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Question The current image(boot/recovery) have been destroyed and can not boot? - Realme C2

Hi, I have trouble with flashing custom rom to my Realme C2 phone.
Last night i unlocked the bootloader and tried to flash custom rom to my phone, but i really can't get into twrp recovery or fastboot mode. (The screen stuck on fastboot_unlock_verify ok). Then i tried to relock the bootloader and decided to give up and go back to normal. When i entered : fastboot flashing lock : command in terminal (im using mac os), it kept rebooting and says the current boot image(boot/recovery) have been destroyed and can not boot.
Right now i can't boot into recovery mode or fastboot mode, any chance that i can get my phone working again? Is it because that my phone is carrier locked, so they locked my fastboot option? but i got the bootloader unlocked.
Big thanks for every reply and trying to help, I really appreciate it!!

Fastboot and ADB are 2 different drivers: don't mix up. Fastboot deals with device's boot-loader whereas ADB deals with Android OS.

jwoegerbauer said:
Fastboot and ADB are 2 different drivers: don't mix up. Fastboot deals with device's boot-loader whereas ADB deals with Android OS.
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Sorry, It was in terminal not Adb, but fixed! Anyway that i can get my phone up running again?

To me it seems your installation of TWRP - what amonng other things modifies Android's boot.img and also removes device's Stock Recovery - miserably failed for whatever reason.
You can try to bring back phone's Stock Recovery ( overwrite TWRP ) by means of SP Flash Tool.

jwoegerbauer said:
Fastboot and ADB are 2 different drivers: don't mix up. Fastboot deals with device's boot-loader whereas ADB deals with Android OS.
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jwoegerbauer said:
To me it seems your installation of TWRP - what amonng other things modifies Android's boot.img and also removes device's Stock Recovery - miserably failed for whatever reason.
You can try to bring back phone's Stock Recovery ( overwrite TWRP ) by means of SP Flash Tool.
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I tried to follow the guide, but Realme C2 firmware doesn't have scatter file to let me flash the stock firmware

Wondering why you haven't created the Scatter file before starting to hack/mod the phone?

Brick - No fastboot - EDL only - Set active slot?

I have not one, but two bricks. I bought one to unbrick the other, but the reverse happened. Using the EDL tool from this forum, I made a full and then an all backup and tried to use it to unbrick the other. No success. Now I cannot enter fastboot on either device, but both will enter EDL. I think at least one will fastboot if I can switch the active a/b slot.
Can the active a/b slot be switched via a command in the edl mode? Or is there another way to switch the active slot on a brick without fastboot access? Thank you

I already had that you have to put in the edl tool Then unlock bootloader and then you can go back to fastboot mode, it is because the files abl.elf have to be flashed to have fastboot
but to avoid the brick you have to flash all then boot the mobile phone and best an official Rom flash then back ...in edl Tool .... if you have an A2020G the 1.6 edl firmware helps you continue flashing and then you can lineage OS and then everything else flash what you want
Here ist the Link of 1.6 A2020Gpro Firmware: yadi.sk/d/0d8uKQ1nEd8ZVA

noobstyle1337 said:
I already had that you have to put in the edl tool Then unlock bootloader and then you can go back to fastboot mode, it is because the files abl.elf have to be flashed to have fastboot
but to avoid the brick you have to flash all then boot the mobile phone and best an official Rom flash then back ...in edl Tool .... if you have an A2020G the 1.6 edl firmware helps you continue flashing and then you can lineage OS and then everything else flash what you want
Here ist the Link of 1.6 A2020Gpro Firmware: yadi.sk/d/0d8uKQ1nEd8ZVA
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Thank you for your answer.
I have tried flashing both phones with the following:
1) Full edl from newly purshased phone with v1.1
2) All edl from newly purchased phone with v1.1
3) A2020G v1.6 pro firmware
4) Several other firmwares which the edl would not accept as valid.
None of these worked. Actually, they made things worse. I cannot not even get to fastboot anymore. They both used to give a splash screen that quickly looped. Even that is now gone. Pressing any combination of buttons results in absolutely nothing or edl mode.
The only conclusion that I can make is one of two things:
1) Bricked both all hope
2) edl flashes that I am using are set up for A slot, when the phone is trying to use B slot. I thought when one slot was unbootable it would automatically switch to the other but that doesn't seem to be happening.
Does anyone know of a way to force the phone to boot to the other slot from edl mode? OR some flag that I can edit to switch the slots? OR some command that I can issue to switch slots using fh_loader.exe or emmcdl.exe or another edl tool?

There's no command to switch active slots that I know of and I've gone into the source on fh_loader.
What phone version do you have? Is there some reason you didn't download the EDL tools I uploaded recently instead? The original EDL tool has a few bugs. Read the newer EDL tool thread for some helpful information related to unbricking.
The fact that you aren't getting a ZTE logo at all indicates that you do not have a mixed up slot a/b situation anyway. It probably means you need to fix your AOP files. Of course the original EDL tool doesn't really let you do that. If you have the US version you can use the tools I uploaded to target just the AOP files and try restoring them from your original backup... either the a or b slot one should work.
Make sure you keep your original ALL/FULL backups (both) from the EDL tool, they're probably 99% good and you'll be doing yourself a favor not to delete or modify them.
groundslug said:
Thank you for your answer.
I have tried flashing both phones with the following:
1) Full edl from newly purshased phone with v1.1
2) All edl from newly purchased phone with v1.1
3) A2020G v1.6 pro firmware
4) Several other firmwares which the edl would not accept as valid.
None of these worked. Actually, they made things worse. I cannot not even get to fastboot anymore. They both used to give a splash screen that quickly looped. Even that is now gone. Pressing any combination of buttons results in absolutely nothing or edl mode.
The only conclusion that I can make is one of two things:
1) Bricked both all hope
2) edl flashes that I am using are set up for A slot, when the phone is trying to use B slot. I thought when one slot was unbootable it would automatically switch to the other but that doesn't seem to be happening.
Does anyone know of a way to force the phone to boot to the other slot from edl mode? OR some flag that I can edit to switch the slots? OR some command that I can issue to switch slots using fh_loader.exe or emmcdl.exe or another edl tool?
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You can only change the slots if you are in Fastboot. You have doing it wrong ... if you have an A2020G you can flash the firmware ... if you have the A2020u version then you should ... flash the correct one
so in itself quite simple .... flash edl firmware and then unlock .. then you boot into the fastboot mode and then you have to use these lines
fastboot --disable-verity --disable-verification flash vbmeta vbmeta.img
Then
fastboot --set-active=a
in any case you have to unlock to access the fastboot menu
then you should be able to boot
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remember to flash Android 9 edl firmware because otherwise the unlock won't work
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also remember that some firmwares have to be in the flash folder or in the backup folder if it doesn't work

bobthenormal said:
What phone version do you have? Is there some reason you didn't download the EDL tools I uploaded recently instead? The original EDL tool has a few bugs. Read the newer EDL tool thread for some helpful information related to unbricking.
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A2020U on both.
Many thanks for your edl tools! The problem was at least very close to what I thought. Active slot a. Fix bootable partition on your edl tools brought both back to their previous state. (This a/b slot scheme is intentionally over complicated and for modders makes bricks instead of preventing them.) The newly purchased phone is now unlocked and bootable into v1.1. I will proceed with lineage next. The old phone is still a brick with a locked bootloader, but it has fastboot now. I keep you posted. Other life duties call at the moment. Thanks!

groundslug said:
A2020U on both.
Many thanks for your edl tools! The problem was at least very close to what I thought. Active slot a. Fix bootable partition on your edl tools brought both back to their previous state. (This a/b slot scheme is intentionally over complicated and for modders makes bricks instead of preventing them.) The newly purchased phone is now unlocked and bootable into v1.1. I will proceed with lineage next. The old phone is still a brick with a locked bootloader, but it has fastboot now. I keep you posted. Other life duties call at the moment. Thanks!
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It's great to hear I was able to help save from that terrible bricked feeling!
For the 2nd phone - you can try this to unlock it manually without getting it to boot... First do a full backup using my EDL tool. Then use the "FRP" tool I included to write an "unlocked" version of the FRP partition. Then go into fastboot and do the unlock manually - I think it's "fastboot flashing unlock".. but just search to make sure that's right.
Otherwise.. I'm slow but I'll eventually upload the locked stock ROMs.

bobthenormal said:
It's great to hear I was able to help save from that terrible bricked feeling!
For the 2nd phone - you can try this to unlock it manually without getting it to boot... First do a full backup using my EDL tool. Then use the "FRP" tool I included to write an "unlocked" version of the FRP partition. Then go into fastboot and do the unlock manually - I think it's "fastboot flashing unlock".. but just search to make sure that's right.
Otherwise.. I'm slow but I'll eventually upload the locked stock ROMs.
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Both are unlocked now, thank you!
I am still having trouble getting lineage OS to go though. Here's the steps I follow:
1) Fashboot flash twrp from here. https://www.mediafire.com/folder/ha8j5crsdmbmx/ZTE_Axon_10_pro_stuff
2) Fastboot flash vbmeta from here. https://www.mediafire.com/folder/ha8j5crsdmbmx/ZTE_Axon_10_pro_stuff
3) Boot to twrp.
4) Twrp flash lineage 16 OS. Tried both from here. http://samson.nwwn.net/~unjust/Axon 10 Pro/LineageOS/
5) Twrp flash lineage 16 OS root addon arm64 from here. https://download.lineageos.org/extras
6) Wipe data and cache.
This results in the previous state in which only edl, no fastboot is available. So I flash my all backup using the edl tools and I am back to the beginning. I must be missing a step???
EDIT: I also tried restoring aop and uefisecapp files via edl after above steps as suggested in your readme. Same with vbmeta. Again, edl only, no fastboot.

groundslug said:
Both are unlocked now, thank you!
I am still having trouble getting lineage OS to go though. Here's the steps I follow:
1) Fashboot flash twrp from here. https://www.mediafire.com/folder/ha8j5crsdmbmx/ZTE_Axon_10_pro_stuff
2) Fastboot flash vbmeta from here. https://www.mediafire.com/folder/ha8j5crsdmbmx/ZTE_Axon_10_pro_stuff
3) Boot to twrp.
4) Twrp flash lineage 16 OS. Tried both from here. http://samson.nwwn.net/~unjust/Axon 10 Pro/LineageOS/
5) Twrp flash lineage 16 OS root addon arm64 from here. https://download.lineageos.org/extras
6) Wipe data and cache.
This results in the previous state in which only edl, no fastboot is available. So I flash my all backup using the edl tools and I am back to the beginning. I must be missing a step???
EDIT: I also tried restoring aop and uefisecapp files via edl after above steps as suggested in your readme. Same with vbmeta. Again, edl only, no fastboot.
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Just replying real quick since I have a min and I saw a few things you can try... 1. make sure you're installing twrp itself with the zip after you boot into it with fastboot, 2. use the two flags when you write vbmeta just in case (I forget them but one is dm verify and the other is no verity, should be in the original LOS16 thread) and 3. try the fix bootable partition tool from my tools after you install. the LOS16 image has a similar problem as all other images that it has a specific slot it works on (B I think) so if you end up installing and trying to boot it from the other slot it locks into a fast bootloop. Don't bother installing the addons until LOS is booting, so just do a reboot to system after you flash it, fix bootable. If it doesn't boot then it has to be something I'm not thinking of. Goodluck!

It's been a while, but I wanted to follow up.
I did finally get lineage working. The two things that I was missing:
1) Fastboot to flash boot partition with los-twrp-magisked-boot.img
There is another file named twrp-magisked-los-boot.img that did NOT work for.
A third file named Magisk20.3-twrp.img would appear to be yet a third option for flashing boot. I did not try it because I had a working boot.
All three files can be found at link already given: https://www.mediafire.com/folder/ha8j5crsdmbmx/ZTE_Axon_10_pro_stuff
2) Fastboot to flash system partition with system.img
I used python and a python module called payload dumper (use google to find tutorial) to extract the .img files from the lineage 16 zip file.
This gave me 5 files.
boot.img - Did not use. See #1
dtbo.img - Flashing it led to a brick, if I remember right. Do not use.
system.img - Yes!
vendor.img - I flashed it too, but I do not think it is necessary.
vbmeta.img - Did not use. Use vbmeta disabled as noted above.
I use the lineage 16 dated 20191029 that used to be available at the following link. It appears to be dead as of today. Maybe will return.
http://samson.nwwn.net/~unjust/Axon%2010%20Pro/
Other versions of lineage will probably work with this method, but I can not say for sure.
In summary, use fashboot to flash los-twrp-magisked-boot.img and system.img. Obtain boot from link above. Obtain system from python module payload dumper from lineage 16 zip file. See other threads on this forum for details regarding unlocking bootloader with EDL tools and how to make vbmeta disabled. Hope this helps someone avoid the headaches I had!

groundslug said:
It's been a while, but I wanted to follow up.
I did finally get lineage working. The two things that I was missing:
1) Fastboot to flash boot partition with los-twrp-magisked-boot.img
There is another file named twrp-magisked-los-boot.img that did NOT work for.
A third file named Magisk20.3-twrp.img would appear to be yet a third option for flashing boot. I did not try it because I had a working boot.
All three files can be found at link already given: https://www.mediafire.com/folder/ha8j5crsdmbmx/ZTE_Axon_10_pro_stuff
2) Fastboot to flash system partition with system.img
I used python and a python module called payload dumper (use google to find tutorial) to extract the .img files from the lineage 16 zip file.
This gave me 5 files.
boot.img - Did not use. See #1
dtbo.img - Flashing it led to a brick, if I remember right. Do not use.
system.img - Yes!
vendor.img - I flashed it too, but I do not think it is necessary.
vbmeta.img - Did not use. Use vbmeta disabled as noted above.
I use the lineage 16 dated 20191029 that used to be available at the following link. It appears to be dead as of today. Maybe will return.
http://samson.nwwn.net/~unjust/Axon%2010%20Pro/
Other versions of lineage will probably work with this method, but I can not say for sure.
In summary, use fashboot to flash los-twrp-magisked-boot.img and system.img. Obtain boot from link above. Obtain system from python module payload dumper from lineage 16 zip file. See other threads on this forum for details regarding unlocking bootloader with EDL tools and how to make vbmeta disabled. Hope this helps someone avoid the headaches I had!
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Thanks a lot! I'm stuck in the same spot, I have the solutions but I can't connect fully with sahara or qpst? Is this why you went with the payload dumper? Sorry I'm unfamiliar but I'm up to use it.

Rise55Chrom said:
Thanks a lot! I'm stuck in the same spot, I have the solutions but I can't connect fully with sahara or qpst? Is this why you went with the payload dumper? Sorry I'm unfamiliar but I'm up to use it.
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By sahara, you mean the EDL protocol, yes? (I am not familar with qpst.) Are you using the EDL tools published by unjustified and bobthenormal on this forum? I had problems with the sahara protocol too when adding the firehose. I initially fixed it by opening the back case and disconnecting and reconnecting the battery connector. That's a big headache, especially if you don't already have the back case open. (I had it open because I had previously replaced the screen.) I found that to be unnecessary. If you press all three buttons to enter EDL mode, just press them again and again until the sahara works and the firehose goes in.
Regarding payload dumper, I used it simply because nothing else gave me a bootable phone. I did use the EDL tools to unlock the bootloader and to set the active slot (only bobthenormal's EDL tools will set the active slot).
Here's the payload dumper tutorial that worked for me.
Extract Android OTA Payload.bin File using Payload Dumper Tool
Learn how to dump and extract Android OTA Payload.bin file to get the boot.img (for rooting with Magisk), vendor.img, and other other partition images.
www.thecustomdroid.com
Don't forget to flash los-twrp-magisked-boot.img and vbmeta disabled as noted above. Also, if you use this method, let me know if it was necessary for you to flash vendor.img. Above all, do a complete backup via the EDL tools before making any other changes!

groundslug said:
By sahara, you mean the EDL protocol, yes? (I am not familar with qpst.) Are you using the EDL tools published by unjustified and bobthenormal on this forum? I had problems with the sahara protocol too when adding the firehose. I initially fixed it by opening the back case and disconnecting and reconnecting the battery connector. That's a big headache, especially if you don't already have the back case open. (I had it open because I had previously replaced the screen.) I found that to be unnecessary. If you press all three buttons to enter EDL mode, just press them again and again until the sahara works and the firehose goes in.
Regarding payload dumper, I used it simply because nothing else gave me a bootable phone. I did use the EDL tools to unlock the bootloader and to set the active slot (only bobthenormal's EDL tools will set the active slot).
Here's the payload dumper tutorial that worked for me.
Extract Android OTA Payload.bin File using Payload Dumper Tool
Learn how to dump and extract Android OTA Payload.bin file to get the boot.img (for rooting with Magisk), vendor.img, and other other partition images.
www.thecustomdroid.com
Don't forget to flash los-twrp-magisked-boot.img and vbmeta disabled as noted above. Also, if you use this method, let me know if it was necessary for you to flash vendor.img. Above all, do a complete backup via the EDL tools before making any other changes!
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Phenomenal! Best advice, I have received... Thank you so very much. You hit it right on the head. I'll be sure to fill ya in asap when I have the time to get after it. Appreciate you.

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EDL tool
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Hello, where can I find this program? EDL tool

Alcatel TCL A502DL/A501DL root/custom recovery/custom roms?

Is there any way to get root/custom recovery/custom roms on the A502DL or A501DL? If so, how?

lehmancurtis said:
Use the boot mode tool from here for the a501dl. It definitely is unlockable! You can grab the TWRP.img I compiled for the a501dl from this link.
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Bump. I found some information, but unfortunately the instructions are not very clear. I assume lehmancurtis means to go to fastboot with the boot mode tool, and then flash the TWRP.img with adb. However, I am not sure if this is the right way to do things and I do not have adb drivers for the A501DL or A502DL.

lmgnsa said:
Bump. I found some information, but unfortunately the instructions are not very clear. I assume lehmancurtis means to go to fastboot with the boot mode tool, and then flash the TWRP.img with adb. However, I am not sure if this is the right way to do things and I do not have adb drivers for the A501DL or A502DL.
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adb and fastboot include a generic Google driver and the VCOM driver installer for mtk includes what you'll need. Once in fastboot...
Code:
fastboot oem unlock-go
Follow the instructions on your device to unlock the bootloader. Then boot to system and reboot to fastboot with bootmode tool. Once in fastboot...
Code:
fastboot erase recovery
fastboot flash recovery recovery.img
fastboot oem reboot-recovery
Then it should boot to TWRP. Be sure to format data f2fs to remove encryption so you can mount data.
And you will need to install Magisk from recovery to have root and keep. OEM recovery from replacing TWRP.

lehmancurtis said:
adb and fastboot include a generic Google driver and the VCOM driver installer for mtk includes what you'll need. Once in fastboot...
Code:
fastboot oem unlock-go
Follow the instructions on your device to unlock the bootloader. Then boot to system and reboot to fastboot with bootmode tool. Once in fastboot...
Code:
fastboot erase recovery
fastboot flash recovery recovery.img
fastboot own reboot-recovery
Then it should boot to TWRP. Be sure to format data f2fs to remove encryption so you can mount data.
And you will need to install Magisk from recovery to have root and keep. OEM recovery from replacing TWRP.
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Just to confirm:
To prevent the OEM recovery from replacing TWRP, I have to flash Magisk.
If I flashed a gsi, would this problem still be present?
edit: if I wanted to flash a gsi, would I be able to flash "A" only roms, "AB" only roms, or A/AB roms?
edit2: @lehmancurtis plz help me

@lehmancurtis : How do you get the a502dl into fastboot mode? I have tried everything that I can think of, and nothing works! Thank you for all of your help, m8!

fliproc said:
@lehmancurtis : How do you get the a502dl into fastboot mode? I have tried everything that I can think of, and nothing works! Thank you for all of your help, m8!
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Use a tool that controls bootmode. Mtk-mode-selector

lehmancurtis said:
Use a tool that controls bootmode. Mtk-mode-selector
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Please help, it says "waiting port" forever

Thanks for the reply! I tried this tool, along with adb commands, etc., and I just can't even get fastboot. This would be an AWESOME phone, if not for this dumb crap!! The phone I had before this one is a Z717VL, and it sucks as well. They are both Tracfone phones that were given to me by my wife. I think I'll just get a Galaxy S8 or so and just root it instead. All other phones that I had on Verizon in the past have been super easy... just a One-Click-Root. Thanks everyone for your time and help!

lehmancurtis said:
adb and fastboot include a generic Google driver and the VCOM driver installer for mtk includes what you'll need. Once in fastboot...
Code:
fastboot oem unlock-go
Follow the instructions on your device to unlock the bootloader. Then boot to system and reboot to fastboot with bootmode tool. Once in fastboot...
Code:
fastboot erase recovery
fastboot flash recovery recovery.img
fastboot own reboot-recovery
Then it should boot to TWRP. Be sure to format data f2fs to remove encryption so you can mount data.
And you will need to install Magisk from recovery to have root and keep. OEM recovery from replacing TWRP.
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lehmancurtis said:
Use a tool that controls bootmode. Mtk-mode-selector
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Are you sure the method you thought of works? The bootmode tool you linked cannot get the A501DL to fastboot mode, it just says "waiting port" forever.

@lehmancurtis I feel like you might be lying about whether or not your method works, as the boot mode tool does not work. @lmgnsa did it work for you?

I got it to work by loading the boot mode tool, selecting fastboot, and plugging the phone in when it is turned off while holding volume down.
Then you can unlock the bootloader.

williamhancock328` said:
I got it to work by loading the boot mode tool, selecting fastboot, and plugging the phone in when it is turned off while holding volume down.
Then you can unlock the bootloader.
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I cannot get to fastboot even if I follow these steps... @williamhancock328` @lehmancurtis
It still says "waiting port" forever.

Make sure to install the MTK VCOM drivers first, the android drivers from google or samsung will not work!
Mediatek USB VCOM Drivers (all MTK devices).zip | by www.foldertips.com for Utilities
Download GApps, Roms, Kernels, Themes, Firmware, and more. Free file hosting for all Android developers.
androidfilehost.com
I was able to bootloader unlock my Alcatel 3T 8, even being on tmobile using the boot selector tool

mickeybeats said:
Make sure to install the MTK VCOM drivers first, the android drivers from google or samsung will not work!
Mediatek USB VCOM Drivers (all MTK devices).zip | by www.foldertips.com for Utilities
Download GApps, Roms, Kernels, Themes, Firmware, and more. Free file hosting for all Android developers.
androidfilehost.com
I was able to bootloader unlock my Alcatel 3T 8, even being on tmobile using the boot selector tool
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I have already installed the MTK VCOM drivers multiple times, I don't know why it still doesn't work.

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lmgnsa said:
Just to confirm:
To prevent the OEM recovery from replacing TWRP, I have to flash Magisk.
If I flashed a gsi, would this problem still be present?
edit: if I wanted to flash a gsi, would I be able to flash "A" only roms, "AB" only roms, or A/AB roms?
edit2: @lehmancurtis plz help me
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lmgnsa said:
To keep recovery from being replace several files need to be disable (various approaches are effective i.e. removed, replace, or renamed). Magisk usually handles this task, but sometimes there are exceptions. But, you need to address that before flashing gsi's for multiple reason and none are fun to deal with. Yes, this is A only and does not use A/B update method (at least not entirely as a few partitions are making use of the A/B partition labels). I've not been doing much with this particular device since mine was cracked and the usb port messed up when I got it, so nature took its course before I was able to achieve a fully stable custom setup.
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sj78 said:
I cannot get to fastboot even if I follow these steps... @williamhancock328` @lehmancurtis
It still says "waiting port" forever.
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It sometime takes a few tries to get the phone and tool to do what its supposed to, but if you get the waiting message start over until the program reboots the device. It will work, it's just not a perfect process.

lmgnsa said:
Just to confirm:
To prevent the OEM recovery from replacing TWRP, I have to flash Magisk.
If I flashed a gsi, would this problem still be present?
edit: if I wanted to flash a gsi, would I be able to flash "A" only roms, "AB" only roms, or A/AB roms?
edit2: @lehmancurtis plz help me
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You need to modify a few files. It's almost just like the 5059 devices and you can look up the 5041c thread to see what needs edited. Use the fstab.mt6739 from the 5041c.

Here's the tool. I think some of the links to it got messed up. Make sure you turn on developer options and check that oem unlock is ticked as well as adb usb options. Once in fastboot, issue the following
Code:
fastboot oem unlock-go
Follow the instructions on the device. Then boot into system and complete setup so that you can turn on developer options again since your device was just reset. Boot to fastboot once again and issue these.
Code:
fastboot flash recovery ./recovery.img
Code:
fastboot oem reboot-recovery
That should be the custom recovery you just installed. It will be replace on reboot if steps are not taken. I was in the process of working this issue when my beat up a501dl succumbed to its varied and multiple impact injuries. If I can find the time to repair it I will finish where I left off, but in the mean time I will help as much as I can.

Regular drivers are built into the phone but you may need vcom drivers. I'm going to attempt to repair mine enough to reset and flash again. I'll probably have to nav my screen via commands, but I will attempt to capture the process and show you.

I've got a A501DL, I enabled usb debugging and oem unlock, seems like the A501DL in fastboot does not talk with the pc, i've installed so many driver things its crazy butat fastboot when typing fastboot reboot bootloader, it reboots the phone but it skips fastboot and turns on to my home screen, I used volume up and power, I get in fast boot butthe device isnt being detected by windows 10 64 bit. Also in fast boot there is only
reboot system now
wipe data/factory reset
wipe cache partition
power off
im going nut that fastboot isnt working with this device.

Rooting Tecno LC8. or tecno power pro 2.

I recently got my hands on Tecno LC8 and am amazed by how good it is. Sadly its a bit hard to root BUT I have done necessary work for all of you.
### Instructions
1. Update to LC8-H6215ABCD-Q-GL-220402V350
2. connect to a laptop/pc with adb tools installed.
3. type in terminal adb reboot fastboot
4. When phone start in fastboot mode (It comes with a animation of usb cable with bluish glow)
5. Type in terminal
fastboot flash vbmeta_vendor vbmeta.img
fastboot flash vbmeta_system vbmeta.img
fastboot flash vbmeta vbmeta.img
fastboot flash boot boot.img
fastboot reboot
6. Install Magisk.apk from their release page https://github.com/topjohnwu/Magisk/releases/
7. Enjoy
Now time for cons
- This your whole system may or maynot be formatted. I invite for anyone to confirm it.
- SafetyNet works?????? Idk and can neither confirm it. again I invite for anyone to confirm it. This device is for very specific purpose
- TWRP? I can make it yes. But please just no I am providing with recovery image. If you wanna have a go at it go for it. It will be highly appreciated.
- You wanna go full AOSP on this device??
I already tried it. GSI project treble is comaptible with device "x64 ab partition img" But dual sim support is wonky. Flashlight won't work readily My advice is to extract the mediatek sim processor and replace it with GSI google sim processor and whole mediatek tree.
BUT if you have only one sim card go wild you can install GSI on nearly mediatek device with project treble support.
If you wanna install custom rom without TWRP.
Do this
[WARNING ROOT NEEDED]
fastboot delete-logical-partition product
fastboot flash system [your custom rom file location]
fastboot -w
fastboot reboot
Tecno LC8 support "x64ab partition" images.

Thanks YOU , About to follow your steps , I was direct here from https://www.hovatek.com/forum/thread-42975-post-232022.html#pid232022

Harfho said:
Thanks YOU , About to follow your steps , I was direct here from https://www.hovatek.com/forum/thread-42975-post-232022.html#pid232022
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so the commad that works for me was
fastboot flash boot boot.img
fastboot flash boot.img does not work ,
error getting was
unknown partition 'boot.img'
fastboot: error: cannot determine image filename for 'boot.img'

Harfho said:
so the commad that works for me was
fastboot flash boot boot.img
fastboot flash boot.img does not work ,
error getting was
unknown partition 'boot.img'
fastboot: error: cannot determine image filename for 'boot.img'
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Thanks for bringing it to my attention. command should be
fastboot flash boot boot.img
I will correct it asap

Carnalthot said:
Thanks for bringing it to my attention. command should be
fastboot flash boot boot.img
I will correct it asap
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is there any way I can contact you I have more phone I needed to root, I just want you to explain HOWTO and what NOTO do
I have infinix S5Lite
infinix Hot 9
That I want to root also

Harfho said:
is there any way I can contact you I have more phone I needed to root, I just want you to explain HOWTO and what NOTO do
I have infinix S5Lite
infinix Hot 9
That I want to root also
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I have no problem teaching you.
I do things thrifty. I preferrably use linux to root basically. BUT windows is also pretty good to root android you need platform tools and adb.
the sure fire way to root chinese phones is
1. Unlock bootloader
2. Open flashing privileges (FRP unlock, unlocking phones etc different company calls it differently)
3. Have an understanding of boot verifiers (vbmeta stands for verify boot metadata ) Nowadays phone verifies boot image by vbmeta_product vbmeta_vendor and vbmeta itself
You have to make all of them blank so nothing verifies your boot image on start up
I suggest downloading a firmware of your phone model to understand the partitions system of your phone model
4. Extract your boot image and vbmeta with mtkclient
5. Now patch your boot image. You can do it by hand or by magisk.
6. Flash every vbmeta with blank-vbmeta and boot with patched_boot
7. TWRP is optional DON'T do it if you have only one phone. Always have backup if you want to touch recovery partition
WHAT TO LOOK OUT FOR
1. update versions. Chinese Kernel update are very sensitive to version numbers. Don't flash v290 boot.img on v350 boot.img. It will brick instantanously.
2. Always learn how to flash your phone model. It saves a lot of headache.
3. Don't be afraid to ask for help.
4. Don't be afraid to throw your phone in anger. No no Seriously. To root a phone is to insist on ownership and if phone denies that it is totally reasonable to obliterate the said phone. I actually mean the last advice.

So can i use the
Carnalthot said:
I have no problem teaching you.
I do things thrifty. I preferrably use linux to root basically. BUT windows is also pretty good to root android you need platform tools and adb.
the sure fire way to root chinese phones is
1. Unlock bootloader
2. Open flashing privileges (FRP unlock, unlocking phones etc different company calls it differently)
3. Have an understanding of boot verifiers (vbmeta stands for verify boot metadata ) Nowadays phone verifies boot image by vbmeta_product vbmeta_vendor and vbmeta itself
You have to make all of them blank so nothing verifies your boot image on start up
I suggest downloading a firmware of your phone model to understand the partitions system of your phone model
4. Extract your boot image and vbmeta with mtkclient
5. Now patch your boot image. You can do it by hand or by magisk.
6. Flash every vbmeta with blank-vbmeta and boot with patched_boot
7. TWRP is optional DON'T do it if you have only one phone. Always have backup if you want to touch recovery partition
WHAT TO LOOK OUT FOR
1. update versions. Chinese Kernel update are very sensitive to version numbers. Don't flash v290 boot.img on v350 boot.img. It will brick instantanously.
2. Always learn how to flash your phone model. It saves a lot of headache.
3. Don't be afraid to ask for help.
4. Don't be afraid to throw your phone in anger. No no Seriously. To root a phone is to insist on ownership and if phone denies that it is totally reasonable to obliterate the said phone. I actually mean the last advice.
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So i can use this vbmeta for other china phones ,
The hard things is getting boot.img
I’m on limited plan , to download heavy files just to get boot.img out of it is a concern for me.

Harfho said:
So can i use the
So i can use this vbmeta for other china phones ,
The hard things is getting boot.img
I’m on limited plan , to download heavy files just to get boot.img out of it is a concern for me.
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Hmm you need to get boot.img from your own phone by using mtkclient application. Downloading firmware is to understand about the partition system of your phone. ALWAYS use your own phone boot.img

Carnalthot said:
Hmm you need to get boot.img from your own phone by using mtkclient application. Downloading firmware is to understand about the partition system of your phone. ALWAYS use your own phone boot.img
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So i can use this vbmeta for other china phones?
and am stock on this on mtkclient
Power off the phone before connecting.
For brom mode, press and hold vol up, vol dwn, or all hw buttons and connect usb.
For preloader mode, don't press any hw button and connect usb.
If it is already connected and on, hold power for 10 seconds to reset.

Harfho said:
So i can use this vbmeta for other china phones?
and am stock on this on mtkclient
Power off the phone before connecting.
For brom mode, press and hold vol up, vol dwn, or all hw buttons and connect usb.
For preloader mode, don't press any hw button and connect usb.
If it is already connected and on, hold power for 10 seconds to reset.
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Yes you can use vbmeta for other china phone it's blank vbmeta.
And you are right on money for Brom mode. Preloader mode is hit and trial method for Chinese phones

Carnalthot said:
Yes you can use vbmeta for other china phone it's blank vbmeta.
And you are right on money for Brom mode. Preloader mode is hit and trial method for Chinese phones
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Sorry I don’t get this
“And you are right on money for Brom Mode.”

Harfho said:
Sorry I don’t get this
“And you are right on money for Brom Mode.”
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To access Brom mode you need to either remove battery/power off phone then while holding volume up/down button connect the usb cable with pc. PC should be listening for any Brom connections when you connect the phone.

Carnalthot said:
To access Brom mode you need to either remove battery/power off phone then while holding volume up/down button connect the usb cable with pc. PC should be listening for any Brom connections when you connect the phone.
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I Did that to no avail

Harfho said:
I Did that to no avail
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Did you do frp unlock?

No, i have not

Do a frp unlock without it you cannot flash.
Actually to root your phone you don't need Brom mode

Carnalthot said:
Do a frp unlock without it you cannot flash.
Actually to root your phone you don't need Brom mode
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Yes, wanted to get the boot.img of the phone first and patched it , so i can run all the commands at once.
oR without unlock bootloader I can’t get the boot.img with mtkclient?

Harfho said:
Yes, wanted to get the boot.img of the phone first and patched it , so i can run all the commands at once.
oR without unlock bootloader I can’t get the boot.img with mtkclient?
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To get boot.img you need frp unlock.

Carnalthot said:
To get boot.img you need frp unlock.
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Ok thanks, I will do that.
frp unlock also mean bootloader unlock?

Harfho said:
Ok thanks, I will do that.
frp unlock also mean bootloader unlock?
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Nope

Need help restoring my pixel 5

Good morning all I need some help unbricking my pixel 5. I have exhausted all possible avenues that I'm aware of to restore my phone out of bootloop. At the time I messed it up I was attempting to use twrp. In an attempt to fix the phone I tried flashing the system,and boot to no avail repeatedly getting the error "boot.img missing command-line or os version" as well as using the flash all from the stock firmware file. The current active slot is b and the a/b partition thing is new to me so I'm sure somewhere along the way I missed something. Any help is greatly appreciated .

Could you try this fastboot command and see if it works?
fastboot --set-active=a

I did try that however I'm not sure i was doing it correctly is it typed the way you typed it out?

Reboot the phone into the bootloader, look up how to do that if you don't know how, and then manually flash a rom or use the Android Flash Tool. The latter option is recommended if you are a novice.

I wouldn't say I'm novice lol but more out of the game too long either way thank you for your assistance I will try that as soon as I get a chance and report back

UPDATE your advice worked and I was able to reboot properly thank you in a side note is it impossible at this time to install twrp on a pixel 5?

musiv2 said:
UPDATE your advice worked and I was able to reboot properly thank you in a side note is it impossible at this time to install twrp on a pixel 5?
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Yes. The Pixel series, as with most A/B devices, do not have a bespoke recovery partition. The recovery kernel is compressed into the boot image. TWRP does not support compression in this way so it cannot be used as a replacement for the stock recovery. The only effective way to use TWRP is to live boot the image, use TWRP to do whatever you need to do, without installing it to /boot.
BTW the next time you need to restore your phone you can use the Android Flash Tool.

Ok thank you for the explanation as I stated before I am new to the a/b partitioning way of android life so I have alot to learn

I used twrp in the past( on no A/B devices) but would recommend learning fastboot/adb. First step: always make sure USB debugging is enabled after every flash. This will make it so you can fix a lot of mistakes and recover your device. It's the first thing I do after every boot on a new install.
Here's the commands to flash stock to both slots. NOTE: this is for android 13. 12 and before will be a little different. Bootloader, radio and rom names should be exact to file, this is just for example.
fastboot --slot=all flash bootloader bootloader.img
fastboot reboot bootlaoder
fastboot --slot=all flash radio radio.img
fastboot reboot bootlaoder
fastboot --slot=a --skip-reboot update stock-image.zip
fastboot reboot bootlaoder
fastboot --slot=b --skip-reboot update stock-image.zip
fastboot -w
fastboot reboot
One final note: I put slot a first but I always start with the active slot(it's in the bootloader screen). If you want the android 12 instructions, let me know but it's not much different, you just use the stock recovery.