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(1/29/17) SM-S978L [5.0.2] Recovery/Backup

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Last Update: Jan.29 (2017)
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Custom Recovery
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Thanks to @jackeagle for these
TWRP Builds (these ARE compatible)
I used FlashFire to flash the recovery (must be rooted)
See second post for help with Odin.
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Backups
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Notice: THESE ARE TWRP BACKUPS!!
A factory reset will be necessary prior to the restore, or best before it.
Further help in post 2
This debloated (with SuperSU) backup is the latest I have uploaded and it's only around 622mb
A debloated without root version is also abailable.
**by debloated I have removed a bunch of stock Samsung/Google and other applications.
This old 2gb backup has SuperSU and AppOps pre-installed(forgot to remove, has all stock apps)
These other stock partitions include the stock recovery.
I am currently unable (no PC) to produce a flashable zip, if you know what you are doing you can make use of these other files.
This phone needs:
- A permissive kernel
- a deodexed version of this ROM (for xposed)
- cm12/13
- etc etc
If you found this post helpful please hit thank you and leave feedback

Helpful Info:
TWRP NOT RECOGNIZING THE BACKUP???
Stay calm, here's what you do:
zenful said:
∆∆∆make sure to put the files for the these backups in a folder on root of your SD card called TWRP/BACKUPS/<device ID>/BACKUPS/ in order for TWRP to recognize the backups on your device. If you don't know your device ID, just use TWRP and make a backup of whats currently on your device to get the folder with that device ID than place the backup in that location.
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How to Flash TWRP recovery using Odin said:
Download Odin 3.12.3
Unzip the Odin 3.12.3 .zip file and run/open Odin3 v3.12.3.exe file from the extracted files on your PC.
Make sure you’ve downloaded a Odin flashable TWRP recovery .tar file compatible for your device.
(If applicable) Enable OEM unlock:
Go to Settings » About phone » and tap Build number seven times to enable Developer options.
Go back to main Settings page, scroll to bottom and select Developer options from there.
Under Developer options, look for Enable OEM unlock checkbox/toggle and enable it.
Boot your device into Download mode:
Switch off your device.
Press and hold “Home + Power + Volume down” buttons for a few seconds until you see a warning screen.
Press Volume Up on the warning screen to accept it and boot into Download mode.
Once your device is in download mode, connect it to the PC with a USB cable. The Odin window on PC should detect the device and show an “Added!!” message.
Now click on the AP tab on Odin window and select the TWRP recovery .tar file that you downloaded for your device.
└ Note: DON’T play with any other options on the screen. You’re only required to connect your device and select the TWRP recovery .tar file in the AP tab.
Click the Start button on Odin and wait for it to finish the process. Once it has finished successfully, you’ll see a pass message on the Odin screen.
Your device will automatically reboot when Odin is done flashing. You can then disconnect your device.
How to boot into TWRP recovery on a Samsung Galaxy device
Switch off your device.
Press and hold “Home + Power + Volume Up” buttons for a few seconds and as soon as you see your device’ logo on-screen, release three buttons altogether. Your device will boot into TWRP recovery.
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Anybody find out about custom recoveries on the SM-978L?

Well I don't know if this helps, but my brother soft bricked his phone while trying to put a custom boot-animation on his phone. I figured out how to fix it by flashing https://download.chainfire.eu/719/CF-Root/CF-Auto-Root/CF-Auto-Root-e5lte-e5lteub-sme500m.zip using odin 3.09. After i flashed it and reset his device it booted back up like normal, and he had root. Just for ****s and giggles i decided to try to flash http://forum.xda-developers.com/gal...ment/recovery-twrp-samsung-galaxy-e5-t3283089. When i tried to reboot into recovery it told me that the seandroid was enforcing. My question is if we flash http://forum.xda-developers.com/gal...nel-permissive-lollipop-stock-kernel-t3387015 will we be able to use this custom recovery. I know it is not built for this specific device, but i was wondering if they were close enough for it to work. Just to afraid to flash it and brick his device with no backup images available.

bndnrd321 said:
Well I don't know if this helps, but my brother soft bricked his phone while trying to put a custom boot-animation on his phone. I figured out how to fix it by flashing https://download.chainfire.eu/719/CF-Root/CF-Auto-Root/CF-Auto-Root-e5lte-e5lteub-sme500m.zip using odin 3.09. After i flashed it and reset his device it booted back up like normal, and he had root. Just for ****s and giggles i decided to try to flash http://forum.xda-developers.com/gal...ment/recovery-twrp-samsung-galaxy-e5-t3283089. When i tried to reboot into recovery it told me that the seandroid was enforcing. My question is if we flash http://forum.xda-developers.com/gal...nel-permissive-lollipop-stock-kernel-t3387015 will we be able to use this custom recovery. I know it is not built for this specific device, but i was wondering if they were close enough for it to work. Just to afraid to flash it and brick his device with no backup images available.
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Did you ever gather up enough courage to try? It would seem like it should work. I might try it myself, but I cant afford to buy another one if it fails.

JoeSchmo2840 said:
Did you ever gather up enough courage to try? It would seem like it should work. I might try it myself, but I cant afford to buy another one if it fails.
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I'm the brother bndnrd was referring to.... at this time we haven't tried it but we are almost sure that this straight talk (tracphone) version is the same as the one mentioned. Just like everyone else though I just don't have $200 to test it if it were to fail.
My stupidity in not setting perms right on the boot animation is what caused the soft brick in the first place and apparently.. what ever he did.... was able to boot the phone back up bypassing perms.
If I can pay off a few bills early enough I will set aside some cash and try the build we think will work but that will be at least a month away.

If TWRP actually works after that permissive kernel is installed, we can finally get a stock nandroid backup. That would take the fear away from testing that custom cyanogen build.

JoeSchmo2840 said:
If TWRP actually works after that permissive kernel is installed, we can finally get a stock nandroid backup. That would take the fear away from testing that custom cyanogen build.
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I ended up making a nandroid backup of this phone and the only thing I couldn't make a backup of was the boot and recovery for it.

You can find out all the partitions you need to use dd with to start a backup by doing
ls -al /dev/block/bootdevice/by-name
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If I had the resources for a computer I would have uploaded a copy of my stock image, I'll see what I can do about getting one up. Also saw this tool that I thought may be useful for getting a flashable image.
tool-mmcblk0-extractor
Anyways, until next time x.x

Just wanted to post this and see if anyone has theirs different.
Also if someone could decompile the boot.img (I have a link to mine I can send) I'll work on a passive kernel for us.

допоможіть! потрібна прошивка для мого sm-s978l 4g
Took and wiped the system and data. now loaded only Samsung logo and TWRP 3.0.2
Or maybe someone has a backup of SM-S978L 4G?

oleksandr.lutsyk said:
Took and wiped the system and data. now loaded only Samsung logo and TWRP 3.0.2
Or maybe someone has a backup of SM-S978L 4G?
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What do you need a backup of? I haven't uploaded data or system partitions yet but I have the rest.
Also, you successfully got TWRP 3.0.2 working? If so please share the details on how please
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Help! Need firmware for my SM-S978L [5.0.2] Straight Talk's E5
Took and wiped the system and data. now loaded only Samsung logo and tvrp
Or maybe someone has a backup of SM-S978L [5.0.2] Straight Talk's E5?
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I need backup or firmware....
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zenful said:
What do you need a backup of? I haven't uploaded data or system partitions yet but I have the rest.
Also, you successfully got TWRP 3.0.2 working? If so please share the details on how please
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androiding. how/how-to-install-twrp-recovery-using-odin/
If you do this it will be possible. Make a backup for me)

updated main post, will try uploading backup by tonight

zenful backup request
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UPDATED dec 8 2016
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TWRP thanks to user @jackeagle for providing us with some TWRP builds for the E5.
Jackeagle TWRP build (I believe he has updated versions but this is the one I KNOW works for this phone)
https://www.androidfilehost.com/?fid=24052804347821291
Other builds
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showpost.php?p=62973386&postcount=2
http://androiding.how/galaxy-e5-twrp-recovery/
http://androiding.how/how-to-install-twrp-recovery-using-odin/
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You can also use FlashFire to flash the recovery as well (must have root first)
Have fun guys!
#edit dec11.2016
Have a twrp backup of the /system partition and a dump of the other partitions as well, just get up with me on here.
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Hello, I currently have the twrp running but for some reason google play services has stopped working has blocked me our of many of my apps and functions on the phone. The only backup I have at all has this occurring may I please use your backup and partitions so I can have a working phone for the upcoming holiday.

El_Ogan said:
Hello, I currently have the twrp running but for some reason google play services has stopped working has blocked me our of many of my apps and functions on the phone. The only backup I have at all has this occurring may I please use your backup and partitions so I can have a working phone for the upcoming holiday.
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Hey @El_Ogan check your inbox, or the first post to this thread for the link. Hope it helps, happy holidays

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zenful said:
Hey @El_Ogan check your inbox, or the first post to this thread for the link. Hope it helps, happy holidays
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i have this phone and twrp works but nothing eles is this a complet back up i can just restore from twrp or is there something eles i am in need of to get this phoe working its a sm-s978l but shows e500h when i plug it in to my computer ??? so i am really confused

bullfrog83 said:
i have this phone and twrp works but nothing eles is this a complet back up i can just restore from twrp or is there something eles i am in need of to get this phoe working its a sm-s978l but shows e500h when i plug it in to my computer ??? so i am really confused
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Hey no worries and yes it's just a full backup from TWRP just stupid in the sdcard and navigate to TWRP's restore section and it should auto find it. Any other files needed I'll also have, but this a bit a flashable zip or flashable via Odin, and
I imagine Odin says that after you flashed TWRP right? If so that's because that's what the TWRP was made for so it seems like Odin checked the recovery.
If it said that BEFORE you flashed it, that's very intriguing and helpful to me

thank you very much i really like this phone maybe ill be able to use it again havent went back to odin since i put twrp on the phone but when i plug into my computer it says e500h in window on my computer when in twrp on the phone used to say sm-s978l so im not sure just the way it is introduced by windows

bullfrog83 said:
i have this phone and twrp works but nothing eles is this a complet back up i can just restore from twrp or is there something eles i am in need of to get this phoe working its a sm-s978l but shows e500h when i plug it in to my computer ??? so i am really confused
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bullfrog83 said:
thank you very much i really like this phone maybe ill be able to use it again havent went back to odin since i put twrp on the phone but when i plug into my computer it says e500h in window on my computer when in twrp on the phone used to say sm-s978l so im not sure just the way it is introduced by windows
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I feel ya just let me know if you need any more help and goodluck

HELP! Nova 3i / INE-LX2 TWRP Image

Hello All,
Is there an existing working TWRP for Nova 3i? I tried searching, I found one image that claims to be for Nova 3i from the site stupdroid . com.
I was able to flash it, but once I'm inside TWRP, the phone just restarts in maybe 5-10 seconds and just doesn't allow me to do anything.
So now I have an unlocked bootloader with no way to root
I hope someone can help.
P.S. I've asked Supersonic27543 but unfortunately, he/she doesn't have the copy anymore.

june.castillote said:
Hello All,
Is there an existing working TWRP for Nova 3i? I tried searching, I found one image that claims to be for Nova 3i from the site stupdroid . com.
I was able to flash it, but once I'm inside TWRP, the phone just restarts in maybe 5-10 seconds and just doesn't allow me to do anything.
So now I have an unlocked bootloader with no way to root
I hope someone can help.
P.S. I've asked Supersonic27543 but unfortunately, he/she doesn't have the copy anymore.
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If you only want to root you can do that without TWRP. If you want to do that let me know in this thread.

how can i root the huawei nova 3i , modele ine-lx2, can i have help please

Supersonic27543 said:
If you only want to root you can do that without TWRP. If you want to do that let me know in this thread.
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need to know how please

zenosteam said:
need to know how please
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Has there been any further development on this?
I'm finding it quite hard to find a suitable TWRP image.

zenosteam said:
need to know how please
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Sorry for the delay. Here's how, (Remember to unlock the bootloader before this!)
First, download the update.zip for this device (you can find it in Huawei Firmware Finder, remember to download the Full OTA)
Extract the update.zip, you'll see a file named update.app. Download "Huawei Update Extractor", and open the update.app with it.
Now you'll see a list of partitions. Extract the "ramdisk" partition (an . IMG file), and copy it to the Internal Storage of your device.
Download and Install Magisk Manager on your device. Open it, and press Install>Install>Patch Boot Image. Select the ramdisk image you copied to your Internal Storage. Magisk will save a patched image to /sdcard/Download/patched_boot.img.
Now install that image in Fastboot, by "fastboot flash ramdisk patched_boot.img".
Now your device should be rooted with Magisk. If for some reason your device doesn't boot, you can flash the stock ramdisk (before patching) by using the same command as above. (replace patched_boot. img with the image name) That'll cause loss of root.
Good luck!

june.castillote said:
Hello All,
Is there an existing working TWRP for Nova 3i? I tried searching, I found one image that claims to be for Nova 3i from the site stupdroid . com.
I was able to flash it, but once I'm inside TWRP, the phone just restarts in maybe 5-10 seconds and just doesn't allow me to do anything.
So now I have an unlocked bootloader with no way to root
I hope someone can help.
P.S. I've asked Supersonic27543 but unfortunately, he/she doesn't have the copy anymore.
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How did you unlock bootloader?!?! which service???
I really need your help now..
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How did you unlock bootloadr?!?!? which service?
I really need your help now..

Supersonic27543 said:
Sorry for the delay. Here's how, (Remember to unlock the bootloader before this!)
First, download the update.zip for this device (you can find it in Huawei Firmware Finder, remember to download the Full OTA)
Extract the update.zip, you'll see a file named update.app. Download "Huawei Update Extractor", and open the update.app with it.
Now you'll see a list of partitions. Extract the "ramdisk" partition (an . IMG file), and copy it to the Internal Storage of your device.
Download and Install Magisk Manager on your device. Open it, and press Install>Install>Patch Boot Image. Select the ramdisk image you copied to your Internal Storage. Magisk will save a patched image to /sdcard/Download/patched_boot.img.
Now install that image in Fastboot, by "fastboot flash ramdisk patched_boot.img".
Now your device should be rooted with Magisk. If for some reason your device doesn't boot, you can flash the stock ramdisk (before patching) by using the same command as above. (replace patched_boot. img with the image name) That'll cause loss of root.
Good luck!
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Has anyone tried this? Also, will this kill off OTA?
Currently running EMUI 9.0.1.130

Error doing backup in TWRP

Hello. When I try doing a Backup in TWRP, I get the error shown in the attachment.
Can anyone help me with this?

Looks like TWRP never decrypted the data partition on your phone.
You need to include a lot more information if you expect people to be able to help you.
What version of TWRP are you using?
What version of OOS or are you on a custom ROM?
Did the backups ever work before?
Did TWRP ask you for your Password/Pin/Pattern when it booted?

Hello and thanks for responding.
TWRP: Bluespark 3.2.3
OOS: 9.0.13 (I just rooted, no custom ROM installed)
This is my first time trying to backup.
TWRP didn't ask me for a pin/password when I first ran it*
* I think

Thanks for the additional information, it definitely helps to see what could be wrong. I hope I didn't come off with the wrong tone in my message.
It looks like you might be using an old version of TWRP that does not support the decryption of internal storage.
Try the one from this thread https://forum.xda-developers.com/on...overy-unofficial-twrp-touch-recovery-t3861482
Use the link that says "TWRP 3.3.1-6 Unofficial Installer by mauronofrio"
If you have an otg cable you can put the file on a flash drive and flash that way. Otherwise you will have to follow the install guide section in the first post I linked.
Let me know if that works for you.

Oh dear.
I followed the install guide here (without issue): https://forum.xda-developers.com/on...overy-unofficial-twrp-touch-recovery-t3861482
And after, when I try to boot the phone normally, it boots to recovery and asks for the pin. After I enter the pin I'm just in recovery. I can't seem to get back to a normal boot.

Ok, I flashed Magick and now I think I'm good.
Thanks for your help! I can now do backups.

FligMupple said:
Ok, I flashed Magick and now I think I'm good.
Thanks for your help! I can now do backups.
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Always flash magisk after installing the custom recovery. Now ya know lol

OTA update on unlocked and rooted device

I have a well working Note 7 with unlocked and rooted 10.3.5.0 Global PFGEUXM (TWRP recovery and magisk).
Today I got the OTA notification to update ROM to 10.3.6.0.
What I will lose if I update?
What's the best way to proceed?
Thank you

Nothing will be lost from a regular OTA Just check around for any bugs or problems that other people are having if any? And update if you like.

rockerduck said:
I have a well working Note 7 with unlocked and rooted 10.3.5.0 Global PFGEUXM (TWRP recovery and magisk).
Today I got the OTA notification to update ROM to 10.3.6.0.
What I will lose if I update?
What's the best way to proceed?
Thank you
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You have to download the full rom then go to twrp and wipe cache and dalvik flash the rom and magisk without reboot to system. After the flash of magisk you can reboot to the system. If you don't flash magisk before rebooting MIUI overwrite the twrp with the stock recovery and you have to reinstall twrp with fastboot
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If you get a compatibility error when flashing the rom just delete from the rom zip the file compatibility.zip

darhma said:
You have to download the full rom then go to twrp and wipe cache and dalvik flash the rom and magisk without reboot to system. After the flash of magisk you can reboot to the system. If you don't flash magisk before rebooting MIUI overwrite the twrp with the stock recovery and you have to reinstall twrp with fastboot
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If you get a compatibility error when flashing the rom just delete from the rom zip the file compatibility.zip
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Thank you very much darhma.
Should I reflash Disable_Dm-Verity before magisk?

rockerduck said:
Thank you very much darhma.
Should I reflash Disable_Dm-Verity before magisk?
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You're welcome. I don't think it's needed the disable_dm-verity (but also i don't think that's a bad thing if you reflash it). If you want to thanks somebody in xda forum just press the thanks button (the ok button).

Hi!
I am new here so please don't be angry for my next questions
I just want root my Redmi Note 7 and keep OTP updates.
I read so many threads and this is my conclusion:
First I must apply for unlocking bootloader. Then flash TWRP recovery from here. After this flash Magisk through TWRP and that is it!
When phone notifies me that there is a new software update, I must download recovery rom from here, put it in internal memory, flash it and flash immediately Magisk again (flashing Magisk is mandatory after every software update to keep root).
Can anybody confirm that this is right way?
Thank You in advance.

wheelnut said:
Hi!
I am new here so please don't be angry for my next questions
I just want root my Redmi Note 7 and keep OTP updates.
I read so many threads and this is my conclusion:
First I must apply for unlocking bootloader. Then flash TWRP recovery from here. After this flash Magisk through TWRP and that is it!
When phone notifies me that there is a new software update, I must download recovery rom from here, put it in internal memory, flash it and flash immediately Magisk again (flashing Magisk is mandatory after every software update to keep root).
Can anybody confirm that this is right way?
Thank You in advance.
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Yes that's the right way.
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Another thing: if you get a compatibility error when flashing the rom just delete from the rom zip the file compatibility.zip

darhma said:
Yes that's the right way.
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Another thing: if you get a compatibility error when flashing the rom just delete from the rom zip the file compatibility.zip
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Can I do that in TWRP or I must unpack rom on computer and pack it as zip again?

wheelnut said:
Can I do that in TWRP or I must unpack rom on computer and pack it as zip again?
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I think that you can do that from twrp but i'm not 100% sure. From computer you don't need to unpack and repack, just open the zip with 7zip or unrar (i'm on linux and don't know which program you use for zip files) and delete the file

darhma said:
I think that you can do that from twrp but i'm not 100% sure. From computer you don't need to unpack and repack, just open the zip with 7zip or unrar (i'm on linux and don't know which program you use for zip files) and delete the file
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I'm using Windows and WinRAR. Will try after I download recovery rom (my dl speed is ****ty so it wont be soon)

I'm getting Error: 7 and am unable to update through TWRP on Redmi Note 7. Anyone else facing this?

thelastprime said:
I'm getting Error: 7 and am unable to update through TWRP on Redmi Note 7. Anyone else facing this?
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Are you sure you downloaded the right rom? Error 7 is a mismatch of the firmware

Just come to say that everything went fine.
I didn't need to wait for unlock bootloader. I bought phone 2 weeks ago and using it normally and when I start unlock procedure it unlock without waiting time (I saw that someone must wait 720 hours!!).
I flash twrp and magisk (I had fingerprint lock so after flashing I did data erase) and now I have rooted phone

So, I have a my Redmi Note 7 keeps telling me that there is a new update which is V10.3.10.0.PFGMIXM
I didn't want to install it since I was happy with my phone. But now the notification is not going away and it is always there. So I tried to install it from OTA but since my phone is unlocked and has TWRP on it, the update can't be installed.
My questions are:
- Should I download the rom and flash it through TWRP?
- How should I flash it without being have to make a factory reset? Is it posible not to loose any data? And if so, is it bad to flash it just like that?
- There is a kernel which is called EVIRA that I want to flash, too. So the order should be:
Rom + Kernel + Minsk, is that correct?
Thanks in advance.
EDIT: There are 2 versions of the new rom:
Recovery Rom and Fastboor Rom.
https://c.mi.com/thread-2432115-1-0.html
What is the difference? Which one should I download?

kaplanfa said:
So, I have a my Redmi Note 7 keeps telling me that there is a new update which is V10.3.10.0.PFGMIXM
I didn't want to install it since I was happy with my phone. But now the notification is not going away and it is always there. So I tried to install it from OTA but since my phone is unlocked and has TWRP on it, the update can't be installed.
My questions are:
- Should I download the rom and flash it through TWRP?
- How should I flash it without being have to make a factory reset? Is it posible not to loose any data? And if so, is it bad to flash it just like that?
- There is a kernel which is called EVIRA that I want to flash, too. So the order should be:
Rom + Kernel + Minsk, is that correct?
Thanks in advance.
EDIT: There are 2 versions of the new rom:
Recovery Rom and Fastboor Rom.
https://c.mi.com/thread-2432115-1-0.html
What is the difference? Which one should I download?
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1) download the full recovery rom
2) reboot to twrp
3) wipe dalvik art/cache and cache
4) flash the rom, the kernel and magisk in this order. Don't reboot to system until you have flashed magisk
5) reboot to system
6) enjoy
If you get a compatibility error when flashing the rom just delete the file compatibility.zip from the rom zip

Is updating ota with full recovery rom via twrp erase internal data or installed app?

darhma said:
1) download the full recovery rom
2) reboot to twrp
3) wipe dalvik art/cache and cache
4) flash the rom, the kernel and magisk in this order. Don't reboot to system until you have flashed magisk
5) reboot to system
6) enjoy
If you get a compatibility error when flashing the rom just delete the file compatibility.zip from the rom zip
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Is installed app or data lost?

m.nav7854 said:
Is installed app or data lost?
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If you do an update there should be no data loss however it is always recommended to have a backup of your data

Please help! I need to relock my bootloader.

Hey guys, how are you? So, let me explain my situation - I have a Redmi 7A (the 16 GB version) and I recently unlocked its bootloader to root, and uninstall some bloatwares ...... I managed to unlock the bootloader and install TWRP recovery, but I was unable to root, and i tried in a lot of ways, in a lot of times........... I'm on version 11.0.6 of MIUI, and I saw that some users here were having problems with this version too. Anyway, recently a MIUI update came out, and soon it will update to MIUI 12, but I'm not able to install the OTA update, after the phone restarts, it goes to TWRP recovery and shows an error message - so, I would like to go back to my original recovery and re-lock my bootloader, but for that I need the original recovery of the Redmi 7A, and I can't find it anywhere........
Someone here have this original recovery available to send or do upload? It would help me a lot! Thanks

eriksparks1 said:
Hey guys, how are you? So, let me explain my situation - I have a Redmi 7A (the 16 GB version) and I recently unlocked its bootloader to root, and uninstall some bloatwares ...... I managed to unlock the bootloader and install TWRP recovery, but I was unable to root, and i tried in a lot of ways, in a lot of times........... I'm on version 11.0.6 of MIUI, and I saw that some users here were having problems with this version too. Anyway, recently a MIUI update came out, and soon it will update to MIUI 12, but I'm not able to install the OTA update, after the phone restarts, it goes to TWRP recovery and shows an error message - so, I would like to go back to my original recovery and re-lock my bootloader, but for that I need the original recovery of the Redmi 7A, and I can't find it anywhere........
Someone here have this original recovery available to send or do upload? It would help me a lot! Thanks
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I have detailed instructions - How to install TWRP + ROOT [Magisk] for redmi 7A HERE. Very easy. Please use google translate

sjcbank said:
I have detailed instructions - How to install TWRP + ROOT [Magisk] for redmi 7A HERE. Very easy. Please use google translate
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Hi! I tried that way, but when i use the patched boot.img, it doesn't boot, and go straight to TWRP :/

eriksparks1 said:
Hi! I tried that way, but when i use the patched boot.img, it doesn't boot, and go straight to TWRP :/
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If you can't do it, look down and read lesson #3, download ROM zip and txt files for flash via twrp. will definitely work 100%

eriksparks1 said:
Hi! I tried that way, but when i use the patched boot.img, it doesn't boot, and go straight to TWRP :/
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Soo... I have problem too with root and I make temp root (unsafe method) . Patching boot img is idiot idea now , same as re-lock bootloader . I'm DEV and i'm know (look on my threads if you don't think). Better idea for you is download global rom or rom designed for your region . Actually i wipe my global rom and I install rom with android 10 . I have english only without polish support . All rom's is here : https://mirom.ezbox.idv.tw/en/phone/pine/ If you want to unbrick your device , download correct rom , and flash . For your bricked device is only fastboot rom for unbrick . In google you find how to install adb and fastboot drivers , disable check signatures of drivers in your windows , adb and fastboot exe file (if you have windows as me) etc. . Good luck . Disclaimer: After re-lock bootloader , your software and data be bricked , you must flash all with data too . Make copy of data to google or sd card
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https://flashxiaomi.com/download-install-miui-rom-for-xiaomi-redmi-7a-all-miui-firmwares/
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https://xiaomifirmwareupdater.com/miui/pine/