Hi everyone, I owns a Black, Made in China variant Mi A1, bought it almost 10 months ago so it's in brand new condition.
A night I was using it as regular, watching YouTube, It suddenly restarted automatically, and stuck on 'Android One' boot animation.
I wasn't doing any heavy or intensive task, was not having any issue except storage full. The device is on official stock rom and on June security patch with Android 8.1.
I've tried >?1. Apply update from ADB in recovery mode with June update, which gave me -> E: footer is wrong. E: signature verification failed. Installation aborted
>?2. Apply update from SD card with the same update as above, which gave me -> Couldn't mount SD card
Bootloader is locked, USB debugging is off, no custom recovery installed.
Is there any way to make it work again without erasing user data? I'm familiar with all kinds of Command Line Interface and with almost every tech term. Any help would be appreciated.?
I think only Miflash, with first nougat rom works for you. Save user data. Works for me, after I tried Lineage OS.
ROGGGER3G said:
I think only Miflash, with first nougat rom works for you. Save user data. Works for me, after I tried Lineage OS.
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Hi,
i have also experienced the same issue recently and struggling hard to make it working again.
I have tried with MI flash but u need to have a bootloader unlocked as well. If not, flashing will not start.
Shashankjindal said:
Hi everyone, I owns a Black, Made in China variant Mi A1, bought it almost 10 months ago so it's in brand new condition.
A night I was using it as regular, watching YouTube, It suddenly restarted automatically, and stuck on 'Android One' boot animation.
I wasn't doing any heavy or intensive task, was not having any issue except storage full. The device is on official stock rom and on June security patch with Android 8.1.
I've tried >1. Apply update from ADB in recovery mode with June update, which gave me -> E: footer is wrong. E: signature verification failed. Installation aborted
>2. Apply update from SD card with the same update as above, which gave me -> Couldn't mount SD card
Bootloader is locked, USB debugging is off, no custom recovery installed.
Is there any way to make it work again without erasing user data? I'm familiar with all kinds of Command Line Interface and with almost every tech term. Any help would be appreciated.
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Without reason? Probably THIS is the reason. I think your problem is related to data partition and a flash with Miflash can't help you. Only a factory reset can solve this.
ROGGGER3G said:
I think only Miflash, with first nougat rom works for you. Save user data. Works for me, after I tried Lineage OS.
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Does it work in locked bootloader? Btw thanks for the reply.
sipollo said:
Without reason? Probably THIS is the reason. I think your problem is related to data partition and a flash with Miflash can't help you. Only a factory reset can solve this.
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Can you describe what in the data partition caused this? Because I've been using this device with 90% storage filled for months??*.
And I've factory reset the device as there was no other ways to make it work again but still I want to know what was the cause of the problem.
Shashankjindal said:
Can you describe what in the data partition caused this? Because I've been using this device with 90% storage filled for months??*.
And I've factory reset the device as there was no other ways to make it work again but still I want to know what was the cause of the problem.
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When memory is almost full R/W errors can occur.
Maybe 90% you see is not including temporary-swap files, so that you are dangerously close to 100% storage filled.
sipollo said:
Without reason? Probably THIS is the reason. I think your problem is related to data partition and a flash with Miflash can't help you. Only a factory reset can solve this.
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sipollo said:
When memory is almost full R/W errors can occur.
Maybe 90% you see is not including temporary-swap files, so that you are dangerously close to 100% storage filled.
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Thank you for your answer & time, I'll be carefull in the future.
ROGGGER3G said:
I think only Miflash, with first nougat rom works for you. Save user data. Works for me, after I tried Lineage OS.
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I have just softbricked my Mi A1 and need to flash the official rom with MiFlash, problem is that I can't find the right file to flash. Any tips to where I can download the official firmware? I'm looking for the zipped version, not an image. MiFlash can't read the images I've downloaded so far.
FantLarve said:
I have just softbricked my Mi A1 and need to flash the official rom with MiFlash, problem is that I can't find the right file to flash. Any tips to where I can download the official firmware? I'm looking for the zipped version, not an image. MiFlash can't read the images I've downloaded so far.
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Here are some of the links where you can find the official rom in .zip format. Check if they are compatible with MiFlash tool-
https://firmwarefile.com/xiaomi-mi-a1
https://dhananjaytech.com/flash-stock-rom-mi-a1-through-twrp/
Here is the XDA thread- https://forum.xda-developers.com/mi-a1/development/rom-tissot-stock-oreo-8-0-rooted-t3735760.
I'll be happy if this was helpful.
Shashankjindal said:
Here are some of the links where you can find the official rom in .zip format. Check if they are compatible with MiFlash tool-
https://firmwarefile.com/xiaomi-mi-a1
https://dhananjaytech.com/flash-stock-rom-mi-a1-through-twrp/
Here is the XDA thread- https://forum.xda-developers.com/mi-a1/development/rom-tissot-stock-oreo-8-0-rooted-t3735760.
I'll be happy if this was helpful.
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Great stuff thanks.
sipollo said:
Without reason? Probably THIS is the reason. I think your problem is related to data partition and a flash with Miflash can't help you. Only a factory reset can solve this.
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There was another thread where someone proceeded to soft brick his device after downloading a file despite having low available storage.
barrack1 said:
There was another thread where someone proceeded to soft brick his device after downloading a file despite having low available storage.
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Thank you for the help, there seems just no way to save user data, factory reset is the only option.
Shashankjindal said:
Does it work in locked bootloader? Btw thanks for the reply.
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works
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My mobile was updated with the December version and since then I have infinite bootloops
I've reinstalled the November version with myFlash but I'm still the same. I tried with tprw but i have some errors with the /cache partition
Can anybody help me?
Thanks
what december version?
ludditefornow said:
what december version?
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7.12.7_7.1, after that, my movile bootloop every 30 secons more or less
Now, when i turn the mobile on, it tells me that the SIM is blocked, but I tried the SIM in another mobile and it works
A/B partition are there so if device is stuck in bootloop it should boot from dormant partition.
You have to flash stock firmware.
Try flashing the persist.img from every build that exists till now. If you manage to flash one of them the issue will be fixed. I've tested it myself.
cafernan said:
My mobile was updated with the December version and since then I have infinite bootloops
I've reinstalled the November version with myFlash but I'm still the same. I tried with tprw but i have some errors with the /cache partition
Can anybody help me?
Thanks
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Please just follow the guide here to get it fixed: https://forum.xda-developers.com/mi-a1/how-to/ota-official-fastboot-image-n2g47h-7-12-t3728929
As it includes all necessary scripts for proper flashing it is secure to use
In worst case, you can also use the appropriate included script to factory reset at the same time when flashing. If nothing else helps, that should do the trick for you
Edwin Hamal said:
Try flashing the persist.img from every build that exists till now. If you manage to flash one of them the issue will be fixed. I've tested it myself.
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I tried flashing persist.img, and it works!!!
Now I have 2 differents problems.
When I start my mobile, the SIM Pin page shows the message SIM CARD IS LOCKED - NO SERVICE. My sim works in another mobile
When I pu my pin, I get the message "preparing sdcard - Solving errors"
Please just do a full clean flash as recommended by me earlier and your issue should be gone. At least if they are firmware or software related.
After that do a clean flash and that issue should be fixed.
Edwin Hamal said:
After that do a clean flash and that issue should be fixed.
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Excuse me. What do you want to say with "do a clean flash"?
Follow the guide I linked for you above. You have to use the flash_all script. So please have a look and give it a try.
Edwin Hamal said:
After that do a clean flash and that issue should be fixed.
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Dont't works
It shows the same message SIM CARD IS LOCKED - NO SERVICE
Any help?
cafernan said:
Dont't works
It shows the same message SIM CARD IS LOCKED - NO SERVICE
Any help?
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Shooting blindly here.
Have you tried another sim in your phone.
If another sim card works then have you tried changing your sim from carrier. It's easy.
Have you also tried a factory reset?
majamee said:
Have you also tried a factory reset?
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Yes, and I flash boot and persist too. I think that it's possible a error with any .img inside my phone, but i don't now ...
My phone show me the page with de SIM Pin. I put the correct Pin, and after that phone don't connect with the network. I can't call because it's without service.
I tried the same SIM in another phone and it works. I tried diferents sim in my phone and all of them fail
Please, someone has any idea about what I need to do
Thanks
cafernan said:
Yes, and I flash boot and persist too. I think that it's possible a error with any .img inside my phone, but i don't now ...
My phone show me the page with de SIM Pin. I put the correct Pin, and after that phone don't connect with the network. I can't call because it's without service.
I tried the same SIM in another phone and it works. I tried diferents sim in my phone and all of them fail
Please, someone has any idea about what I need to do
Thanks
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Have you tried the script to flash the full stock rom flash_all from https://forum.xda-developers.com/mi-a1/how-to/ota-official-fastboot-image-n2g47h-7-12-t3728929 here as well? If you only flashed the persist.img until now, you should give it a try.
majamee said:
Have you tried the script to flash the full stock rom flash_all from https://forum.xda-developers.com/mi-a1/how-to/ota-official-fastboot-image-n2g47h-7-12-t3728929 here as well? If you only flashed the persist.img until now, you should give it a try.
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Thanks majamee but I flash all with MiFlash and it doesn't work, this isn't the problema
Finally I checked my IMEI and I discovered that it's 0.
Someone knows how can I recovery the phone's IMEI
Thanks
cafernan said:
Thanks majamee but I flash all with MiFlash and it doesn't work, this isn't the problema
Finally I checked my IMEI and I discovered that it's 0.
Someone knows how can I recovery the phone's IMEI
Thanks
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http://lmgtfy.com/?q=qualcomm+recover+imei
Hello everyone,
I just got an S8 (G950F), and would like to flash Project Alice or Light Rom, or whatever you guys advice, thing is, I don't have an SD card, and I can't get one right now for a few weeks (I live in a really small town, and won't be going to the city for 2 weeks or so), every rom thread I see that they say "put the rom in the SD card and flash with TWRP", can I use internal storage instead?, I assume I don't have to format Data for it to work. (Coming from a Xiaomi that encrypted data so I had to format it a lot)
Thanks in advance
Tanlladwyr said:
Hello everyone,
I just got an S8 (G950F), and would like to flash Project Alice or Light Rom, or whatever you guys advice, thing is, I don't have an SD card, and I can't get one right now for a few weeks (I live in a really small town, and won't be going to the city for 2 weeks or so), every rom thread I see that they say "put the rom in the SD card and flash with TWRP", can I use internal storage instead?, I assume I don't have to format Data for it to work. (Coming from a Xiaomi that encrypted data so I had to format it a lot)
Thanks in advance
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I always flash roms from internal. Every time. I've flashed about 30 times from internal and always fine
callumbr1 said:
I always flash roms from internal. Every time. I've flashed about 30 times from internal and always fine
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Thanks!
I have one more question if you could help me, I am using the CRI5 firmware stock, yesterday I tried to flash TWRP which was ok, and then the no verity fix, after this the phone wouldn't go past the black Samsung Galaxy screen, and showed an error in red on the top about valid firmware.
I managed to reflash the stock firmware, but I'm not sure how to get TWRP to work anymore, should I just flash again? Was the problem the no verity zip? Any advice on how to get going to put a custom ROM?
Thank you
FuugaNox said:
Thanks!
I have one more question if you could help me, I am using the CRI5 firmware stock, yesterday I tried to flash TWRP which was ok, and then the no verity fix, after this the phone wouldn't go past the black Samsung Galaxy screen, and showed an error in red on the top about valid firmware.
I managed to reflash the stock firmware, but I'm not sure how to get TWRP to work anymore, should I just flash again? Was the problem the no verity zip? Any advice on how to get going to put a custom ROM?
Thank you
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If you have telegram pm me your details and I can help there. It's quicker.
And I really need to know what the error message said? Did you format after installing twrp, then flash dm verity zip and then rmm fix zip?
callumbr1 said:
If you have telegram pm me your details and I can help there. It's quicker.
And I really need to know what the error message said? Did you format after installing twrp, then flash dm verity zip and then rmm fix zip?
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I'll get telegram later and pm you, thanks!
I may have screwed up, I didn't install rmm fix, that could be the issue
Thanks again
FuugaNox said:
I'll get telegram later and pm you, thanks!
I may have screwed up, I didn't install rmm fix, that could be the issue
Thanks again
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Okay bro! Pm me when you're ready and well get it sorted :good:
I've probably messed this thing up just about as badly as I can.
Here's what I can tell you:
Update: I just figured out that you are supposed to put dload onto a separate sd card, So i'll be trying that when the phone comes out of it's coma XD anything else you can suggest is very welcome.
- The phone currently isn't turning on after messing around in twrp(tried to restart into bootloader)
- While trying to get it working, it is now showing up as CAN-L11(likely from trying some backups of others)
- I was unable to use ANY roms I tried. full update files didn't work. always error 7
- It seems in twrp that I'd often get this error: mountencrypt failed to mount /data, despite wiping /data many times
- I've tried using iso files extracted from some update.app, and using that to get system and data on there, as well as recovery too
- I was switching between twrp and default recovery to transfer files and then use dload to try to recover the system, never let me do it though. got to 5% then told me something like: "Getting package info failed". it would do this in the download and recover mode as well when I would hook up to the internet and it would also give me that error.
You are free to ask me any questions about the device.
I think I just need to drain the battery then I should be able to at least get something out of it, but until then, if anyone has any recommendations after it's functional again let me know. Any help is appreciated.
TheProgrammerEX said:
I've probably messed this thing up just about as badly as I can.
Here's what I can tell you:
- The phone currently isn't turning on after messing around in twrp(tried to restart into bootloader)
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It isn't even charging?
- While trying to get it working, it is now showing up as CAN-L11(likely from trying some backups of others)
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Yeah, that's why. The model name can be changed in build.prop, but you're still using a CAN-L11 ROM though.
- I was unable to use ANY roms I tried. full update files didn't work. always error 7
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You haven't flashed the TWRP mentioned in the first post of their thread, hence you've got that error which is basically telling you that you're trying to flash the ROM on an unsupported device (the phone's codename / model is mentioned in TWRP and ROM checks for it), but actually it's working on all models.
- It seems in twrp that I'd often get this error: mountencrypt failed to mount /data, despite wiping /data many times
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That occurs because TWRP doesn't support decryption. You have to format data, not wipe. You can format it from TWRP > Wipe > Format data.
- I've tried using iso files extracted from some update.app, and using that to get system and data on there, as well as recovery too
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What happened after you've tried that?
- I was switching between twrp and default recovery to transfer files and then use dload to try to recover the system, never let me do it though. got to 5% then told me something like: "Getting package info failed". it would do this in the download and recover mode as well when I would hook up to the internet and it would also give me that error.
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Try to unplug the cable from PC. Also, note that I've read in past somewhere that the firmwares from Firmware Finder has to be approved by Huawei and if it isn't, then the stock recovery will fail to flash it. Other Huawei phones has modified / patched stock recovery which allows to flash unapproved firmwares though.
You are free to ask me any questions about the device.
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How do you guys end up like this? xD
Update: I just figured out that you are supposed to put dload onto a separate sd card, So i'll be trying that when the phone comes out of it's coma XD anything else you can suggest is very welcome.
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Hah, here's the answer to the above question: not reading xD. Try to slap the phone to wake it from the coma ahahahah xD. When did it get into coma though?
Hello guys,i was trying to flash LOS and after many tries i hard bricked my phone.At start,screen wasnt turning on and phone vibrated sholtly every 1 sec.I did EDL and then flashed different roms but still phone just vibrates but for a bit longer.When i do EDL it gets recognised by pc.Also when i flash a rom before i try to boot,if i connect it to power the led is blinking.
I dont want to be this guy who opens a thread that has opened many times,but i couldnt figure out a solution whatsoever.Thanks in advance.
Did you try downgrade from pie to oreo? Can you enter fastboot mode?
I bricked my phone too. Nothing worked for me. I hope you have more luck.
How it got bricked? Did you read the whole tutorial ?
emiljano539 said:
How it got bricked? Did you read the whole tutorial ?
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I tried to flash from a video in youtube and didnt work.My system was deleted so i tried flashing different roms,it let me flash stock android and when i rebooted it just vibrated.Looks like the first vibration is the same as when the phone boots and the rest are a bit longer.
degen1997 said:
I tried to flash from a video in youtube and didnt work.My system was deleted so i tried flashing different roms,it let me flash stock android and when i rebooted it just vibrated.Looks like the first vibration is the same as when the phone boots and the rest are a bit longer.
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Does it let you to boot into twrp now? If yes try to flash the stock rom via twrp there is a version which you flash directly with twrp
emiljano539 said:
Does it let you to boot into twrp now? If yes try to flash the stock rom via twrp there is a version which you flash directly with twrp
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Sadly it doesnt,i can flash roms though with edl mode and miflash,maybe i haven't tried the correct one yet?Do you know which rom i need to flash for stock android 7 with mi flash?I've seen that other people have had the same problem but dont know if anyone managed to get through it.
degen1997 said:
Sadly it doesnt,i can flash roms though with edl mode and miflash,maybe i haven't tried the correct one yet?Do you know which rom i need to flash for stock android 7 with mi flash?I've seen that other people have had the same problem but dont know if anyone managed to get through it.
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Check it :https://forum.xda-developers.com/showpost.php?p=75711835&postcount=2
I hope it helps
degen1997 said:
Sadly it doesnt,i can flash roms though with edl mode and miflash,maybe i haven't tried the correct one yet?Do you know which rom i need to flash for stock android 7 with mi flash?I've seen that other people have had the same problem but dont know if anyone managed to get through it.
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I was one of them. I was lucky though and got a new phone from the dealer. I followed all the threads with the same issue. Never saw one user who was able to solve it.
XtraWater said:
I was one of them. I was lucky though and got a new phone from the dealer. I followed all the threads with the same issue. Never saw one user who was able to solve it.
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I was thinking about flashing a Rom because im in stock now only rooted... But you guys scared me
emiljano539 said:
I was thinking about flashing a Rom because im in stock now only rooted... But you guys scared me
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I recommend you to read a lot about flashing custom ROMs before trying to do it.
LineageOS has a pretty explicit installing tutorial.
If you can get into fastboot mode there is hope.
Remember that you must have the bootloader unlocked.
my thread
emiljano539 said:
How it got bricked? Did you read the whole tutorial ?
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Hi everyone, I have rooted Mi A1 (pie), I have a hard brick. but fixed, when flashing Rom with TWRP, my phone cannot receive the partition / 'cache', when root receives the message: error: 28, I need help, thank you very much
Hi,
Problem: After Update & Root Errors
Now it shows internal SD memory says now it only has 5gb instead of 32 (28~GB)
it had had normal size before.
WTF...?
I maybe messed with some wrong file before on flash, but I really wonder, how to solve this problem..
Damn every phone has its own difficulties, rooted so many phones, but this the process is always somehow unique...
And where is the proper TWRP file for the A20e latest android 9 version?
DBT-A202FXXU3ASL4-20200120200600
Please someone link it for me. The one I found doesn't seem to work..
lol, you need to know it was because of the wrong VBmeta file.
I wondern why the manuals can't be clearer sometimes.
Just like the TWRP tutorial - somehow you need to have the right vbmeta in Hand, but nothing more about this and where to get the proper one.
Whatever, it helped to relock Bootloader and to make a clean install with CSC (not HOME_CSC), then the files and sizes got right again.
Also re-partition helps in this case.
Anyway it's really frustrating to root these days, but at least we still can do this.
Without root many things would suck alot... i would not buy a phone without the possibility of it.
hmmm I wonder if this is why I'm experiencing problems with my recently rooted a20e and no choice for internal storage.
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lol, you need to know it was because of the wrong VBmeta file.
I wondern why the manuals can't be clearer sometimes.
Just like the TWRP tutorial - somehow you need to have the right vbmeta in Hand, but nothing more about this and where to get the proper one.
Whatever, it helped to relock Bootloader and to make a clean install with CSC (not HOME_CSC), then the files and sizes got right again.
Also re-partition helps in this case.
Anyway it's really frustrating to root these days, but at least we still can do this.
Without root many things would suck alot... i would not buy a phone without the possibility of it.
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@moogle
The vbmeta.img is included in the TWRP.tar
https://forum.xda-developers.com/ga...overy-twrp-3-4-0-0-galaxy-a20e-a202f-t4141767
This is the Android 10 version
You need to upgrade first
physwizz said:
@moogle
The vbmeta.img is included in the TWRP.tar
https://forum.xda-developers.com/ga...overy-twrp-3-4-0-0-galaxy-a20e-a202f-t4141767
This is the Android 10 version
You need to upgrade first
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This is the tutorial I was following, I unlocked, flashed TWRP and rooted successfully but SD card storage seems to be operating strangely.
What do you recommend to diagnose / fix?
moogle said:
This is the tutorial I was following, I unlocked, flashed TWRP and rooted successfully but SD card storage seems to be operating strangely.
What do you recommend to diagnose / fix?
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Stock or GSI
physwizz said:
Stock or GSI
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I cannot seem to get a GSI installed successfully, many of the tutorials say to use an AB partition GSI but the treble partition check says the SM-A202F/DS isn't an AB partition device.
It says:
"Your device does not support Seamless System Upgrades and is detected to have an A-only system partition."
moogle said:
I cannot seem to get a GSI installed successfully, many of the tutorials say to use an AB partition GSI but the treble partition check says the SM-A202F/DS isn't an AB partition device.
It says:
"Your device does not support Seamless System Upgrades and is detected to have an A-only system partition."
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A205 is fake ab ( a plus SAR)
Send pm to a202 users
did you mean to write a202?
moogle said:
did you mean to write a202?
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ask @Xyn XDotnest or @Wire1122
Send a personal message
I don't have a202
I have a205yn
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lol, you need to know it was because of the wrong VBmeta file.
I wondern why the manuals can't be clearer sometimes.
Just like the TWRP tutorial - somehow you need to have the right vbmeta in Hand, but nothing more about this and where to get the proper one.
Whatever, it helped to relock Bootloader and to make a clean install with CSC (not HOME_CSC), then the files and sizes got right again.
Also re-partition helps in this case.
Anyway it's really frustrating to root these days, but at least we still can do this.
Without root many things would suck alot... i would not buy a phone without the possibility of it.
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Which model of the a20e did you have?