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[RECOVERY] [NEW: CWM Graphics] CTR Recovery for Galaxy A5

CTR Recovery for Galaxy A5​
Hi all,
I've ported CTR Recovery from the developer carliv (now bluefirebird) on our Galaxy A5.
This recovery is based on the old CWM, by koush, with some features you can find in the original post HERE, so if you are tired of the TWRP recovery and u are looking for something similar to the old CWM, don't hesitate to download this
NOTE: It should work in any A500 variant, but it's tested only on SM-A500FU variant, so flash on other variants at your own risk!
Desclaimer:
Code:
echo "I'm not responsable for bricked phones, overheat phones, for global warming, for phones that want to suicide without a reason and for imminent explosions"
DOWNLOADS: You can download the recovery here: https://www.androidfilehost.com/?w=files&flid=82499
HOW TO FLASH:
ON WINDOWS (Odin method)
1) Download Odin
2) Download the recovery (with .tar extension)
3) Go in download mode by pressing Power Button + Vol - + Home Button
4) Connect your smartphone to the PC
5) Open odin version 3.9 or 3.10
6) Select AP button and open the recovery file
7) Press start
8) Enjoy
ON LINUX (Heimdall method):
1) Extract tar file with:
$ tar xvf recovery_file.tar
You will find a recovery.img file
2) Open Heimdall Frontend
3) Select pit file (you can find it on sammobile)
4) Select recovery partition
5) Load the recovery.img file and flash
6 Enjoy
ON ANDROID (Need Root)
1) Download flashify or rashr
2) Extract recovery file with apps such as zArchiver and you will find a recovery.img file
3) Open flashify or rashr and select recovery file
4) Flash it
5) Enjoy
ON RECOVERY
IF YOU ARE ON TWRP:
1) Extract recovery file with apps such as zArchiver and you will find a recovery.img file
2) Reboot to recovery
3) Go to install zip menu
4) Select "Install Image" box
5) Select recovery.img file and flash in recovery partition
6) Reboot to recovery
6) Enjoy
ON TERMINAL
If you are on Android (any rom, TWRP, or CTR) (Need Root)
1) Open terminal. If you are on CTR you need Aroma FileManager
2) run:
$ dd if=/path/to/recovery.img of=/dev/block/bootdevice/by-name/recovery
If you are on adb run:
$ adb shell dd=/path/to/recovery.img (inside the phone, not the path of the recovery.img stored in the pc) of=/dev/block/bootdevice/by/name/recovery
3) Enjoy
[NEW] CTR with CWM graphics section
Well, since CWM support ended with cm-11.0, and no one resurrected it, I've decided to give my contributo to the best recovery (in my opinion) which written the begin of android customization, for flashing zip roms, take nandroid backups... So, as I said, since no one resurrected it, I've decided to modify ctr sources, which are based on CWM recovery and which are compilable in cm-12.1 and cm-13.0, for creating a recovery which has, CTR features, but which really like the old CWM.
-So, what does this version offer?
~If you want to know what does it include, please see read this (green highlighted text)
NOTE: If you want to compile with cwm recovery you need my fork which you can find here:
https://github.com/DeadSquirrel01/carliv_touch_recovery_new only cm-12.1 branch for the moment
Then you need to add in BoardConfig.mk (in the device tree) the following flag:
USE_CWM_GRAPHICS := true
otherwise it will compile standard CTR
Flashing instuctions:
Look at "HOW TO FLASH" section
Download Link: Same as CTR recovery link, but you have to download the ones wich have a name which begins with "[CWM]"
OTHER NOTE: Since I've compiled CTR with CWM graphich with an half crapped cm-12.1 source tree, and adb doesn't work (except in sideload), I couldn't take screenshot, so, I've uploaded some photos, instead, which are taken with my ~4 years ago Samsung Galaxy Pocket, so don't flame me for bad quality , and since I tried to upload in attachments, but it doen't show the photo when clicking on the attachment, I've upload a zip with 4 screenshots
HERE (Google Drive Link)
Credits:
@bluefirebird for recovery sources
@TheWhisp for device tree
Me (DeadSquirrel01) for porting the recovery , adding CWM graphics, editing images and adding some cwm features
Sources:
Device Tree: https://github.com/DeadSquirrel01/android_device_samsung_a5-common
CTR: https://github.com/carliv/carliv_touch_recovery_new
CTR with CWM graphics: https://github.com/DeadSquirrel01/carliv_touch_recovery_new branch cm-12.1 only for the moment and you need to add "USE_CWM_GRAPHICS := true" in BoardConfig.mk
Changelog
03/09/2016 (update N2):
_ Add menu color change: you can now change highligh+text color to 3 different colors: blue (default), green or orange.
See my github commit for info, I wrote some awesome comments
06/10/2017 (Update N3):
_Save menu color setting to /sdcard/clockworkmod/cwm_config, so that it's not lost on reboot, resulting a recovery which has always the blue color, even if the user has chosen orange or green.

Thanks for this contribution, try it just have time. For now, I walk with your version of TWRP working well. This CTR Recovery is compatible for install ROMs Marshmallow (Base Stock and CM13 Based)? Cheers.

Thank you DeadSquirrel01 it works perfectly on my A500G running stock marshmallow 6.0.1. Great work

oss_mosis said:
Thanks for this contribution, try it just have time. For now, I walk with your version of TWRP working well. This CTR Recovery is compatible for install ROMs Marshmallow (Base Stock and CM13 Based)? Cheers.
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Yes you can install roms
meemb said:
Thank you DeadSquirrel01 it works perfectly on my A500G running stock marshmallow 6.0.1. Great work
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Thanks for the support

you welcome brother

DeadSquirrel01 said:
Yes you can install roms
Thanks bro, unfortunately I have not been able to prove that the screen of my Galaxy A5 is broken and the phone is unusable for now, but I have already shared this Post on Facebook Group so that other users go testing, any news will be reporting here.
A hug. :good:
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DeadSquirrel01 said:
Yes you can install roms
Thanks bro, unfortunately I have not been able to prove that the screen of my Galaxy A5 is broken and the phone is unusable for now, but I have already shared this Post on Facebook Group so that other users go testing, any news will be reporting here.
A hug. :good:
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Thanks bro

Nice Recovery.. Succesfully rooted my stock 6.0.1 by flashing supersu (you can flash this file to root on any android which have custom recoveries) on this recovery. It is like stock recovery but with a lot of features.

@DeadSquirrel01 works well on A500F (Duos). Also i tried to get stuck in recovery mode with no succes . So i can say it`s better than twrp. I was waiting for this moment since i got the phone . Many many thanks! Cheers!
LE: Wait a second... So how this recovery has almost 3 months and isn`t that known?
LE2: Some feedback - mount usb storage doesn`t do anything (yes i have sdcard). Also no adb support. So is kinda impossible to push files into phone while it`s in recovery...

corsicanu said:
@DeadSquirrel01 works well on A500F (Duos). Also i tried to get stuck in recovery mode with no succes . So i can say it`s better than twrp. I was waiting for this moment since i got the phone . Many many thanks! Cheers!
LE: Wait a second... So how this recovery has almost 3 months and isn`t that known?
LE2: Some feedback - mount usb storage doesn`t do anything (yes i have sdcard). Also no adb support. So is kinda impossible to push files into phone while it`s in recovery...
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You can only use sideload regarding adb and i think it isn't known coz everyone use only twrp now

DeadSquirrel01 said:
You can only use sideload regarding adb and i think it isn't known coz everyone use only twrp now
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Personally i`m more with CWM.. Simple and yet so complex. TWRP is a bit more polished on the UI side, but that bug that keeps me in the recovery drives me crazy [emoji35] . This CTR recovery it`s able to reset the flag and push the device out of recovery... So it`s better IMO.
Anyway i read here and there that Nougat based roms can be flashed in CWM 6.0.5.x so i`ll try to port Philz latest recovery on our device, since i had it for years on my retired devices. Thanks for all your work and for the source!
LE: Sideload doesn`t work since adb isn`t enabled on the recovery..

corsicanu said:
Personally i`m more with CWM.. Simple and yet so complex. TWRP is a bit more polished on the UI side, but that bug that keeps me in the recovery drives me crazy [emoji35] . This CTR recovery it`s able to reset the flag and push the device out of recovery... So it`s better IMO.
Anyway i read here and there that Nougat based roms can be flashed in CWM 6.0.5.x so i`ll try to port Philz latest recovery on our device, since i had it for years on my retired devices. Thanks for all your work and for the source!
LE: Sideload doesn`t work since adb isn`t enabled on the recovery..
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Windows adb? With linux adb works perfectly but with windows adb not ¯\_(ツ)_/¯
And... good luck with your philz port

DeadSquirrel01 said:
Windows adb? With linux adb works perfectly but with windows adb not ¯\_(ツ)_/¯
And... good luck with your philz port
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Thanks... It`s on my todo list but i don`t have enough time to do anything now. About the adb - shouldn`t be same thing? What`s the difference between adb in linux and windows? Wait to switch linux to test. Could also be something specific to my device since you made the recovery for FU and i have F.. Cheers!
So i rebooted in linux and here`s the output:
Code:
[email protected] ~ $ adb devices
List of devices attached
???????????? no permissions
[email protected] ~ $ adb shell
error: insufficient permissions for device
And when tryin` to Mount USB Mass storage this is the output:
Code:
Error mounting /dev/sr1 at /media/hades/671D-12F5: Command-line `mount -t "vfat" -o "uhelper=udisks2,nodev,nosuid,uid=1000,gid=1000,shortname=mixed,utf8=1,showexec,flush" "/dev/sr1" "/media/hades/671D-12F5"' exited with non-zero exit status 32: mount: /dev/sr1 is write-protected, mounting read-only
mount: /dev/sr1: can't read superblock
I have 32gb class 10 sdcard formatted as fat32.. And from what i see it tries to mount as vfat, this for sure is from the fstab..
Any ideas?

corsicanu said:
Thanks... It`s on my todo list but i don`t have enough time to do anything now. About the adb - shouldn`t be same thing? What`s the difference between adb in linux and windows? Wait to switch linux to test. Could also be something specific to my device since you made the recovery for FU and i have F.. Will edit this post in a minute. Cheers!
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Since it's a recovery it works with any a500xx variant (same chipset ) and also it's the same thing with roms for example on my pac-rom rom noone said it doesn't boot on a500xx. Regarding adb, bad drivers i think

I don't know how much i can thank you, when i use TWRP my phone won't boot into the system but it works perfectly with this recovery

Qcraft said:
I don't know how much i can thank you, when i use TWRP my phone won't boot into the system but it works perfectly with this recovery
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So use thiz

What I like in it is while I am in this recovery and my phone is charging, and I select reboot, it boot to the system unlike other recovery.
I had installled custom ROMs, Flashed kernel image, and used ADB sideload so far

akil777 said:
What I like in it is while I am in this recovery and my phone is charging, and I select reboot, it boot to the system unlike other recovery.
I had installled custom ROMs, Flashed kernel image, and used ADB sideload so far
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anyway if in twrp it doesn't reboot you can run $ reboot in advanced->terminal

DeadSquirrel01 said:
anyway if in twrp it doesn't reboot you can run $ reboot in advanced->terminal
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Yep.. this terminal has commands nearly or exactly like linux ubuntu.

akil777 said:
Yep.. this terminal has commands nearly or exactly like linux ubuntu.
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Yes, the commands of any linux distro, but they are less... only indispensable commands

TWRP, ROOT and disable Encryption for Yoga Tab 3 Plus (YT-X703F/L)

TWRP is an open source, community project. TWRP development is done by roughly 4 people at this point. We also have a large support community with many people who are willing to answer questions and help people with their devices either through our IRC channel or on forums like xda-developers.
Team Win was originally formed to work on porting WiMAX to CM7 for the HTC EVO 4G. After our work on the EVO 4G we wanted to work on a project that would work on more devices than just the EVO 4G and we settled on working on a recovery. Today TWRP is the leading custom recovery for Android phones.
A custom recovery is used for installing custom software on your device. This custom software can include smaller modifications like rooting your device or even replacing the firmware of the device with a completely custom "ROM" like OmniROM
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WARNING!!! Be careful what you do here. One mistake and the device is soft-bricked. I take no responsibility for bricked devices, lost warranty or even OTAs not working!! Booting and/or flashing files from this post is on your own risk.
Requirements
Unlocked bootloader
Yoga Tablet 3 Plus with and without LTE (YT-X703L and YT-X703F) are supported
Known Issues
WARNING! Our device uses dm-verity (verified boot). The system partition should remain read-only. Otherwise a bootloop will occur. You can flash my modified kernel or SuperSU to resolve this but OTA's are no longer possible! You have to restore a factory image or clean system backup to receive OTAs
Potentially DRM keys are lost! Pure unlocking and rooting does not cause the issue. However, there have been reports of lost DRM keys by some unknown action. It is advised to act with caution. Losing your DRM keys can lead to issues with some apps which use DRM which could then have limited or no functionality. E.g. Netflix will only stream in SD (480p). You can check with DRM info if you still have L1 security level which means DRM keys are intact.
Download
Official TWRP for YT-X703F (Wifi): twrp.me
Official TWRP for YT-X703L (LTE): twrp.me
Instructions
Install fastboot and adb on your PC, e.g. from here
Enable developer options and in there select to unlock your bootloader by enabling OEM unlock and enable USB debugging
Connect your PC to your tablet and run
Code:
adb reboot bootloader
using adb on command line. The tablet will reboot into bootloader mode where you will only see the Lenovo logo. Now you use
Code:
fastboot oem unlock-go
to unlock. This will factory reset your device
Setup the tablet again and reboot again to the bootloader
Then run
Code:
fastboot boot twrp-3.2.1-0-yt_x703f.img
to temporarily boot into TWRP. You can also flash if you are sure
Select to keep system read only when TWRP starts to avoid modification which will make OTAs impossible
Optionally flash SuperSU or Magisk in TWRP which should install system less. Keep OEM unlock enabled if you flash or modify anything
Additional Downloads
Backup of original boot, recovery and system image for YT-X703F S000936: MEGA
Modified Boot image with forceencrypt disabled and it switches off CABC fully. You need to factory reset after flashing to format data without encryption boot_yt_x703f_s000963_noforceencrypt_cabc.img (YT-X703F S000963) / boot_yt_x703l_s000963_noforceencrypt_cabc.img (YT-X703L S000963) . Use
Code:
fastboot flash boot boot_yt_x703f_s000963_noforceencrypt_cabc.img
to flash the kernel in fastboot. SuperSU or Magisk should be flashed afterwards if root is desired.
Full factory images with flash tool and instructions YT_X703F_S000689, YT_X703L_S000704, YT_X703F_S000725, YT_X703L_S000725, YT_X703F_S000734, YT_X703L_S000734, YT_X703L_S000744, YT-X703F_S000744, YT-X703L_S000963, YT-X703F_S000963 and OTA updates: MEGA (These images contain the individual boot, recovery and system images that you need to restore from any modification mentioned above)
System Updates (OTA)
In order to successfully apply Lenovo system updates after root you have to restore the original boot, recovery (if you flashed TWRP) and system partitions from your current installed version (e.g. S000744) for your variant of the tablet. This will NOT delete your apps and data but will unroot. Note that OTAs are block based and always check the contents of most of the partitions. This means that all of these partitions (except your data) have to be original and have to be on the exact same version (e.g. S000734) for the update to succeed.
See here for instructions how to restore the partitions with fastboot.
Credits
@pogo1975 - for providing the factory images and fixing the AV sync issue
@launcher20 and @deecept - for testing the LTE version
TeamWin
Changelog
v4:
Now official TWRP with version 3.0.3-0
v3:
enable full disk encryption for access to the encrypted data partition
update TWRP kernel to latest S000725 version
v2:
add support for LTE variant (YT-X703L)
add further mount points to be able to backup more data

Thanks buddy! You are an absolute champion! Tell me what you need me to do and I'll do it before rooting and up load what you need.

Doing good work here.
Who wants to bet on a race between matshias and Lenovo support for who can fix the issues with this device first?

That's great and fast, I'm thinking tab 3 plus is getting hot now.

Great to see there is something moving for the yoga now. You think it will support the lte Version anytime? Or maybee even lineageos?

so you know, i've managed to install xposed thanks to this thread https://forum.xda-developers.com/xposed/unofficial-systemless-xposed-t3388268 and is working well.

wayney said:
Thanks buddy! You are an absolute champion! Tell me what you need me to do and I'll do it before rooting and up load what you need.
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Well if you haven't modified anything yet then it'd be great if you can boot into TWRP with system read only and then connect via ADB to the tablet with a big SD card inserted which has enough free space (4 GB).
The run the following command
Code:
dd if=/dev/block/bootdevice/by-name/system of=/sdcard1/system.img
This will take a while. Then copy the file system.img from your SD card to a PC and zip it (or 7z, rar). Then upload it

Gogoho said:
Great to see there is something moving for the yoga now. You think it will support the lte Version anytime? Or maybee even lineageos?
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The LTE variant is probably very similar and it wouldn't be much work. But I don't own the device, so I would need some help. So someone with the LTE variant who is not afraid to experiment with fastboot and adb and who can provide me with the details needed I am happy to compile a TWRP for it.
LineageOS is much much more work than TWRP. For an experienced cyanogenmod/LineageOS dev it is not much of a thing and would take only a few days, especially since it is a Qualcomm device and there are already ports for devices with SD 652. But for me this is new as well so it'll take much longer. As soon as I have time I'll look into it.

matshias said:
Well if you haven't modified anything yet then it'd be great if you can boot into TWRP with system read only and then connect via ADB to the tablet with a big SD card inserted which has enough free space (4 GB).
The run the following command
Code:
dd if=/dev/block/bootdevice/by-name/system of=/sdcard1/system.img
This will take a while. Then copy the file system.img from your SD card to a PC and zip it (or 7z, rar). Then upload it
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You forgot to tell me to go to adb shell :silly:
DD is currently doing a dump, non interactive so I hope it is still alive, it has been close to 1 hour so far. I will upload the clean image once it is done and await further instructions from you. :good:
I'm in Perth, Western Australia (UTC +8:00), so we might be playing timezone tag.

wayney said:
You forgot to tell me to go to adb shell :silly:
DD is currently doing a dump, non interactive so I hope it is still alive, it has been close to 1 hour so far. I will upload the clean image once it is done and await further instructions from you. :good:
I'm in Perth, Western Australia (UTC +8:00), so we might be playing timezone tag.
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I think I forgot one more thing. The external SD card needs to be mounted in the TWRP menu. I believe it's not mounted automatically. So the DD command does nothing. It shouldn't take that long. Sorry about that!
It's UTC +1:00 here in Germany

matshias said:
Well if you haven't modified anything yet then it'd be great if you can boot into TWRP with system read only and then connect via ADB to the tablet with a big SD card inserted which has enough free space (4 GB).
The run the following command
Code:
dd if=/dev/block/bootdevice/by-name/system of=/sdcard1/system.img
This will take a while. Then copy the file system.img from your SD card to a PC and zip it (or 7z, rar). Then upload it
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matshias said:
I think I forgot one more thing. The external SD card needs to be mounted in the TWRP menu. I believe it's not mounted automatically. So the DD command does nothing. It shouldn't take that long. Sorry about that!
It's UTC +1:00 here in Germany
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I was wondering why nothing was happening after 3 hours.
I have rared it and it is uploading at the moment, it is going to take 5 hours.

wayney said:
I was wondering why nothing was happening after 3 hours.
I have rared it and it is uploading at the moment, it is going to take 5 hours.
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Wow ok. Well thanks a lot for your efforts. This will not just help me but anyone with modified system partition to get OTAs.

Unmodified System Image
Here is the vanilla image via DD of the system partition.
Software Version : YT-X703F_160817
Android Version : 6.0.1
Security Patch Level : 1 September 2016
Kernel Version : 3.10.84-perf
Build Number : YT-X703F_S000689_161105_ROW
Tablet purchased retail from Australia.
https://mega.nz/#!bos0GIjI!vcO9dpSJX...Grjb7k3z6mjnqA

wayney said:
Here is the vanilla image via DD of the system partition.
Software Version : YT-X703F_160817
Android Version : 6.0.1
Security Patch Level : 1 September 2016
Kernel Version : 3.10.84-perf
Build Number : YT-X703F_S000689_161105_ROW
Tablet purchased retail from Australia.
https://mega.nz/#!bos0GIjI
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Perfect!!
Can you send me the key for the download via PM or post it?

matshias said:
Perfect!!
Can you send me the key for the download via PM or post it?
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Let's try that again.
https://mega.nz/#!bos0GIjI!vcO9dpSJXp6cKtdH07Kt0RSaqpqQ7Grjb7k3z6mjnqA

matshias said:
Wow ok. Well thanks a lot for your efforts. This will not just help me but anyone with modified system partition to get OTAs.
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Thank you guys for spending times on it, it would be wonderful if Lenovo people do thing like this way, too.

In the depths of the Russian Internet i have found this
YT-X703F_USR_S000689_1611051146_Q00237_ROW.zip
https://drive.google.com/drive/folders/0B_jGuhC9WsNfYUZzZmhRY2NhQlU?usp=sharing
it is supose to be complete image to Wifi-Version.
I HAVE NOT FLASHED THIS YET. Do it on your risk.

pogo1975 said:
In the depths of the Russian Internet i have found this
YT-X703F_USR_S000689_1611051146_Q00237_ROW.zip
https://drive.google.com/drive/folders/0B_jGuhC9WsNfYUZzZmhRY2NhQlU?usp=sharing
it is supose to be complete image to Wifi-Version.
I HAVE NOT FLASHED THIS YET. Do it on your risk.
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Hahaha got to love the dark corner of the Russian internets :laugh:

pogo1975 said:
In the depths of the Russian Internet i have found this
YT-X703F_USR_S000689_1611051146_Q00237_ROW.zip
https://drive.google.com/drive/folders/0B_jGuhC9WsNfYUZzZmhRY2NhQlU?usp=sharing
it is supose to be complete image to Wifi-Version.
I HAVE NOT FLASHED THIS YET. Do it on your risk.
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If that's real it would have saved me a lot of time finding the loophole in the system to extract the boot and recovery image. But still a great find which will rescue some soft-bricked devices.

matshias said:
If that's real it would have saved me a lot of time finding the loophole in the system to extract the boot and recovery image. But still a great find which will rescue some soft-bricked devices.
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so long as it's safe and not loaded with malware...

[UNOFFICIAL][Recovery][Stock][tissot] TWRP 3.2.1-0 for Mi A1 (New installer)

What?
A TWRP bootable-image and installer ZIP for stock-based ROM's (i.e. not LOS 15.1) and maybe others (untested).
Based on:
Latest TWRP build provided by @pl_blaze
The official TWRP installation script for Pixel 2 by Dees_Troy (will install to both slots automatically - more resilient than the other TWRP script)
The IMG uses official kernel 8.1.10 so might be flashable (not tested!)
Not compatible with LineageOS 15.1 because it uses some custom update API that isn't in this TWRP. I considered using the LOS 15.1 TWRP build in this, but it's not compatible with stock encryption (it always thinks the passcode is wrong).
Full credits to @pl_blaze and Dees_Troy for this. I just packaged up something new and wrote clear instructions.
Why?
The old TWRP thread is not maintained and people keep asking/reporting the same questions/problems. I will try to keep this up to date as long as necessary. This is also a more robust installation script, using magiskboot binary to unpack/repack the boot image.
How?
Uninstall Magisk first if you have it installed, just to be safe. Or reflash stock boot.img. (Might not be necessary - a dirty flash worked OK for me but YMMV).
Fastboot boot (hotboot) any existing working TWRP image. Don't worry about working encryption/data, we only need kernel access. For example...
Code:
fastboot boot oreo_3.2.2_recovery.img
... which can be downloaded from Google Drive here (thanks to whoever shared this, I think it's a pl_blaze reshare).
Download attachment ZIP installer and flash in hot-booted TWRP (it will flash to both slots)
Reboot to Recovery and (re-)flash Magisk, if you use it.
Profit

@pl_blaze brother always thank you for the contributions that you do without coming to the light .and thanks for you @op to post working twrp for stock

this twrp will work on 7.1.2 ? i'm now on aex rom

Thanks @CosmicDan for starting this thread. I started to implement @pl_blaze changes into the official TWRP but I've been failing miserably (I'm a noob). Can you provide sources for the images?
I can't trust binaries floating all over the internet if it's not from a reliable dev. If you've compiled it yourself I'll give a try.

I reshare this twrp img on Telegram group,I tested it, works without problem
Flash of permaent twrp not tested by me
It's a good twrp!

CosmicDan said:
What?
A TWRP bootable-image and installer ZIP for stock-based ROM's (i.e. not LOS 15.1) and maybe others (untested).
Based on:
Latest TWRP build provided by @pl_blaze
The official TWRP installation script for Pixel 2 by Dees_Troy (will install to both slots automatically - more resilient than the other TWRP script)
The IMG uses official kernel 8.1.10 so might be flashable (not tested!)
Not compatible with LineageOS 15.1 because it uses some custom update API that isn't in this TWRP. I considered using the LOS 15.1 TWRP build in this, but it's not compatible with stock encryption (it always thinks the passcode is wrong).
Full credits to @pl_blaze and Dees_Troy for this. I just packaged up something new and wrote clear instructions.
Why?
The old TWRP thread is not maintained and people keep asking/reporting the same questions/problems. I will try to keep this up to date as long as necessary. This is also a more robust installation script, using magiskboot binary to unpack/repack the boot image.
How?
Uninstall Magisk first if you have it installed, just to be safe. Or reflash stock boot.img. (Might not be necessary - a dirty flash worked OK for me but YMMV).
Fastboot boot (hotboot) any existing working TWRP image. Don't worry about working encryption/data, we only need kernel access. For example...
Code:
fastboot boot oreo_3.2.2_recovery.img
... which can be downloaded from Google Drive here (thanks to whoever shared this, I think it's a pl_blaze reshare).
Download attachment ZIP installer and flash in hot-booted TWRP (it will flash to both slots)
Reboot to Recovery and (re-)flash Magisk, if you use it.
Profit
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what does mean "hot boot", sorry am novice, Not even he could boot boot recovery from Minimal ADB and fastboot ,,, What am I doing wrong?
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teacapan said:
Fastboot boot (hotboot) anwhat does mean "hot boot", sorry am novice, Not even he could boot boot recovery from Minimal ADB and fastboot ,,, What am I doing wrong?
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Hot boot means you are not flashing the recovery image just running it temporarily. Stock boot image is untouched in this process.
Run
fastboot devices
To check whether your device is connected.

alkesh95 said:
Hot boot means you are not flashing the recovery image just running it temporarily. Stock boot image is untouched in this process.
Run
fastboot devices
To check whether your device is connected.
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thanks for reply, if you look at the screenshot it looks I am connected, the point is that it does not load the file, it does not find it, so if it does not start in recovery I can not do anything I'm stuck.

teacapan said:
thanks for reply, if you look at the screenshot it looks I am connected, the point is that it does not load the file, it does not find it, so if it does not start in recovery I can not do anything I'm stuck.
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Did you put your recovery into the fastboot forder?
Did you unpack the zip ?
Also check if the name of recovery image is the same

It's possible to make password for twrp

DELETED.

lef7er1s said:
Did you put your recovery into the fastboot forder?
Did you unpack the zip ?
Also check if the name of recovery image is the same
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1-yes
2-yes
3-yes
Anyway thanks for try help me.

Yeah well, I'm still stuck where, some help would be very appreciated.
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Polluktus said:
this twrp will work on 7.1.2 ? i'm now on aex rom
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Not sure, I've only tested on stock Oreo. Try and and let us know!
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Thanks @CosmicDan for starting this thread. I started to implement @pl_blaze changes into the official TWRP but I've been failing miserably (I'm a noob). Can you provide sources for the images?
I can't trust binaries floating all over the internet if it's not from a reliable dev. If you've compiled it yourself I'll give a try.
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Indeed, no I have not compiled it myself - just ripped from pl_blaze.
I have a Oreo source repo cloned now for other reasons, but I might try and compile TWRP myself. Although it's been a couple years since I've tried to compile device-specific stuff from an AOSP tree so I don't know how long that will take.
teacapan said:
thanks for reply, if you look at the screenshot it looks I am connected, the point is that it does not load the file, it does not find it, so if it does not start in recovery I can not do anything I'm stuck.
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Sounds like you just need to learn more about how to use console tools. You need to make sure the "fastboot boot filename.img" command will have a "filename.img" that matches the img filename in the current directory. This is just an example - substitute "filename.img" for the real filename. Use the CD command to change directory to where the img is.

teacapan said:
Yeah well, I'm still stuck where, some help would be very appreciated.
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Try renaming the img file to something simpler like oreo_twrp.img
Edit: ah yes, the file you are pointing to has to be in the same directory where you opened cmd window, as cosmicdan stated above

CosmicDan said:
Indeed, no I have not compiled it myself - just ripped from pl_blaze.
I have a Oreo source repo cloned now for other reasons, but I might try and compile TWRP myself. Although it's been a couple years since I've tried to compile device-specific stuff from an AOSP tree so I don't know how long that will take.
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Glad you open this thread. I'll wait for your compiled version to give it a try
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Yeah well, I'm still stuck where, some help would be very appreciated.
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I don't know man, these adb and fastboot binaries look old (2014?). Try to get recent ones. And repeat the process.

silv3rfox said:
Glad you open this thread. I'll wait for your compiled version to give it a try
I don't know man, these adb and fastboot binaries look old (2014?). Try to get recent ones. And repeat the process.
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Thanks, i will.

teacapan said:
Yeah well, I'm still stuck where, some help would be very appreciated.
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Before flashing recovery
CD C:\Users\YOUR_USERNAME\Desktop\Adb

teacapan said:
Yeah well, I'm still stuck where, some help would be very appreciated.
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The name of the file is ending with .img, delete ending " .img ", see below that patched_boot without .img in the end

Thanks for this. I checked out the differences between this and the flashable zip I was using (twrp-3.2.1-1-installer-tissot-FIXED_By_DroiDMester) and found this:
Code:
# write the new boot image to boot block
write_boot() {
print "Writing new boot image to memory..."
cd "$tmp"
if $use_dd; then
dd if=boot-new-a.img of="$boot_block"_a
[ $? = 0 ] || abort "Failed to write boot image A! You may need to restore your boot partition"
dd if=boot-new-b.img of="$boot_block"_b
[ $? = 0 ] || abort "Failed to write boot image B! You may need to restore your boot partition"
else
flash_image "$boot_block" boot-new.img
fi
[ $? = 0 ] || abort "Failed to write boot image! You may need to restore your boot partition"
}
This also flashes it into boot_a and boot_b correct?
What other differences does this have over that?

[Recovery][P20/Pro][Unofficial]TWRP 3.2.1-0 [18/04/2018]

Disclaimer​This software comes with no warranty,XDA staff ,myself or TeamWin stuff can't be hold responsible for any damage it may cause to your device.
Note: Currently Oreo 8.1 custom roms are not supported,only stock EMUI 8.x .
Download and Installation​
* Download twrp recovery
* Start your device in fastboot mode
* Install the recovery using the following command:
Code:
fastboot flash recovery_ramdisk [name of the file].img --> ex: fastboot flash recovery_ramdisk twrp_clt_0.1.img
* Restart with this command:
Code:
fastboot reboot
* As soon as you execute the restart command,remove the USB cable and keep pressing Volume UP,so the device will boot to TWRP.This is to avoid that the device boot to OS,overwritting TWRP recovery.
Features​
Internal storage decryption = working (if it pin/password, pattern fails then try by removing them (password, pin, pattern, fingerprint) from Android before booting to TWRP.
MTP and OTG connection = working
Backup&Restore = working
Note: This was tested only by few P20 Pro owners,so if you test it,please report back!There are no sources for this yet,because is based on the work of @zxz0O0 ,from Honor 9 forum.
Credits
**** @zxz0O0 - This wouldn't be possible without this guy,so big big thank to him.I used his base to make this recovery work ,so in sign of respect his nick will also be on the TWRP boot screen.Thank again buddy!
**** TeamWin project ,obviously.
Download links
twrp_clt_0.1.img - Decryption support (you can use the same password/pin/pattern to decrypt in TWRP), /recovery_ramdisk not available for backup./vendor not available for backup (use /vendor_image instead)

Glad to see this. Any chance of sources or a pull request on my device tree to get decryption working?

hum.. it seem that decryption working great.
See :
Internal storage decryption = working
MTP and OTG connection = working
Backup&Restore = working

Yes. I was just asking for sources or a pull request on my Github repository. IMHO the decryption method used would be useful for anybody interested in ROM/Recovery development - and also required to comply with XDA licensing / GPL requirements.

a1Pha said:
Yes. I was just asking for sources or a pull request on my Github repository. IMHO the decryption method used would be useful for anybody interested in ROM/Recovery development - and also required to comply with XDA licensing / GPL requirements.
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This is not based 100% from sources, i have another version with working decryption, which is based on open source tree, bur it's not ready yet, just private testing.
This is not breaking any GPL/XDA rule, because it's using just a dummy kernel, not compiled or modified by me! ?

Pretoriano80 said:
This is not based 100% from sources, i have another version with working decryption, which is based on open source tree, bur it's not ready yet, just private testing.
This is not breaking any GPL/XDA rule, because it's using just a dummy kernel, not compiled or modified by me! ?
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Thanks for clarification. Would you mind sharing some details via PM with me? I'd be glad to improve my repo

a1Pha said:
Thanks for clarification. Would you mind sharing some details via PM with me? I'd be glad to improve my repo
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Yes, no problem! Also have a look at my Github (pretoriano80). My goal is also to make a fully open source version. ?

Quote: Note: This was tested only by few P20 Pro owners,so if you test it,please report back!
Hi Pretoriano80, Hi All,
Great job ! Just installed... I confirm that it works on my CLT-L29 8.1.0.106(C432)
Internal storage decryption, MTP and usb OTG connection, Backup& Restore (incl /vendor_image) : All working !
Many thanks & Cheers

CLT-L09 (C782) all is working as it should, successful backup and mount of my 1tb hard drive.
Absolutely fantastic work
Thanks :good:

Well this is very positive.
Less than 2 calendar weeks from release to TWRP release.
I think we can possibly have pretty high expectations for development on the P20 Pro.

Hey im getting this when I attempt to run the fastboot flash recovery command:
C:\Users\andre\Desktop\twrp>fastboot flash recovery_ramdisk twrp_clt_0.1.img
target reported max download size of 471859200 bytes
sending 'recovery_ramdisk' (23542 KB)...
OKAY [ 0.151s]
writing 'recovery_ramdisk'...
FAILED (remote: Command not allowed)
finished. total time: 0.171s
Can anyone advise please?

andrewglass3 said:
Hey im getting this when I attempt to run the fastboot flash recovery command:
C:\Users\andre\Desktop\twrp>fastboot flash recovery_ramdisk twrp_clt_0.1.img
target reported max download size of 471859200 bytes
sending 'recovery_ramdisk' (23542 KB)...
OKAY [ 0.151s]
writing 'recovery_ramdisk'...
FAILED (remote: Command not allowed)
finished. total time: 0.171s
Can anyone advise please?
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You have to unlock bootloader first!

Pretoriano80 said:
You have to unlock bootloader first!
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Yep - I forgot that step - had the code but missed it out lol - Im an idiot lol

whats difference between your version and a1pha?
also does this trigger safety net? (i installed magisk via patched ramdisk.img and google pay wont work) will it work with TWRP (no root)

virtyx said:
whats difference between your version and a1pha?
also does this trigger safety net? (i installed magisk via patched ramdisk.img and google pay wont work) will it work with TWRP (no root)
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Have you made sure that the Google Pay app is selected in the Magisk Hide list in the app? It doesn't tick automatically like it used to with Android Pay. You should pass safetynet with Magisk installed. Also, after flashing TWRP still passes safetynet too.

virtyx said:
whats difference between your version and a1pha?
also does this trigger safety net? (i installed magisk via patched ramdisk.img and google pay wont work) will it work with TWRP (no root)
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TWRP has nothing to do with SafetyNet! Maybe you installed a firmware which didn't passed Google check yet.

Is this what I actually need to do to root my P20 Pro?
I unlock the bootloader, flash the twrp recovery, then install supersu.zip via twrp recovery and I'm done, right?
Or is there something else I left out?
Thank you very much so far!

m00h said:
Is this what I actually need to do to root my P20 Pro?
I unlock the bootloader, flash the twrp recovery, then install supersu.zip via twrp recovery and I'm done, right?
Or is there something else I left out?
Thank you very much so far!
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Try Magisk instead of SuperSU. It has better support for Oreo than the latter.
BTW anyone here tried flashing Magisk to root the device?

DJBhardwaj said:
Try Magisk instead of SuperSU. It has better support for Oreo than the latter.
BTW anyone here tried flashing Magisk to root the device?
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I did on the other TWRP thread, worked fine.

The page for getting an unlock code seems to 404 for me. Is this happening for anyone else too?

Magisk on XDA Pro 5g RMX2075

Is there a version of Magisk that works on the realme Pro 5g RMX2075?
I tried the version 20.4 after unlocking the bootloader and installing recovery-TWRP-3.4.1B-04-17-realme-x50-pro-wzsx150, but it fails the signature. If I disable checking the signature on TWRP, it loads but bricks the phone until I re-install the stock boot.img, and then Magisk is not installed.

Providing the install log is usually a good first step when troubleshooting.
And, if you can't get the stable release installed it's usually a good idea to try the Canary release since it might have been updated with more compatibility.

Didgeridoohan said:
Providing the install log is usually a good first step when troubleshooting.
And, if you can't get the stable release installed it's usually a good idea to try the Canary release since it might have been updated with more compatibility.
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I'm not sure how to find the log, but I'll try the Canary release first, thank you very much for the quick answer.
Being a bit paranoiac (a LOT in fact), I have 2 RMX2075, so bricking is not catastrophic. I can take my time to find how to unbrick it.
Since some manips like unlocking the bootloader wipes everything, it make easier to restore using the clone phone app.
I know, I know, I should get a life...
Edit: just saw the log was a link, I will provide with the canary if it fails too.

Ok, some info I failed to provide:
realme X50 Pro 5G RMX2075
Android 10
realme UI version 1.0
TRWP installed with recovery-TWRP-3.4.1B-04-17-realme-x50-pro-wzsx150, and with the file EN_Recovery-twrp-oneclick-EN.bat.
I need to run this .bat file every time I want to use TRWP, Up (or Down) + Power does not work and gives me the standard bootloader, which I unlocked with the deep testing app.
With Magisk-v20.4.zip the signature test failed. I had the brilliant idea to disable checking it, and it installed and bricked my phone until I used again EN_Recovery-twrp-oneclick-EN.bat to re-install boot.img in the bot partition.
The signature failed also with magisk-debug.zip. I did not try to install without checking it first, once bitten...
The oppo_log directory is empty. Please let me know if there is another place to look. I don't have an ADVANCED directory in TRWP. I checked before rebooting, so instead, I send a screen cap.
I don't see how to attach a file, so here is a link:
https://postimg.cc/py17ct1q

You have to disable zip signature validation in TWRP or you won't be able to flash a Magisk zip at all.
The actually recovery log is completely necessary to be able to troubleshoot. The ADVANCED part in TWRP isn't a directory, but one of the buttons on the main page. You'll then be able to save a log and you'll find it in /sdcard. The log has to be saved directly after flashing the zip, or it won't show the info we need.

Didgeridoohan said:
You have to disable zip signature validation in TWRP or you won't be able to flash a Magisk zip at all.
The actually recovery log is completely necessary to be able to troubleshoot. The ADVANCED part in TWRP isn't a directory, but one of the buttons on the main page. You'll then be able to save a log and you'll find it in /sdcard. The log has to be saved directly after flashing the zip, or it won't show the info we need.
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OK, I'll try later. Thanks for the info.

Didgeridoohan said:
You have to disable zip signature validation in TWRP or you won't be able to flash a Magisk zip at all.
The actually recovery log is completely necessary to be able to troubleshoot. The ADVANCED part in TWRP isn't a directory, but one of the buttons on the main page. You'll then be able to save a log and you'll find it in /sdcard. The log has to be saved directly after flashing the zip, or it won't show the info we need.
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Same problem with the debug version, unable to reboot.
I used TWRP to create a log.
I'm not sure where it went exactly, here are all the logs I could find in various places, I don't have a /sdcard directory:
https://wetransfer.com/downloads/3f...4d3d4ca52a615682f34f182520200725060951/875fb2
If I missed the correct log, please let me have some info where to find it exactly and I'll try again. Now that I could unbrick twice my phone, I feel safer!
Thanks.