I was following the directions here on how to unlock and root my new pixel, and after the fastboot boot-to-image step, it restarted a few times (as it was supposed to) and then it got stuck on the bouncing dots stage. When I attempted to restart into recovery, I instead got a "[Ramdump] writing to EXT4 file" message, and I was not able to get into recovery after several attempts. Are there any options for recovering this or did I manage to brick it beyond repair?
Thanks
Are you able to flash the factory image?
roirraW "edor" ehT said:
Are you able to flash the factory image?
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or flash the recovery TWRP
roirraW "edor" ehT said:
Are you able to flash the factory image?
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After the battery drained overnight, I manged to boot into recovery. Is it worth it to try and see if it starts normally or should I leave it in recovery and try the factory reflash? If the reflash, should I pick the most recent image, or do I need to pick the correct one that it came with?
henk-jan said:
or flash the recovery TWRP
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Even though ADB recognizes my device now (I was able to boot into recovery after the battery drained overnight), I can't see it on my computer to manually transfer files, can I push the TWRP .zip file onto the device using ADB, and does it matter where on the device it gets put (the instructions just say to copy it to the device)?
cdenney said:
After the battery drained overnight, I manged to boot into recovery. Is it worth it to try and see if it starts normally or should I leave it in recovery and try the factory reflash? If the reflash, should I pick the most recent image, or do I need to pick the correct one that it came with?
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It won't hurt anything to see if it'll boot. Most recent image.
roirraW "edor" ehT said:
It won't hurt anything to see if it'll boot. Most recent image.
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Flashing the factory image worked. Now I just have to decide if I try it again or just relock the bootloader and leave well enough alone. Thanks!
cdenney said:
Flashing the factory image worked. Now I just have to decide if I try it again or just relock the bootloader and leave well enough alone. Thanks!
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If you're in any way hesitant, don't touch it. I wouldn't relock the bootloader personally.
cdenney said:
Flashing the factory image worked. Now I just have to decide if I try it again or just relock the bootloader and leave well enough alone. Thanks!
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You don't need anything but SuperSU zip to root. Enable developers option in settings, enable usb debugging, in fastboot mode fastboot boot TWRP IMG, if you want custom recovery, flash pixel TWRP zip, reboot recovery, flash SuperSU, reboot, otherwise skip TWRP zip and reboot recovery part. No boot to root is necessary. Just flash SuperSU. Simple.
Here is link to TWRP IMG to boot into
https://dl.twrp.me/sailfish/twrp-3.0.2-0-RC1-fastboot-sailfish.img.html
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cdenney said:
Flashing the factory image worked. Now I just have to decide if I try it again or just relock the bootloader and leave well enough alone. Thanks!
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I will say, I had this exact issue before. The issue was that I had inadvertently used an older version of fastboot. Worth double checking.
Tulsadiver said:
You don't need anything but SuperSU zip to root. Enable developers option in settings, enable usb debugging, in fastboot mode fastboot boot TWRP IMG, if you want custom recovery, flash pixel TWRP zip, reboot recovery, flash SuperSU, reboot, otherwise skip TWRP zip and reboot recovery part. No boot to root is necessary. Just flash SuperSU. Simple.
Here is link to TWRP IMG to boot into
https://dl.twrp.me/sailfish/twrp-3.0.2-0-RC1-fastboot-sailfish.img.html
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Hey you mind giving me guild on how it is done, i am lost here. I read number of them but do not wish to brick my phone.
Thank you
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Hey all,
I used the "root your phone with Ubuntu" guide from the Nexus S Development forum, and then did a "fastboot oem lock" but when I try to reboot into recovery mode, the phone just sticks at the Google logo. I never see the /!\ icon to proceed further to install the 2.3.2 update manually.
I tried an "adb reboot recovery" to see if that would get me into recovery, but no luck there either, it just sits at the Google logo.
I have to remove the battery in order to boot the phone properly.
I'm curious how to proceed.
cormyn said:
Hey all,
I used the "root your phone with Ubuntu" guide from the Nexus S Development forum, and then did a "fastboot oem lock" but when I try to reboot into recovery mode, the phone just sticks at the Google logo. I never see the /!\ icon to proceed further to install the 2.3.2 update manually.
I tried an "adb reboot recovery" to see if that would get me into recovery, but no luck there either, it just sits at the Google logo.
I have to remove the battery in order to boot the phone properly.
I'm curious how to proceed.
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you need to flash a recovery via fastboot.
Download the clockwork recovery recovery-clockwork-3.0.0.0-crespo.img image, and save it to the ..\android-sdk-windows\tools directory
renamed it to recovery.img
then type...
fastboot flash recovery recovery.img
and hit enter
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simms22 said:
you need to flash a recovery via fastboot.
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There's a new version of CWM to flash...that one you're linking is causing issues to people trying to apply updates. CWM is now 3.0.0.5
http://koush.tandtgaming.com/recoveries/recovery-clockwork-3.0.0.5-crespo.img
distortedloop said:
There's a new version of CWM to flash...that one you're linking is causing issues to people trying to apply updates. CWM is now 3.0.0.5
http://koush.tandtgaming.com/recoveries/recovery-clockwork-3.0.0.5-crespo.img
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fixed it, thanks!
simms22 said:
you need to flash a recovery via fastboot.
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Huh, I thought the recovery reset itself... Thanks for the info.
Ah, drag, I had already locked my nexus back up, and unlocking it is going to wipe the phone all over again.
I think if I'm going to wipe my phone anyway, I'll just wipe it back to factory and leave the phone unrooted... Too much hassle with the internal SD getting wiped every time.
cormyn said:
Huh, I thought the recovery reset itself... Thanks for the info.
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Only after a successful reboot to the normal system, and only if you're on 2.3.1 or greater, and only if you've not renamed the /etc/install-recovery.sh file.
cormyn said:
Ah, drag, I had already locked my nexus back up, and unlocking it is going to wipe the phone all over again.
I think I'm just going to unroot my phone. Too much hassle with the internal SD getting wiped every time.
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Yeah, that sucks. I don't relock my bootloader.
Incidentally, I had flashed a recovery, it was called recovery-clockwork-herring.img as suggested in the original "root your nexus s with ubuntu" guide. Maybe someone should tell that author to suggest a newer/better recovery.
cormyn said:
Incidentally, I had flashed a recovery, it was called recovery-clockwork-herring.img as suggested in the original "root your nexus s with ubuntu" guide. Maybe someone should tell that author to suggest a newer/better recovery.
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Use this one: http://koush.tandtgaming.com/recoveries/recovery-clockwork-3.0.0.5-crespo.img
Thanks for the info, distortedloop. I think I'm just going to factory wipe and leave my phone unrooted for a while.
... assuming of course that a factory reset will get me back to a place where I can install OTA updates, or a recovery mode where I can manually install update.zip files?
distortedloop said:
Use this one: http://koush.tandtgaming.com/recoveries/recovery-clockwork-3.0.0.5-crespo.img
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i was using the older CW recovery 3.0.0.0 also, so i just decided to flash version 3.0.0.5. since im at work, i cant fastboot it to my phone. i did it via the terminal emulator on my phone. 1st time i got a bunch of out of space errors so i booted into recovery just to check, and it was gone. nothing there. so i rebooted and tried it again via terminal. 2nd time was a success. to flash the recovery in the terminal emulator, download the recovery and put it on the root of your sd card and rename it recovery.img . now open the terminal and type...
su(press enter)
flash_image recovery /sdcard/recovery.img(press enter)
reboot recovery(press enter)
well, apparently a factory wipe was a bad move, 'cause now the phone rebooted and is stuck at the Google logo, like it's trying to get back into the recovery.
cormyn said:
Thanks for the info, distortedloop. I think I'm just going to factory wipe and leave my phone unrooted for a while.
... assuming of course that a factory reset will get me back to a place where I can install OTA updates, or a recovery mode where I can manually install update.zip files?
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Factory reset won't remover the su binary and symlinks it makes. Factory reset only wipes the /data partition, not the /system one.
An oem lock, then oem unlock might, but I'm not sure...that definitely wipes the sdcard, though, unlike a factory reset does, so back that up first!
There's some thread on here someplace about how to completely remove root.
Pulled the battery, went back into bootloader mode, did a 'fastboot oem unlock', then flashed the crespo 3.0.5 img, and then 'fastboot oem lock' and the phone reboots properly.
Thanks again!
I'm trying to boot into TWRP to install it from there ("fastboot flash recovery" doesn't work), but "fastboot boot" just makes my phone boot normally. Anyone know what's going on?
Edit: I'm just dumb and had the wrong image. I extracted the image from the installation zip rather than the separate .img download for fastboot.
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I'm trying to boot into TWRP to install it from there ("fastboot flash recovery" doesn't work), but "fastboot boot" just makes my phone boot normally. Anyone know what's going on?
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Issue with TWRP. What are you running?
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Issue with TWRP. What are you running?
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Latest versions of stock Android, EDB, and TWRP.
This happened to me, I redownloaded the twrp image, rebooted my phone, tried again and it booted to twrp.
I'm just an idiot. I hadn't done this in a long time, so for some reason I extracted the .img from the .zip, rather than downloading the image labeled fastboot.
On a related note though, do OTAs work with systemless root? Last I checked it was up in the air, but there's been some time now -- could someone link me, perhaps?
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I'm just an idiot. I hadn't done this in a long time, so for some reason I extracted the .img from the .zip, rather than downloading the image labeled fastboot.
On a related note though, do OTAs work with systemless root? Last I checked it was up in the air, but there's been some time now -- could someone link me, perhaps?
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it's supposed to work and I don't see why it wouldn't. (I never tried personally) but you will need to have the stock recovery for the OTA to flash.
I was downloading a OTA update the other day & in preparation I thought I would go ahead & uninstall Magisk. Magisk asked me if I wanted to restore images or uninstall I just uninstalled, not ever having made a image before I didn't know what it was talking about.
The phone rebooted once then booted again into TWRP, I can't get back into my phones OS.
Later I couldn't get back into TWRP so I had to boot using the fastboot commands in Windows. I was able to see & "Backup" the contents of my phone to an external drive.
Now how do I get back into my phone like normal?
Do I need to flash an image or I've seen other threads they wipe the data & there phone boots?
Please advise.
Thank you
justinstrack said:
I was downloading a OTA update the other day & in preparation I thought I would go ahead & uninstall Magisk. Magisk asked me if I wanted to restore images or uninstall I just uninstalled, not ever having made a image before I didn't know what it was talking about.
The phone rebooted once then booted again into TWRP, I can't get back into my phones OS.
Later I couldn't get back into TWRP so I had to boot using the fastboot commands in Windows. I was able to see & "Backup" the contents of my phone to an external drive.
Now how do I get back into my phone like normal?
Do I need to flash an image or I've seen other threads they wipe the data & there phone boots?
Please advise.
Thank you
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First of all, no need to uninstall Magisk - unnecessary and waste of time.
Once in TWRP (fastboot boot twrp.img, or via your phone if you still can) - flash OOS OTA update (as that was what you were trying to do).
Then flash TWRP, reboot TWRP. Now you can flash Magisk again (so you get root, since you removed it for some reason).
Everything should be fine.
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First of all, no need to uninstall Magisk - unnecessary and waste of time.
Once in TWRP (fastboot boot twrp.img, or via your phone if you still can) - flash OOS OTA update (as that was what you were trying to do).
Then flash TWRP, reboot TWRP. Now you can flash Magisk again (so you get root, since you removed it for some reason).
Everything should be fine.
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Unfortunately now I can't get the "fastboot boot twrp.img" to boot into twrp? FAILED authentication.
Now what?
Fastboot devices work & the reboot function works, just can't boot twrp.img. I've seen somewhere I can maybe force boot the device idk if it will work. damn
justinstrack said:
Unfortunately now I can't get the "fastboot boot twrp.img" to boot into twrp? FAILED authentication.
Now what?
Fastboot devices work & the reboot function works, just can't boot twrp.img. I've seen somewhere I can maybe force boot the device idk if it will work. damn
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Sorry to hear. You are going to have to provide logs of what commands you are typing into terminal, and what is the output.
So are you in TWRP or not. I literally have no idea what is going on with your device or what you are doing.
Next time, maybe check guides in this forum of how to do what you are doing.
Randomly uninstalling/installing/flashing/issuing commands via terminal/random backup and restores/etc.... does not sit well with android devices.
I'll try another pc tonight.
If you can get back to twrp you need to flash magik to boot normally
Still can't back into twrp. Failedremote: failed to load/authenicate boot image: Load error.)
Tried a different computer. Tried deleting my fastboot files on PC then copying them from a backup thinking I modified the twrp image wrong thinking this unmotified version would work, still nothing.
Can I get some advice links to guides. Thank you.
justinstrack said:
Still can't back into twrp. Failedremote: failed to load/authenicate boot image: Load error.)
Tried a different computer. Tried deleting my fastboot files on PC then copying them from a backup thinking I modified the twrp image wrong thinking this unmotified version would work, still nothing.
Can I get some advice links to guides. Thank you.
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Still.... what are you typing into terminal... take a screen shot .....
ARE YOU SURE you are typing 'fastboot boot twrp.img' - BOOT, not FLASH!!!???
I'm now able to boot into twrp. Had to use fastboot --set-active=a. Worked great. Left it like that at home. I'm at work now.
What next?
justinstrack said:
I'm now able to boot into twrp. Had to use fastboot --set-active=a. Worked great. Left it like that at home. I'm at work now.
What next?
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I would start by reading forum page 1 information about what you are trying to do.
I already explained to you the order to flash to make things work.
If that is not enough, once again, go learn what you are trying to do (via the forum thread).
You will probably save yourself these types of situations in the future if you understand what you are doing.
Good luck.
Everything is FULLY Operational Thank You. What a experience but Ive learned.
justinstrack said:
Everything is FULLY Operational Thank You. What a experience but Ive learned.
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And not even a single thanks button hit or anything... Weird flex, but OK
I'm so sorry LOL. found it. Have a good day xda forum members, I found the button. THANK YOU
Hey Guys,
So my idiot brain decided to mess around with substatum themes after I updated and rerooted my OP7P. I rooted with magisk but forgot to put TWRP recovery on.
Anyways, got the phone semi bricked when applying one of the overlays. The phone boots and I can see my lock screen wallpaper but the screen is just flashing on/off.
I cant use the fingerprint or pin to get it. Is there a way for me to backup my pictures and data or somehow remove substratum?
Biggest problem is that for whatever reason, the update revoked my ADB authorization so it looks like I cant do anything with ADB.
If someone has any way to salvage my situation, please reply. Factory reset is my last resort due to no backup.
Thank You
Try booting into TWRP and using ADB there.
Well boot to fastboot. Flash twrp there and then reboot to twrp.
Flash rescue zip and you should be good to go
tech_head said:
Try booting into TWRP and using ADB there.
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pranacrockz said:
Well boot to fastboot. Flash twrp there and then reboot to twrp.
Flash rescue zip and you should be good to go
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Problem is, I dont have TWRP recovery flashed, looks like it reverted to stock recovery after I updated. I rooted with Magisk which does not put TWRP back. I forgot to flash it after.
I also probably wont be able to do anything in fastboot either because the update removed the ADB Authorization and I am unable to accept it since my screen doesnt respond to anything, I will attempt this route though.
Edit: No go. ADB vendor key not set and I dont think I will be able to accept it on my device due to unresponsive screen
morphius88 said:
Problem is, I dont have TWRP recovery flashed, looks like it reverted to stock recovery after I updated. I rooted with Magisk which does not put TWRP back. I forgot to flash it after.
I also probably wont be able to do anything in fastboot either because the update removed the ADB Authorization and I am unable to accept it since my screen doesnt respond to anything, I will attempt this route though.
Edit: No go. ADB vendor key not set and I dont think I will be able to accept it on my device due to unresponsive screen
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Fastboot doesn't need adb.
Switch off the phone, reboot to fastboot.
Then type fastboot boot (filelocation of twrp.img)
Then your phone will boot to twrp.
Flash rescue.zip.
If it is still a no go. Then use msm tool
pranacrockz said:
Fastboot doesn't need adb.
Switch off the phone, reboot to fastboot.
Then type fastboot boot (filelocation of twrp.img)
Then your phone will boot to twrp.
Flash rescue.zip.
If it is still a no go. Then use msm tool
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Rebooted to fastboot, entered the PIN but Fastboot is a no go. Just keeps saying <waiting for any device> and nothing happens. Would that be because the authorization keys were not accepted after the update?
I am downloading the MSM Tool and will try that if I cant get it to work with fastboot. Will update if it works.
Thanks for suggestions
Ended up using the MSM tool. Did not know it wipes data and also put me back to Android 9.
Oh well, lesson learned. Gotta make monthly backups, make sure twrp is installed and working before messing around with substatrum.
Thanks for the help.
Hello, newbie here..
Need help!! My phone keeps booting to TWRP whenever I turned it on, connected it to PC, or even when I connected it to my charger.
It happened after I mistakenly uninstalled a system app (it is an app named Freeshare). I thought it was just a sharing app like MiDrop or ShareIt, but clearly that was a mistake.
Now I just can't seem to boot into the system, not even able to enter into the download mode.
I've tried a method that I found in here, like entering a code in TWRP terminal (it was "dd if blablabla", i forgot. Lol), to no avail.
Haven't tried to flash the stock rom or stock boot since I can't find any zip Stock Rom for my phone (my phone is Gome Fenmmy Note).
Does anyone have an idea or know how to fix it?
Thanks in advance
Did you flash MISC partition?
Give a try on this (plese, method #2 only): https://forum.xda-developers.com/t/...omi-redmi-note-9-xiaomi-redmi-10x-4g.4209299/
Or you can try to FORMAT the misc partition inside the TWRP.
Or did you flash TWRP to boot partition ??
TWRP needs to be flashed to RECOVERY partition.
If you flash TWRP to boot partition, your device will boot forever to recovery.
If yes, you need to flash the original stock boot.img
VD171 said:
Did you flash MISC partition?
Give a try on this (plese, method #2 only): https://forum.xda-developers.com/t/...omi-redmi-note-9-xiaomi-redmi-10x-4g.4209299/
Or you can try to FORMAT the misc partition inside the TWRP.
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But before i mistakenly uninstalled the system app, my phone is completely fine. No twrp bootloop when i rebooting hte phone. The bootloop happened after I uninstalled a system app.
But thanks anyway. Will try this after I got home.
disegiooo said:
But before i mistakenly uninstalled the system app, my phone is completely fine. No twrp bootloop when i rebooting hte phone. The bootloop happened after I uninstalled a system app.
But thanks anyway. Will try this after I got home.
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You don't need to uninstall a system app for disabling it completely.
If you've uninstalled a system app, you've modified your system.
1. Did you unlock bootloader?
2. Did you flash vbmeta with disabled verification?
3. Did you root your device?
4. Did you debloat your device?
You can't modify your system before the answer for all questions be YES.
Probably you need to flash the SYSTEM again.
(Only system should be enough.)
VD171 said:
You don't need to uninstall a system app for disabling it completely.
If you've uninstalled a system app, you've modified your system.
1. Did you unlock bootloader?
2. Did you flash vbmeta with disabled verification?
3. Did you root your device?
4. Did you debloat your device?
You can't modify your system before the answer for all questions be YES.
Probably you need to flash the SYSTEM again.
(Only system should be enough.)
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For questions 1,3,4 the answer is YES. For question 2, I'm not really sure.
Okay, so I need to flash the system again. Can I just flash the system.img through TWRP? Since it won't enter fastboot or download mode. Since once I connect my turned off phone to PC, it will immediately reboot to TWRP.
Sorry, if I'm asking too much. Please be patience.
disegiooo said:
For questions 1,3,4 the answer is YES. For question 2, I'm not really sure.
Okay, so I need to flash the system again. Can I just flash the system.img through TWRP? Since it won't enter fastboot or download mode. Since once I connect my turned off phone to PC, it will immediately reboot to TWRP.
Sorry, if I'm asking too much. Please be patience.
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Are you sure you can't enter in fastboot mode?
I'm not sure, but I think to flash system using TWRP you need to convert sparse image to regular image using simg2img first.
VD171 said:
Are you sure you can't enter in fastboot mode?
I'm not sure, but I think to flash system using TWRP you need to convert sparse image to regular image using simg2img first.
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VD171 said:
Are you sure you can't enter in fastboot mode?
I'm not sure, but I think to flash system using TWRP you need to convert sparse image to regular image using simg2img first.
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Well, I haven't tried to enter fastboot using adb yet since the phone will automatically turn on and boot into TWRP if i connect it to PC using usb cable. Is it possible to enter fastboot using adb eventhough the phone isn't turned off and in TWRP mode?
I see, so i need to convert the image into regular image first. Got it.
I'll try all of your suggestions. Hope it worked.
disegiooo said:
Well, I haven't tried to enter fastboot using adb yet since the phone will automatically turn on and boot into TWRP if i connect it to PC using usb cable. Is it possible to enter fastboot using adb eventhough the phone isn't turned off and in TWRP mode?
I see, so i need to convert the image into regular image first. Got it.
I'll try all of your suggestions. Hope it worked.
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Yes.
Enter in twrp.
Plug usb cable.
Type "adb devices" and check your device is detected.
And then try "adb reboot bootloader"
VD171 said:
Yes.
Enter in twrp.
Plug usb cable.
Type "adb devices" and check your device is detected.
And then try "adb reboot bootloader"
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Hello, sorry for late reply. Yes my phone now able to enter the fastboot mode. Then what should i do next to flash my stock rom? I can't turn off my phone
disegiooo said:
Hello, sorry for late reply. Yes my phone now able to enter the fastboot mode. Then what should i do next to flash my stock rom? I can't turn off my phone
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If you can enter in fastboot mode, you can flash the rom easily.
But it requires unlocked bootloader.
If your bootloader is locked, you need to flash using SP FLASH TOOL.
Just download the stock rom, extract it and flash using any of the flashing script (if available).
Good luck
VD171 said:
If you can enter in fastboot mode, you can flash the rom easily.
But it requires unlocked bootloader.
If your bootloader is locked, you need to flash using SP FLASH TOOL.
Just download the stock rom, extract it and flash using any of the flashing script.
Good luck
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Alright, my phone bootloader is unlocked. Then how do I flash the stock rom?
Sorry, I'm completely a noob.
disegiooo said:
Alright, my phone bootloader is unlocked. Then how do I flash the stock rom?
Sorry, I'm completely a noob.
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I suggest you to watch some videos in youtube.
Certainly, it helps alot.
VD171 said:
It's same for all xiaomi devices.
I suggest you to watch some videos in youtube.
Certainly, it helps alot.
If you don't know how to flash manually using fastboot, try MiFlash:
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Thank you very much. Managed to flash the stock rom safely.
Once again, thank you for your help! May God bless you
disegiooo said:
Thank you very much. Managed to flash the stock rom safely.
Once again, thank you for your help! May God bless you
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Good job, my friend
You are welcome.
God bless you too
About disabling preinstalled apps, try to perform this in command line:
pm disable-user --user 0 com.android.chrome(Change com.android.chrome to desired package name to disable.)