I try booting in from the flashify app but doesn't work through the bootloader, when trying it through the bootloader i select the recovery and the phone turns off. Anyone have a clue of how I could try to make it work, I would appreciate any help. Thanks

Blue.F150 said:
Finally decided to root my own device to find out that the recovery is not working when I try going into it on the bootloader mode. It is a rooted device and I've tried flashing the twrp recovery through the command prompt and also through the flashify app. It only works when I try booting in from the flashify app but doesn't work through the bootloader, when trying it through the bootloader i select the recovery and the phone turns off. Anyone have a clue of how I could try to make it work, I would appreciate any help. Thanks
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Looks like a system error which can be solved only if you flash the factory image again
which command did yu use "fastboot flash recovery (twrp File name ).img
If it didn't work, flash cwm and then twrp 8.6.0. Maybe it'll work Or flash twrp img while ur in twrp itself. Or download advanced reboot if ur using stock rom.

james11705 said:
Looks like a system error which can be solved only if you flash the factory image again
which command did yu use "fastboot flash recovery (twrp File name ).img
If it didn't work, flash cwm and then twrp 8.6.0. Maybe it'll work Or flash twrp img while ur in twrp itself. Or download advanced reboot if ur using stock rom.
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Yea it was the fastboot flash recovery trwp.... then tried it and didnt work. Thanks I'll try out the other options you gave me. I tried reflashing stock everything and booting into recovery now it didnt work again with the stock recovery.

Blue.F150 said:
Yea it was the fastboot flash recovery trwp.... then tried it and didnt work. Thanks I'll try out the other options you gave me. I tried reflashing stock everything and booting into recovery now it didnt work again with the stock recovery.
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Like flashing the full firmware? It should work, because something is wrong with ur recovery system.

james11705 said:
Like flashing the full firmware? It should work, because something is wrong with ur recovery system.
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I have the same problem. Flashed the stock firmware. Then flashed TWRP in fastboot, but whenever i select recovery from the fastboot menu, the phone just shuts off. Only way to get into recovery is by Flashify app too...

boot into recovery without flashing, possible?

hello i want to acces recovery menu, but won´t flash anything to my phone.
is it possible?
have download twrp-3.0.2.0-yuga.img unnamed it to recovery.img
fastboot boot recovery.img
it tells download ok
starting ok
than phone is booting normaly
what am i doing wrong?
xperia z with android 5.1.1 open bootloader

Hi, use this: https://twrp.me/devices/sonyxperiaz.html
(dd install method), download terminal emulator from playstore and type commands

Xperia Z doesn't support "fastboot boot" command
If you want to do this without flashing anything - this is impossible

damn

i have flashed twrp recovery, it worked without problems. device started into recovery, great but it boots always in the recovery.
-flashed xperia z with emma tool
-fastboot flash boot twrp.img
-reboot into recovery
fine but since them it boots always into recovery
have reboot from recovery into system or reboot or just turn device off and on.
(havent pressed any key while booting)
it boot everytime to recovery
can someone help pls
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steve233 said:
i have flashed twrp recovery, it worked without problems. device started into recovery, great but it boots always in the recovery.
-flashed xperia z with emma tool
-fastboot flash boot twrp.img
-reboot into recovery
fine but since them it boots always into recovery
have reboot from recovery into system or reboot or just turn device off and on.
(havent pressed any key while booting)
it boot everytime to recovery
can someone help pls
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You have flashed a recovery image to your boot partition, so it always boots to recovery. You need to flash a boot image to the boot partition.
But why do you want recovery if you won't flash anything to your phone?
By flashing recovery, you are doing exactly that anyway.
You have an unlocked bootloader, so you may as well flash an advanced stock kernel. It is stock kernel with twrp built into the boot.img. Check android development section.

thank you
since i know that i can't boot recovery without flashing, i have no other option as to flash.
can't i flash it to FOTA partition?
i have 10.7.A.0.222 firmware and need root access but like to do it manually

You can't boot directly to FOTA on XZ. Need modified boot.img or flash twrp to boot (like you did before). Then while in TWRP, flash Supersu.zip to get root. Afterwards flash kernel only in flashtool to get stock boot back
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steve233 said:
i have flashed twrp recovery, it worked without problems. device started into recovery, great but it boots always in the recovery.
-flashed xperia z with emma tool
-fastboot flash boot twrp.img
-reboot into recovery
fine but since them it boots always into recovery
have reboot from recovery into system or reboot or just turn device off and on.
(havent pressed any key while booting)
it boot everytime to recovery
can someone help pls
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same problem please help asap with instruction. thank you

shoey63 said:
You can't boot directly to FOTA on XZ. Need modified boot.img or flash twrp to boot (like you did before). Then while in TWRP, flash Supersu.zip to get root. Afterwards flash kernel only in flashtool to get stock boot back
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can u pls help me with instruction how to fix that plssssss.....

utsavgarg said:
can u pls help me with instruction how to fix that plssssss.....
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Is your bootloader unlocked?

.236 stock LP rom with Offical Twrp

Can I use the stock rom with the offical twrp?
If I can somebody could tell me how to boot the system because If I install twrp as a Kernel image It can t boot.

in order to use Official TWRP Recovery, you should unlock your Z1 to access the Recovery partition and after that you can do it.

lm/\/trix said:
in order to use Official TWRP Recovery, you should unlock your Z1 to access the Recovery partition and after that you can do it.
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I have root and my bootloader unlocked so If u have time can you help me a little bit? How to install twrp?

so if you have Unlocked Bootloader on your Z1 just boot your Sony into Fast Boot mode and flash TWRP recovery image by these commands.
fastboot flash recovery [RECOVERY FILE ADDRESS]

nemes480 said:
Can I use the stock rom with the offical twrp?
If I can somebody could tell me how to boot the system because If I install twrp as a Kernel image It can t boot.
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Obviously if you put recovery image in boot partition . How will the system boot ??
Put recovery in recovery partition
fastboot flash recovery insertrecoveryname.img

lm/\/trix said:
so if you have Unlocked Bootloader on your Z1 just boot your Sony into Fast Boot mode and flash TWRP recovery image by these commands.
fastboot flash recovery [RECOVERY FILE ADDRESS]
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Jeah I know that but i get a message back :tmp-mksh:fastboot: not found . And i tryed to install it with NUT s recovery's twrp but if I install it to FOTAkernel just the recovery boot. Maybe fastboot driver what I should have but I installed that long time ago. Sorry for my english.

in the other side of the coin you should reinstall fastboot and drivers.

lm/\/trix said:
in the other side of the coin you should reinstall fastboot and drivers.
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I did it. Same things when I try to install the twrp. I tryed it after clean flash the stock rom but it not solve my problem. any idea?

try it on another pc!

It will be okay just I need to take the phone to fastboot mode. But I installed again the nuts so tomorrow I will try it. Thanks everyone.

Well, I can t solve the problem. Still cannot install twrp. Please somebody help me. Stock rom support twrp?

Just flash the latest .236 stock rom and boot into fastboot and flash twrp recovery as RECOVERY not KERNEL!

Look, I tryed to flash stock after do this process but It never worked.

[Q] Xperia V LT25i cannot enter TWRP recovery mode

Hi everyone,
My Xperia V LT25i cannot enter TWRP recovery mode.
I tried (VolDwn + Pwr) and (VolUp + Pwr) when it's off.
I also tried (adb reboot recovery) and (Boot to Recovery option in QuickReboot App) when it's on.
No luck entering TWRP.
The LED blinked in white for an instance then the phone just went on a normal booting.
This looks like a simple silly question but I have seriously dug into all the similar threads I can find and still no solutions.
Current status of my phone:
Model: LT25i
Android Ver.: 4.3
Firmware: 9.2.A.0.295
Bootloader unlocked: YES (checked by *#*#7378423#*#*)
Rooted: YES (rooted by towelroot and checked by Root Checker Basic)
TWRP installed: YES (flashed twrp-3.0.2-0-tsubasa.img into my phone using App Install Method)
The status of TWRP is not checked since I am not sure whether there's a way to do so.
I opened the app, made a recovery.img and saw it there under my sdcard folder (this means that TWRP is normally functioning right?).
My phone is in extremely good health, not bricked.
I just wanted to try the fantastic ROM StryFlex™ Marshmallow for Xperia V,
following the instructions step by step and got stuck at TWRP.
Please help and thanks for your time reading this thread

if it works like my Xperia Z you can try to put your Xperia T on fastboot. Then rename the TWRP.img to boot.img.
Then in plat-form tools folder open the terminal and type "fastboot flash boot boot.img". After that "fastboot reboot". After that the phone reboots automatically into TWRP

Ricky_Karmator said:
if it works like my Xperia Z you can try to put your Xperia T on fastboot. Then rename the TWRP.img to boot.img.
Then in plat-form tools folder open the terminal and type "fastboot flash boot boot.img". After that "fastboot reboot". After that the phone reboots automatically into TWRP
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Hello,
Thanks for replying.
This method works perfectly. The device booted into TWRP.
But now I am facing the question that it wouldn't boot back to system @@.
Am I suppose to do the "fastboot flash boot boot.img" command again and flash back normal boot.img? (If yes, where can I find one?)
Or did I mess something up while flashing StryFlex™ ROM in TWRP?
Thanks for your time reading this thread!

It seems the default bootloader of this phone doesn't support entering recovery by press volumn button. Pressing volumn buttons on powering up is only functional when the phone is connected to PC, moreover, vol up+power will boot into fastboot mode, vol down+power will boot into flashmode which works with flashtool.
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if you are using stock rom, you should do the following steps to enter twrp:
1. Get flashtool ready on PC, and the drivers for your phone;
2. Connect your phone to PC;
3. Power up your phone by pressing vol up+power button to enter into fastboot mode;
4. In flashtool, flash twrp.img with fastboot flash mode;
5. reboot your phone, and it will boot into twrp;
6. when you want to get back to android, pull the kernel.sin out from FTF corresponds to your rom, and flash it in the same way while flashing twrp.img;
7. reboot your phone.

loudnut said:
Hello,
Thanks for replying.
This method works perfectly. The device booted into TWRP.
But now I am facing the question that it wouldn't boot back to system @@.
Am I suppose to do the "fastboot flash boot boot.img" command again and flash back normal boot.img? (If yes, where can I find one?)
Or did I mess something up while flashing StryFlex™ ROM in TWRP?
Thanks for your time reading this thread!
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Be sure to download the right type of TWRP that supports booting system after you flash your custom ROM. Mine for example lets me flash Stryflex and after is automatically replaced by the standard one but nothing affects the stability of the ROM.
So you should check on TWRP official site the recovery, rename it into "boot.img", flash it though cmd and then restart in recovery. Do a clean flash (check also the repartition of data), flash ROM + Gapps and then reboot.
It works on my Xperia Z and also another Xperia T from a friend