Where I can find official ROM for asus me375cl based on android 5.1.1?
Finaly, i find zip with official ROM on 4pda:
4pda-ru/forum/index.php?showtopic=799982
(put '.' (dot) instead '-' in url)
A special thank to alexoid79 for instruction.
little_pindos said:
Finaly, i find zip with official ROM on 4pda:
4pda-ru/forum/index.php?showtopic=799982
(put '.' (dot) instead '-' in url)
A special thank to alexoid79 for instruction.
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Thank you so much for posting where you found this, this is exactly what I needed!!! You saved my tablet, it is much appreciated! :good:
Flashing Factory Image
The following instructions worked for me when trying to reflash the factory firmware for the ATT Asus MemoPad 7 LTE (ME375CL). I did originally try using the Asus Flash Tool and the raw firmware file (link below) but the tool said it could not unzip the package for some reason or another. So the steps below show how I did it using ADB with fastboot.
I ASSUME NO LIABILITY SHOULD THIS GO WRONG FOR YOU! However, it probably shouldn't matter if you are bricked, I doubt it will make it any worse Either way, I will not replace your tablet or be responsible for troubleshooting it should you mess it up more...
This scenario is based on the tablet stuck on the Asus boot screen and not going any further. I was trying some in depth rooting attempts and bricked it badly. I was then trying to install a custom recovery and that is why I could not reset it and bricked it.
PRE-REQS:
1. ADB installed - Download: https://drive.google.com/open?id=0B0fKccJIuWsna04wMjY1eG9YREU
2. Asus Drivers installed
3. Firmware - Download: https://drive.google.com/open?id=0B0fKccJIuWsnWGhwYzA0Vkluc2s (file is 1 Gb + in size, may take a bit)
SETUP:
If you already have a working ADB setup, do not download the one above. If you are using the one above, I extracted the folder into my C: drive, so the path for ADB would be C:\adb (to keep it simple and less typing).
MAKE SURE THE ASUS DRIVERS ARE INSTALLED! If you have plugged the tablet in to a pc before, they should already be there. Otherwise search, download and install the appropriate drivers.
INSTRUCTIONS:
Extract the firmware zip file to somewhere easily accessible like your desktop. In there, you should see the boot.img, recovery.img and system.img files, copy/paste those files to your ADB folder (for easier typing later on). There are also additional files like these but start with "unsigned_", do NOT use those!
1. Ensure you probably have at least 30% battery charge, I would still recommend more though.
2. Put the tablet in Fastboot mode by ensuring the tablet is completely powered down and then press/hold the VOLUME UP and POWER keys at the same time. When the Asus screen appears, let go of the POWER button but continue to hold the VOLUME UP button. Let go of the VOLUME UP button when the fastboot screen appears.
3. Plug the tablet in to the computer and then open a CMD prompt as administrator.
4. The following uses the ADB downloaded and placed in the folder as listed above, you may need to adjust the location path as needed if you already have ADB installed or located in a different path.
Type in the following without the quotes: "cd c:\adb" (this will change the path to the ADB files for the CMD prompt)
Type in the following without the quotes: "fastboot devices" (you should then see a device listed)
Type in the following without the quotes: "fastboot flash recovery recovery.img" (flashes the factory recovery image)
Type in the following without the quotes: "fastboot flash system system.img" (flashes the factory system image, may take a while to flash)
Type in the following without the quotes: "fastboot flash boot boot.img" (flashes the factory boot image)
5. Once those 3 images have been flashed, you should have seen a message that says "OKAY" after each one. You should be fine as long as you do not have any red error messages on your tablet.
Type in the following without the quotes: "fastboot reboot" (reboots device normally)
6. If all goes well, it should now boot to the Asus screen and then go to the ATT screen. If so, it will stay on the ATT screen for a while, just wait it out. Mine took about 12-15 minutes and then it opened to the new setup screen to set the tablet up as if its new!
This is how I was able to recover my bricked tablet, hopefully it can help someone else that may run into this.
John, thank you for the write-up. Just bought my ME375CL with 4.4.4.4.
When I try to flash the recovery partition, I get the following error:
C:\Users\Myself\Desktop\adb>fastboot flash recovery recovery.img
target reported max download size of 536870912 bytes
sending 'recovery' (11312 KB)...
OKAY [ 1.047s]
writing 'recovery'...
(bootloader) Official image.
FAILED (remote: flash_cmds error!
)
finished. total time: 2.344s
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and on the tablet's screen:
FASTBOOT CMD WAITING...
RECEIVE DATA...
E:recovery flash failed!
FLASH FAILED!
RESULT: FAIL(flash_cmds error! )
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I haven't tried the other commands for system.img or boot.img as I don't want to do anything out of order from the write-up. Ever run into this?
The firmware in the download is 5.1.1, not 4.4.4. That is probably the issue. If you are running good on that, I would try rooting it instead. If you are just wanting to upgrade, you will need to have an active AT&T SIM in the tablet to upgrade over the air. I am not sure if there is a flashable upgrade or not somewhere.
Oh ok John. I misread the title of the thread. I thought it was for updating from 4 to 5.
Quick question then: Is it possible, using the adb / fastboot tools, to backup the current 4.4.4.4 before I allow the tablet to update to Lollipop? After reading around, I understand that Lollipop can't be rooted but I have no real concern for it. But just in case I need the tablet to do something else in the future, I'd like to be able to return it to kit kat to be able to root.
Once you upgrade to lollipop, there is no downgrading for this tablet. There really is not much development for this device. I have kind of been working on a lollipop root when I can. Between my limited time and knowledge of android, I can't promise anything.
Overcoming red messages?
Dear John,
Thank you very much for your help. My device runs KitKat 4.4, I can't upgrade over the air, as I damaged my sim slot struggling to remove a stuck nano sim, which I had inserted before I realized that it required a micro sim. (I'd wrongly assumed that by now the world uses only nano).
I followed the steps above, which you wrote so clearly for lay men, thank you a lot.
The flash for recovery.img and system.img worked fine (no red error messages on device).
The flash for boot.img had a red error message.
Might you have an idea or workaround on how I can address this?
If it refuses, is it possible to factory reset?
Thank you very much again for any words of advice and kind regards.
Gor- said:
Dear John,
Thank you very much for your help. My device runs KitKat 4.4, I can't upgrade over the air, as I damaged my sim slot struggling to remove a stuck nano sim, which I had inserted before I realized that it required a micro sim. (I'd wrongly assumed that by now the world uses only nano).
I followed the steps above, which you wrote so clearly for lay men, thank you a lot.
The flash for recovery.img and system.img worked fine (no red error messages on device).
The flash for boot.img had a red error message.
Might you have an idea or workaround on how I can address this?
If it refuses, is it possible to factory reset?
Thank you very much again for any words of advice and kind regards.
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Sounds odd that it did 2 out of 3 flashes. After you flashed those and rebooted, are you still on KitKat or did it actually update to Lollipop (5.1)? I ask because I assume the system image that flashed would be the operating system.
I still want to stress that this post is for recovering a bricked tablet that will not boot at all. I would not suggest using this as a flashing upgrade as I do not know if it will truly work. If you are still on KK (even after flashing) you could try installing the Asus Flash Tool and use the raw firmware that you downloaded and try it that way. It did not work for me so that is why I used fastboot. It might work for you.
Here is a link for the Asus Flash Tool:
https://drive.google.com/open?id=0B0fKccJIuWsndXJUa1FEbXVzTjA
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Sounds odd that it did 2 out of 3 flashes. After you flashed those and rebooted, are you still on KitKat or did it actually update to Lollipop (5.1)? I ask because I assume the system image that flashed would be the operating system.
I still want to stress that this post is for recovering a bricked tablet that will not boot at all. I would not suggest using this as a flashing upgrade as I do not know if it will truly work. If you are still on KK (even after flashing) you could try installing the Asus Flash Tool and use the raw firmware that you downloaded and try it that way. It did not work for me so that is why I used fastboot. It might work for you.
Here is a link for the Asus Flash Tool: ]
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As a follow up on your question above, Tab restart stalled at a screen (after the Asus logo), presenting some options to do recovery, reboot, factory reset, etc. (factory reset did not help), and red error messages at bottom.
To the GOOD news for anyone interested. I used the Asus Flash Tool and the firmware zip for 5.1.1 (many thanks for the advice).
Note: Tool did not install correctly on Win10 pc, citing error in installing some devcon.exe or similar file (guess that may be a firewall/antivirus issue).
Flash tool took some 15 or so mins unzipping firmware, after which I saw some action on the tab. Another 15 mins, and it rebooted to the At&t logo, stayed here for another 15 mins and unraveled a whole new device on Android 5.1
Glad to hear it worked for you and that I guess you can use this to flash upgrade from kitkat!
There is working way to root our device on lollipop! It is for the other Asus model, but it works for our
http://4pda.ru/forum/index.php?s=&showtopic=640814&view=findpost&p=53047686
I will check this out!
The root works, installed without any issues and verified with a root checker!
Here is a direct download from my Drive folder: https://drive.google.com/open?id=0B0fKccJIuWsnN21ZbnZpc2F6b1E
1. Download the file above.
2. Extract the zip contents.
3. Plug your ME375CL tablet in to pc via usb cable.
4. Make sure you have enabled Developer Mode and allowed USB Debugging first!
5. Open the folder you extracted and double click the "Root-One-Click.cmd" file.
6. It should reboot to fastboot mode and flash the needed files and then reboot again.
You should now have root access. Verify this by installing a root checker app from the play store. Keep in mind, it may say root not installed on the first run. Sometimes it will take a moment for superuser to initially run or prompt for access.
Side note: the root uninstall did not seem to work, got an error...but oh well, the point is to have root!
Thanks go to @little_pindos for finding this file...you are a rockstar!
Anyone get xposed on LP?
ATT Boot Up Sound
Tired of the ATT boot sound? If you used the rooting method above, then you can get rid of the annoying ATT startup sound by doing the following:
1. Install a Root Browser app (I recommend Rom Toolbox Pro, it has a built in file manager)
2. Navigate to the following path:
root/system/media
3. Find the file named "powerup.wav"
4. Simply rename the file by adding .bak to the end (ex - powerup.wav.bak)
5. Make sure it took the name change (some file managers have issues with that)
6. Reboot and see if it got rid of the sound!
You can also use your own startup sounds as long as they are in a .wav format, I believe. Make sure that the name of the file is powerup.wav.
You can also change your boot animation with "boot animation" app.
Best tweak IMO is adding "ro.config.low_ram=true" to build prop, or installing the low ram device xposed module if we can get it to work (both do the same thing). You gain about 100mb more free RAM on average.
TimmyP said:
You can also change your boot animation with "boot animation" app.
Best tweak IMO is adding "ro.config.low_ram=true" to build prop, or installing the low ram device xposed module if we can get it to work (both do the same thing). You gain about 100mb more free RAM on average.
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I'll have to try that!
AT&T no longer has updates in system for this tablet
Gor- said:
Dear John,
Thank you very much for your help. My device runs KitKat 4.4, I can't upgrade over the air, as I damaged my sim slot struggling to remove a stuck nano sim, which I had inserted before I realized that it required a micro sim. (I'd wrongly assumed that by now the world uses only nano).
I followed the steps above, which you wrote so clearly for lay men, thank you a lot.
The flash for recovery.img and system.img worked fine (no red error messages on device).
The flash for boot.img had a red error message.
Might you have an idea or workaround on how I can address this?
If it refuses, is it possible to factory reset?
Thank you very much again for any words of advice and kind regards.
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AT&T removed the last update for this tablet months ago and no longer supports it. ASUS states AT&T has all the updates. Total cluster.
Related
I have a ME176CX, I upgraded the SO I got the message "it said 'Unable to detect power status' for me was weird but I keep going pressing the volume button it started but in the black screen with this message:
"FastBoot Starting...
FastBoot Starting...#1
FastBoot Starting...#2
FastBoot Starting...#3" I don't know what to do, It doesn't move from this screen.
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I have a ME176CX, I upgraded the SO I got the message "it said 'Unable to detect power status' for me was weird but I keep going pressing the volume button it started but in the black screen with this message:
"FastBoot Starting...
FastBoot Starting...#1
FastBoot Starting...#2
FastBoot Starting...#3" I don't know what to do, It doesn't move from this screen.
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Download the lollipop firmware from asus site. Copy the droidboot.img from within this file. Download newest version of tethered cwm recovery. Go to command line and cd to directory with adb.exe in it. Place droidboot.img in this folder. Within cmd, write fastboot boot droidboot.img
It should reboot rto droidboot. Now open the .bat file, type ACCEPT, and T4. You should boot into cwm recovery. Now install zip/from external sd/WW_lollipop....zip
Then reboot and you should have lollipop
I?m the worst to follow what you write, because i'm just barely know press the button ON in my tablet but upgrade what I did this time far away, I taken to a tecnician who said I erased recovery's mode and then he can't handled any way to install the oldest or newest OS, im from Venezuela where ASUS havent support to tablets yet. I'll take what you said and bring it to somebody to know about software android to help me out. By the way I bought another memo pad 7 but model me170cx dual core, actually isnt bad but I want my me176cx back.
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Download the lollipop firmware from asus site. Copy the droidboot.img from within this file. Download newest version of tethered cwm recovery. Go to command line and cd to directory with adb.exe in it. Place droidboot.img in this folder. Within cmd, write fastboot boot droidboot.img
It should reboot rto droidboot. Now open the .bat file, type ACCEPT, and T4. You should boot into cwm recovery. Now install zip/from external sd/WW_lollipop....zip
Then reboot and you should have lollipop
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I?m the worst to follow what you write, because i'm just barely know press the button ON in my tablet but upgrade what I did this time far away, I taken to a tecnician who said I erased recovery's mode and then he can't handled any way to install the oldest or newest OS, im from Venezuela where ASUS havent support to tablets yet. I'll take what you said and bring it to somebody to know about software android to help me out. By the way I bought another memo pad 7 but model me170cx dual core, actually isnt bad but I want my me176cx back.
fran1563 said:
I?m the worst to follow what you write, because i'm just barely know press the button ON in my tablet but upgrade what I did this time far away, I taken to a tecnician who said I erased recovery's mode and then he can't handled any way to install the oldest or newest OS, im from Venezuela where ASUS havent support to tablets yet. I'll take what you said and bring it to somebody to know about software android to help me out. By the way I bought another memo pad 7 but model me170cx dual core, actually isnt bad but I want my me176cx back.
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Just say what you do not understand, I can explain
Mis012 said:
Download the lollipop firmware from asus site. Copy the droidboot.img from within this file. Download newest version of tethered cwm recovery. Go to command line and cd to directory with adb.exe in it. Place droidboot.img in this folder. Within cmd, write fastboot boot droidboot.img
It should reboot rto droidboot. Now open the .bat file, type ACCEPT, and T4. You should boot into cwm recovery. Now install zip/from external sd/WW_lollipop....zip
Then reboot and you should have lollipop
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Mis012 said:
Just say what you do not understand, I can explain
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Thank you mate, I'm going to try. I'll write you wherever going to happens. I aprecciate!
Mis012 said:
Download the lollipop firmware from asus site. Copy the droidboot.img from within this file. Download newest version of tethered cwm recovery. Go to command line and cd to directory with adb.exe in it. Place droidboot.img in this folder. Within cmd, write fastboot boot droidboot.img
It should reboot rto droidboot. Now open the .bat file, type ACCEPT, and T4. You should boot into cwm recovery. Now install zip/from external sd/WW_lollipop....zip
Then reboot and you should have lollipop
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tried fastboot boot droidboot.img several times, device just reboots to fastboot and throws the same errors
Fastboot Starting....
Fastboot Starting....#1
Fastboot Starting....#2
Fastboot Starting....#3
i've searched and found different ways of flashing ME176CX but never a complete solution. With the INtel flash tool I can't find the DNX or IFWI files, with the Asus Flash Tool, cant find the raw firmware file. Can you help???
christelle868 said:
tried fastboot boot droidboot.img several times, device just reboots to fastboot and throws the same errors
Fastboot Starting....
Fastboot Starting....#1
Fastboot Starting....#2
Fastboot Starting....#3
i've searched and found different ways of flashing ME176CX but never a complete solution. With the INtel flash tool I can't find the DNX or IFWI files, with the Asus Flash Tool, cant find the raw firmware file. Can you help???
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I can try to. Firstly, the droidboot.img has to be the one from ASUS firmware update downloaded from their site. If it doesn't work with it, well I don't know. Ask the support, take it to the store, or - if you really want to dig into it (it should be possible in your situation), then:
Firstly, buy this: (or something similar, but this is known to work well) http://www.amazon.de/gp/product/B00...qid=1440605402&ref_=sr_1_fkmr0_1&sr=8-1-fkmr0
Then, connect it to your tablet and connect usb keyboard to it. Also power it with another USB.
While starting your tablet, spam F2 key to get in UEFI setup. Then, follow some "tutorial" (search this forum for it, I saw it somewhere there) to run Windows/Ubuntu from flash disk. Run any linux distribution, and ask some kind person on lollipop to make an img with dd of entire mmcblk0 . Then use dd to copy it on your mmcblk0.
Warning! this is theoretical. It should work, but I cannot test it. CHECK MULTIPLE TIMES THAT THE img IS NOT CORRUPTED!!!
Lot of luck (even mine, luck will not help my problem anyway)
Sincerely, Mis012
Mis012 said:
I can try to. Firstly, the droidboot.img has to be the one from ASUS firmware update downloaded from their site. If it doesn't work with it, well I don't know. Ask the support, take it to the store, or - if you really want to dig into it (it should be possible in your situation), then:
Firstly, buy this: (or something similar, but this is known to work well) http://www.amazon.de/gp/product/B00...qid=1440605402&ref_=sr_1_fkmr0_1&sr=8-1-fkmr0
Then, connect it to your tablet and connect usb keyboard to it. Also power it with another USB.
While starting your tablet, spam F2 key to get in UEFI setup. Then, follow some "tutorial" (search this forum for it, I saw it somewhere there) to run Windows/Ubuntu from flash disk. Run any linux distribution, and ask some kind person on lollipop to make an img with dd of entire mmcblk0 . Then use dd to copy it on your mmcblk0.
Warning! this is theoretical. It should work, but I cannot test it. CHECK MULTIPLE TIMES THAT THE img IS NOT CORRUPTED!!!
Lot of luck (even mine, luck will not help my problem anyway)
Sincerely, Mis012
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i think he got lost on your tutorial XD
fastboot starting
Please, Please advice ..
And I'm one of those tablets which displays a message starting fastboot 1,2,3. I tried almost everything. Well at least I think that everything is okay or if vv. Please advice how to try it changed. Thank you in advance for answers
Decided to OTA (not sure why) my Moto G LTE that was and was running stock but with an unlocked bootloader but have ran into issues and think i am now just digging a bigger hole for myself so I am asking for some help please.
I after the attempted update i started having issues with some apps not working and/or uninstalling themselves. Play store was the worst (tired wiping cache and data but no joy) then the camera decided it would uninstall and then any other camera apps in added wouldn't save pictures. Managed to get a fresh stock rom install.
So i though i'd update to CM13, downloaded the file, twrp and Gapps and set about booting into recovery to install twrp but initially i was unable to enter recovery and it stayed on the fastboot screen. Now i am getting the dead android and the red triangle but have a working stock rom.
I can now no longer use fastboot, all it does is start the rom as if i had just powered on normally.
Any help appreciated.
mclovin9091 said:
Decided to OTA (not sure why) my Moto G LTE that was and was running stock but with an unlocked bootloader but have ran into issues and think i am now just digging a bigger hole for myself so I am asking for some help please.
I after the attempted update i started having issues with some apps not working and/or uninstalling themselves. Play store was the worst (tired wiping cache and data but no joy) then the camera decided it would uninstall and then any other camera apps in added wouldn't save pictures. Managed to get a fresh stock rom install.
So i though i'd update to CM13, downloaded the file, twrp and Gapps and set about booting into recovery to install twrp but initially i was unable to enter recovery and it stayed on the fastboot screen. Now i am getting the dead android and the red triangle but have a working stock rom.
I can now no longer use fastboot, all it does is start the rom as if i had just powered on normally.
Any help appreciated.
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You say you have working stock rom, so can you boot your phone to home screen? If so in ADB try using this command in CMD "mfastboot reboot bootloader" without the speech marks.
stonedpsycho said:
You say you have working stock rom, so can you boot your phone to home screen? If so in ADB try using this command in CMD "mfastboot reboot bootloader" without the speech marks.
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Yes can get onto the home screen and use the phone (so far) without issue, get as far as the fastboot screen but then states 'fastboot' is not recognized as an internal or external command, operable program or batch file. That is given for any command including "reboot"
Stock ROMs do things like that to unlocked phones.
Check if you still have root access - I'm guessing you lost it, so you'll need to root again - Root Checker
Flash again the last and the proper TWRP tool (make sure you download for THEA) using the Rashr Flash Tool app if you can't access the fastboot screen.
Put your ROM on a SD card, erase everything and reinstall the system and the proper gapps (use at least MINI, so you could recover your old settings from your google account at first launch).
But think about ditching the stock - give Temasek a try. You will have to modify a couple of files to make the TITAN release work on your THEA, but it's worth aplenty.
Keep us posted.
mclovin9091 said:
Yes can get onto the home screen and use the phone (so far) without issue, get as far as the fastboot screen but then states 'fastboot' is not recognized as an internal or external command, operable program or batch file. That is given for any command including "reboot"
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Have you enabled "usb debugging"? in developer settings (tap the build number 7 times) Do you have ADB installed? If so did you open CMD in the ADB folder?
FCorvin said:
Stock ROMs do things like that to unlocked phones.
Check if you still have root access - I'm guessing you lost it, so you'll need to root again - Root Checker
Flash again the last and the proper TWRP tool (make sure you download for THEA) using the Rashr Flash Tool app if you can't access the fastboot screen.
Put your ROM on a SD card, erase everything and reinstall the system and the proper gapps (use at least MINI, so you could recover your old settings from your google account at first launch).
But think about ditching the stock - give Temasek a try. You will have to modify a couple of files to make the TITAN release work on your THEA, but it's worth aplenty.
Keep us posted.
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Cheers, any info on what files need modding?
Was rooted, managed to get adb to work last night and managed to reinstall twrp but now i can't get the rom to load and can't flash any CROM.
So used the all in one tool to re install stock 5.0.2.
Going to grab a brew and chill for a bit.
Aiight, once you downloaded the zip on your PC, go to:
1. ...titan.zip\META-INF\com\android
Drag the "metadata" file on a notepad page and replace 0x4882 with 0x4821 (your phone's bootloader code) and save.
2. ...titan.zip\META-INF\com\google\android
Drag the "updater-script" file on a notepad page, hit "Search and replace" for any of the XT's in there with yours, XT1072.
You will have 3 hits.
Example: Search and replace XT1069 with XT1072 ->
getprop("ro.product.device") == "XT1069"
getprop("ro.build.product") == "XT1069"
titan,titan_umts,titan_udstv,titan_umtsds,titan_retaildsds,XT1068,XT1064,XT1063,XT1069
will become:
getprop("ro.product.device") == "XT1072"
getprop("ro.build.product") == "XT1072"
titan,titan_umts,titan_udstv,titan_umtsds,titan_retaildsds,XT1068,XT1064,XT1063,XT1072.
(3 - while still here)
Search and replace the initial 0x4882 bootloader with yours, 0x4821.
Save the changes.
And... you're good to go.
Some native Moto apps won't show up in PlayStore because of this, but you can get all the Moto stuff from here (if you really love them).
Once installed, enjoy the full power of your brand new Android 6 phone.
Don't forget to do all the things you did as a kid once: activate the developer options as mentioned above, set the SuperSu permissions and so on.
However: screw-ups occur mainly because of conflicts between the new and the old, so you will have to perform a clean install as advised here, which means wiping everything you had - so you won't be able to return to your Lollipop Stock through any recovery.
So chill some more and consider everything thoroughly.
Cheers.
bloody phones, dunno ewhat happened but seems like reinstalling the SROM for the 2nd time allowed me to boot into recovery, twrp and load the CROM. Only issue this time was that apparently stock gapps was too big for the phone so had to download and install the mini version.
Will see how CM13 goes and download the Temasek for install later once im happy everythings working.
Okay so I got my oneplus 3t today and I updated it to Nougat via the ota file all good so far. I then decided that I wanted to install a custom rom so I downloaded twrp supersu etc everything needed to root and install the rom. Here's where it went wrong in knowingly I downloaded the wrong twrp flashed it and it would just hang at the flash screen for twrp. Anyway after hours of trying to install a recovery I managed to get a stock one to semi work, now it turns out I don't know how I did it but my phone won't even boot it just turns on and goes straight to fastboot mode. I managed to get a stock recovery semi working but it won't let me install the stock rom from internal storage and I've tried updating through adb and it will hang at a random percentage for a good 20 mins and then just fail. Really need some help here it would be great, thanks
Hi,
If you can get into fastboot mode then the best recourse is through there. Hope you properly OEM unlocked your device.
First of all, you MUST have the latest adb/fastboot binaries and FOR SURE have the correct drivers.
Follow the links on this XDA article to download the latest adb and fastboot binaries: https://www.xda-developers.com/google-releases-separate-adb-and-fastboot-binary-downloads
This is the link for the Windows binary: https://dl.google.com/android/repository/platform-tools-latest-windows.zip
Extract all the contents of the zip file in a folder on your PC.
Then, also make sure to have THE CORRECT twrp, 3.0.2.0 or 3.0.3.0. This is the link but currently it is down: https://twrp.me/devices/oneplus3t.html
Download THE IMAGE, NOT FLASHABLE ZIP and put it in the same folder as the android platform tools above.
Finally, download the latest complete 3T firmware from OnePlus from this link: http://downloads.oneplus.net/devices/oneplus-3t/
I STRONGLY recommend not to use an update zip, even a full ROM update zip as that one might not include certain firmware images.
Put THE ZIP on the same folder as the others, DO NOT EXTRACT ANYTHING.
On your PC, open a command prompt in the folder where you extracted the android platform tools and run the following: fastboot boot twrp-3.0.3-0-oneplus3t.img (assuming you downloaded the 3.0.3 version of twrp).
Your phone will TEMPORARILY accept the twrp recovery as a boot image and boot from there. NOTHING IS BEING PERMANENTLY WRITTEN AT THIS TIME.
After that, enter TWRP's Wipe menu and wipe system, data and cache.
Finally, use TWRP's Advanced menu and enter adb sideload mode. Once there slide that slider to the right to enable adb mode and return to your PC and enter the following command in the command prompt:
adb sideload OnePlus3TOxygen_28_OTA_029_all_1612131737_17e7161d2b234949.zip (assuming you downloaded the 3.5.4 binary from OnePlus).
TWRP should properly flash the OnePlus ROM and hopefully, return you to proper function. You can then update back to Nougat.
Hope that helped!
Yeah that sorted it thanks a lot
Use the emergency tool for OP3T and start from scratch:
https://forums.oneplus.net/threads/unbrick-guide-oneplus-3t.481214/
@KeyperOS
I'm trying to follow this guide, but did you miss something out here?
On your PC, open a command prompt in the folder where you extracted the android platform tools and run the following: fastboot boot twrp-3.0.3-0-oneplus3t.img (assuming you downloaded the 3.0.3 version of twrp).
Your phone will TEMPORARILY accept the twrp recovery as a boot image and boot from there. NOTHING IS BEING PERMANENTLY WRITTEN AT THIS TIME.
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Once I do "fastboot boot twrp" and get a success, then what?
Do I need to somehow reboot the phone into TWRP - because that didn't happen on its own.
If so, how do I do this?
Thanks,
jackmacbunton said:
Yeah that sorted it thanks a lot
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Glad that sorted it out
PugRallye said:
@KeyperOSI'm trying to follow this guide, but did you miss something out here?
Once I do "fastboot boot twrp" and get a success, then what? Do I need to somehow reboot the phone into TWRP - because that didn't happen on its own. If so, how do I do this? Thanks,
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My instructions while detailed are not step-by-step. I expect the person reading them to have their PC configured correctly and at least a vague idea of what they're doing.
So, assuming you put the correct TWRP image (my command uses the name of the image for TWRP 3.0.3.0, you MUST alter it to reflect the actual image's filename if it's not that) on the same folder as the fastboot binary then yeah, the command
fastboot boot twrp-3.0.3-0-oneplus3t.img
should have made your phone reboot and enter into the TWRP image that you had on your PC.
If it didn't then you did sth else wrong before that.
Either you didn't OEM unlock your phone when you still could or you didn't use the android platform tools that I linked or you don't have the correct ADB drivers installed on your PC.
Start from there.
Hope that helped!
Thanks for your help @KeyperOS - I know where I went wrong...
To save some time, when I tried to reboot into TWRP, I typed "fastboot boot " then I dragged and dropped the TWRP img file onto that line in the cmd window (rather than typing the filename manually) - when you do that, it appears to include the full path to the img - it was that that was causing the problem.
When I typed the TWRP filename manually, it worked.
The only thing that caught me out was after I'd installed the ROM (via adb sideload) I tried to reboot the device from TWRP recovery - this seemed to just hang. In the end I just powered off the phone using the power key, then powered it back up as per usual.
Checked that the phone booted to the first of the setup screens, then powered off/booted into fastboot mode, relocked the bootloader and it seems to be OK.
I'm now back on 3.5.4 again, which was what I was trying to do...
4.0.0/1 had felt a bit laggy, and I'd sensed some issues with wifi and BT, I can now run 3.5.4 and see how it compares - was I just imagining it?
Thanks again for the guide and your help - I really appreciated it
@PugRallye
Windows' command prompt has an autocomplete feature. If you want it to add the name of a file, type a couple letters and then present TAB, it's gonna complete the filename itself and if it's the wrong file you can keep tapping tab to cycle through all the options.
Really glad it worked out Btw [emoji4]
In my experience, 3.5.4 was great but 4.0 is a step up in both battery life, which IME is amazing and features, with it I almost didn't need root and certainly don't need xposed which was a first.
First of all, I would like to say thanks to @DrakenFX, @tenfar, @rczrider, and @tennear for their work on the Axon 7.
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/* Disclaimer
* I am not responsible for bricked devices, dead SD cards, thermonuclear war,
* or any other mishaps that may occur. YOU are choosing to make these modifications, and if
* you blame me in any way for what happens to your device, I will laugh at you.
*/
This guide is intended to help anyone wishing to return to stock B20 firmware on the A2017U for the purposes of re-locking the bootloader (either for sending a device in for an RMA or whatever you may need). After much trial and error, I have finally come up with a guide and attached all necessary files to do this. I performed the following steps on my Axon 7 2017U on the B29 firmware and successfully downgraded to the B20 firmware with a re-locked bootloader.
Here are the files you will need:
Stock system
Stock boot stack
Stock fastboot
Stock recovery
TWRP
Make sure you have ADB and fastboot set up properly on your computer.
Use the TWRP linked in this post. I know for sure that this version works towards the end of this process when your bootloader is locked again.
After you have the zip files, you will need to move them to your phone to flash in TWRP. Follow these steps:
1. Make a backup of all of your important data. EVERYTHING will be wiped in this process, including internal storage.
2. Power off the phone.
3. Download the the axon7tool executable file from this link: Here Check the post for instructions pertaining to drivers needed.
4. Boot the phone into EDL mode. Do this by holding down the Volume Up and Volume Down keys simultaneously and then plugging the phone in to your computer while keeping these keys pressed. (The phone's screen will be completely black and it will appear like nothing is happening. This is EDL mode.)
5. Open a command prompt in the directory with the axon7tool executable. (Windows: right click while holding shift and select "Open command window here." Linux: Open a terminal and cd into the directory)
6. Dump your gpt with the tool. (Note: you may need root access to run the following commands on Linux)
Code:
Windows: axon7tool-1.5-win64 -r gpt
Linux: ./axon7tool-1.5-linux -r gpt
7. The axon7tool will automatically reboot you. Reboot to TWRP.
8. Make a backup of your EFS partition by going to "Backup" with only the EFS box checked.
9. Copy the "TWRP" folder from your internal storage to your computer. This folder contains the EFS backup.
10. Go to "Wipe" -> "Advanced" -> "Format Data." Type "yes." WARNING: THIS DELETES ALL DATA. MAKE SURE YOU HAVE A BACKUP.
11. Reboot back into TWRP. Ignore anything TWRP says or asks you to do upon a reboot.
12. Copy the "B20_stock_system," B20_stock_bootstack," and "B20_stock_fastboot" zip files to your internal storage.
13. Flash the stock system zip first, then the boot stack zip, and finally the fastboot zip.
14. At this point you are on the stock B20 system, but with an unlocked bootloader. TWRP will probably be overwritten, so follow these next steps regardless.
15. Reboot the phone and let it get to the set up screen. This step can take a while; my Axon took almost a minute to get off of the ZTE splash screen initially.
16. As soon as you see that the phone boots, power off the phone and reboot to EDL mode.
17. Flash TWRP again with the axon7tool as it has been overwritten at this point and will be necessary soon. Download the linked TWRP recovery image and rename the file to "recovery.bin" Place it in the same folder as the axon7tool. Flash the recovery. (Note: you may need root access to run the following commands on Linux)
Code:
Windows: axon7tool-1.5-win64 -w recovery
Linux: ./axon7tool-1.5-linux -w recovery
18. Reboot the phone into the bootloader. You can do this by going to TWRP and by choosing reboot to bootloader or by manually doing so.
19. Type "fastboot oem lock" into a command prompt. This will lock your bootloader.
20. After I did this, I thought I was done. However, when I rebooted my phone, I saw that /data required a password to be decrypted upon a reboot. This is why we flashed TWRP. Go into TWRP and format data again.
21. Copy the "TWRP" phone from earlier back onto your internal storage. Restore your EFS in case anything has happened to your IMEI in this process.
22. At this point your phone is completely locked but with a custom recovery. To restore the stock recovery, reboot into EDL mode and replace the TWRP recovery.bin file from a few steps ago with the B20_stock_recovery.bin file you downloaded. Rename the B20_stock_recovery.bin file to recovery.bin and make sure it's in the same folder as the axon7tool.
23. Flash the stock recovery with the same commands for the axon7tool as listed earlier for TWRP.
24. Profit
As tennear has noted, do NOT backup or restore the EFS partition.
Never restore EFS using TWRP. You will lose its contents and probably your IMEI.
@tennear Thanks for the heads up. I'll remove that part from my guide.
Hi
I flashed the twrp recovery on locked bootloader but i lost my recovery
My firmware was 0b15
Can i flash the 0b20 stock recovery.bin to restore it?
mortkarg5 said:
Hi
I flashed the twrp recovery on locked bootloader but i lost my recovery
My firmware was 0b15
Can i flash the 0b20 stock recovery.bin to restore it?
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Were you trying to restore your whole firmware to b20 as the guide demonstrates or were you only flashing the TWRP linked in this post?
Yoshi_Guy said:
Were you trying to restore your whole firmware to b20 as the guide demonstrates or were you only flashing the TWRP linked in this post?
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Oh no...
I had tried to flash twrp to install a custom rom...
And i used the Miflash tool to flash it,but i forgot to unlock bootloader, and i think if i flash the stock recovery, i will be able to change the situation...
Are you think this will work?
Or i have to downgrade my firmware to 0b20 and then flash the full pack?
mortkarg5 said:
Oh no...
I had tried to flash twrp to install a custom rom...
And i used the Miflash tool to flash it,but i forgot to unlock bootloader, and i think if i flash the stock recovery, i will be able to change the situation...
Are you think this will work?
Or i have to downgrade my firmware to 0b20 and then flash the full pack?
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You can try, but I'm not sure if it would work. The recovery is for stock b20 so try it at your own discretion.
Every time I try to do the fastboot oem lock it fails, I have the twrp you mentioned in the post and followed the steps as listed. Did you run into this issue?
Sent from my ZTE A2017U using Tapatalk
i can't found same file u can upload again?
Yeah.... most links are dead. Does anyone else have them?
Flapjack said:
Yeah.... most links are dead. Does anyone else have them?
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I'll fix them.
Yoshi_Guy said:
I'll fix them.
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Thanks, brotha.
Flapjack said:
Thanks, brotha.
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Try again, they should be working now.
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Try again, they should be working now.
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Thanks... but holy f*ck... this MEGA bs. What a piece of garbage. Why do I need to create an account?
I'm getting the following error (Win 10). Others have gotten the same error in various versions of linux, as well. The only one who resolved the error had forgot to elevate his terminal (which I've done):
Code:
c:\Temp\Axon>axon7tool-1.5-win64 -r gpt
Connecting to device...
S: failed to read command
S: Failed to receive hello
terminate called after throwing an instance of 'std::runtime_error'
what(): error: Unknown error
This application has requested the Runtime to terminate it in an unusual way.
Please contact the application's support team for more information.
c:\Temp\Axon>axon7tool-1.5-win64 -r gpt
Connecting to device...
S: failed to read command
S: Failed to receive hello
terminate called after throwing an instance of 'std::runtime_error'
what(): error: Unknown error
This application has requested the Runtime to terminate it in an unusual way.
Please contact the application's support team for more information.
I'm seriously stuck. I did everything up to step 15, but it starts to boot, sits at the ZTE screen for about 30 seconds, then shuts off. When I try to reboot, it does the same thing. I had two problems getting up to step 15. The first problem was that the axon tool refused to work. I posted the error a few days ago, but no one replied. Since the phone has to go back to ZTE and I'm running out of time, I decided to press on.... since it only seemed like a backup, which I have plenty of.
The second error was at step 12. After Step 10, I could not read/write anything on the internal sdcard. It is obviously encrypted... which begs the question... what good is step 10 if it doesn't blow away the encryption? At any rate, I copied the the three zip files to an external SD card flashed the bootstack and fastboot, both of which completed without error.
As of now, I can get into the ZTE MiFavor recovery and then to bootloader mode, but it won't take any of the fastboot commands. Running fastboot devices shows the phone, but every fastboot command fails with "unknown command".
I've also tried flashing the B20 system and fastboot zips from the MiFavor recovery, but both say "signature verification failed".
Not sure what to do now.
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I just tried the official ZTE file here, but it said "signature verification failed" also. Not sure how that's possible.
@Yoshi_Guy
In step 22) where stock recovery has to be restored, instead of reusing axon7tool in EDL mode, maybe it would be easier to flash stock recovery by the signed tenfar TWRP itself (by using TWRP Install/flash image option, boot partition). This is a kind of "hara-kiri" (current TWRP destroys itself) but it should work.
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I'm seriously stuck. I did everything up to step 15, but it starts to boot, sits at the ZTE screen for about 30 seconds, then shuts off. When I try to reboot, it does the same thing. I had two problems getting up to step 15. The first problem was that the axon tool refused to work. I posted the error a few days ago, but no one replied. Since the phone has to go back to ZTE and I'm running out of time, I decided to press on.... since it only seemed like a backup, which I have plenty of.
The second error was at step 12. After Step 10, I could not read/write anything on the internal sdcard. It is obviously encrypted... which begs the question... what good is step 10 if it doesn't blow away the encryption? At any rate, I copied the the three zip files to an external SD card flashed the bootstack and fastboot, both of which completed without error.
As of now, I can get into the ZTE MiFavor recovery and then to bootloader mode, but it won't take any of the fastboot commands. Running fastboot devices shows the phone, but every fastboot command fails with "unknown command".
I've also tried flashing the B20 system and fastboot zips from the MiFavor recovery, but both say "signature verification failed".
Not sure what to do now.
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I just tried the official ZTE file here, but it said "signature verification failed" also. Not sure how that's possible.
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That's quite odd, what version of Linux are you using? Also, are you able to try the Windows version of the tool? I've used the tool on Arch Linux and had no problems. Also, the program does need to be run as root, as you mentioned. The signature verification probably failed because you are trying to downgrade your version, I wouldn't recommend using the official ZTE zips entirely. I would take what you need and flash just that, downgrading is rather complex.
Thanks for the guide, but wish you would've used androidfilehost. I hit MEGA quota at 80%, so I'll have to wait til late tonight to give this a shot.
nvm: using megadownloader now
Per https://topjohnwu.github.io/Magisk/install.html#magisk-in-recovery installing Magisk as recovery due to No RAMDISK on my Moto E6.
"If your device does not have ramdisk in boot images, Magisk has no choice but to be installed in the recovery partition.
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The phone was successfully unlocked per Motorola Unlock Your Bootloader.
Magisk_Manager generated magisk_Patched Img. Recovery_Image was extracted on PC with WinRAR from Get Droid Tips, Moto E6 Stock Collection, current download matches my Moto E6 build#, PPB29.73-81. My model is XT2005-5. To avoid corruption, I used ADB, not MTP to transfer files. ADB pushed WinRAR Extracted recovery image, and ADB pulled magisk_Patched image.
However, the Execution of ADB Fastboot flash recovery was "Image not signed or corrupt" per the following log:
Code:
C:\adb>fastboot flash recovery C:\adb\magisk_patched_k54ii.img
target reported max download size of 535822336 bytes
sending 'recovery' (16341 KB)...
OKAY [ 0.533s]
writing 'recovery'...
(bootloader) Image not signed or corrupt
OKAY [ 0.285s]
finished. total time: 0.820s
Why am I getting a corrupt image? Does anyone recommend a better Stock Recovery-Image source, perhaps where I can confirm the hashtag of the download and image extraction? TWRP does not seem to be an option for MotoE6/ No-RAMdisk devices.
I don't recommend images from Get Droid Tips, Moto E6 Stock Collection while they have the build numbers for the downloads, they did not show that there are various model numbers for the Moto E6. My guess is this is the likely cause of the "corrupt" image message from my flash recovery attempt.
I will use a stock image from https://mirrors.lolinet.com/firmware/moto/surfna/official/
kem827 said:
Per https://topjohnwu.github.io/Magisk/install.html#magisk-in-recovery installing Magisk as recovery due to No RAMDISK on my Moto E6.
The phone was successfully unlocked per Motorola Unlock Your Bootloader.
Magisk_Manager generated magisk_Patched Img. Recovery_Image was extracted on PC with WinRAR from Get Droid Tips, Moto E6 Stock Collection, current download matches my Moto E6 build#, PPB29.73-81. My model is XT2005-5. To avoid corruption, I used ADB, not MTP to transfer files. ADB pushed WinRAR Extracted recovery image, and ADB pulled magisk_Patched image.
However, the Execution of ADB Fastboot flash recovery was "Image not signed or corrupt" per the following log:
Code:
C:\adb>fastboot flash recovery C:\adb\magisk_patched_k54ii.img
target reported max download size of 535822336 bytes
sending 'recovery' (16341 KB)...
OKAY [ 0.533s]
writing 'recovery'...
(bootloader) Image not signed or corrupt
OKAY [ 0.285s]
finished. total time: 0.820s
Why am I getting a corrupt image? Does anyone recommend a better Stock Recovery-Image source, perhaps where I can confirm the hashtag of the download and image extraction? TWRP does not seem to be an option for MotoE6/ No-RAMdisk devices.
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I don't know why this occurs, but it's "normal". What the installer guide doesn't tell you is:
- when you flash the patched recovery, you can't then use fastboot to get to recovery mode (well, you can...but it doesn't work). Instead, you MUST use the fastboot navigation keys (vol up/down and power) to go to recovery. When you do that, you'll boot the whole system into a rooted state (you won't see a recovery menu of any kind).
- at least on my phone, when you do this you are rooted for exactly one session. Next time you boot, the recovery image you flashed will be replaced with the "factory" original one. There is a work-around for this, but that's the behavior.
- if you are trying to install EdXposed, I don't believe you can do so just with the recovery-image method. You have to install the whole of Magisk (many MB) and I haven't figured out how to do this yet. (many, many false starts...)
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I don't know why this occurs, but it's "normal". What the installer guide doesn't tell you is:
- when you flash the patched recovery, you can't then use fastboot to get to recovery mode (well, you can...but it doesn't work). Instead, you MUST use the fastboot navigation keys (vol up/down and power) to go to recovery. When you do that, you'll boot the whole system into a rooted state (you won't see a recovery menu of any kind).
- at least on my phone, when you do this you are rooted for exactly one session. Next time you boot, the recovery image you flashed will be replaced with the "factory" original one. There is a work-around for this, but that's the behavior.
- if you are trying to install EdXposed, I don't believe you can do so just with the recovery-image method. You have to install the whole of Magisk (many MB) and I haven't figured out how to do this yet. (many, many false starts...)
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Ok, Thanks. Looks like my attempt to flash ( from Get Droid Tips, Moto E6 Stock Collection, ) was not the correct Moto E6 model. Phone boots still to the factory, and not rooted, but has a "bad key" error.. Boot to Recovery just responds "no command"
I did find now download the correct image from https://mirrors.lolinet.com/firmware/moto/surfna/official/ (matched by the Correct Moto E6 XT2005 model and build) but now ADB does not want to push or pull files. Unsure how to proceed.
I got my "stock ROM" by using Moto's "Rescue and Smart Assistant" tool -- it interrogates the phone, and lets you download the correct ZIP file automatically. Obviously, you do'nt want to actually install the ZIP -- you just want it downloaded. It puts the ZIP into a location it discloses, so you can find it. ;-)
Was ADB pushing/pulling files before? That's really weird if it did...but in any case, when the phone is booted to the normal system you can just copy the files over to the phone via the standard USB file sharing connection. If that's not working, you may need to reainstall the USB drivers on your PC. Don't forget to enable USB file sharing on the phone!
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I got my "stock ROM" by using Moto's "Rescue and Smart Assistant" tool -- it interrogates the phone, and lets you download the correct ZIP file automatically. Obviously, you do'nt want to actually install the ZIP -- you just want it downloaded. It puts the ZIP into a location it discloses, so you can find it. ;-)
Was ADB pushing/pulling files before? That's really weird if it did...but in any case, when the phone is booted to the normal system you can just copy the files over to the phone via the standard USB file sharing connection. If that's not working, you may need to reainstall the USB drivers on your PC. Don't forget to enable USB file sharing on the phone!
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ADB was pushing and pulling. I found the XDA posting that might help solve this official-tool-windows-adb-fastboot-and-drivers-15-seconds-ADB-installer-v1-4-3.2588979/. I'll update my drivers per the video found here, and try again.
While deleting some old Samsung Drivers was probably necessary, the error remained. Searched and found that the directory "/SD Card" is incorrect, even though topjohnwu.github failed to explain that "SD Card" is not the same folder as seen in the windows USB Link. It is the Internal SD Card which the ADB uses, which I find on windows at "Internal Shared Storage/Download". Once I moved the file on my phone to that folder , I was able to Pull the file using the command "ADB Pull \Sdcard\download.."
Reflashed my patched majesk recovery image. But, I can not boot recovery. Fastboot gives me a "no command" message. Screen always displays "bad key" on any boot. Holding power and tapping upkey does nothing in attempt to Boot to Recovery.
kem827 said:
Reflashed my patched majesk recovery image. But, I can not boot recovery. Fastboot gives me a "no command" message. Screen always displays "bad key" on any boot. Holding power and tapping upkey does nothing in attempt to Boot to Recovery.
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I believe that the "bad key" message will occur whenever you have an unlocked bootloader. There is a way to hide it (search within XDA forums, you'll find several posts), but I leave it as is so I get a positive indicator of where I really am.
You say "Fastboot gives me a 'no command' message": I think what you mean is "when I go from Fastboot to Recovery mode, a get a 'no command' message." -- because the only time I've ever seen that message is under the Android-robot icon, which indicates "you're in stock recovery mode." When you are there, you should be able to get to the command menu by clicking power-on and volume-up simultaneously. If you don't, do a power cycle and try again.
You'll know you've booted the root mode when you don't see the "bad key" message, but instead see something like "Unsigned or corrupt image" when you go into recovery mode (and you won't see the normal Android icon or "no command" message).
In my experience with this phone, if you are in bootloader and use your PC to get you to recovery mode (fastboot reboot recovery from the command line), it may not work. The only way to reliably get into real recovery mode is to do a power cycle on the phone, go into fastboot, and then use the phone's buttons to get to recovery.
Also note that if all that you have done is the Magisk modify-recovery-image strategy, you get one (and only one) attempt to run as rooted. Any time you go thru a power-on reset of the phone, your modded-recovery image will be erased and replaced with the factory one.
In my various runs, I've determined that once you've achieved root access you can soft-reboot the phone and remain in root. Anything you install there will survive soft-reboots. But if you do a hard reboot, next time you go into root you may have to reinstall EdXposed and supporting libraries, and reactivate stuff for everything to work.
Sadly, the Xposed module I was doing all this for doesn't seem to work under EdXposed, even though it's supposed to. So it was a days-long wild goose chase.
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I believe that the "bad key" message will occur whenever you have an unlocked bootloader. There is a way to hide it (search within XDA forums, you'll find several posts), but I leave it as is so I get a positive indicator of where I really am.
You say "Fastboot gives me a 'no command' message": I think what you mean is "when I go from Fastboot to Recovery mode, a get a 'no command' message." -- because the only time I've ever seen that message is under the Android-robot icon, which indicates "you're in stock recovery mode." When you are there, you should be able to get to the command menu by clicking power-on and volume-up simultaneously. If you don't, do a power cycle and try again.
You'll know you've booted the root mode when you don't see the "bad key" message, but instead see something like "Unsigned or corrupt image" when you go into recovery mode (and you won't see the normal Android icon or "no command" message).
In my experience with this phone, if you are in bootloader and use your PC to get you to recovery mode (fastboot reboot recovery from the command line), it may not work. The only way to reliably get into real recovery mode is to do a power cycle on the phone, go into fastboot, and then use the phone's buttons to get to recovery.
Also note that if all that you have done is the Magisk modify-recovery-image strategy, you get one (and only one) attempt to run as rooted. Any time you go thru a power-on reset of the phone, your modded-recovery image will be erased and replaced with the factory one.
In my various runs, I've determined that once you've achieved root access you can soft-reboot the phone and remain in root. Anything you install there will survive soft-reboots. But if you do a hard reboot, next time you go into root you may have to reinstall EdXposed and supporting libraries, and reactivate stuff for everything to work.
Sadly, the Xposed module I was doing all this for doesn't seem to work under EdXposed, even though it's supposed to. So it was a days-long wild goose chase.
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Thanks for you help. I finally got a correct flash and boot to a rooted recovery. Looks like Top Johns' Magisk Instruction Page needs some corrections: Like explaining that "SDCard" shows as [internal storage] on the PC and that the external Storage is the [SD Card] directory. He fails to tell to rename the magisk_patched file to "recovery. img" before flashing it. (An obvious error but easy to overlook when you are following an unfamiliar command syntax) . The "bad key" message and "corrupt signature" message explanation is useful info too. He fails to let you know how to even check for a successful root
kem827 said:
Thanks for you help. I finally got a correct flash and boot to a rooted recovery. Looks like Top Johns' Magisk Instruction Page needs some corrections: Like explaining that "SDCard" shows as [internal storage] on the PC and that the external Storage is the [SD Card] directory. He fails to tell to rename the magisk_patched file to "recovery. img" before flashing it. (An obvious error but easy to overlook when you are following an unfamiliar command syntax) . The "bad key" message and "corrupt signature" message explanation is useful info too. He fails to let you know how to even check for a successful root
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And to add to the fun...Magisk Manager has/had a bug where it will tell you that your phone *doesn't* have a RAMdisk but it actually does....sometimes. So you might try to do the boot.img patch instead of the recovery.img one--that would give you a permanent root, rather than a transitory one. I didn't bother to check that out, as the whole reason I was rooting was to use an Xposed module that doesn't seem to work.
Let me know if you try that strategy out and it works...
kem827 said:
Thanks for you help. I finally got a correct flash and boot to a rooted recovery. Looks like Top Johns' Magisk Instruction Page needs some corrections: Like explaining that "SDCard" shows as [internal storage] on the PC and that the external Storage is the [SD Card] directory. He fails to tell to rename the magisk_patched file to "recovery. img" before flashing it. (An obvious error but easy to overlook when you are following an unfamiliar command syntax) . The "bad key" message and "corrupt signature" message explanation is useful info too. He fails to let you know how to even check for a successful root
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The instructions assume that you are somewhat familiar with Android, adb and fastboot. There's plenty of info and guides on that around the web, so it would be redundant for John to add that too (and the instructions would become way too long).
There are also many devices specific things that he's never gonna be able to cover. The fractured nature of Android is just too much for that...
If you have suggestions though, you can always open a PR on GitHub with your proposed changes and clarifications.
dav0dav0 said:
Magisk Manager has/had a bug where it will tell you that your phone *doesn't* have a RAMdisk but it actually does....sometimes
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That's not a bug with Magisk, but yet another issue with Android's fractured ecosystem. John actually covers that in his documentation. Check this page, and in particular the last paragraph:
https://topjohnwu.github.io/Magisk/boot.html