Solution: Not sure why or how, but I got it to actually boot into the new system that I flashed. Now all is good and working as it should
So rooted stock ROM, but with TWRP, unlocked boot loader and USB debugging enabled... I'm No stranger to flashing custom ROMs in TWRP and flashing stock ROMS longhand by fastboot commands.
Using MacOS with latest platform-tools...
So today I decided to flash resurrection remix. Downloaded it to storage as usual for flashing via TWRP, flashed it successfully. Only it would not boot. It started going to the stock boot screens and said it could not decrypt... or something.
Anyway where I am right now is that I can boot into TWRP or boot loader just fine. But in boot loader I can't get get it to see my phone using
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./adb devices
Only... for some reason in TWRP if I do ./adb devices, it sees my phone and reports back the correct device ID.
What now? I want to flash back to stock again, but I don't know how to flash line by line without being in boot loader. But in boot loader I can't see the phone?
I know there has to be hope if I can see it in TWRP. But I have no system I can boot to.
-Peter
Great that it works for you now.
For what it's worth, I think that the reason it didn't boot was that the stock rom had encrypted your phone. Current custom roms unfortunately use a different encryption, so that the whole data partition needs to be formatted. I assume that's what you ended up doing.
As to the bootloader, it was never intended to work with adb, only with fastboot.
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I had a mostly-stock Nexus 7 running 4.1.1 - unlocked, rooted, TWRP installed, but no major /system changes. When the update came in, I figured "what the heck, I'll just see if it applies - worst case I lose root and my recovery console, but it's a nexus, it's easy to get those back". I applied the update, and it worked! It applied and rebooted, worked fine - but it did lose root and recovery as I expected.
So I tried to get recovery back. It won't come back. Here are the ways I tried:
Hold down VolUp+VolDown+Power to get to fastboot mode. Ran
Code:
fastboot boot recovery.img
(using a number of different copies of both clockwork and TWRP recovery). Each time, the screen went black, google logo came up, but then it booted to AndroidOS
Tried to do
Code:
fastboot flash recovery recovery.img
The flash seemed to look like it did fine, but when I selected "Boot Recovery", it didn't. It booted Android OS
I can get into STOCK recovery using the normal method of selecting it from the menu just fine.
Stock recovery doesn't have ADB running. Fastboot mode doesn't have adb running. Fastboot doesn't have any command for rebooting into recovery apart from the method I mentioned (fastboot boot recovery.img). Booting into AndroidOS reflashes the recovery console with the stock console (I tried to race it running adb reboot recovery, but lost).
I tore my hair out for hours. Nothing I tried would let me boot into a custom recovery. I eventually backed everything up as best as I could using adb (Since luckily Android OS still worked), and reflashed to stock everything. PROBLEM IS STILL HERE! Then I decide to revert the bootloader from 3.41 to 3.34. SUCCESS. 3.34 booted to recovery without any problems at all.
Any idea what the heck is going on here? Anybody else seen this? All the threads I've seen with people having problems booting into recovery end with somebody suggesting "Just get app xyz that will reboot into recovery" - but that is NOT an option if A). you cannot get it to boot or B). you are not rooted/are running stock, because you can't be in AndroidOS and still have the custom recovery flashed UNTIL you are able to get into recovery to actually fix it.
Here's a video of me trying to flash recovery, since nobody will believe me that it doesn't work. Turn off the audio, the bell noise is obnoxious, sorry.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zhHWiu7pO34
I brought up the same concerns when I did a manual flash to 4.1.2 and went through a mess eventually reverting to 4.1.1, using OTA rootkeeper than updating again because on bootloader 3.41 *NO* custom recoveries successfully boot.
how do you flash the old bootloader? if you don't mind me asking.
I have been on boot loader 3.41 for a few days and no issues with twrp. I have flashed a few things since and all is good? Sorry not sure why its not working for some.
ls3c6 said:
I brought up the same concerns when I did a manual flash to 4.1.2 and went through a mess eventually reverting to 4.1.1, using OTA rootkeeper than updating again because on bootloader 3.41 *NO* custom recoveries successfully boot.
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Huh? I have 3.41 and can go from bootloader to recovery with no problems. Even got a video of it if you don't believe me
Sent from my Galaxy Nexus
You are not alone in this issue, me too, and others more, http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1932063
I update to 4.1.2 using CWM, didn't lose root. Then changed back to TWRP 2.2.2.0 with bootloader 3.41, now I just updated to TWRP 2.2.3. Everything went smooth even though I'm android noobie.
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how do you flash the old bootloader? if you don't mind me asking.
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Code:
fastboot flash bootloader bootloader-3.34-grouper.img
(or whatever the actual filename is). Then you do:
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fastboot reboot-bootloader
You should at that point see the correct version listed in fastboot
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Huh? I have 3.41 and can go from bootloader to recovery with no problems. Even got a video of it if you don't believe me
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I think the issue comes from going back to stock recovery without a rooted AndroidOS. Either one by itself seems to be fine. If you still have the CWR or TWRP recovery already flashed, 3.41 can boot to that. If you have root in AndroidOS, you can always re-flash recovery from ROM Manager or something, and that will work fine. And you can boot to recovery from Android OS (so long as you have root).
If you have stock recovery and no root, your only option is fastboot. And that fastboot flash and boot commands do not work. They look like they work - but they don't. So if you already HAVE a custom recovery, it probably won't even break it.
If you really want to do a proper test / prove this, go back to stock recovery with 3.41. Turn the tablet off completely. Boot up holding the three buttons and go into recovery to see that it can go into the stock recovery console. Then reboot with the three buttons again (don't boot AndroidOS), and run the fastboot boot command to run a custom recovery. If that works, I'll eat my hat.
(well, really all that means is that the problem isn't occurring on all systems. Doesn't mean it's not happening to me and many others)
The problem might not be that 3.41 can't boot to recovery -it might just be that 3.41 can't FLASH or BOOT a recovery console through fastboot. Many people will never notice that because:
A). They already have a recovery console flashed, so it still works
B). They flash their recovery from ROM Manager, GooManager, or whatever
If you lose root, you no longer have B as an option. If you also lose your recovery console, you can't get root access back without fastboot, so you have to use fastboot.
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I think the issue comes from going back to stock recovery without a rooted AndroidOS. Either one by itself seems to be fine. If you still have the CWR or TWRP recovery already flashed, 3.41 can boot to that. If you have root in AndroidOS, you can always re-flash recovery from ROM Manager or something, and that will work fine. And you can boot to recovery from Android OS (so long as you have root)[...]
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Not sure you've got it right. At least on my N7. My first try was flashing the update.zip in another thread without updating my ROM at all. Running Paranoid Android (2.1799 then) and TWRP. Not sure when in the mix I updated TWRP though.
Thought it might have been a problem with the update.zip, so downloaded the full update.zip from google and tried installing bootloader*.img from that via fastboot.
No change. Reverted to 3.34 without any playing around with deleting files and all is good.
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I had a mostly-stock Nexus 7 running 4.1.1 - unlocked, rooted, TWRP installed, but no major /system changes. When the update came in, I figured "what the heck, I'll just see if it applies - worst case I lose root and my recovery console, but it's a nexus, it's easy to get those back". I applied the update, and it worked! It applied and rebooted, worked fine - but it did lose root and recovery as I expected.
So I tried to get recovery back. It won't come back. Here are the ways I tried:
Hold down VolUp+VolDown+Power to get to fastboot mode. Ran
Code:
fastboot boot recovery.img
(using a number of different copies of both clockwork and TWRP recovery). Each time, the screen went black, google logo came up, but then it booted to AndroidOS
Tried to do
Code:
fastboot flash recovery recovery.img
The flash seemed to look like it did fine, but when I selected "Boot Recovery", it didn't. It booted Android OS
I can get into STOCK recovery using the normal method of selecting it from the menu just fine.
Stock recovery doesn't have ADB running. Fastboot mode doesn't have adb running. Fastboot doesn't have any command for rebooting into recovery apart from the method I mentioned (fastboot boot recovery.img). Booting into AndroidOS reflashes the recovery console with the stock console (I tried to race it running adb reboot recovery, but lost).
I tore my hair out for hours. Nothing I tried would let me boot into a custom recovery. I eventually backed everything up as best as I could using adb (Since luckily Android OS still worked), and reflashed to stock everything. PROBLEM IS STILL HERE! Then I decide to revert the bootloader from 3.41 to 3.34. SUCCESS. 3.34 booted to recovery without any problems at all.
Any idea what the heck is going on here? Anybody else seen this? All the threads I've seen with people having problems booting into recovery end with somebody suggesting "Just get app xyz that will reboot into recovery" - but that is NOT an option if A). you cannot get it to boot or B). you are not rooted/are running stock, because you can't be in AndroidOS and still have the custom recovery flashed UNTIL you are able to get into recovery to actually fix it.
Here's a video of me trying to flash recovery, since nobody will believe me that it doesn't work. Turn off the audio, the bell noise is obnoxious, sorry.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zhHWiu7pO34
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Found the solution to the the issue (sorta), I too went through all this trouble as you did in your OP.
I did not have to do anything other then straight up flash this version "recovery-clockwork-touch-6.0.1.5.b8147-grouper.img" via fastboot and bam! recovery works. Link - http://forum.xda-developers.com/showpost.php?p=32810167&postcount=228
Problem is with previous versions of 6.0.1.0 (Official) and TWRP 2.3.1
I still prefer TWRP, but hey This is better then the alternative (No recovery at all)
Now we need to figure out what changed between CWM 6.0.1.0 and 6.0.1.5 and get the other guys (TWRP) to fix their **** for us poor saps that seem to be a minority in the Nexus 7 world having this issue.
I would love to know what actually the fix is and why only some have these issues with older versions of CWM and TWRP.
Hello I am working with an XT1060 Developer edition, it is verified to be the xt1060 vie barcodes in The bootloader menu. It has twrp installed and has bootloader unlocked. After trying to flash CM12.1 it is stuck in bootloop. Oddly it appears that my system backup has been deleted. I have tried to flash a firmware zip that is allegedly the vzwxt1060dev edition 4.4.2 and boot animation is different indicating that the OEM ROM did load however the boot loop remains. I did erroneously flash a recovery.IMG onto the boot partition using twrp, however I was under the impression that flashing a new ROM would overwrite this. What is it that I am missing here?
I bootloop mine on a regular basis not having a SD card sucks adb sideload gets me up and going u lose everything
It all started when I tried to temporarily boot into the TWRP img file. It didn't work so I tried flashing the file to boot_a. Then I installed TWRP through the installer (stupidly didn't wipe the caches) and... Well. When I try to boot into System through TWRP, it gets COMPLETELY stuck at the powered by Android logo screen. No amount or combination of button holding will shut it off and I actually had to let the battery (thank you SO MUCH for non-removable batteries by the way, smartphone manufacturers >_>) drain before it would actually boot again. Rebooting it into Download mode will get it stuck in there too where every time I hold the power button and shut it off, it will just reboot right back into Download mode again. And now, here's probably the worst part. I CAN'T UNLOCK the critical partition to flash when in Download mode, so I can't use the OST tool! When I try to unlock it, it just complains that flashing unlock is not allowed even though the rest of the bootloader is completely unlocked.
TL;DR - When I power the phone up it goes straight into TWRP. Booting to System totally freezes it and the Bootloader puts it in a loop when I try to power it off. Critical partition is locked for some reason. I CAN get around the bootloader loop though and get back to TWRP by switching active slots and rebooting.
Did you flash the TWRP installer to your active boot partition or your inactive one? If you flashed it to the active one, you can't get into system anymore because TWRP is your boot partition.
If you are on Oreo, and you flashed to the inactive slot, and then patched the active slot, you have to reboot into the active slot recovery and flash the Magisk installer to disable verification of the partitions.
If you can get into the bootloader, and you still have the unlock key from nokia, do fastboot flash unlock <unlock.key>, and then fastboot oem unlock_critical. Then you should be able to flash using OST.
THMSP said:
do fastboot flash unlock <unlock.key>, and then fastboot oem unlock_critical. Then you should be able to flash using OST.
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This unlocked it! Thank you! <3
I also did have an issue with the OST tool complaining that the updater was out of date, but changing the .mlf file and leaving it unpacked when I opened it in OST seemed to make it work perfectly. My phone is now booting just fine and back to stock!
Now I just need to solve the original problem I had. How can I install TWRP to recovery since the img file wouldn't temporarily boot last time?
EDIT: Apparently unlocking the critical partition seemed to solve the problem of the TWRP image file not temporarily booting as well!
S5Guy said:
EDIT: Apparently unlocking the critical partition seemed to solve the problem of the TWRP image file not temporarily booting as well!
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No, thats because you flashed back the May firmware, where fastboot boot was still working properly. It only broke after the august update. If you want TWRP on newer security patch versions, you can get it here: https://bit.ly/nokia-nb1 in the folder "Boot Images". Those images are prepatched, you can safely flash them to your active boot partition. It also contains stock images for restoring before updating.
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No, thats because you flashed back the May firmware, where fastboot boot was still working properly. It only broke after the august update. If you want TWRP on newer security patch versions, you can get it here: https://bit.ly/nokia-nb1 in the folder "Boot Images". Those images are prepatched, you can safely flash them to your active boot partition. It also contains stock images for restoring before updating.
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Yeah looks like you're right. Letting it update back to Android 9 deleted TWRP and made fastboot boot for TWRP nonfunctional again.
Wait, so can I use that TWRP boot image you specified to boot temporarily to TWRP and then run the installer zip? Or will that not work and I'll have to flash the img directly from the bootloader?
S5Guy said:
Wait, so can I use that TWRP boot image you specified to boot temporarily to TWRP and then run the installer zip? Or will that not work and I'll have to flash the img directly from the bootloader?
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You have to flash it directly to your boot partition. fastboot boot will work for nothing (and even if it worked those images would just send you directly into the system)
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No, thats because you flashed back the May firmware, where fastboot boot was still working properly. It only broke after the august update. If you want TWRP on newer security patch versions, you can get it here: https://bit.ly/nokia-nb1 in the folder "Boot Images". Those images are prepatched, you can safely flash them to your active boot partition. It also contains stock images for restoring before updating.
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Alright! fastboot flash boot_a (TWRP image) worked! Thank you so much for all the help. <333
I can only seem to get into fastboot mode with a Menu saying:
Restart Bootloader
Unlock Bootloader (Unlocked)
Wipe Userdata
Exit
I haven't been able to get to any download mode at all, just this menu and stock recovery, can someone please give me instructions on this? I've gotten different files and ways to root this from many different threads and I'm confused as hell.
Never rooted this RP2 before, it's on latest OTA MR2-RC001-RZR-190914.3123. Got it unlocked before and it's been unlocked for a while but didn't go further with rooting because I got confused and didn't want to brick my expensive phone. Last phone I rooted was back on kitkat or lollipop before I switched to iPhone, so I'm not a total noob just rusty. But Razer got me back to Android and it''s changed alot. I need detailed advice please. :good: And if my instinct is telling me correctly I'd assume something is changed about the bootloader in MR2 thats affecting me right now?
That menu is the bootloader/download mode.
DarkestSpawn said:
That menu is the bootloader/download mode.
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My issue was not having Bootloader interface installed. Fixed
MarkusGingles said:
My issue was not having Bootloader interface installed. Fixed
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Have you unlocked critical partition?
https://developer.razer.com/razer-p...6.1692205032.1582602359-1206928491.1581902985
Razer recommends you use a USB 3 Type-A to Type-C spec-compliant cable for any device flashing.
THE CABLE THAT CAME WITH THE PHONE WILL NOT WORK.
If you have everything unlocked then make sure you do this
https://s3.amazonaws.com/cheryl-fac...stall_Android_Fastboot_Drivers_on_Windows.pdf
Or install using this tool
https://forum.xda-developers.com/android/general/tool-adb-fastboot-installer-tool-windows-t3999445
If you make it this far then it's a matter of typing in the correct path in fastboot.
fastboot flash boot "arter97 name here".img
Then from the fastboot menu scroll down to boot to recovery or type fastboot reboot recovery
TWRP should boot if you installed the correct kernel.
In TWRP hit cancel then swipe to make modifications and install magisk 20.3
Profit
JDBarlow said:
Have you unlocked critical partition?
https://developer.razer.com/razer-p...6.1692205032.1582602359-1206928491.1581902985
Razer recommends you use a USB 3 Type-A to Type-C spec-compliant cable for any device flashing.
THE CABLE THAT CAME WITH THE PHONE WILL NOT WORK.
If you have everything unlocked then make sure you do this
https://s3.amazonaws.com/cheryl-fac...stall_Android_Fastboot_Drivers_on_Windows.pdf
Or install using this tool
https://forum.xda-developers.com/android/general/tool-adb-fastboot-installer-tool-windows-t3999445
If you make it this far then it's a matter of typing in the correct path in fastboot.
fastboot flash boot "arter97 name here".img
Then from the fastboot menu scroll down to boot to recovery or type fastboot reboot recovery
TWRP should boot if you installed the correct kernel.
In TWRP hit cancel then swipe to make modifications and install magisk 20.3
Profit
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Okay so I couldn't flash anything originally simply because i didn't have Bootloader Interface installed. Figured that out and had everything working, unlocked, Arter Kernel 12, Magisk 20.3, EdXposed, and now after I edited build.prop to enable my regular hotspot without carrier permission and reboot. Well now I really can't flash sh?t. Even though I can get into bootloader & Recovery, when I try to fastboot flash MR1 Stock or MR2 stock just to get back into the phone it freezes on the razer logo and eventually reboots and repeats. Then i have to Reflash arter to get back into TWRP after I try to flash anything else which otherwrites Arter97.img. Finally read the red text in TWRP and /data was refusing to mount, fixed that by a basic ass wipe (DUH) Hoping that might have been the issue, my data folder was corrupt or my old data folder was mismatching with the rest of the new roms i tried to flash? Idk someone smarter plz tell me. So far my next attempt is going to be downloading a flashable Stock Deodoxed ZIP to see if flashing from within TWRP now that /Data will mount makes a difference compared to Fastboot. Tried fastboot flashing MR1 and MR2 Normal Razer Stock Rom after data remounted and now i can get to the green vortex/visualizer screen instead of just the Razer Logo before it STILL loops and then when it loops again a second time it sends me to TWRP automatically.
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Okay so I couldn't flash anything originally simply because i didn't have Bootloader Interface installed. Figured that out and had everything working, unlocked, Arter Kernel 12, Magisk 20.3, EdXposed, and now after I edited build.prop to enable my regular hotspot without carrier permission and reboot. Well now I really can't flash sh?t. Even though I can get into bootloader & Recovery, when I try to fastboot flash MR1 Stock or MR2 stock just to get back into the phone it freezes on the razer logo and eventually reboots and repeats. Then i have to Reflash arter to get back into TWRP after I try to flash anything else which otherwrites Arter97.img. Finally read the red text in TWRP and /data was refusing to mount, fixed that by a basic ass wipe (DUH) Hoping that might have been the issue, my data folder was corrupt or my old data folder was mismatching with the rest of the new roms i tried to flash? Idk someone smarter plz tell me. So far my next attempt is going to be downloading a flashable Stock Deodoxed ZIP to see if flashing from within TWRP now that /Data will mount makes a difference compared to Fastboot. Tried fastboot flashing MR1 and MR2 Normal Razer Stock Rom after data remounted and now i can get to the green vortex/visualizer screen instead of just the Razer Logo before it STILL loops and then when it loops again a second time it sends me to TWRP automatically.
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Have you tried the format data partition ?
MarkusGingles said:
Okay so I couldn't flash anything originally simply because i didn't have Bootloader Interface installed. Figured that out and had everything working, unlocked, Arter Kernel 12, Magisk 20.3, EdXposed, and now after I edited build.prop to enable my regular hotspot without carrier permission and reboot. Well now I really can't flash sh?t. Even though I can get into bootloader & Recovery, when I try to fastboot flash MR1 Stock or MR2 stock just to get back into the phone it freezes on the razer logo and eventually reboots and repeats. Then i have to Reflash arter to get back into TWRP after I try to flash anything else which otherwrites Arter97.img. Finally read the red text in TWRP and /data was refusing to mount, fixed that by a basic ass wipe (DUH) Hoping that might have been the issue, my data folder was corrupt or my old data folder was mismatching with the rest of the new roms i tried to flash? Idk someone smarter plz tell me. So far my next attempt is going to be downloading a flashable Stock Deodoxed ZIP to see if flashing from within TWRP now that /Data will mount makes a difference compared to Fastboot. Tried fastboot flashing MR1 and MR2 Normal Razer Stock Rom after data remounted and now i can get to the green vortex/visualizer screen instead of just the Razer Logo before it STILL loops and then when it loops again a second time it sends me to TWRP automatically.
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Will it not let you flash stock using flash_all.bat file while in fastboot mode?
I would definitely try and start over for sure if possible
Trying to flash TWRp after unlocking bootloader. First time i tried it, said successful but booted to MIUI recovery
2nd time i tried said again successful, booted to TWRP, formatted data.
Phone then wouldnt reboot to TWRP. Instead it going straight to fastboot. I keep trying to flash again, every time saying successful, then it just boots to fastbooot, not recovery. Any ideas, phones dead at the minute
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Trying to flash TWRp after unlocking bootloader. First time i tried it, said successful but booted to MIUI recovery
2nd time i tried said again successful, booted to TWRP, formatted data.
Phone then wouldnt reboot to TWRP. Instead it going straight to fastboot. I keep trying to flash again, every time saying successful, then it just boots to fastbooot, not recovery. Any ideas, phones dead at the minute
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The best way to recover the phone in your situation is to fastboot flash MIUI.
Get the latest MIUI fastboot ROM for your phone from here
https://xiaomifirmwareupdater.com/miui/raphael/
Install it using this guide from the official MIUI forums
https://c.mi.com/oc/miuidownload/detail?guide=2
If you see a blank page on a mobile browser, set it to view in desktop mode, for this page.
Make sure in step 5 you change the option at the bottom of the Mi Flash Tool to 'clean all' before hitting the Flash button.
MIUI will restore stock recovery when it reboots, so you need to do something to fix this. Flashing Magisk or a custom ROM will automatically preserve TWRP.
If you plan to keep MIUI and do not want Magisk, then you need to flash the vbmeta patcher from here
https://forum.xda-developers.com/k2...icial-twrp-xiaomi-redmi-t3944363/post79823568
You need to flash TWRP, then immediately boot into TWRP.
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fastboot flash recovery <path to twrp>
fastboot oem reboot-recovery
At this point you need to flash something in order to preserve TWRP (either a new custom ROM, Magisk, or the vbmeta patcher)
Cheers. You know this is all familiar. Pretty sure i had the same trouble 3 years ago with my mi mix 2
Anyway, lots of hiccups on the way along with this solution. Got to the point now where it says its flashing but it never stops.
EDIT: Bit more research, shortened the path names. Got an error. Commented out device name, got a different error. Switched to USB 2.0 port an FINALLy im back up and running.
Thank you so much for the help.