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Rooting- error: cannot load "flashboot flash recovery r1-modaco-reco... .img"

Rooting- error: cannot load "flashboot flash recovery r1-modaco-reco... .img"
I'm rooting my HTC One S the first time. And I was stupid and thought that HTC One X Clockworkmod flash would work.
Now I know how flashing and clockworkmod installing works but before that I accidentally flashed the One X command: "fastboot flash recovery recovery-clockwork-touch-5.8.2.7-endeavoru.img" and now when I go to recovery it gives me a red text and nothing works.
I searched everywhere for a guide to remove it and did not found. So I thought I could flash it over with an One S flash, but then when I entered the command: "fastboot flash recovery r1-modaco-recovery-clockwork-touch-ville.img" It gave me this: "error: cannot load 'recovery r1-modaco-recovery-clockwork-touch-ville.img'. My phone is connected perfectly, when I type 'fastboot devices' it shows me my phone is there.
So I think this is not a big problem for developers. Can anyone tell me what to flash or do to get rid of the One X recovery? Otherwise I just have to live with a phone with unlocked Bootloader and no access to root

Do you have the IMG I the directory from which you are running fast boot?

edscholl said:
Do you have the IMG I the directory from which you are running fast boot?
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Ofcourse

rixrasta said:
Ofcourse
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mabey I should just do a factory reset :/

Why don't you dl goo manager from market, open it and open menu and tap on Install OpenScriptRecovery and let it install twrp--although, I guess if you aren't rooted yet that won't work
Did you try fastbooting the cwmr from here--
http://www.clockworkmod.com/rommanager
Did you check the md5 on the modaco recovery before flashing
At the red text did you try hitting vol+ or vol- not sure which one takes you to stock recovery. What does red text say--
Did you hard reboot with holding down vol- and power at same time then release pwr after screen goes off and continue to hold vol-
Not sure what is wrong, just giving some ideas--

rugmankc said:
Why don't you dl goo manager from market, open it and open menu and tap on Install OpenScriptRecovery and let it install twrp--although, I guess if you aren't rooted yet that won't work
Did you try fastbooting the cwmr from here--
Did you check the md5 on the modaco recovery before flashing
At the red text did you try hitting vol+ or vol- not sure which one takes you to stock recovery. What does red text say--
Did you hard reboot with holding down vol- and power at same time then release pwr after screen goes off and continue to hold vol-
Not sure what is wrong, just giving some ideas--
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Tyvm for your reply,
the cwmr for HTC One S does not exist any more on the page you gave me. There's only a blank page if you click on it
yes I did hard reboot and the red text says: This build is for development purposes only do not distribute outside HTC without HTC's written permission. Failure to comply my lead to legal action.
I tried the superboot from this site: htt p://w ww.m odaco.co m/to pic/352493-how-to-root-your-htc-one-s-for-windows-mac-and-linux/
This just brought up the recovery message again...
Then I tried flashing these files:h ttp://ww w.m odaco.c om/topic/353006-interim-clockworkmod-touch-recovery-for-the-htc-one-s-stock-download/
no help.
Any other ideas I should try?
However the flashing went through this time and there were no error, but the recovery is still f**ked.

rixrasta said:
Tyvm for your reply,
the cwmr for HTC One S does not exist any more on the page you gave me. There's only a blank page if you click on it
yes I did hard reboot and the red text says: This build is for development purposes only do not distribute outside HTC without HTC's written permission. Failure to comply my lead to legal action.
I tried the superboot from this site: htt p://w ww.m odaco.co m/to pic/352493-how-to-root-your-htc-one-s-for-windows-mac-and-linux/
This just brought up the recovery message again...
Then I tried flashing these files:h ttp://ww w.m odaco.c om/topic/353006-interim-clockworkmod-touch-recovery-for-the-htc-one-s-stock-download/
no help.
Any other ideas I should try?
However the flashing went through this time and there were no error, but the recovery is still f**ked.
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Try this twrp .img
http://teamw.in/project/twrp2/100
The red text will stay till you relock, I believe, or flash stock recovery--

twrp recovery is the way to go. Me too I couldn't install the clockwork one!

rugmankc said:
Try this twrp .img
h ttp://team w. in/projec t/twrp 2/100
The red text will stay till you relock, I believe, or flash stock recovery--
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I flashed the "openrecovery-twrp-2.2.2.0-ville.img". Didnnt change anything :/

sorry to hear that, not sure what else to do, so you still have onex recovery?
even if you run an ruu, i think you still have to flash the stock recovery first. haven't read up on that much, as never needed to run one
Don't know if trying to flash the stock recovery will help. I have the original one at home, but not sure if that is what they still call stock recovery with new ota's having come out

If it cannot load it, you probably spelt the name wrong. rename the image file to recovery.img (make sure it isn't .img.img) and flash that. Make sure the file path is correct! (e.g fastboot flash recovery C:\Users\Me\Desktop\recovery.img)

usaff22 said:
If it cannot load it, you probably spelt the name wrong. rename the image file to recovery.img (make sure it isn't .img.img) and flash that. Make sure the file path is correct! (e.g fastboot flash recovery C:\Users\Me\Desktop\recovery.img)
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no no, the flashing finished successfully. I entered "fastboot flash recovery openrecovery-twrp-2.2.2.0-ville.img" and then it flashed without problems, but in the phone it didn't change a thing. If I enter recovery then there's the android icon with a white background and under it is the red text.
But keep guessing, maybe I really am doing something stupid wrong
When I go to Fastboot USB mode with my phone then I open the command prompt and firstly type "cd c:\CWM" (the folder where my flashing files are). Then secondly I type "fastboot devices" (just to be shure). And thirdly depending on what I am flashing I type "fastboot flash recovery name.img". I have tried "fastboot flash recovery openrecovery-twrp-2.2.2.0-ville.img", "fastboot flash recovery r2-modaco-recovery-clockwork-touch-ville" and "fastboot flash recovery ville_recovery_signed". Every one of them finishes successfully but doesn't change anything in the phone. I already have recovery-clockwork-touch-5.8.2.4-ville.zip and CWM-SuperSU-v0.96.zip in my phones directory to install root when I get into the recovery. In the C:\CWM folder in my computer are these files:
adb.exe
AdbWinApi.dll
AdbWinUsbApi.dll
fastboot.exe
(these where exctracted from fastboot.zip)
openrecovery-twrp-2.2.2.0-ville.img
r2-modaco-recovery-clockwork-touch-ville.img
ville_recovery_signed.img

the text won't disappear with unlocked bootloader, so that's ok.
Try to boot into bootloader hit fastboot reboot bootloader and then choose recovery. It can take a while to boot into recovery.
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stunner2002 said:
the text won't disappear with unlocked bootloader, so that's ok.
Try to boot into bootloader hit fastboot reboot bootloader and then choose recovery. It can take a while to boot into recovery.
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fastboot ->reboot bootloader ->bootloader ->recovery. Absolutely no change, It took half a second to bring up the "HTC quietly brilliant" logo and about two seconds for the red text to appear under it. No buttons work after that and I just have to hold the power button down to shut it down.
And by bootloader is unlocked!

As stunner said above it can take a while to boot into recovery, how long have you waited?
Give it a few minutes... Also you could try flashing stock recovery, it is distributed in the all-in-one tool and also in paulobriens posts about superboot. Then run a RUU.
But my best to would be to try fastboot booting a custom recovery, "fastboot boot cwm.img".

If this is the thing where you go int recovery for a millisecond and then back to the 'red text' screen (you have to watch carefully to notice), you should try erasing your cache in fastboot mode.
fastboot erase cache
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-Jobo

It's gotten a little confusing and some suggestions are being repeated. I wonder if the android icon you are describing is the stock recovery symbol. At that screen have you tried to press vol+ or maybe volume-. I forget which one takes you to stock recovery. May want to check on that.
Also, have you tried typing "fastboot boot recovery" to go straight to recovery, bypassing htc restrictions
Here is very early stock recovery--not sure if it is still considered "stock" with new versions out now--I did mention that earlier--
https://www.dropbox.com/sh/yhrq0tia8512rj9/go28kc1NeP/ville_recovery_signed.img
I did have issues fastbooting recovery before. You can as mentioned try fastboot erase cache before fastbooting recovery. And change the name of your recovery to just recovery.img before you fastboot.
I assume you have nandroid backup on phone and copies of it and sdcard backup on pc.
I think when I had issues with recovery sticking it was my N1 and I typed "fastboot erase system" first, then fastbooted recovery. Then wiped all and restored nandroid. I am not sure we can do that on the 1s with no s-off. Someone else may know.
Can you access sdcard where you could reformat it fat32 thru a windows formatter program. Of course copy all to pc first. Sometimes sdcard formats help things you wouldn't expect it to.
Some folks have reported formatting works better thru phone on the 1s, maybe because it is an internal card. I did it once and think I had to redo it thru phone. But, if it gets recovery working, no big deal.
All these are suggestions and as the devs say--at your own risk--
I thought you said you said in first post, phone works, just no root capabilty. If that is true it should be fixable--I hope.
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rixrasta said:
no no, the flashing finished successfully. I entered "fastboot flash recovery openrecovery-twrp-2.2.2.0-ville.img" and then it flashed without problems, but in the phone it didn't change a thing. If I enter recovery then there's the android icon with a white background and under it is the red text.
But keep guessing, maybe I really am doing something stupid wrong
When I go to Fastboot USB mode with my phone then I open the command prompt and firstly type "cd c:\CWM" (the folder where my flashing files are). Then secondly I type "fastboot devices" (just to be shure). And thirdly depending on what I am flashing I type "fastboot flash recovery name.img". I have tried "fastboot flash recovery openrecovery-twrp-2.2.2.0-ville.img", "fastboot flash recovery r2-modaco-recovery-clockwork-touch-ville" and "fastboot flash recovery ville_recovery_signed". Every one of them finishes successfully but doesn't change anything in the phone. I already have recovery-clockwork-touch-5.8.2.4-ville.zip and CWM-SuperSU-v0.96.zip in my phones directory to install root when I get into the recovery. In the C:\CWM folder in my computer are these files:
adb.exe
AdbWinApi.dll
AdbWinUsbApi.dll
fastboot.exe
(these where exctracted from fastboot.zip)
openrecovery-twrp-2.2.2.0-ville.img
r2-modaco-recovery-clockwork-touch-ville.img
ville_recovery_signed.img
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you should also have adb.exe if you are using adb--

frdd said:
As stunner said above it can take a while to boot into recovery, how long have you waited?
Give it a few minutes... Also you could try flashing stock recovery, it is distributed in the all-in-one tool and also in paulobriens posts about superboot. Then run a RUU.
But my best to would be to try fastboot booting a custom recovery, "fastboot boot cwm.img".
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Okay I waited for 10 minutes, nothing happens. I've even tried to hold down all the button combinations(with the three buttons) for a few minutes.
I've tried flashing everything and fastboot boot just takes me directly to the recovery with the red text. I flashed both the recoveries in the all-in-one tool.
As I know absolutely nothing about RUU(only what the letters stand for) then I'd rather not do that because I read from some threads that RUU has quite a high chance to mess up your phone. Or if you direct me to a tutorial that u insure me that is 100% good then I could give it a go : D

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I think I have made ​​the same mistake of flash recovery, but I can not get into cwm recovery, I only appear for 1 second the recovery, then restarts and returns to the operating system. SD card, all changes are discarded when you restart the phone, which is also only if I try to install or remove some utility. Can not install any recovery, even if fastboot works well and looks real mind install the recovery but when I reboot, it returns to its previous behavior, with recovery not working. I tried to install the recovery in every way, from fastboot, from All in one with quickroot, but none of these operations has changed the state of the system.
Unfortunately you can not install a Stock RUU because the bootloader unlocked and the recovery is not the stock, and especially not when there is no tutorial to follow to bring this situation to the ONE S, to its original state
Hopefully someone will be able to find a solution to your and my problem.

One option you guys may need to entertain, if applicable, would be to exchange phones with Carrier. Worth a shot--
I have not heard of this exact issue, but most comments say if you can't boot to recovery you are bricked--
Has anyone tried "fastboot boot recovery" command in terminal window?

[Q] Flashed boot.img, did a reboot, but phone keeps restarting after splashscreen

I'm trying to load the CM ROM to my HTC One S device. I was able to unlock and root the device. Next, I flashed the boot.img (fastboot flash boot.img) from the ROM zip file to the device and restarted it (cm-10.1-20130304-EXPERIMENTAL-ville-M2). Now my device just cycles through the HTC splash screen with the red letters "this build is for development purposes only..." -> Android Splash Screen. Phone does not properly boot up. I think I missed a step in the flashing process. Any ideas on how to proceed?

fastboot flash boot boot.img
just in case you typed it the way you wrote in your post.
what recovery are you using? what version?
maybe try twrp 2.3.3
get into bootloader and flash again, go to recovery do a full wipe and install the cm zip again.

tivofool said:
fastboot flash boot boot.img
just in case you typed it the way you wrote in your post.
what recovery are you using? what version?
maybe try twrp 2.3.3
get into bootloader and flash again, go to recovery do a full wipe and install the cm zip again.
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Sorry, the command I used was "fastboot flash boot boot.img" The CM boot.img definitely got written to the device. I missed the step of copying the ROM to a folder on my device. I wasn't clear on this step since I'm not sure how to view folders on the device. Is there a way to load the ROM from my PC instead of copying the files to the device first?
I'm using TWRP 2.6.0.0. I'm also not clear on the back up portion since there is no SD card on this device. Is it possible to perform a backup? I thought I did one during the initial step, but now that I'm trying to restore, I don't see a backup available.

yes, the "sd card" is there as a partition or whatever. But it works the same way. Backups do work.
So in twrp mount the sd card (usb storage, whatever twrp calls it), then you can transfer the rom to your phone from your computer. Then just wipe your caches and install zip.
You can get into recovery from your bootloader, hold volume down and press power (don't hold)

tivofool said:
yes, the "sd card" is there as a partition or whatever. But it works the same way. Backups do work.
So in twrp mount the sd card (usb storage, whatever twrp calls it), then you can transfer the rom to your phone from your computer. Then just wipe your caches and install zip.
You can get into recovery from your bootloader, hold volume down and press power (don't hold)
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Thanks for clarifying. I successfully loaded the ROM on my device.

My workflow stopped at the same spot, screen is locked in the HTC logo and the warning about the build being development purpose only, but trying again to get into bootloader and the phone doesn't load it up, it just turns off and nothing else happens

Mhord said:
My workflow stopped at the same spot, screen is locked in the HTC logo and the warning about the build being development purpose only, but trying again to get into bootloader and the phone doesn't load it up, it just turns off and nothing else happens
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Was your battery too low?
Hopefully you can get into bootloader, that's pretty important to fix anything.
someone could correct me, but can't you hold power down until the buttons flash, then hold both power and volume down button until bootloader starts.

tivofool said:
Was your battery too low?
Hopefully you can get into bootloader, that's pretty important to fix anything.
someone could correct me, but can't you hold power down until the buttons flash, then hold both power and volume down button until bootloader starts.
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It had like 75% charge. Buttons don't flash like normal... Got to load the bootloader flashed the recovery, reboot, same screen

Mhord said:
It had like 75% charge. Buttons don't flash like normal... Got to load the bootloader flashed the recovery, reboot, same screen
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So you are trying to get into recovery. When you go into the bootloader, you choose recovery and it doesn't work.
you could go back to bootloader, fastboot usb.
from there open a command terminal on your computer. From your fastboot folder press shift and right mouse click <open command terminal here>
type
fastboot erase cache
then you can press power button to select hboot, then volume down to recovery.
You could try to flash a different recovery if that doesnt work. Make sure you are using the correct recovery for your device. S4 version or the S3 international type devices.

tivofool said:
So you are trying to get into recovery. When you go into the bootloader, you choose recovery and it doesn't work.
you could go back to bootloader, fastboot usb.
from there open a command terminal on your computer. From your fastboot folder press shift and right mouse click <open command terminal here>
type
fastboot erase cache
then you can press power button to select hboot, then volume down to recovery.
You could try to flash a different recovery if that doesnt work. Make sure you are using the correct recovery for your device. S4 version or the S3 international type devices.
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mmm yeah tried what you said, and still got stuck in "entering recovery".
I used eyeballer recovery which is the one CM recommends on their wiki
EDIT: My HBOOT says VilleC2 in that case S3 recovery would be the correct one?
EDIT: Yep found the correct recovery back in business, many thanks Tivofool

[Q] Getting back recovery and root after OTA to CM12s

Hello,
I have recived the OTA today and I flashed it and now I dont have a custom recovery and root. What steps do I need to take to get those things back? I have tried to use this guide https://forums.oneplus.net/threads/...oader-install-custom-recovery-and-root.64487/ but after flashing recovery.img through ADB I still have normal CM recovery.

Go to Developer Options in Settings and disable the "update CM recovery" option.
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It has been disabled the whole time

Ok. So you say you're flashing the recovery through adb but that's impossible so I'm assuming you're flashing with fastboot, right?
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I'm not really good in those names.. I have isnerted a screenshot from this program.

xamilek555 said:
I'm not really good in those names.. [emoji14] I have isnerted a screenshot from this program.
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Looks ok. Where are you getting the recovery from? Did you rename it to "recovery.img" for a reason?
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I've got that file from TWRP website and I renamed it to recovery.img. I have succesfully booted into this recovery with a command "fastboot boot recovery.img" which allowed me to flash root and xposed form it but after rebooting the phone the old recovery remains...

I have the same problem. Flash TWRP says it's flashed OK, but when I reboot to recovery it's still stock.

Linnyuk said:
I have the same problem. Flash TWRP says it's flashed OK, but when I reboot to recovery it's still stock.
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Try updating the Android SDK. That's what worked for me. ?
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I've downloaded fresh verison today so it isnt the solution in my case :/
Somebody gave me this solution and it worked!
fastboot erase recovery
fastboot reboot-bootloader
fastboot flash recovery recovery.img

xamilek555 said:
I've downloaded fresh verison today so it isnt the solution in my case :/
Somebody gave me this solution and it worked!
fastboot erase recovery
fastboot reboot-bootloader
fastboot flash recovery recovery.img
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Same situation here...this solution isn't working for me, same problem, always Cyanogen based recovery...

After flashing new recovery, when you go to reboot, hold down Vol-Down and Power before it boots into the OS and it should load the new recovery. Had this problem myself earlier today, if you let it boot to the OS, it flashes back the CM recovery.

mozyman said:
After flashing new recovery, when you go to reboot, hold down Vol-Down and Power before it boots into the OS and it should load the new recovery. Had this problem myself earlier today, if you let it boot to the OS, it flashes back the CM recovery.
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It works! I think it because of the dev settings into CM12S which force the recovery to be CM12S' one.
Thanks

Messatsu said:
It works! I think it because of the dev settings into CM12S which force the recovery to be CM12S' one.
Thanks
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I'm having the same problem, can someone go over start to finish how they fixed this issue?

What worked for me
I previously had TWRP installed, wiped and did the C12S flash but didn't flash SuperSu before rebooting. This removed TWRP and brought me to Cynogen Recovery whenever going into recovery mode (Vol Dwn + Power). This also removed the root from my phone. To fix this took some digging and I came up with the following solutions as long as you had TWRP installed at one point. If not then unlock your boot loader and re install. I named my TWRP File Recovery just to keep things simple, but whatever your TWRP Filename is put that in at #5.
1) Enter Fastboot Mode (Vol Up + Power)
2) On your computer open command prompt (Ctrl R)
3) Plug your phone in
4) Type the following minus the quotes
"cd desktop/android-sdk-windows/platform-tools"
5) fastboot boot recovery.img
This will boot your TWRP, you can then go to flash your SuperSu file and you're done!

im having this issue too : /

mozyman said:
After flashing new recovery, when you go to reboot, hold down Vol-Down and Power before it boots into the OS and it should load the new recovery. Had this problem myself earlier today, if you let it boot to the OS, it flashes back the CM recovery.
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I've tried so many things today, this is the only thing that worked. Thank You!

mozyman said:
After flashing new recovery, when you go to reboot, hold down Vol-Down and Power before it boots into the OS and it should load the new recovery. Had this problem myself earlier today, if you let it boot to the OS, it flashes back the CM recovery.
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It works! I had the issue and this procedure solved it ! Thanks !!! :good::good::good:

Hi all,
I have just installed CM12s on my OPO and it was meant to install TWRP but each time i go into recovery to install SuperSU its still CM Recovery
1) Enter Fastboot Mode (Vol Up + Power)
2) On your computer open command prompt (Ctrl R)
3) Plug your phone in
4) Type the following minus the quotes
"cd desktop/android-sdk-windows/platform-tools"
5) fastboot boot recovery.img
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I have done that and yey TWRP appeared and i Installed SuperUser but when i clicked on the app it said there was an issue with the binary, so i thought i would reboot into recovery and install it again...but CM recovery appeared again
Originally Posted by mozyman
After flashing new recovery, when you go to reboot, hold down Vol-Down and Power before it boots into the OS and it should load the new recovery. Had this problem myself earlier today, if you let it boot to the OS, it flashes back the CM recovery.
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I thought i would give that a try but nothing seems to happen, the screen just goes black. Im reboting my OPO and when the white OPO logo appears im holding the buttons down....is this too soon or too late?
Originally Posted by xamilek555
I've downloaded fresh verison today so it isnt the solution in my case :/
Somebody gave me this solution and it worked!
fastboot erase recovery
fastboot reboot-bootloader
fastboot flash recovery recovery.img
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I have even attempted to do that but it doesnt seem to work....
Can someone help me out here....

After flashing new recovery, when you go to reboot, hold down Vol-Down and Power before it boots into the OS and it should load the new recovery. Had this problem myself earlier today, if you let it boot to the OS, it flashes back the CM recovery.
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it works thank you...!!

How to Flash Custom Recovery ?

can some one tell me how to root and how to Flash Custom Recovery ? STep by Step would be great.

I'm also looking for a step by step guide.

ps2lover said:
can some one tell me how to root and how to Flash Custom Recovery ? STep by Step would be great.
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ohmigother said:
I'm also looking for a step by step guide.
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For step by step, you guys can check this site.
beritahuaja.blogspot.my/2015/10/how-to-root-xiaomi-mi4c.html?en
For latest TWRP recovery, check here to choose the correct recovery and download
en.miui.com/thread-169401-1-1.html
Note: after download, replace your latest TWRP .img to overwrite the recovery.img

Flashed TWRP 2.8.7.0 and then flashed super su 2.46. Successfully rooted. Works like a charm.
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I keep failing to installl the recovery.
I do all the fastboot stuff then boot to recovery and it's always mi recovery not twrp
https://imgur.com/S2hsDgC
what now?

w1ll1m said:
I keep failing to installl the recovery.
I do all the fastboot stuff then boot to recovery and it's always mi recovery not twrp
https://imgur.com/S2hsDgC
what now?
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Try another way here, for entering twrp.
After you flashed the recovery successfully. Do not type the command of "fastboot reboot".
On your phone, press and hold the POWER and UP VOLUME buttons together until you enter the TWRP recovery. (It will power off and boot up recovery)
Note: Do not let it boot to normal system startup. This this case, you need to reflash the recovery via fastboot and follow the steps above again.
After you have root the phone successfully, you can enter the TWRP recovery without flashing via fastboot already.
Hope above help you.

keatbo said:
Try another way here, for entering twrp.
After you flashed the recovery successfully. Do not type the command of "fastboot reboot".
On your phone, press and hold the POWER and UP VOLUME buttons together until you enter the TWRP recovery. (It will power off and boot up recovery)
Note: Do not let it boot to normal system startup. This this case, you need to reflash the recovery via fastboot and follow the steps above again.
After you have root the phone successfully, you can enter the TWRP recovery without flashing via fastboot already.
Hope above help you.
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Thanks, I will gice it a try.
Need to charge laptop battery first
Edit
What you said works, however there is a problem.
The touchscreen doesn't recognise any touches.
Edit
It's working now. That was weird

w1ll1m said:
Thanks, I will gice it a try.
Need to charge laptop battery first
Edit
What you said works, however there is a problem.
The touchscreen doesn't recognise any touches.
Edit
It's working now. That was weird
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If the touches screen doesn't work, It might be the TWRP recovery issue. You can try flash other version to solve the problem.
Anyway, great to know everything works for you now.

I've this issue.
TWRP is installed but:
- if I boot via [power]+[vol+] I enter in old stock recovery
- if I boot via fastboot using command "fastboot boot recovery.img", TWRP is loaded correctly
You said:
keatbo said:
Try another way here, for entering twrp.
After you flashed the recovery successfully. Do not type the command of "fastboot reboot".
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Ok this point
keatbo said:
On your phone, press and hold the POWER and UP VOLUME buttons together until you enter the TWRP recovery. (It will power off and boot up recovery)
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--> you mean I have to do this while phone is still in fastboot mode?
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keatbo said:
If the touches screen doesn't work, It might be the TWRP recovery issue. You can try flash other version to solve the problem.
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on my mi4c, when I boot TWRP 2.8.7.1, touchscreen NEVER works at first time.
But if I wait 2-3 minutes, leaving phone running TWRP, after this touchscreen start working

_PeTiT_ said:
--> you mean I have to do this while phone is still in fastboot mode?
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Yes do it while in fastboot mode.
on my mi4c, when I boot TWRP 2.8.7.1, touchscreen NEVER works at first time.
But if I wait 2-3 minutes, leaving phone running TWRP, after this touchscreen start working
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Yes very first time after I flashed and entered the TWRP recovery successfully, I need to wait for few minutes and the touchscreen only start working.
Then I have flashed a few other versions of TWRP, I have forgotten which one I have flashed already, my TWRP recovery works immediately without any touchscreen issue.

Is twrp available from flashify?
https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.cgollner.flashify

I just created a guide here: http://forum.xda-developers.com/mi-4c/development/flash-twrp-using-flashify-app-pc-dev-rom-t3230355

Twrp red exclamation

Tried installing​ twrp but everytime I reboot the red exclamation keeps popping if I choose recover as I fail to install the latest twrp. Any fix? Thank you. Currently on stock MM and not rooted.

Try it in this order:
1. fastboot flash recovery twrpfilename.img
2. fastboot boot twrpfilename.img

berbat0v said:
Try it in this order:
1. fastboot flash recovery twrpfilename.img
2. fastboot boot twrpfilename.img
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Still the same. Already tried that on latest twrp.

Can you take a photo of it and post here?

aciupapa said:
Can you take a photo of it and post here?
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I'll post it tomorrow. Still wonder why can't i install the recovery. Can't wait to flash nougat ROMS right now. Nexus is so complicated compared to my previous LG G2.

Every time I reboot to system I still can't go to recovery as the exclamation persists when I press recovery on fastboot mode. What could be missing?

Hiyaslalabs said:
Every time I reboot to system I still can't go to recovery as the exclamation persists when I press recovery on fastboot mode. What could be missing?
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On the exclamation screen if you press and hold the power button and then press the volume up button you will go into stock recovery. If you want TWRP, I say restart from scratch. Its never failed me. Update to the latest bootloader by flashing the latest factory image(M4B30Z) with instructions found here: https://developers.google.com/android/images#hammerhead
Keep the bootloader unlocked then flash the latest twrp and see the result.

Device is already in latest stock marshmallow. Still the same.

berbat0v said:
Try it in this order:
1. fastboot flash recovery twrpfilename.img
2. fastboot boot twrpfilename.img
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This helped me, thanks very much.
Rebooting with adb reboot recovery or fastboot reboot-recovery did not work and resulted in the red exclamation mark android.
Android version for my bullhead device is Oreo
Edit: The red exclamation is just stock recovery btw. You can still enter recovery mode with Power Button + Tap Volume Up.