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Guys please dont flame me i am having a pannic attack and cant think strait. i rooted and flashed twrp with moto g5 plus tool kit, then later used ex kernel, then got update ota notioce...i knew it wouldnt work but was suprised it downloaded and propt to restart..so i did thinking it would say no you cant.. instead stuck in twrp like there is no os! please help. I dont know how to reflash the stock os, my backup didnt work when i restored it, and besides that after trying to restore i ended up wipin g and formatu=ing data and looso=ing it now anyway. i am shaking help please
I have just tried to flash lineage zip and it said succesful but when rebooting it goes strait back to twrp, have i lost my boot img ? what can i possiblu do, i am concerned if i download the 1.6 gig stock rom file from g5 plus kits "factory rom kit" it wont be the propper rom for my region "australia" or wont even have a modem..what can i do.. god why dont i stillhave any xanax
when trying to flash stock rom with toolkit the log says bootloader slot suffix not found and bad key
So i finally drank enough scotch to calm down, and realized the "errors" were not actually preventing the stock rom from flashing... and i now have not only a working rom but a baseband..so my reccomendation goes out to anyone panicked to just flash the downloaded stock rom found in the links of the moto g5 plus toolkit
Never,take otas with custom recovery , the solution is flash whole rom
djzero86 said:
Never,take otas with custom recovery , the solution is flash whole rom
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Yes.. I truly thought there would be a "wah wah wah" notice being rooted.. But it went straight in to it. Just didn't know where any stock rocks were and wasn't prepared.. And ended in a hyperventilating mess. At least I now have the files
Every day we learn something new, brick this phone is very difficult, all we need is the correct files and some of magic and come back to life ,?
Cheers..
Excuse my bad english...
djzero86 said:
Every day we learn something new, brick this phone is very difficult, all we need is the correct files and some of magic and come back to life ,?
Cheers..
Excuse my bad english...
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true! My last phone I felt secure and that it was completely unbrickable all because I had all the necessary rescue files and backups. And I had learned from every previous disaster. Thank you for your kind words friend.
Can't get fastboot to recognize device
So I'm kind of in the same boat as you were. I unlocked the bootlader and rooted the phone before giving it to my wife. During that whole process, fastboot had no problems recognizing the phone (obviously). Then my wife tried to update via the OTA which got her stuck in TWRP. I'd like to reflash the stock ROM, but the problem I have is that TWRP won't just flash the zip file ("invalid zip file format"), and I can't use fastboot to do commands line by line since "fastboot devices" doesn't show my phone anymore. I was able to get her going on a custom ROM for now, but I'd like to put her back on the stock ROM so we won't encounter this problem again. I've reinstalled the Motorola driver several times, but no luck. ADB has no problems recognizing the phone when in TWRP recovery. One thing that happened recently was a big update to Windows 10, but I'm not sure if that is the reason for my fastboot issues.
Any advice would be appreciated.
Just a follow up, I tried uninstalling/reinstalling the Motorola driver and ADB on the original computer, but for some reason it still won't "see" the phone in fastboot. I was able to install ADB/Fastboot and the Motorola driver on a separate computer (also Windows 10) to get fastboot to recognize the phone so I could issue commands to reinstall the stock firmware. I noticed, though, that the following commands FAILED when I entered them:
fastboot erase customize
fastboot erase clogo
I'm not sure what those were for, but the phone seems to be working fine on the stock firmware now.
Alright so I apologize in advance if this thread has been posted a million times and believe me, I've spent the last 4-5 days combing through to make sure I could get every detail of this process done correctly. So I'm not just blindly asking for instructions on how to root my phone. Apologies also if I posted this in the wrong place.
For starters, I'm using Moto G4 Plus XT1641 6.0.1 Build Number MPJ24.139-23.3. My carrier is Koodo in Canada (unsure if that's important but I'll need to being it up again for another point). The files I downloaded were from a youtube tutorial and this includes ADB program, TWRP img 3.0.2.0, supersu zip 2.46 and Motorola Drivers 2.5.4, SOME of which I think may have been outdated versions.
So Saturday night I tried to root my phone with those files. I followed some more guides, I unlocked my bootloader and I think I mostly did everything right except for getting the right supersu version as I've seen up to version 2.82. I think this may have been my first mistake but maybe someone correct me if I'm wrong? My other mistake was not making a backup in TWRP. I'd read about possible wifi problems after rooting so I grabbed the elemental package and possibly even flashed that wrong. I can't even remember the steps of what I did but I'm sure it was all wrong.
Main point, after all that I didn't have ccell service, wifi, etc. The common problems that arise when you do it wrong. I ended up just taking my phone in and getting a new phone. Exact same one, same model. And this brings me to where I am now. I've downloaded some new files and I want to make sure that I've got everything right as to avoid misunderstanding some key parts to the process.
Minimal ADB and Fastboot 1.4.2, twrp-3.1.1-0-athene.img, SuperSU-v2.82-201705271822, Motorola Drivers 2.5.4, and lastly XT1641_ATHENE-TELUS_MPJ24.139-23.3_cid50_subsidy-TELUS_CFC.xml. Notice how that last one says Telus? It's the parent company of Koodo so I'm hoping I can use that as a failsafe.
I think I've covered all the key points so to sum up:
1. Did I use the wrong supersu zip version and could that be a reason why I had no wifi/cell service? Is that also possible because I may have flashed the wrong carrier athene file?
2. Are the files I have downloaded now the correct ones I need and up to date?
3. I'm following this guide. With the files I have downloaded, is it still a correct step by step process? Are there other guides that work better?(thats not a knock on the original guide I'm refering to). https://forum.xda-developers.com/moto-g4-plus/how-to/root-systemless-rooting-supersu-2-74-2-t3405772
I think I've got the right know how and tools to root my phone but I'm just nervous of doing what I did before again and would like some reassurance that I'm doing it right. I've just come from jailbreaks, the world of root is much different. I appreciate any help or tips you guys can throw me!
Hmm, that's odd how you lost radio signal when you rooted, did you obtain radio signal back after you unrooted?
A few things I noted:
1)You may wish to update your device to a newer build, you might get an OTA inviting you to update to MPJ24-139-63 (or 139-64), which was the latest Marshmallow build. Once you've rooted, you will not be able to install OTA updates until you have unrooted and restored the stock recovery (from the same build as you currently have). If you get an OTA notification for any build beginning with NPJ, that's for Nougat.
2)If you plan to stay on Marshmallow, you don't need the ElementalX kernel - a custom kernel like ElementalX is compulsory on Nougat, whereas Marshmallow is not as strict with regards to rooting.
3) I hope the carrier ROM is okay, though from other reports, flashing the incorrect ROM can corrupt device partitions, leaving with no IMEI/no service/no FP. We have possible ways of repairing that though.
The tools you've downloaded seem to be okay and Bender's guide is still okay - even though the tools they've used are out of date - so the general procedure would be (up to you if you've updated MM at this point):
Install adb on your computer.
Boot your device to the bootloader.
Flash TWRP 3.1.1 athene (either the offficial TWRP or an unofficial build from shreps or oadam11) as directed.
Reboot to recovery (to make sure the recovery sticks).
Back up all partitions on your device, make the name descriptive.
Make another backup of the boot partition - this contains your stock kernel, useful for switching root manager.
Once the backups have been made, flash SuperSU v2.82.
Wipe cache/Dalvik
Reboot.
echo92 said:
Hmm, that's odd how you lost radio signal when you rooted, did you obtain radio signal back after you unrooted?
A few things I noted:
1)You may wish to update your device to a newer build, you might get an OTA inviting you to update to MPJ24-139-63 (or 139-64), which was the latest Marshmallow build. Once you've rooted, you will not be able to install OTA updates until you have unrooted and restored the stock recovery (from the same build as you currently have). If you get an OTA notification for any build beginning with NPJ, that's for Nougat.
2)If you plan to stay on Marshmallow, you don't need the ElementalX kernel - a custom kernel like ElementalX is compulsory on Nougat, whereas Marshmallow is not as strict with regards to rooting.
3) I hope the carrier ROM is okay, though from other reports, flashing the incorrect ROM can corrupt device partitions, leaving with no IMEI/no service/no FP. We have possible ways of repairing that though.
The tools you've downloaded seem to be okay and Bender's guide is still okay - even though the tools they've used are out of date - so the general procedure would be (up to you if you've updated MM at this point):
Install adb on your computer.
Boot your device to the bootloader.
Flash TWRP 3.1.1 athene (either the offficial TWRP or an unofficial build from shreps or oadam11) as directed.
Reboot to recovery (to make sure the recovery sticks).
Back up all partitions on your device, make the name descriptive.
Make another backup of the boot partition - this contains your stock kernel, useful for switching root manager.
Once the backups have been made, flash SuperSU v2.82.
Wipe cache/Dalvik
Reboot.
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Thanks for the reply, it helps me feel a little more confident in what I'm doing. I didn't get my cell service back as I just took my phone into Koodo and they just gave me a new one. A few questions.
Are there some clear guides on how to recover from lost wifi and cell service? I've seen a few but it appears they all have different directions so as a newcomer to Android it does seems a bit confusing to what the right way to do it is. I'm also hoping someone can chime in on the Telus carrier IMG file as that seems to be my backup in case anything goes terribly wrong again. I'd hate to have to bring my phone back again a second time. Also, is it an easy process to make a backup of the kernel in TWRP? I've figured out how to make a backup of the normal partition, just hoping backing up the kernel is just as easy.
I think I'm near ready to take the root plunge in the coming days. It's good to see such a strong community here. Totally different from the jailbreak scene.
lemonlimejones said:
Thanks for the reply, it helps me feel a little more confident in what I'm doing. I didn't get my cell service back as I just took my phone into Koodo and they just gave me a new one. A few questions.
Are there some clear guides on how to recover from lost wifi and cell service? I've seen a few but it appears they all have different directions so as a newcomer to Android it does seems a bit confusing to what the right way to do it is. I'm also hoping someone can chime in on the Telus carrier IMG file as that seems to be my backup in case anything goes terribly wrong again. I'd hate to have to bring my phone back again a second time. Also, is it an easy process to make a backup of the kernel in TWRP? I've figured out how to make a backup of the normal partition, just hoping backing up the kernel is just as easy.
I think I'm near ready to take the root plunge in the coming days. It's good to see such a strong community here. Totally different from the jailbreak scene.
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Hmm, I'm not aware of any guides specifically dealing with lost Wi-Fi and lost mobile signal. There are a few posts where we've had some success in getting radios back, but it involves either hex editing https://forum.xda-developers.com/showpost.php?p=72340548&postcount=98 or flashing hw, modem or fsg partitions from a working device (in this case, XT1641) The instances I've seen of lost Wi-Fi/mobile signal appear to have occurred during a stock ROM fastboot flash, but hoping someone can chime in as to whether it was just flashing the wrong region firmware or something else.
If you want to back up your kernel in TWRP:
Boot to TWRP
Tap 'Backup' on the main menu
Select only the 'boot' partition - this is the partition that contains your kernel (should be stock and clean if you've not rooted).
Rename the file to remind you it's your kernel.
Swipe to back up.
If you need to revert to this kernel, unroot first (depending on your root manager, you may have to boot and then unroot. I recall SuperSU unroots via the SuperSU app settings), then boot to TWRP.
Tap 'Restore' on the main menu
Navigate to your boot backup
Flash your boot backup
You should now have a clean stock kernel, so if you wish to switch root managers, you should be able to obtain root with your new root manager. We want a clean kernel (no modifications made) since uninstalling the old root may leave traces of root on your existing kernel, and thus may cause issues if you re-root with a different manager.
Good luck in rooting
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Hmm, I'm not aware of any guides specifically dealing with lost Wi-Fi and lost mobile signal. There are a few posts where we've had some success in getting radios back, but it involves either hex editing https://forum.xda-developers.com/showpost.php?p=72340548&postcount=98 or flashing hw, modem or fsg partitions from a working device (in this case, XT1641) The instances I've seen of lost Wi-Fi/mobile signal appear to have occurred during a stock ROM fastboot flash, but hoping someone can chime in as to whether it was just flashing the wrong region firmware or something else.
If you want to back up your kernel in TWRP:
Boot to TWRP
Tap 'Backup' on the main menu
Select only the 'boot' partition - this is the partition that contains your kernel (should be stock and clean if you've not rooted).
Rename the file to remind you it's your kernel.
Swipe to back up.
If you need to revert to this kernel, unroot first (depending on your root manager, you may have to boot and then unroot. I recall SuperSU unroots via the SuperSU app settings), then boot to TWRP.
Tap 'Restore' on the main menu
Navigate to your boot backup
Flash your boot backup
You should now have a clean stock kernel, so if you wish to switch root managers, you should be able to obtain root with your new root manager. We want a clean kernel (no modifications made) since uninstalling the old root may leave traces of root on your existing kernel, and thus may cause issues if you re-root with a different manager.
Good luck in rooting
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That's perfect thank you so much. Am I right to assume that if I get into a jam then I can just restore/reflash my backups and I'll be back to normal?
To be safe, flash the ElementalX kernel before rooting.
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To be safe, flash the ElementalX kernel before rooting.
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See this is where I get confused, the guy above you said ElementalX isn't needed on Marshmallow but you say i should use it anyway? I've seen a few differing opinions on what should and shouldn't be done, just not sure which one is the right answer.
lemonlimejones said:
See this is where I get confused, the guy above you said ElementalX isn't needed on Marshmallow but you say i should use it anyway? I've seen a few differing opinions on what should and shouldn't be done, just not sure which one is the right answer.
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ElementalX v0.07 is not required on Marshmallow (provided you are planning on staying on 6.0.1), you can root the stock ROM kernel. You may wish to flash the ElementalX kernel anyway as this custom kernel gives you more control and tuning options compared to the stock kernel. On stock Nougat, because the anti-rooting kernel security is much stricter and enforced (whereas on Marshmallow I don't think it's enforced), then you need ElementalX or vegito or a custom kernel to bypass the security, by in effect replacing the stock secure kernel with a kernel that doesn't have those restrictions. Without replacing the stock kernel on stock Nougat systems, you can run into a bootloop.
As an MM kernel as mentioned before has weaker security regarding rooting, it's up to you if you choose to root the stock kernel or ElementalX.
I've rooted MM (MPJ24.139-63) in the past with SuperSU (v2.79) and only used TWRP and SuperSU.
In response to your other post, the backups should get you out of a jam, since what you're doing should only affect the partitions you've backed up previously (they in theory shouldn't go anywhere near your modem, bootloader or critical firmware). Bear in mind that the TWRP backup if restored in full will revert your messages and data to that backup. You may wish to use Titanium Backup or other tools to take occasional snapshots of your apps data that you can restore should you have to roll back.
lemonlimejones said:
See this is where I get confused, the guy above you said ElementalX isn't needed on Marshmallow but you say i should use it anyway? I've seen a few differing opinions on what should and shouldn't be done, just not sure which one is the right answer.
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If you're on Nougat, then you should use ElementalX. If you're on Marshmallow, you don't need it.
echo92 said:
ElementalX v0.07 is not required on Marshmallow (provided you are planning on staying on 6.0.1), you can root the stock ROM kernel. You may wish to flash the ElementalX kernel anyway as this custom kernel gives you more control and tuning options compared to the stock kernel. On stock Nougat, because the anti-rooting kernel security is much stricter and enforced (whereas on Marshmallow I don't think it's enforced), then you need ElementalX or vegito or a custom kernel to bypass the security, by in effect replacing the stock secure kernel with a kernel that doesn't have those restrictions. Without replacing the stock kernel on stock Nougat systems, you can run into a bootloop.
As an MM kernel as mentioned before has weaker security regarding rooting, it's up to you if you choose to root the stock kernel or ElementalX.
I've rooted MM (MPJ24.139-63) in the past with SuperSU (v2.79) and only used TWRP and SuperSU.
In response to your other post, the backups should get you out of a jam, since what you're doing should only affect the partitions you've backed up previously (they in theory shouldn't go anywhere near your modem, bootloader or critical firmware). Bear in mind that the TWRP backup if restored in full will revert your messages and data to that backup. You may wish to use Titanium Backup or other tools to take occasional snapshots of your apps data that you can restore should you have to roll back.
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Right on, I think I feel comfortable with this now! One more question though, with newer versions of SuperSU is it still necessary to make the command echo systemless=true or was that mostly for older versions? Also if that part is needed, should I run SuperSU from the data folder in TWRP?
lemonlimejones said:
Right on, I think I feel comfortable with this now! One more question though, with newer versions of SuperSU is it still necessary to make the command echo systemless=true or was that mostly for older versions? Also if that part is needed, should I run SuperSU from the data folder in TWRP?
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The 'echo systemless=true', as I understand it, isn't required on SuperSU 2.79 or newer, so if you're flashing 2.82, you should be able to flash as is without having to run the command too Also makes uninstalling easier!
Like many people who have lost IMEI after flashing Oreo ROM and reverting to stock, I too have run into the same issue. I've managed to get my IMEI back and now have a working EFS backup. I've also got my VoLTE fixed using the VoLTE fix thread.
The problem I'm running into now is that the OTA updates from motorola keep breaking my IMEI. So every time I install an OTA, my IMEI becomes 0 afterwards. I then have to install TWRP and restore my EFS+persist backup to get my IMEI back. But this essentially prevents me from installing the next OTA update.
Has anyone found a way to install the OTA update without losing IMEI? Any help would be much appreciated!
I've thought of possible solution but I'm not sure if it will work. If someone could tell me if this will work, that would be great!
1. Using Partition Backup app from playstore, backup Modem, Modemst1, Modemst2 and persist on working stock ROM
2. Do a fresh install of stock ROM via fastboot and install OTA
3. Use Magisk to patch boot image and flash the image from fastboot
4. Re install Partition Backup from playstore, grant root access and restore the partition backup to get IMEI back?
This way you can restore the stock boot image and install next OTA all without installing and decrypting your storage with twrp.
PLEASE
please share the EFS folder:good::good:
Another users EFS paritition won't help you and sharing is not allowed on XDA, this has been addressed multiple times since there are over a dozen threads about the the same damn thing.
THE REAL FIX:
Accept that you made a mistake cause you didn't keep a secure backup of your original firmware, and let it be a learning experience in the future. Some users are in worst situations following some of these half-cocked fixes.
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Another users EFS paritition won't help you and sharing is not allowed on XDA, this has been addressed multiple times since there are over a dozen threads about the the same damn thing.
THE REAL FIX:
Accept that you made a mistake cause you didn't keep a secure backup of your original firmware, and let it be a learning experience in the future. Some users are in worst situations following some of these half-cocked fixes.
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No....we did not make mistakes actually. Many things have been borked by Oreo development, I did nothing to lose my Imei other than flash 64bit Roms, keeping a secure backup of stock firmware would not restore your imei, if so, so would flashing via fastboot your original stock firmware.
Ok so I've been analyzing the app "Partition Backup" on the play store and it seems that you can also flash your backed up partition through fastboot. So if you back up those partitions, you can restore them through fastboot even without the app (As long as you backup the partition in the .img format). I haven't tried any of this yet so I'm not sure if it will work.
smartish123 said:
Ok so I've been analyzing the app "Partition Backup" on the play store and it seems that you can also flash your backed up partition through fastboot. So if you back up those partitions, you can restore them through fastboot even without the app (As long as you backup the partition in the .img format). I haven't tried any of this yet so I'm not sure if it will work.
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Best way to back up partitions is to use ADB
Code:
ls -al /dev/block/platform/soc/7824900.sdhci/by-name
which will give you a list of all partitions by name and their starting addresses. Then ADB shell and dd command, for instance for persist
Code:
dd if=/dev/block/mmcblk0p30 of=/external_sd/persist.img
This backs up that partition to your external sd card. To restore/write it
Code:
dd if=/external_sd/persist.img of=/dev/block/mmcblk0p30
Of course you would do this for each partition you want to back up.
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Best way to back up partitions is to use ADB
Code:
ls -al /dev/block/platform/soc/7824900.sdhci/by-name
which will give you a list of all partitions by name and their starting addresses. Then ADB shell and dd command, for instance for persist
Code:
dd if=/dev/block/mmcblk0p30 of=/external_sd/persist.img
This backs up that partition to your external sd card. To restore/write it
Code:
dd if=/external_sd/persist.img of=/dev/block/mmcblk0p30
Of course you would do this for each partition you want to back up.
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Do you need to have root installed to run those commands through adb? What I'm planning on doing is to unroot my device and go to pure stock. I want to be able to restore my modem partitions when I install an OTA (which will probably break my IMEI).
UPDATE
I tried flashing the backed up image of modemst1 i got from the app through fastboot. It failed saying "flash permission denied"
Code:
(bootloader) slot-count: not found
(bootloader) slot-suffixes: not found
(bootloader) slot-suffixes: not found
(bootloader) has-slot:modemst1: not found
target reported max download size of 536870912 bytes
sending 'modemst1' (2048 KB)...
OKAY [ 0.076s]
writing 'modemst1'...
(bootloader) flash permission denied
FAILED (remote failure)
finished. total time: 0.101s
How to get back imie...??? Please help
madhu kumaraaa said:
How to get back imie...??? Please help
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Try this thread
https://forum.xda-developers.com/g5-plus/help/restore-imei-0-moto-g5-xt1687-t3739808
Try this.
1-Pixel Experience workaround (Flash PE, don't turn on wifi, get to home screen, reboot to bootloader, run fastboot erase modemst1 and fastboot modemst2, let phone reboot, confirm network.)
2-Lock Bootloader (If the last OTA you got was 9x-8 you're in a tight spot til firmware is available. If it was -4, you're good.)
3-Flash Full Firmware (but not fastboot erase modemst1 and modemst1. Keep as-is)
4-Install and Flash OTA
I can make absolutely no promises it will work for you. But I was dealing with IMEI 0, and now my bootloader is locked, on Stock, OTA installed with IMEI. I've had the phone return IMEI 0 after OTA updates before this. I can't confirm LTE/voLTE connectivity, not much data in the first place cause I don't need it.
If it doesn't work. Try again but do this first. I dunno if it's redundant or not. I can't test further and I'm leaving this phone alone now.
--When I was messing with my phone while doing this. I ****ed up the first time and only did 1- and 3-. I ran the above steps after phone as on the home screen and not enabling wifi
For reference. I don't have an EFS backup and I never messed with persist.
Randumb_User said:
Try this.
1-Pixel Experience workaround (Flash PE, don't turn on wifi, get to home screen, reboot to bootloader, run fastboot erase modemst1 and fastboot modemst2, let phone reboot, confirm network.)
2-Lock Bootloader (If the last OTA you got was 9x-8 you're in a tight spot til firmware is available. If it was -4, you're good.)
3-Flash Full Firmware (but not fastboot erase modemst1 and modemst1. Keep as-is)
4-Install and Flash OTA
I can make absolutely no promises it will work for you. But I was dealing with IMEI 0, and now my bootloader is locked, on Stock, OTA installed with IMEI. I've had the phone return IMEI 0 after OTA updates before this. I can't confirm LTE/voLTE connectivity, not much data in the first place cause I don't need it.
If it doesn't work. Try again but do this first. I dunno if it's redundant or not. I can't test further and I'm leaving this phone alone now.
--When I was messing with my phone while doing this. I ****ed up the first time and only did 1- and 3-. I ran the above steps after phone as on the home screen and not enabling wifi
For reference. I don't have an EFS backup and I never messed with persist.
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So just to clarify (I understand that this may not work for me):
After following the above steps, you were able to have a working IMEI and you were able to install an OTA update without having your IMEI go to 0 correct?
Also on step 4, when you say "Install and Flash OTA" do you mean you proceed to install the OTA normally (as in you click the install button in Stock and your phone reboots and installs it)?
smartish123 said:
So just to clarify (I understand that this may not work for me):
After following the above steps, you were able to have a working IMEI and you were able to install an OTA update without having your IMEI go to 0 correct?
Also on step 4, when you say "Install and Flash OTA" do you mean you proceed to install the OTA normally (as in you click the install button in Stock and your phone reboots and installs it)?
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Correct and correct, I'm a ****show when it comes to explaining things.
I'm still not sure what's gonna happen after a factory reset. The reluctance is overwhelming.
Did anyone else have any luck?
If anyone manages to get thier IMEI at any point I'd suggest Unlocking/TWRP to make an EFS backup. First thing I did after rooting again. Then I got stuck on the logo, had to flash 93-4 and....IMEI 0. EFS backup worked proper and restored it just fine. I could wipe data in TWRP without losing IMEI.
Gonna avoid custom ROMs. Stick with Stock+ElementalX+Magisk.
What a fun device....
Here's some probable good news: https://www.xda-developers.com/google-require-oem-regular-security-patches/
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Did anyone else have any luck?
If anyone manages to get thier IMEI at any point I'd suggest Unlocking/TWRP to make an EFS backup. First thing I did after rooting again. Then I got stuck on the logo, had to flash 93-4 and....IMEI 0. EFS backup worked proper and restored it just fine. I could wipe data in TWRP without losing IMEI.
Gonna avoid custom ROMs. Stick with Stock+ElementalX+Magisk.
What a fun device....
Here's some probable good news: https://www.xda-developers.com/google-require-oem-regular-security-patches/
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Yea as of now, no one has been able to figure out how to apply OTA without losing imei. However someone has managed to figure out how to apply an OTA using the firmware files without losing imei.
https://forum.xda-developers.com/g5-plus/help/restore-imei-0-moto-g5-xt1687-t3739808/post76468866
The only drawback with this method is that you need have the firmware zip of the OTA.
smartish123 said:
Yea as of now, no one has been able to figure out how to apply OTA without losing imei. However someone has managed to figure out how to apply an OTA using the firmware files without losing imei.
https://forum.xda-developers.com/g5-plus/help/restore-imei-0-moto-g5-xt1687-t3739808/post76468866
The only drawback with this method is that you need have the firmware zip of the OTA.
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I have used OTA to update to 93-8 and the other day 93-10 (For XT1687 retus) without losing IMEI, it's an anomaly to me. Prior to that I was dealing with the same OTA updates reverting back to IMEI 0. I'm not trying to gloat or anything, I've been hoping at least one person managed the same outcome. It's a really $h!t situation for a lot of people.
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I have used OTA to update to 93-8 and the other day 93-10 (For XT1687 retus) without losing IMEI, it's an anomaly to me. Prior to that I was dealing with the same OTA updates reverting back to IMEI 0. I'm not trying to gloat or anything, I've been hoping at least one person managed the same outcome. It's a really $h!t situation for a lot of people.
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What sucks so much is how random things are with this device. For example, a month ago I fastbooted one of the firmwares and my imei was there(was 0 before flashing). After that flashing an Oreo rom, my imei was 0. Going back and repeating the process, flashing same firmware, imei 0 still?????. So damn random. If only we had a safe way to manually insert our imei. Let's just hope the problems do not multiply when we get 32bit official Oreo .
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What sucks so much is how random things are with this device. For example, a month ago I fastbooted one of the firmwares and my imei was there(was 0 before flashing). After that flashing an Oreo rom, my imei was 0. Going back and repeating the process, flashing same firmware, imei 0 still?????. So damn random. If only we had a safe way to manually insert our imei. Let's just hope the problems do not multiply when we get 32bit official Oreo .
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I've been doing a lot of thinking and I came up with this idea on how to install OTA safely without losing imei.
Essentially, the main goal is to be able to install the OTA and then restore a backup of your modemst1 and modemst2 partitions. You need to be able to do this without installing TWRP, since it will decrypt your data partition. The only way I can think of doing this is through backing up and restoring your modemst1 and modemst2 partitions through ADB, which unfortunately requires root. Using some logic, we can see that in order to do this you need to preserve root without installing it through TWRP. I'm proposing that if you can use magisk manager (the apk one) and use it create a patched boot.img (which can be obtained via any firmware zip) with root access , you can flash this patched boot.img in fastboot and obtain root access WITHOUT having to use TWRP. So whenever you install an OTA, you can restore the original boot.img through fastboot, install the OTA, restore patched boot.img, and use root access to restore modemst1 and modemst2 backups via ADB.
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I came up with a better idea. It seems it is possible to boot into twrp without having to flash it on your phone via
fastboot boot twrp.img
If this works, you can restore an EFS backup everytime you install an OTA since your stock recovery remains intact.
I haven't tried any of this yet. It would be amazing if you guys could give me your opinions about this. I'd be happy to clarify any of this for you guys.
My G5 Plus was stolen and it's now someone's problem other than mine. Good luck to them. I've inherited a OnePlus X.
Farewell folks.
smartish123 said:
UPDATE
I came up with a better idea. It seems it is possible to boot into twrp without having to flash it on your phone via
fastboot boot twrp.img
If this works, you can restore an EFS backup everytime you install an OTA since your stock recovery remains intact.
I haven't tried any of this yet. It would be amazing if you guys could give me your opinions about this. I'd be happy to clarify any of this for you guys.
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This doesn't work, I just tried it. You can of course restore EFS this way but the next OTA will not work, you get the "Error!" message.
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This doesn't work, I just tried it. You can of course restore EFS this way but the next OTA will not work, you get the "Error!" message.
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Drat. This means that whatever efs we are using to recover our imei is tampered. I don't know how to fix that.
I am not responsible for your bricked phone or pigeon poo on your toupe. Do at your own risk.
Many thanks to @SupahCookie for idea and motivation!
INTENTIONALLY DOES --NOT-- LOCK BOOTLOADER!!!
Get factory images here:
https://forum.xda-developers.com/mo...ock-images-t3736767/post75236696#post75236696
THIS GUIDE IS FOR FACTORY/STOCK ROMs - NOT YOUR AVERAGE CUSTOM ROM which may not have bootloaders!!! (thanks!!!!! @echo92 )
FIX:
IF YOU ARE ABLE TO GET TO FASTBOOT THIS SHOULD WORK.
IF YOU HAVE 8.x bootloaders AND ARE DOWNGRADING TO 7, use "Alternative to RSDlite" below.
1 boot to win - 7 or 10 works fine.
2 boot phone to fastboot, and connect phone to computer.
3 start RSDlite
pick a ROM. I believe I used a 7.1.1 rom
3Nov9-ADDISON_NPNS26.118-22-2-8_cid50_subsidy-DEFAULT_regulatory-DEFAULT_CFC.xml.zip
RSDlite installed it and fixed the problem.
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I was then able to use RSDlite to install @rafikowy 's signed 8.0 . - going up from 7 to 8.
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If you are on 8.x bootloaders and want to go to 7.x bootloaders, use this (RSDlite throws an error and stops):
ALTERNATIVE TO RSDlite:
1 I used 7zip to extract that 7.1.1 zip (or any ROM zip) into a folder x,
2 add all the adb and fastboot junk to folder x,
3 add the attached file (rename it to flash.bat) to folder x.
4 boot phone to fastboot and connect to computer.
5 click on flash.bat - it throws a lot of "slot" errors but works just fine.
6 reboot your phone if it hasn't already and go through the 7.x install stuffs.
7 you will not show an IMEI if you are coming from an 8.x bootloader. However, it IS there.
NOTE: you may need to add a line to the flash.bat if there are more/less sparsechunk's in your FACTORY/STOCK ROM...
THIS IS NOT FOR CUSTOM ROMs!!!!!!!
EDIT: 3-8-19: I just did this myself to go back very briefly to 7.1 - be sure you don't flash TWRP to it if your going to take OTAs - it will brick it. boot to TWRP if you need TWRP briefly: fastboot boot twrpimg.img
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If you can boot to fastboot screen, you can do anything.
Never OTA a ROM if you have modified recovery (TWRP, etc) or if magisk is present.
https://forum.xda-developers.com/mo...p-flashing-t3813498/post77011495#post77011495
I changed the attached file to add pause and reboot and exit to make it slightly more automated.
I have successfully used this many times going back and forth. If you can boot to fastboot screen, you can save your phone and flash anything you want.
You may wish to advise users that if they downgrade to Nougat not to use Nougat OTA updates. The reason being that a downgraded stock Oreo device may still have the Oreo bootloader on it. Thus, attempting to use Nougat OTA updates may hard brick their device (as the bootloader is likely corrupted, meaning no fastboot).
Users could either use the Feb 2018 NPN26.118-22-2-17 firmware from your link https://mirrors.lolinet.com/firmware/moto/addison/official/RETAIL/ as that was the last Nougat firmware (and thus no Nougat OTA updates) or avoid using OTA updates whilst downgraded.
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You may wish to advise users that if they downgrade to Nougat not to use Nougat OTA updates. The reason being that a downgraded stock Oreo device may still have the Oreo bootloader on it. Thus, attempting to use Nougat OTA updates may hard brick their device (as the bootloader is likely corrupted, meaning no fastboot).
Users could either use the Feb 2018 NPN26.118-22-2-17 firmware from your link https://mirrors.lolinet.com/firmware/moto/addison/official/RETAIL/ as that was the last Nougat firmware (and thus no Nougat OTA updates) or avoid using OTA updates whilst downgraded.
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Interesting. I used the above GUIDE to go up and down a number of times on my phone (about 20 total) , installing and running on both 7 and 8, and then went down to a Nov 7.1.1 and let it ota all the way up to 8.0 and that is what I am using now. I found that when i used a factory zip, and the above procedure, it corrected the bootloaders to the appropriate version that i was flashing - either RSDlite or the more manual path which ignores the errors worked for me.
Using the above procedure , you get the correct bootloaders, which are in the zip.
Please correct me if i am wrong!
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Interesting. I used the above GUIDE to go up and down a number of times on my phone (about 20 total) , installing and running on both 7 and 8, and then went down to a Nov 7.1.1 and let it ota all the way up to 8.0 and that is what I am using now. I found that when i used a factory zip, and the above procedure, it corrected the bootloaders to the appropriate version that i was flashing - either RSDlite or the more manual path which ignores the errors worked for me.
Using the above procedure , you get the correct bootloaders, which are in the zip.
Please correct me if i am wrong!
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That's intriguing - we saw previously on Z Play that users downgrading their stock firmware (e.g. https://forum.xda-developers.com/moto-z-play/help/hard-brick-moto-z-play-patch-abril-t3782927 )and then using OTA updates hard bricked their device (hence the number of users asking for a blankflash, as fastboot no longer works). I don't know if these users hard bricked by downgrading their firmware too far and then flashed an OTA radically different to their previous firmware, or whether it's a risk that's taken by any downgrading of firmware.
When you used fastboot, did you see any 'security downgrade errors' when you flashed the bootloader, and is your bootloader version now C180, as you've flashed the Oreo OTA?
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That's intriguing - we saw previously on Z Play that users downgrading their stock firmware (e.g. https://forum.xda-developers.com/moto-z-play/help/hard-brick-moto-z-play-patch-abril-t3782927 )and then using OTA updates hard bricked their device (hence the number of users asking for a blankflash, as fastboot no longer works). I don't know if these users hard bricked by downgrading their firmware too far and then flashed an OTA radically different to their previous firmware, or whether it's a risk that's taken by any downgrading of firmware.
When you used fastboot, did you see any 'security downgrade errors' when you flashed the bootloader, and is your bootloader version now C180, as you've flashed the Oreo OTA?
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YES - that's why I wrote these 3 guides - before, it was quite possible to wind up with a bootloader mix - esp depending on the zip you use! - factory/stock only!!!
I added a line to the guide saying that it is only intended to be used for the factory/stock zips as these have (I believe) the bootloaders appropriate to the ROM.
Many thanks for pursuing this! - I wonder if we'll have to exclude certain ROMs that are in the factory lists?????
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That's intriguing - we saw previously on Z Play that users downgrading their stock firmware (e.g. https://forum.xda-developers.com/moto-z-play/help/hard-brick-moto-z-play-patch-abril-t3782927 )and then using OTA updates hard bricked their device
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If you have TWRP (or I assume any custom recovery) present when you try to ota, it can download just fine and then reboot to the update. I had TWRP and wound up in a situation where my phone would only boot to twrp no matter what I flashed or restored. I booted phone to fastboot, RSDlite'ed that 11-09-17 factory zip and all was well. In that particular case I did not fully install 7.x but immediately RSDlite'ed rafikowy's 8.0 signed stock and went on with my testing. Since then I always boot to TWRP rather than intalling it and do my thing. (thanks @jceballos )
When you used fastboot, did you see any 'security downgrade errors' when you flashed the bootloader, and is your bootloader version now C180, as you've flashed the Oreo OTA?
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Sorry - since it throws a million errors I never look at it if it works.
The particular build I am on at the moment - is BL: C1.82
This one started from that Nov '17 build and ota'ed all the way to 8.0 Apr.
I root and unroot as needed per rafikowy's method but using a boot to TWRP - never an install TWRP.
I'll put up a new guide ref ota and recovery and brick.
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If you have TWRP (or I assume any custom recovery) present when you try to ota, it can download just fine and then reboot to the update. I had TWRP and wound up in a situation where my phone would only boot to twrp no matter what I flashed or restored. I booted phone to fastboot, RSDlite'ed that 11-09-17 factory zip and all was well. In that particular case I did not fully install 7.x but immediately RSDlite'ed rafikowy's 8.0 signed stock and went on with my testing. Since then I always boot to TWRP rather than intalling it and do my thing. (thanks @jceballos )
Sorry - since it throws a million errors I never look at it if it works.
The particular build I am on at the moment - is BL: C1.82
This one started from that Nov '17 build and ota'ed all the way to 8.0 Apr.
I root and unroot as needed per rafikowy's method but using a boot to TWRP - never an install TWRP.
I'll put up a new guide ref ota and recovery and brick.
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1) If you have TWRP, then using an OTA will fail - as you've not got stock recovery (and likely other modifications, including possibly a system partition set to read-write status). As you noted, having TWRP seems to cause a bootloop when rebooting - I'm not sure if the OTA sets a boot flag to stay in recovery until the update is completed. For the G4/Plus, there's a possible solution by wiping the misc partition but I don't know if there's a similar partition for Z Play devices: https://forum.xda-developers.com/moto-g4/help/troubleshooting-twrp-boot-loop-ota-t3714325
The only other solution I've seen is a clean flash of the stock ROM to get your device booting properly.
Booting to TWRP rather than flashing would mean your stock recovery is still present on your device. The only downside is if you need to make modifications, you'd need your computer to boot to TWRP.
2)BL C1.82 seems to be the bootloader provided by the Oreo April 2018 security patch update, so your device looks to be on the right bootloader. It's still curious that the Nov 2017 firmware worked whereas countless other 'factory' stock ROMs caused hard bricks when downgraded to and then OTA updates were installed.
As you mentioned, custom ROMs don't have bootloaders and thus don't care about your bootloader version usually (though I've seen some ROMs require a certain bootloader). However, stock ROMs and stock OTA updates do have bootloaders, which is why downgrading can be risky.
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1) If you have TWRP, then using an OTA will fail - as you've not got stock recovery (and likely other modifications, including possibly a system partition set to read-write status). As you noted, having TWRP seems to cause a bootloop when rebooting - I'm not sure if the OTA sets a boot flag to stay in recovery until the update is completed. For the G4/Plus, there's a possible solution by wiping the misc partition but I don't know if there's a similar partition for Z Play devices: https://forum.xda-developers.com/moto-g4/help/troubleshooting-twrp-boot-loop-ota-t3714325
The only other solution I've seen is a clean flash of the stock ROM to get your device booting properly.
Booting to TWRP rather than flashing would mean your stock recovery is still present on your device. The only downside is if you need to make modifications, you'd need your computer to boot to TWRP.
2)BL C1.82 seems to be the bootloader provided by the Oreo April 2018 security patch update, so your device looks to be on the right bootloader. It's still curious that the Nov 2017 firmware worked whereas countless other 'factory' stock ROMs caused hard bricks when downgraded to and then OTA updates were installed.
As you mentioned, custom ROMs don't have bootloaders and thus don't care about your bootloader version usually (though I've seen some ROMs require a certain bootloader). However, stock ROMs and stock OTA updates do have bootloaders, which is why downgrading can be risky.
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Downgrading is a piece of cake if you don't use RSDlite - it throws an error and stops. Using the bat file it can happily throw all the errors it wants and all I care is at the end I have what I want.
It does indeed change the entire environment when you bat file the zip contents. You can bat file to get from 8 to 7 and then use RSDlite to flash a different 7 OR 8 zip file. There is no resulting difference in whether you RSDlite it or bat file it - the bat file simply comes from the .xml file that is within the zip. There is very little or no difference between that among addison factory/stock zips. Other zips are different (custom ROMs.)
Grab any factory/stock zip for addison and expand it and you will see modems, bootloaders, indeed absolutely everything you would find on that phone if you went to a store and bought it. SupahCookie simply added a couple lock command lines because it was intended for folks who somehow thought that if phone was locked they could take it back to the store and get their money back. Or some such. I found that ATT folk didn't care if you were on CM or whatever if you just needed to swap SIMs or whatever.
I DON'T want to lock the phone as it prevents me from modifying forever. Oh yeah that reminds me I was going to post the obligatory guide (again) about how to flash a white boot logo so you don't get that message - it's still there LOL but since the font is in white, you can't see it.
I have a Moto Z2 Play and used this to get out of a rather sticky situation.. My IEMI shows 0 now and I'm curious if there's a way to fix this? Also, You say you've done OTA updates? My phone is telling my I have some, is it safe to try?
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I have a Moto Z2 Play and used this to get out of a rather sticky situation.. My IEMI shows 0 now and I'm curious if there's a way to fix this? Also, You say you've done OTA updates? My phone is telling my I have some, is it safe to try?
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Thanks for feedback and great on success.
IMEI will show zero if using oreo, It will show again if using N. Remember that if you go from O to N you need to use the "Alternative to RSD" as RSD will simply throw an error and stop.
If you have TWRP and/or Magisk you must get rid of them before ota - if twrp present you will soft brick and have to do alternative again - flash a stock recovery. Simply uninstalling/flash magisk will probably not be enough - it will likely d/l but error part way through update. If you are sitting on rafikowy's stock oreo, and haven't modified it, you should be fine. I know Apr and June are out there. I flashed his stock 8.0 and took June fine. Z2 should be no different though of course I can't guarantee it
If you have success, let us know what you have done so others looking in will know. Thanks!
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Thanks for feedback and great on success.
IMEI will show zero if using oreo, It will show again if using N. Remember that if you go from O to N you need to use the "Alternative to RSD" as RSD will simply throw an error and stop.
If you have TWRP and/or Magisk you must get rid of them before ota - if twrp present you will soft brick and have to do alternative again - flash a stock recovery. Simply uninstalling/flash magisk will probably not be enough - it will likely d/l but error part way through update. If you are sitting on rafikowy's stock oreo, and haven't modified it, you should be fine. I know Apr and June are out there. I flashed his stock 8.0 and took June fine. Z2 should be no different though of course I can't guarantee it
If you have success, let us know what you have done so others looking in will know. Thanks!
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I actually flashed to this: ALBUS_C_7.1.1_NPS26.118-24_cid50_subsidy-DEFAULT_regulatory-DEFAULT_CFC.xml.zip Which is a 7.1.1 variant and it is showing 0 when I check settings and when I dial *#06#. However upon connecting to the computer and running mfastboot getvar imei it returned a value. I only did the steps above which would mean I don't have TWRP or Magisk (when I fastboot and click recovery I get "no command")
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XT1710-01 Duel Sim Variant
I started your steps, only being able to access fastboot. The device would throw an error (I don't recall exactly but it ended up showing me them in the bootloader logs) whenever I tried to start it, or go to recovery. #DefinitelyThoughtItWasDead
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I actually flashed to this: ALBUS_C_7.1.1_NPS26.118-24_cid50_subsidy-DEFAULT_regulatory-DEFAULT_CFC.xml.zip Which is a 7.1.1 variant and it is showing 0 when I check settings and when I dial *#06#. However upon connecting to the computer and running mfastboot getvar imei it returned a value. I only did the steps above which would mean I don't have TWRP or Magisk (when I fastboot and click recovery I get "no command")
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XT1710-01 Duel Sim Variant
I started your steps, only being able to access fastboot. The device would throw an error (I don't recall exactly but it ended up showing me them in the bootloader logs) whenever I tried to start it, or go to recovery. #DefinitelyThoughtItWasDead
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What rom was on phone when you got it and what have you done to it? Has it ever run 8.x?
original country of phone?
The bat file will always throw a lot of slot errors.
https://mirrors.lolinet.com/firmware/moto/albus/official/RETUS/
or
https://mirrors.lolinet.com/firmware/moto/albus/official/RETAIL/
might have some stock ROMs of interest...
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What rom was on phone when you got it and what have you done to it? Has it ever run 8.x?
original country of phone?
The bat file will always throw a lot of slot errors.
might have some stock ROMs of interest...
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It had 7.1.1 stock. I rooted it, and then flashed Resurrection Remix (which was yes 8.1 I believe) and the upgraded bootloader. I then found out my service wouldn't work with that.. so I attempted to flash back to stock which gave me a flurry of issues.. eventually getting to nothing but fastboot working. Flashed back to working with your guide to 7.1.1
If it helps in in fastboot it tells me BL: C0.CD
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It had 7.1.1 stock. I rooted it, and then flashed Resurrection Remix (which was yes 8.1 I believe) and the upgraded bootloader. I then found out my service wouldn't work with that.. so I attempted to flash back to stock which gave me a flurry of issues.. eventually getting to nothing but fastboot working. Flashed back to working with your guide to 7.1.1
If it helps in in fastboot it tells me BL: C0.CD
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Custom ROMs won't usually update the bootloader (even if they are newer) as stock ROMs typically only have the bootloader firmware.
You could look into flashing the stock Oreo albus 8.0 ROM https://forum.xda-developers.com/z2-play/how-to/fastboot-rom-oreo-retail-via-fastboot-t3786153 or the 8.0 June 2018 firmware https://forum.xda-developers.com/z2-play/how-to/fastboot-rom-albusretail8-0-0opss27-76-t3822195 but please check that firmware has been released for your device variant.
I don't know if updating your baseband to stock Oreo formally may fix your IMEI issue.
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It had 7.1.1 stock. I rooted it, and then flashed Resurrection Remix (which was yes 8.1 I believe) and the upgraded bootloader. I then found out my service wouldn't work with that.. so I attempted to flash back to stock which gave me a flurry of issues.. eventually getting to nothing but fastboot working. Flashed back to working with your guide to 7.1.1
If it helps in in fastboot it tells me BL: C0.CD
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"BL: C0.CD" even right after flashing that albus 7.1.1 using "alternative" above?
What happens if you flash one of the oreo roms from the links I gave you above?
Yeah, RR wouldn't change bootloaders... so you upgraded bootloaders independendently?- that could easily lead to a soft brick... -
I read RR on Z2 and it says nothing about bootloaders even though it says 8.1 based, so i wonder if it needs 7.x bootloaders? I did not read entire thread...
In a reverse, I would wonder if you put an 8 on there if you wouldn't see your IMEI. (On the Z if you flash 8 You won't see the IMEI until you return to 7.)(wondering if z2 is reversed)
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"BL: C0.CD" even right after flashing that albus 7.1.1 using "alternative" above?
What happens if you flash one of the oreo roms from the links I gave you above?
Yeah, RR wouldn't change bootloaders... so you upgraded bootloaders independendently?- that could easily lead to a soft brick... -
I read RR on Z2 and it says nothing about bootloaders even though it says 8.1 based, so i wonder if it needs 7.x bootloaders? I did not read entire thread...
In a reverse, I would wonder if you put an 8 on there if you wouldn't see your IMEI. (On the Z if you flash 8 You won't see the IMEI until you return to 7.)(wondering if z2 is reversed)
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Yes, right after flashing that is the BL that fastboot is showing me. I don't recall updating the bootloader so to speak, however RR did require an updated variant of twrp which I flashed 3.2.2 I believe to get (unsure if that would have changed the bootloader or not). I also tried flashing a stock Oreo (which you've stated stock Roms usually only have the bootloaders so maybe somewhere during this process I updated it?). I wish I had all the notes for what I did to give more precise information, but I'm in a position where I really need my phone so I kinda just panicked and started flashing things when my service wouldn't work.
I'm highly considering trying to run an OTA (though very afraid of bricking). - On a side note though, it wouldn't even tell me I had OTA's until I did the steps in the original post here (doing the different 7.1.1. and 8.0 flashes, it wouldn't ever tell me I had updates, and now it does).
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Looks like I'm able to enter stock recovery, which makes me believe everything is stock at the moment.
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Yes, right after flashing that is the BL that fastboot is showing me. I don't recall updating the bootloader so to speak, however RR did require an updated variant of twrp which I flashed 3.2.2 I believe to get (unsure if that would have changed the bootloader or not). I also tried flashing a stock Oreo (which you've stated stock Roms usually only have the bootloaders so maybe somewhere during this process I updated it?). I wish I had all the notes for what I did to give more precise information, but I'm in a position where I really need my phone so I kinda just panicked and started flashing things when my service wouldn't work.
I'm highly considering trying to run an OTA (though very afraid of bricking). - On a side note though, it wouldn't even tell me I had OTA's until I did the steps in the original post here (doing the different 7.1.1. and 8.0 flashes, it wouldn't ever tell me I had updates, and now it does).
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Looks like I'm able to enter stock recovery, which makes me believe everything is stock at the moment.
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If you flashed a stock O that would have changed bl to O, but doing the above with the stock 7.1.1 would have changed them back to N. No matter (other than academic) that you don't remember the path - flashing a stock anything reverts it to that point in time. However, IMEI may have been moved - don't know. It will likely show on EITHER 7.x or 8.x stock - just don't know which.
If you flash a stock 8.x from those links I gave you above, it should offer you ota, ASSUMING there are any at this point in time(Z has 2). Adding Magisk at any point seems to hose you for receiving any more ota's - don't understand why, even with magisk uninstall, so that would mean going back to the latest stock and losing what you have (which is why I try to take a TBPro and copy that backup to PC (because re-flashing 8.x stock will likely reset internal storage.).
yes, if you enter stock recovery, you are likely at stock, though you could reflash the latest 7 or 8 stock to be sure, depending on which you want to use as base. Since 8 is having security fixes released, I choose 8 and will likely have no more interest (no time!) in 7.
So, ran the OTA and it was fine running the update and staying on N. I also downloaded the OTA for Oreo, when trying to update the recovery error'd out. It looked like the error said "Error in modem unexpected results" or something similar.
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So, ran the OTA and it was fine running the update and staying on N. I also downloaded the OTA for Oreo, when trying to update the recovery error'd out. It looked like the error said "Error in modem unexpected results" or something similar.
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did it offer to let you d/l it again? you could try that.
However, there exist O stock zips in those links I gave you so you could just flash the latest...
Hello everyone i am in desparate need of some guidance where i unfortunately Hard bricked my Mi9t while trying to flash the new Mokee Rom.
Where i think i went wrong was wiping the system option in twrp. After reboot i was stuck on flashboot and unable to get back into twrp recovery.
I then proceeded to flashboot twrp, also used multiple versions of twrp, again to hopefully be able to get into twrp recovery with no prevail.
Also tried to fastboot via Miflash tool with all latest fastboot roms available currently but kept getting a anti-rollback error.
So then i searched a way to install recovery or stock rom manually via flashboot commands. This caused me to end up where im at, no fastboot, no recovery, no logo at all. I connect the usb and the phone wont turn on at all, just a dead phone. Power button completely unresponsive now, Vol-Up/Vol-Down + Power and nothing.
I worked on it for countless hours trying to simply get into fastboot now with huge anxiety thinking i killed my phone.
I left my phone to charge all night and woke up this morning trying to get into fastboot again and nothing again.
Can someone please lead me in the right direction???
Everywhere i look the info seems to be outdated. At this point i am willing to send it in for repairs but i live in Indiana, US and there isnt a Xiaomi Service location anywhere in site.
Sad story. What did you do in fastboot? If you can't flash a certain twrp version you would have to do:
1. fastboot --disable-verity --disable-verification flash vbmeta vbmeta.img (in twrp archives)
2. fastboot erase recovery
3. fastboot flash recovery your-twrp.img
Concerning AntiRollBack:
You can bypass ARB in miflashtool, set the number of your new rom higher or edit the batch/shell-files manually. The first few lines are ARB and device-check.
I know the info comes too late, but maybe someone reads this before trying things the way you did. There have to be some EDL-pins inside the phone to reflash fastboot but you would have to open your phone. My opinion/solution: Cry and send in.
Anyway: Can you tell us what you did to wipe fastboot?
fabsen said:
Sad story. What did you do in fastboot? If you can't flash a certain twrp version you would have to do:
1. fastboot --disable-verity --disable-verification flash vbmeta vbmeta.img (in twrp archives)
2. fastboot erase recovery
3. fastboot flash recovery your-twrp.img
Concerning AntiRollBack:
You can bypass ARB in miflashtool, set the number of your new rom higher or edit the batch/shell-files manually. The first few lines are ARB and device-check.
I know the info comes too late, but maybe someone reads this before trying things the way you did. There have to be some EDL-pins inside the phone to reflash fastboot but you would have to open your phone. My opinion/solution: Cry and send in.
Anyway: Can you tell us what you did to wipe fastboot?
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When i 1st attempted to recover twrp i used TWRP 3.1.1-2 fixed from 4PDA. Ran the .exe file and the prompt said both fires installed successfully, but when i did a reboot it wouldnt go into twrp anymore, just stuck in logo so i would end up back in bootloader.
ttp://en.miui.com/thread-942449-1-1.html
This is exactly the instructions i tried to use before i lost fastboot.
At one point while entering the commands, it froze then my phone completely died and could never make it do anything else.
Why the hell did you use an outdated tutorial for an other phone? A few of the commands also wouldn't work because there are only some of these partitions. But if you did it with the right firmware it shouldn't brick anyway. So maybe you were stuck at boot flash. Else you still would be able to boot into fastboot.#
I feel sorry for you bro but it looks like you were searching for a possiblity to brick your phone
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Why the hell did you use an outdated tutorial for an other phone? A few of the commands also wouldn't work because there are only some of these partitions. But if you did it with the right firmware it shouldn't brick anyway. So maybe you were stuck at boot flash. Else you still would be able to boot into fastboot.#
I feel sorry for you bro but it looks like you were searching for a possiblity to brick your phone
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I kno bro i felt like shyt believe me. Literally all day in panic and anxiety that i just wasnt thinking straight and using any kind of guide i can find and ended up here.
Made some progress today tho.
Since my device manager or MiFlash tool wasnt recognizing my device even when i installed Qualcom drivers and pushing all sorts of buttons lol,
I have now opened her up for some surgery and using the Test-Point EDL method.
https://i.postimg.cc/HWJGWHRw/test-point-redmi-k20-mi-9t.png
While USB connected and shorted these 2 pins my computer finally recognized my device in MiFlash Tool and Device Manager again as Qualcomm HS-USB QDLoader 9008 (COM3)!!!
Now the next problem is the MiFlash tool. I tried to flash rom and status states cannot receive hello packet. From what i understand, i need an authorized account.
Only thing i could find to bypass this was this but currently not yet working. - https://forum.xda-developers.com/mi-8/how-to/unbrick-mi8-edl-authorized-account-t3896677
Any ideas where to go from here?
https://mi-globe.com/unbrick-your-xiaomi-phone-without-authorized-mi-account/
https://c.mi.com/thread-1479882-1-0.html
I didn't need an authorized account last year but maybe they've changed something. The guides are up to date so maybe follow these steps.
fabsen said:
https://mi-globe.com/unbrick-your-xiaomi-phone-without-authorized-mi-account/
https://c.mi.com/thread-1479882-1-0.html
I didn't need an authorized account last year but maybe they've changed something. The guides are up to date so maybe follow these steps.
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Already ran into those sites and actually am currently trying out S-Unlock service to bypass Authorized Account with there XiaomiTool v0.01, and unfortunately again with no prevail.
https://imgur.com/gallery/WMt968b
As you can see i got passed Hello packet, but now it doesn't go passed this message or looks like it didnt do anything.
https://imgur.com/gallery/hHApyJL
Already contacted S-Unlock Admin and now waiting for response. Im assuming im using the right Flashboot Roms. Tried latest flashboot roms from here available. https://xiaomifirmwareupdater.com/miui/davinci/
I also emailed unbrick.ru if they support K20/Mi9T variant and waiting for there reply.
Firmware on your page is not up to date. Use https://mifirm.net/
What device do you have? EEA/Global/CN? And what flashfiles did you use? I'm asking this because the only way I know to brick your device is to flash global/eea-rom on chinese device and lock the bootloader.
fabsen said:
Sad story. What did you do in fastboot? If you can't flash a certain twrp version you would have to do:
1. fastboot --disable-verity --disable-verification flash vbmeta vbmeta.img (in twrp archives)
2. fastboot erase recovery
3. fastboot flash recovery your-twrp.img
Concerning AntiRollBack:
You can bypass ARB in miflashtool, set the number of your new rom higher or edit the batch/shell-files manually. The first few lines are ARB and device-check.
I know the info comes too late, but maybe someone reads this before trying things the way you did. There have to be some EDL-pins inside the phone to reflash fastboot but you would have to open your phone. My opinion/solution: Cry and send in.
Anyway: Can you tell us what you did to wipe fastboot?
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Hey,
I'm in a similar boat but I still have fastboot.
I can flash everything I wan't. But flashing a recovery doesn't do anything.
I can not boot into the recovery.
When I boot into the recovery i'm at the bootloop screen.
My PC does recocgnize it as recovery mode tho.
Anyways is there a way to get out of this mess? I wanted to try to flash with miflash over fastboot.img but I can't find any .img to flash.
All I can find are the .zips for twrp.
I didn't want to flash cfw tho. I got into the mess because there was an update today for stock rom and I flashed it with twrp. Because OTA didn't work.
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I found the fastboot files.
But how do I bypass the antirollback error
Waidowai said:
Hey,
I'm in a similar boat but I still have fastboot.
I can flash everything I wan't. But flashing a recovery doesn't do anything.
I can not boot into the recovery.
When I boot into the recovery i'm at the bootloop screen.
My PC does recocgnize it as recovery mode tho.
Anyways is there a way to get out of this mess? I wanted to try to flash with miflash over fastboot.img but I can't find any .img to flash.
All I can find are the .zips for twrp.
I didn't want to flash cfw tho. I got into the mess because there was an update today for stock rom and I flashed it with twrp. Because OTA didn't work.
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I found the fastboot files.
But how do I bypass the antirollback error
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https://mifirm.net/model/davinci.ttt
to bypass the ARB you can edit the batch/shell files. the first few lines are device-check and ARB. you can also use xiaomitool and select it there.
Edit: I had the same problem with a twrp version I had installed. After switching to russian version I couldn't downgrade twrp. Just try one of the other 2 versions available.
fabsen said:
https://mifirm.net/model/davinci.ttt
to bypass the ARB you can edit the batch/shell files. the first few lines are device-check and ARB. you can also use xiaomitool and select it there.
Edit: I had the same problem with a twrp version I had installed. After switching to russian version I couldn't downgrade twrp. Just try one of the other 2 versions available.
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I've had the russian version of twrp that didn't allow backups.
I know tried all the other version as well.
What happens is it stays in mi.com unblocked screen and my pc will recognize that it's in recovery but twrp never opens.
Like I said the normal stock recovery is flashable but all other twrp versions don't work for some reason.
I've tried all 3.
I know where the lines are but idk what to write in there.
I tried to just delete the lines and then I've got a different error.
Also when changing the version number it says success it actually flashes for 0 seconds and nothing happens.
Waidowai said:
I've had the russian version of twrp that didn't allow backups.
I know tried all the other version as well.
What happens is it stays in mi.com unblocked screen and my pc will recognize that it's in recovery but twrp never opens.
Like I said the normal stock recovery is flashable but all other twrp versions don't work for some reason.
I've tried all 3.
I know where the lines are but idk what to write in there.
I tried to just delete the lines and then I've got a different error.
Also when changing the version number it says success it actually flashes for 0 seconds and nothing happens.
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The russian version I've installed allows backups, tried allready.
You can simply remove the lines, just care you dodn't left something or delete too much. Use xiaomitool v2, it'll bypass the lines.
fabsen said:
The russian version I've installed allows backups, tried allready.
You can simply remove the lines, just care you dodn't left something or delete too much. Use xiaomitool v2, it'll bypass the lines.
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If i download the xiamitool v2 and choose my device is bricked it says feature is not available yet.
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If I choose mod the phone it says my phone serial and all the 3 other things are unknown.
if I select my phone my phone reboots and says waiting for debugging mode....
Then if I delete the ARB lines and try to flash via MiFlash it says error error no such file found
Can someone pls give me some clearer instructions.
Ok I somehow fixed it.
I flashed everything manually like the times before twrp existested.
Now I don't have the OS running but a running twrp.
I could flash xiaomi eu now and be done with it. But I actually wanted to use stock rom and not a costume rom right now because I wanted to switch to a costume rom when a good official comes out whenever that is.
Although flashing the stock rom got me in this mess in the first place. I never had this problem with flashing costume roms.
Anyhow I know this might not be the place to ask but are xiaomi eu and stock actually that different? Also are there any downsides in using it over stock?
My experience on most phones was that early costume roms usually didn't work with all features etc.
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alright who gives a dang I just flashed the eu rom to be safe with updates..
anyhow is it normal that my devices says Redmi by Xiaomi now?
Prior on my stock rom it said MI by mi.com or something
Waidowai said:
Ok I somehow fixed it.
I flashed everything manually like the times before twrp existested.
Now I don't have the OS running but a running twrp.
I could flash xiaomi eu now and be done with it. But I actually wanted to use stock rom and not a costume rom right now because I wanted to switch to a costume rom when a good official comes out whenever that is.
Although flashing the stock rom got me in this mess in the first place. I never had this problem with flashing costume roms.
Anyhow I know this might not be the place to ask but are xiaomi eu and stock actually that different? Also are there any downsides in using it over stock?
My experience on most phones was that early costume roms usually didn't work with all features etc.
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Basically it's (xiaomi.eu) debloated and optimized but sadly based on chinese official rom. That means no widevine L1.
In my opinion the best rom is EEA (because of "spy restrictions"), debloated with ADBTools with same optimizations which come with mi-globe rombuilder (gpsset, preinstalled magisk, adaway, removed apps). Sadly mi-globe is based on xiaomi.eu which is based on chinese official.
Waidowai
Could you explain the steps you did to flash ALL manual? Which Commands? Which imagens?
Thanks friend.
fabsen said:
Basically it's (xiaomi.eu) debloated and optimized but sadly based on chinese official rom. That means no widevine L1.
In my opinion the best rom is EEA (because of "spy restrictions"), debloated with ADBTools with same optimizations which come with mi-globe rombuilder (gpsset, preinstalled magisk, adaway, removed apps). Sadly mi-globe is based on xiaomi.eu which is based on chinese official.
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Well i did instal xiaomi.eu now. Not because of optimizations etc.
The only reason is that like i said i don't wanna brick by updating official roms anymore.
I mean maybe it's my bad since I'm running costume roms on all my phones for about 12 years or longer.. can't remember when I started but I think with first xyanogen mod.
And I don't know how to flash stock roms.
But with a costume rom it won't brick and if it does I'm not loosing twrp again.
For debloating I do that myself with the android terminal. So idk what the rom has on bloat I'll just uninstall it.
My only fear was that main features don't work with the costume rom. But from first sight everything but themes work fine. And I couldn't care less.
Well one thing changed the icons look like a chineese appleish phone now. Oh well I'll change that later.
Other than that the fingerprint is more responsive which I do like.
And for some reason my Modelnumber changed from Mi 9T to RedmiK20. Even on the boot it says Redmi now instead of MI.
Idk if it's because of the ROM or because I manually flashed the phone.
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mauriciocardoso said:
Waidowai
Could you explain the steps you did to flash ALL manual? Which Commands? Which imagens?
Thanks friend.
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Just download the fastboot rom and flash everything but dummy. You can flash dummy to but that is just for ARB. Depending on what your ARB index is you can flash it to ignore future problems.
My index was 1 tho and apperently if it's under 4 ARB is supposed to be irrelavent.
I'm not to sure on ARB tho because it's my first time dealing with ARB.
Other then that u flash everything else.
You will end up with a phone that is empty. Basically you reformate your phone so nothing is on there but TWRP. My phone was at 59gb/60 or something like that. basically the only folder I've had left was twrp.
Like I said I remembered the method from like 8 years ago when we didn't have twrp.
The problem with this method is that you can easily hardbrick tho I think. Since if it doesn't work you turned your phone into a fancy usb drive.
I only did it because I thought of buying a new one so since the phone was dead in my eyes already I just tried the old method and it worked fine, besides rebranding the phone to RedmiK20 from Mi9T.
Anyhow if your not giving up on the phone yet I wouldn't try it. Only try if you wanna throw the phone in the trash anyways.
just like me , for the anti roll issue u need to flash newers rom like from latest u flash on ur device before (recommend V10.3.11.0.PFJMIXM) u can get on mifirm.net . after download rom extract the file into fastboot tools then copy all .img file into fastboot tools . after that open the fastboot mode on ur phone and tools on pc
then flash this file
fastboot flash dtbo dtbo.img
fastboot flash logo logo.img
fastboot flash vbmeta vbmeta.img
fastboot flash boot boot.img
fastboot flash misc misc.img (u can get on fastboot rom not .zip)
fastboot flash recovery recovery.img (recommend used twrp-3.3.1-2-davinci-fix)
then try reboot phone into recovery
if work let me know . im trying make this method because before this i got this problem to after flashing paranoid rom without format data .
Waidowai said:
Well i did instal xiaomi.eu now. Not because of optimizations etc.
The only reason is that like i said i don't wanna brick by updating official roms anymore.
I mean maybe it's my bad since I'm running costume roms on all my phones for about 12 years or longer.. can't remember when I started but I think with first xyanogen mod.
And I don't know how to flash stock roms.
But with a costume rom it won't brick and if it does I'm not loosing twrp again.
For debloating I do that myself with the android terminal. So idk what the rom has on bloat I'll just uninstall it.
My only fear was that main features don't work with the costume rom. But from first sight everything but themes work fine. And I couldn't care less.
Well one thing changed the icons look like a chineese appleish phone now. Oh well I'll change that later.
Other than that the fingerprint is more responsive which I do like.
And for some reason my Modelnumber changed from Mi 9T to RedmiK20. Even on the boot it says Redmi now instead of MI.
Idk if it's because of the ROM or because I manually flashed the phone.
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Just download the fastboot rom and flash everything but dummy. You can flash dummy to but that is just for ARB. Depending on what your ARB index is you can flash it to ignore future problems.
My index was 1 tho and apperently if it's under 4 ARB is supposed to be irrelavent.
I'm not to sure on ARB tho because it's my first time dealing with ARB.
Other then that u flash everything else.
You will end up with a phone that is empty. Basically you reformate your phone so nothing is on there but TWRP. My phone was at 59gb/60 or something like that. basically the only folder I've had left was twrp.
Like I said I remembered the method from like 8 years ago when we didn't have twrp.
The problem with this method is that you can easily hardbrick tho I think. Since if it doesn't work you turned your phone into a fancy usb drive.
I only did it because I thought of buying a new one so since the phone was dead in my eyes already I just tried the old method and it worked fine, besides rebranding the phone to RedmiK20 from Mi9T.
Anyhow if your not giving up on the phone yet I wouldn't try it. Only try if you wanna throw the phone in the trash anyways.
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Don't know how you manage to brick your phone with official firmware tbh. And why should you lose TWRP? I flashed about 10 times (global, eea, chinese, xiaomi.eu, mi-globe) and I still didn't have to reflash twrp once. It won't even touch the recovery partition. I also don't see a reason to mess with fastboot (except your brick haha). The boot behavior (redmi instead of mi) is fine, depends on the rom you've flashed. If you flash global or eea rom it'll switch back to "Mi".
What do you mean by "I don't know how to flash official rom"? Boot up twrp, clean dalvik cache/cache, install... tadaaa. I was also using custom roms on all of my phones but I can't find a reason for now to do so. I see only bugs and things not working. I want my widevine L1 and I want AndroidAuto to be working. I'll stay on global/eea till a good rom pops up.
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Don't know how you manage to brick your phone with official firmware tbh. And why should you lose TWRP? I flashed about 10 times (global, eea, chinese, xiaomi.eu, mi-globe) and I still didn't have to reflash twrp once. It won't even touch the recovery partition. I also don't see a reason to mess with fastboot (except your brick haha). The boot behavior (redmi instead of mi) is fine, depends on the rom you've flashed. If you flash global or eea rom it'll switch back to "Mi".
What do you mean by "I don't know how to flash official rom"? Boot up twrp, clean dalvik cache/cache, install... tadaaa. I was also using custom roms on all of my phones but I can't find a reason for now to do so. I see only bugs and things not working. I want my widevine L1 and I want AndroidAuto to be working. I'll stay on global/eea till a good rom pops up.
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I mean yeah that's what i thought just flash a official rom like any stock rom. Or rather if you change roms cuz if you update existing roms you don't really need to wipe anything anymore.
But apperently it busted my whole phone. It was a weird brick. My phone wasn't recognized as a phone anymore in fastboot. But it was recognized normal in adb. So I needed to change windows drivers to make my phone recognize.
And after that nothing booted but stock recovery and even then it said I don't have debugging enabled. Eventho I was connected to adb??
Anyhow I think the flash messed up the whole system partition. So what I did is in short formate the whole drive and start with a clean slate.. anyhow don't need to repeat all that.
But yeah I'm with you with the take on costume roms. I don't see the need anymore since most stock roms are decent nowadays and costume roms especially are most likely buggy somehow. Good thing is that most stuff I need in my phone is working on the eu rom. Like I said only thing that I could find not working are themes. But thats ok.
I don't know what that widevine L1 thing is. So I prolly don't need it. But maybe u can explain it to me Always up to learn new things.
Well for now I stick with the costume rom since it's basically no different to me. And the chance of bricking again like that with a costume rom are slim to none. If the phone brick it's most likely just a simple brick that can be fixed with twrp. and if that doesn't work by booting into twrp from adb.
Btw that didn't work on my weird brick either. I couldn't boot anything from adb. It gave me a black screen when trying to boot something.
Anyhow I'm glad I've got it running again. But somehow I'm not that surprised. Most times when I brick phones I can fix it when I'm at the point where I wanna throw the phone away. Cuz then I'm just flashing everything I can to make it work xD.