Hi, I just switched to android(nexus 6p) few weeks ago. I was interested in trying custom rom, and got xperia tx from my friend for some experiments. Im planning to run RR rom . So, first of all, I unlocked the bootloader.
After that, I tried to install twrp. I got an error regarding "remoteartition not found". I used adb and fastboot commands to flash. After some googling, got to know that xperia devices doesnt have separate recovery partition ( https://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2224896). So I tried using fastboot flash boot twrp.img instead of fastboot flash recovery twrp.img. Things went well and I could access TWRP.
Im not sure if I did this in a proper way (installed in the correct partition) or just created some issues. I even tried copying the RR zip file and installing from TWRP. All went good and I could use the device. Again im not sure if i just overwrite RR over the TWRP or everything is alright. I couldnt access the TWRP anymore.I hope someone could explain about how the partitions work and they way i could tackle this situation. BTW, i could access TWRP using traditional volume down + power lock button if i installed everything properly right?
Thank you very much in advance.
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Yes, another one of these threads, but I need some help.
I got the bootloader unlocked, flashed twrp into recovery using fastboot. Unfortunantly the device rebooted into stock which I'm reading got rid of twrp. One problem is I can't figure out how to get twrp on there, and to stay on there, so I can use it.
Ignoring this issue I just continued. The guide simply said flash cm11. I searched around for a little bit on how to do this with fastboot (since my twrp wasnt working), but ended up doing the stupid thing of running:
fastboot flash system cm-11-20141115-SNAPSHOT-M12-ghost.zip
I know my problem is that I flashed the system with just a zip update file. I should've performed an update.
But now I can't figure out how to find the stock system image for my phone, the actual img file, so I can flash the system again. I have a sprint moto x.
Thanks for any help!
mobone32 said:
Yes, another one of these threads, but I need some help.
I got the bootloader unlocked, flashed twrp into recovery using fastboot. Unfortunantly the device rebooted into stock which I'm reading got rid of twrp. One problem is I can't figure out how to get twrp on there, and to stay on there, so I can use it.
Ignoring this issue I just continued. The guide simply said flash cm11. I searched around for a little bit on how to do this with fastboot (since my twrp wasnt working), but ended up doing the stupid thing of running:
fastboot flash system cm-11-20141115-SNAPSHOT-M12-ghost.zip
I know my problem is that I flashed the system with just a zip update file. I should've performed an update.
But now I can't figure out how to find the stock system image for my phone, the actual img file, so I can flash the system again. I have a sprint moto x.
Thanks for any help!
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Update. I got it up and running again on stock. But am still confused about the flashing twrp so it sticks and the flashing cm11. Thanks again
mobone32 said:
Update. I got it up and running again on stock. But am still confused about the flashing twrp so it sticks and the flashing cm11. Thanks again
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you should be able to install TWRP by using the command, "mfastboot recovery twrp.img"
regarding CM11, I don't think is needed anymore to go from CM10 to CM12. it was at one time, but I believe CM or TWRP made some updates so that step is no longer necessary.
but before we can help you further, let us know what ROM you are on now and what ROM you want to be on next.
also, this thread is very helpful: http://forum.xda-developers.com/moto-x/general/official-collection-firmwares-fxz-sbf-t3146628
Ok I got TWRP on there. Now I would like to get to lolipop 5.1 one way or another. I've always liked CyanogenMod (of course) but want to try CyanHacker. http://forum.xda-developers.com/moto-x/development/rom-cyanhacker-lollipop-ghost-t3033367
Right now I'm on a stock sprint rom I got with kitkat 4.4.4
Here's what I was going to do: (copied from forum)
1. mfastboot flash the latest TWRP if you aren't already at that point. I won't help you on fastboot things as you should already know- look around in the forums for info.
2. BACKUP YOUR STUFF- don't want to lose things without being able to get them back, right?
3. Flash the downloaded CM11 snapshot.
(Heres where I'm stuck. This is where I soft bricked it last night. I tried just now to apply the update using twrp and it just fails. It also fails at rooting my phone.)
4. Let CM11 fully boot and go through the setup screen- just skip everything and get to the homescreen.
5. Reboot into Recovery and wipe EVERYTHING- system, data, dalvik cache, cache, etc.
6. Flash your Lollipop ROM.
7. Flash PA-gapps.
8. Flash SuperSU.
9. Wipe cache/dalvik cache.
10. Reboot.
11. ???
12. Profit.
Thanks for any help!
I'm what you'd call a super noob at this stuff and I've got my poor little SP in a crazy bootloop... I've tried LITERALLY EVERYTHING the internet has told me to try; wiping every cache out there, flashing custom roms, stock roms, you name it. It began when I just got CWM (don't ask me why it happened then, I have no clue why) and this is even BEFORE I put a ROM on! (I was all ready to put a ROM after getting CWM but bootloop happened).
Note: I have CWM recovery, I think I have lost my stock recovery, if I try some ROMS (ex. CM 12) they give me this error 7, once I found certain ROMS (PACMAN ROM, unofficial stock ROM) that would flash and install, they did but still left me with a bootloop, I have tried wiping so many caches it's not even funny, I've tried flashing the original firmware, nothing works... so I'm here for help.
I have looked at every google link and every method possible in trying to fix this thing! I really can't afford a new phone and I just love this one too much... please help!
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I'm what you'd call a super noob at this stuff and I've got my poor little SP in a crazy bootloop... I've tried LITERALLY EVERYTHING the internet has told me to try; wiping every cache out there, flashing custom roms, stock roms, you name it. It began when I just got CWM (don't ask me why it happened then, I have no clue why) and this is even BEFORE I put a ROM on! (I was all ready to put a ROM after getting CWM but bootloop happened).
Note: I have CWM recovery, I think I have lost my stock recovery, if I try some ROMS (ex. CM 12) they give me this error 7, once I found certain ROMS (PACMAN ROM, unofficial stock ROM) that would flash and install, they did but still left me with a bootloop, I have tried wiping so many caches it's not even funny, I've tried flashing the original firmware, nothing works... so I'm here for help.
I have looked at every google link and every method possible in trying to fix this thing! I really can't afford a new phone and I just love this one too much... please help!
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please state your current bootloader status. Is it unlocked or still locked?
TechnoSparks said:
please state your current bootloader status. Is it unlocked or still locked?
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I have unlocked my bootloader. Thank you for replying!
farahtasnim said:
I have unlocked my bootloader. Thank you for replying!
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Splendid! Knowing that your BL state is unlocked, this will make the whole process A LOT easier!
http://forum.xda-developers.com/xperia-sp/development/ubl-twrp-f2fs-support-xperia-sp-huashan-t3150230
Please go to the above link to get TWRP. Also, please keep in mind that TWRP is now the only still supported recovery around. CWM and PhilZ are both really outdated and no longer maintained due to the introduction of Cyanogen Recovery which is very minimal in features.
Once you get yourself the download, extract the files from the zip and get the twrp.img file. We will need this to flash into the boot partition of Xperia SP, granting you a direct boot into recovery once it is flashed. Please then copy the original zip to your sd card, as we will be flashing the original zip via TWRP later to give you access to TWRP in the future.
Using your preferred tool, flash the twrp.img file into the boot partition.
Connect your Xperia SP via fastboot. Make sure SP is shut down, hold volume up key and connect the SP with your computer.
If you're using a fastboot tool via command prompt, the command would be
fastboot flash boot twrp.img
If you're using flashtool, hit the lightning icon in the toolbar, select fastboot mode. Then select "Select kernel to flash". Make sure the file type is "img" else you won't able to find your TWRP img file. Navigate to mentioned img file and select it.
Afterwards, when flashing complete, you may insert sdcard and start the device. It will boot directly into TWRP as we flashed a recovery to the boot partition.
Clean wipe data, cache, dalvik cache, system. You may leave internal storage.
Flash the ROM zip you acquired (make sure file integrity is checked beforehand!) then the TWRP zip earlier. Flashing the TWRP zip grants you a persisting recovery, as explained in the linked thread.
You may now reboot and enjoy
Newbie to the 'Dark Side of the Android World' and just curious.
well, after rooting your phone you only need to flash custom recovery once then you can access it as many times as you want
Your question is a little bit weird. Can you link me to a place of reference? Or at least explain what you are actually wanting to do?
Flashing TWRP is a one-time action, once flashed it remain on your Xperia SP. However, FlashTool doesn't offer flashing TWRP to other partitions via fastboot other than the "boot" partition. So far, the only way to correctly flash TWRP is via a recovery.
If you indeed flashed TWRP image via FlashTool, then you are actually putting TWRP into your boot partition, and this makes your device to only boot into TWRP infinitely until you flash a ROM (which will of course again override the boot partition).
The reason why I asked is because this method of accessing recovery is posted in my custom ROM guide, so I want to know if you get this kind of idea from my guide.
Thanks
Hello everybody,
I rooted my Xperia Z1 about 8 months ago in order to install the 5.1.1 update which didn't roll out for my device probably because it was a global version (5.0.1 was the last OTA). I did a clean install with no problems, flashed DualRecovery, SuperSu, and BusyBox was working just fine. Everything was working perfectly.
About 3 months ago, I tried updating BusyBox, only to tell that the update failed (couldn't install in the path it used to be try changing the path), I read and read, and found that the solution was to delete a certain file from root that prevented me from modifying certain folders and their content(even with root access), and then do a clean install in a different path than the former one. However, I couldn't gain root access to my files, no root explorer worked! It bugged me, but I was busy at that time, so I couldn't resolve it.
Few weeks later I tried rebooting into recovery, but no method worked, no apps, no key combination, no adb, nothing at all worked! After 2 hard days I managed to install TWRP recovery using NUTS recovery project. I rebooted several times, and it was still working. I then installed BusyBox with no problems, and everything was back to perfect. Later I decided to install CM 12.1 because I always used on my Samsung Galaxy Nexus and I always loved it. So using my now working recovery, I backed everything up on a USB and then flashed CM 12.1 WITHOUT its recovery along with a GAPPS package.
CM was installed, which then rebooted into its recovery and tried to install the GAPPS package. The GAPPS installation was a fail. CM recovery asked me to try using TWRP to do such installation ( go figure! ); in fact, CM recovery couldn't flash anything besides another CM 12.1 update. After this point I wasn't able in any possible way to enter TWRP nor install it. Even if I want to flash using fastboot I couln't! adb reads my device just fine, and can use it to reboot into flashmode, which doesn't seem to be functioning properly. The blue light turns on but there isn't a thing on the screen, fastboot can't recognize is it and hence I can't flash anything using fastboot.
Should I reflash partitions if this could be done on Z1? ( I did it before on my Nexus ) Can I use Odin? I even doubt I can enter download mode on my phone
Any help would be much appreciated.
Thanks in advance!
Anyone?
No?
Ok! :sad:
Is your bootloader unlocked? To run cm on our z1 you need an unlocked bootloader because cm needs a custom kernel.
You can try Sony companion app or androxydes flashtool in combination with a pre-rooted ftf to reach stock again.
The thing is even Sony flashtool (Emma) is not reading my phone, it detects a device in the USB port, but not the device!
I managed to install TWRP using TWRP Manager app that I downloaded from APKmirror website. I installed GApps and it is working fine right now.
TWRP Manager said that I should have a FOTA recovery or something like that, and if I don't have one then I am installing the recovery on my responsibility.
Still no bootloader or flash mode. Neither Emma nor Odin are identifying the phone. Although my phone lights blue, but the screen shows nothing!
Mohdhamm said:
The thing is even Sony flashtool (Emma) is not reading my phone, it detects a device in the USB port, but not the device!
Still no bootloader or flash mode. Neither Emma nor Odin are identifying the phone. Although my phone lights blue, but the screen shows nothing!
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AFAIK, Emma hasn't been updated for a LONG time. It will remain defunct with no updates and no support. Use flashtool from androxyde if you want to continue using Sony's stock ROM.
No bootloader or flash mode detection: That usually means the drivers that interfaces with your phone is missing. Search around XDA for the correct fastboot and adb drivers for your PC's OS.
My approach for fixing your issue: Find the right drivers and put a stable Lollipop ROM on your sdcard. If you have fastboot working (make sure you have unlocked bootloader), flash boot image from the Lollipop zip and flash the recovery image found in some Lollipop threads. If everything goes well, your phone will bootloop, but you'll have working recovery. Press Vol Down when the Sony Logo appears on screen to enter TWRP. Since you saved a backup of your phone elsewhere, erase all the partitions (minus sdcard), format them to ext4, and flash the Lollipop ROM from your sdcard.
Hey there!
I am trying to flash TWRP 3.1.1-0 into my Xperia SP using ADB and apparently it cannot find the "recovery" partition. I've found out I can flash into "boot" instead but my question is, is there a way ( or should I even try) to fix this? I've tried Emma but my device is not supported. It's bootloader is unlocked and I am using Lineage OS 7.1
As far as I've searched in the forums ( https://forum.xda-developers.com/xperia-z-ultra/help/recovery-partition-xz-ultra-flashing-t3453568 ), at least for Xperia Z, it means the bootloader I originaly flashed used a "boot" partition instead of "recovery", right?
The final goal of this quest is to relock my bootloader so Sony Companion can reinstall the original firmware and get it as original as possible.
I am new here and, I hope I am posting this in the right section and I did my research right. This forum is so big it is a little overwhelming.
Thanks in advance!
flash recovery into boot
Hi,
I have a similar question: I want to flash LineageOS 14.1 to my Xperia SP Android 4.3 Build 12.1.A.1.205. I have unlock the Bootloader with the Code from developer.sonymobile.com/unlockbootloader
When I want to flash "fastboot flash recovery twrp-3.1.1-0-huashan.img" , it can not find the recovery partition.
Is it really possible to "fastboot flash boot twrp-3.1.1-0-huashan.img"??? After I have done this, I can reboot normally and TWRP will start? Then I will be able to install LineageOS?
Thanks!
FuchsXSP said:
Hi,
I have a similar question: I want to flash LineageOS 14.1 to my Xperia SP Android 4.3 Build 12.1.A.1.205. I have unlock the Bootloader with the Code from developer.sonymobile.com/unlockbootloader
When I want to flash "fastboot flash recovery twrp-3.1.1-0-huashan.img" , it can not find the recovery partition.
Is it really possible to "fastboot flash boot twrp-3.1.1-0-huashan.img"??? After I have done this, I can reboot normally and TWRP will start? Then I will be able to install LineageOS?
Thanks!
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Yeah that's pretty much where I'm at right now. Whenever I flash TWRP into my Xperia SP using " fastboot flash boot twrp****.img" it works but when the phone boots the TWRP is all that is on the phone. It will not boot into the system. But then, when I install the OS using TWRP, the OS overwrites TWRP and I am back to the old cyanogenmod bootloader.
So answering your questions:
FuchsXSP said:
Is it really possible to "fastboot flash boot twrp-3.1.1-0-huashan.img"???
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Yeah that's pretty much how it is done. At least on my Xperia SP. ( I love this phone btw XD)
FuchsXSP said:
After I have done this, I can reboot normally and TWRP will start?
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Yeah it will only boot into TWRP. You probably wont have access to to your system anymore.
FuchsXSP said:
Then I will be able to install LineageOS?
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Yeah, just press Install, select the file, and swipe that cool looking safety slider and it should be fine. Beware though older versions of LineageOS had some problems with zip signatures, just make sure to have the newest nightly version (07/12/2017 I guess) and you should be fine.
I have to say though, as anything with android modding, do at your own risk =p.
Here is the solution (at least, the one that worked for me)
I had similar problem - my phone was booting either into Lineage or TWRP, but I had to switch these using ADB commands.
Then I found an application in the Google Play store which can repair this. Look for "TWRP Manager (Requires ROOT)" - from Jmz Software. Free version is good enough.
I installed it and then when I tried to select the option to install TWRP, it tried to install, then complained that there is some problem with my configuration and it looks that it has been repaired. (I'm sorry for not repeating exact messages here, I was doing this about month ago, but when you install this application, the rest is quite self - explanatory).
Anyway, try this. Now my Xperia SP is booting flawlessly - Lineage or TWRP, of course "Reboot to Recovery" option in Lineage also is working correctly !
Xperia SP does not have a dedicated recovery partition like most of other Android phones and a newer Xperia variant. To workaround, the developers of this device have been using different ways of implementing recoveries, the latest and working one is by loading the recovery into our FOTAKernel partition, which is a partition that plays an important role during Stock OTA updates.
Since such a partition serve absolute no purpose when you ventured into custom ROMing, the idea of making use of it for recovery is quite neat. This "feature" is Adrian DC's implementation.
To answer to your question, no, you cannot flash a recovery using fastboot (or any other tools that makes use of fastboot). The options provided by the tool is only limited to partition names, not addresses. You can though, download the FOTA zip from the TWRP thread, and then flash them in the recovery (the one that you booted into because it was installed in /boot). Then re-flash the ROM zip so that the boot image of the ROM gets flashed properly.
It works
Hi,
I have success. On my Xperia SP is now LineageOS 14.1
1. Unlock Bootloader via Sony
2. fastboot flash boot twrp-3.1.1-0-huashan.img
3. reboot SP into twrp
4. wipe and install lineagesOS and opengapps
5. reboot
Now, i can access twrp with second recovery mode (FOTA)
Thanks for your help!! :good:
solved !
sorry to need to bump this thread, but i am having similar issues - i have successfully flashed twrp-huashan as shown in the post above, but on rebooting into twrp, wiping and installing adrian's oreo build, i lose access to twrp
attempting to boot to recovery shows a very brief droid on its back, and then tells me to choose to boot to system or recovery, neitherof which get me back to twrp
any suggestions, as i do not understand why this is so
edit : all is revealed !!
[Recovery][OFFICIAL][UBL] TWRP 3.2.1 Touch Recovery for Xperia SP
https://forum.xda-developers.com/xperia-sp/orig-development/recovery-twrp-3-0-0-touch-recovery-t3309938
Xperia z wont go into recoverymode. blue light with black screen
Hi im having a problem with my xperia z. i have rooted it fisrt then unlocked the bootloader but it wont show a recovery screen when i try and go into recovery mode to flash abd install lingeage. it just shows a blue light with black screen every time i try and go into recovery mode. cant seem to install twrp either. what do i do?
Blue light indicating fastboot mode on Sony Xperia Z5
Karimano24 said:
Hi im having a problem with my xperia z. i have rooted it fisrt then unlocked the bootloader but it wont show a recovery screen when i try and go into recovery mode to flash abd install lingeage. it just shows a blue light with black screen every time i try and go into recovery mode. cant seem to install twrp either. what do i do?
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Well, that's it. The blue light indicates fastboot/recovery mode on the Xperia Z. You can now connect the Xperia to a computer via USB, then run e.g. 'fastboot devices' and it should list your Xperia. Or run 'fastboot flash recovery <image filename>' to flash TWRP onto the Xperia.