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Hi i have rooted and flashed the phone it got stuck on the htc screen so i tried factory reset bad idea now my phone will just go into the bootlader menu i can enable fastboot usb but it dont show up on computer but the computer makes a noise to say ive connected it i cant enable usb debugging because the phone wont come on i have tried to flash another boot img through fastboot with no luck im hoping its not bricked
please any help would be appreciated thanks
pl4yb0y78 said:
Hi i have rooted and flashed the phone it got stuck on the htc screen so i tried factory reset bad idea now my phone will just go into the bootlader menu i can enable fastboot usb but it dont show up on computer but the computer makes a noise to say ive connected it i cant enable usb debugging because the phone wont come on i have tried to flash another boot img through fastboot with no luck im hoping its not bricked
please any help would be appreciated thanks
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Hmm. so you probably need to flash a recovery first.
then you will be able to use the recovery to mount usb and put a new rom on your "sd card"
Then you can flash the rom on your new recovery and don't forget to fastboot flash the boot.img.
edit: the all in one toolkit is great for things like this. It will put a new recovery on your phone with just a click of the button.
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1604677
tivofool said:
Hmm. so you probably need to flash a recovery first.
then you will be able to use the recovery to mount usb and put a new rom on your "sd card"
Then you can flash the rom on your new recovery and don't forget to fastboot flash the boot.img.
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Thanks for the reply but i dont know how to do this ?
could you please explain it ?
pl4yb0y78 said:
Thanks for the reply but i dont know how to do this ?
could you please explain it ?
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I just edited my original post. just in case you didn't know how. I guess I was a little slow.
Also I can't remember if a bootloader factory reset relocked your phone but you might want to check that too. up on top it would say locked or relocked. If it still says unlocked you don't have to do that step again. Like you did when you first rooted the phone.
(all in one tool kit is great for unlocking and relocking too) just put a copy of that bin file in all in one tool kit (data file i believe, but it says what to do in that thread)
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I just edited my original post. just in case you didn't know how. I guess I was a little slow.
Also I can't remember if a bootloader factory reset relocked your phone but you might want to check that too. up on top it would say locked or relocked. If it still says unlocked you don't have to do that step again. Like you did when you first rooted the phone.
(all in one tool kit is great for unlocking and relocking too) just put a copy of that bin file in all in one tool kit (data file i believe, but it says what to do in that thread)
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hi i have got the tool kit run twrp s3 now i have a black htc logo screen on what next
pl4yb0y78 said:
hi i have got the tool kit run twrp s3 now i have a black htc logo screen on what next
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Your phone is an s3?
My phone is an S4 as are I would guess the majority of users. I think the s3 is the international version. If you are on T mobile then it's a s4.
Ok,,,
so .... if your phone is an s3 version then you will have to check that the Rom you download is specific for your phone as most of the Roms on this site are for the s4 version.
you need to go to your recovery. press the volume down button and hold it. Then press the power button (don't hold it). That will get you to recovery.
when in twrp recovery you will see a mounts button. hit that then the next screen will have mount usb. then you will be able to move a rom you downloaded on your computer to your phone.
then you can install the rom zip in twrp.
then from your computer, I assume you know how to flash a boot.img
put a boot.img in your fastboot folder, open up a comand prompt.
fastboot flash boot boot.img
if you wanted a different recovery than you are using, find the download the recovery. *I would rename the recovery to recovery.img
fastboot flash recovery recovery.img
(I only mention a different recovery because in some of the Rom threads you might read that you can only install a particular rom with an older version of twrp.)
I'm not sure of your skill or experience with all of this. If you are very new to it (then you are probably really frustrated) have no fear there is a little bit to learn but not that much. Just keep reading the development thread and the guides in it.
tivofool said:
Your phone is an s3?
My phone is an S4 as are I would guess the majority of users. I think the s3 is the international version. If you are on T mobile then it's a s4.
Ok,,,
so .... if your phone is an s3 version then you will have to check that the Rom you download is specific for your phone as most of the Roms on this site are for the s4 version.
you need to go to your recovery. press the volume down button and hold it. Then press the power button (don't hold it). That will get you to recovery.
when in twrp recovery you will see a mounts button. hit that then the next screen will have mount usb. then you will be able to move a rom you downloaded on your computer to your phone.
then you can install the rom zip in twrp.
then from your computer, I assume you know how to flash a boot.img
put a boot.img in your fastboot folder, open up a comand prompt.
fastboot flash boot boot.img
if you wanted a different recovery than you are using, find the download the recovery. *I would rename the recovery to recovery.img
fastboot flash recovery recovery.img
(I only mention a different recovery because in some of the Rom threads you might read that you can only install a particular rom with an older version of twrp.)
I'm not sure of your skill or experience with all of this. If you are very new to it (then you are probably really frustrated) have no fear there is a little bit to learn but not that much. Just keep reading the development thread and the guides in it.
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Thank you for the reply yes i am getting stressed at this and i am new had a break before i smashed the phone now ive just got to find out what my phone is s3 or s4 ? google will help
when i connect my phone to the computer in recovery or flashboot it does not let me see it so i can not put rom on the hdd
(tried restart phone no luck tried restart comy no luck, cant get it to show phone ) all drivers installed
can i use the tool kit to flash recovery ?
phone on orange uk ,is it a s4 ?
thanks for the help guys with your knowledge i will get it working i pray!
pl4yb0y78 said:
when i connect my phone to the computer in recovery or flashboot it does not let me see it so i can not put rom on the hdd
(tried restart phone no luck tried restart comy no luck, cant get it to show phone ) all drivers installed
can i use the tool kit to flash recovery ?
phone on orange uk ,is it a s4 ?
thanks for the help guys with your knowledge i will get it working i pray!
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do you have your box the phone came in?
Z520e is S4
Z560e is S3
So were you able to put twrp on your phone? when you are in boot loader and click on the recovery does it take you to twrp? Yes the all in one toolkit will flash a recovery for you. but you have your boot loader unlocked first.
tivofool said:
do you have your box the phone came in?
Z520e is S4
Z560e is S3
So were you able to put twrp on your phone? when you are in boot loader and click on the recovery does it take you to twrp? Yes the all in one toolkit will flash a recovery for you. but you have your boot loader unlocked first.
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yes i now have the twrp in recovery it says enter password and cancel i tried both it was the s4 one that worked so im guessing its an s4
what will the next step be? (if i need anything please could you leave a link)
thanks for all the help starting to feel i might win lol
in twrp when you press "mounts" then press "mount usb", does your computer finally see your phone?
I was looking at your first post, you say that you rooted and flashed your phone. What do you mean by that? Did you download a ROM and attempt to flash it? Or did you "fastboot flash boot boot.img"?
If you are able to access your phone via computer it is as simple as downloading a rom on your computer moving it to your phone then in twrp "install from zip". Then fastboot flash the boot.img.
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1583427
how to flash fastboot
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1752270
if you are just fed up and want your phone back to stock then you will need to run an RUU.
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2094414
To run a RUU you would need to relock your bootloader.
in console type "fastboot lock oem" or use your all in one toolkit to relock it.
if that fails you will need to put your stock recovery back. (you need to have boot loader unlocked to do this)
on the clockworkmod recovery page the stock recovery is the second download link.
http://www.modaco.com/topic/353006-...ch-recovery-for-the-htc-one-s-stock-download/
Ok i am now really confused nothing works downloaded recovery roms they wont install always says failed tried to adb sideload it after google it failed again tried 3 recovery roms all fail what is going wrong icant get it to work
so far ive put twrp on it pressed mount so i can put rom on phone worked
pressed install pressed zip failed
pressed adb sideload then start on comy sent rom 100% install failed
reeboot phone still no os
tried this 3 times different roms all failed
please help
pl4yb0y78 said:
Ok i am now really confused nothing works downloaded recovery roms they wont install always says failed tried to adb sideload it after google it failed again tried 3 recovery roms all fail what is going wrong icant get it to work
so far ive put twrp on it pressed mount so i can put rom on phone worked
pressed install pressed zip failed
pressed adb sideload then start on comy sent rom 100% install failed
reeboot phone still no os
tried this 3 times different roms all failed
please help
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Do you know how to FASTBOOT FLASH boot.img which is present inside the ROM.ZIP?
Try wiping data, cache, dalvik. Then reinstall.
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khan.orak said:
Do you know how to FASTBOOT FLASH boot.img which is present inside the ROM.ZIP?
Try wiping data, cache, dalvik. Then reinstall.
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thanks and yes i can do that i will try and get back to you
C:\adt-bundle-windows-x86_64-20130522\sdk\platform-tools>fastboot boot boot.img
creating boot image...
creating boot image - 16779264 bytes
downloading 'boot.img'...
OKAY [ 1.890s]
booting...
FAILED (remote: reproduce boot image with on-flash ramdisk error)
finished. total time: 1.926s
this is what i get when i try tried 3 imgs
pl4yb0y78 said:
C:\adt-bundle-windows-x86_64-20130522\sdk\platform-tools>fastboot boot boot.img
creating boot image...
creating boot image - 16779264 bytes
downloading 'boot.img'...
OKAY [ 1.890s]
booting...
FAILED (remote: reproduce boot image with on-flash ramdisk error)
finished. total time: 1.926s
this is what i get when i try tried 3 imgs
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The command is:
Code:
fastboot flash boot boot.img
khan.orak said:
The command is:
Code:
fastboot flash boot boot.img
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ok i try this i am only learning but getting there lol
First time post and it's been a hell of a day. I need to figure out how to either sideload the factory ROM, load a 3rd party ROM, or actually factory reset my phone to stock.
I unlocked my bootloader and installed TWRP and SuperSU earlier in the day. I then wanted to try to load Cyanogen11, but there were issues with the load, it constantly failed. I made a backup before I did this, but when I attempted to load the backup, nothing happened, it would just continually boot to recovery.
I attempted a few other things, clearing caches, doing wipes, powering the phone off for 5~ minutes, etc. etc.
Nothing is working, I can't load any ROM now and phone is either stuck at a bootcycle or the HTC Splash screen (Aside from being able to load bootloader/CWP)
jdolbeer said:
First time post and it's been a hell of a day. I need to figure out how to either sideload the factory ROM, load a 3rd party ROM, or actually factory reset my phone to stock.
I unlocked my bootloader and installed TWRP and SuperSU earlier in the day. I then wanted to try to load Cyanogen11, but there were issues with the load, it constantly failed. I made a backup before I did this, but when I attempted to load the backup, nothing happened, it would just continually boot to recovery.
I attempted a few other things, clearing caches, doing wipes, powering the phone off for 5~ minutes, etc. etc.
Nothing is working, I can't load any ROM now and phone is either stuck at a bootcycle or the HTC Splash screen (Aside from being able to load bootloader/CWP)
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Are you still having issues? If so, PM me and I'll help you out.....
Got everything sorted with the great help of Nelvin. I had previously gone to the twrp support IRC and after answering a few questions, they just stopped talking... Glad there are people out there still willing to help! He spent a good hour or so with me making sure everything was working.
Hey you two!
Did you solve your problem via PM, then maybe send me the log of it please.
I dont know exactly if we have the same problem, but i'll try to explain mine:
I wanted to put a ROM on my mini, because it is branded.
I unlocked the bootloader on the htc one mini and then put the twrp recovery on it. It seems to work.
Next i wanted to put super su on it, but I'm already stuck in a bootcircle, so i cant put any files onto the phone. I tried to move files with Qick ADB Pusher, but always when I try to send the file from PC(win7) to one mini it says "Opeartion Failed! Exit Code 1". I tried this when i was in Bootloader. When I am in Recovery ADB doesnt even recognize the phone via USB.
If there is more explanation needed, please feel free to ask.
Thank you for your help in advance!
Greetins,
just2lose.
just2lose said:
Hey you two!
Did you solve your problem via PM, then maybe send me the log of it please.
I dont know exactly if we have the same problem, but i'll try to explain mine:
I wanted to put a ROM on my mini, because it is branded.
I unlocked the bootloader on the htc one mini and then put the twrp recovery on it. It seems to work.
Next i wanted to put super su on it, but I'm already stuck in a bootcircle, so i cant put any files onto the phone. I tried to move files with Qick ADB Pusher, but always when I try to send the file from PC(win7) to one mini it says "Opeartion Failed! Exit Code 1". I tried this when i was in Bootloader. When I am in Recovery ADB doesnt even recognize the phone via USB.
If there is more explanation needed, please feel free to ask.
Thank you for your help in advance!
Greetins,
just2lose.
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Hi, can you let me know: Which ROM you want to flash, if you have attempted to s-off, and that you can boot to recovery?
Also, i'd advise against using utilities like the "pusher", please download this http://d-h.st/qmi and create a directory called c:\adb\ - move your ROM and SuperSU zip files here and extract the adb_windows.zip file to the directory.....
I did not attempt s-off, just normal htc dev bootloader.
First i wanted to flash Magio R4, but then i was thinking about Stock Rom Sense 5.5, which tr1gg3r84 uploaded.
i created folder and moved rom there. i also extracted the adb_windows zip there. what to do next? (i just wanna ask, because im a little scared of totaly breaking the phone now)
Thanks for now!
just2lose said:
I did not attempt s-off, just normal htc dev bootloader.
First i wanted to flash Magio R4, but then i was thinking about Stock Rom Sense 5.5, which tr1gg3r84 uploaded.
i created folder and moved rom there. i also extracted the adb_windows zip there. what to do next? (i just wanna ask, because im a little scared of totaly breaking the phone now)
Thanks for now!
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Boot to recovery, then
adb push therom.zip /sdcard/
adb push UPDATE-SuperSU.zip /sdcard/
Remember to extract the boot.img from the ROM zip file, and after flashing the ROM and SuperSU, boot to bootloader and FASTBOOT menu then:
fastboot flash boot boot.img
you mean to push with the quick ADB Pusher? but in this programm (on PC) it doesnt find the phone whilie it is is recovery boot.
just2lose said:
you mean to push with the quick ADB Pusher? but in this programm (on PC) it doesnt find the phone whilie it is is recovery boot.
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No, use the adb binary from the download link I posted......
If your phone isn't found, check the windows device manager and verify that you have ADB Android device listed..... if not, download adb drivers for windows and install - then plug your phone back in.....
You are using TWRP 2.6.0.0 recovery image from here right? http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2418938
the adb.exe just pops up the cmd console, showing a lot of commands for half a second and then its gone again.
the android device is listed on device manager.
no, i did not use this one(twrp). i used some explanation how to do it from another forum and another file.
should i use this one now? how exactly to do that? theres no explanation :/
Open a command prompt in Windows and cd to c:\adb
Then when your phone is in recovery, type the adb commands I posted earlier.....
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terdingb all
cmd says that the command is wrong or misstyped
(im in c:/adb typing: adb push rom.zip /sdcard/)
Is your ROM zip file called rom.zip? Can you post a screenshot?
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ok got it.
now the rom and the supersu.zip are on the phone.
i cleared cache and dalvik and flashed both files(Stock Sense 5.5 4.3 Rooted Odex/Deodex;UPDATE-SuperSU-v1.86; both zip files) and , after that i went into fastboot and tried (fastboot folder) "fastboot flash boot boot.img" but cmd only says "waiting for device"
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ok got it.
now the rom and the supersu.zip are on the phone.
i cleared cache and dalvik and flashed both files(Stock Sense 5.5 4.3 Rooted Odex/Deodex;UPDATE-SuperSU-v1.86; both zip files) and , after that i went into fastboot and tried (fastboot folder) "fastboot flash boot boot.img" but cmd only says "waiting for device"
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Check device manager on your pc, most likely the adb driver device isn't listed - if not, reboot your pc and try again.... This has happened to me several times......
ok now it worked. writing boot and so on .. finished. total time: 2.717.
i shut it down and started the phone again.
now it almost made the starting sound. after 5 boot cycles it played the whole starting sound and also showed the second screen with the "o1ne" and "beatsaudio" on the bottom.
but thats it. boot cycling in a different way now .
seems like it just doesnt want to work.
i'm so sorry that I am bothering you for so long now..
another idea?
thanks again!
edit: im gonna go through everything again with magio rom r5...
ok got it now. thanks a lot dude!
i deleted the rom files now from the phone but still there is 9gb used on the phone. this is way to much, isnt it?
is there a safe method to clean the whole phone .. something like c:format ?
thanks ³
No problem dood.....
Download an app called diskusage from the store - start it and choose storage card.... Post a screenshot please!
Sent via a weather balloon towed by a flock of seagulls. That's how this messaging stuff works, right?
after the phone went out of battery, it was in a boot cycle again after loading and rebooting.
flashed super su.zip again, but it didnt help. stupid me didnt do a backup yet. so do i have to install the rom again and do all the configs from scretch?
What's your hboot status? Locked/unlocked, s-on/s-off etc
Also, did you do, or install anything before your phone powered off?
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Hi Guys,
After some cleanup in CMW i accidently format EVERYTHING. (formatted all single option in CMW, afterall a bad idea) So now i'm stuck at the google logo.
Now i have the 4.4.4 KTU.zip on my computer. Can i flash this via ADB sideload (as a renamed ''update.zip''? Or can i just copy the .zip file to my Nexus from a computer?
I'm @ work so i;m stuck guessing what i must do to get this thing work!
Thanks in advance guys
i dont know what it is, but if its a rom, sideload then flash away. your phine is empty right now, no rom or anything. you need to put something into your phone(sideload) then flash it.
Yes, the whole zip file is the stock ROM in a zip file.
Luckely i can't login as administrator here or else i could get my device working here
Thanks!
Why not just start the bootloader (fastboot mode) and execute the flash-all.bat? It'a the 'official' way to completely restore your phone. I've done it several times and it always worked great
experience7 said:
Why not just start the bootloader (fastboot mode) and execute the flash-all.bat? It'a the 'official' way to completely restore your phone. I've done it several times and it always worked great
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Thanks! Please tell me where to find the flash all bat. Find nothing specific on google...
Alfa Kenny One said:
Thanks! Please tell me where to find the flash all bat. Find nothing specific on google...
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https://developers.google.com/android/nexus/images
get the factory image here, unzip it, and run the flas-all.bat. make sure fastboot works correctly. it will flash your phone back to stock.
So today my new One Plus 6 arrived. I tested it out for a bit made sure everything seemed to be working ok.
Then I unlocked bootloader, flashed twrp, magisk, all without issue. (I followed a guide I found on google) While setting everything up, I noticed that there was an update avaliable. So I installed that and got a message that the update will remove root. I thought "ok, i'll just have to do that again after. Update installed, rebooted device to recovery and realize TWRP is also gone after the update. So then I rebooted again to the bootloader and do fastboot devices command on my pc. Phone is there. Next I do the fastboot flash boot twrp.img command.
Sending.. Writing.. Finished... But I was still on the bootloader on the phone. I tried it a couple more times with no result. Restarted the phone only to boot into TWRP now. I thought to myself "hmm I'm not sure that's what's supposed to happen" but I continued to flash twrp.zip anyway. Rebooted the device.. TWRP booted again. Tried rebooting a couple more times with the same result.
Now, maybe this is where I messed things up more seriously. I'll also mention I foolishly didn't perform a backup on TWRP before doing all this. Not sure what to do, I flashed magisk as well. And I tried rebooting system, then when that didn't work I think I rebooted "slot B' for some reason.... After that it would only show the oneplus boot animation for a seemingly indefinite period of time.
I found I could get int the bootloader menu by holding vol up and power. Tried flashing TWRP, seemed to work on my computer's end but didn't boot recovery on phone. I rebooted into recovery from bootloader menu, brought me to endless oneplus boot animation again. Selecting start on the boot loader booted to TWRP. From there I rebooted back to slot A. Now it boots straight into TWRP.
I'm not sure what went wrong. I've rooted, installed various roms, etc on previous devices. Never had any issues before. But as I'm sure you can tell I don't really know what I'm doing. Does anyone have any advice? Thanks.
Your not supposed to fastboot flash the twrp, youre supposed to fastboot boot it. Just reflash stock boot.img and you'll be good
usernameisausername said:
I'm not sure what went wrong. I've rooted, installed various roms, etc on previous devices. Never had any issues before. But as I'm sure you can tell I don't really know what I'm doing. Does anyone have any advice? Thanks.
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A number of things work differently on this phone. Don't assume any of your previous knowledge transfers over. There is a steep learning curve.
Stay away from random guides on Google. There are reliable guides here that, if you follow them to the letter, will keep you out of trouble.
fastboot flash boot [.IMG]
Is the issue. Should be
fastboot boot [.IMG]
On www.twrp.me/Devices you'll find the OnePlus 6 plus a corresponding how-to, directly from the source.
Your best bet:
1. Download the full ROM zip from either OnePlus directly or one of the links here on XDA.
2. Download latest TWRP files from twrp.me
3. fastboot boot [.IMG]
4. If in TWRP, connect to your PC and send the ROM over to your phone (MTP should work I think. Else, just ADB push it)
5. Flash the ROM in TWRP as you would flash any other ROM.
6. Should work, your system is now back to stock (also recovery). Let it boot once to be sure and then retry magisk but with the right fastboot commands.
To flash TWRP permanently, move the installer.zip you find on TWRP.me to your phone, fastboot boot the .IMG and flash the installer.zip in recovery.
Let me know if it worked
schwarzerfleck said:
4. If in TWRP, connect to your PC and send the ROM over to your phone (MTP should work I think. Else, just ADB push it))
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MTP is disabled on most versions of twrp including official. There is an unofficial version with MTP working though it's a bit wonky.
iElvis said:
MTP is disabled on most versions of twrp including official. There is an unofficial version with MTP working though it's a bit wonky.
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Yeah that's why I suggested the ADB push
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Yeah that's why I suggested the ADB push
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So I'm having the same issue as OP currently and am somewhat a noob to this. I'm stuck booting into recovery, how do I adb push to the phone? its not showing up in adb devices at all
Eilermoon said:
So I'm having the same issue as OP currently and am somewhat a noob to this. I'm stuck booting into recovery, how do I adb push to the phone? its not showing up in adb devices at all
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If you have USB debugging enabled, it's probably a driver problem. Windows 10 has issue with driver signatures and there's a setting that needs to be disabled. Do a search as it's been discussed (I use a Mac so I'm not certain what).
iElvis said:
If you have USB debugging enabled, it's probably a driver problem. Windows 10 has issue with driver signatures and there's a setting that needs to be disabled. Do a search as it's been discussed (I use a Mac so I'm not certain what).
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Thanks for the info! If anyone has a source for this, that'd be awesome
Disclaimers:
> I am NOT encouraging anyone to do this. I'm not responsible for anything that happens to your device once you've rooted it already. I did this out of curiosity and I'm just sharing my experience.
> Also yeah, Rmx2040. Not Rmx2040EU.
> It's doable, but it is NOT stable. It boots but you can't use the phone normally. You know, like how you'd normally use a phone.
> I SOFTBRICKED MY PHONE.
Bugs:
UI Restarts every time you go landscape and go back to portrait
Can't open camera
UI Restarts every time you scroll on playstore or anywhere with lots of images
Phone lags, actually no, it restarts all the damn time
NOTES:
@Kraitos was looking for boot.img files so i decided to do a little digging too. I saw in a post somewhere that you need vbmeta.img and a patched (via magisk) boot.img from the device itself.
The "vbmeta.img" I used here was from a Realme 5. I figured all they 'kinda' looked the same plus I don't know if the file is also patched. I tried patching it in magisk but it didn't work, so I just grabbed a (patched?) vbmeta.img (from Realme 5 somewhere in the internet) and used that for our device which is, Rmx2040 (6i)
I grabbed the boot.img from the official ozip file in realme's site (From version A.27, I couldn't find any boot.img for A.31 because they haven't updated the link in the site yet). I opened it up, looked for it, grabbed it and patched it using magisk. Thankfully, it worked.
I used both the vbmeta.img (again, idk if it's patched) and the patched boot.img to root my device. I doubted it too, I thought it'll give me a bootloop or something, but it didn't.
If you want to do it, here are the steps:
Unlock your bootloader. Go here:
https://forum.xda-developers.com/realme-6i/how-to/unlocking-bootloader-realme-6i-rmx-2040-t4174255
Credits to @Kraitos for this awesome guide on how to unlock Rmx2040's bootloader.
If you're done unlocking your bootloader, download these files:
boot.img:
https://drive.google.com/file/d/1D7S9JGwDusyL6hJ6pWrFRBLo_9DdQLGR/view?usp=sharing
vbmeta.img:
https://drive.google.com/file/d/1Do2SfGI_Tp2jERcO77Vh1vEfjiQ6Xxe9/view?usp=sharing
Portable adb fastboot (if you don't have it yet):
https://drive.google.com/file/d/1m78UIsabMQlCvNIIv2e4xI19pN9b1otw/view?usp=sharing
Put all in one folder, it doesn't have to have a name.
Extract the zip file (minimal_adb_fastboot_1.4.3_portable.zip)
*Your folders should have the ff:
adb.exe
AdbWinApi.dll
AdbWinUsbApi.dll
boot.img
cmd-here.exe
Disclaimer.txt
fastboot.exe
vbmeta.img
Enable USB debugging in your phone.
Connect your phone to your pc.
Double click "cmd-here.exe"
Type the following in CMD:
adb reboot bootloader
If it displays a text in the middle, type "fastboot devices" on cmd. You SHOULD your phone's code there. If it doesn't display anything, replug the type C cable on your phone and type it again, do this until it shows.
Copy this and paste it in CMD:
fastboot flash vbmeta vbmeta.img --disable-verity --disable-verification
Then press enter.
once it's done, copy this next:
fastboot flash boot boot.img
Then press enter.
Reboot your device by typing this in CMD:
fastboot reboot
If you've made it this far, you should install the latest Magisk Manager after you've unlocked the bootloader though. Or do it last, whatever you prefer works.
Viola, now you have an unstable phone.
I'm gonna try locking my bootloader later to flash the A.27 ozip later, I hope going back to "stock and unrooted" fixes the bugs I've experienced :|
I don't really know anything besides trying stuff out, I just wanted to see if it'll work properly with root. If anyone here noticed that I've done something wrong, please do tell me. I wanna try all the methods we can think of just so we can root this device.
Have a wonderful day y'all
Edit:
Everything went bad. I locked the bootloader because I needed access to stock recovery. It gave me a "red state"
I don't know how to fix this problem :|
Awesome guide and thanks for mention you know some people do that if you pay them to unlock bootloader and rooting device so this thread will be a savior to alot of people , I'll do testing in a couple of days asap i get a laptop relocking bootloader is mostly the same when you unlocked bootloader so it should be easy to flash stock again
Alright, so, quick update:
I tried to lock the bootloader while it had root (in my case, magisk). When I did, the phone went to "red state" (For those who don't know, it's basically bootloop wherein the phone never goes to recovery no matter what you do. Not even in stock).
Now, my phone is broken. It bootloops. I don't know what to do with this problem except going to a service center and have this fixed. Does anyone know how much it costs for reflashing stock rom to realme devices?
Sidenote: I tried the volume + down/up method to get into fastboot mode or stock recovery, but it never works. And honestly speaking, I don't think it will. To get into fastboot mode the bootloader needs to be unlocked, so that's crossed out AND I can't get into stock recovery because the phone restarts every 5 seconds because of that pesky "red state" thingy at the start.
Joesh.lucas said:
Alright, so, quick update:
I tried to lock the bootloader while it had root (in my case, magisk). When I did, the phone went to "red state" (For those who don't know, it's basically bootloop wherein the phone never goes to recovery no matter what you do. Not even in stock).
Now, my phone is broken. It bootloops. I don't know what to do with this problem except going to a service center and have this fixed. Does anyone know how much it costs for reflashing stock rom to realme devices?
Sidenote: I tried the volume + down/up method to get into fastboot mode or stock recovery, but it never works. And honestly speaking, I don't think it will. To get into fastboot mode the bootloader needs to be unlocked, so that's crossed out AND I can't get into stock recovery because the phone restarts every 5 seconds because of that pesky "red state" thingy at the start.
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The problems you faced after rooting the phone is because you flashed an older version of boot.img thats why it wasn't working with latest rom and caused instability in system... And the second problem that you faced that red state thing..!! it was your fault you shouldn't relocked the bootloader with a patched boot img.. and if you wanted to boot the stock recovery you should have used the command " fastboot reboot recovery " this command in fastboot mode reboots the phone to recovery mode... Well i want to know what happend did your phone survived??
mehdi.shah said:
The problems you faced after rooting the phone is because you flashed an older version of boot.img thats why it wasn't working with latest rom and caused instability in system... And the second problem that you faced that red state thing..!! it was your fault you shouldn't relocked the bootloader with a patched boot img.. and if you wanted to boot the stock recovery you should have used the command " fastboot reboot recovery " this command in fastboot mode reboots the phone to recovery mode... Well i want to know what happend did your phone survived??
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Thanks for the information, I now understand that I should use the same boot.img. It was worth the experiment tho, I just hoped I did it better so I wouldn't have to go through this process again.
My phone is here with me. It's still stuck on red state and I haven't went to a service center to have it fixed yet. I went to Hovatek to look for some ways to fix this problem. I tried using miracle box and the SP flashtool method but the latter had problems with the scatter file and the former didn't get past this:
Waiting for USB Port...
Set OPPO PreLoader USB VCOM (Android) (COM4)
>>Please Hold "ON" to connect with the phone...
I also looked a little bit more into it and I found out that I can use the OFP file and the flasher application here: https://firmwarex.net/realme-6i-rmx2040-official-firmware/
But unfortunately, I can't use the application because it's asking for an OPPO ID or something. Either I bring this phone to a service center or I'll just let it be this way until I decide to sell it somewhere. I hope I'll be able to fix this on my own tho, at least, someday.
Edit:
You can read more of my experience here:
Rmx2040 (realme 6i) scatter file
Hi guys, I'm trying to get the scatter file in this and so far I found this on the ozip file: preloader 0x0 pgpt 0x0 recovery_a 0x8000 misc 0x2008000 para 0x2088000 opporeserve1 0x2108000 opporeserve2
forum.hovatek.com
I'm subma rine13.
Joesh.lucas said:
Thanks for the information, I now understand that I should use the same boot.img. It was worth the experiment tho, I just hoped I did it better so I wouldn't have to go through this process again.
My phone is here with me. It's still stuck on red state and I haven't went to a service center to have it fixed yet. I went to Hovatek to look for some ways to fix this problem. I tried using miracle box and the SP flashtool method but the latter had problems with the scatter file and the former didn't get past this:
Waiting for USB Port...
Set OPPO PreLoader USB VCOM (Android) (COM4)
>>Please Hold "ON" to connect with the phone...
I also looked a little bit more into it and I found out that I can use the OFP file and the flasher application here: https://firmwarex.net/realme-6i-rmx2040-official-firmware/
But unfortunately, I can't use the application because it's asking for an OPPO ID or something. Either I bring this phone to a service center or I'll just let it be this way until I decide to sell it somewhere. I hope I'll be able to fix this on my own tho, at least, someday.
Edit:
You can read more of my experience here:
Rmx2040 (realme 6i) scatter file
Hi guys, I'm trying to get the scatter file in this and so far I found this on the ozip file: preloader 0x0 pgpt 0x0 recovery_a 0x8000 misc 0x2008000 para 0x2088000 opporeserve1 0x2108000 opporeserve2
forum.hovatek.com
I'm subma rine13.
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Hey buddy i just rooted my realme 6i (RMX 2040) on build number A.37... everything went smooth and working flawlessly.... No system instabilities at all... Btw sorry to hear that your phone is still in brick state.. actually thing is oppo does not allow the users to flash stock rom on locked bl devices that why flasher tool asks for oppo authorized account in order to flash the device... And about SP flash tool.. it will not work either we have to wait for the patched rom that can be flashed on locked devices with sp flash tool
mehdi.shah said:
Hey buddy i just rooted my realme 6i (RMX 2040) on build number A.37... everything went smooth and working flawlessly.... No system instabilities at all... Btw sorry to hear that your phone is still in brick state.. actually thing is oppo does not allow the users to flash stock rom on locked bl devices that why flasher tool asks for oppo authorized account in order to flash the device... And about SP flash tool.. it will not work either we have to wait for the patched rom that can be flashed on locked devices with sp flash tool
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Woah, is it true you've rooted it? How did you manage to pull it off? Is it similar to what I did except with different files?
Oh and yeah, I think I'll need to bring this to an authorized service center to have it fixed. In your currency, how much do you think it costs to flash the stock rom back to the phone? This has been a question that's been bothering me for months. I do hope it isn't pricey, because if it is then maybe I'll never have it fixed.
Joesh.lucas said:
Woah, is it true you've rooted it? How did you manage to pull it off? Is it similar to what I did except with different files?
Oh and yeah, I think I'll need to bring this to an authorized service center to have it fixed. In your currency, how much do you think it costs to flash the stock rom back to the phone? This has been a question that's been bothering me for months. I do hope it isn't pricey, because if it is then maybe I'll never have it fixed.
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Yeah the procedure was the same as yours... I unlocked the bootloader i was on A27 build... And i downloaded the latest ozip file from the official site and i opened it up in file manager it asked if i want to update the software i clicked yes.. and it rebooted to stock recovery and started updating the device.. after successful update i opend up the ozip file by renaming it to .zip and extracted the boot.img and vbmeta.img. i patched the boot.img with latest magisk manager and tha than flashed those files in fastboot mode... With same commands that u used... And everything went well and its all good and rooted no problem at all..
And yeah the service center thing.. if its the software issue than the charge around 1.5 to 2k rupees in my country...which is around 9.34 to12.4 US dollars..
mehdi.shah said:
Yeah the procedure was the same as yours... I unlocked the bootloader i was on A27 build... And i downloaded the latest ozip file from the official site and i opened it up in file manager it asked if i want to update the software i clicked yes.. and it rebooted to stock recovery and started updating the device.. after successful update i opend up the ozip file by renaming it to .zip and extracted the boot.img and vbmeta.img. i patched the boot.img with latest magisk manager and tha than flashed those files in fastboot mode... With same commands that u used... And everything went well and its all good and rooted no problem at all..
And yeah the service center thing.. if its the software issue than the charge around 1.5 to 2k rupees in my country...which is around 9.34 to12.4 US dollars..
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Does root work as it should?
Russian community guys reported that root exists in the system but not works at all. Rooting procedure looks the same.
sqzd0 said:
Does root work as it should?
Russian community guys reported that root exists in the system but not works at all. Rooting procedure looks the same.
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Yeah it is working like it should work... I tried many things... Different magisk modules.. even changed boot animation with root file manager every thing works like charm..
mehdi.shah said:
Yeah it is working like it should work... I tried many things... Different magisk modules.. even changed boot animation with root file manager every thing works like charm..
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I don't mean to be rude but, can you make a thread for that? Some rmx 2040 owners want to root their device and I think i just gave them a recipe for disaster.
Oh and by the way, thanks for answering my question. I have another one, will it be okay to update your device whilst rooted? If so then how do you stop the auto update?
(Sorry for the questions man hahahaha I wanted the same outcome but I failed miserably :| )
mehdi.shah said:
Yeah it is working like it should work... I tried many things... Different magisk modules.. even changed boot animation with root file manager every thing works like charm..
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Bro give me boot.img a37
mehdi.shah said:
Yeah it is working like it should work... I tried many things... Different magisk modules.. even changed boot animation with root file manager every thing works like charm..
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Give me boot.img of a37 version
mehdi.shah said:
Hey buddy i just rooted my realme 6i (RMX 2040) on build number A.37... everything went smooth and working flawlessly.... No system instabilities at all... Btw sorry to hear that your phone is still in brick state.. actually thing is oppo does not allow the users to flash stock rom on locked bl devices that why flasher tool asks for oppo authorized account in order to flash the device... And about SP flash tool.. it will not work either we have to wait for the patched rom that can be flashed on locked devices with sp flash tool
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If you rooted dump the stock recovery and boot.img through terminal emulator I will try to port twrp
Boot.img and Vbmeta file can now be accessed by clicking the text above
Do is still need to relock my bootloader inorder to downgrade to A.27 update ? Thanks
mehdi.shah said:
Yeah it is working like it should work... I tried many things... Different magisk modules.. even changed boot animation with root file manager every thing works like charm..
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Bro i tried the rooting process and i didnt check the boot and i rooted my phone the wifi,blueooth, camera, etc doesnt work anymore. If POSSIBLE can i revert it back to normal?
Can anyone provide me a twrp recovery file for realme 6i rmx2040 A.47 plsss