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Bootloader unlocked but Recovery wont flash?

I have traied a few different recoveryies and fastboot and mfastboot, but I can not get any recovery to ACTUALLY flash to the phone.
It is a XT1053 running 4.4.4. Even when everything says it flashed fine, the recovery is still not there when i try to boot into it.
Any ideas?

Use the Vol+ button to select recovery, not power.

knitler said:
I have traied a few different recoveryies and fastboot and mfastboot, but I can not get any recovery to ACTUALLY flash to the phone.
It is a XT1053 running 4.4.4. Even when everything says it flashed fine, the recovery is still not there when i try to boot into it.
Any ideas?
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What @nhizzat has said, is the most common mistake.
Beyond that, you don't mention if your bootloader is unlocked or not. I'm guessing it is, otherwise you should get some kind of error from fastboot/mfastboot on your PC.
One other thing that some have run into is... after flashing a recovery, having to reboot into bootloader before trying to enter recovery.... For example...
Start the phone in Fastboot/BootLoader mode and connect it to your PC.
open command prompt file and change to the folder your recovery IMG file resides in.
type the following, pressing enter after each command, and wait for it to finish before going onto the next...
mfastboot flash recovery recovery.img
mfastboot reboot-bootloader
Note: the recovery could be twrp.img, cwm.img, etc.
The device will reboot then display different BOOT OPTIONS
Use the VOL DOWN Key to SCROLL to Recovery and VOL UP Key to select it.

nhizzat said:
Use the Vol+ button to select recovery, not power.
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I'm aware of that. I still have the stock Recovery.
KidJoe said:
What @nhizzat has said, is the most common mistake.
Beyond that, you don't mention if your bootloader is unlocked or not. I'm guessing it is, otherwise you should get some kind of error from fastboot/mfastboot on your PC.
One other thing that some have run into is... after flashing a recovery, having to reboot into bootloader before trying to enter recovery.... For example...
Start the phone in Fastboot/BootLoader mode and connect it to your PC.
open command prompt file and change to the folder your recovery IMG file resides in.
type the following, pressing enter after each command, and wait for it to finish before going onto the next...
mfastboot flash recovery recovery.img
mfastboot reboot-bootloader
Note: the recovery could be twrp.img, cwm.img, etc.
The device will reboot then display different BOOT OPTIONS
Use the VOL DOWN Key to SCROLL to Recovery and VOL UP Key to select it.
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My thread title says its Unlocked, I will try rebooting to the bootloader first then trying recovery. I did not try that. I have been rebooting to the OS then rebooting to Recovery,

knitler said:
I'm aware of that. I still have the stock Recovery.
My thread title says its Unlocked, I will try rebooting to the bootloader first then trying recovery. I did not try that. I have been rebooting to the OS then rebooting to Recovery,
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that is your issue right there after you flash a custom recovery you need to boot into the recovery before letting your phones boot into the OS.
if your phone boots into the OS then the recovery will not stick and you will be back on the stock recovery.
so
1.boot into bootloader
2.flash Custom recovery of your choice
3. make sure the phone does not boot into OS it can reboot back into bootloader and it can reboot into recovery with no issues but if it boots into the Phone OS then you will be back on stock recovery.
hope this helps enjoy

Cannot install TWRP recovery

Which is weird as it worked before.
Basic stuff. Android 6.0.1, MIUI 8.1
Bootloader unlocked
USB ADB drivers installed
Debugging on
Run TWRP and device is recognised, TWRP isntalled successfully but when I reboot phone into recovery, I get the standard "phone connected to usb cable" graphic. Im at a loss to know it wont go into TWRP, suggestions please?
Need to root to adjust in cqll volume settings, thx.

2bullish said:
Which is weird as it worked before.
Basic stuff. Android 6.0.1, MIUI 8.1
Bootloader unlocked
USB ADB drivers installed
Debugging on
Run TWRP and device is recognised, TWRP isntalled successfully but when I reboot phone into recovery, I get the standard "phone connected to usb cable" graphic. Im at a loss to know it wont go into TWRP, suggestions please?
Need to root to adjust in cqll volume settings, thx.
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Not sure about alle the steps you did or did not do.
But if you install TWRP and then reboot back to MIUI, it will overwrite the recovery again.
From the TWRP.me site:
fastboot flash recovery twrp.img
fastboot reboot
Note many devices will replace your custom recovery automatically during first boot. To prevent this, use Google to find the proper key combo to enter recovery. After typing fastboot reboot, hold the key combo and boot to TWRP. Once TWRP is booted, TWRP will patch the stock ROM to prevent the stock ROM from replacing TWRP. If you don't follow this step, you will have to repeat the install.

Ok, followed all the steps exactly, the phone boots into twrp, then i reboot in system, or let it reboot by disconnecting, same thing happens. Black screen MI logo, bootloader unlock, in red, at the bottom of the screen with an open padlock.
Now it wont boot at all.

This is weird, I can boot into fastboot and recovery but when i try to flash, the device is redognised but i cannot see it in the drop down menu to find the rom. Grrrrrr im stuck.

2bullish said:
This is weird, I can boot into fastboot and recovery but when i try to flash, the device is redognised but i cannot see it in the drop down menu to find the rom. Grrrrrr im stuck.
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OK, if you want to keep MIUI, just flash MIUI again and it should install the needed firmware, recovery etc.
You can use the recovery zip for this or the fastboot gz version to install (both should work).
If you want a custom rom installed, go to the Lineage thread (i use that since feb, with weekly updates) or another one.
Read the first few post carefully, but if you want to install it (Lineage), do flash the firmware first via recovery before flashing the rom (don't forget this one).

Update. I can get into TWRP recovery but have no back up.
If I try to boot into system I get a black screen with Mi logo and a red unlocked boot loader padlock graphic.
If i boot into fast boot and run miflash, the phone is recognised but the sd storage does not appear in the drop down at all.
I cannot use the pcsuite software and if the phone is not in TWRP or fastboot mode it is on the black screen with logo with red unlocked padlock and is not recognised by the PC. I dont know what else to do, any help will be greatly appreciated.

Found out the problem it was supersu, gonna try a different version

2bullish said:
Found out the problem it was supersu, gonna try a different version
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Glad you found the problem.
I think that MIUI has already build in the SU via the Developer options, but i'm not sure of that.
If you think of Lineage, just flash the Lineage Su addon after the Lineage rom.
Works great.

2bullish said:
Update. I can get into TWRP recovery but have no back up.
If I try to boot into system I get a black screen with Mi logo and a red unlocked boot loader padlock graphic.
If i boot into fast boot and run miflash, the phone is recognised but the sd storage does not appear in the drop down at all.
I cannot use the pcsuite software and if the phone is not in TWRP or fastboot mode it is on the black screen with logo with red unlocked padlock and is not recognised by the PC. I dont know what else to do, any help will be greatly appreciated.
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MIUI has some sort of verification on boot. If it detects a custom recovery different from stock one, it won't boot. You need to use zcx twrp. It can bypass this verification.

No fastboot No recovery

So i accidentally flashed a magisk zip file to my p20 using a program called "TOOL ALL IN ONE" AS a recovery it showed that the process was completed but when i wanted to boot to fastboot it just shows that my phone is booting, same thing with recovery mod.
so basically i need a software that can let me install any recovery or repair my fastboot status as I am no longer capable of doing anything.

have you tried flashing it in ADB? i mean most of these tools are nice but when you type in the commands in adb to get things done then you will understand more and more about how everything works.

Eclipse.0 said:
So i accidentally flashed a magisk zip file to my p20 using a program called "TOOL ALL IN ONE" AS a recovery it showed that the process was completed but when i wanted to boot to fastboot it just shows that my phone is booting, same thing with recovery mod.
so basically i need a software that can let me install any recovery or repair my fastboot status as I am no longer capable of doing anything.
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Did you solve this? I'm on the same situation. no recovery no fastboot!

Turn off your phone then press and hold power down button and don't press or hold nothing more. Hold power down and at same time connect your phone by USB to pc. Whoa, you are in a bootloader. It helped for me. Then you can reflash recovery and all will work again.

Having some trouble rooting now sure where is the problem

So I followed this guide, watch?v=eBAzsEw-QVsAnd, He used an auto flashing program, got to the step where you flash the recovery, it worked, the ADB was recognized and the writing of the recovery was successful.
But, when I tried booting into TWRP (by power + vol-up) I just get a black screen for a few secs and then the mi logo again.
Also, I manually installed TWRP 3.3.1 and still the same thing
Any suggestions?

Fullbit310 said:
So I followed this guide, watch?v=eBAzsEw-QVsAnd, He used an auto flashing program, got to the step where you flash the recovery, it worked, the ADB was recognized and the writing of the recovery was successful.
But, when I tried booting into TWRP (by power + vol-up) I just get a black screen for a few secs and then the mi logo again.
Also, I manually installed TWRP 3.3.1 and still the same thing
Any suggestions?
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When you restore the phone try using the latest TWRP from here https://forum.xda-developers.com/k2...icial-twrp-xiaomi-redmi-t3944363/post79823568
Copy the TWRP image to the adb/fastboot folder and rename to TWRP.img.
No need to use any tools, just boot into fastboot connect to the PC then in command prompt navigate to the adb folder and use
Code:
fastboot flash recovery TWRP.img
After installing boot immediately into TWRP and flash what you need.
In fastboot still press and hold power and vol+ until it vibrates. Then let go of power and keep pressing vol+ until TWRP boots

Question Phone stuck in boot loop, unable to get to FastBoot

Hi,
Sequence of steps:
1. Extracted the boot.img from payload.bin and flashed it to the phone. At this point I was able to get into Fastboot
2. While in Fastboot I went into advanced and wiped the "System Settings", and that's when the trouble started - now the phone is stuck into a boot loop forever, I do however get the options to "Power Off" and "Restart"
3. But none of the options above in Step 2 is able to bring me back to Fastboot (and hence into fastbootd either)
Question: How can I get the phone into Fastboot Mode - have tried MSM Tool v4 as well, but that doesn't even recognize the phone

Edit - This seems to have been resolved now, think I had to press Vol Down + Power instead of Vol Up + Power
Was able to enter into Fastbootd as well, will try to proceed with unbricking the phone with a fresh mind tomorrow

FYI for others reading I was able to install magisk by booting the patched file (dump the payload using the python script mentioned above). Running the command Fastboot boot filename boots into the operating system and then magisk can be installed using the direct method.
I assume running this command the phone doesn't actually flash the boot image but could be wrong

VoltaGe86 said:
FYI for others reading I was able to install magisk by booting the patched file (dump the payload using the python script mentioned above). Running the command Fastboot boot filename boots into the operating system and then magisk can be installed using the direct method.
I assume running this command the phone doesn't actually flash the boot image but could be wrong
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Thats right, "fastboot boot <file_name>" loads temporarily your custom recovery of choice. After rebooting your phone, the custome recovery is gone.
Otherwise, the command "fastboot flash <file_name> recovery" flashs permamently your custom recovery of choice to your device.

Hi I have a oneplus 8t and I tried flashing a payload.bin file using fastboot enhanced. after the operation completed I tried to reboot but the phone only shows the logo and then the bootloader unlocked warning message and then turns off briefly, then it does it again and the screen goes black. When connected to the PC, the PC recognizes the devices as android adb recovery devices but i can't do anything from there. Tried the volume up+power combo and it just does the same thing. tried the volume down+power combo and absolutely nothing happens. If i could at least get to the bootloader I could unbrick it but I just can't get there. Any advice

Zekedw said:
Hi I have a oneplus 8t and I tried flashing a payload.bin file using fastboot enhanced. after the operation completed I tried to reboot but the phone only shows the logo and then the bootloader unlocked warning message and then turns off briefly, then it does it again and the screen goes black. When connected to the PC, the PC recognizes the devices as android adb recovery devices but i can't do anything from there. Tried the volume up+power combo and it just does the same thing. tried the volume down+power combo and absolutely nothing happens. If i could at least get to the bootloader I could unbrick it but I just can't get there. Any advice
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I have exactly the same issue, on a nord 2

How about vol+/vol-&power all together? When stuck that gives me some screen that allows start, recovery (the one where you can enter advanced settings I expect from your description) and bootloader booting.