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Teclast M89 problem installing TWRP

Hi folks. As the title suggest I'm having problems installing TWRP recovery on teclast M89 tablet. I've tried a few different tutorials with no success. When I do it with fastboot it says that its installed, after that when I try to reboot the device, I'm stuck in bootloop. I've tried to do it a few times and its always the same problem. Does anyone have a solution? Thanks.

Hello, the same for me with my M89, I'm going crazy.... Help us please!!!! Thanks!!!

Teclast M89 TWRP 3.3.1
Teclast M89 TWRP 3.3.1
TWRP 3.3.1 for Teclast M89
The archive includes:
ZIP file for flashing via stock recovery
IMG file for flashing via fastboot
TWRP source code
Teclast M89 uses well-known firmware signature Android keys (test keys), that's why you can flash TWRP without unlocking the bootloader and erasing user data.
Installation instruction is inside the archive.
https://www.androidfilehost.com/?fid=6006931924117883832
My small Teclast M89 website: https://teclast-m89.neocities.org/

M89 TWRP Worked!
ValdikSS said:
Teclast M89 TWRP 3.3.1
TWRP 3.3.1 for Teclast M89
The archive includes:
ZIP file for flashing via stock recovery
IMG file for flashing via fastboot
TWRP source code
Teclast M89 uses well-known firmware signature Android keys (test keys), that's why you can flash TWRP without unlocking the bootloader and erasing user data.
Installation instruction is inside the archive.
https://www.androidfilehost.com/?fid=6006931924117883832
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This TWRP worked like a charm for me. I had already rooted via Magisk- but was really looking for a working TWRP for backing up before I really went crazy with mods.
Thanks so much!!

Jmlanner said:
This TWRP worked like a charm for me. I had already rooted via Magisk- but was really looking for a working TWRP for backing up before I really went crazy with mods.
Thanks so much!!
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Make sure to backup nvram, nvdata, private partitions.

ValdikSS said:
Make sure to backup nvram, nvdata, private partitions.
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Will do. I did bkk nvdata, will double check if I bkk privdata. again TK!

stuck
Hi, i tried this method but couldnt boot in system, only twrp all the time. after initial install this TWRP 3.3.1, it bootlooped in twrp but storage wasnt seen in pc, so i formatted data and restarted in twrp. from there it couldnt restart system anymore. actually i managed to flash magisk 19.3 . i flased another version of twrp 3.2.3 that seemed to work fine, to see if it was the version, and it bootloops (restarts until logo) all the time. Any hint please?
It says in little print "your device now unlocked...your device will boot in 5 seconds" but restart. Cant get it into fastboot by volume up; unresponsive at all. just bootloops in logo.
Any help is very much appreciated. thanks

voland34 said:
Hi, i tried this method but couldnt boot in system, only twrp all the time. after initial install this TWRP 3.3.1, it bootlooped in twrp but storage wasnt seen in pc, so i formatted data and restarted in twrp. from there it couldnt restart system anymore. actually i managed to flash magisk 19.3 . i flased another version of twrp 3.2.3 that seemed to work fine, to see if it was the version, and it bootloops (restarts until logo) all the time. Any hint please?
It says in little print "your device now unlocked...your device will boot in 5 seconds" but restart. Cant get it into fastboot by volume up; unresponsive at all. just bootloops in logo.
Any help is very much appreciated. thanks
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Hi
I think you are going to have to reflash the original Rom using SPFlahtool. Then you must install Magisk Manage on tabletr. Copy the boot image from the ROM files to Your phone. Then use Magisk Manager to Patch the copied boot image. Transfer modified boot image to PC. Use fastboot to flash modified boot image back onto the tablet. The long and the short of it is - you need to find a way to patch the boot image with Magisk before any TWRP will work.

Right. The problem was accesing the tablet enough time as it stayed connected and recognized by pc only 3-5 secs, and then permanent unresponsive through buttons, but i used then sp flash to just flash boot, then preloader, then recovery from stock at every reboot. From there i could turn it off, It got out of the loop, and accesible to reflash whole stock rom. In the end i only flashed magisk through fastboot, as twrp is not so useful to me as no custom rom, so better no risks.
Thanks for your reply though

voland34 said:
Right. The problem was accesing the tablet enough time as it stayed connected and recognized by pc only 3-5 secs, and then permanent unresponsive through buttons, but i used then sp flash to just flash boot, then preloader, then recovery from stock at every reboot. From there i could turn it off, It got out of the loop, and accesible to reflash whole stock rom. In the end i only flashed magisk through fastboot, as twrp is not so useful to me as no custom rom, so better no risks.
Thanks for your reply though
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I am glad you got your tablet running again. I had originally started out with just Magisk as root also. I do like to have a working TWRP for backing up though. You should be able now to flash the above mentioned TWRP now via SpFlashtool or fastboot.

voland34 said:
Hi, i tried this method but couldnt boot in system, only twrp all the time. after initial install this TWRP 3.3.1, it bootlooped in twrp but storage wasnt seen in pc, so i formatted data and restarted in twrp. from there it couldnt restart system anymore. actually i managed to flash magisk 19.3 . i flased another version of twrp 3.2.3 that seemed to work fine, to see if it was the version, and it bootloops (restarts until logo) all the time. Any hint please?
It says in little print "your device now unlocked...your device will boot in 5 seconds" but restart. Cant get it into fastboot by volume up; unresponsive at all. just bootloops in logo.
Any help is very much appreciated. thanks
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It seems OEM unlock fills "para" partition with some data which forces it to boot into recovery. Stock recovery reads this data and perform data partition wipe or something similar, but TWRP does not handle this data and you get a boot loop. You can fix that by cleaning "para" partition. Execute the following command while booted into TWRP, either from TWRP terminal itself or from adb shell:
Code:
dd if=/dev/zero of=/dev/block/platform/mtk-msdc.0/11230000.MSDC0/by-name/para

ValdikSS said:
It seems OEM unlock fills "para" partition with some data which forces it to boot into recovery. Stock recovery reads this data and perform data partition wipe or something similar, but TWRP does not handle this data and you get a boot loop. You can fix that by cleaning "para" partition. Execute the following command while booted into TWRP, either from TWRP terminal itself or from adb shell:
Code:
dd if=/dev/zero of=/dev/block/platform/mtk-msdc.0/11230000.MSDC0/by-name/para
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Ok, i'll try. Thanks!

Does anybody know if this guide also works for the new Teclast M89 PRO-model???

gizmo862 said:
Does anybody know if this guide also works for the new Teclast M89 PRO-model???
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No, most probably it won't. PRO model has different SoC/CPU.

gizmo862 said:
Does anybody know if this guide also works for the new Teclast M89 PRO-model???
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No. It won't. I bricked my ****ing tablet. It refuses to reboot once it's unlocked because (as the screen say) it is now untrusted. There is no way to relock the bootloader again and the the tablet is stuck in a bootloop.
Teclast is ****.

Hello i'm new in XDA, i have this tablet althougth i can't conect the hdmi port to the tv, the screen keep in black, i think it's because of the display format (4:3) can the root solve this problem?
Thank You!!

w1nst0n sm1th said:
No. It won't. I bricked my ****ing tablet. It refuses to reboot once it's unlocked because (as the screen say) it is now untrusted. There is no way to relock the bootloader again and the the tablet is stuck in a bootloop.
Teclast is ****.
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The bootloop is not because you've unlocked the bootloader, but most probably because the firmware is designed to perform userdata partition setup in the recovery upon first boot, and you don't have stock recovery, that's why it can't finish formatting procedure.
This could be fixed by flashing stock recovery and booting once.
You can ask for a firmware from Teclast (I used to ask them on vkontakte because they didn't respond my mails), they will provide it.
OR you can write zeros to "para" partition using fastboot, it should do the trick too.
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Edgaralanmx said:
Hello i'm new in XDA, i have this tablet althougth i can't conect the hdmi port to the tv, the screen keep in black, i think it's because of the display format (4:3) can the root solve this problem?
Thank You!!
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Try to unplug/plug again HDMI cable several times. It seems that the HDMI controller or drivers are buggy.
To change the resolution I use "SecondScreen" software (requires root).

Hi guys,
I´m looking for a working rooting method for my Teclast M89 Pro model ??
Any idea ?? What about the "One Click Root" Program ???
Thank´s a lot

The device was trying to root.
I get the following information when restarting:
orange state
the device has been unlocked and can't be trusted
your device will boot in 5 seconds
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When I try TWRP via sideload or recovery menu I get the following:
Supported API:3
-- Install /sdcard/teclast_m89_twrp_311.zip ...
Finding update packacke ...
Opening update package ...
Verifying update package ...
Update package verification took 0.5 s (result 0).
Installing update ...
E:Failed to find META-INF/com/android/metadata in update package.
Installing Teclast M89 TWRP Recovery
script succeeded: result was [1.000000]
Install from SD Card complete.
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But TWRP is not installed.
Where is the problem?

kumpi said:
But TWRP is not installed.
Where is the problem?
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Are you trying to enter recovery right after flashing it, without booting the OS first? I think you need do enter TWRP right after flashing it.

Help, I can flash and boot LineageOS but not OxygenOS

Hi, as the title explains I can flash and boot into lineage os but when I try to flash a stock OxygenOS signed flashable zip from this thread (https://forum.xda-developers.com/oneplus-6/how-to/oneplus-6-mirrors-official-oxygen-os-t3792244)
and when I boot to system, the screen doesn't show a boot logo, it just goes black for a few seconds before rebooting back to twrp (also if it helps, when it goes to twrp all the files are gibberish, I have to shut off the phone and boot into it from fastboot or I can't see any files).
This all started because I misunderstood the instructions and tried to flash an ota package which then broke the system, it's working now but I'd much rather use OOS as Lineage is missing a lot of the features I'm used to on Oxygen.
I've also tried the "flash-all-partitins-fastboot" from https://forum.xda-developers.com/oneplus-6/how-to/rom-stock-fastboot-roms-oneplus-6-t3796665 but unfortunately that gave the same issue, it just went back to recovery and wouldn't load OOS.
If anyone has any ideas on how to get back to oxygen that'd be super helpful! I'm considering using the MSM tool but I'd rather not have to start from scratch and lose all my files.

I'm just guessing, but there might be something wrong with your TWRP, did you try re-flashing it?

mati11233 said:
I'm just guessing, but there might be something wrong with your TWRP, did you try re-flashing it?
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I should've clarified in the post, I mean all the files are gibberish (as in not decrypted I think?) but when I
Code:
fastboot boot twrp.img
it works fine and I can see all the files.
I've probably tried flashing it 4 times through twrp but every time it just does the same thing, boot to system just shows a black screen for a few seconds then reboots to twrp.
I'd love to use blu_spark like everyone recommends but I can't find the blu_spark recovery for the op6, only their kernel.

The reason why it's gibberish is because your device is encrypted and you need to input the password in the twrp to be able to access it. Seems the twrp doesn't detect the encryption correctly so there might be something wrong with it.
Here is the bluespark twrp https://github.com/engstk/android_device_oneplus_enchilada/releases

mati11233 said:
The reason why it's gibberish is because your device is encrypted and you need to input the password in the twrp to be able to access it. Seems the twrp doesn't detect the encryption correctly so there might be something wrong with it.
Here is the bluespark twrp https://github.com/engstk/android_device_oneplus_enchilada/releases
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I just tried with blu_spark and the same thing happens but I realised something else, twrp only doesn't work on slot A.
If I see that it didn't decrypt the files, I can set B to active, reboot to recovery, and it works perfectly.
I noticed after one of the failed boots it switched the active slot to B even though I had set it to A before flashing. So every time it doesn't show the logo or anything, it sets the active slot from A to B and reboots to recovery.
Also I just looked and from the Backup page, it shows 2.7 GB for system on slot A and 1.7GB on slot B so I'm going to try wiping both and reflashing the flashable signed zip on each then twrp.
UPDATE: Just did that and the twrp installer was giving an error saying unsupported android version so I looked and system is only 4MB after flashing that package (OnePlus6Oxgygen_22_OTA_034_all_...zip), I'm trying an older one (...OTA_026...zip) to see if that actually works.
So I tried with the older one and lineage and they both still left the system partition at 4MB and the blu_spark twrp installer isn't detecting an android version. The system image partition is at 2.6GB if that means anything.
Oh wait more update, I'm dumb and shut off the phone while taking the case off (got stuck and it was pushing the power button) and even though the twrp installer couldn't detect anything and twrp said No OS installed when trying to boot to system, lineage just started up, no problem. I am very confused I miss when there was one system partition.

How are you flashing the OS?

mati11233 said:
How are you flashing the OS?
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I'm using twrp, blu_spark and normal, and both have the same result. They can flash lineage and it runs fine, but oxygen refuses to boot and just switches the active slot and goes to recovery instead.
I also tried the fastboot rom flashing thing from the thread I linked to in the OP and it's the same thing, just goes back to recovery and wont boot.
P.S. I'm currently copying over /sdcard to an external drive and if I can't figure out how to fix this by the time that's done, I'll just use MsmDownloadTool and start over.

And you are wiping each time before flashing it, right? If it is the case then the download tool is probably the easiest way to go about it, rather than spending days troubleshooting it.

mati11233 said:
And you are wiping each time before flashing it, right? If it is the case then the download tool is probably the easiest way to go about it, rather than spending days troubleshooting it.
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I've tried it with and without wiping and it always seems to do the same thing either way, works with LOS not with OOS. Thanks for the help! but yeah I think I'm just going to end up using the download tool once everything's over.

Stuck in a bootloop, please help

Hey,
Quick rundown: Stuck in a bootloop to some sort of empty bootloader screen which has the readout:
"Start/Restart Bootloader/Recovery Mode/Power Off"
"Press volume key to select, and press power key to select"[Regarding above options]
"FastBoot Mode
PRODUCT_NAME - sdm845
VARIANT - SDM UFS
BOOTLOADER VERSION -
BASEBAND VERSION -
SERIAL NUMBER - [Gonna leave this out for now]
SECURE BOOT - yes
DEVICE STATE - unlocked" [this line is in red]​
Every choice besides Power Off returns me to the same window. What can I do to recover from this?
Background:
So I was trying to update my OP6 to the current OxygenOS while keeping my root using TWRP and Magisk, which I've done in the past without any issue(i.e. go in recovery flash OS, flash current TWRP, reboot back to recovery, flash current Magisk as I understand it). However this time I was running into an issue flashing the Oxygen update getting an error that said it "failed to map file" for the zip. My first instinct was to update TWRP to see if the newest version didn't run into this issue so I flashed that followed by the current Magisk(no reboot in between). After booting back to standard operations everything seemed fine. I went back into recovery and tried the OS update again, but hit the same issue.
I couldn't find anything specific to OP6 with this issue, but similar questions with other devices suggested clearing the dalvik cache, which I tried to no useful effect. Then I came across this thread (forums.oneplus.com/threads/oxygen-os3-i-have-a-problem-please-help.440587/page-2 too new to hyperlink) and did what I think really messed me up which was boldly follow this guy's advice to do an advanced wipe of everything but internal storage(I also left USB storage intact) from TWRP. This failed to fix the issue with the file mapping error when I subsequently tried to flash the update, though I was able to flash TWRP and Magisk successfully again before rebooting and ending up in this loop.
Any assistance in fixing this or general tips on how to not be foolish when messing around with this stuff is greatly appreciated.

Update:
So I followed the advice gleaned from the resourceful person here(https://forum.xda-developers.com/oneplus-6t/help/bootloader-baseband-versions-blank-t3927565) to try working with the device from my computer with fastboot. At first it would recognize the device as "Android" but be unable to find a driver for it and adb/fastboot both failed to recognize it as a device. After installing MiniTool(more as a way to backup what was on the SD card) the proper device driver also got installed and I was able to access it with fastboot; I ran into similar issues as the linked thread above, solved it by switching to b(still failed) then back to a.
Currently I've got it booted into TWRP and I'm working on getting the current Oxygen .zip copied onto the phone storage but the transfer keeps failing after moving a negligible amount.
Update 2:
Via TWRP was able to sideload the current up-to-date standard OS onto it, however my Google backup seems to have decided to disappear on me and the only OP backup I have is ages old. Anyone have recommendations on data recovery tools?

next time just dont change the build.prop file.
serious, it just breaks the system.
heppened to me too.

NickTheHuy said:
next time just dont change the build.prop file.
serious, it just breaks the system.
heppened to me too.
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Good to know, thanks for the info!
I assume that happened when I messed around with advanced wipe, do you know which of the folders I selected that would have been under? And just for future awareness, would that have not occurred had I just used TWRP's standard wipe instead?

You can run a program that will install 9.0.6 from scratch, running a batch file...
Save my life before yesterday....

Your device is bricked
If able to access the TWRP recovery then boot into twrp and try to get all the data stored in your computer.
Then use the Qualcomm flash tool to completely recover from your hard bricked OP6.
from here https://forum.xda-developers.com/oneplus-6/how-to/op6-collection-unbrick-tools-t3914109
Then its easy, again unlock boot-loader flash TWRP and magisk.

TWRP shows internal storage folders named as random letters.

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

Hard Bricked with OrangeFox

I was trying to flash a custom ROM with Orange Fox Custom Recovery, but when i loaded the zip, the screen was loading for hours, so I assumed it got stuck in a boot loop. So I go back to recovery to wipe and repeat, but OrangeFox displays a message that my partition is encrypted, asking for an encryption password, which I do not know (i tried my device's PIN and it wasn't that). So i go back and I see that everything is wiped, there's literally no internal storage, when I try to wipe whatever's left it says there was an error: can't wipe Dalvik. So at this point, my PC won't recognize the device, I can't decrypt the storage, and if I try loading my new ROM it's stuck in a boot loop.
What do I do?

Are you sure there's no sign of the device being shown in computer?
Try leaving the device in the bootlooping load of ROM or even in recovery mode and checking in both situtations if device appears in the computer. I always used TWRP for recovery and it never failed to install...
Can't you ADB sideload the rom too?

mrsiri said:
Are you sure there's no sign of the device being shown in computer?
Try leaving the device in the bootlooping load of ROM or even in recovery mode and checking in both situtations if device appears in the computer. I always used TWRP for recovery and it never failed to install...
Can't you ADB sideload the rom too?
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i managed to put it on fastboot and i can see my phone with the "fastboot devices" command. No sign of it in the file explorer though. What do I do at this point?

install TWRP and flash ROM again. Do t forget to wipe cache data dalvik and system.
I never used orangefox and therefore Idk if the problems lay on it.