I flashed TWRP and didn't realize I can't flash OTAs with TWRP installed. Does anyone have a stock recovery.img?
treypop said:
I flashed TWRP and didn't realize I can't flash OTAs with TWRP installed. Does anyone have a stock recovery.img?
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Pixels do not have a separate recovery partition; there is no recovery.img. Recovery is in the boot image, which you can find in the factory updates.
Even if you flashed TWRP, which overwrites your boot image (including kernel), you should still be able to sideload the OTA.
V0latyle said:
Pixels do not have a separate recovery partition; there is no recovery.img. Recovery is in the boot image, which you can find in the factory updates.
Even if you flashed TWRP, which overwrites your boot image (including kernel), you should still be able to sideload the OTA.
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I tried that yesterday. But I'll try it again one more time to see if I can get it to work.
I found my problem I was downloading the device img and not the OTA img it installed no problem with TWRP
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Okay so I tried to flash cyanogenmod 11 for the first time on this moto G (US). It bootlooped and I tired to reflash it again and it did the same. There was no way of returning to stock because I had not made a backup. So I tried to flash stock in the bootloader and that didn't work. I went into the recovery and it said 'cant mount /sdcard. So go back into the bootloader and format the sdcard and that doesn't work (which I returned to the recovery to see it not working). I go back and flash twrp thinking that recovery would have something to help me flash a new rom and now I don't even have a working recovery. It takes me straight back to the bootloader and every time I flash a recovery it says Mismatched partition size (recovery) and I am unable to boot into it.
I have no clue on what to do at this point and I need help.
also it says invalid "boot image header!" in red letters
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2542219
Install full factory image with fastboot.
P.Kosunen said:
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2542219
Install full factory image with fastboot.
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Alright thankyou!
I got everything to work again but I still can't flash roms. They just bootloop :S
It could be too big recovery install with fastboot causes problem, every recovery cwm/twrp i tried to install with fastboot fails.
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showpost.php?p=49559872&postcount=234
Twrp_MotoG_signed_010814_163615.zip
Download vocoderisms TWRP build, extract "recovery.img" from it.
After you have kitkat installed and working:
Option 1, use TWRP without install:
Boot to bootloader (adb reboot bootloader), boot twrp (fastboot boot recovery.img) and install rom from there.
Option 2, install TWRP (have not tested):
Upload twrp zip to phone (adb push Twrp_MotoG_signed_010814_163615.zip /sdcard/), boot to bootloader (adb reboot bootloader), boot twrp (fastboot boot recovery.img), install Twrp_MotoG_signed_010814_163615.zip.
Misterowl said:
Okay so I tried to flash cyanogenmod 11 for the first time on this moto G (US). It bootlooped and I tired to reflash it again and it did the same. There was no way of returning to stock because I had not made a backup. So I tried to flash stock in the bootloader and that didn't work. I went into the recovery and it said 'cant mount /sdcard. So go back into the bootloader and format the sdcard and that doesn't work (which I returned to the recovery to see it not working). I go back and flash twrp thinking that recovery would have something to help me flash a new rom and now I don't even have a working recovery. It takes me straight back to the bootloader and every time I flash a recovery it says Mismatched partition size (recovery) and I am unable to boot into it.
I have no clue on what to do at this point and I need help.
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https://docs.google.com/file/d/0B2LP8tI1Xwu4MGtPTlpVcVQxN0k/preview this cwm worked for me
You do know flashing stock again removes root, so it has to be rerooted again ?
aradalien said:
You do know flashing stock again removes root, so it has to be rerooted again ?
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Yes I am very aware and followed through with root with that outcome.
kieranc88 said:
https://docs.google.com/file/d/0B2LP8tI1Xwu4MGtPTlpVcVQxN0k/preview this cwm worked for me
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CWM doesn't work it. It boots up (Im used cyanogenmod) the cyanogenmod boot animation but just stays there.
P.Kosunen said:
It could be too big recovery install with fastboot causes problem, every recovery cwm/twrp i tried to install with fastboot fails.
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showpost.php?p=49559872&postcount=234
Twrp_MotoG_signed_010814_163615.zip
Download vocoderisms TWRP build, extract "recovery.img" from it.
After you have kitkat installed and working:
Option 1, use TWRP without install:
Boot to bootloader (adb reboot bootloader), boot twrp (fastboot boot recovery.img) and install rom from there.
Option 2, install TWRP (have not tested):
Upload twrp zip to phone (adb push Twrp_MotoG_signed_010814_163615.zip /sdcard/), boot to bootloader (adb reboot bootloader), boot twrp (fastboot boot recovery.img), install Twrp_MotoG_signed_010814_163615.zip.
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I've flashed twrp too and came out with the same outcome.
stuck in fastboot
Misterowl said:
Okay so I tried to flash cyanogenmod 11 for the first time on this moto G (US). It bootlooped and I tired to reflash it again and it did the same. There was no way of returning to stock because I had not made a backup. So I tried to flash stock in the bootloader and that didn't work. I went into the recovery and it said 'cant mount /sdcard. So go back into the bootloader and format the sdcard and that doesn't work (which I returned to the recovery to see it not working). I go back and flash twrp thinking that recovery would have something to help me flash a new rom and now I don't even have a working recovery. It takes me straight back to the bootloader and every time I flash a recovery it says Mismatched partition size (recovery) and I am unable to boot into it.
I have no clue on what to do at this point and I need help.
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Exactly i am also facing same problem....
mobile unable to instal firmware...
still i am searching for solution ...
guys plz help me
I thought I am the only one with this problem..After mailing the phone to SC and got it back after 2 months, the phone still looks the same, just like they did nothing to fix it.
Hi guys, I flashed the latest factory image, then flashed the latest TWRP but can access it 1 out of 10 tries.. What am I doing wrong? Is it a faulty replacement phone? Never had this issue with my other nexus 5 (same recovery file but lollipop and not marshmallow) and now I have this problem.. Tried to riflashato the factory image 5 times, boot to recovery without installing but nothing changed.. Thanks in advance!
If you just just flashed TWRP, then booted into Android, then reboot into recovery.. Android will overwrite TWRP with the stock recovery.
a hammerhead wrote this.
beekay201 said:
If you just just flashed TWRP, then booted into Android, then reboot into recovery.. Android will overwrite TWRP with the stock recovery.
a hammerhead wrote this.
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Never happened before.. How can I prevent this? Sometimes I can't even boot to twrp after flashing and not rebooting to android..
carlese said:
Never happened before.. How can I prevent this? Sometimes I can't even boot to twrp after flashing and not rebooting to android..
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do you finde fix
slavisa037 said:
do you finde fix
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Downloaded twrp again and used flashify..
carlese said:
Downloaded twrp again and used flashify..
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This is not really a fix, since to use Flashify one needs to be rooted already.
What I did to work around this was reflash LMY48M. After reflashing that, fastboot correctly boots/flashes twrp.
I've read that the issue arises when trying to boot and/or flash twrp with MRA56K installed, AND the device is connected to USB.
Ok, i got some of problems here, i tryied to root my Nexus 5 with other Android 6 version, it was the first one launched after development version. Now i have MRA58K version.
Problem 1 : I have no stock recovery, i first rooted original version of Marshmallow with CWM and i soft bricked, so no backup, no factory images. Installed MRA58K and there is no stock recovery, thanks god i can use bootloader. I can install TWRP, but i want to install the old recovery, Tell me how to do it.
Problem 2: Actual version of Marshmallow ask me to install a patch, but when installing i got stuck in TWRP, it cant install it (yes, android was rooted, but i installed twrp before root, and the update were before it.)
Thanks.
You can flash a stock ROM using the flash-all file in a command prompt. This will install stock ROM with stock recovery. Make sure the phone has an unlocked bootloader and you should be fine.
Official OTA updates cannot be installed with a custom recovery.
I tryied 3 times to install OS with flash-all. All the problems start after i installed CWM and try to root the phone, but after that, i used a stock rom image that was different build than actually one.
I`m not sure yet who`s fault is.
Any ideas?
I don't recommend using CWM, only TWRP.
After you flash TWRP always boot into it, and since you're flashing a custom recovery I'm going to assume you don't care about OTA's, swipe to allow system to be mounted. TWRP will automatically patch the system to survive android trying to overwrite it. Reboot into TWRP a second time to be safe. TWRP should stick from now on until you flash over it or restore stock system partition.
Yes, now i have TWRP as recovery, but i want to replace it with stock recovery.
Problem is, when i upload stock recovery and try to boot in recovery mode, i got the green dead android with red triangle.
But after TWRP uploading and booting in recovery mode, TWRP is there..
I really don`t know what`s wrong.
Flash stock recovery, select recovery from the fastboot menu, hold the power button and press volume up button.
Guys i faced a wierd problem . I flashed twrp image and then twrp zip and then magisk ..i rebooted and when i tried to boot in recovery . The recovery was gone but magisk is still . What should i doo nowwww ?
What you do now is you
fastboot boot blu_sparktwrp.img
And then in twrp you flash blu_sparktwrp.zip
Reboot to twrp
Flash magisk 17.2.Zip
Done..rebot.
whizeguy said:
What you do now is you
fastboot boot blu_sparktwrp.img
And then in twrp you flash blu_sparktwrp.zip
Reboot to twrp
Flash magisk 17.2.Zip
Done..rebot.
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It didnt work ....it goes away after a reboot
sanu26661 said:
It didnt work ....it goes away after a reboot
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It must work. You're basically flashing TWRP temporarily, so when you are in TWRP for the first time, you have to flash the zip file so that it stays installed. Try that again, maybe you did something wrong, but it has to work, you just need the .img that you flash with your PC, and the .zip that you flash using TWRP when you boot into it the first time.
Kluxe Nobody said:
It must work. You're basically flashing TWRP temporarily, so when you are in TWRP for the first time, you have to flash the zip file so that it stays installed. Try that again, maybe you did something wrong, but it has to work, you just need the .img that you flash with your PC, and the .zip that you flash using TWRP when you boot into it the first time.
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I booted img first then installed zip but when i reboot to recovery thers only stock recovery present ...did like 10 times results are same
the blu_spark twrp? v2?
If twrp isn't sticking, from my experience is to lock bootloader, flash stock OS and start from scratch.....
Do not flash stock with unlocked bootloader
Hi, I bricked my phone(L29C432) and I don't know what I can do now.
I upgraded via Firmware Finder to EMUI 9. Then I flashed this twrp and flashed this RR rom. After that I did format data in twrp. I don't know what went wrong, but now I can't boot twrp, erecovery or the system. I'm stuck at the "Your device has been unlocked and can't be trusted." screen.
What I can do is enter fastboot mode and flash a recovery via fastboot, but it doesn't boot.
I tried every twrp I could find here. I extracted recovery_ramdis.img from update.app(both EMUI 9 and 8) and flashed it. Nothing will boot.
Can anyone help me please? I'm in despair :silly:
Thanks in advance
mallna said:
Hi, I bricked my phone(L29C432) and I don't know what I can do now.
I upgraded via Firmware Finder to EMUI 9. Then I flashed this twrp and flashed this RR rom. After that I did format data in twrp. I don't know what went wrong, but now I can't boot twrp, erecovery or the system. I'm stuck at the "Your device has been unlocked and can't be trusted." screen.
What I can do is enter fastboot mode and flash a recovery via fastboot, but it doesn't boot.
I tried every twrp I could find here. I extracted recovery_ramdis.img from update.app(both EMUI 9 and 8) and flashed it. Nothing will boot.
Can anyone help me please? I'm in despair :silly:
Thanks in advance
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Try flashing back stock system from fastboot. System from the build you were on
Always factory reset from stock recovery, never twrp.
ante0 said:
Try flashing back stock system from fastboot. System from the build you were on
Always factory reset from stock recovery, never twrp.
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Thanks for your reply, ante0.
I flashed system. img, kernel.img and recovery_ramdis.img, extracted from update.app. It doesn't boot.
Do I need to flash some other img files from update.app? (see attached image)
I patched twrp img with magisk and then ran fastboot flash boot "patched file" in fastboot mode. Now, whenever and however I start my system I get only the twrp menu. My device is Lenovo tab 4 8(tb-8504f)
Re-flash tablet's Stock ROM to get rid off of all modifications you applied so far.
re flash the ROM. dont flash the magisk or twrp after it. you will be saved.
you can use twrp via adb boot twrpxx.img So flashing it not needed.
Magisk installation has now become trickier simply flashing via recovery won't work
jwoegerbauer said:
Re-flash tablet's Stock ROM to get rid off of all modifications you applied so far.
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hello thanks for replying. Could you provide me with the official rom. I've found one but not sure how reliable it is. I also in the twrp menu installed the patched twrp image from sd card to boot. After rebooting I again get the twrp menu but the file is not being show in sdcard anymore.
suraj123 said:
re flash the ROM. dont flash the magisk or twrp after it. you will be saved.
you can use twrp via adb boot twrpxx.img So flashing it not needed.
Magisk installation has now become trickier simply flashing via recovery won't work
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I also in the twrp menu installed the patched twrp image from sd card to boot. After rebooting I again get the twrp menu but the file is not being show in sdcard anymore. Does this include what you've refused me to do so? And can u pls provide me the official link?