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Hi guys. M currently usimg Nephilim Rom V2. I was trying to flash b594 stock rom. Whenever i tried to install it with stock recovery it just says no update.app is found. Even though i extracted the update.zip file and put it in internal storage in dload folder. I cant even flash it through fastboot because it gives error even though i extracted the img files through Huawei extractor. Can anyone help!!!!

What kind of error fastboot method gives you? I always have went back to stock rom by flashing a rom in fastboot and never had problems with it

While flashing system.img i got error cant load system.img. even though it's in the same folder as adb is. There was also an error whule flashing recovery extracted from update.zip. i was flashing the recovery.img only and it says errot:too many links.

Try to re-download your adb and its related files

cheapster8 said:
Try to re-download your adb and its related files
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Done that to same result...

So you want your original firmware correct ? If so , go here: http://consumer.huawei.com/nl-en/support/downloads/detail/index.htm?id=82749
Change region (if needed) find your phone and download that.
Once you downloaded it:
1. put it on your sd card
1.1 Since when you download the file, its gonna be in .zip or .rar format, you are gonna need to extract that and what you get out of that file (its gonna be a folder called dload) put that whole thing "dload" on to your sdcard. ( put in in a main folder of your sd card its called root folder, its where your main folders are like pictures, DCIM etc.)
2. turn off your phone leave it for a sec
3. then hold all 3 buttons ( power ,volume up , volume down) and it should start installing the thing.
Hope this helps.

Check this
https://forum.xda-developers.com/honor-4x/how-to/install-emui-4-1-4x-4c-g-play-g-play-t3515702
It's on honor 4x forum but it says it works on p8lite android 5.0 or higher.

Are you able to install stock recovery through adb? If you are, you can easily use Huawei's recovery to flash the stock firmware

cheapster8 said:
Are you able to install stock recovery through adb? If you are, you can easily use Huawei's recovery to flash the stock firmware
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I guess u havent read my post coz i had clearly stated that i had tried flashing update through stock recovery but it says no update.app found.

keikari said:
Check this
https://forum.xda-developers.com/honor-4x/how-to/install-emui-4-1-4x-4c-g-play-g-play-t3515702
It's on honor 4x forum but it says it works on p8lite android 5.0 or higher.
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Thanks man it was of some help. I now have b896.

hussam.aleem said:
I guess u havent read my post coz i had clearly stated that i had tried flashing update through stock recovery but it says no update.app found.
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Ahh, sorry, I meant to say that you could try after flashing stock recovery to use EMUI updater to start the flashing.. anyway good that you got it to work

BAC-L21 stock firmware

https://drive.google.com/open?id=1tGuu5Y6Qfo5baHjEO_-tJ3irXAXIWa53

Please make detaliled guide how to flash

rameezyp007 said:
Please make detaliled guide how to flash
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you probably have a newer version of software than the one i posted, thats just to help to fix bricked phones .. dont flash if your phone is fine

Hi my friend i have chinese bac-00al phone i couldt install google play apps,, bootloader is unlocked and installed twrp,, what you offer to me?? Thanks

turkishboy07 said:
Hi my friend i have chinese bac-00al phone i couldt install google play apps,, bootloader is unlocked and installed twrp,, what you offer to me?? Thanks
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Install GMS Core first:
http://www.qt6.com/app/com.huawei.gmsinstaller
then install google play

turkishboy07 said:
Hi my friend i have chinese bac-00al phone i couldt install google play apps,, bootloader is unlocked and installed twrp,, what you offer to me?? Thanks
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install gms core

bejan89 said:
install gms core
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i install all every thing not result,, what is wrong with this phone?? how can l downgrade system? i think on this system impossible install GAPPS
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jangale_asrar said:
Install GMS Core first:
http://www.qt6.com/app/com.huawei.gmsinstaller
then install google play
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this is too not resut

Hello and thank you very much for this useful download link
During the rooting method, my phone (nova 2 plus) became soft brick!
I tried to solve it!
I've done following steps but they didn't work (with your full rom - was linked):
1.
1.1. extract .zip file with winrar
1.2. extract update.app file using HuaweiUpdateExtractor
1.3. Put all extracted file to sd-card
1.4. power+volume up + volume down to update it but after 5 percent, appears "update fail"
2.
2.1. extract .zip file with winrar
2.2. extract update.app file using HuaweiUpdateExtractor
2.3. Flash the rom via fastboot (it completed successfully without any errors but phone reboot loop till huawei logo)
Now my questions:
1. The extracted file doesn't have "cust.img" is it OK or it should have it?
2. What can I do to solve my problem? (I've access fastboot and custom recovery)
Thanks for your patience and your answering.

Hi i have nova 2 plus bac-l21c185 and after wipe system my mobile never boots and always show error when trying to setup update.zip by twrp so please tell me if this rom will help me and able to setup correctly , if not ! So any idea will be useful .

engineer.sy said:
Hi i have nova 2 plus bac-l21c185 and after wipe system my mobile never boots and always show error when trying to setup update.zip by twrp so please tell me if this rom will help me and able to setup correctly , if not ! So any idea will be useful .
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Well.. If u wipedbsystem thats mean there is no system files in your mobile...
There is 2bways tonsolve this
1.send it to repair it will cost you money.
2. The way i used.
A. Download a full firmware its in here someone shared it.
B.u need at least 8 giga sdcard and formated.
D. Move firmware to sdcard and reboot to huawei recovery.
E. Everything in your mobile will be wiped and restored to stuck
Hope your problem will be solved

hosbh said:
hello and thank you very much for this useful download link
during the rooting method, my phone (nova 2 plus) became soft brick!
I tried to solve it!
I've done following steps but they didn't work (with your full rom - was linked):
1.
1.1. Extract .zip file with winrar
1.2. Extract update.app file using huaweiupdateextractor
1.3. Put all extracted file to sd-card
1.4. Power+volume up + volume down to update it but after 5 percent, appears "update fail"
2.
2.1. Extract .zip file with winrar
2.2. Extract update.app file using huaweiupdateextractor
2.3. Flash the rom via fastboot (it completed successfully without any errors but phone reboot loop till huawei logo)
now my questions:
1. The extracted file doesn't have "cust.img" is it ok or it should have it?
2. What can i do to solve my problem? (i've access fastboot and custom recovery)
thanks for your patience and your answering.
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dont extract update.app , just make dload folder in your sd card and put update.app in it .

Oreo stock recovery ze520kl

Does anyone have the stock recovery Oreo for Asus Zenfone 3 ze520kl?
I need it to upgrade my rooted phone since I'm getting error "can't install this package on device version less than...".
I know I can download the .raw and extract it, but I don't have PC to do it. Using phone I couldn't find any app which allows me to extract.
Thanks for your attention

mvini_ab said:
Does anyone have the stock recovery Oreo for Asus Zenfone 3 ze520kl?
I need it to upgrade my rooted phone since I'm getting error "can't install this package on device version less than...".
I know I can download the .raw and extract it, but I don't have PC to do it. Using phone I couldn't find any app which allows me to extract.
Thanks for your attention
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This folder will help everyone with the same problem:
https://mega.nz/#F!lw02CLpA!hpetR2-Sec1F__gHPNRE9Q!xhVEhCjB

mvini_ab said:
This folder will help everyone with the same problem:
https://mega.nz/#F!lw02CLpA!hpetR2-Sec1F__gHPNRE9Q!xhVEhCjB
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Interesting this folder, but it is outdated, the latest firmware stock is WW-15.0410.1806.68
2018/07/13.
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mvini_ab said:
Does anyone have the stock recovery Oreo for Asus Zenfone 3 ze520kl?
I need it to upgrade my rooted phone since I'm getting error "can't install this package on device version less than...".
I know I can download the .raw and extract it, but I don't have PC to do it. Using phone I couldn't find any app which allows me to extract.
Thanks for your attention
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what program do I use to extract firmware recovery?

kiq1702 said:
Interesting this folder, but it is outdated, the latest firmware stock is WW-15.0410.1806.68
2018/07/13.
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what program do I use to extract firmware recovery?
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Yes, it is outdated, but it might be really useful because there are stock recoverys from ze520kl oreo version.
I believe you can extract files using 7-Zip.

mvini_ab said:
Yes, it is outdated, but it might be really useful because there are stock recoverys from ze520kl oreo version.
I believe you can extract files using 7-Zip.
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I can not find any file that corresponds to recovery. Can you tell me what it is?

kiq1702 said:
I can not find any file that corresponds to recovery. Can you tell me what it is?
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Sorry for answering so late.l, but here we go.
You don't have the correct file. What you have is just a file to update your phone. You need to download .RAW firmware if you want to extract stock recovery.
What are you planning to do? If you phone got bricked (like infinite loop) you can easily use that virtual folder and use the latest available (there) recovery to put your phone in normal, trust me, it'll solve the problem.
But if you really need the .RAW files, here you can some Oreo examples, not the lastest, but also work.
ZE520KL: https://drive.google.com/file/d/1Y5OVqmmAjb5PWZ6sKknzP0YnQHGyDxD0/view
ZE522KL:
https://drive.google.com/file/d/1DInYnZ4hLICjI_-cZ-NvUC_Vpzc_FnPO/view
And, in case you need some stock recovery for ZE520KL from that virtual folder, try these for ZE520KL:
[1803.55] https://mega.nz/#F!lw02CLpA!hpetR2-Sec1F__gHPNRE9Q!xhVEhCjB
[1804.61] https://mega.nz/#F!lw02CLpA!hpetR2-Sec1F__gHPNRE9Q!RgFnSKwZ
Again, I don't know what are planning to do, so my answer might not be useful. xD

mvini_ab said:
Sorry for answering so late.l, but here we go.
You don't have the correct file. What you have is just a file to update your phone. You need to download .RAW firmware if you want to extract stock recovery.
What are you planning to do? If you phone got bricked (like infinite loop) you can easily use that virtual folder and use the latest available (there) recovery to put your phone in normal, trust me, it'll solve the problem.
But if you really need the .RAW files, here you can some Oreo examples, not the lastest, but also work.
ZE520KL: https://drive.google.com/file/d/1Y5OVqmmAjb5PWZ6sKknzP0YnQHGyDxD0/view
ZE522KL:
https://drive.google.com/file/d/1DInYnZ4hLICjI_-cZ-NvUC_Vpzc_FnPO/view
And, in case you need some stock recovery for ZE520KL from that virtual folder, try these for ZE520KL:
[1803.55] https://mega.nz/#F!lw02CLpA!hpetR2-Sec1F__gHPNRE9Q!xhVEhCjB
[1804.61] https://mega.nz/#F!lw02CLpA!hpetR2-Sec1F__gHPNRE9Q!RgFnSKwZ
Again, I don't know what are planning to do, so my answer might not be useful. xD
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Many thanks, I just wanted to know how to extract the "recovery.img" file from the .raw file.
But I realized that I was looking for the wrong file, this print I sent is from the stock rom firmware file that comes from the Asus website. (http://dlcdnet.asus.com/pub/ASUS/ZenFone/ZE552KL/UL-ASUS_Z012D-JP-15.0410.1806.68-user.zip).
Where can I find this ".RAW" file that you put there on the link, has it updated on the asus website?

@mvini_ab
Why don't you just skip the stock recovery and flash it thru twrp? Editing the updater-script bypasses the error you're getting. That's how I've been doing it for years, no issues, you just have to flash magisk or superSU afterwards.

kiq1702 said:
Many thanks, I just wanted to know how to extract the "recovery.img" file from the .raw file.
But I realized that I was looking for the wrong file, this print I sent is from the stock rom firmware file that comes from the Asus website. (http://dlcdnet.asus.com/pub/ASUS/ZenFone/ZE552KL/UL-ASUS_Z012D-JP-15.0410.1806.68-user.zip).
Where can I find this ".RAW" file that you put there on the link, has it updated on the asus website?
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You can't find RAW files on official Asus website.
That was the most recent RAW firmware I could find.
You can flash that and update it through the phone in settings -> system -> update
Flash Tools: https://drive.google.com/file/d/0BzBzT9RsAkigcTlCSlZpMTRBV1U/view
Put your phone in droidboot mode by holding volume+ and power and then use flashtools.

wang1chung said:
@mvini_ab
Why don't you just skip the stock recovery and flash it thru twrp? Editing the updater-script bypasses the error you're getting. That's how I've been doing it for years, no issues, you just have to flash magisk or superSU afterwards.
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I honestly don't know how to do it. Never read any tutorial teaching that. Furthermore, I don't have computer/laptop (poor enough for that), just my cellphone. =\

@mvini_ab
I've done it through my phone before with rootexplorer, it's annoying but it works. Open the updater-script in the rom zip, it's located in META-INF/com/google/android/. Be careful, there are two files in that directory, you want updater-script not updater-binary.
Open the file with a text editor, delete the first few lines, pretty much up to "ui_print target asus ww_phone release keys", and then save it back into the rom zip and flash it. I think I had to extract the script, delete it from the archive, and then add the edited script back to the archive when I was done.
Flashing magisk and wiping cache/dalvik is all you need after flashing the modified stock Rom through twrp.

wang1chung said:
@mvini_ab
I've done it through my phone before with rootexplorer, it's annoying but it works. Open the updater-script in the rom zip, it's located in META-INF/com/google/android/. Be careful, there are two files in that directory, you want updater-script not updater-binary.
Open the file with a text editor, delete the first few lines, pretty much up to "ui_print target asus ww_phone release keys", and then save it back into the rom zip and flash it. I think I had to extract the script, delete it from the archive, and then add the edited script back to the archive when I was done.
Flashing magisk and wiping cache/dalvik is all you need after flashing the modified stock Rom through twrp.
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Nice! In the next update I'll try that. Thank you, that was really satisfying.

Thank you so much. It's really help me!! I'm going to take my phone to fixer! Thank you again! <3

TWRP for P580 running Oreo?

Is anyone able to run TWRP on P580 running Oreo?
Im having problems with my Tab stuck on a black screen instead of recovery mode.
Please help.
Thanks!!

I found a solution if you don't need TWRP, only Magisk or Root. (Using sm-p580 german version P580KXU1CRJ7)
Short Version:
Install Magisk without TWRP with odin in AP section(google it)
Problem is: Once booted up it will tell you that you have to reset your device because the system recognizes that you modified something.
Solution: Just click on the reset button( Magisk will still be there afterwards).
Long Version
Flash the Oreo firmware onto your device.
Set it up (turn on USB debugging) (or dont, I believe you dont need it for download mode ?)
Unzip the AP part of the firmware you have flashed. You may need a modified version of 7-zip, I needed it, because it couldn't unzip lz4.
Google mcmilk 7 zip and download the github release (I hope I'm allowed to reference it, CREDIT goes to MILKY)
You need the boot.img.
Now install Magisk Manager apk.
Under its settings check " .img.tar" under "return of patched boot-images" (Something like that, mine is german)
Click on install in Magisk Manager apk.
Select make thing with boot img, use the boot.img you have extracted and copied onto your phone.
Magisk will create new patched boot img automatically, copy the finished one u find under your main storage in downloads to your pc.
Go into download mode and flash new boot.img with odin using the AP tab.
Now do the things I described in the Short Version
Afterwards install Magisk Manager Apk.
You need internet connection, because it will prompt you to allow installing additional stuff.
A message from some Security App will appear, that something is wrong.
And your device will get laggy and restart.
After that the lag will disapear
I like to use Bk disabler to remove bloatware/ other stuff to flash or back up your device
(Please dont remove any of the 3 phone apks, on Nougat it worked to remove two of them, but oreo will continuously give an error message <- I found out that you can uninstall two of them, but dont uninstall the storagedial-programm thats what gives the errormessage.)
Hope it will help you!

Worked !!!
Thank you dear. Its worked for mine in p585 oreo android....
Anyone can search mcmilk 7zip in google and download program to extract boot.img.lz4 and get boot.img :good:

use the last TWRP for Oreo.
old version makes black screen or red stripes.
go in download-mode (power+home+vol-) and install the last TWRP over with Odin.
for Oreo use the last Odin 3.13
it tested, i had the same problem :fingers-crossed:

Latest twrp dose not worked on my device but this solution work fine

I can confirm that this method does work. I used it on my SM-P580 yesterday. I would suggest that you first backup your all of your apps, contacts, photos, etc using SmartSwitch. You will need to restore everything after the tablet tells you that it needs to be reset because it wipes everything. After the restore, you will need to enter all of your accounts and passwords again but at least all of the data will be back.
amosdinh said:
I found a solution if you don't need TWRP, only Magisk or Root. (Using sm-p580 german version P580KXU1CRJ7)
Short Version:
Install Magisk without TWRP with odin in AP section(google it)
Problem is: Once booted up it will tell you that you have to reset your device because the system recognizes that you modified something.
Solution: Just click on the reset button( Magisk will still be there afterwards).
Long Version
Flash the Oreo firmware onto your device.
Set it up (turn on USB debugging) (or dont, I believe you dont need it for download mode ?)
Unzip the AP part of the firmware you have flashed. You may need a modified version of 7-zip, I needed it, because it couldn't unzip lz4.
Google mcmilk 7 zip and download the github release (I hope I'm allowed to reference it, CREDIT goes to MILKY)
You need the boot.img.
Now install Magisk Manager apk.
Under its settings check " .img.tar" under "return of patched boot-images" (Something like that, mine is german)
Click on install in Magisk Manager apk.
Select make thing with boot img, use the boot.img you have extracted and copied onto your phone.
Magisk will create new patched boot img automatically, copy the finished one u find under your main storage in downloads to your pc.
Go into download mode and flash new boot.img with odin using the AP tab.
Now do the things I described in the Short Version
Afterwards install Magisk Manager Apk.
You need internet connection, because it will prompt you to allow installing additional stuff.
A message from some Security App will appear, that something is wrong.
And your device will get laggy and restart.
After that the lag will disapear
I like to use Bk disabler to remove bloatware/ other stuff to flash or back up your device
(Please dont remove any of the 3 phone apks, on Nougat it worked to remove two of them, but oreo will continuously give an error message <- I found out that you can uninstall two of them, but dont uninstall the storagedial-programm thats what gives the errormessage.)
Hope it will help you!
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Im not sure if this post belongs here, you link to the T580 TWRP, not the P580.
Is that one compatible with P580?
nill3bor said:
use the last TWRP for Oreo.
old version makes black screen or red stripes.
go in download-mode (power+home+vol-) and install the last TWRP over with Odin.
for Oreo use the last Odin 3.13
it tested, i had the same problem :fingers-crossed:
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If I do this, will I be able to mount my SD Card as internal storage? 16gb just isnt enough on this tablet.

Do you have to be on oreo already for this to work I'm still on 7.0 and with my system modified I can't upgrade normally

This method root my P585 device but the sim card not working anymore until I odin official rom
also twrp-3.2.3-4-gtaxllte-OMNI6 not work and freeze on Samsung logo
there is no method to root android Oreo P585 Realllllly????

khatkhatik said:
This method root my P585 device but the sim card not working anymore until I odin official rom
also twrp-3.2.3-4-gtaxllte-OMNI6 not work and freeze on Samsung logo
there is no method to root android Oreo P585 Realllllly????
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This one worked for me on a P585Y. You just have to skip the steps below.
A message from some Security App will appear, that something is wrong.
And your device will get laggy and restart.
After that the lag will disapear
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It will also show on the Device Maintenance, just ignore the warning.
You can freeze some of the system apps to prevent it from showing on the notification again.

amosdinh said:
I found a solution if you don't need TWRP, only Magisk or Root. (Using sm-p580 german version P580KXU1CRJ7)
Short Version:
Install Magisk without TWRP with odin in AP section(google it)
Problem is: Once booted up it will tell you that you have to reset your device because the system recognizes that you modified something.
Solution: Just click on the reset button( Magisk will still be there afterwards).
Long Version
Flash the Oreo firmware onto your device.
Set it up (turn on USB debugging) (or dont, I believe you dont need it for download mode ?)
Unzip the AP part of the firmware you have flashed. You may need a modified version of 7-zip, I needed it, because it couldn't unzip lz4.
Google mcmilk 7 zip and download the github release (I hope I'm allowed to reference it, CREDIT goes to MILKY)
You need the boot.img.
Now install Magisk Manager apk.
Under its settings check " .img.tar" under "return of patched boot-images" (Something like that, mine is german)
Click on install in Magisk Manager apk.
Select make thing with boot img, use the boot.img you have extracted and copied onto your phone.
Magisk will create new patched boot img automatically, copy the finished one u find under your main storage in downloads to your pc.
Go into download mode and flash new boot.img with odin using the AP tab.
Now do the things I described in the Short Version
Afterwards install Magisk Manager Apk.
You need internet connection, because it will prompt you to allow installing additional stuff.
A message from some Security App will appear, that something is wrong.
And your device will get laggy and restart.
After that the lag will disapear
I like to use Bk disabler to remove bloatware/ other stuff to flash or back up your device
(Please dont remove any of the 3 phone apks, on Nougat it worked to remove two of them, but oreo will continuously give an error message <- I found out that you can uninstall two of them, but dont uninstall the storagedial-programm thats what gives the errormessage.)
Hope it will help you!
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this works great! thanks!
2 side notes on the process:
1. Magisk no longer provides " .img.tar" patched files, so a tool like "Tar-tool" is required to convert the file from the ".img" type. The patched file should be renamed "boot.img" before conversion in order to be succesfully flashed by Odin.
2. like f4vr said, freeze the apps that give the error notification or just disable the specific notification. Hiding them in Magisk Hider does not seem to work
Cheers, and thanks again for the guide!

Hello Gyus,
I managed to root the device with the method posted by @amosdinh (Thank you so much). Now I'm trying to configure adoptable storage. So far I didn't achieve this goal. ADB commands doesn't work and I can't install the ASPlugin.zip needed by Root Essentials to set adoptable storage by the app.
TWRP for P585 is corrupted, gives blue/red lines screen. The dev that maintains the code is absent since march. I'm out of luck on this. If anyone have a idea to get adoptable storage on this device while using Oreo, please comment.
Thanks!
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artaeun said:
this works great! thanks!
2 side notes on the process:
1. Magisk no longer provides " .img.tar" patched files, so a tool like "Tar-tool" is required to convert the file from the ".img" type. The patched file should be renamed "boot.img" before conversion in order to be succesfully flashed by Odin.
2. like f4vr said, freeze the apps that give the error notification or just disable the specific notification. Hiding them in Magisk Hider does not seem to work
Cheers, and thanks again for the guide!
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Just renaming magisk_patched.img to boot.img and adding to .tar file by 7zip worked for me.

We should ask a dev to update twrp for android 8.1

khatkhatik said:
This method root my P585 device but the sim card not working anymore until I odin official rom
also twrp-3.2.3-4-gtaxllte-OMNI6 not work and freeze on Samsung logo
there is no method to root android Oreo P585 Realllllly????
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Same freeze for me with the Omni - can't do anything outside of access download mode

Same Problem
cmzizi said:
Is anyone able to run TWRP on P580 running Oreo?
Im having problems with my Tab stuck on a black screen instead of recovery mode.
Please help.
Thanks!!
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I have the same problem. It just keep getting to the bad TWRP, it seems that it does not work with the SM-P580. I had to flash stock firmware to get it back to work.

luinkazofeifa said:
I have the same problem. It just keep getting to the bad TWRP, it seems that it does not work with the SM-P580. I had to flash stock firmware to get it back to work.
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Really wish this wasn't the case. I'd actually keep this thing if it had a working TWRP.

On my SM-P580 I used Odin and TWRP I don't get the black screen but when I reboot to get into TWRP recovery mode it shows the padlock and says swipe to unlock. Tried many times bit cannot swipe and cannot get past this. All I want is to be able to use the SD card as internal storage. HELP???? Thanks!!

luinkazofeifa said:
I have the same problem. It just keep getting to the bad TWRP, it seems that it does not work with the SM-P580. I had to flash stock firmware to get it back to work.
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thanks in advanced
where can i find stock firmware?

I've just installed magisk using TWRP via command line. P580
I've just installed magisk using TWRP via command line.
Read the entire post before trying this yourself.
I installed the latest TWRP, the one that bugs and doesn't display anything, this allows to root without wiping data. I'm running the latest korean firmware for P580.
Just do this:
1. Launch TWRP and INMEDIATELY LOCK YOUR SCREEN. (I got ghost stripes that disappeared after 2 days when testing this, work with low light so you can notice your screen whenever it tuens on) Please don't forget this point, don't [temporarily] damage your screen as I did.
2. adb push Magisk-v[Current version].zip external_sd
3. adb shell
4. twrp install external_sd/Magisk-v[Current version].zip
After this you just need to install MagiskManager-v[Current version].apk and you will be all done.
But there is one thing...
If you ever get into recovery mode, there is no way out without using adb as far as I know. You can launch download mode and cancel it but you'll boot back to TWRP.
When in twrp touching your screen or any button will wake the device up and will start burning the ghost image to your screen.
So if you know of a method for rebooting to system without using adb, please let me know.
Also a solution for this would be to flash back the stock recovery, wich may or may not force to wipe system, that something that needs to be tested tho.
Update: Ok so, you can use a handy tool called MTKroot on recovery.img.lz4 to get recovery.img, then use 7z to pack it into a tar file and flash that tar file with odin (AP, same as TWRP)
This way you will not have a 0.001% chance of random boot into recovery mode and damage your screen

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Is it possible to root theG6 plus without Twrp, which would be my preferred method, but I cannot install TWRP on to my computer, no matter what I do, It just says can't mount file, Disk image is corrupted, This message comes up for all the versions. I have done all sorts of troubleshooting on this, but nothing has worked. I have Magisk installed on the SD card. Any help would be appreciated, BTW the bootloader is unlocked

Barb28n said:
Is it possible to root theG6 plus without Twrp, which would be my preferred method, but I cannot install TWRP on to my computer, no matter what I do, It just says can't mount file, Disk image is corrupted, This message comes up for all the versions. I have done all sorts of troubleshooting on this, but nothing has worked. I have Magisk installed on the SD card. Any help would be appreciated, BTW the bootloader is unlocked
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Why did u try to mount a recovery.img in a WinOS?
Although it's an image file, it does not contain any file system suitable for a WinOS.
Install Magisk Manager (via .apk) to patch your boot.img with it. When the patched image is ready you can flash it via fastboot and your device is rooted.

WoKoschekk said:
Why did u try to mount a recovery.img in a WinOS?
Although it's an image file, it does not contain any file system suitable for a WinOS.
Install Magisk Manager (via .apk) to patch your boot.img with it. When the patched image is ready you can flash it via fastboot and your device is rooted.
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I was following instructions that said to download twrp and put it in the fastboot folder, if I don't need to do that, it would be great. So Just installing magisk manager will be all I need to do ? Is APK different to the ADB folder, I don't want to get it wrong?

I know I have asked this before, but I am unable to install twrp to my fastboot folder,I have done all sorts of system repairs to my computer, but every twrp file I download says " cant mount file, disk image is corrupted" I know this can't be but I am at a loss now what to do. I have installed Magisk Manager on the phone, and the magisk zip file is on the sd card, Can anyone help me with this. pleeeeze!!

Barb28n said:
I know I have asked this before, but I am unable to install twrp to my fastboot folder,I have done all sorts of system repairs to my computer, but every twrp file I download says " cant mount file, disk image is corrupted" I know this can't be but I am at a loss now what to do. I have installed Magisk Manager on the phone, and the magisk zip file is on the sd card, Can anyone help me with this. pleeeeze!!
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Here is your help:
https://forum.xda-developers.com/android/general/info-android-device-partitions-basic-t3586565
https://www.geeksforgeeks.org/android-boot-process/
https://www.androidauthority.com/root-android-277350/
https://wiki.lineageos.org/adb_fastboot_guide.html
https://www.androidcentral.com/10-basic-terminal-commands-you-should-know
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Thanks for your prompt reply, I have used google search, to try and find out why TWRP cant be mounted into the fastboot folder, it downloads ok,but will not mount, I have also lloked at all the links you stated, but none of them seem to address my problem. I am sorry if this has annoyed you, I will have to ask elsewhere for help. I have rooted phones before and never run into this trouble previously. Thanks for your time

Barb28n said:
Thanks for your prompt reply, I have used google search, to try and find out why TWRP cant be mounted into the fastboot folder, it downloads ok,but will not mount, I have also lloked at all the links you stated, but none of them seem to address my problem. I am sorry if this has annoyed you, I will have to ask elsewhere for help. I have rooted phones before and never run into this trouble previously. Thanks for your time
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XXX.img = image (1:1 copy) of the whole partition, e.g. /boot, /recovery etc.
This is an image of a partition of your device. This is not a Windows partition, this is an Android partition. You must flash it to your device!! Have a look on twrp.me