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Hello there!
Following these steps, you'll be able to root your freshly marshmallowed P8 Lite.
The method was tested by several other users, with not just this model.
Requirements:
Huawei P8 Lite with the Chinese 6.0 Firmware
Unlocked bootloader
TWRP Recovery (Kirin Chipset)
Do you have everything above?
Good, here are the steps:
Go to THIS post, and download the attachment of it. (BETA-SuperSU-v2.67-SYSTEMMODE.zip)
Put this zip on your SD Card.
Boot into recovery and flash it.
That is all what you need to do.
Credits goes to: aufarxda for making the working zip, zirangua for trying and successfully rooting our device with this, and of course Chainfire for making rooting phones possible and easy.
Note:
If you tried with the official zips from Chainfire's thread, you should rooted your phone as well, but the root was lost after a few reboots.
At least it was like that for me.
The reason for this, Chainfire introduced a new way of rooting the phone, which called "systemless" root. It means, no modification is made to your /system partition, only to your boot image.
The install script of this zip checks for compatibility to do "systemless" root, and if it can do that, it'll do that.
However, with our device, something must be messed up with the boot image, because it seems to be resetting after few (or the first) reboots.
The downloaded zip was modified in a way, that the script only root your phone via the old method, modifying your /system partition.
The whole point to have a "systemless" root is not rerooting after every update, or system reset, however, it seems like it's not working well with our phone, so only the old method remains.
Twrp needed?
slimbullet said:
Twrp needed?
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Yes, it's needed, and thanks for pointing this out.
How are flash in Recovery Mode? He gives 3 options: Reboot - Download new Version and Recovery - Shutdown!?
You have to flash TWRP by fastboot adb before.
TWRP is needed for flashing the zip files
daviddosa said:
Yes, it's needed, and thanks for pointing this out.
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I did all of those steps and now i have blackscreen and my phone wont turn on....
I have twrt,unlockedbloader,beta 6.0,debugging etc and it dont work...
and the second boot animation missing
Surdyn said:
I did all of those steps and now i have blackscreen and my phone wont turn on....
I have twrt,unlockedbloader,beta 6.0,debugging etc and it dont work...
and the second boot animation missing
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the same problem here
daviddosa said:
Hello there!
Following these steps, you'll be able to root your freshly marshmallowed P8 Lite.
The method was tested by several other users, with not just this model.
Requirements:
Huawei P8 Lite
Unlocked bootloader
TWRP Recovery (Kirin Chipset)
Do you have everything above?
Good, here are the steps:
Go to THIS post, and download the attachment of it. (BETA-SuperSU-v2.67-SYSTEMMODE.zip)
Put this zip on your SD Card.
Boot into recovery and flash it.
That is all what you need to do.
Credits goes to: aufarxda for making the working zip, zirangua for trying and successfully rooting our device with this, and of course Chainfire for making rooting phones possible and easy.
Note:
If you tried with the official zips from Chainfire's thread, you should rooted your phone as well, but the root was lost after a few reboots.
At least it was like that for me.
The reason for this, Chainfire introduced a new way of rooting the phone, which called "systemless" root. It means, no modification is made to your /system partition, only to your boot image.
The install script of this zip checks for compatibility to do "systemless" root, and if it can do that, it'll do that.
However, with our device, something must be messed up with the boot image, because it seems to be resetting after few (or the first) reboots.
The downloaded zip was modified in a way, that the script only root your phone via the old method, modifying your /system partition.
The whole point to have a "systemless" root is not rerooting after every update, or system reset, however, it seems like it's not working well with our phone, so only the old method remains.[/QUDo wee
Do wee need an sd card or it can be done witch the main storage?
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not work stop Screen Takeoff and not star and restart
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blackscreen and my phone restart how fixed
daviddosa said:
Hello there!
Following these steps, you'll be able to root your freshly marshmallowed P8 Lite.
The method was tested by several other users, with not just this model.
Requirements:
Huawei P8 Lite
Unlocked bootloader
TWRP Recovery (Kirin Chipset)
Do you have everything above?
Good, here are the steps:
Go to THIS post, and download the attachment of it. (BETA-SuperSU-v2.67-SYSTEMMODE.zip)
Put this zip on your SD Card.
Boot into recovery and flash it.
That is all what you need to do.
Credits goes to: aufarxda for making the working zip, zirangua for trying and successfully rooting our device with this, and of course Chainfire for making rooting phones possible and easy.
Note:
If you tried with the official zips from Chainfire's thread, you should rooted your phone as well, but the root was lost after a few reboots.
At least it was like that for me.
The reason for this, Chainfire introduced a new way of rooting the phone, which called "systemless" root. It means, no modification is made to your /system partition, only to your boot image.
The install script of this zip checks for compatibility to do "systemless" root, and if it can do that, it'll do that.
However, with our device, something must be messed up with the boot image, because it seems to be resetting after few (or the first) reboots.
The downloaded zip was modified in a way, that the script only root your phone via the old method, modifying your /system partition.
The whole point to have a "systemless" root is not rerooting after every update, or system reset, however, it seems like it's not working well with our phone, so only the old method remains.
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Hi this method work only with the chinese version (B535) on european version (B524) i got a bootloop ...
This happen to me
xander33 said:
Hi this method work only with the chinese version (B535) on european version (B524) i got a bootloop ...
This happen to me
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so how do we root B524 now?
omid.quist said:
so how do we root B524 now?
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Follow the tutorial on generale section provided by sokkoban the thead it s called [TUTORIAL] ...
how to recover after the boot loop ?? i tried this on the EU marshmallow and now im stuck !!
daviddosa said:
Hello there!
Following these steps, you'll be able to root your freshly marshmallowed P8 Lite.
The method was tested by several other users, with not just this model.
Requirements:
Huawei P8 Lite with the Chinese 6.0 Firmware
Unlocked bootloader
TWRP Recovery (Kirin Chipset)
Do you have everything above?
Good, here are the steps:
Go to THIS post, and download the attachment of it. (BETA-SuperSU-v2.67-SYSTEMMODE.zip)
Put this zip on your SD Card.
Boot into recovery and flash it.
That is all what you need to do.
Credits goes to: aufarxda for making the working zip, zirangua for trying and successfully rooting our device with this, and of course Chainfire for making rooting phones possible and easy.
Note:
If you tried with the official zips from Chainfire's thread, you should rooted your phone as well, but the root was lost after a few reboots.
At least it was like that for me.
The reason for this, Chainfire introduced a new way of rooting the phone, which called "systemless" root. It means, no modification is made to your /system partition, only to your boot image.
The install script of this zip checks for compatibility to do "systemless" root, and if it can do that, it'll do that.
However, with our device, something must be messed up with the boot image, because it seems to be resetting after few (or the first) reboots.
The downloaded zip was modified in a way, that the script only root your phone via the old method, modifying your /system partition.
The whole point to have a "systemless" root is not rerooting after every update, or system reset, however, it seems like it's not working well with our phone, so only the old method remains.
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Hi Daviddosa you have installed chinese beta android 6 fw? On that firmware is camera with special light effects.. Can you make backup of that camera, and get it here, or copy complete camera sw? Thanks a lot!
Here is HwCamera.apk on Chinese version of MM 6.0
sokkoban said:
Here is HwCamera.apk on Chinese version of MM 6.0
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thx. just put it in system apps? and replace the old one? because update wont work
sokkoban said:
Here is HwCamera.apk on Chinese version of MM 6.0
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Thanks.. sadly it is not working. Just wondering why on chinese ROMs there is working light painting, but on EU ROMS no.
danvo01 said:
Thanks.. sadly it is not working. Just wondering why on chinese ROMs there is working light painting, but on EU ROMS no.
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I'm wonderin too. But this is not only difference in Chinese ROM. On B524 not feature like Touch Plus, Smart Care, Mobile data traffic counter, HiCloud and many others
So my opinion is Chinese firmware is much better that European. For that I change my ALE-L21 to ALE-UL00
sokkoban said:
I'm wonderin too. But this is not only difference in Chinese ROM. On B524 not feature like Touch Plus, Smart Care, Mobile data traffic counter, HiCloud and many others
So my opinion is Chinese firmware is much better that European. For that I change my ALE-L21 to ALE-UL00
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so.. do you think it is better to flash back chinese beta v 311 (?) instead of 524? I looked for more stable bluetooth connection, and now i see differences...
I never use Bluetooth. But Chinese version of 6.0 is B535
I am unsure whether my phone (which is being delivered from Gearbest) will have google play store and google sync etc all installed and working. If I don't have all of that installed + working I am going to try and flash a ROM (probably unofficial CM14.1) from here.
Now, when I went to see how to unlock the bootloader, the guide had a lot of chinese writing, so I couldn't understand what I was supposed to do... Can someone explain in english how I am supposed to unlock the bootloader?
The following is a snippet that I did not understand from the guide. Link : https://forum.xda-developers.com/zuk-z2-pro/development/how-bootloader-zuk-z2-pro-t3415392
"Unlocking the phone...
With the email now received it's time to do some dev stuff...
尊敬的ZUK用户，您好
 您已经在ZUK开发者平台申请了解锁您的ZUK智能设备的bootloader。
 附件是适用于您的设备的解锁文件，请妥善保管。
 请访问这里了解如何进行解锁操作。
 如果不是您本人操作或者您改变主意，请忽略这封邮件，您的设备将不会受到任何影响。
ZUK开发者平台
Download the unlock_bootloader.img from the email and place it somewhere easy to find for flashing."
CarpeDiemJay said:
I am unsure whether my phone (which is being delivered from Gearbest) will have google play store and google sync etc all installed and working. If I don't have all of that installed + working I am going to try and flash a ROM (probably unofficial CM14.1) from here.
Now, when I went to see how to unlock the bootloader, the guide had a lot of chinese writing, so I couldn't understand what I was supposed to do... Can someone explain in english how I am supposed to unlock the bootloader?
The following is a snippet that I did not understand from the guide. Link : https://forum.xda-developers.com/zuk-z2-pro/development/how-bootloader-zuk-z2-pro-t3415392
"Unlocking the phone...
With the email now received it's time to do some dev stuff...
尊敬的ZUK用户，您好
 您已经在ZUK开发者平台申请了解锁您的ZUK智能设备的bootloader。
 附件是适用于您的设备的解锁文件，请妥善保管。
 请访问这里了解如何进行解锁操作。
 如果不是您本人操作或者您改变主意，请忽略这封邮件，您的设备将不会受到任何影响。
ZUK开发者平台
Download the unlock_bootloader.img from the email and place it somewhere easy to find for flashing."
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Not sure how far you've gotten following that guide. It's very good in pointing you where you need to look but it assumes that you do have a bit of knowledge to follow the basic steps without given a full explanation of every step you need to take.
With that in mind, I loaded a custom ROM in my phone just last week and here's the steps and the pitfalls you need to avoid:
This is the guide I used: http://zukfans.eu/community/threads/zuk-z2-bootloader-unlock.62/
So grab your phone S/N, install ADB and Fastboot on your PC, and install the Google and ZUK drivers.
Things to note:
If you're on Windows 8/10, you might have issues with driver signing enforcement. Bizzarely the drivers from Lenovo for the ZUK are unsigned and Windows does not like that. So you might need to disable this function. Thankfully, it's rather painless. http://www.howtogeek.com/167723/how...8.1-so-that-you-can-install-unsigned-drivers/
Now to unlock the bootloader. You'll need to go to http://developer.zuk.com/bootloader but first you'll need to register to the site. I'm assuming that you're not in China or have a chinese SIM lying around so you'll need to register using email, which can be done here: https://passport.zuk.com/wauthen3/w...lenovoid.thirdname=null&lenovoid.qrstate=null
Once you register, fill in the bootloader unlock form and you'll get an email with some Chinese writing, this is unimportant. Look at the attachment to that email and you'll find a unlock_bootloader.img file. Download it and you're in business.
Now I ran into trouble sending fastboot commands to my phone, just wouldn't be detected for some reason, no clue why. But I found this tool by mauronofrio: https://forum.xda-developers.com/zu...ol-tool-one-driversunlocktwrpfactory-t3432782 - works like a charm, you can use it to unlock the bootloader and then install TWRP on your phone.
Once you have TWRP then you can install whatever ROM that tickles your fancy, no problem. Personally I'm running Resurrection Remix by fedor917. I tried CM14.1 but it's not stable enough for me and I much prefer RR. Plus it's Marshmallow so xposed works fine on it and plenty other stuff that hasn't reached Nougat yet. I really want Nougat-based Resurrection Remix on this phone and I've been working at porting it, but it's the first time I do this so it's quite a steep learning curve.
Uivalf39 said:
Not sure how far you've gotten following that guide. It's very good in pointing you where you need to look but it assumes that you do have a bit of knowledge to follow the basic steps without given a full explanation of every step you need to take.
With that in mind, I loaded a custom ROM in my phone just last week and here's the steps and the pitfalls you need to avoid:
This is the guide I used: http://zukfans.eu/community/threads/zuk-z2-bootloader-unlock.62/
So grab your phone S/N, install ADB and Fastboot on your PC, and install the Google and ZUK drivers.
Things to note:
If you're on Windows 8/10, you might have issues with driver signing enforcement. Bizzarely the drivers from Lenovo for the ZUK are unsigned and Windows does not like that. So you might need to disable this function. Thankfully, it's rather painless. http://www.howtogeek.com/167723/how...8.1-so-that-you-can-install-unsigned-drivers/
Now to unlock the bootloader. You'll need to go to http://developer.zuk.com/bootloader but first you'll need to register to the site. I'm assuming that you're not in China or have a chinese SIM lying around so you'll need to register using email, which can be done here: https://passport.zuk.com/wauthen3/w...lenovoid.thirdname=null&lenovoid.qrstate=null
Once you register, fill in the bootloader unlock form and you'll get an email with some Chinese writing, this is unimportant. Look at the attachment to that email and you'll find a unlock_bootloader.img file. Download it and you're in business.
Now I ran into trouble sending fastboot commands to my phone, just wouldn't be detected for some reason, no clue why. But I found this tool by mauronofrio: https://forum.xda-developers.com/zu...ol-tool-one-driversunlocktwrpfactory-t3432782 - works like a charm, you can use it to unlock the bootloader and then install TWRP on your phone.
Once you have TWRP then you can install whatever ROM that tickles your fancy, no problem. Personally I'm running Resurrection Remix by fedor917. I tried CM14.1 but it's not stable enough for me and I much prefer RR. Plus it's Marshmallow so xposed works fine on it and plenty other stuff that hasn't reached Nougat yet. I really want Nougat-based Resurrection Remix on this phone and I've been working at porting it, but it's the first time I do this so it's quite a steep learning curve.
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Thank you for replying.
I have found a simpler guide I believe...
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iinsQCuZr9Q or the written version... : http://www.gizbeat.com/11283/hs-usb...r-zuk-z2-and-any-qualcomm-phone-with-miflash/
There is no mention of unlocking the bootloader.
Do i not have to unlock the bootloader then?
CarpeDiemJay said:
Thank you for replying.
I have found a simpler guide I believe...
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iinsQCuZr9Q or the written version... : http://www.gizbeat.com/11283/hs-usb...r-zuk-z2-and-any-qualcomm-phone-with-miflash/
There is no mention of unlocking the bootloader.
Do i not have to unlock the bootloader then?
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That is just for installing the stock ROM (ZUI) so for that you don't need to unlock your bootloader, but if you want to install a custom ROM (Cyanogenmod, MIUI, Resurrection Remix, etc.) you do need to unlock the bootloader and the install process is much simpler (unlock bootloader -> install TWRP -> wipe & install whatever ROM .zip file you want).
Uivalf39 said:
That is just for installing the stock ROM (ZUI) so for that you don't need to unlock your bootloader, but if you want to install a custom ROM (Cyanogenmod, MIUI, Resurrection Remix, etc.) you do need to unlock the bootloader and the install process is much simpler (unlock bootloader -> install TWRP -> wipe & install whatever ROM .zip file you want).
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Ah okay, thanks.
I've found a good tutorial I think. It seems more simple compared to using the qfil qualcom software stuff. What do you reckon? I've seen other people (can't remember what thread exactly) suggesting miflash to be used as well.
http://www.gizbeat.com/11283/hs-usb...r-zuk-z2-and-any-qualcomm-phone-with-miflash/
Hi there.
Does anyone has informations about rooting the new p8 lite 2017?
It comes with android nougat 7.0 and I can't find any TWRP, SuperSU ...
Thanks for your help.
itsme1st said:
Hi there.
Does anyone has informations about rooting the new p8 lite 2017?
It comes with android nougat 7.0 and I can't find any TWRP, SuperSU ...
Thanks for your help.
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P8 lite regular have different specs from 2017 version, if I were you I give a try in the Honor 6x section, because the CPU is the same maybe you could get some hints there.
Other devices with same CPU:
-Honor 8 lite
-Mate 9 lite
Thank you.
But I'm not courageous to test these tools - I don't want to brick it.
So, I unlocked the bootloader and now I need something like TWRP and (maybe) a modified SuperSU to get root.
If someone has any informations about, let me know.
Regards.
Well, it should work. In the worst case you could just reflash your old recovery with fastboot.
Could you tell us if it's worth it to buy or not please ? Bcz im thinking about having one but i dont know samsung a5 2017 is cool too and better in a lot of things
i think twrp from 6x would work on P8 lite 2017
then you on terminal put (for the safest case), echo SYSTEMLESS=true>>/data/.supersu
and you are done, it should work, on my Moto G 4G (XT1040) i do that to root on nougat
Use Magisk to root it
AmINoS007 said:
Could you tell us if it's worth it to buy or not please ? Bcz im thinking about having one but i dont know samsung a5 2017 is cool too and better in a lot of things
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In my opinion its a fine phone with a good hardware and a fair price.
And very performant, too.
Fedroid said:
Use Magisk to root it
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Without TWRP?
I'm not as good to perform only with a command-line.
Remember, your knowledges are not the same as usual...
itsme1st said:
In my opinion its a fine phone with a good hardware and a fair price.
And very performant, too.
Without TWRP?
I'm not as good to perform only with a command-line.
Remember, your knowledges are not the same as usual...
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Trying is free, but try it.
Download and install magisk from store. It will try to install binaries. If you succeed you are done. If it fails try the other solutions gave by others.
Trying is the key.
Fedroid said:
Download and install magisk from store. It will try to install binaries. If you succeed you are done. If it fails try the other solutions gave by others.
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Just tried, but have no idea, how to install.
In recovery mode it doesn't work.
itsme1st said:
Just tried, but have no idea, how to install.
In recovery mode it doesn't work.
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Do you have twrp installed?
This is mandatory
Fedroid said:
Do you have twrp installed?
This is mandatory
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Of course not.
As I said: I don't know for sure , which version works with the new 2017 p8lite.
(The fone isn't mine, so I take care and don't want to brick it.)
Edit: As reported in Android-hilfe, the TWRP of Honor 6x will NOT work.
I also tried a few recovery roms, none that worked. Still waiting for a working one!
itsme1st said:
Thank you.
But I'm not courageous to test these tools - I don't want to brick it.
So, I unlocked the bootloader and now I need something like TWRP and (maybe) a modified SuperSU to get root.
If someone has any informations about, let me know.
Regards.
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Hmm I could try see if I could help u. Could u try the mate 9 lite or any twrp (if available for nougat) and se if it wors?
In this case it can be related to kernel or some other info.
Since these devices are very similar it should be easy to port twrp
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I think we should get a new section for the P8 lite 2017.
LastStandingDroid said:
Hmm I could try see if I could help u. Could u try the mate 9 lite or any twrp (if available for nougat) and se if it wors?
In this case it can be related to kernel or some other info.
Since these devices are very similar it should be easy to port twrp
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None of the TWRP did work, as a user in another Forum reported.
I can't test by myself, because the fone isn't here anymore.
I tried the RevolutionRecovery for P9 Lite Nougat. Is not able to mount system.
I tried all day long to unlock the bootloader, creating a Huawei account and following step by step the procedure to can get an unlock code. But once I got it, trying to unlock by DOS prompt, it failed and remains locked. I think because this procedure is related to P8 Lite, and not to P8 Lite 2017. Currently it seems to be there's no way yet to can root the P8 Lite 2017, unfortunately for all possessors of it, like me
I have to correct my post above.
This TWRP istn´t able to mount data, not system...but this has been described in the RevolutionRecovery thread, nothing specific to the P8 Lite 2017.
So flashing SU doesn´t work, flashing magisk zip makes the phone reboot instantly.
@Joaquito29
Unlocking the bootloader worked pretty well for me and someone in another forum said, he was able to root the phone manually by pushing su and busybox binaries to bin and xbin.
Sotrich said:
I have to correct my post above.
This TWRP istn´t able to mount data, not system...but this has been described in the RevolutionRecovery thread, nothing specific to the P8 Lite 2017.
So flashing SU doesn´t work, flashing magisk zip makes the phone reboot instantly.
@Joaquito29
Unlocking the bootloader worked pretty well for me and someone in another forum said, he was able to root the phone manually by pushing su and busybox binaries to bin and xbin.
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Witch guide has been used for unlocking bootloader? And for rooting without unlocking bootloader?
Thanks in advance
I've unlocked my phone, installed twrp recovery and lineage os 14 latest build.
Now I'm selling my phone and I want to return to stock mode, so latest global stable and stock recovery.
Is it possible? And how can I do?
Inviato dal mio MI MIX utilizzando Tapatalk
Of course you can. Download the fastboot ROM (Stock Global or Chinese), decompress it into your C: drive, download and run the MiFlash tool, select the path where you have placed the decompressed stock ROM, select the ''Clean All' option from the MiFlash tool and press 'Flash'. You should be back to complete stock and ready to sell off your phone.
mouse100 said:
I've unlocked my phone, installed twrp recovery and lineage os 14 latest build.
Now I'm selling my phone and I want to return to stock mode, so latest global stable and stock recovery.
Is it possible? And how can I do?
Inviato dal mio MI MIX utilizzando Tapatalk
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But be sure to uncheck relock bootloader.
Hey guy's,
I'm late joining the Mi Mix party - I've been using android since the original Samsung Galaxy S including Galaxy Notes and Nexus devices.
Since those early days when everything had to be done without toolkits I've also got myself employed and have just not had the time I once had due to no longer living alone.
Because this phone has been around a while I've noticed that a lot of the guides are a bit confusing/conflicting so just wanted to ask a few questions..
I am on MIUI Global 9.2 Stable (after I got the phone I did an OTA update.)
Here's what I want to do ....
Unlock the bootloader
Root
Install TWRP
and finally after that pick out and install a Rom.
So firstly do I have to install drivers before doing anything else. And on one guide it had 2 sets of drivers, Qualcomm & USB ?
Then do I just download adb & fastboot tool
and then the Mi Flash Tool and that's it ?
Source:
https://www.getdroidtips.com/unlock-bootloader-mi-mix/
or is there a newer more detailed guide with newer files ?
Just to add that I was going to try and unlock the bootloader via the official route but got a little confused when setting up the Mi/MIUI accounts before doing some more research and realizing there's an unofficial way.
The last time I used adb/fastboot it was a huge package compared to the now couple of files.
Also is there anything I need to do when first installing TWRP regarding choosing the partition options.
Thanks for reading and any response - Ps I'm in UK and have 2 Sims in phone and do I need to worry about the recovery phone number/details.
Thanks in advance.
BLADESMAN1889 said:
Hey guy's,
I'm late joining the Mi Mix party - I've been using android since the original Samsung Galaxy S including Galaxy Notes and Nexus devices.
Since those early days when everything had to be done without toolkits I've also got myself employed and have just not had the time I once had due to no longer living alone.
Because this phone has been around a while I've noticed that a lot of the guides are a bit confusing/conflicting so just wanted to ask a few questions..
I am on MIUI Global 9.2 Stable (after I got the phone I did an OTA update.)
Here's what I want to do ....
Unlock the bootloader
Root
Install TWRP
and finally after that pick out and install a Rom.
So firstly do I have to install drivers before doing anything else. And on one guide it had 2 sets of drivers, Qualcomm & USB ?
Then do I just download adb & fastboot tool
and then the Mi Flash Tool and that's it ?
Source:
https://www.getdroidtips.com/unlock-bootloader-mi-mix/
or is there a newer more detailed guide with newer files ?
Just to add that I was going to try and unlock the bootloader via the official route but got a little confused when setting up the Mi/MIUI accounts before doing some more research and realizing there's an unofficial way.
The last time I used adb/fastboot it was a huge package compared to the now couple of files.
Also is there anything I need to do when first installing TWRP regarding choosing the partition options.
Thanks for reading and any response - Ps I'm in UK and have 2 Sims in phone and do I need to worry about the recovery phone number/details.
Thanks in advance.
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Go the official route to unlock, miflash comes with the drivers, don't think there are any updates from the ones in the guide,not sure what you mean with the Sims, are contacts saved to Google if so nothing to worry about. You will only need miflash to get back to stock unless you got vendor ROM which doesn't seem to be the case.
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bubba1601 said:
Hi
I have this new device but it's not any of the versions listed here (Nora/Rhyanna)
It's the UK version XT1920-15 sim unlocked, I'm just wandering if the steps to unlock/root are the same on this device as the other versions?
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https://www.getdroidtips.com/unlock-bootloader-moto-e5-play/
I used this guide to unlock it. I also have this phone, but mine is from latin america, and it should work for yours. :good:
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bubba1601 said:
Your device is not the same.
The American / latin American version has android 8.0, 2 GB ram and a 5.2 inch screen.
The UK version has android 8.1, 1gb of ram and a 5.3 inch screen.
All such tutorials that work for the US version DON'T work on the UK version and TWRP installation fails completely.
Please be mindful when advising users things "should" work, as it doesn't work and your device is completely different to mine, so should not be attempted from that link.
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No my phone has 1Gb of Ram and 16gigs of storage space along with 8.1 and TWRP installed. I used that guide to unlock the bootloader the TWRP in that guide doesn't work for our phones. I managed to find the TWRP version of the phone.
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bubba1601 said:
The guide says it's for android 8.0 though?
I still can't unlock the bootloader!
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fastboot oem get_unlock_data
"Now command will return a string which you need to copy the string to a notepad with a single line by deleting all spaceNotepad
(Note: Only copy the highlighted sections above. Do not copy the INFO or (bootloader) prefix)"
"To Get Bootloader Key for Moto E5 Play - Open the website Motorola’s unlock the bootloader site by Signing up or Log in in via Google Plus account"
Link:https://accounts.motorola.com/ssoau...ct/standalone/bootloader/unlock-your-device-b
Make an account, also check if your device can even be unlocked on the website.
"Once you click the "Can my Device be unlocked?" you will receive a mail with unlock key.
Now copy the unlock key and type the following command and enter.
fastboot oem unlock UNLOCK_KEY
Here UNLOCK_Key is the place where you have to paste the unlock key which you copied from the email.
That's it! Your device will unlock. hah! Have fun!"
That's how you unlock the boot loader
Link for TWRP for PETTYL:https://mega.nz/#!anwAACZT!MJ95FCiIDH-kkLaZLpFvnKT5j_3Fe2goU-aZmSVeCKo
I couldn't find on XDA so I uploaded it to mega.
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Here a twrp buckup Twrp image and rooted boot for XT1920-15 if you manage to boot into twrp or try booting boot image https://drive.google.com/drive/u/0/mobile/folders/1P0yVep9l3yTN2Hzy7QiRXj3kuL_N7Dxz?usp=sharing
did the op get it sorted
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bubba1601 said:
I'm running stock again.
No root, no twrp and as far as I'm concerned, project treble ROMs/images are complete waste of time, especially for this device where half the posted steps don't work, supplied resources don't work or twrp images and twrp back ups supposedly for this device don't work
Worse still, I had to pay to redownload my firmware.
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No idea why it dosent work for you I maneged to flash twrp and root it with magisek also tried linege and ResurexionRemix it works fine only xposed dosent work
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Here a twrp buckup Twrp image and rooted boot for XT1920-15 if you manage to boot into twrp or try booting boot image https://drive.google.com/drive/u/0/mobile/folders/1P0yVep9l3yTN2Hzy7QiRXj3kuL_N7Dxz?usp=sharing
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Can I flash this Recovery to XT1920-16 pettyl?
The file Moto_E5_XT1920-15-recovery.img is TWRP or STOCK recovery?
Also i'm loocking for Stock recovery for XT1920-16
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I just build custom recovery for pettyl -- ORANGE FOX , download at orangefox.tech
thanks. enjoy!
~whodat aka flash
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There's already three different TWRPs for PETTYL.....two work one doesn't.
I made a TWRP for pettyl and it works 100% , The reason the others do not work is because they have EXT4 filesystem set to data partitions in the fstabs they were made with. Data partition is set to f2fs and thus it cannot be read. I also made a decrypt.zip for pettyl aswell, and I do not even own this device... I have only dove into android dev less than 2 months ago
Many people are already confused about twrp so do we really need another one to confuse everyone even more?
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*triple facepalm* are you serious ?!?!
Maybe this site and android modifications is not for you bubba.
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bubba1601 said:
The comment you quoted says it's a TWRP file and I've not seen the stock recovery available for PETTYL .
Just bear in mind that I'm assuming the xt1920-15 that I have and txt1920-16 you have are identical, but I obviously cannot confirm that or do I know if they work the same I'm just assuming they do.
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lol to get stock recovery file all you have to do is fastboot boot TWRP or OrangeFox and make a backup of recovery. Its that simple, but what would anyone want with stock recovery anyway?
If you really want it you can get the full stock firmware here, extract it and you will have stock recovery.img along with stock boot.img and everything else....
https://mirrors.lolinet.com/firmware/moto/pettyl/official/
Again, ENJOY!
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bubba1601 said:
If you had explained what's better or different about your recovery rather than making a mocking reply I would not have asked if another custom recovery was necessary......
There's currently two working TWRPs for PETTYL and another posted on here that doesn't work at all.
Every PETTYL user that's posted here has had issues with both TWRP versions or have been unable to follow the instructions on how to install either version.
Don't tell me this site and android modding isn't for me, because when the time is right I'll decide to stop, you will not make that decision or suggest I stop because you didn't like my question - which you didn't answer.
So I'll ask you calmly and politely again.
Is it really necessary to have so many different TWRPs and custom recovery for PETTYL?
What does your orange fox offer different to TWRP?
You haven't even posted a proper link......no explanation, no proceedures, no instructions. Nothing.
Explain yourself so people understand, don't mock.
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My question was not a criticism of what you have done.
I've stopped any further modifications to my own PETTYL because it's obvious a 1gb ram android go device cannot handle 9.0 pie and in the 10 years I've been modding various devices the E5 play is the most complicated piece of S*** I've I've used.
But even worse, if the user base cannot ask a simple question of people without someone like you being rude and sarcastic in reply and telling a fellow user to go away - then I've made the right decision not to work with my E5 or this thread any longer.
The user and support base for the E5 play PETTYL has suddenly hit an all time low, and doesn't need rudeness or your sarcasm to justify its existence..
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He explained y other recoveries had prob and y his wouldn't next it has added features such as built in magisk and etc. test it to see other extra features instead of being a lil upset and taking it out on ppl being nice and fixing ur recovery probs
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If you had explained what's better or different about your recovery rather than making a mocking reply I would not have asked if another custom recovery was necessary......
There's currently two working TWRPs for PETTYL and another posted on here that doesn't work at all.
Every PETTYL user that's posted here has had issues with both TWRP versions or have been unable to follow the instructions on how to install either version.
Don't tell me this site and android modding isn't for me, because when the time is right I'll decide to stop, you will not make that decision or suggest I stop because you didn't like my question - which you didn't answer.
So I'll ask you calmly and politely again.
Is it really necessary to have so many different TWRPs and custom recovery for PETTYL?
What does your orange fox offer different to TWRP?
You haven't even posted a proper link......no explanation, no proceedures, no instructions. Nothing.
Explain yourself so people understand, don't mock.
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My question was not a criticism of what you have done.
I've stopped any further modifications to my own PETTYL because it's obvious a 1gb ram android go device cannot handle 9.0 pie and in the 10 years I've been modding various devices the E5 play is the most complicated piece of S*** I've I've used.
But even worse, if the user base cannot ask a simple question of people without someone like you being rude and sarcastic in reply and telling a fellow user to go away - then I've made the right decision not to work with my E5 or this thread any longer.
The user and support base for the E5 play PETTYL has suddenly hit an all time low, and doesn't need rudeness or your sarcasm to justify its existence..
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Don't be a d*$k lashing out at a dev who does this work FOR free using up HIS free time to make it possible for you to make this complaint. We developers have to research to gain this knowledge. Be courteous and try to search the web to find the answers you seek and to fill in the blanks. Possibly guide others users in the right direction based on the knowledge you discover.
Don't bite the hand that feeds you. Listen to some nine inch nails, you might learn a thing or two about how to properly human.
He doesn't even own that device yet goes out of his way to provide support for it just for ungrateful individuals such as yourself to lash out at him for not explaining things clearly enough. If you lack the knowledge to fill in the blanks that he may have missed, that just shows that you're at risk of bricking your device from lack of knowledge on the subject. It won't hurt you to do a bit of research for yourself.
Sincerely,
The guy helping to guide that developer you lashed out at to supporting 64bit for YOUR DEVICE.