Database Info

Guide for rooting Realme 5 on stock rom.

I tried to root Realme 5 on stock ROM after a lot of failures and a visit to their service centre to flash stock ROM [It's free].
Code:
I am not responsible if anything goes wrong, this worked for me, I am not guaranteeing that this will work for you.
You should know the risks of rooting and mucking around where you are not supposed to be.
Code:
After rooting, stock ROM will show you an annoying red blinking pill in the status bar saying your phone has been rooted.
And no it can't be removed because xposed doesn't support our device.
Code:
You won't be able to set a pin or fingerprint after unlocking the bootloader.
Realme 5 is a pain in the ***, piece of **** phone if you want to root it with stock ROM.
1. Unlock the bootloader.
2. Flash twrp from fastboot mode. Download it from here.
3. Flash patched vbmeta immediately after flashing twrp. Download link.
4. Boot into twrp. Backup System, Vendor, Boot partitions on YOUR SD CARD [important].
5. Format Data (not wipe).
6. After formatting data download dm-verity disabler from here and flash it via twrp.
7. Now restore the backup you took before and download magiskmanager and flash it via twrp.
8. Boot into the system. Voila! your realme SHOULD boot up now with root.
The only thing I need now is a stock recovery for realme 5, can anyone please provide it?

piyushmanolkar said:
I tried to root Realme 5 on stock ROM after a lot of failures and a visit to their service centre to flash stock ROM [It's free].
Code:
I am not responsible if anything goes wrong, this worked for me, I am not guaranteeing that this will work for you.
You should know the risks of rooting and mucking around where you are not supposed to be.
Code:
After rooting, stock ROM will show you an annoying red blinking pill in the status bar saying your phone has been rooted.
And no it can't be removed because xposed doesn't support our device.
Code:
You won't be able to set a pin or fingerprint after unlocking the bootloader.
Realme 5 is a pain in the ***, piece of **** phone if you want to root it with stock ROM.
1. Unlock the bootloader.
2. Flash twrp from fastboot mode. Download it from here.
3. Flash patched vbmeta immediately after flashing twrp. Download link.
4. Boot into twrp. Backup System, Vendor, Boot partitions on YOUR SD CARD [important].
5. Format Data (not wipe).
6. After formatting data download dm-verity disabler from here and flash it via twrp.
7. Now restore the backup you took before and download magiskmanager and flash it via twrp.
8. Boot into the system. Voila! your realme SHOULD boot up now with root.
The only thing I need now is a stock recovery for realme 5, can anyone please provide it?
Click to expand...
Click to collapse
Why there is need to restore backup ?

Nivrutti1234 said:
Why there is need to restore backup?
Click to expand...
Click to collapse
Because you have to remove encryption and to remove encryption the phone has to be formatted, After a format, you have to install an OS on it, in my case, it was the stock ROM, so I restored the backup of the stock ROM I had taken before.

piyushmanolkar said:
Because you have to remove encryption and to remove encryption the phone has to be formatted, After a format, you have to install an OS on it, in my case, it was the stock ROM, so I restored the backup of the stock ROM I had taken before.
Click to expand...
Click to collapse
No need to restore backup, because it only format userdata partition.

Help me my real 5 wifi and sound not work after instal root magisk..
My firm V A23
Or share boot.img V A23
Thanks for all

codei5503 said:
No need to restore backup, because it only format userdata partition.
Click to expand...
Click to collapse
I specifically said FORMAT data, Format data deletes all of your partitions. Including system.

unlock fail
is there any method to unlock the BL?since mine realme 5 showed this is a carrier customized phone after i start depth test.......

by "patched vbmeta" do you mean that the vbmeta has the magisk? so after that I don't need to separately flash magisk too? just go to directly flash the dm-verity disabler?

proper root for rmx2030 didnt came out till now as i tried everything possible got root access and the device was open but as soon i restarted my phone went to bootloop

Stuck upgrading from 9.05 to 10.3, restore with Nandroid backup possible ?

Tried to clean flash unlocked and rooted OP6 from OOS 9.05 to 10.3 and got stuck in "bootloader unlocked" (only later learned that I should have gone via 9.09 to 10). Tried to restore Nandroid, but this did not work either and even lost the recovery.
Now I can go to recovery only via "fastboot boot" and only using twrp-3.3.1-18-enchilada-Q-mauronofrio.img (none of the other recoveries I tried will boot). I tried to restore the backup (with and without reflashing twrp-3.3.1-18-Q zip afterwards) but never manage to boot back to system (maybe because the restore is 9.05 and the above TWRP is OOS10; it starts up with the ASOP10 log ?)
Is there a way to restore 9.05 with the nandroid without wiping the user data ?
(like flashing the nandroid twice on slot A and B and flashing the correct TWRP and/or Magisk afterwards) ?

ebar3 said:
Tried to clean flash unlocked and rooted OP6 from OOS 9.05 to 10.3 and got stuck in "bootloader unlocked" ?
Click to expand...
Click to collapse
Problem solved!
I followed this post https://forum.xda-developers.com/showpost.php?p=78915106&postcount=2
(reflash same ROM and Magisk versions as those originally installed, then restore nandroid backup).
3 things to note which were not obvious to me:
- Unzipp ALL files into one single folder (same ROMs have zips within zips)
- use the "flash-all-partitions-fastboot.bat" file,
- answer NO to the first question "Wipe all data (recommended)". If not, the internal data (data/media) will be wiped as well, including your nandroid backup and other info (music, photo..). If you have to wipe, make sure the backup is on the PC

TWRP encrypted sdcard but I didn't have encryption on

What I did:
Wiped all but data
Flashed latest OOS
Rebooted and lost TWRP
Booted to fastboot and booted from TWRP
Flashed TWRP
Rebooted to TWRP
Now all the data is encrypted (gibberish names)
How can it be?
What can I do now? from what I read I just lost all of my data... How do I proceed?

Now I'm attempting to sideload the official ROM... maybe after flashing the ROM, OOS will be able to read the files (I never activated any encryption on my device)

Alonzzo2 said:
Now I'm attempting to sideload the official ROM... maybe after flashing the ROM, OOS will be able to read the files (I never activated any encryption on my device)
Click to expand...
Click to collapse
How I install OOS.
Boot twrp
Flash OOS 10.3.6
Flash TWRP installer zip
Flash finalize
Format data
Reboot system.
On AB partition devices which is everything made now recovery and boot image are in same place so you must always install twrp installer zip when you flash a rom to have twrp otherwise it gets taken away. Formatting data when doing a clean installation at the end before you reboot system will allow you to then see your sdcard files afterwards..
Sent from my OnePlus6T using XDA Labs

TWRP shows internal storage folders named as random letters.

I have a Redmi note 8 with MIUI 12 installed. Bootloader is unlocked and the phone is rooted.
When I try to flash TWRP recovery in fastboot mode using my PC, it successfully flashes and boots into the TWRP recovery. TWRP does not ask for any password for decrypting the files, and when I go to install>sdcard then the storage is all in random letters, completely unrecognizable.
I have tried a lot of tutorials on youtube but none of them worked. I tried flashing the latest version of TWRP, didn't work. I tried formatting all data and rebooting back into recovery mode, didn't work. (if you reboot to system after installing TWRP, the phone automatically deletes TWRP and the next time you open recovery mode you just get the default MI recovery, and you have to flash TWRP again to open TWRP recovery.) I tried almost everything on the internet but none of it worked. Is there any way I can make it ask for the decryption password? or have my files decrypted? I just need the TWRP for a one-time-use to install a custom ROM. I don't need it to be installed permanently, but no problem even if it does get installed permanently. I just want my custom ROM.
Please help

does that work?:
Boot into twrp, then
Code:
adb shell
twrp decrypt myPassword
(myPassword is your user password)

User699 said:
does that work?:
Boot into twrp, then
Code:
adb shell
twrp decrypt myPassword
(myPassword is your user password)
Click to expand...
Click to collapse
It didnt work, "failed to decrypt data" i typed the right password

#JKTheBaskieBoy said:
It didnt work, "failed to decrypt data" i typed the right password
Click to expand...
Click to collapse
Okay, interessting. What's the exact error?
However, since you only want to use twrp to flash a custom OS, you could try to boot twrp (without flashing)
Code:
fastboot boot twrp.img
and then wipe data via twrp and then install your custom OS. You can use sideload which should be located under "advanced" I guess.
Code:
adb sideload myCustomOS.zip
EDIT: Don't boot out of twrp before sideloading, since your os should encrypt everything again after wiping which makes it unpossible for twrp to decrypt again (at least in your case, since it failed for some reason).
If you booted out of twrp, just wipe again and then sideload.

the correct and recommend way to install TWRP is
Flash TWRP
Erase userdata partition <~ it's important to do this as soon as possible since booting your device would just encrypt everything again
Format userdata partition
by doing this you would be able to access data partition files and folder would not be random letters.

User699 said:
Okay, interessting. What's the exact error?
However, since you only want to use twrp to flash a custom OS, you could try to boot twrp (without flashing)
Code:
fastboot boot twrp.img
and then wipe data via twrp and then install your custom OS. You can use sideload which should be located under "advanced" I guess.
Code:
adb sideload myCustomOS.zip
EDIT: Don't boot out of twrp before sideloading, since your os should encrypt everything again after wiping which makes it unpossible for twrp to decrypt again (at least in your case, since it failed for some reason).
If you booted out of twrp, just wipe again and then sideload.
Click to expand...
Click to collapse
Sorry for the late reply. Earlier i just gave up on installing the custom ROM and continued with my stock from. Today a tried again, installed TWRP and turns out it is not showing random letters now. its all regular storage. i didn't even do anything to decrypt it lol it just fixed itself. Now I will install the room myself. Thank you for your help though

Ah sh** here we go again. So i installed the custom rom successfully and everything worked fine, the TWRP too. but when I tried to flash a magisk patched image (the image that I used to root my phone in MIUI) then it got stuck in the boot screen. I had to flash the stock fastboot rom again.. And as expected from my piece of **** that xiaomi calls a phone, TWRP will show encrypted folders, and does not ask for a password. Same problem. Rooted my phone again, using the magisk root image, and it worked like usual, the phone rooted. Now i am stuck again in this bs. I guess I will wait for about 4-5 days and continue using the phone like normal. Maybe it will work again this time. I will try your method here first
User699 said:
Okay, interessting. What's the exact error?
However, since you only want to use twrp to flash a custom OS, you could try to boot twrp (without flashing)
Code:
fastboot boot twrp.img
and then wipe data via twrp and then install your custom OS. You can use sideload which should be located under "advanced" I guess.
Code:
adb sideload myCustomOS.zip
EDIT: Don't boot out of twrp before sideloading, since your os should encrypt everything again after wiping which makes it unpossible for twrp to decrypt again (at least in your case, since it failed for some reason).
If you booted out of twrp, just wipe again and then sideload.
Click to expand...
Click to collapse

Okay i tried wiping the data, cache and dalvik but it shows a huge essay of "error opening xxx/xxxx" in red text. Data wipe failed.
See you after like 4-5 days... hopefully

Update. I finally found a solution. It took literal hours of experimenting to find this.
-Flashed the fastboot ROM of the phone
-Rooted the phone by flashing magisk patched image
-Flashed Inception kernel via FK kernel manager
-Rebooting after flashing the kernel, It will get stuck in a black screen with no text whatsoever (probably a bootloop)
-Installed TWRP (This time TWRP does not show encrypted letters), Wiped all data, Transferred the custom ROM zip to the phone (while in TWRP) and flashing the rom
-The rom is flashed successfully. On the first reboot you get greeted with another bootloop. Fortunately the phone booted into TWRP. This time the folders are encrypted again.
-Successfully wiped the data (advanced>wipe data). No errors in data wiping this time.
-A fully working Corvus OS setup appears on rebooting.
I think the whole TWRP problem was fixed by the custom kernel. Anyways I am finally done with this now. You probably enjoyed seeing all this xD

#JKTheBaskieBoy said:
Update. I finally found a solution. It took literal hours of experimenting to find this.
-Flashed the fastboot ROM of the phone
-Rooted the phone by flashing magisk patched image
-Flashed Inception kernel via FK kernel manager
-Rebooting after flashing the kernel, It will get stuck in a black screen with no text whatsoever (probably a bootloop)
-Installed TWRP (This time TWRP does not show encrypted letters), Wiped all data, Transferred the custom ROM zip to the phone (while in TWRP) and flashing the rom
-The rom is flashed successfully. On the first reboot you get greeted with another bootloop. Fortunately the phone booted into TWRP. This time the folders are encrypted again.
-Successfully wiped the data (advanced>wipe data). No errors in data wiping this time.
-A fully working Corvus OS setup appears on rebooting.
I think the whole TWRP problem was fixed by the custom kernel. Anyways I am finally done with this now. You probably enjoyed seeing all this xD
Click to expand...
Click to collapse
I like that you keep trying and finding a solution, even though you had to invest hours to make it work!
Let's hope it will work if you update the OS though – I'd actually suggest a backup of all of your data before you do an update in the future, just to be safe!

#JKTheBaskieBoy said:
I have a Redmi note 8 with MIUI 12 installed. Bootloader is unlocked and the phone is rooted.
When I try to flash TWRP recovery in fastboot mode using my PC, it successfully flashes and boots into the TWRP recovery. TWRP does not ask for any password for decrypting the files, and when I go to install>sdcard then the storage is all in random letters, completely unrecognizable.
I have tried a lot of tutorials on youtube but none of them worked. I tried flashing the latest version of TWRP, didn't work. I tried formatting all data and rebooting back into recovery mode, didn't work. (if you reboot to system after installing TWRP, the phone automatically deletes TWRP and the next time you open recovery mode you just get the default MI recovery, and you have to flash TWRP again to open TWRP recovery.) I tried almost everything on the internet but none of it worked. Is there any way I can make it ask for the decryption password? or have my files decrypted? I just need the TWRP for a one-time-use to install a custom ROM. I don't need it to be installed permanently, but no problem even if it does get installed permanently. I just want my custom ROM.
Please help
Click to expand...
Click to collapse
tell me how to turn off a smartphone with a non-working sensor?

you can still use adb push command from pc to transfer files to your phone :
adb push "nameoffile" /sdcard
(place the file in your adb folder) I was able to root a phone that had this issue using this technique.

I think u should flash dm verity becoz when i flashed the rom and flashed dm verity it worked fine

Restoring data from stock 11.1.1

Hi,
So it seems when i restore data via TWRP it triggers the protection which encrypts the whole sdcard, can this be avoided?
Here are the steps i did:
Full wipe
fastboot boot twrp (Nebrassy)
sideload stock 11.1.1
sideload magdisk
Finished setting up the device
Then booted twrp again
Did full backup
And then it never boot again to system... no idea why could be the twrp.
Now i'm stuck with this backup, every time i restore it, the entire sdcard gets encrypted.
I've tried flashing both stock boot and patched boot but it didn't help
Any ideas or should i do it all again and lose twrp, seems to be very buggy at v11.1.1

I managed to solve this issue myself.
Encryption is forced by default since android v10 i think so that means when you try to flash any data it has to be either the same type or it would encrypt the whole internal storage, i.e. you can backup just fine but if you restore and reboot the phone will tamper with all the data making it unreadable.
You need to disable encryption first then flash the data and then it works fine, unless you disabled it to begin with of course.
Another key point here is that when the phone encrypts the entire storage you won't be able to flash anything else until you completely erase everything.
Wasted hours on this on OP6 and OOS 11.1.1 + Unofficial Twrp,
Here is a short summary of the main points:
Full backup from TWRP works fine but copy it elsewhere or you might lose it when restoring
If you booted into encryption i used to flash lineageos recovery then boot into it and do a full wipe, then flash twrp back. i don't think it works from that twrp version
If you want to disable encryption or restore backups use this one (only one that worked) https://forum.xda-developers.com/t/...ncrypt-disk-quota-disabler-11-2-2020.3817389/
If you want OOS v11.1.1 + TWRP + Root + Backups do it in the following order: Unlock Bootloader, Boot TWRP, Install TWRP permanently, Flash Magdisk, Flash DFE
Not sure it's important but lineageos has a script for A\B slot phones like OP6 to sync slots, should be used at least once after flashing V11 just in case to avoid possible problems https://wiki.lineageos.org/devices/enchilada/install
I'm also adding stock and patched boot images in case someone needs them.