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[Q] No access to recovery

Hello,
I plan to install a custom rom, and for that I followed all the tutorials on the web without success.
Using Acer recovery install, whatever the chosen recovery I get the error "recovery verified failed", and flashing the stock 4.03 recovery I have bugdroid lying.
Using AfterOta, it freezes at step 3/5 and Blackthund3r, it stuck stage two..
I have a bootloader and ICS 4.0.3 OTA maj.
If someone has an idea, I'd be grateful
Thanks !

babysugar said:
Hello,
I plan to install a custom rom, and for that I followed all the tutorials on the web without success.
Using Acer recovery install, whatever the chosen recovery I get the error "recovery verified failed", and flashing the stock 4.03 recovery I have bugdroid lying.
Using AfterOta, it freezes at step 3/5 and Blackthund3r, it stuck stage two..
I have a bootloader and ICS 4.0.3 OTA maj.
If someone has an idea, I'd be grateful
Thanks !
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Rooted?
Yes? use AcerRI to install any recovery.
Download thor200240/digetx CWM 1.7.3.zip here
Copy zip to SD card
Reboot to recover.
Install from zip file > Choose file from SD Card
Select the zip and install.
Reboot to recover if u see CWM 1.7.3 ur set.
Full Backup
Save your cpuid (In your CWM folder on your sd card inside the backup files u just made. Should be a text file named uid.txt or cpuid.txt.)
Copy any compatible rom onto your SD card
Wipe data, cache and dalvik
Flash your rom the same way u installed the .zip file.

Thank you for your response.
Yes, I'm rooted and I already tried Acer Recovery Install without success...
I get "recovery verified failed" (in red)...

tried all the recoveries in ARI?
use adb to install the zip then.

shadowmikeshadow said:
tried all the recoveries in ARI?
use adb to install the zip then.
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I tried all the recovery... And I don't know how to use adb :s can you quickly explain ?

use the platformer tool link below to use adb so u dont need sdk.
Follow instructions on platformer tool download page to set up your adb
open command prompt and navigate to your platformer
cmd commands:
view available directories: dir
change directory: cd (cd desktop (forward directory example) / cd .. (up directory example))
Use this guide to install with adb
cwm: here
platformer: here

Ok, I'll try later because I can't now and I tell you !
Thanks !!

make sure your rooted too, that could be causing the issue with ari..
download root checker from play store its free

shadowmikeshadow said:
make sure your rooted too, that could be causing the issue with ari..
download root checker from play store its free
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I already checked, I'm rooted

Having the same issue.
I will also look into adb tool because I'm in the same boat. I did pretty much the same thing and am also stuck with the same error message and can't access the Recovery mode.

shadowmikeshadow said:
make sure your rooted too, that could be causing the issue with ari..
download root checker from play store its free
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I don't understand.
I put the recovery on sdcard with adb, and next ? How should I install it ?

Follow this guide here
but use the recovery from the zip in earlier post.

[Q] Can't flash SuperSU to Nexus 4 on Android 4.3

Hi, any help resolving this would be really appreciated. I have updated my Nexus 4 to Android 4.3 by installing through CWM. The upgrade worked fine however I cannot flash the SuperSU zip afterwards. I am using the experimental version released specifically for 4.3 however I just get the message: unable to open 'file', installation aborted (bad). I have tried to redownload in case it was a corrupt zip but I just get the same result. I have also tried reflashing 4.3 but this doesn't make a difference either.The old SuperSU is still installed but states that it has no binaries if I try to open it.
Sorry if this has been covered elsewhere but I have been searching all evening for a solution.
Sam

shardy said:
Hi, any help resolving this would be really appreciated. I have updated my Nexus 4 to Android 4.3 by installing through CWM. The upgrade worked fine however I cannot flash the SuperSU zip afterwards. I am using the experimental version released specifically for 4.3 however I just get the message: unable to open 'file', installation aborted (bad). I have tried to redownload in case it was a corrupt zip but I just get the same result. I have also tried reflashing 4.3 but this doesn't make a difference either.The old SuperSU is still installed but states that it has no binaries if I try to open it.
Sorry if this has been covered elsewhere but I have been searching all evening for a solution.
Sam
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Did you try flashing the latest supersu? I've flashed this one https://www.dropbox.com/s/p97y9pn4tie9iyi/UPDATE-SuperSU-v1.43.zip pressed "go back" when recovery asked to fix recovery or something like that and it works just fine

Ah, The version I have is 1.41 not 1.43, although I guess I downloaded from an older post in the blog. Thank you, hopefully that will work.
Sent from my Nexus 4 using xda app-developers app

Unfortunately this still hasn't worked, I have tried v1.43 of SuperSU, still failes. I have also changed my recovery from CWM to TWRP but this also fails to flash SuperSU v1.43 with the same error. Any other suggestions?

I think I have resolved this now, I had to sideload the SuperSU file on instead, so far so good.
Thanks.

shardy said:
I think I have resolved this now, I had to sideload the SuperSU file on instead, so far so good.
Thanks.
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I have the same issue. I also notice root explorer can't look inside zip files. It seems like whatever custom recoveries and other apps use to extract zip files is busted/removed after our 4.3 update. Is this a busybox issue? Side loading might use extraction tools on the computer instead?

I resolved this too. It turned out the super SU zip file I had grabbed for 1.43 wasn't the normal CWM/TWRP recovery package. When I looked at the zip file on my computer I noticed it contained another compressed file. I waited a few days root-less and then noticed that super SU 1.51 had been released. I used this file and it worked like it should have the first time. This package looks like the normal recovery flashable file, with the manifest and directory structure it should have. So either I grabbed the wrong file or there was a moment in time when the chainfire's site was dishing out bad files.
Glad it's working now, root is restored.

shardy said:
I think I have resolved this now, I had to sideload the SuperSU file on instead, so far so good.
Thanks.
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Can you elaborate, as to what exactly you did to restore the root?

Odin gets stuck at "Check MD5"

As the title says, Odin3 3.07, 3.09, as well as older versions of it get stuck whenever I try to mount the AP/PDA with TWRP flashable md5. It lets me browse for the file, I double click it, it says "Check MD5" and just hangs there.
After a minute I get "Odin is not responding" as well.
It happens ONLY with TWRP so far. Flashed Lollipop without any problems, rooted it with CF-Auto-Root without problems... Just can't proceed to flash my custom recovery.
I should also mention that I tried it on my laptop AS WELL AS on my desktop PC - same issue.
Any ideas?
Also, can I flash TWRP some other way, and how?

Delete md5 from the file. Then flash file as xxx.tar

abdyasar said:
Delete md5 from the file. Then flash file as xxx.tar
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Gah, it mounts/loads the file instantenously this way, good one. HOWEVER, after I click "Start" I get "Odin downloader has stopped working".
So the weird thing is that this is not due to my phone. I tried it on 2 different computers, with 3 different versions of Odin. What the hell is going on here, I am seriously puzzled and frustrated at the same time: :silly:
Is there a different way to flash a custom recovery on a rooted N9005 (Lollipop)?

@Misce did you run Odin as administrator? Tried another USB cable? Tried another USB port (void USB 3)? Is Kies installed on your PC and if yes, did you kill all processes with Task Manager?
tetakpatalked from Nexus 7 flo

tetakpatak said:
@Misce did you run Odin as administrator? Tried another USB cable? Tried another USB port (void USB 3)? Is Kies installed on your PC and if yes, did you kill all processes with Task Manager?
tetakpatalked from Nexus 7 flo
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Yes, I ran Odin as Administrator. I have tried different USB cables as well. And different USB ports, being that I tried on my laptop and desktop PCs. On one computer I have Kies installed, but yeah, I took every precaution. I just reflashed my Lollipop all over again and it works without any problems. Just TWRP. It. Just. Won't. Work.
Enigma. Please, don't give up on me yet. Any more ideas?

Misce said:
Yes, I ran Odin as Administrator. I have tried different USB cables as well. And different USB ports, being that I tried on my laptop and desktop PCs. On one computer I have Kies installed, but yeah, I took every precaution. I just reflashed my Lollipop all over again and it works without any problems. Just TWRP. It. Just. Won't. Work.
Enigma. Please, don't give up on me yet. Any more ideas?
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For some reason, Odin is crashing. Did you try Odin 1.85?
If you are absolutely sure of having downloaded the TWRP for your device (check md5sum) and that the file hasn't been corrupted during download, I would extract "recovery.img" and repack it into the tar file without compression (!) and try again (use 7-zip for that)
Did you extract Odin and ran exe from the same folder (contains few other, smaller scripts)? I could bet you use a 64bit system, IDK why but they love to anger with such things..,.
tetakpatalked from Nexus 7 flo

tetakpatak said:
For some reason, Odin is crashing. Did you try Odin 1.85?
If you are absolutely sure of having downloaded the TWRP for your device (check md5sum) and that the file hasn't been corrupted during download, I would extract "recovery.img" and repack it into the tar file without compression (!) and try again (use 7-zip for that)
Did you extract Odin and ran exe from the same folder (contains few other, smaller scripts)? I could bet you use a 64bit system, IDK why but they love to anger with such things..,.
tetakpatalked from Nexus 7 flo
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Yup, DL-ed the correct version of TWRP, posted here on XDA. And you are also correct, I have a 64-bit Windows 7. Good guess.
How do I extract "recovery.img"? I'm not sure how to do what you described. Could you please try going into more detail? I appreciate the effort, thank you.

Misce said:
Yup, DL-ed the correct version of TWRP, posted here on XDA. And you are also correct, I have a 64-bit Windows 7. Good guess.
How do I extract "recovery.img"? I'm not sure how to do what you described. Could you please try going into more detail? I appreciate the effort, thank you.
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Windows has no native tar file format support, but as I wrote you, 7-zip can do it
You can easily find it on www and install it.
tetakpatalked from Nexus 7 flo

tetakpatak said:
Windows has no native tar file format support, but as I wrote you, 7-zip can do it
You can easily find it on www and install it.
tetakpatalked from Nexus 7 flo
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7-zip says: "Can not open blahblahblah0filename as an archive". If all I needed to do was try and extract the img.tar.md5 file?

Misce said:
7-zip says: "Can not open blahblahblah0filename as an archive". If all I needed to do was try and extract the img.tar.md5 file?
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Did you try by clicking the file with the right mouse button and choosing 7-zip and "extract here"?
If it didn't work, maybe there is something wrong with the md5 file. Please post the link of the site where you have downloaded it from and I will try to check the file ASAP
tetakpatalked from Nexus 7 flo

tetakpatak said:
Did you try by clicking the file with the right mouse button and choosing 7-zip and "extract here"?
If it didn't work, maybe there is something wrong with the md5 file. Please post the link of the site where you have downloaded it from and I will try to check the file ASAP
tetakpatalked from Nexus 7 flo
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http://www.techerrata.com/file/twrp2...te-4.4.img.tar
Thanks buddy. If it's not a problem, post me your link with the file that works.
Edit: file doesn't exist on this address anymore apparently. :/
Can you just give me your link, please?

Finally made it. Someone posted a link with another TWRP flashable, and it all went flawlessly. It's obviously been the file all along.
I appreciate your help nevertheless. <3

Misce said:
Finally made it. Someone posted a link with another TWRP flashable, and it all went flawlessly. It's obviously been the file all along.
I appreciate your help nevertheless. <3
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can you explain to me how u made it? or post the link to the post of another TWRP flashable. cos im having the exaxct same problem you had. thank you for your reply!

Twrp versions in the twrp thread .
Sent from my GT-N8013 using XDA-Developers Legacy app

Sorry its too late but root your phone you have xposed modules to change the status bar and navigation bar and with a root explorer you can change boot animations and sounds, if you still want custom roms download the twrp app and flash twrp from there sorry for my bad english

Advice: Soft Brick G530A

I have a Samsung SM-G530A phone. I had a company install root and twrp, but I don't think it was done right. I tried to apply xposed (22 arm)and I soft bricked my phone into loading loop. I tried doing odin, but it fails when writing a recovery I found my mohan on the interweb.
Before I did this I used ChainFire and TWRP from the play store to create a backup.
I can't find this file to do a recover. Is there a way I can do that?
I saw this link that I can use a recovery image. xda forum link
Can I use that? I would like to just flash my phone back and then do TWRP the right way on the phone.
Any advice is appreciated.

May i have the link for twrp cos i can't install on my G530-H its running on stock 5.0.2. Thanks

RajaAthwal said:
May i have the link for twrp cos i can't install on my G530-H its running on stock 5.0.2. Thanks
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I got it from the google play store on the phone. I havent used a link yet for TWRP

Ok thanks for the reply, Can i have the name of the app thats available on Play store please.

nicktu said:
I have a Samsung SM-G530A phone. I had a company install root and twrp, but I don't think it was done right. I tried to apply xposed (22 arm)and I soft bricked my phone into loading loop. I tried doing odin, but it fails when writing a recovery I found my mohan on the interweb.
Before I did this I used ChainFire and TWRP from the play store to create a backup.
I can't find this file to do a recover. Is there a way I can do that?
I saw this link that I can use a recovery image. xda forum link
Can I use that? I would like to just flash my phone back and then do TWRP the right way on the phone.
Any advice is appreciated.
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Did the problem occur after you flashed Xposed ?
If so then uninstall it ?

ciel phantomhive said:
Did the problem occur after you flashed Xposed ?
If so then uninstall it ?
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I tried uninstall, but I was getting an error for the whole-file signature. So I also tried Odin and it was failing.
Is it possible to get another OS and flash the entire think to start from scratch or no.

RajaAthwal said:
Ok thanks for the reply, Can i have the name of the app thats available on Play store please.
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Sorry man, my phone is bricked. Just search for "TWRP"

nicktu said:
I tried uninstall, but I was getting an error for the whole-file signature. So I also tried Odin and it was failing.
Is it possible to get another OS and flash the entire think to start from scratch or no.
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Just use kies to restore to stock :good:
If it fails then download your whole firmware and flash via odin .
See this thread
http://forum.xda-developers.com/grand-prime/general/att-samsung-galaxy-prime-sm-g530a-links-t3283066

[GUIDE] Root Android 12/OOS12 (T-Mobile)

Requires Bootloader to be unlocked (Tutorial for unlocking T-Mobile bootloader)
INSTRUCTIONS
- Download the latest Magisk.zip from github, it will be an apk file. Rename it to a ".zip" file. (link below)
- Download attached recovery.img and boot into it using fastboot on a PC. (command below)
- Once booted into recovery choose "Apply Update" then "Apply from ADB"
- In adb on your PC, push the magisk.zip with the command "adb sideload Magisk-vXXX.zip" Make sure the magisk zip file is in your fastboot folder if you don't have fastboot system-wide.
- It will give signature verification error on your phone, choose "INSTALL ANYWAY"
- Reboot to system and install the Magisk Manager app. Choose install at the top, select direct install, and allow the app to install and reboot.
To flash recovery
Code:
fastboot boot recovery recovery.img
DOWNLOADS
- Latest Magisk
- Recovery.img

Awesome easy as can be, worked great. Thank you!

Does it need unlocked bootloader?

remialfa said:
Does it need unlocked bootloader?
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Yes sir

So simple & fast... no fussy boot.img patching with specific Magisk versions, etc!
How will you install updates?
Thanx

mobile_sensei said:
So simple & fast... no fussy boot.img patching with specific Magisk versions, etc!
How will you install updates?
Thanx
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Can we update magisk from the magisk app?

TeamHackura said:
Can we update magisk from the magisk app?
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Yes my friend working like a charm

FoxyDrew said:
Yes my friend working like a charm
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Excellent! Thank you.
For others when installing oos update; disable magical modules, install oos update, before restarting install Magisk to both slots using the app, reboot, enable modules if any.

Using tmobile oneplus 8 unlocked bootloader
Can you break this down a bit more? So I'm on a mac I downloaded both files. Typed the command into the terminal and get disk image is corrupted

Rms44 said:
Using tmobile oneplus 8 unlocked bootloader
Can you break this down a bit more? So I'm on a mac I downloaded both files. Typed the command into the terminal and get disk image is corrupted
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No experience with fastboot on mac, but try to re-download the image.

FoxyDrew said:
No experience with fastboot on mac, but try to re-download the image.
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it worked thank you

I'm stuck on the part where you have to side load the magisk file in recovery. When i do the command i get his error
adb: failed to read package block: Is a directory

Rms44 said:
I'm stuck on the part where you have to side load the magisk file in recovery. When i do the command i get his error
adb: failed to read package block: Is a directory
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Are you sideloading the zip, or maybe when you downloaded the magisk zip, your Mac automatically unzipped it so you now have a directory.
I haven't used this root method, but I use Macs once in a while, and that's one of my annoyances with one of the Macs I use.

trinidude4 said:
Are you sideloading the zip, or maybe when you downloaded the magisk zip, your Mac automatically unzipped it so you now have a directory.
I haven't used this root method, but I use Macs once in a while, and that's one of my annoyances with one of the Macs I use.
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What would I do to remove the directory just delete the file ?

Rms44 said:
What would I do to remove the directory just delete the file ?
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You have to just make sure you have the magisk zip file instead of an unzipped version. Next time I'm working on a mac, I can play around to see if I can replicate your problem.

Rms44 said:
What would I do to remove the directory just delete the file ?
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I finally had some time to try this out on a Mac and everything worked out for me. I couldn't get the same error message you were getting. I did use Magisk v22 though. The only thing you'll have to do is rename the .apk to .zip.

Hey there, bro. seems like the Recovery link is down, please help me out

aperisimo said:
Hey there, bro. seems like the Recovery link is down, please help me out
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Nvm i extracted recovey.img from the crdroid rom myself. hope it works

Thank you.
Works on OnePlus 8 India.
Since the recovery link in OP is deleted, I extracted the latest one myself.
Here's the recovery from crDroidAndroid-11.0-20210517-instantnoodle-v7.6

This didn't work for me, I got this error after running sideload. Any idea how to resolve this?
"E: Failed to find update binary META-INF /com/google/android/update-binary"