Hello everyone,
I'm in a little trouble. I need to install custom recovery on my Xperia SP C5302 but I have no PC.
How can I install TWRP ( preferred ) / CWM/Philz on my device ? Is there any way ?
Thank You.
Note : There's a cyber cafe beside my house. But all their computers are running Windows XP.
If there's no way to install without PC then can I be able to install custom recovery on my device with Win XP ?
Thanks again.
Do you have root?
TechnoSparks said:
Do you have root?
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Yes I'm rooted and my bootloader is unlocked.
Are you ready to bear any risks?
TechnoSparks said:
Are you ready to bear any risks?
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Yes I'm. but what kinda risk ? soft brick ? or something else ?
rhrokib said:
Yes I'm. but what kinda risk ? soft brick ? or something else ?
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Most likely soft brick. But who knows, hard bricks even happen when they never touched anything for some people.
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Most likely soft brick. But who knows, hard bricks even happen when they never touched anything for some people.
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okay. Is there any way to install TWRP without PC then ?
or any custom recovery. philz, CWM anything
Install a terminal emulator by Jake Pelvich from Play store.
Extract the official TWRP img from the TWRP fota zip, or, if you already downloaded an official img, put it into the root of your internal storage.
For ease of access, but still mnemonic, rename the img into "twrp.img"
Open your terminal emulator, and enter "su" and run. This will make the terminal to request root, as you're elevating the shell into root.
Now, we "dd" the TWRP image into your FOTA partition. Copy and run the following:
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dd if=/storage/emulated/0/twrp.img of=/dev/block/platform/msm_sdcc.1/by-name/FOTAKernel bs=4096
Reboot to check if recovery is accessible after hitting volume up when LED lights up
TechnoSparks said:
Install a terminal emulator by Jake Pelvich from Play store.
Extract the official TWRP img from the TWRP fota zip, or, if you already downloaded an official img, put it into the root of your internal storage.
For ease of access, but still mnemonic, rename the img into "twrp.img"
Open your terminal emulator, and enter "su" and run. This will make the terminal to request root, as you're elevating the shell into root.
Now, we "dd" the TWRP image into your FOTA partition. Copy and run the following:
Reboot to check if recovery is accessible after hitting volume up when LED lights up
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Thanks a lot. Maybe it works. But how to boot into recovery ?
explain me please.
rhrokib said:
Thanks a lot. Maybe it works. But how to boot into recovery ?
explain me please.
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Like already mentioned, press volume button UP when the LED lights up during your XSP bootup
TechnoSparks said:
Like already mentioned, press volume button UP when the LED lights up during your XSP bootup
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There is no LED during bootup. Either I didn't understand. I tried with software to boot into recovery. But my device just complete a reboot everytime. What to do ?
rhrokib said:
There is no LED during bootup. Either I didn't understand. I tried with software to boot into recovery. But my device just complete a reboot everytime. What to do ?
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What ROM are you using? You need a ROM that can boot a FOTAKernel recovery, and not all of them can (especially stock based ones, since stock by default doesn't allow this).
Ditto.
If you are not using a ROM that supports booting from TWRP, then I can't suggest a method to install other recoveries without a PC.
I do not say it is impossible though, but it'll take a lot of brain power, and moderate understanding of shell scripting in order to reverse engineer the other recoveries provided in the dev subforum.
TechnoSparks said:
Ditto.
If you are not using a ROM that supports booting from TWRP, then I can't suggest a method to install other recoveries without a PC.
I do not say it is impossible though, but it'll take a lot of brain power, and moderate understanding of shell scripting in order to reverse engineer the other recoveries provided in the dev subforum.
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I tried with Terminal Emulator and it seems okay. But I can't boot into recovery. Tried a lot of process. Doesn't work. Now can I install TWRP with pc ? or I need to flash my stock back to install from PC as I replaced my stock img file ?
Again if I flash stock now, will my bootloader be locked again ?
rhrokib said:
I tried with Terminal Emulator and it seems okay. But I can't boot into recovery. Tried a lot of process. Doesn't work. Now can I install TWRP with pc ? or I need to flash my stock back to install from PC as I replaced my stock img file ?
Again if I flash stock now, will my bootloader be locked again ?
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Like already explained by Tomoms and me, you need a ROM that supports booting recovery from the FOTA partition in order for my explained method to work. You didn't also tell us which ROM you are using.
No, you dont need to flash your stock back. Leaving the FOTA partition replaced does no absolute harm at all.
If you flash stock, your bootloader will still remain unlocked. In order to relock, you will need to explicitly relock it, by using the relock bootloader option provided by flashtool. If you backed up your TA partition, restoring it will automatically relock your bootloader.
TechnoSparks said:
Like already explained by Tomoms and me, you need a ROM that supports booting recovery from the FOTA partition in order for my explained method to work. You didn't also tell us which ROM you are using.
No, you dont need to flash your stock back. Leaving the FOTA partition replaced does no absolute harm at all.
If you flash stock, your bootloader will still remain unlocked. In order to relock, you will need to explicitly relock it, by using the relock bootloader option provided by flashtool. If you backed up your TA partition, restoring it will automatically relock your bootloader.
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Okay thanks everyone. I finally installed TWRP, CWM as well as Philz.
I was using 4.3 Stock. Finally installed those from Doomlord's thread. That was really handy to use.
again thank you all for supporting me.
rhrokib said:
Okay thanks everyone. I finally installed TWRP, CWM as well as Philz.
I was using 4.3 Stock. Finally installed those from Doomlord's thread. That was really handy to use.
again thank you all for supporting me.
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Alright, good to know you finally installed the recoveries. 4.3 Stock ROM does not support my method explained in my recent post. And no problem!
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I would like to root my phone and keep it stock as much as possible.
After reading, it seems that I could S-Off then root (I would like to avoid unlocking my phone with HTCDev). Now it seems that I need to flash a recovery to be able to root. Is it? Otherwise how could I do it without the recovery?
Thanks!
dadaR6 said:
I would like to root my phone and keep it stock as much as possible.
After reading, it seems that I could S-Off then root (I would like to avoid unlocking my phone with HTCDev). Now it seems that I need to flash a recovery to be able to root. Is it? Otherwise how could I do it without the recovery?
Thanks!
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you can fastboot boot the recovery and then flash root. That way you stay stock while still having root.
Indirect said:
you can fastboot boot the recovery and then flash root. That way you stay stock while still having root.
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Can you explain a bit how you do that? Link?
I know how need to install SuperUser.apk from ADB, but I am missing where and how to install su and maybe others?
Thanks
dadaR6 said:
Can you explain a bit how you do that? Link?
I know how need to install SuperUser.apk from ADB, but I am missing where and how to install su and maybe others?
Thanks
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Your information is a little off. Most root methods don't involve installing the su binary separately from your superuser app. You should also learn how to use fastboot, as suggested above.
You will need to have a recovery image (most people use TWRP), and a root zip (most people are using SuperSU's zips these days, you can find them in the root guides around this forum). Download the root zip to your phone before you do anything else.
You need to boot your phone into fastboot mode (restart the phone, then hold VOL UP/VOL DOWN and POWER), and then with the phone plugged into your computer, run:
fastboot boot /path/to/recovery.img
That will boot your phone once into a custom recovery. From here, depending on the recovery you're using (most will use TWRP), you can hit the appropriate install option, navigate to wherever you downloaded your root ZIP, and then flash that. Reboot the phone, and you'll be rooted, and the one-time recovery will be gone.
Rirere said:
fastboot boot /path/to/recovery.img
That will boot your phone once into a custom recovery. From here, depending on the recovery you're using (most will use TWRP), you can hit the appropriate install option, navigate to wherever you downloaded your root ZIP, and then flash that. Reboot the phone, and you'll be rooted, and the one-time recovery will be gone.
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Great, this is the info I was missing! Gonna try it now and see.
Thanks!
Hey everyone,
so I have an issue, I hate taking care of other peoples devices, but my dad asked me to root his Optimus 4x for him, so I did.. or at least I gave it a try.
I unlocked the bootloader, rooted it and tried to instal a custom recovery, with no success.
the OS the device had is 4.1.2 JB, and I tried to flash the ICS recovery, which caused a permanent bootloop.
luckily (I guess?) I can access the recovery (which is STOCK for some odd reason) but the device never boots back up when I restart it. I tried to wipe everything that the stock recovery allows me to, no success either. I tried to use the LG tool, I put the IMEI and hoped for the best - nope, it didnt help either. it kept on saying the device has disconnected.
SO I figured the way to go would be an adb flash of the right recovery and then flashing a custom ROM, but I cant push the recovery image to the sdcard, it says there's no such directory. this is the command I used:
adb push recovery.img /sdcard/recovery.img
I tried various combinations and at this point I'm kinda lost and confused. Perhaps some more-experienced people could give me a hand? I've spent 6 hours figuring this out
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the only way of turning the device off is pulling the battery, I can use adb, and I tried to flash the wrong recovery accidently.
thanks
Pawelss said:
Hey everyone,
so I have an issue, I hate taking care of other peoples devices, but my dad asked me to root his Optimus 4x for him, so I did.. or at least I gave it a try.
I unlocked the bootloader, rooted it and tried to instal a custom recovery, with no success.
the OS the device had is 4.1.2 JB, and I tried to flash the ICS recovery, which caused a permanent bootloop.
luckily (I guess?) I can access the recovery (which is STOCK for some odd reason) but the device never boots back up when I restart it. I tried to wipe everything that the stock recovery allows me to, no success either. I tried to use the LG tool, I put the IMEI and hoped for the best - nope, it didnt help either. it kept on saying the device has disconnected.
SO I figured the way to go would be an adb flash of the right recovery and then flashing a custom ROM, but I cant push the recovery image to the sdcard, it says there's no such directory. this is the command I used:
adb push recovery.img /sdcard/recovery.img
I tried various combinations and at this point I'm kinda lost and confused. Perhaps some more-experienced people could give me a hand? I've spent 6 hours figuring this out
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the only way of turning the device off is pulling the battery, I can use adb, and I tried to flash the wrong recovery accidently.
thanks
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try to flash stock rom using KDZ method (http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2069723), that lets your device like new, and then try to start again, I recommend you to use lg p880 toolkit look into download section (http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2230934), and you can download CWM 6.0.4.5 and replace the recovery in files folder of p880 toolkit and get the latest recovery that allows you to instal the most recent ROM
Le'mme guess, you didn't even think about unlocking bootloader, amaright?
Rudjgaard said:
Le'mme guess, you didn't even think about unlocking bootloader, amaright?
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Pawelss said:
I unlocked the bootloader, rooted it and tried to instal a custom recovery, with no success.
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I bloody hope he did or do you think he's just lying to us for the fun of it?
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try to flash stock rom using KDZ method (http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2069723), that lets your device like new, and then try to start again, I recommend you to use lg p880 toolkit look into download section (http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2230934), and you can download CWM 6.0.4.5 and replace the recovery in files folder of p880 toolkit and get the latest recovery that allows you to instal the most recent ROM
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Thanks for your suggestion, I'll try it once I'm home.
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Le'mme guess, you didn't even think about unlocking bootloader, amaright?
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No. As stated in the first post, I did in fact unlock the bootloader. I also confirmed it in the secret menu and it said "Unlock" which as I presume means the bootloader is unlocked.
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I bloody hope he did or do you think he's just lying to us for the fun of it?
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No, there's no reason for me to laugh the secret menu confirmed it too.
Thanks for your replies, I hope it works
I'm sorry i missed the first line, what got me was when you said you flashed recovery but it was still the same
The adb command to flash recovery is
1) adb reboot oem-unlock
2) fastboot flash recovery /path/toyour/recovery.img (not adb because you must use fastboot when in bootloader)
Rudjgaard said:
I'm sorry i missed the first line, what got me was when you said you flashed recovery but it was still the same
The adb command to flash recovery is
1) adb reboot oem-unlock
2) fastboot flash recovery /path/toyour/recovery.img (not adb because you must use fastboot when in bootloader)
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hey, thanks for your reply.
I assume the /path/toyour/recovery.img is a path on the phone, the thing is I cant copy it to the internal storage with adb for some odd, unknown reason (well the reason is the directory doesnt exist). I'll try to return to stock first, and I'll post the result.
thank you again
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SOOO I managed to fix it and get it all to work the device boots up normally again thank you VERY much for all your kind help. I love you guys!!
So today I embarked on what seemed to be a fruitless journey as I tried to root the Infinix Hot 2 on the latest build (December Security Patch of course) and I observed the following:
1. Flashing TWRP Recovery that was previously made for this device doesn't Flash. SP/Infinix Flash Tool flashes the recovery quite alright but booting to recovery with ADB afterwards gives a "No command" screen.
2. Kingroot (PC & Mobile) can't root this device as of yet :'(
3. I think the bootloader can be unlocked using the Android One Toolkit that was created for 1st Gen Android One devices. Reason being the fact it booted to fastboot and prompted me with the option to accept bootloader unlock or not.
Should you come come successful with flashing recovery or rooting this latest build, please comment your method. Thank you...
Link to Android One Toolkit:
http://forum.xda-developers.com/crossdevice-dev/android-one-general/toolbox-android-one-toolkit-one-click-t3030165
recovery partition is protected, it will get back to stock recovery if you boot the system. so you really need to boot recovery as the first thing you do after flashing.
which because of the similar bug we can't unlock our bootloader, is impossible to do with default setting. flash your lk partition with this:
http://www80.zippyshare.com/v/X4etwppD/file.html
taken from: http://forum.xda-developers.com/hot-2/development/android-one-rom-recovery-twrp-root-sp-t3227682
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recovery partition is protected, it will get back to stock recovery if you boot the system. so you really need to boot recovery as the first thing you do after flashing.
which because of the similar bug we can't unlock our bootloader, is impossible to do with default setting. flash your lk partition with this:
http://www80.zippyshare.com/v/X4etwppD/file.html
taken from: http://forum.xda-developers.com/hot-2/development/android-one-rom-recovery-twrp-root-sp-t3227682
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Thanks I will try this in the morning...
One more question... Does this mean after flashing recovery I can boot directly into TWRP using key combo?
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Thanks I will try this in the morning...
One more question... Does this mean after flashing recovery I can boot directly into TWRP using key combo?
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yes, you should be. and you need to
Alright then
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yes, you should be. and you need to
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there is no scatter file for the lk-recovery.. I do not think I can flash it directly with Flash Tool without the scatter file
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there is no scatter file for the lk-recovery.. I do not think I can flash it directly with Flash Tool without the scatter file
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why do you think you need another scatter file. you already tried flashing twrp right? use that one. then change the location of partition named "lk" to point this file. that's all.
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why do you think you need another scatter file. you already tried flashing twrp right? use that one. then change the location of partition named "lk" to point this file. that's all.
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Alright. If I cannot get a workaround on this, I'll just Flash Infinix 5.1 ROM and wait till M
Try using towel root
https://towelroot.com/
Mysteryagr said:
Try using towel root
https://towelroot.com/
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Thanks but towelroot didn't work out.
Root achieved... More at
http://forum.xda-developers.com/hot-2/development/root-recovery-xposed-successfully-t3276420
please can you help me sp flashtool stuck at 0 and nothing happens
Is there any way to root without TWRP? I'll be doing this for a family member, and want to keep it as stock as possible. I just want root to remove some stock apps they don't need, then probably unroot. Is there any way to do so? Otherwise I was thinking of flashing TWRP, rooting, then flashing back the stock recovery.
Purplezigar said:
Is there any way to root without TWRP? I'll be doing this for a family member, and want to keep it as stock as possible. I just want root to remove some stock apps they don't need, then probably unroot. Is there any way to do so? Otherwise I was thinking of flashing TWRP, rooting, then flashing back the stock recovery.
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You can boot into twrp.
Use "fastboot boot twrp-recovery-file location"
Then you can just use the root shell from twrp to make changes, no need to flash SuperSU if you want the ROM unrooted.
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You can boot into twrp.
Use "fastboot boot twrp-recovery-file location"
Then you can just use the root shell from twrp to make changes, no need to flash SuperSU if you want the ROM unrooted.
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I'm not quite sure what you're saying, but it sounds like you're saying that I can boot into the TWRP image while I'm connected with fastboot, without actually installing TWRP?
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I'm not quite sure what you're saying, but it sounds like you're saying that I can boot into the TWRP image while I'm connected with fastboot, without actually installing TWRP?
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That's right. You can just boot twrp instead of flashing it.
And when twrp is booted you can connect to phone with adb, you will have a shell with root privileges.
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That's right. You can just boot twrp instead of flashing it.
And when twrp is booted you can connect to phone with adb, you will have a shell with root privileges.
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Cool! So then I can just remove system installed apps that I don't want (e.g. Google Play Movies and Books)?
Purplezigar said:
Cool! So then I can just remove system installed apps that I don't want (e.g. Google Play Movies and Books)?
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You could also read this thread as see if the twrp packages there are what you want to do.
They can all be run from the booted twrp.
https://forum.xda-developers.com/r1-hd/how-to/guide-ad-removal-debloat-block-ota-easy-t3429555
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You could also read this thread as see if the twrp packages there are what you want to do.
They can all be run from the booted twrp.
https://forum.xda-developers.com/r1-hd/how-to/guide-ad-removal-debloat-block-ota-easy-t3429555
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Awesome, thanks!
I rooted my phone 2 weeks ago. While backing up and restoring Dem keys, I broke something I don't kno. Now every custom rom I install boots and gets stuck at Phone is starting and then reboots. Tried LOS 16, 17.1 and Pixel experience rom. But result is the same. Sony firmware boots perfectly, Twrp works, but custom roms don't.
Is it possible to wipe everything , all partitions and repair them using TWRP? I kno that option exists in Twrp and I have drm keys backed up. But woud that solve the problem I face with custom roms?
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But result is the same. Sony firmware boots perfectly, Twrp works, but custom roms don't.
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Are you missing a step in the instructions, like flashing the boot.img for the roms you're trying to install?
GOrMHATRe said:
Is it possible to wipe everything , all partitions and repair them using TWRP? I kno that option exists in Twrp and I have drm keys backed up. But woud that solve the problem I face with custom roms?
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To start over use the Flashtool, Newflasher, or even PC Companion. There is even Sony EMMA when something really messes up.
SXUsr said:
Are you missing a step in the instructions, like flashing the boot.img for the roms you're trying to install?
To start over use the Flashtool, Newflasher, or even PC Companion. There is even Sony EMMA when something really messes up.
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Boot.img is part of rom zip file. With all 3 roms I tried, there was no instruction to flash boot separately. It's always flash recovery and then flash rom using recovery.
I have already use flashtool and newflasher. That's how I rooted my phone. Both of them are successful in flashing stock sony firmware. But the custom roms are in zip file. Don't kno of its possible to flash those using flashtool.
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Boot.img is part of rom zip file. With all 3 roms I tried, there was no instruction to flash boot separately. It's always flash recovery and then flash rom using recovery.
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Steps :
Remove your screen lock (set it to swipe up or none) and remove all your fingerprints registered.
Download the zip above and extract the boot, system and vendor images
Make sure you have Android 10 TWRP as mentioned above with link
Go to recovery > wipe and wipe system, cache and data nothing else.
Then go to install and flash boot.img as boot image, system.img as system image and vendor.img as vendor image.
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- [ROM] Pixel Experience 10.0 Plus
Always extract the boot.img and flash it with fastboot. If there is no instructions then still do it.
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- [ROM] Pixel Experience 10.0 Plus
Always extract the boot.img and flash it with fastboot. If there is no instructions then still do it.
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Latest file of PE rom is in zip format. Boot.img is in zip . But vendor and system are not img files.
GOrMHATRe said:
Latest file of PE rom is in zip format. Boot.img is in zip . But vendor and system are not img files.
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Then extract the boot.img and flash it using fastboot, along with TWRP, then flash the rom. That should work flashing any custom rom.
SXUsr said:
Then extract the boot.img and flash it using fastboot, along with TWRP, then flash the rom. That should work flashing any custom rom.
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I tried this but the result was same. Rom boots upto the lock screen. Then when I swipe it shows: phone is starting and goes into bootloop. I even tried an older version of PE Rom whic contain s only img files but again same result.
You kno initially, after I unlocked the bootloader I just installed stock rom and installed LOS on top of it as per guide. It worked well. I coud go into menu and see apps.
But I panicked that I had forgotten to restore drm keys. Instead of first checking camera, I went back and restored the Ta partition and repeated the steps after it upto installation of rom and since then I have faced problems . Restoring ta partition and flashing stock rom after it is where I have made a mistake and broken something. Can this be fixed with twrp. I kno there are options in twrp to format & repair partitions. Coud that help to repair what ever that was broken?
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Coud that help to repair what ever that was broken?
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No more than the Flashtool, Newflasher or PC Companion, so I wouldn't even consider using TWRP. Check your service menu for the status of your DRM keys, flashing them is a one time process so if they have been successfully restored there is no need to flash them again.
Use Sonys Flashtool to repair, and start over. If you're still having issues, then user error is at play here. What command in fastboot did you use to flash the kernel?
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No more than the Flashtool, Newflasher or PC Companion, so I wouldn't even consider using TWRP. Check your service menu for the status of your DRM keys, flashing them is a one time process so if they have been successfully restored there is no need to flash them again.
Use Sonys Flashtool to repair, and start over. If you're still having issues, then user error is at play here. What command in fastboot did you use to flash the kernel?
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Which kernel are you speaking about? I had backed up Ta image using renoroot exploit and restored it using:
adb pull /data/local//tmp/TA-unlocked.img
adb push TA-locked.img /data/local/tmp
Then in window with temp root prompt:
cd /data/local/tmp
de if=TA-locked.img of=/dev/block/bootdevice/by-name/TA
sync
sync
Reboot phone
But actually, when I checked my phone just now and that tmp directory seems empty. So, does that mean TA didn't get restored properly? Is that why I am facing problems? Stock roms seem to be working fine.
As for sony's own flashtool, I have it installed. But thought it doesn't offer any different functionality than newflasher or old flashtool? Woud sony flashtool help me go back to square 1 and make my phone as it was before rooting so that I can do everything again properly?
GOrMHATRe said:
Which kernel are you speaking about?
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The kernel of the rom. Check your service menu for drm status.
SXUsr said:
The kernel of the rom. Check your service menu for drm status.
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The keys are there. The rooting status is shown not done because I have used that hide root unlock patch after going back to stock rom.
GOrMHATRe said:
The keys are there. The rooting status is shown not done because I have used that hide root unlock patch after going back to stock rom.
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So, now forget your drm keys for a minute, and do the following.
1. Use Sonys flashtool to reset your phone. Make sure you've backed up what you need to.
2. Using fastboot, flash both the kernel of whatever rom you wish to use, and TWRP.
3. Following the instructions of the rom you want to flash, install the rom using twrp. You may want to read them first to ensure you're using the required stock firmware that you will be flashing over.
Have you tried NOT restoring TA partition? It isn't needed with custom ROMs (as far as I know).
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So, now forget your drm keys for a minute, and do the following.
1. Use Sonys flashtool to reset your phone. Make sure you've backed up what you need to.
2. Using fastboot, flash both the kernel of whatever rom you wish to use, and TWRP.
3. Following the instructions of the rom you want to flash, install the rom using twrp. You may want to read them first to ensure you're using the required stock firmware that you will be flashing over.
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I will try this but after some time. I have experimented on my phone a lot in recently. Need it to be stable for work for some time now. My secondary phone is not setup to work with gmail etc. Thanks for all the advice you have provided though.
On another note, now that Android 11 is out, do you think we will get a rom based on it for Xz1 compact? I even had a thought of skipping 10 and going for 11 based rom.
thefelineofaveb said:
Have you tried NOT restoring TA partition? It isn't needed with custom ROMs (as far as I know).
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I have not touched drm keys after I backed up and restored them for the 1st time.