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[Q] HELP!!! Got stuck in cwm on ZTE blade III

Im a bit noob for these things, two days ago I bought this phone ZTE blade III, I heard this phone will work like a charm with kitkat 4.4 so I wanted to upgrade android to 4.4, I think I followed all steps to install it but I failed to install this update and got stuck in CWM mode. I tried to restore files, system, etc. wiped all data, then restored again, tried to install other ROMs but Im still stuck in CWM mode. Please help me.

Alexi_Zavetnik said:
Im a bit noob for these things, two days ago I bought this phone ZTE blade III, I heard this phone will work like a charm with kitkat 4.4 so I wanted to upgrade android to 4.4, I think I followed all steps to install it but I failed to install this update and got stuck in CWM mode. I tried to restore files, system, etc. wiped all data, then restored again, tried to install other ROMs but Im still stuck in CWM mode. Please help me.
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Okay, first of all I would recommend restoring stock ROM but DON'T restore in CWM as their are issues unless its a Nandroid backup, In the stock ROM file you will find the stock recover (recovery.img) flash that via fastboot the same way you would flash CWM, after this you can restore your stock ROM using the update.zip file

TechMinerUK said:
Okay, first of all I would recommend restoring stock ROM but DON'T restore in CWM as their are issues unless its a Nandroid backup, In the stock ROM file you will find the stock recover (recovery.img) flash that via fastboot the same way you would flash CWM, after this you can restore your stock ROM using the update.zip file
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Can you explain me what to do step by step, please.

Alexi_Zavetnik said:
Can you explain me what to do step by step, please.
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Make sure you have a stock ROM for your ZTE Blade and have coppied the recovery.img file from it
Coppy the Stock ROM to your SD
Then set your phone into fastboot mode which can be achived by holding down the volume up and power button
Now your in fastboot so go and download the ZTE Blade fastboot drivers which you should have since you flashed CWM
Check in Fastboot CMD that your device is listed and type: fastboot flash recovery recovery.img (Which can be extracted from the rom)
Now return your phone to recovery as you would in CWM
In stocm recovery flash the update.zip (Stock ROM)
Hopefully all should be well and good

TechMinerUK said:
Make sure you have a stock ROM for your ZTE Blade and have coppied the recovery.img file from it
Coppy the Stock ROM to your SD
Then set your phone into fastboot mode which can be achived by holding down the volume up and power button
Now your in fastboot so go and download the ZTE Blade fastboot drivers which you should have since you flashed CWM
Check in Fastboot CMD that your device is listed and type: fastboot flash recovery recovery.img (Which can be extracted from the rom)
Now return your phone to recovery as you would in CWM
In stocm recovery flash the update.zip (Stock ROM)
Hopefully all should be well and good
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Heres what I got, downloaded stock ROM from ZTE website and whenever I try to install it it says signature verificitation failed. Before I do what you said, can you send me trusted working stock ROM for this phone, Serbia, VIP(mobile network) version?

Alexi_Zavetnik said:
Heres what I got, downloaded stock ROM from ZTE website and whenever I try to install it it says signature verificitation failed. Before I do what you said, can you send me trusted working stock ROM for this phone, Serbia, VIP(mobile network) version?
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Sorry, I forgot to ask if it was carrier locked
If you need really in depth instructions they've created some great ones here that probably know a bit more about that specific device than I do
http://www.modaco.com/topic/361786-zte-blade-iii-stock-roms/
They also have your carrier ROM here, for some reason I couldn't copy the link but the site is in depth and easy to follow

Correct partition for TWRP question

I got this prompt and verified the partition. Now when I try to boot into recovery I get boot error, blue and red light flash for a while then I have to remove the battery to reboot. How can I reboot into recovery or did I do something terrible wrong?

Did you flash a bumpd' twrp? If not, that's the problem. Use flashify and flash a bump'd recovery.

jlgarr86 said:
I got this prompt and verified the partition. Now when I try to boot into recovery I get boot error, blue and red light flash for a while then I have to remove the battery to reboot. How can I reboot into recovery or did I do something terrible wrong?
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Here is the link to the most recent TWRP, flash the D850 variant (of course) via flashify or by the instructions on that post.
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?p=57340605
Sent from my Ice Cold D850

Sinterion said:
Here is the link to the most recent TWRP, flash the D850 variant (of course) via flashify or by the instructions on that post.
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?p=57340605
Sent from my Ice Cold D850
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Will give it a go. Didn't know it had to be bumped >.<

Here's a question though. When I put twrp zip on internal do I need to move stock recovery out or can they both be in the same folder together?

jlgarr86 said:
Here's a question though. When I put twrp zip on internal do I need to move stock recovery out or can they both be in the same folder together?
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Better yet I can't even find my recovery file on internal -_-

Use flashify back up stock recovery then install twrp using flashify

I did the same thing and ended up having to use the LG flash tool to downgrade back to KK, then root, then flash recovery, then I was able to install lollipop ROMs.

Corrupted recovery Mi4i

Currently my mi4i is rooted with TWRP recovery.
I want to install OTA updates and for that i need my stock recovery.
I have tried following three ways to get back stock recovery but none of them work for me
Flashed stock recovery through Flashify app. Flash was successful but reboot to recovery stucks at fastboot screen.
Flashed stock recovery through adb but again after successful flash, device stucks at fastboot screen.
Finally i tried to install stock recovery in twrp itself but it returned following error:
could not find 'meta-inf/com/google/android/update-binary' in the zip file
Can anyone guide what am I doing wrong and what should be done? Any help is appreciated.

Bro, thing is mi recovery.img has many problems. It doesn't work like that. Only thing u can do is flash via fastboot.

Nihhaar said:
Bro, thing is mi recovery.img has many problems. It doesn't work like that. Only thing u can do is flash via fastboot.
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Thanks for replying!
I will flash via fastboot. Only issue I have is that this manual process has to be repeated everytime i want to install updates. This is why I was trying to get my stock recovery back. Though it seems like there isn't much that can be done regarding this.

Oneplus one stuck in boot logo while updating latest TWRP 3.0.2

Hi,
was trying to install new ROM & completly wipe out OPO (Including OS). to do so got some error in zip file execution.
So tried to update TWRP (2.8.6 to 3.0.2) and now stuck into OPO boot screen.
Please help!
Thanks in advance!
BR//
Ashok

ashokyadav668 said:
Hi,
was trying to install new ROM & completly wipe out OPO (Including OS). to do so got some error in zip file execution.
So tried to update TWRP (2.8.6 to 3.0.2) and now stuck into OPO boot screen.
Please help!
Thanks in advance!
BR//
Ashok
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Can you boot into the recovery? Or fastboot? Also before trying to install a new ROM did you backup your previous?

Durso81 said:
Can you boot into the recovery? Or fastboot? Also before trying to install a new ROM did you backup your previous?
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Can't boot into recovery mode, maybe something went wrong while updating TWRP to 3.0.2 but can boot into fastboot.
also had backup of previous rom but since i can't boot into TWRP now so can't restore it. Earlier on TWRP 2.8.6 i was getting zip file execution error while restoring/installing new ROM.
So for now i have only access to fastboot mode, how to proceed futher?

ashokyadav668 said:
Can't boot into recovery mode, maybe something went wrong while updating TWRP to 3.0.2 but can boot into fastboot.
also had backup of previous rom but since i can't boot into TWRP now so can't restore it. Earlier on TWRP 2.8.6 i was getting zip file execution error while restoring/installing new ROM.
So for now i have only access to fastboot mode, how to proceed futher?
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You have 2 options you can flash the stock rom and recovery via fastboot here is a guide http://forum.xda-developers.com/oneplus-one/general/guide-return-opo-to-100-stock-t2826541 (Just skip step 4 don't relock the bootloader specially if you want to install TWRP) Make sure you download the correct file there is a 64gb and a 16gb listed in this guide or you can download the stock file straight from cynogen OS here https://cyngn.com/support
Or you can reinstall TWRP via fastboot by downloading TWRP here https://dl.twrp.me/bacon/ and install your backup if its still there. If its not there you can either download and install any custom rom you want or if you want the stock rom go with option 1 above and then re-install twrp. (Always remeber after installing TWRP don't fully boot into the system or you will loose TWRP, boot straight to recovery once its done flashing TWRP by holding the power button and volume down. )

Durso81 said:
You have 2 options you can flash the stock rom and recovery via fastboot here is a guide http://forum.xda-developers.com/oneplus-one/general/guide-return-opo-to-100-stock-t2826541 (Just skip step 4 don't relock the bootloader specially if you want to install TWRP) Make sure you download the correct file there is a 64gb and a 16gb listed in this guide or you can download the stock file straight from cynogen OS here https://cyngn.com/support
Or you can reinstall TWRP via fastboot by downloading TWRP here https://dl.twrp.me/bacon/ and install your backup if its still there. If its not there you can either download and install any custom rom you want or if you want the stock rom go with option 1 above and then re-install twrp. (Always remeber after installing TWRP don't fully boot into the system or you will loose TWRP, boot straight to recovery once its done flashing TWRP by holding the power button and volume down. )
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Thanks!
Do you recommend any video guide for option 2 (TWRP via Fastboot).

ashokyadav668 said:
Thanks!
Do you recommend any video guide for option 2 (TWRP via Fastboot).
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Never watched a video so can't recommend one particular. But here is a link to all guides and how to http://forum.xda-developers.com/oneplus-one/general/index-oneplus-one-resources-compilation-t2843675
Also there is a one click tool here to make it easy
http://forum.xda-developers.com/oneplus-one/development/toolbox-oneplus-one-toolbox-t2808987

ashokyadav668 said:
Thanks!
Do you recommend any video guide for option 2 (TWRP via Fastboot).
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Thank you Durso81,
i have successfully installed TWRP & ROM.
Thanks for your time & effort for a beginner.

dual recoverys? help

I unlocked the bootloader on my Asus Zenfone 4 max, flashed TWRP, then flashed SuperSU to root it. All went fine. The problem I have now run into is, the phone seems to have dual recoverys, twrp AND the stock one, with stock being the default recovery. If i boot to recovery, the stock one is booted. I can only boot TWRP with command line from a computer. This is causing a problem with flashing anything at system level i.e. boot animations, Xposed Framework, ad blockers etc, because when the installer boots recovery to flash what it needs to, it gets the stock recovery instead of TWRP. With the installer trying to use stock recovery to flash things, it just makes the phone freeze up, and i have to do a hard reboot. So, how do i make TWRP the default recovery?

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Found an answer to my own question. How i solved it was I installed the "Official TWRP App" then downloaded and flashed the TWRP file from there. Now TWRP is the default recovery. I suspect the phone still has dual recoverys, just with TWRP on both of them now.

Do you still have the stock recovery for zenfone 4 max? I needed it to revert my phone to factory stock

CØMPUTER said:
Do you still have the stock recovery for zenfone 4 max? I needed it to revert my phone to factory stock
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it can be downloaded on Asus' website. Find your phone, then download the "software update" file, then extract the "boot.img" file out of the folder. That is the stock recovery. Hope this helps

Mc10538 said:
it can be downloaded on Asus' website. Find your phone, then download the "software update" file, then extract the "boot.img" file out of the folder. That is the stock recovery. Hope this helps
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Thanks, this will definitely helps me