Is it possible to boot a recovery image from the phone without flashing? If not is it ok to reflash backups of stock recovery? Tnx
and313 said:
Is it possible to boot a recovery image from the phone without flashing? If not is it ok to reflash backups of stock recovery? Tnx
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It is possible via android sdk. You can use command: fastboot boot twrp.img
where twrp.img is the name of the recovery that you downloaded and not twrp.img
Alexandar92zr said:
It is possible via android sdk. You can use command: fastboot boot twrp.img
where twrp.img is the name of the recovery that you downloaded and not twrp.img
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Yes i know but i would like to do it from the phone... There are tons of flash recovery apps but no boot recovery apps
ROM manager used to do it years ago until people got into trouble with it and it was removed.
If you intend on flashing things AMD backing up, flash a recovery. If you're not willing to flash a recovery, don't modify your phone
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and313 said:
Yes i know but i would like to do it from the phone... There are tons of flash recovery apps but no boot recovery apps
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Try flashify
AndreIrawan97 said:
Try flashify
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That flashes recovery. Clue is in the name.
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rootSU said:
ROM manager used to do it years ago until people got into trouble with it and it was removed.
If you intend on flashing things AMD backing up, flash a recovery. If you're not willing to flash a recovery, don't modify your phone
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The problem with flashing is that you loose the ota update ability. That's why i would like to keep the stock recovery and just boot into cwm when i need it... But i guess i can restore the stock recovery via flashify before the ota is being installed so thats a solution... I just dont like flashing this stuff via apps
and313 said:
The problem with flashing is that you loose the ota update ability. That's why i would like to keep the stock recovery and just boot into cwm when i need it... But i guess i can restore the stock recovery via flashify before the ota is being installed so thats a solution... I just dont like flashing this stuff via apps
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1) you do not lose OTA update ability with custom recovery. Read "OTA help-desk" available via my signature
2] what's the big deal about OTA? Its the worst way of updating available to everyone. Why bother? If you rely on OTA, remain unrooted, unmodified. Rooting is not for you.
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Ugh lol OK, so worried about the ota? No worries, flash whatever recovery you want twrp,cwm,philz whatever floats your boat. Then when your ota comes out use Rashr to reflash stock recovery so you can update(you have to be on stock obviously).
I've done this numerous times, works every time.
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todorcim said:
Ugh lol OK, so worried about the ota? No worries, flash whatever recovery you want twrp,cwm,philz whatever floats your boat. Then when your ota comes out use Rashr to reflash stock recovery so you can update(you have to be on stock obviously).
I've done this numerous times, works every time.
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One of the problems with OTA is the slow delivery and partial nature.
If I wasn't rooted, i'd always update using factory images. But since I am, the best way is for flash a pre-rooted stock ROM via recovery. They're usually available within an hour of the factory image becoming available
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rootSU said:
One of the problems with OTA is the slow delivery and partial nature.
If I wasn't rooted, i'd always update using factory images. But since I am, the best way is for flash a pre-rooted stock ROM via recovery. They're usually available within an hour of the factory image becoming available
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Agreed 100%, I normally stay rooted,this most recent preview though I'm staying stock. After running L for the last couple months its hard to go back to KitKat(I've tried several times). I have no intention of flashing another rom atm, I'll worry about root after the 3rd.
As for buddy worrying about the ota, really you have two choices.
#1 root and flash a recovery then wait for someone to post a root stock ROM
#2 wait for the ota
The only real benefit I see in waiting for the ota is you will probably get to keep all your apps on your phone. Me personally? I'd just fastboot the preview and wait till the 3rd.
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Can I update my phone to marshmallow by flashing stock recovery unrooting my and relocking my bootloader by an app from playstore.because I don't have a pc available at the moment.and also can I root my phone again after updating it to marshmallow?
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abdullah.ejaz123 said:
Can I update my phone to marshmallow by flashing stock recovery unrooting my and relocking my bootloader by an app from playstore.because I don't have a pc available at the moment.and also can I root my phone again after updating it to marshmallow?
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1) Yes, see below.
2) You could to flash the exact recovery image of the build you are running now (which should be LMY48M), but save this step for last.
3) If I'm thinking correctly, unrooting will also restore some system files back, and IIRC, some of these might be install-recovery.sh and recovery-from-boot.p. What these will do is to restore stock recovery if, on a reboot, it catches something else on the recovery partition. Going by this perspective, you wouldn't even need to manually flash stock recovery.
4) You don't need to relock the bootloader to successfully install an OTA.
Don't rush this, take your time.
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beekay201 said:
1) Yes, see below.
2) You could to flash the exact recovery image of the build you are running now (which should be LMY48M), but save this step for last.
3) If I'm thinking correctly, unrooting will also restore some system files back, and IIRC, some of these might be install-recovery.sh and recovery-from-boot.p. What these will do is to restore stock recovery if, on a reboot, it catches something else on the recovery partition. Going by this perspective, you wouldn't even need to manually flash stock recovery.
4) You don't need to relock the bootloader to successfully install an OTA.
Don't rush this, take your time.
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And what if unrooting didn't restore stock recovery?
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abdullah.ejaz123 said:
And what if unrooting didn't restore stock recovery?
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Then you'll need to do 2).
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Hi i have problem with my Note5. Since i update it to MM i cant get pass with my lock screen. And i dont want to do a factory reset. I am planning to flash the TWRP so that i can wipe everything excluding the system so that i can still have my files. Is that possible? If yes how can i flash the TWRP? What i need to do? Also i am not sure if the OEM on my phone is ON. If its off can i still proceed to flash the TWRP using ODIN? Thanks in advance
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I bricked my samsung s6 (verizon) 5.0.2 which was rooted by trying to install TWRP through the playstore. I was not aware that it required an unlocked bootloader.
Anyways, I would like to go back to stock without losing all my files (videos, pics, texts). If I flash to stock using Odin, from what I understand, I will be a factory reset so i lose everything.
Does anyone have a tutorial or advice for getting these files back before flashing back to stock?
Thanks in advance!
Not sure about every Odin file but every one I used left the data partition alone.
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My backup phone is an S5 and I was messing around with roms. I had been flashing roms for a while using twrp no problem. I forget what I selected, maybe factory data reset or some other option to do I wipe. But now everything is gone. I cannot even get into a recovery program anymore.
Pulled battery and booted up, it will say recovery loading and then you see the spinning android robot but then it gets stuck. I tried loading the ROMs onto the SD card. That is of no use since I cant even get into the recovery. What the heck did I do?
Odin back to Stock.
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csmasn said:
Odin back to Stock.
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agreed, you probably borked the recovery somehow. Odin either the stock OS back and itll put stock recovery back, or just Odin twrp in it again. Be careful going past OK4 if youre gonna Odin the stock setup back on it as rooting after OK4 and ROM compatibility based on baseband can be a PITA