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[Q] HTC One will not boot into TWRP or CWM

Hello. I recently got an HTC One from CSpire. I had no trouble unlocking the bootloader. When I try to go into a custom recovery so that I can root, I get the message "Entering Recovery...". However, this screen only lasts a few seconds then my phone boots up like normal, completely skipping the recovery. I've tried multiple versions of TWRP and CWM. Any ideas? I'm not that experienced with android devices. I haven't been able to root because of the recovery issue I am having. Please help!

richard_325 said:
Hello. I recently got an HTC One from CSpire. I had no trouble unlocking the bootloader. When I try to go into a custom recovery so that I can root, I get the message "Entering Recovery...". However, this screen only lasts a few seconds then my phone boots up like normal, completely skipping the recovery. I've tried multiple versions of TWRP and CWM. Any ideas? I'm not that experienced with android devices. I haven't been able to root because of the recovery issue I am having. Please help!
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what instructions are you using to flash the recovery ?
do you have the all in one kit ?

Reboot on fastboot with Power volume down.
Once you are in fastboot you enter the following command:
fastboot erase chache
After this you should be able to reboot in recovery without any problem
Good luck

imurg said:
Reboot on fastboot with Power volume down.
Once you are in fastboot you enter the following command:
fastboot erase chache
After this you should be able to reboot in recovery without any problem
Good luck
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Clearing the cache didnt work. I just tried again using TWRP 2.5.0.0. I know its not the latest, but the latest doesn't work either.
Also sometimes when I try to go into recovery, my device freezes on the "Entering Recovery..." screen.

clsA said:
what instructions are you using to flash the recovery ?
do you have the all in one kit ?
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I've tried a couple different all in ones. None of them work. And I can push the recovery to the phone no problem. Its when I actually try to go into Recovery from the boot menu that I have this issue.

richard_325 said:
I've tried a couple different all in ones. None of them work. And I can push the recovery to the phone no problem. Its when I actually try to go into Recovery from the boot menu that I have this issue.
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Have you tried the following command in fastboot?, fastboot flash recovery (name of your recovery file).img
Make sure you have the right recovery file for your device, example: openrecovery-twrp-2.6.3.0-m7.img

farang4u said:
Have you tried the following command in fastboot?, fastboot flash recovery (name of your recovery file).img
Make sure you have the right recovery file for your device, example: openrecovery-twrp-2.6.3.0-m7.img
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Yes. Multiple times. I've done everything I can find on the web so far. It's almost like the recovery isn't sticking (Not sure if thats possible.) Maybe I need to try and get S-Off?

SOLVED!! I had to use the Sprint Version of TWRP. It worked the first try!

twrp 2.6.3.1. & 4.4.4

Moto x De unlocked on 4.4.4. can I root with twrp 2.6.3.1
Thanks

Mickoou said:
Moto x De unlocked on 4.4.4. can I root with twrp 2.6.3.1
Thanks
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No reason to use an old version. Get the most recent official version from here: http://techerrata.com/browse/twrp2/ghost
Good Luck :good:

samwathegreat said:
No reason to use an old version. Get the most recent official version from here: http://techerrata.com/browse/twrp2/ghost
Good Luck :good:
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twrp versions after 2.6.3.1 weren't working for me on my moto x. Tried 2.7.1.1 and 2.8.1.0. Both just skipped recovery completely and booted android. I had to stick with 2.6.3.1 and now I'm running smooth on 4.4.4 (official unlocked and rooted)

DssTrainer said:
twrp versions after 2.6.3.1 weren't working for me on my moto x. Tried 2.7.1.1 and 2.8.1.0. Both just skipped recovery completely and booted android. I had to stick with 2.6.3.1 and now I'm running smooth on 4.4.4 (official unlocked and rooted)
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If you don't go straight to recovery after flashing the recovery it won't stick.

Travisdroidx2 said:
If you don't go straight to recovery after flashing the recovery it won't stick.
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Correct. But that is irrelevant. Those 2 versions of recovery wouldn't load at all. I would flash, then immediately choose recovery.. and it would reboot the phone but go straight into android. It wasn't until I flashed 2.6.3.1 and chose recovery that it actually loaded twrp.

DssTrainer said:
Correct. But that is irrelevant. Those 2 versions of recovery wouldn't load at all. I would flash, then immediately choose recovery.. and it would reboot the phone but go straight into android. It wasn't until I flashed 2.6.3.1 and chose recovery that it actually loaded twrp.
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I am sorry, nothing personal but I would have to say it is in some way a user error. I have flashed every version of TWRP as they were released. I have had success with PC or flashify or recovery tool app. I just updated to 2.8.1.0 just the other day. Hope you don't take this post as a insult. Just trying to help you troubleshoot your issue.

DssTrainer said:
Correct. But that is irrelevant. Those 2 versions of recovery wouldn't load at all. I would flash, then immediately choose recovery.. and it would reboot the phone but go straight into android. It wasn't until I flashed 2.6.3.1 and chose recovery that it actually loaded twrp.
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So you did the following...
mfastboot flash recovery twrp.img
mfastboot reboot-bootloader
Then select to go into recovery?
I ask because the way you wrote it, it appears you skipped rebooting to bootloader which is needed.

KidJoe said:
So you did the following...
mfastboot flash recovery twrp.img
mfastboot reboot-bootloader
Then select to go into recovery?
I ask because the way you wrote it, it appears you skipped rebooting to bootloader which is needed.
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Not sure how you could have inferred that from the way I typed it. The fact that i got it to work with 2.6.3.1 shows that i do, at the very least, know how to get it to work, which implies that I understand the steps like booting to recovery immediately after flashing. Nevertheless, here are my steps...
(note the img filename isn't exact because I'm not in front of my pc)
1. Used the MotoXtoolkit to flash the recovery that comes with the toolkit which is 2.7.1.1.
2. It calls mfastboot flash recovery twrp2711.img
3. It shows that it sends ok and writes ok
4. From my phone, currently on the hboot menu, i vol-down to "recovery" and vol up to select.
5. it reboots, showing the unlocked disclaimer. From here I expect it to show TEAMWIN but instead it shows the moto x boot up animation
I try again, this time downloading 2.8.1.0 and instead of using the MotoXToolkit menu, I just drop the opentwrp.2810.img file right into the same folder as mfastboot.
I boot into hboot and type
mfastboot.exe flash recovery opentwrp2810.img
It writes successfully
I then vol down to choose "Recovery" and vol up to select. Same issue. It boots to android, not recovery.
Finally I get the 2.6.3.1. version and used "fastboot" instead of "mfastboot" and it works as expected.
So not sure if it doesn't like mfastboot or the images. I've not tried since I got 2.6.3.1 working

DssTrainer said:
Not sure how you could have inferred that from the way I typed it. The fact that i got it to work with 2.6.3.1 shows that i do, at the very least, know how to get it to work, which implies that I understand the steps like booting to recovery immediately after flashing. Nevertheless, here are my steps...
(note the img filename isn't exact because I'm not in front of my pc)
1. Used the MotoXtoolkit to flash the recovery that comes with the toolkit which is 2.7.1.1.
2. It calls mfastboot flash recovery twrp2711.img
3. It shows that it sends ok and writes ok
4. From my phone, currently on the hboot menu, i vol-down to "recovery" and vol up to select.
5. it reboots, showing the unlocked disclaimer. From here I expect it to show TEAMWIN but instead it shows the moto x boot up animation
I try again, this time downloading 2.8.1.0 and instead of using the MotoXToolkit menu, I just drop the opentwrp.2810.img file right into the same folder as mfastboot.
I boot into hboot and type
mfastboot.exe flash recovery opentwrp2810.img
It writes successfully
I then vol down to choose "Recovery" and vol up to select. Same issue. It boots to android, not recovery.
Finally I get the 2.6.3.1. version and used "fastboot" instead of "mfastboot" and it works as expected.
So not sure if it doesn't like mfastboot or the images. I've not tried since I got 2.6.3.1 working
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Please re-read what I asked as you clearly don't understand my question.. as I did NOT say " booting to recovery immediately after flashing" I said rebooting to bootloader immediately after flashing recovery, before you try to go into recovery.
Let me ask it again, this time by copying the steps YOU typed that you used, and add one statement that I am asking about...
1. Used the MotoXtoolkit to flash the recovery that comes with the toolkit which is 2.7.1.1.
2. It calls mfastboot flash recovery twrp2711.img
3. It shows that it sends ok and writes ok
3A. mfastboot reboot-bootloader
4. From my phone, currently on the hboot menu, i vol-down to "recovery" and vol up to select.
5. it reboots, showing the unlocked disclaimer. From here I expect it to show TEAMWIN but instead it shows the moto x boot up animation
Or these steps...
I boot into hboot and type
mfastboot.exe flash recovery opentwrp2810.img
It writes successfully
mfastboot reboot-bootloader
I then vol down to choose "Recovery" and vol up to select. Same issue. It boots to android, not recovery.
I added the Bold/Red mfastboot statement. That is what I'm asking if you do or not.
Why? Because I've seen more often than not, rebooting to bootloader (the mfasboot reboot-bootloader command is the most common way) IS NEEDED after flashing the recovery, but before trying to enter the recovery you just flashed, otherwise the recovery doesn't "stick."
And as I see you talk about HBOOT, it would appear you've got an HTC backgroud, and things work a little differently on Moto.

KidJoe said:
I added the Bold/Red mfastboot statement. That is what I'm asking if you do or not.
Why? Because I've seen more often than not, rebooting to bootloader (the mfasboot reboot-bootloader command is the most common way) IS NEEDED after flashing the recovery, but before trying to enter the recovery you just flashed, otherwise the recovery doesn't "stick."
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I've not done that. I've never had to.. unless 2.7.1.1 requires it and 2.6.3.1 doesn't. But the motox toolkit doesn't do it either. It flashes recovery and stops. It doesn't offer the option to reboot bootloader. And most guides online say
1. boot into hboot
2. Flash twrp
3. immediately vol-down to "recovery" in the hboot menu WITHOUT rebooting
I would assume that doing reboot-bootloader is effectively the same as not rebooting at all.
But even when I flashed 2.6.3.1, I simply hit vol-down and selected recovery without doing the reboot bootloader command and it worked.
But I'll try it your way with 2.8.1.0
Thanks!

Ditch the toolkit and do it manually. That could very well be the issue right there. ?
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And I'll ask that your thread get moved into Q&A. ?

^^^^ exactly! Ditch the toolkit and flash manually.

DssTrainer said:
I've not done that. I've never had to.. unless 2.7.1.1 requires it and 2.6.3.1 doesn't. But the motox toolkit doesn't do it either. It flashes recovery and stops. It doesn't offer the option to reboot bootloader. And most guides online say
1. boot into hboot
2. Flash twrp
3. immediately vol-down to "recovery" in the hboot menu WITHOUT rebooting
I would assume that doing reboot-bootloader is effectively the same as not rebooting at all.
But even when I flashed 2.6.3.1, I simply hit vol-down and selected recovery without doing the reboot bootloader command and it worked.
But I'll try it your way with 2.8.1.0
Thanks!
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On Moto its FASTBOOT menu, not HBOOT... HTC its HBOOT.
Its pointed out in the OP of -> http://forum.xda-developers.com/moto-x/moto-x-qa/step-step-instructions-unlocking-t2649738 as well as several posts in that thread. It may not always be needed, but it often is, and has worked when people said their recovery didn't stick. And that is why Is suggest it.
I do have to with my X, ever since I first installed TWRP. My old HTC's (Incredible, Thunderbolt), I don't recall if I had to reboot or not.
I restarts the phone in bootloader mode. so its not the same as just scrolling down and picking recovery.
To be honest, I don't use the tool kit, I do it manually with mfastboot for everything whenever possible.
Good luck, and let us know if it works.

Unlocked Bootloader, Can't root? [XT1096]

Not really sure what I'm doing wrong. Last rooted phone was a Nexus 5, and that was of course painless to root and flash ROMs to...
I'm using a Verizon XT1096 with 5.1 on T-Mobile.
So I was able to get the bootloader unlocked via Motorola's website, now that Verizon is allowing them to do so. No problems there. My problem now is that I can flash a recovery, but if it reboots, the recovery is gone. And I can't get any recoveries to flash anything. I can't push an apk, root zip, or even a ROM. Says Installation Aborted, with no other error codes. Even tried CWM and disabling Signature Checking, which gives me more info, saying that the footer is mismatched. Phone does say the bootloader is unlocked though so that shouldn't be it...
Honestly, I'd just like to get it on CM12 until I can get a Nexus 6P.. Can anyone tell me if I'm doing something wrong? Or is there just no way to root yet? I figured even the XT1095 CF-Auto-Root method would work for 5.1, but no dice..
Not sure what to do here. Please move my thread if need be. Don't post here much...

I followed the instructions on the TWRP website (link below) and it worked flawlessly. One thing you have to do is, after running the "fastboot flash recovery twrp.img" command, make sure to manually scroll on the phone and reboot into recovery. Hope that helps...
https://twrp.me/devices/motorolamotox2014.html

There is a partition mismatch. So do this. Download supersu and place it in the phones memory. Boot to fastboot mode and then fastboot boot recovery.img rather than fastboot flash recovery.img. You will boot to twrp, install SuperSU then download twrp from the playstore and install thru the app. It works, that's how I did it. Also when booting to recovery from the fastboot menu choose recovery with the vol up key rather than power button.

RepeatUntilTheEnd said:
I followed the instructions on the TWRP website (link below) and it worked flawlessly. One thing you have to do is, after running the "fastboot flash recovery twrp.img" command, make sure to manually scroll on the phone and reboot into recovery. Hope that helps...
https://twrp.me/devices/motorolamotox2014.html
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I thought I tried that but maybe not. I've read that some stock ROMs can and will overwrite the recovery upon booting, but I could be wrong. I'll look at that when I get home tonight.

oraixearl said:
There is a partition mismatch. So do this. Download supersu and place it in the phones memory. Boot to fastboot mode and then fastboot boot recovery.img rather than fastboot flash recovery.img. You will boot to twrp, install SuperSU then download twrp from the playstore and install thru the app. It works, that's how I did it. Also when booting to recovery from the fastboot menu choose recovery with the vol up key rather than power button.
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Thank you, I'll try this tonight when I get home. This may solve it. I think I remember the bootloader spitting something out about a partition mismatch.. Will report back as soon as I try it.

So I went ahead and tried both your guys' methods.
Oraixearl, I figured your solution would work, but it actually didn't, to my surprise. It returned no results, as the root zip didn't end up doing anything.
RepeatUntilTheEnd's solution worked here. I guess I didn't try rebooting the phone after flashing the recovery, before going into it..
So here's what I did.
1.) Boot into bootloader
2.) Fastboot flash recovery [recovery.img]
3.) adb reboot bootloader
4.) Used keys on phone to go into recovery,
5.) Flashed root.zip
6.) Booted into OS, and ran root checker. Worked.
7.) To my surprise, TWRP stuck around, too.
Thank you guys!

TsarProdigy said:
So I went ahead and tried both your guys' methods.
Oraixearl, I figured your solution would work, but it actually didn't, to my surprise. It returned no results, as the root zip didn't end up doing anything.
RepeatUntilTheEnd's solution worked here. I guess I didn't try rebooting the phone after flashing the recovery, before going into it..
So here's what I did.
1.) Boot into bootloader
2.) Fastboot flash recovery [recovery.img]
3.) adb reboot bootloader
4.) Used keys on phone to go into recovery,
5.) Flashed root.zip
6.) Booted into OS, and ran root checker. Worked.
7.) To my surprise, TWRP stuck around, too.
Thank you guys!
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Strange as it worked for me. I'm glad you got it sorted out tho. Cheers.

Oneplus 3T stuck on twrp splash screen

Hey guys so I'm a complete noob when it comes to this sort of stuff but I've been following a guide to root my phone which I can't link here because newbie.
But after trying to boot the phone into recovery mode with "fastboot boot twrp.img" the phone gets stuck on the TWRP splash screen.
I'm kind of stuck here guys and any help would be appreciated, thanks in advance.

stefinho said:
Hey guys so I'm a complete noob when it comes to this sort of stuff but I've been following a guide to root my phone which I can't link here because newbie.
But after trying to boot the phone into recovery mode with "fastboot boot twrp.img" the phone gets stuck on the TWRP splash screen.
I'm kind of stuck here guys and any help would be appreciated, thanks in advance.
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Just popping in right quick, but your command is wrong.
It should be "fastboot flash recovery recovery.img" (no ") The 2nd recovery in that string is going to be the name of your recovery. If it is twrp.img, then use that. If it is Mondaysux, then it'll be mondaysux.img.

Woody said:
Just popping in right quick, but your command is wrong.
It should be "fastboot flash recovery recovery.img" (no ") The 2nd recovery in that string is going to be the name of your recovery. If it is twrp.img, then use that. If it is Mondaysux, then it'll be mondaysux.img.
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Yeah I already input that command first as the guide said followed by the command that I stated to boot it, thanks though

What version of TWRP are you using?
I'm assuming you're on OOS 4.0+ and are still encrypted? If so, use the latest unreleased official version.

Anova's Origin said:
What version of TWRP are you using?
I'm assuming you're on OOS 4.0+ and are still encrypted? If so, use the latest unreleased official version.
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I tried using an older version first as that was the one that the guide linked me to but after it didn't work I found that version you linked myself and tried it but I'm getting the same result

Also, the command to reboot to recovery is "fastboot reboot recovery"
Putting boot into anything is making the fastboot drivers think you are trying to flash a kernel (boot.img)
Edit: Also what root version (specifically) did you use?

Try using fastboot to wipe the recovery partition before flashing twrp again.
The commands are:
fastboot erase recovery
fastboot flash recovery [twrp file name].img
Then reboot to recovery

stefinho said:
Hey guys so I'm a complete noob when it comes to this sort of stuff but I've been following a guide to root my phone which I can't link here because newbie.
But after trying to boot the phone into recovery mode with "fastboot boot twrp.img" the phone gets stuck on the TWRP splash screen.
I'm kind of stuck here guys and any help would be appreciated, thanks in advance.
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Why not use the volume keys from bootloader to go to recovery
And using system in f2fs format twrp takes time to reach main menu
So I suggest after flashing latest recovery as suggested by other members wait for 5 to 7 minutes

Anova's Origin said:
Try using fastboot to wipe the recovery partition before flashing twrp again.
The commands are:
fastboot erase recovery
fastboot flash recovery [twrp file name].img
Then reboot to recovery
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Tried that but still getting the same result

How long are you waiting while on the splash screen and how much of the phone's internal storage have you used? As mentioned above, TWRP will take longer to boot while you use the phone's default f2fs storage system. The more space you use on the phone, the longer it takes to boot.

kunal1540 said:
Why not use the volume keys from bootloader to go to recovery
And using system in f2fs format twrp takes time to reach main menu
So I suggest after flashing latest recovery as suggested by other members wait for 5 to 7 minutes
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Okay so going into recovery with the volume buttons instead actually worked and I feel really dumb, thanks you very much though

Redmi 4X bootloop after installing TWRP?

Hi,
I'm having a bit of trouble. I had a brand new Redmi 4X, and I was advised to install TWRP, root it, and install the Xiaomi.eu rom until LineageOS is released. I unlocked the bootloader, flashed TWRP, managed to get into it once and now I can't do it again. When TWRP loaded it asked me for a password for decryption but it let me just skip it it seems (not sure if that is the problem) but now I can't boot normally, I can't boot into recovery, but fastboot seems to work okay. How do I go about fixing this?
I've tried reflashing TWRP but I still can't get to it, and I don't really know enough about this stuff to know where I've gone wrong.
UPDATE - I think this is to do with dm-verity and having the stock kernel installed. Now it's too late to undo what I've already done, so I hope to god that someone knows how to fix this.
UPDATE - Right, the problem is solved I think. I had to do an awful lot of googling, and I'm not entirely sure what it was specifically that fixed it. But I found a guide that taught me the fastboot command "fastboot boot twrp.img" which saved the day. Even when my phone wouldn't let me into recovery, it allowed me to flash a no-verity.zip which i think is what allowed me to boot, and it allowed me to flash superSU.zip and then the ROM I was aiming for. And now I've booted into the ROM successfully and hopefully I am rooted and all is well. Plus I can access TWRP as normal now.
Any help would be greatly appreciated

Can you boot into TWRP by pressing the buttons so that you boot directly to TWRP??
Have you tried Command Prompt to boot with commands in to recovery??
And if you get into TWRP you should have everything on the SDCard and then just
format all things except SDCard and then flash from SDCard everything
That is what I would try..and yes it ask for a password but just skip it to get to it
If you can get into TWRP to flash from SDCard then you good to go..if not
Google all the commands for CMD..and plug your phone to the PC and flash everything with the
commands.....
Let us know what is working and what not and what steps exectly you are doing
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Turn off your device > Press and hold “Power” and “Volume +” buttons at the same time.
After short vibration signal release the power button and wait for TWRP to start.
To boot in stock recovery open “Update” app.
In the setting select “Boot in recovery”.

brljak83 said:
Can you boot into TWRP by pressing the buttons so that you boot directly to TWRP??
Have you tried Command Prompt to boot with commands in to recovery??
And if you get into TWRP you should have everything on the SDCard and then just
format all things except SDCard and then flash from SDCard everything
That is what I would try..and yes it ask for a password but just skip it to get to it
If you can get into TWRP to flash from SDCard then you good to go..if not
Google all the commands for CMD..and plug your phone to the PC and flash everything with the
commands.....
Let us know what is working and what not and what steps exectly you are doing
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Turn off your device > Press and hold “Power” and “Volume +” buttons at the same time.
After short vibration signal release the power button and wait for TWRP to start.
To boot in stock recovery open “Update” app.
In the setting select “Boot in recovery”.
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Thanks for the reply. I can't get into TWRP. Even if I could get into TWRP how would I get files on the phone to flash them?
Is it possible to flash any rom from the pc directly and if it is will this possibly help? I think it's not booting because the kernel is still stock.
I'm not sure what you mean in the edit, how do I boot into stock recovery without being able to boot the phone (and when I have already flashed TWRP)?

brokemyG2 said:
Thanks for the reply. I can't get into TWRP. Even if I could get into TWRP how would I get files on the phone to flash them?
Is it possible to flash any rom from the pc directly and if it is will this possibly help? I think it's not booting because the kernel is still stock.
I'm not sure what you mean in the edit, how do I boot into stock recovery without being able to boot the phone (and when I have already flashed TWRP)?
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Hii
I just have been reading about this bootloop
Go over here and read all of the 6 pages..will not take much time but could help you out much
https://forum.xda-developers.com/xiaomi-redmi-4x/development/official-twrp-3-2-1-0-xiaomi-redmi-4x-t3718217

Hey, I have exactly the same problem. Latest stock rom, flashed twrp in fastboot and got into the boot loop. Nothing works. I can only enter fastboot. What exactly did you do then? What is this no-verity.zip? I can't find anything about it.

I had a problem
I unlocked bootloader then installed redwolf recovery and took a nandroid backup. After that i rebooted to system but stuck into bootloop, could not boot to recovery, could not boot into system, So the only thing worked was that i flashed fastboot rom with mi flasher. And syccessfully rebooted to system with bootloader locked and stock recovery. So, if anyone have same problem you can do the same. How do i install recovery safely again? Should i use TWRP only? Should i flash v3.1.0 with lazy flasher or v3.2 directly without lazy flasher? I don't want to stuck into bootloader again, have to get all data deleted.