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[Q] Can't reinstall Philz, Stuck on Stock recovery!!

after restoring 5.1 again from Indonesian to Indian.. Philz could not Format my user data or wipe cache.. So I flashed without wiping..and it successfully booted but now I can't find philz Recovery in Recovery mode..it booted to stock! What can I do now?

nand.96 said:
after restoring 5.1 again from Indonesian to Indian.. Philz could not Format my user data or wipe cache.. So I flashed without wiping..and it successfully booted but now I can't find philz Recovery in Recovery mode..it booted to stock! What can I do now?
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Yes That Backup Rom had stock recovery. if u need philz recovery after installed that rom u can flash philz recovery by Android one Tool Kit available in this forum.

Narasimman91 said:
Yes That Backup Rom had stock recovery. if u need philz recovery after installed that rom u can flash philz recovery by Android one Tool Kit available in this forum.
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i tries android one toolkit.. it is not recognizing my device.. i tried minimal adb.. it recognizes my device... i also went to fastboot ..gave flash recovery command.. it also said succes saying all this-->
C:\Program Files\Minimal ADB and Fastboot>fastboot flash recovery recovery.img
target reported max download size of 134217728 bytes
sending 'recovery' (6626 KB)...
OKAY [ 0.202s]
writing 'recovery'...
OKAY [ 0.400s]
finished. total time: 0.618s
C:\Program Files\Minimal ADB and Fastboot>fastboot reboot
.. but after reboot i m again on stock.. No philZ! plzz help

nand.96 said:
i tries android one toolkit.. it is not recognizing my device.. i tried minimal adb.. it recognizes my device... i also went to fastboot ..gave flash recovery command.. it also said succes saying all this-->
C:\Program Files\Minimal ADB and Fastboot>fastboot flash recovery recovery.img
target reported max download size of 134217728 bytes
sending 'recovery' (6626 KB)...
OKAY [ 0.202s]
writing 'recovery'...
OKAY [ 0.400s]
finished. total time: 0.618s
C:\Program Files\Minimal ADB and Fastboot>fastboot reboot
.. but after reboot i m again on stock.. No philZ! plzz help
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First Download fastboot unlock scripts. (attached zip file)
1.extract that file
2.press shift key and mouse right key and then select open command here
3. reboot into fastboot mode on ur phone
4. connect to ur phone via usb
5. then type following command: fastboot oem unlock and fastboot format userdata
after did above method andorid one tool kit detect ur phone
now u can flash philz recovery.

Thanks.. Flashed PhilZ successfully! But i can't Root my device using philz now... I tried Adb sideload ,installing zip directly of supersu..zip What can i do now?

Download the latest supersu.zip,google it, then flast it uaing philz recovery.Only the latest supersu.zip can root ur phone as other versions does not support android 5.1

Yes. Flash not less than v2.45 of SuperSU zip as they won't work. I have flashed v2.45 currently n it works fine..

Unable to Flash Recovery (Tried TWRP and Orangefox)

It would seem that for me Flashing the TWRP Recovery (or any other, tried Orangefox too) doesn't work. I would really appreciate some input on this.
Here's some info:
- Redmi 4
- MIUI 10.2 | Stable // 10.2.2.0(MBECNXM)
- Android version 6.0.1
- Android Security Patch level 2018-04-01
- Unlocked the Phone (Successfully)
- Booted into fastboot
- used "fastboot flash recovery <filename>.img" to flash the twrp image (also tried older versions of the twrp image; also tried the orange fox recovery image)
It gives me the following output:
Code:
C:\Minimal ADB and Fastboot> fastboot flash recovery twrp.img
Sending 'recovery' (36040 KB) OKAY [ 1.002s]
Writing 'recovery' OKAY [ 0.977s]
Finished. Total time: 2.046s
- I proceed to use "fastboot boot twrp.img"
It gives me the following output:
Code:
C:\Minimal ADB and Fastboot> fastboot boot twrp.img
Sending 'boot.img' (36040 KB) OKAY [ 1.001s]
Booting FAILED (remote: 'dtb not found')
fastboot: error: Command failed
Now unto the errors / things I've tried:
- If I try to just use "fastboot reboot" -> it proceeds to eternally get stuck on the "mi.com" loading screen
- If I try to use the "standard" power off > Power + Vol Up -> The phone boots into the Chinese interface which is not TWRP (yellow big buttons, bottom button is blue) -> I change the language to english, hit "Recovery" and it yet again either stays stuck or boots into Mi 3.0 Recovery
I have tried all TWRP Santoni versions currently officially available on the official TWRP site.
All give me the same error if I try to boot the recovery direclty through fastboot as seen above: "(remote: dtb not found)"
can anyone please help me with this?

Flash latest stock ROM with fastboot first without re locking bootloader, boot into it, and then flash twrp 3.2.3-1 official from fastboot again, and then disconnect the phone and reboot into recovery with vol up + down + power button and ensure that you have downloaded lazyflasher into your phone storage, and after booting twrp, flash lazyflasher, clear cache and reboot system. Done!

Question How to install custom recovery TWRP?

I searched a lot of articles all flashed to the recovery partition
Code:
>fastboot flash recovery boot_twrp_UNOFFICIAL.img
Sending 'recovery' (65536 KB) OKAY [ 2.062s]
Writing 'recovery' FAILED (remote: 'This partition doesn't exist')
fastboot: error: Command failed
I found some information that Android 11 uses Virtual A/B
Do I need to modify boot.img to install custom recovery in Android 11?

AceSheep said:
I searched a lot of articles all flashed to the recovery partition
Code:
>fastboot flash recovery boot_twrp_UNOFFICIAL.img
Sending 'recovery' (65536 KB) OKAY [ 2.062s]
Writing 'recovery' FAILED (remote: 'This partition doesn't exist')
fastboot: error: Command failed
I found some information that Android 11 uses Virtual A/B
Do I need to modify boot.img to install custom recovery in Android 11?
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fastboot boot twrp.img
Go ti advanced and install current twrp

Otherwise u can installiert it temporarly on boot, fastboot flash Boot twrp.IMG
Now you can Boot into it using hardwarebuttons....Herr u can flash it finaly
Did u find a working twrp....this one here doesnt work....also otg mouse not working in that one

bambamGN2 said:
Otherwise u can installiert it temporarly on boot, fastboot flash Boot twrp.IMG
Now you can Boot into it using hardwarebuttons....Herr u can flash it finaly
Did u find a working twrp....this one here doesnt work....also otg mouse not working in that one
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I use a type-c hub to connect a wireless mouse and it works

I used this command and it didn’t work normally, it will enter the system normally after restart
Code:
>fastboot boot images\boot_twrp_UNOFFICIAL.img
Sending 'boot.img' (65536 KB) OKAY [ 1.735s]
Booting FAILED (Status read failed (Too many links))
fastboot: error: Command failed
This command can start to TWRP but cannot install it
Code:
>fastboot flash boot_b images\boot_twrp_UNOFFICIAL.img
>fastboot set_active b
>fastboot reboot
Do I still need to unpack boot.img and copy the ramdisk file

AceSheep said:
I used this command and it didn’t work normally, it will enter the system normally after restart
Code:
>fastboot boot images\boot_twrp_UNOFFICIAL.img
Sending 'boot.img' (65536 KB) OKAY [ 1.735s]
Booting FAILED (Status read failed (Too many links))
fastboot: error: Command failed
This command can start to TWRP but cannot install it
Code:
>fastboot flash boot_b images\boot_twrp_UNOFFICIAL.img
>fastboot set_active b
>fastboot reboot
Do I still need to unpack boot.img and copy the ramdisk file
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fastboot boot twrp_UNOFFICIAL.img
This work for sure

This topic is great, but I'm afraid many of us would totally miss the information in here, do anyone has the will to turn the information here into a little "how to TWRP" guide as a topic here? That would be awesome!

My device is Redmi Note 10 5G China and the EEA rom flashed. Using twrp will get stuck in the logo and cannot enter.
Before that, I can start twrp using China rom. I'm still looking for reasons
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P.S. Does anyone know how to compile twrp for Android 11? I need a little help

AceSheep said:
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P.S. Does anyone know how to compile twrp for Android 11? I need a little help
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No but maybe this helps????
Make A TWRP Tree For Your Device & Build.md
GitHub Gist: instantly share code, notes, and snippets.
gist.github.com

i suggest for now stay on stock recovery. you can root phone installing magisk via fastboot. and the only way to try custom rom is flashing the gsi ported generic rom. the nippon gsi telefram group have a lot of gsi. but my advice is wait miu13 update. most of gsi have audio incompatibility. but if you like aosp roms this is the only way. mtk full custom roms for our device dont exist

Unable to flash any recovery. Please help

I am on 12.5.4.0 stock ROM. I am unable to overwrite the stock MIUI recovery. I always get the error message:
FAILED (Status read failed (Too many links))
The recovery image that i am using is a lineage OS 18.1 recovery image that i obtained from a Telegram group on a new lineage 18.1 ROM. I also tried a TWRP image by wzsx, with the same result.
I also tried disabling vbmeta with the command:
fastboot --disable-verity --disable-verification flash vbmeta vbmeta\vbmeta_vd171--V12.5.3.0.RJOMIXM.img
Rewriting vbmeta struct at offset: 0
Sending 'vbmeta' (4 KB) OKAY [ 0.016s]
Writing 'vbmeta' OKAY [ 0.000s]
Finished. Total time: 0.016s
But after reboot it goes back to MIUI recovery.
Previously i had flashed crDroid ROM with an SHRP recovery. I remember getting the same "Too many links" error that time too, but i have forgotten how i managed to flash SHRP that time.
I tried using SP FLash Tool , but here too i get an error message " Invalid scatter file name" or something like that for the scatter file in the 12.5.4.0 stock ROM. Then i tried MTK tool to create a scatter file for my Redmi Note 9 but this time i get an error saying it is unabke to read the ROM storage format. Can anyone please help?

Do:
fastboot flash vbmeta vbmeta_vd171--V12.5.3.0.RJOMIXM.img
Is same to do:
fastboot --disable-verity --disable-verification flash vbmeta original_stock_vbmeta.img

It seens a problem with typing.
Did you try to use quotes?
Like
fastboot flash recovery "here is the place/of/image.img"

VD171 said:
It seens a problem with typing.
Did you try to use quotes?
Like
fastboot flash recovery "here is the place/of/image.img"
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Thanks for the reply. No i don't think it's a problem with typing:
fastboot flash recovery recovery.img
Sending 'recovery' (65536 KB) OKAY [ 1.992s]
Writing 'recovery' OKAY [ 0.881s]
Finished. Total time: 2.878s
Now i tried going back to 12.0.6.0 stock ROM with TWRP-RedmiNote9-V12.0.6.0.QJOMIXM-20201213-wzsx15-sanja56. This time success:
C:\Users\iamam\Downloads\TWRP>fastboot flash recovery recovery.img
Sending 'recovery' (34076 KB) OKAY [ 0.855s]
Writing 'recovery' OKAY [ 0.453s]
Finished. Total time: 1.340s
fastboot boot recovery.img
Sending 'boot.img' (34076 KB) OKAY [ 1.017s]
Booting OKAY [ 0.051s]
Finished. Total time: 1.103s
But IT STILL BOOTS INTO MIUI stock RECOVERY!! I can't understand it. Just for fun i changed recovery.img in the fastboot ROM to the recovery.img that i wanted but MiFlash fails (obviously!!!!). Is there a way to check recovery partition on the phone?

12Frodo said:
Thanks for the reply. No i don't think it's a problem with typing:
fastboot flash recovery recovery.img
Sending 'recovery' (65536 KB) OKAY [ 1.992s]
Writing 'recovery' OKAY [ 0.881s]
Finished. Total time: 2.878s
Now i tried going back to 12.0.6.0 stock ROM with TWRP-RedmiNote9-V12.0.6.0.QJOMIXM-20201213-wzsx15-sanja56. This time success:
C:\Users\iamam\Downloads\TWRP>fastboot flash recovery recovery.img
Sending 'recovery' (34076 KB) OKAY [ 0.855s]
Writing 'recovery' OKAY [ 0.453s]
Finished. Total time: 1.340s
fastboot boot recovery.img
Sending 'boot.img' (34076 KB) OKAY [ 1.017s]
Booting OKAY [ 0.051s]
Finished. Total time: 1.103s
But IT STILL BOOTS INTO MIUI stock RECOVERY!! I can't understand it. Just for fun i changed recovery.img in the fastboot ROM to the recovery.img that i wanted but MiFlash fails (obviously!!!!). Is there a way to check recovery partition on the phone?
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Are you sure are not booting into MIUI after flashing? because MIUI installs back the default recovery.

vagelis199 said:
Are you sure are not booting into MIUI after flashing? because MIUI installs back the default recovery.
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Exactly.
If you want to use custom recovery but without root/magisk, you need to flash my patched boot image.
This patched boot image does NOT install back the default recovery and does NOT install root/magisk.
[BOOT][IMG][PATCHED] Boot Image Partition without OVERWRITE OF RECOVERY for MERLIN (Xiaomi Redmi Note 9 / Xiaomi Redmi 10X 4G)
PATCHED BOOT.IMG for MERLIN by VD171 For what do I need it ? At every boot, MIUI overwrites RECOVERY partition for stock rom recovery partition and replaces any custom recovery like TWRP. This patch disables this overwriting and keep any custom...
forum.xda-developers.com

VD171 said:
Exactly.
If you want to use custom recovery but without root/magisk, you need to flash my patched boot image.
This patched boot image does NOT install back the default recovery and does NOT install root/magisk.
[BOOT][IMG][PATCHED] Boot Image Partition without OVERWRITE OF RECOVERY for MERLIN (Xiaomi Redmi Note 9 / Xiaomi Redmi 10X 4G)
PATCHED BOOT.IMG for MERLIN by VD171 For what do I need it ? At every boot, MIUI overwrites RECOVERY partition for stock rom recovery partition and replaces any custom recovery like TWRP. This patch disables this overwriting and keep any custom...
forum.xda-developers.com
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Thanks to everybody who replied. But i am using the command "fastboot reboot recovery" after flashing the recovery. But you are right, i did realise that if you just reboot to a stock ROM it reinstalls the stock recovery. Mea Culpa. But i wish this was explained someplace like a general explainer to a newbie.
Anyway, i downloaded the "Platform tools SDK" and used that fastboot and it now installs SHRP and Lineaage OS 18.1 recovery. But TWRP is still a problem. But at least i can install any custom ROM that i want. And yes, thanks VD171, i won't forget to use your patched boot image from now on.

12Frodo said:
Thanks to everybody who replied. But i am using the command "fastboot reboot recovery" after flashing the recovery. But you are right, i did realise that if you just reboot to a stock ROM it reinstalls the stock recovery. Mea Culpa. But i wish this was explained someplace like a general explainer to a newbie.
Anyway, i downloaded the "Platform tools SDK" and used that fastboot and it now installs SHRP and Lineaage OS 18.1 recovery. But TWRP is still a problem. But at least i can install any custom ROM that i want. And yes, thanks VD171, i won't forget to use your patched boot image from now on.
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You are welcome, my friend.
Enjoy
Sadly, no one says that to you.
But, if you want to enter in recovery, just type "fastboot reboot" and hold the Vol Up button.

How do I get a recovery on my Redmi 9 (lancelot)?

I'm trying to install custom recovery and ROM on my Redmi 9. I've used XiaoMiToolV2 (https://github.com/francescotescari/XiaoMiToolV2) built on my mac to unlock the boot loader.
But I seem to be stuck trying to replace the recovery.
I tried TWRP- this sent me into a boot loop,
so I tried orangefox from here: https://orangefox.download/device/garden which fixed the bootloop, but everytime I go into recovery it shows me the MIUI Recovery tool.
I also tried pitchblack recovery from here: https://pitchblackrecovery.com/lancelot/ which gives me the same problem.... booting into recovery always shows MIUI Recovery tool.
This is the command I've been using to flash the recovery:
adb reboot bootloader
fastboot flash recovery recovery.img
then a restart, then:
adb reboot recovery
Am I missing something?

supagu said:
I'm trying to install custom recovery and ROM on my Redmi 9. I've used XiaoMiToolV2 (https://github.com/francescotescari/XiaoMiToolV2) built on my mac to unlock the boot loader.
But I seem to be stuck trying to replace the recovery.
I tried TWRP- this sent me into a boot loop,
so I tried orangefox from here: https://orangefox.download/device/garden which fixed the bootloop, but everytime I go into recovery it shows me the MIUI Recovery tool.
I also tried pitchblack recovery from here: https://pitchblackrecovery.com/lancelot/ which gives me the same problem.... booting into recovery always shows MIUI Recovery tool.
This is the command I've been using to flash the recovery:
adb reboot bootloader
fastboot flash recovery recovery.img
then a restart, then:
adb reboot recovery
Am I missing something?
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Unlock the bootloader before installing the Twrp.
https://miui.blog/any-devices/mi-unlock-tool-mac-linux/
https://www.xiaomitool.com/MiUnlockTool
Twrp:
https://androidfilehost.com/?w=files&flid=318235
.\fastboot flash recovery twrp.img
.\fastboot boot twrp.img

Yes I have unlocked my device using XiaoMiToolV2, I see a little unlocked padlock when booting my phone now.
I tried downloading twrp from the above url (thanks for that!)
I renamed it to recovery.img then:
[email protected] twrp % fastboot flash recovery recovery.img
Sending 'recovery' (65536 KB) OKAY [ 3.746s]
Writing 'recovery' OKAY [ 1.123s]
Finished. Total time: 4.874s
[email protected] twrp % fastboot boot recovery.img
Sending 'boot.img' (65536 KB) OKAY [ 3.733s]
Booting FAILED (remote: 'Unrecognized command boot')
fastboot: error: Command failed
[email protected] twrp % fastboot reboot bootloader
Rebooting into bootloader OKAY [ 0.001s]
Finished. Total time: 0.001s
[email protected] twrp % fastboot erase cache
******** Did you mean to fastboot format this ext4 partition?
Erasing 'cache' OKAY [ 0.046s]
Finished. Total time: 0.047s
[email protected] twrp % fastboot reboot
Rebooting OKAY [ 0.000s]
Finished. Total time: 0.000s
[email protected] twrp % adb reboot bootloader
[email protected] twrp % fastboot reboot recovery
Rebooting into recovery OKAY [ 0.001s]
Finished. Total time: 0.001s
[email protected] twrp %
So your command to boot the image is incorrect, so I tried some other reboot commands but still when I did the reboot recovery it comes up with MIUIRecovery 5.0.... I should be seeing twrp here right instead?

supagu said:
Yes I have unlocked my device using XiaoMiToolV2, I see a little unlocked padlock when booting my phone now.
I tried downloading twrp from the above url (thanks for that!)
I renamed it to recovery.img then:
[email protected] twrp % fastboot flash recovery recovery.img
Sending 'recovery' (65536 KB) OKAY [ 3.746s]
Writing 'recovery' OKAY [ 1.123s]
Finished. Total time: 4.874s
[email protected] twrp % fastboot boot recovery.img
Sending 'boot.img' (65536 KB) OKAY [ 3.733s]
Booting FAILED (remote: 'Unrecognized command boot')
fastboot: error: Command failed
[email protected] twrp % fastboot reboot bootloader
Rebooting into bootloader OKAY [ 0.001s]
Finished. Total time: 0.001s
[email protected] twrp % fastboot erase cache
******** Did you mean to fastboot format this ext4 partition?
Erasing 'cache' OKAY [ 0.046s]
Finished. Total time: 0.047s
[email protected] twrp % fastboot reboot
Rebooting OKAY [ 0.000s]
Finished. Total time: 0.000s
[email protected] twrp % adb reboot bootloader
[email protected] twrp % fastboot reboot recovery
Rebooting into recovery OKAY [ 0.001s]
Finished. Total time: 0.001s
[email protected] twrp %
So your command to boot the image is incorrect, so I tried some other reboot commands but still when I did the reboot recovery it comes up with MIUIRecovery 5.0.... I should be seeing twrp here right instead?
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After flashing TWRP press volume+and power button

MIUI is automatically replacing TWRP with MIUI Recovery. So to fix this after flashing the recovery, you will need to flash the vbmeta image with the flag --disable-verity:
Code:
fastboot flash recovery recovery.img
fastboot --disable-verity --disable-verification flash vbmeta vbmeta.img
fastboot reboot recovery
This is the vbmeta image: https://forum.xda-developers.com/attachments/vbmeta_redmi9-img.5449805/
Also use this recovery: https://forum.xda-developers.com/t/recovery-twrp-unofficial-twrp-recovery-3-6-1_11-0.4421301/

Thanks guys!
Sergi, your combination of vbmeta and recovery has worked!
Proper url is here:
[RECOVERY][TWRP][UNOFFICIAL] TWRP recovery 3.6.1_11-0
TWRP recovery 3.6.1 for lancelot (redmi 9 | lancelot/galahad) I am not responsible for your brick devices. The recovery is fully working and has been tested. If you encounter a problem, write here, maybe they will help you. Before you accuse me...
forum.xda-developers.com
(you had a typo in your post)

supagu said:
Thanks guys!
Sergi, your combination of vbmeta and recovery has worked!
Proper url is here:
[RECOVERY][TWRP][UNOFFICIAL] TWRP recovery 3.6.1_11-0
TWRP recovery 3.6.1 for lancelot (redmi 9 | lancelot/galahad) I am not responsible for your brick devices. The recovery is fully working and has been tested. If you encounter a problem, write here, maybe they will help you. Before you accuse me...
forum.xda-developers.com
(you had a typo in your post)
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No problem , and ahh I will correct the link . So glad it worked.