TWRP for BLU Studio Selfie S070Q by Prajwal - Miscellaneous Android Development

TWRP for BLU Studio Selfie S070Q by Prajwal - Miscellaneous Android Development

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Team Win Recovery Project (TWRP) is an open-source software custom recovery image for Android-based devices. It provides a touchscreen-enabled interface that allows users to install third-party firmware and back up the current system, functions often unsupported by stock recovery images. It is, therefore, often installed when rooting Android devices, although it isn't dependent on a device being rooted to be installed.
Notes for themers: In addition to the udpated theme, we have introduced a theme version variable to the TWRP theme system. If the theme version does not match the version that TWRP expects, TWRP will reject the custom theme and load its stock theme. This change will ensure that people who update TWRP without updating their theme will still have a workable recovery. We have removed libjpeg support. The stock theme was only using a jpeg image for the splash / curtain. This change means that any custom themes will no longer be able to use jpeg images. It also means that tools used to repack recovery images with a different curtain / splash will need to be updated to use the new method.
Version number notes: For a while we’ve been using a 4 digit version number and reserved the 4th digit for device-specific updates. For instance, we find and fix a device-specific issue like decryption of data on Nexus 5, we would release that as a 2.8.7.1. After a while, some people would start asking where 2.8.7.1 was for other devices. So, going forward we have decided to change the numbering scheme to 3.0.0-2, etc. Our hope is that this version numbering scheme will more clearly identify that the 4th digit does not indicate a version change for the code base.
We need your help! The bulk of TWRP work is done by 3 people on a volunteer basis. We have pushed most of our device files to our github and we have a gerrit instance. If you have the ability, please help us maintain our official devices and/or add your device to our official device list. Thanks in advance!
Flashing TWRP:
1) Need to unlock the bootloader
2) Then flash the twrp recovery image with adb and fastoot
(Note: please refer to bootloader unlocking and recovery flashing for MTK devices or MT6580 devices on youtube or google)
What is working:
- Decryption of Data
- ADB
- Screen brightness settings
- Vibration on touch
- Correct screenshot color
- Active slot switching from TWRP
-MTP
-Almost everything
Download
https://drive.google.com/file/d/0B_8NzSmywh8TZjF2M3IwVDg4bW8/view?usp=sharing
Enjoy Folks

Hey Bro, i have a Blu s790q called Blu View Xl, it's a mtk6580 have any idea about your recovery working on this device? I want to try a Port rom

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[RECOVERY][i9500] TWRP 3.0.0-0 touch recovery [2016-02-06]

Team Win Recovery Project 3.x, or twrp3 for short, is a custom recovery built with ease of use and customization in mind. Its a fully touch driven user interface no more volume rocker or power buttons to mash. The GUI is also fully XML driven and completely theme-able. You can change just about every aspect of the look and feel.
CHANGELOG for 3.0.0-0:
-Completely new theme - Much more modern and much nicer looking (by z31s1g)
-True Terminal Emulator - Includes arrow keys, tab and tab completion, etc. (by _that)
-Language translation - It won’t be perfect and especially some languages that require large font files like Chinese & Japanese won’t be availble on most devices. Also some languages may only be partially translated at this time. Feel free to submit more translations to OmniROM’s Gerrit. (mostly by Dees_Troy)
-Flashing of sparse images - On select devices you will be able to flash some parts of factory images via the TWRP GUI (by HashBang173)
-Adopted storage support for select devices - TWRP can now decrypt adopted storage partitions from Marshmallow
-Reworked graphics to bring us more up to date with AOSP - includes support for adf and drm graphics (by Dees_Troy)
-SuperSU prompt will no longer display if a Marshmallow ROM is installed
-Update exfat, exfat fuse, dosfstools (by mdmower)
-Update AOSP base to 6.0
-A huge laundry list of other minor fixes and tweaks
WARNING: This is our first release in a long time. We have a lot of new and somewhat aggressive changes in this new release. The changes to the graphics back-end may cause some devices to not boot up properly or have other display-related issues. If you are not in a position to reflash an older build of TWRP, then wait until you are or at least wait until others have tried the new version for your specific device. You don’t want to end up with a non-working recovery and have to wait several hours or days to get to a computer to be able to fix it.
Notes for themers: In addition to the udpated theme, we have introduced a theme version variable to the TWRP theme system. If the theme version does not match the version that TWRP expects, TWRP will reject the custom theme and load its stock theme. This change will ensure that people who update TWRP without updating their theme will still have a workable recovery. We have removed libjpeg support. The stock theme was only using a jpeg image for the splash / curtain. This change means that any custom themes will no longer be able to use jpeg images. It also means that tools used to repack recovery images with a different curtain / splash will need to be updated to use the new method.
Version number notes: For a while we’ve been using a 4 digit version number and reserved the 4th digit for device-specific updates. For instance, we find and fix a device-specific issue like decryption of data on Nexus 5, we would release that as a 2.8.7.1. After a while, some people would start asking where 2.8.7.1 was for other devices. So, going forward we have decided to change the numbering scheme to 3.0.0-2, etc. Our hope is that this version numbering scheme will more clearly identify that the 4th digit does not indicate a version change for the code base.
We need your help! The bulk of TWRP work is done by 3 people on a volunteer basis. We have pushed most of our device files to our github and we have a gerrit instance. If you have the ability, please help us maintain our official devices and/or add your device to our official device list. Thanks in advance!
CHANGELOG for 2.8.7.0:
-Initial ground work for software drawn keyboard (_that)
-Fix handling of wiping internal storage on datamedia devices (xuefer)
-Allow DataManager to set and read values from the system properties (xuefer)
-Fix crash when taking screenshots on arm64 devices (xuefer)
-Fix error message after an ORS script completes (Dees_Troy)
-Fix crashes / error when creating encrypted backups (_that, Dees_Troy)
-Add system read only option – more details below (Dees_Troy)
-Add resize2fs and GUI option to run resize2fs (Dees_Troy)
-Fix crash loop caused by empty lines in AOSP recovery command file (_that)
-Prevent duplicate page overlays such as multiple lock screens (mdmower)
Note: As always, be sure your custom theme is up to date (or remove your custom theme) before updating TWRP.
System read only option: Devices that ship with 5.0 and higher as their initial OS are using block level OTA updates. With this style of OTA update, the update script checks to see if the system partition has ever been mounted read/write. Further, the script also usually runs an SHA sum of the entire system partition to detect if any changes have been made. If any changes have been made, the OTA update will refuse to install. Since not all OEMs and devices have factory images available, we have created a new feature in TWRP that detects if the system partition has ever been mounted read/write. If not, you will be prompted asking if you want TWRP to mount system as read/write. If you choose not to allow TWRP to mount as read/write, TWRP won’t prompt to install SuperSU and TWRP won’t try to patch the stock ROM to prevent TWRP from being replaced by stock recovery. The goal of this option is to hopefully allow the user to make a raw system image backup that they can use to get back to a state where they can take OTA updates again.
resize2fs feature: On some devices like the Nexus 6, the factory images include a userdata image that is the proper size only for the 32GB units. If you flash the factory image to a 64GB Nexus 6, the data partition will appear as if it only has the free space of a 32GB device. Using the resize2fs option, TWRP can resize your data partition to take up the full space available. The resize2fs may also be useful to resize system partitions on devices where custom ROM system images don’t take up the full partition space. Lastly, resize2fs may be useful in some cases to reserve the proper space at the end of a data partition for a full disk encryption key, should your partition be formatted incorrectly for some reason.
This new version also marks our first set of full builds using our new jenkins build server. You can track the progress of builds at https://jenkins.twrp.me and we have taken additional steps to make it easier for device maintainers to step up and submit patches to our gerrit server at https://gerrit.twrp.me to help us keep devices up to date and working.
DOWNLOAD:
Most devices can be updated quickly and easily within TWRP if you already have version 2.8.4.0 or higher installed
1) Download the latest version from our website on your device
2) Reboot to TWRP
3) Hit Install and tap the "Images..." button in the lower right
4) Browse to the location of the TWRP image on your device and select it
5) Select recovery from the partition list and swipe to flash
OR:
You can find more information and download links on our NEW website! NOTE that the 2.8.6.0 version is ONLY available on our new site and is not available on our other, older mirrors!
BUGS:
If you have found a bug, please consider posting it to our github issues log. It's pretty much impossible for us to keep up with the more than 40 threads that we have for the devices that we "directly" support. If you have a significant problem that cannot be answered in this thread, your best bet is to PM me directly, contact us via our website, or find us in our IRC channel below. If you see someone that's struggling, feel free to point it out to us. We need your help to help us keep track of all of our devices! Thanks!
SUPPORT:
Live support is available via #twrp on Freenode with your IRC client or just click this link.

Device specific page for i9500
Mirror 1
Mirror 2
Special thanks to SamerDiab for helping test.

TWRP Flasher BUILD 1.0 Noob EditionWhat Do You Get With TWRP Flasher ?
1. The Most Easiest Way To Flash TWRP Recovery.
2.A Full Guide on HOW To Flash TWRP Recovery.
What Do you Need To DO To USE The TOOL ?
1.Enable USB Debugging.
2.On S4 No Need To Install Drivers.
3.Plug in Your Phone And Sit Down And Realx.{Just Follow The Command Prompt}
Downloads :
TWRP Flasher Build 1 Noob Edition{WINDOWS Edition}
How To USE ?
1.Download And Extract To A Folder.
2.Copy TWRP.tar To Place-Recovey-Here Folder That Comes With The Tool.
3.Run TWRP Flahsher.
And Please Hit The Thanks Button.
KingCobra Rom's Run's Best With TWRP

It is not working for me.
I have just tried the GooManager method, it downloaded the openscript for the i9500 and installed. I then rebooted through a Restart>Recovery from inside Android OS it rebooted but it was not able to boot to TWRP, instead it rebooted twice and went back to Android OS.
I have not tested booting using 3 button combination yet. Will give it a try and report back.
Update: So if I try to boot with Volume Up + Home + Power then it does boot to TWRP with no problem. Weird. I am on Wanamlite 1.8 if it works.
Update: Disregard after a second reboot it did go to TWRP when rebooted into recovery from within the power menu in the ROM. All is working fine now. Thanks for the great work. I used to work with CWM but TWRP rulez!!!

Great!!! Working well for me...
Sent from my Octa using New Tapatalk 4

Guti1977 said:
It is not working for me.
I have just tried the GooManager method, it downloaded the openscript for the i9500 and installed. I then rebooted through a Restart>Recovery from inside Android OS it rebooted but it was not able to boot to TWRP, instead it rebooted twice and went back to Android OS.
I have not tested booting using 3 button combination yet. Will give it a try and report back.
Update: So if I try to boot with Volume Up + Home + Power then it does boot to TWRP with no problem. Weird. I am on Wanamlite 1.8 if it works.
Update: Disregard after a second reboot it did go to TWRP when rebooted into recovery from within the power menu in the ROM. All is working fine now. Thanks for the great work. I used to work with CWM but TWRP rulez!!!
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Well wanam apm is working so it should be working

Yay TWRP! Welcome, Deestroy
Sent from my GT-I9500 using Tapatalk 5.0.203 Alpha
1700Mhz A15 and 1500Mhz A7 running together with 640Mhz GPU.

Mate - I was missing TWRP for so much time on I9500. It`s really cool that atleast some developers are brave enough to stay with I9500

Thanks bro...just flashed using SGS4 Flasher app from playstore and it works...yeahhhh....no need pc odin...missed twrp on my note2 and s3.
Sent from my GT-I9500 using xda premium

hazri1974 said:
Thanks bro...just flashed using SGS4 Flasher app from playstore and it works...yeahhhh....no need pc odin...missed twrp on my note2 and s3.
Sent from my GT-I9500 using xda premium
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GooManager can download the correct file and flash it for you automatically as well.

And the tool does to its easy to flash with it
Sent from my GT-I9500 using xda premium

When i install super wipe.zip of mike, to the finish this reboot in recovery, so no enter in recovery and have continue loop in galaxy i9500 logo.
Thank you very much, excelent work.
(i dont have this problem in any other recovery)
-Sorry for my bad english.

kirabyte said:
When i install super wipe.zip of mike, to the finish this reboot in recovery, so no enter in recovery and have continue loop in galaxy i9500 logo.
Thank you very much, excelent work.
(i dont have this problem in any other recovery)
-Sorry for my bad english.
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You mean super wipe frim mike1986 right ?
I dont see a ARHD Here you must be rong this is Gt_i9500 forum not i9505
Sent from my GT-I9500 using xda premium

I really appreciate having this in my i9500.
I was missing it a LOT!
Thanks for your work.
I have tried and I can reboot into recovery, and boot from power off too.
Working great.
BTW, I'm using wanam's 1,8 and it works.

S.a.M.e.R_d said:
You mean super wipe frim mike1986 right ?
I dont see a ARHD Here you must be rong this is Gt_i9500 forum not i9505
Sent from my GT-I9500 using xda premium
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Of course, but the .zip is in phoenix rom 4.0, and i use for install a lot of roms...
I have I9500..
Thank you.

Awesome
Sent from my GT-I9500

Thanks a lot for bringing TWRP for I9500.. That's a solo thing which was being missed by many since many days! :victory:

Thanks for updating it on i9500. Tried almost all the options except themes and everything is working great. Just for info what is the cpu usage on recovery as I noticed phone getting a little more hot than usual.
Sent from my GT-I9500 using Tapatalk 4 Beta

Question regarding the restore
Hi All,
I haven't used it ever. I was on Philz. So just wanted to know if I can restore Nandroid backup created with Philz(which is CWM basically) using TWRP..
Help would be much appreciated..

sozofriend1234 said:
Hi All,
I haven't used it ever. I was on Philz. So just wanted to know if I can restore Nandroid backup created with Philz(which is CWM basically) using TWRP..
Help would be much appreciated..
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No you canf restore but i highley request that u use twrp it faster loveleiyer to use full touch and more andriid os like si use it
Sent from my GT-I9500 using xda premium

[RECOVERY][OFFICIAL] TWRP 3.0.0-0| 10/2/2016

Team Win Recovery Project 3.x, or twrp3 for short, is a custom recovery built with ease of use and customization in mind. Its a fully touch driven user interface no more volume rocker or power buttons to mash. The GUI is also fully XML driven and completely theme-able. You can change just about every aspect of the look and feel.
CHANGELOG for 3.0.0-0:
-Completely new theme - Much more modern and much nicer looking (by z31s1g)
-True Terminal Emulator - Includes arrow keys, tab and tab completion, etc. (by _that)
-Language translation - It won’t be perfect and especially some languages that require large font files like Chinese & Japanese won’t be availble on most devices. Also some languages may only be partially translated at this time. Feel free to submit more translations to OmniROM’s Gerrit. (mostly by Dees_Troy)
-Flashing of sparse images - On select devices you will be able to flash some parts of factory images via the TWRP GUI (by HashBang173)
-Adopted storage support for select devices - TWRP can now decrypt adopted storage partitions from Marshmallow
-Reworked graphics to bring us more up to date with AOSP - includes support for adf and drm graphics (by Dees_Troy)
-SuperSU prompt will no longer display if a Marshmallow ROM is installed
-Update exfat, exfat fuse, dosfstools (by mdmower)
-Update AOSP base to 6.0
-A huge laundry list of other minor fixes and tweaks
WARNING: This is our first release in a long time. We have a lot of new and somewhat aggressive changes in this new release. The changes to the graphics back-end may cause some devices to not boot up properly or have other display-related issues. If you are not in a position to reflash an older build of TWRP, then wait until you are or at least wait until others have tried the new version for your specific device. You don’t want to end up with a non-working recovery and have to wait several hours or days to get to a computer to be able to fix it.
Notes for themers: In addition to the udpated theme, we have introduced a theme version variable to the TWRP theme system. If the theme version does not match the version that TWRP expects, TWRP will reject the custom theme and load its stock theme. This change will ensure that people who update TWRP without updating their theme will still have a workable recovery. We have removed libjpeg support. The stock theme was only using a jpeg image for the splash / curtain. This change means that any custom themes will no longer be able to use jpeg images. It also means that tools used to repack recovery images with a different curtain / splash will need to be updated to use the new method.
Version number notes: For a while we’ve been using a 4 digit version number and reserved the 4th digit for device-specific updates. For instance, we find and fix a device-specific issue like decryption of data on Nexus 5, we would release that as a 2.8.7.1. After a while, some people would start asking where 2.8.7.1 was for other devices. So, going forward we have decided to change the numbering scheme to 3.0.0-2, etc. Our hope is that this version numbering scheme will more clearly identify that the 4th digit does not indicate a version change for the code base.
We need your help! The bulk of TWRP work is done by 3 people on a volunteer basis. We have pushed most of our device files to our github and we have a gerrit instance. If you have the ability, please help us maintain our official devices and/or add your device to our official device list. Thanks in advance!
CHANGELOG for 2.8.7.0:
-Initial ground work for software drawn keyboard (_that)
-Fix handling of wiping internal storage on datamedia devices (xuefer)
-Allow DataManager to set and read values from the system properties (xuefer)
-Fix crash when taking screenshots on arm64 devices (xuefer)
-Fix error message after an ORS script completes (Dees_Troy)
-Fix crashes / error when creating encrypted backups (_that, Dees_Troy)
-Add system read only option – more details below (Dees_Troy)
-Add resize2fs and GUI option to run resize2fs (Dees_Troy)
-Fix crash loop caused by empty lines in AOSP recovery command file (_that)
-Prevent duplicate page overlays such as multiple lock screens (mdmower)
Note: As always, be sure your custom theme is up to date (or remove your custom theme) before updating TWRP.
System read only option: Devices that ship with 5.0 and higher as their initial OS are using block level OTA updates. With this style of OTA update, the update script checks to see if the system partition has ever been mounted read/write. Further, the script also usually runs an SHA sum of the entire system partition to detect if any changes have been made. If any changes have been made, the OTA update will refuse to install. Since not all OEMs and devices have factory images available, we have created a new feature in TWRP that detects if the system partition has ever been mounted read/write. If not, you will be prompted asking if you want TWRP to mount system as read/write. If you choose not to allow TWRP to mount as read/write, TWRP won’t prompt to install SuperSU and TWRP won’t try to patch the stock ROM to prevent TWRP from being replaced by stock recovery. The goal of this option is to hopefully allow the user to make a raw system image backup that they can use to get back to a state where they can take OTA updates again.
resize2fs feature: On some devices like the Nexus 6, the factory images include a userdata image that is the proper size only for the 32GB units. If you flash the factory image to a 64GB Nexus 6, the data partition will appear as if it only has the free space of a 32GB device. Using the resize2fs option, TWRP can resize your data partition to take up the full space available. The resize2fs may also be useful to resize system partitions on devices where custom ROM system images don’t take up the full partition space. Lastly, resize2fs may be useful in some cases to reserve the proper space at the end of a data partition for a full disk encryption key, should your partition be formatted incorrectly for some reason.
This new version also marks our first set of full builds using our new jenkins build server. You can track the progress of builds at https://jenkins.twrp.me and we have taken additional steps to make it easier for device maintainers to step up and submit patches to our gerrit server at https://gerrit.twrp.me to help us keep devices up to date and working.
DOWNLOAD:
You can find more information and download links on our NEW website! NOTE that the 2.8.6.0 version is ONLY available on our new site and is not available on our other, older mirrors!
BUGS:
If you have found a bug, please consider posting it to our github issues log. It's pretty much impossible for us to keep up with the more than 40 threads that we have for the devices that we "directly" support. If you have a significant problem that cannot be answered in this thread, your best bet is to PM Dees_Troy directly, contact us via our website, or find us in our IRC channel below. If you see someone that's struggling, feel free to point it out to us. We need your help to help us keep track of all of our devices! Thanks!
SUPPORT:
Live support is available via #twrp on Freenode with your IRC client or just click this link.
XDA:DevDB Information
TWRP Recovery, Tool/Utility for the Sony Xperia Z3 Compact
Contributors
someone755
Version Information
Status: Stable
Stable Release Date: 2015-08-18
Created 2015-08-18
Last Updated 2016-02-17

Device page on the TWRP website:
Mirror 1
There is no Mirror 2.
Due to the way Sony devices function, you will need to have an unlocked bootloader.
Your options, as far as ROMs go, are the following:
Any ROM with this commit
OR just use the new bootloader (with a proper recovery partition)
All credit goes to the TWRP team. I just annoyed the fools until they built the recovery.

Awesome! Very glad to see this.

After flashing through fastboot, its impossible for me to boot into recovery, my phone stays stuck on the Sony screen with the pink/orange led.
Running resurrection remix and m5 kernel, theme has been updated for 2.8.7, previously was on 2.6.0

Can this be install on LB?

rich2007 said:
Can this be install on LB?
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it should work with andropluskernel, not with stock

omnomnomkimiiee said:
After flashing through fastboot, its impossible for me to boot into recovery, my phone stays stuck on the Sony screen with the pink/orange led.
Running resurrection remix and m5 kernel, theme has been updated for 2.8.7, previously was on 2.6.0
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Works fine here. Did you check the md5 before installing? Does it work without the theme?
rich2007 said:
Can this be install on LB?
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You need a custom boot image to boot into it (since our bootloaders don't really support a separate recovery partition, and we rely on a boot.img script to boot into one), which means you'd have to unlock the bootloader.
funiewski said:
it should work with andropluskernel, not with stock
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On this note, if anyone can provide me with stock boot images, I'll try and keep them up-to-date with the extract_elf_ramdisk utility, so that users on stock may still boot into TWRP if they don't opt for the AndroPlus kernel.

Hello everyone,
Flashed this with "fastboot flash recovery", still getting the cm12.1 recovery.
BL unlocked, USB debugging enabled, CM 12.1 installed.
Anyone have a solution?
Thanks
Edit:
tried the twrp manager, no Z3C here, aswell the dd method, nothing changed.

pityu100 said:
Hello everyone,
Flashed this with "fastboot flash recovery", still getting the cm12.1 recovery.
BL unlocked, USB debugging enabled, CM 12.1 installed.
Anyone have a solution?
Thanks
Edit:
tried the twrp manager, no Z3C here, aswell the dd method, nothing changed.
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Same here, there is no Z3C in the list on TWRP Manager, and the 'dd' method leaves an unusable recovery (stuck on orange led). I'm happy with official TWRP support, but do you guys even test your stuff before releasing it.....? The steps with TWRP manager app don't even exist (there is no 'advanced' to tap).

Flashed twrp.img as boot: fastboot flash boot twrp.img. -> TWRP starts every time i power on the phone. Flashed CM12.1 from this state, and TWRP got overwrited again with CM12.1 recovery. /sigh
Is the CM kernel counts as "Any custom kernel" ?

pityu100 said:
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Menubalk said:
Same here, there is no Z3C in the list on TWRP Manager, and the 'dd' method leaves an unusable recovery (stuck on orange led). I'm happy with official TWRP support, but do you guys even test your stuff before releasing it.....? The steps with TWRP manager app don't even exist (there is no 'advanced' to tap).
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Thanks both of you for reporting your issues. Your reports sparked an investigation, and we were able to identify several issues that have thus far been overlooked (for whatever reason).
The "stuff" was tested before it was released, yes, but we're now facing limitations in the form of unmerged patches to the CM device trees. The issues should have been resolved several years ago, but instead they are now wreaking havoc on Sony msm8974 recovery setups. I've gotten some of the elite TWRP and CM people on this, as well as smaller fellow rhine and shinano developers (though Myself5 and oshomun could hardly be classified as small nowadays).
I personally have already uploaded four changes to the CM gerrit (that should have been applied years ago); One of them got denied (though is now being discussed for the near future (possibly as soon as cm-13.0); the result of that discussion is, among others, that the Cyanogen Recovery is now available for download alongside the ROM zip over at https://download.cyanogenmod.org/?device=z3c ), two are still pending any input whatsoever, and the last one was promised a merge, but the device maintainers have gone quiet, at least on the outside.
(If you wish, you can view the patches and their progress at their links: patch1, patch2, patch3, patch4, patch5.)
However, both teams are also having issues with other matters (such as Z3 not building, or adding new features to TWRP), and there is also the fact that school starts around this time of year (which impacts both the younger developers as well as those who already have children).
To conclude, there really isn't a unified guide I can give you to get to TWRP. It works, and you can use it if you have the correct setup. However achieving that setup is not a simple walkthrough away, and it would differ ever so slightly for every person's preferences, not to mention it would be overwritten with each new ROM update.
Such is the state of affairs at this point in time. This may or may not change, but be assured that everything we can do about this, we will do.
EDIT: A quick note that some ROMs may already include fixes for these issues. I don't know which those ROMs could be, so I won't go into listing them, but the possibility exists.

someone755,
thanks for your quick reply and your investigation.
Hope for the best, but time will tell.
Thanks again

Someone, here is a build that actually works, maybe you guys can base on that?: http://forum.xda-developers.com/z3-compact/development/recovery-twrp-2-8-6-0-fota-recovery-t3093537
I'm on Cyanogen 12.1 nightlies with M5 (=Cyanogen-based) kernel btw.

Menubalk said:
Someone, here is a build that actually works, maybe you guys can base on that?: http://forum.xda-developers.com/z3-compact/development/recovery-twrp-2-8-6-0-fota-recovery-t3093537
I'm on Cyanogen 12.1 nightlies with M5 (=Cyanogen-based) kernel btw.
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The thing is that if you flash a cm-12.1 boot image (completely stock, without kernel or ramdisk modifications that M5 or Kernel12 perform), it won't work. It works with some setups, but not with others, and is, for some reason, very specific -- to get rid of these errors, CyanogenMod would have to (at the very least) accept my changes.
If you feel like you have to try this for yourself, here's a link to the boot image: https://www.androidfilehost.com/?fid=24052804347797955 Getting out of the mess created once you flash this can be a pickle though, so unless you have a boot image on hand with which you know TWRP works, do not flash the file I linked.
I've had somebody say it started working for him after flashing r_02 of Kernel12, though sadly I'm not very sure that's a permanent solution (it is, however, a working temporary one).
Unfortunately the man who was supposed to review the changes is on leave from development, so waiting is the only option available right now (unless we come up with a zip file to flash after each nightly install, but that would only increase the chaos of this already-confusing situation).

someone755 said:
The thing is that if you flash a cm-12.1 boot image (completely stock, without kernel or ramdisk modifications that M5 or Kernel12 perform), it won't work. It works with some setups, but not with others, and is, for some reason, very specific -- to get rid of these errors, CyanogenMod would have to (at the very least) accept my changes.
If you feel like you have to try this for yourself, here's a link to the boot image: https://www.androidfilehost.com/?fid=24052804347797955 Getting out of the mess created once you flash this can be a pickle though, so unless you have a boot image on hand with which you know TWRP works, do not flash the file I linked.
I've had somebody say it started working for him after flashing r_02 of Kernel12, though sadly I'm not very sure that's a permanent solution (it is, however, a working temporary one).
Unfortunately the man who was supposed to review the changes is on leave from development, so waiting is the only option available right now (unless we come up with a zip file to flash after each nightly install, but that would only increase the chaos of this already-confusing situation).
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Had no issues with my 2.8.7.0 twrp built into my ROMs boot.img been working with no issues so far
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jenkins-84 said:
Had no issues with my 2.8.7.0 twrp built into my ROMs boot.img been working with no issues so far
Sent from my Z3 Compact using Tapatalk
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The goal of FOTA recoveries was to let the user boot into a recovery regardless of what recovery is in the boot image. If you flash a CM nightly over your setup, you won't be able to get to TWRP again unless you perform various modifications to the CM boot image.
Packing recovery inside boot is what's causing all these issues in the first place, so doing what you suggest would be a step forward, but two steps back as well.

someone755 said:
The goal of FOTA recoveries was to let the user boot into a recovery regardless of what recovery is in the boot image. If you flash a CM nightly over your setup, you won't be able to get to TWRP again unless you perform various modifications to the CM boot image.
Packing recovery inside boot is what's causing all these issues in the first place, so doing what you suggest would be a step forward, but two steps back as well.
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Yeah maybe but I don't care to much for CM based ROMs was for people using slimlp based mainly
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Yeah maybe but I don't care to much for CM based ROMs was for people using slimlp based mainly
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That's all fine and dandy until you realize most people are sticking with CM (for some unexplainable reason). Other ROM gerrits are much more likely to have already merged the needed changes (and are much more lenient and open when it comes to accepting new changes in general, and all this is the only reason this waiting game is now on).

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That's all fine and dandy until you realize most people are sticking with CM (for some unexplainable reason). Other ROM gerrits are much more likely to have already merged the needed changes (and are much more lenient and open when it comes to accepting new changes in general, and all this is the only reason this waiting game is now on).
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Yeah but I don't wait on slim or use its device trees etc I build for my own and use commits I want, I don't really care what people use or do. I build ROMs for myself and a friend. I just happened to share a ROM that I don't care if people use or not. If I'm happy with what I build and use then that's all I care about
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Yeah but I don't wait on slim or use its device trees etc I build for my own and use commits I want, I don't really care what people use or do. I build ROMs for myself and a friend. I just happened to share a ROM that I don't care if people use or not. If I'm happy with what I build and use then that's all I care about
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You do realize TWRP is meant to work for everyone, not just for 'me and my bros'?
On topic:
Someone, that FOTA TWRP I linked does (or at the very least did, I've been on M5 Kernel for a few weeks now) work with a stock Cyanogenmod boot image. Before M5 kernel I could already reach TWRP. I really think it worth a closer look to see what that guy did because it works/worked for some reason..
My full sequence (the first time anyway):
Unlock Bootloader
Unpack boot.img from Cyanogenmod nightly zip
Flash boot.img in fastboot
Boot to Cyanogenrecovery
Wipe
Flash Cyanogenmod in recovery
Boot Cyanogenmod, Setup Wizard yadda yadda
Shut down and go to fastboot
Flash FOTA TWRP from said link
Test FOTA TWRP, Be happy
----Few days later----
Flash M5 through FOTA TWRP

[TOOL/UTILITY][TWRP][3.0][RECOVERY] TWRP 3.0.2-0 TeamWin Recovery Project 4/5

[RECOVERY] [4/5/16] TWRP 3.0.2-0 - TeamWin Recovery Project
TeamWin is proud to present TWRP 3.0.2-0 for the Samsung Galaxy Note 5 (Sprint)!
Youtube video: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RIvWVS_Rkxo
Full TeamWin credits are on the TWRP page on the TeamWin website: http://teamw.in/project/twrp2
Introduction:
Team Win Recovery Project or twrp2 for short, is a custom recovery built with ease of use and customization in mind. We started from the ground up by taking AOSP recovery and loading it with the standard recovery options, then added a lot of our own features. It's a fully touch driven user interface , no more volume rocker or power buttons to mash. The GUI is also fully XML driven and completely theme-able. You can change just about every aspect of the look and feel.
Key Features:
Touchscreen driven with real buttons and drag-to-scroll
XML-based GUI that allows full customization of the layout true theming!
Settings are saved to the sdcard and persist through reboots
Ability to choose which partitions to back up and which to restore
Ability to choose to compress backups now with pigz (multi-core processor support for faster compression times)
Onscreen keyboard
Decryption of /data
Easy selection of internal/external storage
See changelog below for new features
In addition to the above new features, TWRP features a scripting engine that allows an app to send commands to the recovery for the recovery to perform during startup. We call this scripting engine OpenRecoveryScript. This engine will be put to use immediately in the GooManager app. GooManager will be able to install recoveries automatically for most supported devices. The app will also let you choose to install multiple zips from within Android, wipe cache & dalvik, and run a backup.
We are looking for other talented developers, themers, and device maintainers if they are interested in helping with a free, open source project.
Source Code:
GitHub - https://github.com/omnirom/android_bootable_recovery
Gerrit for TWRP Official Device Configs - http://gerrit.twrp.me
Gerrit Instance - http://gerrit.omnirom.org
If you have made your own twrp build for an unsupported device, please let us know. We might add your build to the list of unofficial builds. Bear in mind that we are working hard to add more devices and we may add your device to our official build list later.
nobleltespr Device Config: https://github.com/TeamWin/android_device_samsung_nobleltespr
Kernel: https://github.com/TeamWin/android_kernel_samsung_nobleltespr
DOWNLOAD:
All official devices are listed at the top of the page on the Team Win website. Search for the device in the textbox.
http://twrp.me
Support:
Click http://webchat.freenode.net/?channels=twrp for live support or join us in #twrp on Freenode IRC servers

Changelog
3.0.2-0
- Fix a bug with the input box that affected masked inputs (passwords). This fixes decrypt of full device encryption on devices that support decrypt. This bug also impacts encrypted backups. Users are highly encouraged to stop using 3.0.1 if you use encrypted backups or if you need decrypt of data in TWRP.
- Add Greek translation to some builds.
3.0.1-0
-support new CM 13.0 pattern encryption (sultanqasim)
-fix slow flashing issue due to modprobe (present on only some devices) (#twrp)
-libtar updated to latest upstream and fixes (jcadduono)
-fixes for loading custom themes (_that)
-TWRP will now detect and install TWRP themes automatically through the normal zip install process (Dees_Troy)
-translation updates - added Italian, Czech and Polish and significant updates to Dutch
-progress bar improvements - progress bar updates during image flashing and better tracks progress during file system backups (tar) (Dees_Troy)
-fix input box text display (Dees_Troy)
-reboot option after zip install complete (bigbiff)
-other mostly invisible bug fixes and improvements
TWRP 3.0.0-0 is out now for all currently supported devices.
What’s new in 3.0.0-0:
Completely new theme - Much more modern and much nicer looking (by z31s1g)
True Terminal Emulator - Includes arrow keys, tab and tab completion, etc. (by _that)
Language translation - It won’t be perfect and especially some languages that require large font files like Chinese & Japanese won’t be availble on most devices. Also some languages may only be partially translated at this time. Feel free to submit more translations to OmniROM’s Gerrit. (mostly by Dees_Troy)
Flashing of sparse images - On select devices you will be able to flash some parts of factory images via the TWRP GUI (by HashBang173)
Adopted storage support for select devices - TWRP can now decrypt adopted storage partitions from Marshmallow
Reworked graphics to bring us more up to date with AOSP - includes support for adf and drm graphics (by Dees_Troy)
SuperSU prompt will no longer display if a Marshmallow ROM is installed
Update exfat, exfat fuse, dosfstools (by mdmower)
Update AOSP base to 6.0
A huge laundry list of other minor fixes and tweaks
WARNING: This is our first release in a long time. We have a lot of new and somewhat aggressive changes in this new release. The changes to the graphics back-end may cause some devices to not boot up properly or have other display-related issues. If you are not in a position to reflash an older build of TWRP, then wait until you are or at least wait until others have tried the new version for your specific device. You don’t want to end up with a non-working recovery and have to wait several hours or days to get to a computer to be able to fix it.
Notes for themers: In addition to the udpated theme, we have introduced a theme version variable to the TWRP theme system. If the theme version does not match the version that TWRP expects, TWRP will reject the custom theme and load its stock theme. This change will ensure that people who update TWRP without updating their theme will still have a workable recovery. We have removed libjpeg support. The stock theme was only using a jpeg image for the splash / curtain. This change means that any custom themes will no longer be able to use jpeg images. It also means that tools used to repack recovery images with a different curtain / splash will need to be updated to use the new method.
Version number notes: For a while we’ve been using a 4 digit version number and reserved the 4th digit for device-specific updates. For instance, we find and fix a device-specific issue like decryption of data on Nexus 5, we would release that as a 2.8.7.1. After a while, some people would start asking where 2.8.7.1 was for other devices. So, going forward we have decided to change the numbering scheme to 3.0.0-2, etc. Our hope is that this version numbering scheme will more clearly identify that the 4th digit does not indicate a version change for the code base.
We need your help! The bulk of TWRP work is done by 3 people on a volunteer basis. We have pushed most of our device files to our github and we have a gerrit instance. If you have the ability, please help us maintain our official devices and/or add your device to our official device list. Thanks in advance!
You can track the progress of builds here
Head over to the devices page to find install instructions and download links.
TWRP 3.0.0-0 is out now for all currently supported devices.
What’s new in 3.0.0-0:
Completely new theme - Much more modern and much nicer looking (by z31s1g)
True Terminal Emulator - Includes arrow keys, tab and tab completion, etc. (by _that)
Language translation - It won’t be perfect and especially some languages that require large font files like Chinese & Japanese won’t be availble on most devices. Also some languages may only be partially translated at this time. Feel free to submit more translations to OmniROM’s Gerrit. (mostly by Dees_Troy)
Flashing of sparse images - On select devices you will be able to flash some parts of factory images via the TWRP GUI (by HashBang173)
Adopted storage support for select devices - TWRP can now decrypt adopted storage partitions from Marshmallow
Reworked graphics to bring us more up to date with AOSP - includes support for adf and drm graphics (by Dees_Troy)
SuperSU prompt will no longer display if a Marshmallow ROM is installed
Update exfat, exfat fuse, dosfstools (by mdmower)
Update AOSP base to 6.0
A huge laundry list of other minor fixes and tweaks
WARNING: This is our first release in a long time. We have a lot of new and somewhat aggressive changes in this new release. The changes to the graphics back-end may cause some devices to not boot up properly or have other display-related issues. If you are not in a position to reflash an older build of TWRP, then wait until you are or at least wait until others have tried the new version for your specific device. You don’t want to end up with a non-working recovery and have to wait several hours or days to get to a computer to be able to fix it.
Notes for themers: In addition to the udpated theme, we have introduced a theme version variable to the TWRP theme system. If the theme version does not match the version that TWRP expects, TWRP will reject the custom theme and load its stock theme. This change will ensure that people who update TWRP without updating their theme will still have a workable recovery. We have removed libjpeg support. The stock theme was only using a jpeg image for the splash / curtain. This change means that any custom themes will no longer be able to use jpeg images. It also means that tools used to repack recovery images with a different curtain / splash will need to be updated to use the new method.
Version number notes: For a while we’ve been using a 4 digit version number and reserved the 4th digit for device-specific updates. For instance, we find and fix a device-specific issue like decryption of data on Nexus 5, we would release that as a 2.8.7.1. After a while, some people would start asking where 2.8.7.1 was for other devices. So, going forward we have decided to change the numbering scheme to 3.0.0-2, etc. Our hope is that this version numbering scheme will more clearly identify that the 4th digit does not indicate a version change for the code base.
We need your help! The bulk of TWRP work is done by 3 people on a volunteer basis. We have pushed most of our device files to our github and we have a gerrit instance. If you have the ability, please help us maintain our official devices and/or add your device to our official device list. Thanks in advance!
You can track the progress of builds here
Head over to the devices page to find install instructions and download links.
2.8.7.0
- Initial ground work for software drawn keyboard (_that)
- Fix handling of wiping internal storage on datamedia devices (xuefer)
- Allow DataManager to set and read values from the system properties (xuefer)
- Fix crash when taking screenshots on arm64 devices (xuefer)
- Fix error message after an ORS script completes (Dees_Troy)
- Fix crashes / error when creating encrypted backups (_that, Dees_Troy)
- Add system read only option - more details below (Dees_Troy)
- Add resize2fs and GUI option to run resize2fs (Dees_Troy)
- Fix crash loop caused by empty lines in AOSP recovery command file (_that)
- Prevent duplicate page overlays such as multiple lock screens (mdmower)
System read only option: Devices that ship with 5.0 and higher as their initial OS are using block level OTA updates. With this style of OTA update, the update script checks to see if the system partition has ever been mounted read/write. Further, the script also usually runs an SHA sum of the entire system partition to detect if any changes have been made. If any changes have been made, the OTA update will refuse to install. Since not all OEMs and devices have factory images available, we have created a new feature in TWRP that detects if the system partition has ever been mounted read/write. If not, you will be prompted asking if you want TWRP to mount system as read/write. If you choose not to allow TWRP to mount as read/write, TWRP won't prompt to install SuperSU and TWRP won't try to patch the stock ROM to prevent TWRP from being replaced by stock recovery. The goal of this option is to hopefully allow the user to make a raw system image backup that they can use to get back to a state where they can take OTA updates again.
resize2fs feature: On some devices like the Nexus 6, the factory images include a userdata image that is the proper size only for the 32GB units. If you flash the factory image to a 64GB Nexus 6, the data partition will appear as if it only has the free space of a 32GB device. Using the resize2fs option, TWRP can resize your data partition to take up the full space available. The resize2fs may also be useful to resize system partitions on devices where custom ROM system images don't take up the full partition space. Lastly, resize2fs may be useful in some cases to reserve the proper space at the end of a data partition for a full disk encryption key, should your partition be formatted incorrectly for some reason.
This new version also marks our first set of full builds using our new jenkins build server. You can track the progress of builds at https://jenkins.twrp.me and we have taken additional steps to make it easier for device maintainers to step up and submit patches to our gerrit server at https://gerrit.twrp.me to help us keep devices up to date and working.

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wow, thanks! you gotta be one busy guy. it seems just about every device i have you're putting out twrp for, lol.

Does this version support otg

smooth703 said:
Does this version support otg
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Yes

This is awesome glad to have Twrp back on my phone.....
Thanks,
Chaz187

Here is the steps of flashing TWRP in Note 5 by ODIN works great for me
Flash Official TWRP Recovery In Galaxy Note 5 Sprint Model [N920P] will help those who are new to it.

i made a flashable ZIP for those wanting/needing it . .
. https://www.androidfilehost.com/?fid=24052804347817831
@bigbiff let me know if i need to remove this link
enjoy

rlmiller said:
i made a flashable ZIP for those wanting/needing it . .
. https://www.androidfilehost.com/?fid=24052804347817831
@bigbiff let me know if i need to remove this link
enjoy
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It is fine with me, but you guys know you can flash img files through TWRP right? When you touch Install, you can switch to images in the lower right corner button to flash, then it will ask you what partition to flash, boot or recovery.

bigbiff said:
It is fine with me, but you guys know you can flash img files through TWRP right? When you touch Install, you can switch to images in the lower right corner button to flash, then it will ask you what partition to flash, boot or recovery.
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You bet, and that is a very easy way..... Just some people like to have a flashable ? ? ?
THANK YOU for letting me host it.. . . . More importantly...
THANK YOU FOR THE WORK @bigbiff You are a great asset to this community. ! ! !

Just wanted to let everyone know twrp 3.0.0 just got released and i flashed it on my Sprint Note 5. Totally new design to it, more options, and running nice and smooth.

powerstroke said:
Just wanted to let everyone know twrp 3.0.0 just got released and i flashed it on my Sprint Note 5. Totally new design to it, more options, and running nice and smooth.
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Did they fonally release for sprint note 5? I checked yesterday and they fidnt have a build

Dilinger1990 said:
Did they fonally release for sprint note 5? I checked yesterday and they fidnt have a build
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Yes I just downloaded and flashed it today

powerstroke said:
Just wanted to let everyone know twrp 3.0.0 just got released and i flashed it on my Sprint Note 5. Totally new design to it, more options, and running nice and smooth.
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Dilinger1990 said:
Did they fonally release for sprint note 5? I checked yesterday and they fidnt have a build
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Yes I just downloaded and flashed it today
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Running great
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I flashed this to recovery & to boot. Now I can't get my MOAR rom to boot... Any idea's?

Can someone make a flashable ZIP of TWRP 3.0? UPDATE: Never mind. Can flash .img In TWRP...

This does not work on @tdunham deodexed marshmallow build. After you flash it and try to go to recovery it just keeps looping on the boot up screen over and over.
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Bobthahog said:
This does not work on @tdunham deodexed marshmallow build. After you flash it and try to go to recovery it just keeps looping on the boot up screen over and over.
Sent from my SM-N920P using XDA-Developers mobile app
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+1. Same thing happened to me unfortunately

It's not playing nice with MOAR 2.2 either. 3.0.0.0 works fine. Use Odin to flash back to 2.8.7.0, then upgrade to 3.0.0.0 for now.

[31.12.2015][TWRP 3.0.0-2][OFFICIAL][TEAM REDUX]TWRP For HTC Explorer

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Features:
- Material UI thanks to @z31s1g
- F2FS compatible
- Supports OpenRecoveryScript commands placed in /cache/recovery -- Was borked in 2.8.0.0 and 2.8.5.0
- Data backups are now functional; backup sd-ext if you're on one of my ROMs
- Issues with bootloops due to dirty flashes solved. For those on aw3som3 or CM 12.1, use respective images from my TWRP Experiments Thread.

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Bugs(Currently very minor ones, thank god)
- MTP borked on Arch Linux (reported by @abhi_qwerty)
- USB Storage borked on Windows (tested by me)
Useful Links
- Flashing Guide
- NAND Recovery

MSF Jarvis said:
Since this is an alpha build, I'll need all the feedback I can get. I currently require feedback for whether USB Storage and MTP are working or not. @chankya, wanna help?
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hey MSF yes both MTP and usb storage worked for me i booted up your cyanogen os build with this recovery that worked too. Let you know if i found any bug :good:

chankya said:
hey MSF yes both MTP and usb storage worked for me i booted up your cyanogen os build with this recovery that worked too. Let you know if i found any bug :good:
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Thanks. @abhi_qwerty has also confirmed his download. He'll also confirm if they work on Linux.

MSF i tried this on ubuntu 15.10 so it is working on linux don't know about windows

chankya said:
MSF i tried this on ubuntu 15.10 so it is working on linux don't know about windows [emoji14]
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Means it'll probably work on my Wily Werewolf system too. Will check Windows compatibility at night when Dad comes back from office. Sometimes helps to have a non-techie family[emoji6]

MSF Jarvis said:
Means it'll probably work on my Wily Werewolf system too. Will check Windows compatibility at night when Dad comes back from office. Sometimes helps to have a non-techie family[emoji6]
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True story :good::good:

Mission accomplished.

USB Storage is dead on Windows 8.1, but MTP works almost as fast as USB Storage. Shouldn't be an issue for anyone.:fingers-crossed:

@abhi_qwerty, have a read of this and then tell if the issue persists.

Does this work with older JB and KitKat ROMs that are not aw3some based?

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Does this work with older JB and KitKat ROMs that are not aw3some based?
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Unfortunately not. But I can cook something up if there's people wanting that.
Edit: Though that'll qualify as unofficial, as it'll be a personal build. That'll show up on the Experiments thread, if ever.

MSF Jarvis said:
Unfortunately not. But I can cook something up if there's people wanting that.
Edit: Though that'll qualify as unofficial, as it'll be a personal build. That'll show up on the Experiments thread, if ever.
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@MSF Jarvis
Yes.
I would be deeply grateful if you could make a non-aw3som3 based updated TWRP available for me and other users who want to install older ROMs.

hrkh83 said:
@MSF Jarvis
Yes.
I would be deeply grateful if you could make a non-aw3som3 based updated TWRP available for me and other users who want to install older ROMs.
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Available here

MSF Jarvis said:
Available here
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@MSF Jarvis
Thank you very much. I am deeply grateful. I will try it and report back.

hrkh83 said:
@MSF Jarvis
Thank you very much. I am deeply grateful. I will try it and report back.
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Good. I haven't got around to trying this out so testers are appreciated.

hrkh83 said:
@MSF Jarvis
Thank you very much. I am deeply grateful. I will try it and report back.
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But I don't see any download on it. Are you sure you downloaded the right recovery image??
Sent from my HTC Explorer A310e using Tapatalk

!!!!!!!!!! Serious help needed !!!!!!!!!
I flashed 2.8.7.0 using Rashr(Cause my phone usb somehow got fu*ked up and couldnt do fastboot using pc).
Now I am trying to flash new ROM . It's not allowing boot any ROM, i dint get any error while flashing , success msg is coming but it's not booting up(even I aint seeing any ROM bootanimation) and again TWRP recovery menu is coming. Already tried flashing 4 ROMS no luck :'(
And I also tried flashing new recovery(old version) using 'image' toggle but it's giving 255 error.
Please help me I anit using my mobile and I dnt have any other mobile.

ReX-Hell2heAven said:
!!!!!!!!!! Serious help needed !!!!!!!!!
I flashed 2.8.7.0 using Rashr(Cause my phone usb somehow got fu*ked up and couldnt do fastboot using pc).
Now I am trying to flash new ROM . It's not allowing boot any ROM, i dint get any error while flashing , success msg is coming but it's not booting up(even I aint seeing any ROM bootanimation) and again TWRP recovery menu is coming. Already tried flashing 4 ROMS no luck :'(
And I also tried flashing new recovery(old version) using 'image' toggle but it's giving 255 error.
Please help me I anit using my mobile and I dnt have any other mobile.
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Which ROM were you using before this?
Sent from my pico using XDA Labs

[RECOVERY] [20.11.2016] Unofficial TWRP for Ulefone Metal - 3.0.2-0

Team Win Recovery Project 3.x, or twrp3 for short, is a custom recovery built with ease of use and customization in mind. Its a fully touch driven user interface no more volume rocker or power buttons to mash. The GUI is also fully XML driven and completely theme-able. You can change just about every aspect of the look and feel.
CHANGELOG for 3.0.2-0:
-Fix a bug with the input box that affected masked inputs (passwords). This fixes decrypt of full device encryption on devices that support decrypt. This bug also impacts encrypted backups. Users are highly encouraged to stop using 3.0.1 if you use encrypted backups or if you need decrypt of data in TWRP.
-Add Greek translation to some builds.
CHANGELOG for 3.0.1-0:
-support new CM 13.0 pattern encryption (sultanqasim)
-fix slow flashing issue due to modprobe (present on only some devices) (#twrp)
-libtar updated to latest upstream and fixes (jcadduono)
-fixes for loading custom themes (_that)
-TWRP will now detect and install TWRP themes automatically through the normal zip install process (Dees_Troy)
-translation updates - added Italian, Czech and Polish and significant updates to Dutch
-progress bar improvements - progress bar updates during image flashing and better tracks progress during file system backups (tar) (Dees_Troy)
-fix input box text display (Dees_Troy)
-reboot option after zip install complete (bigbiff)
-other mostly invisible bug fixes and improvements
CHANGELOG for 3.0.0-0:
-Completely new theme - Much more modern and much nicer looking (by z31s1g)
-True Terminal Emulator - Includes arrow keys, tab and tab completion, etc. (by _that)
-Language translation - It won’t be perfect and especially some languages that require large font files like Chinese & Japanese won’t be availble on most devices. Also some languages may only be partially translated at this time. Feel free to submit more translations to OmniROM’s Gerrit. (mostly by Dees_Troy)
-Flashing of sparse images - On select devices you will be able to flash some parts of factory images via the TWRP GUI (by HashBang173)
-Adopted storage support for select devices - TWRP can now decrypt adopted storage partitions from Marshmallow
-Reworked graphics to bring us more up to date with AOSP - includes support for adf and drm graphics (by Dees_Troy)
-SuperSU prompt will no longer display if a Marshmallow ROM is installed
-Update exfat, exfat fuse, dosfstools (by mdmower)
-Update AOSP base to 6.0
-A huge laundry list of other minor fixes and tweaks
WARNING: This is our first release in a long time. We have a lot of new and somewhat aggressive changes in this new release. The changes to the graphics back-end may cause some devices to not boot up properly or have other display-related issues. If you are not in a position to reflash an older build of TWRP, then wait until you are or at least wait until others have tried the new version for your specific device. You don’t want to end up with a non-working recovery and have to wait several hours or days to get to a computer to be able to fix it.
Notes for themers: In addition to the udpated theme, we have introduced a theme version variable to the TWRP theme system. If the theme version does not match the version that TWRP expects, TWRP will reject the custom theme and load its stock theme. This change will ensure that people who update TWRP without updating their theme will still have a workable recovery. We have removed libjpeg support. The stock theme was only using a jpeg image for the splash / curtain. This change means that any custom themes will no longer be able to use jpeg images. It also means that tools used to repack recovery images with a different curtain / splash will need to be updated to use the new method.
Version number notes: For a while we’ve been using a 4 digit version number and reserved the 4th digit for device-specific updates. For instance, we find and fix a device-specific issue like decryption of data on Nexus 5, we would release that as a 2.8.7.1. After a while, some people would start asking where 2.8.7.1 was for other devices. So, going forward we have decided to change the numbering scheme to 3.0.0-2, etc. Our hope is that this version numbering scheme will more clearly identify that the 4th digit does not indicate a version change for the code base.
We need your help! The bulk of TWRP work is done by 3 people on a volunteer basis. We have pushed most of our device files to our github and we have a gerrit instance. If you have the ability, please help us maintain our official devices and/or add your device to our official device list. Thanks in advance!
CHANGELOG for 2.8.7.0:
-Initial ground work for software drawn keyboard (_that)
-Fix handling of wiping internal storage on datamedia devices (xuefer)
-Allow DataManager to set and read values from the system properties (xuefer)
-Fix crash when taking screenshots on arm64 devices (xuefer)
-Fix error message after an ORS script completes (Dees_Troy)
-Fix crashes / error when creating encrypted backups (_that, Dees_Troy)
-Add system read only option – more details below (Dees_Troy)
-Add resize2fs and GUI option to run resize2fs (Dees_Troy)
-Fix crash loop caused by empty lines in AOSP recovery command file (_that)
-Prevent duplicate page overlays such as multiple lock screens (mdmower)
Note: As always, be sure your custom theme is up to date (or remove your custom theme) before updating TWRP.
System read only option: Devices that ship with 5.0 and higher as their initial OS are using block level OTA updates. With this style of OTA update, the update script checks to see if the system partition has ever been mounted read/write. Further, the script also usually runs an SHA sum of the entire system partition to detect if any changes have been made. If any changes have been made, the OTA update will refuse to install. Since not all OEMs and devices have factory images available, we have created a new feature in TWRP that detects if the system partition has ever been mounted read/write. If not, you will be prompted asking if you want TWRP to mount system as read/write. If you choose not to allow TWRP to mount as read/write, TWRP won’t prompt to install SuperSU and TWRP won’t try to patch the stock ROM to prevent TWRP from being replaced by stock recovery. The goal of this option is to hopefully allow the user to make a raw system image backup that they can use to get back to a state where they can take OTA updates again.
resize2fs feature: On some devices like the Nexus 6, the factory images include a userdata image that is the proper size only for the 32GB units. If you flash the factory image to a 64GB Nexus 6, the data partition will appear as if it only has the free space of a 32GB device. Using the resize2fs option, TWRP can resize your data partition to take up the full space available. The resize2fs may also be useful to resize system partitions on devices where custom ROM system images don’t take up the full partition space. Lastly, resize2fs may be useful in some cases to reserve the proper space at the end of a data partition for a full disk encryption key, should your partition be formatted incorrectly for some reason.
This new version also marks our first set of full builds using our new jenkins build server. You can track the progress of builds at https://jenkins.twrp.me and we have taken additional steps to make it easier for device maintainers to step up and submit patches to our gerrit server at https://gerrit.twrp.me to help us keep devices up to date and working.
DOWNLOAD:
Unofficial TWRP 3.0.2-0 for Ulefone Metal
Mirror 1
MD5 - 10286EE1255C8371A2E5F720896D02C2
SHA-1 - E6C0875ADA34EB1CDE5D5A648D3F8B9AC883EFDA
INSTALLATION:
Most devices can be updated quickly and easily within TWRP if you already have version 2.8.4.0 or higher installed
1) Download the latest version above
2) Reboot to TWRP
3) Hit Install and tap the "Install Image" button in the lower right
4) Browse to the location of the TWRP image on your device and select it
5) Select recovery from the partition list and swipe to flash
To install from SP Flash Tools:
1) Download scatter file attached to this post
2) Load scatter file into SPFT
3) Plug USB cable into device and computer
4) Press download in SPFT
5) Reboot device
BUGS:
If you have an issue, the first step is to post a recovery log so we can determine the cause of the issue. This is done in recovery using Advanced -> Copy Log, or adb pull /tmp/recovery.log. Once a log is uploaded we can determine how best to proceed.
XDA:DevDB Information
RECOVERY] Unofficial TWRP for Ulefone Metal, Tool/Utility for the Android General
Contributors
Jonny
Source Code: https://github.com/JonnyXDA/android_device_ulefone_metal/tree/Omni
Version Information
Status: Stable
Current Stable Version: 3.0.2-0
Stable Release Date: 2016-11-20
Created 2016-10-31
Last Updated 2016-11-20

FAQ:
- None yet!
DEVICE-SPECIFIC CHANGELOGS:
3.0.2-0:
-Fully built from source for Ulefone Metal
Current TWRP "bugs" for Ulefone Metal:
NONE

Thanks for your work.
Recovery not mounting sd card.
Here is log:

Internal build from ulefone forum works.
Mounting sd card works.
Thanks.
here is log:

dropbear2 said:
Internal build from ulefone forum works.
Mounting sd card works.
Thanks.
here is log:
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Internal? You mean the build I posted there this morning?

Jonny said:
Internal? You mean the build I posted there this morning?
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Yes, build posted this morning.

dropbear2 said:
Yes, build posted this morning.
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Cool, I'll update this thread with it in a bit.

This build twrp in downloads (2016-11-02 16:29) does not work.
Is not the same as the build in ulefone forum.
This twrp works: http://ota.cm.mkoas.de:8080/job/TWRP Ulefone Metal/ws/recovery.img

dropbear2 said:
This build twrp in downloads (2016-11-02 16:29) does not work.
Is not the same as the build in ulefone forum.
This twrp works: http://ota.cm.mkoas.de:8080/job/TWRP Ulefone Metal/ws/recovery.img
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I know, I said I would get round to updating this post as well, I haven't been able to yet as I've been busy

Jonny said:
I know, I said I would get round to updating this post as well, I haven't been able to yet as I've been busy
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sorry,
I thought that you replaced.

Thread updated with the new links (eventually!).
Apologies for the delay

Hey,
i've flashed TWRP and when i boot it, the phone just shows the ulefone logo and then restarts..
I tried to flash with flashtools and via fastboot flash recovery...
Its possible to flash custom rom, which works quite nice, but TWRP won't come up so i can't root phone or do nandroid backups.
Any help? Any idea how to get logs of what happening?
BTW: reflashed offical stock does the same, displays ulefone logo and reboots..
EDIT:
Flashed recover as boot, and boot as recovery:
Normal boot (should start TWRP now) reboots all the time.
Recovery boot (should boot normal boot.img now) works and boots the System..
So there has to be a problem with the downloaded TWRP/Recovery Image not working on my phone..
It's normal Ulefone Metal don't know why it doesn't work.. wpuld like so see some logs or something
Edit2:
Flashed twrp-3-0-2-4es-by-mdsdev from needrom,
which worked.. don't know why any other one didn't...

I can not find the scatter mentioned in the post. I tried to install it with another scatter or another TWRP, but when I try to run the recovery it simply restarts.

Regards, I inform you that I have been doing a series of tests on my mobile, to try to flash some existing roms. For now the following happens: The official firmware from the 20160912 and lower version do not work (I still have to try the 20161019 version), the 20161024 and 20161117 versions work correctly.
Another error, for now the one that has me more restless is the following: The only functional recovery is the TWRP of the user hanuma50 that has incompatibility with certain roms, the other versions of TWRP available do not work, when trying to install it using SPFT , Flashify or from the same TWRP are installed correctly, but at the time of running it simply restarts the mobile and starts the system normally.
I'm thinking because it is because there is surely a new batch of mobile with changes to the hardware, but I do not know, Do you know anything about it?
Another thing, if the darksense kernel flashed the mobile stops working (it enters an infinite loop with the Ulefone logo), it was tested in stock rom and in the Eragon rom.

sinrequilorios said:
Regards, I inform you that I have been doing a series of tests on my mobile, to try to flash some existing roms. For now the following happens: The official firmware from the 20160912 and lower version do not work (I still have to try the 20161019 version), the 20161024 and 20161117 versions work correctly.
Another error, for now the one that has me more restless is the following: The only functional recovery is the TWRP of the user hanuma50 that has incompatibility with certain roms, the other versions of TWRP available do not work, when trying to install it using SPFT , Flashify or from the same TWRP are installed correctly, but at the time of running it simply restarts the mobile and starts the system normally.
I'm thinking because it is because there is surely a new batch of mobile with changes to the hardware, but I do not know, Do you know anything about it?
Another thing, if the darksense kernel flashed the mobile stops working (it enters an infinite loop with the Ulefone logo), it was tested in stock rom and in the Eragon rom.
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It is not my fault if existing ROM's don't flash properly, we faced this problem on Elephone P9000, it is because the people who develop the ROM's don't use the proper mount points, if they did, it would flash. Instead, they use the mount points for the ported recoveries which are not correct.
End of story, not my fault and I will not support the people that this happens to.

sinrequilorios said:
Regards, I inform you that I have been doing a series of tests on my mobile, to try to flash some existing roms. For now the following happens: The official firmware from the 20160912 and lower version do not work (I still have to try the 20161019 version), the 20161024 and 20161117 versions work correctly.
Another error, for now the one that has me more restless is the following: The only functional recovery is the TWRP of the user hanuma50 that has incompatibility with certain roms, the other versions of TWRP available do not work, when trying to install it using SPFT , Flashify or from the same TWRP are installed correctly, but at the time of running it simply restarts the mobile and starts the system normally.
I'm thinking because it is because there is surely a new batch of mobile with changes to the hardware, but I do not know, Do you know anything about it?
Another thing, if the darksense kernel flashed the mobile stops working (it enters an infinite loop with the Ulefone logo), it was tested in stock rom and in the Eragon rom.
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Jonny said:
It is not my fault if existing ROM's don't flash properly, we faced this problem on Elephone P9000, it is because the people who develop the ROM's don't use the proper mount points, if they did, it would flash. Instead, they use the mount points for the ported recoveries which are not correct.
End of story, not my fault and I will not support the people that this happens to.
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I think here's some confusion. As far as I understand it, it's not a problem of neither the recovery, nor wrong mount points.
There's just a newer revision of the model it seems. This newer models only work with recovery, built against stock pre-built kernel (aka ports).
Our rom is built for being flashed by this recovery, because this recovery is the only compiled one. Unfortunately, there's nothing which can be done without ulefone updating the kernel source code.

DerTeufel1980 said:
I think here's some confusion. As far as I understand it, it's not a problem of neither the recovery, nor wrong mount points.
There's just a newer revision of the model it seems. This newer models only work with recovery, built against stock pre-built kernel (aka ports).
Our rom is built for being flashed by this recovery, because this recovery is the only compiled one. Unfortunately, there's nothing which can be done without ulefone updating the kernel source code.
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Provide me with the device source to build this recovery from then, instead of hiding your source in a private bit bucket repo. I'm Jonathon Fitch, the guy who's source you probably based yours on. The least you could do is share...

Jonny said:
Provide me with the device source to build this recovery from then, instead of hiding your source in a private bit bucket repo. I'm Jonathon Fitch, the guy who's source you probably based yours on. The least you could do is share...
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Ug..
GPL source code is provided on our Metal thread...
https://github.com/MediatekAndroidDevelopers/android_kernel_ulefone_metal
Cheers
M.A.D. Team

Jonny said:
Provide me with the device source to build this recovery from then, instead of hiding your source in a private bit bucket repo. I'm Jonathon Fitch, the guy who's source you probably based yours on. The least you could do is share...
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Of course we didn't build upon your kernel. Why should we have done this?
We are using your recovery, or more detailed, we are suggesting to use your recovery.
What's your problem? We did not disrespect you in any way.
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DerTeufel1980 said:
Of course we didn't build upon your kernel. Why should we have done this?
We are using your recovery, or more detailed, we are suggesting to use your recovery.
What's your problem? We did not disrespect you in any way.
Sent from my Thor using Tapatalk
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^^ THIS

Database Info

welcome