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How to upgrade to new latest Asus firmware through custom recovery

Check the device firmware type by going to Setting - about tablet - built number
Download the right firmware pack for your device.
http://www.asus.com/Tablet/Transformer_Pad/ASUS_Transformer_Pad_Infinity_TF700T/#download
Now extract the zip file and you will have another zip file.
Rename that zip file as "EP201_768_SDUPDATE" and place it to an external sd card if you do not have a custom recovery. If you are rooted and unlocked plus you have a custom recovery you don't need to rename it you can place it in internal sd is well.
Now turn off your device. Hold power button including the volume down button and enter custom recovery. For stock recovery it should detect it automatically and will install. once in custom recovery clear your cache and install the file with the name above or whatever name you have. once installation is complete. reboot the system be patient and you have the latest update.
You can obtain root easily using this method.
Just download the DebugfsRoot_Generic_v2.3.zip file from here
http://forum.xda-developers.com/show....php?t=1706588
extract the content and run RootDebugfs, then follow the on screen instruction and you will have root.
Make sure you have USB debugging on.
To get custom recovery. Download goomanager from playstore and you can install TWRP recovery from the option list. which is Option - install OpenRecoveryScript.
I am not responsible if you mess up your device. do these at your own risk. Nonetheless these steps work perfectly for me.

Renaming is not needed.

lafester said:
Renaming is not needed.
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Exactly thats for people without custom recovery

Isn't this already covered here? http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1833212
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rizanx said:
Exactly thats for people without custom recovery
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does the update push the stock recovery as well?
and root is lost right?

Yes and yes.
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odeccacccp said:
does the update push the stock recovery as well?
and root is lost right?
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Yes you will lose root.
But you can obtain root easily using this method.
Just download the DebugfsRoot_Generic_v2.3.zip file from here
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1706588
extract the content and run RootDebugfs, then follow the on screen instruction and you will have root.
oh and make sure you have USB debugging on.

sorry for the mix up. yes you do lose recovery. Download goomanager from playstore and you can install TWRP recovery from the option list.

rizanx said:
Through custom recovery stock recovery is not pushed! you will still have custom recovery. You will only lose root.
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Wrong, flashing an official rom will make you loose the custom recover too, you will have a clean stock rom once you do that. AND also this thread has nothing to share with the development forum.

Pretoriano80 said:
Wrong, flashing an official rom will make you loose the custom recover too, you will have a clean stock rom once you do that. AND also this thread has nothing to share with the development forum.
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+1 You WILL lose custom recovery with this method. This has all been covered before...
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Pretoriano80 said:
Wrong, flashing an official rom will make you loose the custom recover too, you will have a clean stock rom once you do that. AND also this thread has nothing to share with the development forum.
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Thanks for clear up.

MysticMgcn said:
Isn't this already covered here? http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1833212
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Where in there? Can;t find it?
1) If I am on a custom ROM can I flash the new update or I have to go back to STOCK first?
2) What's the big deal with loosing CWR and Root, it takes like 2 min to put it back, I mean there is another way to not loose it?
Thanks

I also have a question! Will this allow for OTA updates even if our bootloader is unlocked? And will we be able to flash the JB update from ASUS manually if not? Anyone know?

GRIM1337 said:
I also have a question! Will this allow for OTA updates even if our bootloader is unlocked? And will we be able to flash the JB update from ASUS manually if not? Anyone know?
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No. when you unlocked it clearly stated no more ota updates for you.
Yes. of course you can flash manually just like any other rom.

odeccacccp said:
Where in there? Can;t find it?
1) If I am on a custom ROM can I flash the new update or I have to go back to STOCK first?
2) What's the big deal with loosing CWR and Root, it takes like 2 min to put it back, I mean there is another way to not loose it?
Thanks
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You don't need to have stock rom. As long as you have the stock kernel your ok. You will of course lose custom recovery but its easy to download again as i have mentioned in my first post.
There is a lengthy way to do this. But why do that when it takes you literally 2 minute to root it with DebugfsRoot .
Hope it went well for you.

Any way to root without installing TWRP

Hi everyone
I've just received my Honor 8 and I would like to root it without installing TWRP (or any other recovery than stock one) to receive further OTAs.
Is there any way? I tried Kingroot but did not work.
Thanks

I haven't tried this, but you should be able to do a systemless install of TWRP, root the phone, then re-install the stock recovery.

Hi, thank you for your answer.
I tried this. I reinstalled stock recovery (found in a UPDATE.APP file). But now, my device fails to do OTAs.

Does it notify you they're available, but fail to install? Or is it not seeing any updates?
I haven't been able to do much experimentation because there's not TWRP backup for my L04 yet, and I don't want to leave myself in a bad state without a restore option. I'm probably going to hold off on any updates (I'm on b140 now) until I have a fully working TWRP.

I had a notification and, when it did reboot, it failed. Now, it doesn't see any update. I am on b101.

Finally, I downloaded frd-L09c432b120 from here.
I followed these instructions: (http://forum.xda-developers.com/showpost.php?p=68695798&postcount=2)
DigiGoon said:
Steps are below, follow them.
Download your phone's latest firmware and extract system.img, boot.img, recovery.img, cust.img from UPDATE.APP using Huawei Update Extractor tool.
Boot into bootloader mode by switching off the phone then pressing only the Vol DOWN button, and connecting it to PC simultaneously.
Flash recovery first, using this command.
Code:
fastboot flash recovery recovery.img
Flash all other extracted files similarly firing these commands.
Code:
fastboot flash boot boot.img
fastboot flash cust cust.img
fastboot flash system system.img
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I stopped there!
Rebooted my phone (no wipe done) and got a notification for an update.
The update succeeded (I'm now on B120).
But now, bootloader is locked again. So, it will wipe my phone when I will root it (locking bootloader first). So, I'm really looking for a solution to get OTAs on a rooted phone. Even if I will have to root it again, but without loosing lock on bootloader.

Isn't it possible to disable the device encryption so that you can avoid having to wipe it every time?

evilpaul13 said:
Isn't it possible to disable the device encryption so that you can avoid having to wipe it every time?
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How can I do this?

Florent06 said:
Finally, I downloaded frd-L09c432b120 from here.
I followed these instructions: (http://forum.xda-developers.com/showpost.php?p=68695798&postcount=2)
Flash all other extracted files similarly firing these commands.
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I stopped there!
Rebooted my phone (no wipe done) and got a notification for an update.
The update succeeded (I'm now on B120).
But now, bootloader is locked again. So, it will wipe my phone when I will root it (locking bootloader first). So, I'm really looking for a solution to get OTAs on a rooted phone. Even if I will have to root it again, but without loosing lock on bootloader.
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I suggest to not do any OTA's. For all we know, an OTA can make it harder to root.

The thing might not work with a new official release is the recovery. And looking to other devices that has not been the case.
Just don´t encrypt the phone as it makes much harder to update. Also might mess up the timed on/off function.

Rooting without TWRP must be really hard.
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I know only one way of rooting without twrp and that is to use KingRoot or a similar app/software.
It messes up the phone pretty bad and makes it a headache to get OTA in the future.

muradulislam said:
I know only one way of rooting without twrp and that is to use KingRoot or a similar app/software.
It messes up the phone pretty bad and makes it a headache to get OTA in the future.
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Well root itself will cripple OTA updates. Using Kingroot is really not recommended due to compatibility issues. So SuperSU is the best choice.
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adriansticoid said:
Well root itself will cripple OTA updates. Using Kingroot is really not recommended due to compatibility issues. So SuperSU is the best choice.
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I should have highlighted HEADACHE in the above post. With SuperSU or magisk, it's super easy to enable/get OTA again but not the same with KingRoot.
And the bootloader unlocked by KingRoot has to be unlocked again, using official method, to be able to flash desired images for a complete unroot.

muradulislam said:
I should have highlighted HEADACHE in the above post. With SuperSU or magisk, it's super easy to enable/get OTA again but not the same with KingRoot.
And the bootloader unlocked by KingRoot has to be unlocked again, using official method, to be able to flash desired images for a complete unroot.
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I once rooted my father's Honor Holly with Kingroot. Damn. Never again. Haha.
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adriansticoid said:
I once rooted my father's Honor Holly with Kingroot. Damn. Never again. Haha.
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Messed up partitions didn't it?

Tmobilefan906 said:
Messed up partitions didn't it?
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Yes! I rooted it with Kingroot and tried to flash a custom recovery through Flashify. The recovery partition got corrupted and I can't flash anything to it anymore.

adriansticoid said:
Yes! I rooted it with Kingroot and tried to flash a custom recovery through Flashify. The recovery partition got corrupted and I can't flash anything to it anymore.
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You can fix it

I think i can help you
You should use FRAMAROOT
link to download this is given below :
https://framarootappdownload.net/;);)

Tmobilefan906 said:
You can fix it
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How?
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kbhatia1 said:
You should use FRAMAROOT
link to download this is given below :
https://framarootappdownload.net/;);)
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Framaroot isn't updated anymore.
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[Question]Updating rooted phone without messing up the phone?

Hi,
TL-DR; I rooted my phone, and want to update with minimal loss of data.
Sorry for this newbie question but I really couldn't figure out everything and wanted to confirm before proceeding.
I have MHA-L29C185B138 and rooted step-by-step via the instructions on this link:
HOW TO ROOT YOUR MATE 9 with Decrypted Data in TWRP without needing a patched Boot.img
I want to update. What should I do? I isntalled Firmware Finder and downloaded MHA-L29C185B172 FULLOTA-MF. (downloaded all 3 files)
I couldn't find a complete tutorial for rooted roms. Read different and partial recommendations on different threads. Somewhere I read that I need to restore my boot and recovery partition before update. I backed my boot partition as it was a step in rooting guide but I didn't back up my recovery partition.
So could you please point me a beginner friendly guide that explains step by step updating rooted mate 9?
Thanks in advance.

I bump up this question as I'm interested in that answer also
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Updating and keeping root is basically not possible, as far as I know.
Regardless of installation method, your phone will be re-locked and wiped when new firmware is installed on a rooted phone.

Same question from me as well. I rooted using the method in the link and I wanted to update to C185B172. No idea what's the safe proof way. As this is my daily driver and only phone I can't risk messing with it.

vipivj said:
Same question from me as well. I rooted using the method in the link and I wanted to update to C185B172. No idea what's the safe proof way. As this is my daily driver and only phone I can't risk messing with it.
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Whenever you update you have to start all over again with the same process you originally rooted with. Like @duraaraa said your bootloader gets locked back down and your recovery gets flashed to stock. So you have to unlock bootloader, then install TWRP, format your data so that you're unencrypted and flash the public then HW data files for the specific firmware you updated to. Basically follow the steps in the root method you initially used. This has to be done everytime
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jr313 said:
Whenever you update you have to start all over again with the same process you originally rooted with. Like @duraaraa said your bootloader gets locked back down and your recovery gets flashed to stock. So you have to unlock bootloader, then install TWRP, format your data so that you're unencrypted and flash the public then HW data files for the specific firmware you updated to. Basically follow the steps in the root method you initially used. This has to be done everytime
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So you meant to say if I download 'latest full package ' from Huawei, I can install it and everything go back to stock?

vipivj said:
So you meant to say if I download 'latest full package ' from Huawei, I can install it and everything go back to stock?
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Yes sir. But remember if you're rooted with TWRP you will have to flash stock recovery first before you can even think about updating or taking an OTA otherwise​ it will fail.
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jr313 said:
Yes sir. But remember if you're rooted with TWRP you will have to flash stock recovery first before you can even think about updating or taking an OTA otherwise​ it will fail.
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Thanks for clarifying but the original question of OP hasn't been answered yet. Where to get the recovery.img from?
I downloaded the full package from firmware finder and extracted everything with 7zip, I found 2 different recovery files with same file size but different content in it.
recovery_a.img and recovery2_a.img
Which one should I use ?
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itenos said:
Thanks for clarifying but the original question of OP hasn't been answered yet. Where to get the recovery.img from?
I downloaded the full package from firmware finder and extracted everything with 7zip, I found 2 different recovery files with same file size but different content in it.
recovery_a.img and recovery2_a.img
Which one should I use ?
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Sorry about that, you want to use the RECOVERY.img not recovery2. You fastboot that img and you will have stick recovery, and it will place it in the correct spot so need to worry about where you would need to flash it to. Hope that helps
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How to root systemless Magisk (5.1 lollipop custom rom)

I keep reading posts that tell me to flash Magisk using custom recovery but my phone says 'update from external storage is disabled' so that's a no go.. And I can't use Odin because it's a ZIP file, not MD5, .TAR, SMD. etc. What else can I do? I've only ever managed to root my phone once and that was using CF AUTO Root which can be flashed by Odin.

KRandy21 said:
I keep reading posts that tell me to flash Magisk using custom recovery but my phone says 'update from external storage is disabled' so that's a no go.. And I can't use Odin because it's a ZIP file, not MD5, .TAR, SMD. etc. What else can I do? I've only ever managed to root my phone once and that was using CF AUTO Root which can be flashed by Odin.
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Please tell us the specific phone model and rom. Magisk need to be flashed (installed) using a custom recovery e.g. TWRP. TWRP can be flashed using Odin even if the device isn't actually rooted.

LS.xD said:
Please tell us the specific phone model and rom. Magisk need to be flashed (installed) using a custom recovery e.g. TWRP. TWRP can be flashed using Odin even if the device isn't actually rooted.
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My phone model is Samsung S5 Neo and I'm running 5.1 custom ROM. So, what you're saying is, I can flash TWRP using Odin and that will become my default recovery when I press home, volume up and the power button?

KRandy21 said:
My phone model is Samsung S5 Neo and I'm running 5.1 custom ROM. So, what you're saying is, I can flash TWRP using Odin and that will become my default recovery when I press home, volume up and the power button?
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TWRP will replace the stock recovery. How did you manage to install a custom rom without a custom recovery?

LS.xD said:
TWRP will replace the stock recovery. How did you manage to install a custom rom without a custom recovery?
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I managed to find a file with the file type .MD5 and used Odin, plugged my phone in and downloaded with no problem.

KRandy21 said:
I managed to find a file with the file type .MD5 and used Odin, plugged my phone in and downloaded with no problem.
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That must be a modified stock rom. TWRP will allow you to install any kind of rom without any restrictions.

LS.xD said:
That must be a modified stock rom. TWRP will allow you to install any kind of rom without any restrictions.
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Sweet! Thanks for the insight. This is what happens when you're a total noob. I find all this rooting and custom ROM larky confusing. I always stumble into issues along the way. So, install TWRP on my laptop and that will have the correct file type to be flashed by Odin, and then use TWRP to flash Magisk.. anything else or will I have any other problems? Don't want to clumsily stumble into a landmine.

KRandy21 said:
Sweet! Thanks for the insight. This is what happens when you're a total noob. I find all this rooting and custom ROM larky confusing. I always stumble into issues along the way. So, install TWRP on my laptop and that will have the correct file type to be flashed by Odin, and then use TWRP to flash Magisk.. anything else or will I have any other problems? Don't want to clumsily stumble into a landmine.
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What the exact phone model? SM-xxxx
You can download TWRP as .tar.md5 and flash it using Odin.
Best case is to install Magisk on a fresh installation without root/exposed framework already installed.

LS.xD said:
What the exact phone model? SM-xxxx
You can download TWRP as .tar.md5 and flash it using Odin.
Best case is to install Magisk on fresh installation without root/exposed framework already installed.
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That's fine as I don't have Xposed or Root access at the moment. My phone model is SM-G903F.

KRandy21 said:
That's fine as I don't have Xposed or Root access at the moment. My phone model is SM-G903F.
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TWRP download
just a hint: there is already an official Marshmallow 6.0.1 release for you device and you probably should look out a newer rom.

LS.xD said:
TWRP download
just a hint: there is already an official Marshmallow 6.0.1 release for you device and you probably should look out a newer rom.
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Why would you suggest that? In case I reach a point where apps are no longer compatible with my outdated software? Thanks, I might do that. I have stuck with 5.1 simply because I'm preferring it and also Marshmallow have made it harder to bypass security and root the device. I'm thinking it might not be safe now that I know this is a modded ROM, so I should probably look for an official one.

Can I make a Nandroid backup with TWRP? That sounds like it could be useful for any hiccups.

KRandy21 said:
Can I make a Nandroid backup with TWRP? That sounds like it could be useful for any hiccups.
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Nandroid Backup and many other features are provided by TWRP
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KRandy21 said:
Why would you suggest that? In case I reach a point where apps are no longer compatible with my outdated software? Thanks, I might do that. I have stuck with 5.1 simply because I'm preferring it and also Marshmallow have made it harder to bypass security and root the device. I'm thinking it might not be safe now that I know this is a modded ROM, so I should probably look for an official one.
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Marshmallow is already fully supported and you will be able to get full control to anything you like. Usually you can trust roms you get at the XDA forum as its a pretty active community and harmfull users would be banned real quickly. The only point is that modded stock rom or custom roms like LineageOS and derivates may not be stable and cause functionality issues.

So I've used this forum to find TWRP for my device https://forum.xda-developers.com/ga...official-experimental-twrp-galaxy-s5-t3293379, I'm not sure how to 'Run flash-recovery.sh' because, as I mentioned, it won't let me flash from my SD card.. Any help would be appreciated!
UPDATE: Managed to get TWRP as my custom recovery. Thanks so much for your help! I genuinely had no idea you could flash TWRP onto your phone! I was using the app which is hopeless. Most forums I've found say 'boot in recovery' which is quite unclear if you're not familiar with that..

Can I flash Nougat update onto my S5 Neo? It's originally not supported, that's the only reason I'm asking..
Can I still root with Magisk on that operating system as well and restore from Nandroid backup?

Nokia 3 fastboot boot loop

In trying to root my Nokia 3, I installed TWRP custom recovery but realised that I forgot to install magisk manager. Upon rebooting the phone out of TWRP recovery mode my Nokia 3 is now stuck in a boot loop such that whenever I turn the device off or reboot it, either from adb or TWRP, the device inevitably only reboots in fastboot mode. Even using the fastboot reboot command doesn't work and only boots it up again only for it to enter fastboot mode immediately.
This means that I can't access the phone as usual meaning I'm unable to download the magisk.zip file I need to install magisk. I tried cloning the git-master and sideloading that from my computer but it said invalid .zip format.
Any idea what I can do?

Are you sure you haven't deleted the ROM by accident?, that same thing happened to me before.

andres_vacal said:
Are you sure you haven't deleted the ROM by accident?, that same thing happened to me before.
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I don't see how I might have done this seeing as I'd guess such a thing would only be possible if I had root on my device. I haven't rooted it yet.
But if I'm mistaken on that, using the TWRP file manager shows an empty /boot/ directory. Is there any way I can restore normal functionality to my device? I just need to be able to get magisk on there so I can install in through TWRP and then root the phone so I can get a custom ROM

Totalitor said:
I don't see how I might have done this seeing as I'd guess such a thing would only be possible if I had root on my device. I haven't rooted it yet.
But if I'm mistaken on that, using the TWRP file manager shows an empty /boot/ directory. Is there any way I can restore normal functionality to my device? I just need to be able to get magisk on there so I can install in through TWRP and then root the phone so I can get a custom ROM
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But, in TWRP, when you go to reboot section, does it says "No OS Installed"? ( in the upper side )

andres_vacal said:
But, in TWRP, when you go to reboot section, does it says "No OS Installed"? ( in the upper side )
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It doesn't. I suppose the contents of /boot just isn't visible because I haven't rooted the phone yet?

Totalitor said:
It doesn't. I suppose the contents of /boot just isn't visible because I haven't rooted the phone yet?
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idts, have you tried to wipe and install constum ROM again?

andres_vacal said:
idts, have you tried to wipe and install constum ROM again?
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No. I haven't installed a custom ROM. It was the default android 8.0 OS. I haven't been able to root the phone yet because I don't have magisk manager installed.
The only thing I've installed has been TWRP custom recovery. As I understand it, you can't even install custom ROMS unless the phone is already rooted.

Totalitor said:
No. I haven't installed a custom ROM. It was the default android 8.0 OS. I haven't been able to root the phone yet because I don't have magisk manager installed.
The only thing I've installed has been TWRP custom recovery. As I understand it, you can't even install custom ROMS unless the phone is already rooted.
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No, you only look for the rom of your specific device, and then just flash it trought TWRP

andres_vacal said:
No, you only look for the rom of your specific device, and then just flash it trought TWRP
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Ok then. I haven't actually been able to find any ROMS for the Nokia 3 other than the stock ROM.
Do you know of any custom ROMS for the device?

andres_vacal said:
No, you only look for the rom of your specific device, and then just flash it trought TWRP
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I ran adb sideload on the update.zip file downloaded from here.
It seems to have restored my nokia 3 device's recovery to a stock recovery.
Attempting to reboot the device merely reboots it to the stock recovery mode. I cannot seem to get it to reboot into the phone's normal state.
In addition, adb, even while running under root permissions, can no longer detect the device.
I have tried wiping the device, factory resetting it, but the device refuses to reboot into it's normal mode. I can only reboot it into stock recovery or the bootloader.

Totalitor said:
I ran adb sideload on the update.zip file downloaded from here.
It seems to have restored my nokia 3 device's recovery to a stock recovery.
Attempting to reboot the device merely reboots it to the stock recovery mode. I cannot seem to get it to reboot into the phone's normal state.
In addition, adb, even while running under root permissions, can no longer detect the device.
I have tried wiping the device, factory resetting it, but the device refuses to reboot into it's normal mode. I can only reboot it into stock recovery or the bootloader.
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Make sure bootloader is unlocked. In fact if it turned back into stock recovery is because the ROM is already installed. Try to repeat the instalation process using TWRP and try to use another version of the stock ROM.

andres_vacal said:
Make sure bootloader is unlocked. In fact if it turned back into stock recovery is because the ROM is already installed. Try to repeat the instalation process using TWRP and try to use another version of the stock ROM.
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My phone randomly decided it'd revert back to TWRP custom recovery today but I still can't access the main operating mode of the phone. Do you know where I can find either a custom ROM for the Nokia 3 or the stock ROM? All instructions I find online seem to be in broken english so I'm having some difficulty following a lot of the guides as they're rather vague

andres_vacal said:
Make sure bootloader is unlocked. In fact if it turned back into stock recovery is because the ROM is already installed. Try to repeat the instalation process using TWRP and try to use another version of the stock ROM.
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As mentioned in my previous post, my phone reverted back to TWRP custom recovery for some reason. I tried sideloading the Magisk.zip file and it said it successfully flashed it, but now my Android system has reverted back to the standard Android recovery, booting into it by default.
it says
"alps/NE1_00WW_FIH/NE1
7.1.1/NMF260/00WW_2_15A
/user/release-keys"
at the top.

Totalitor said:
The bootloader was unlocked at some point but I guess it must have locked itself again at some stage when I reset it. Though now that my phone seems to be stuck in bootloader mode and stock recovery mode exclusively, I'm not able to view the serial number in settings as that's something one may only do when the normal mode of the device can be accessed.
I'd use adb to retrieve the serial number of the device but adb doesn't seem to be able to detect my device. I have the necessary drivers on my computer and am running on root privileges but it seems it can't detect it if it's not in the normal operating mode. Any idea how I can get the serial number?
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I think before flashing magisk we should make sure the OS is ok, can you write the specific phone model?, "Nokia 3" is not an specific number. Then we should be able to find at least a stock ROM.

andres_vacal said:
I think before flashing magisk we should make sure the OS is ok, can you write the specific phone model?, "Nokia 3" is not an specific number. Then we should be able to find at least a stock ROM.
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It's a Nokia 3 TA-1032
Sorry, I should've specified.

Totalitor said:
It's a Nokia 3 TA-1032
Sorry, I should've specified.
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Okay man, I did some research and found out that there is not so much info about the specific model but there is some people with the same problem. Found this thread useful so let's try out that.
Nokia 3 official Firmware India/UAE Region [ Links updated with Flash tool]
Hi All, Nokia 3, 5, 6 & 8 Official Firmware flashing tool is Known as OST ( Online Service Tool) Download link Nokia 3 Firmware :- https://mega.nz/#F!1ENgnThL!FyL9uYCC3Dq-16elThKAPg----- latest for Nokia 3 is v 2.15H Nokia 5 Firmware :-...
forum.xda-developers.com

andres_vacal said:
Okay man, I did some research and found out that there is not so much info about the specific model but there is some people with the same problem. Found this thread useful so let's try out that.
Nokia 3 official Firmware India/UAE Region [ Links updated with Flash tool]
Hi All, Nokia 3, 5, 6 & 8 Official Firmware flashing tool is Known as OST ( Online Service Tool) Download link Nokia 3 Firmware :- https://mega.nz/#F!1ENgnThL!FyL9uYCC3Dq-16elThKAPg----- latest for Nokia 3 is v 2.15H Nokia 5 Firmware :-...
forum.xda-developers.com
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Thanks, But all of the links on that thread to nokia 3 firmware are dead. In the meantime I used the adb push command to upload the magisk.zip file to my device as well as the Lineage 14.1 custom ROM which I got from here and tried installing both of them using TWRP. TWRP said both were successful but on reboot, my phone is once again stuck in the orange state at the boot screen.

Totalitor said:
Thanks, But all of the links on that thread to nokia 3 firmware are dead. In the meantime I used the adb push command to upload the magisk.zip file to my device as well as the Lineage 14.1 custom ROM which I got from here and tried installing both of them using TWRP. TWRP said both were successful but on reboot, my phone is once again stuck in the orange state at the boot screen.
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Ow, I didn't check that, my bad. Have you tried to flash only LOS?, generally the problem with LOS is that you need to have installed the stock ROM for it to function well, if you wipe and then flash LOS it will say "successful" but it won't start.
Or at least at my experience

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Are you sure you haven't deleted the ROM by accident?, that same thing happened to me before.
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we've established that I must have somehow accidentally deleted the ROM in installing TWRP.
You mentioned you accidentally deleted the ROM. How did you go about fixing your problem?
I've looked everywhere online for Nokia 3 TA-1032 stock firmware but all I can find are dead google drive links. How did you fix your issue? Or was yours with a different model of phone?

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we've established that I must have somehow accidentally deleted the ROM in installing TWRP.
You mentioned you accidentally deleted the ROM. How did you go about fixing your problem?
I've looked everywhere online for Nokia 3 TA-1032 stock firmware but all I can find are dead google drive links. How did you fix your issue? Or was yours with a different model of phone?
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Mine was with an Asus, and the only way I could fix the horrible bootloop was managing to install the stock un-official ROM made from a well known developer. I just did a short research on this case, and all the solutions on internet say you need the ROM like I just told you, so I think there is no way if we cannot find a ROM for the device.