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How to update when rooted / custom recovery?

Hi guys, my phone is on oreo firmware 20A twrp and magisk to get root access. Just got a notification that there is an update available (20b).
Now what is the most efficient way to update without losing all my data/settings?

What I did was flash stock 20b kdz (there is no .zip to flash in twrp) and you can do a backup with lg bridge or with google account and then flash twrp, format data (when you flash stock kdz encryption is enabled again), flash all you need, and reboot to system and restore the backup or the google backup. With the google backup you won't need to set up to much.

mprovi_15 said:
What I did was flash stock 20b kdz (there is no .zip to flash in twrp) and you can do a backup with lg bridge or with google account and then flash twrp, format data (when you flash stock kdz encryption is enabled again), flash all you need, and reboot to system and restore the backup or the google backup. With the google backup you won't need to set up to much.
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I see. But that still involves a factory reset. I've always used Titanium Backup for apps etc. But it's still takes a lot of time... Is google backup any better than that?
What if I flash KDZ 20b with LG UP but as update! And then flash TWRP with fastboot and then immediately flash magisk without formatting data to remove encryption?

clouds5 said:
I see. But that still involves a factory reset. I've always used Titanium Backup for apps etc. But it's still takes a lot of time... Is google backup any better than that?
What if I flash KDZ 20b with LG UP but as update! And then flash TWRP with fastboot and then immediately flash magisk without formatting data to remove encryption?
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I flashed twrp with fastboot flash, but twrp showed a error with /data (that was because /data was encrypted) so you will need to format /data anyway.

Flash kdz with uppercut (update option) than re root installing twrp from adb and magisk from recovery (using sd card) no need to format data no factory reset!

ziotapa said:
Flash kdz with uppercut (update option) than re root installing twrp from adb and magisk from recovery (using sd card) no need to format data no factory reset!
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Yes, without booting up to android, data will not be encrypted. Melina kernel stops the encryption also.

Thx for your suggestions, the following method worked perfectly and i kept all my data intact:
0. make sure magisk 16.4 is on your sd card
1. download and flash v20b.kdz with LGUP+Uppercut using "upgrade"
2. enable USB debugging and enter fastboot
3. flash melina twrp 3.2.1 with fastboot
4. directly enter twrp with button combo (hold power+vol down, release power when LG logo appears and immediately press and hold power again)
5. in twrp, don't do anything except install magisk. Ignore all errors then reboot.
6. profit

clouds5 said:
Thx for your suggestions, the following method worked perfectly and i kept all my data intact:
0. make sure magisk 16.4 is on your sd card
1. download and flash v20b.kdz with LGUP+Uppercut using "upgrade"
2. enable USB debugging and enter fastboot
3. flash melina twrp 3.2.1 with fastboot
4. directly enter twrp with button combo (hold power+vol down, release power when LG logo appears and immediately press and hold power again)
5. in twrp, don't do anything except install magisk. Ignore all errors then reboot.
6. profit
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Have you tried to install melina kernel after installint magisk? Or after installint magisk, rebooting to system and rebooting to twrp solve all the errors of twrp?

mprovi_15 said:
Have you tried to install melina kernel after installint magisk? Or after installint magisk, rebooting to system and rebooting to twrp solve all the errors of twrp?
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No, I only did what I wrote earlier. From what I understand if you want things to work more or less in twrp you need to format data to remove encryption. My goal was to keep data, update and get root.

Anyone tried to unroot und flash stockrecovery?
Hi,
I got the same situation here. TWRP installed as recovery and magisk 16.0 installed for root.
My question: Does the unroot / auto-uninstall with magisk itself work on the h870? Can´t I then just fastboot flash the stock-recovery?
After that the OTA-Update should work! Should not?
Did anyone try this way already?
Regards

Treklof said:
Hi,
I got the same situation here. TWRP installed as recovery and magisk 16.0 installed for root.
My question: Does the unroot / auto-uninstall with magisk itself work on the h870? Can´t I then just fastboot flash the stock-recovery?
After that the OTA-Update should work! Should not?
Did anyone try this way already?
Regards
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You could try. I never had success with unroot/reflashing stock recovery before OTA updates on other devices, but never tried with LG G6.
But really it's just easier to flash .kdz since you have to reflash twrp and magisk anyway, but that's just IMHO

[Help] TWRP can't install stock rom and lost encryption. Phone no OS installed.

I was on beta 3 and decided to flash a new version of OOS. I flashed 9.0.11 -> reflashed TWRP and magisk but when I rebooted, it went straight back to TWRP.
I had to switch to a different slot and the phone booted to OOS beta 3 again. Tried to flash 9.0.11 and reflashed beta 3 again but the same thing happened.
Then i swiped everything except for USB storage and Internal Storage in TWRP and now the phone is without OS.
I rebooted to TWRP and now TWRP lost the encryption and I can't flash anything anymore.
Does anybody know how to recover from this?
I'm using the official TWRP build.

Dont panic just download a fast boot rom for version 9.0.11 and run it from fastboot using terminal. Then you will need to flash Magisk in order to have root access.

devam1995 said:
Dont panic just download a fast boot rom for version 9.0.11 and run it from fastboot using terminal. Then you will need to flash Magisk in order to have root access.
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How do you do that using the terminal? I tried following this topic https://forum.xda-developers.com/oneplus-6t/how-to/rom-stock-fastboot-roms-oneplus-6t-t3862516 but I got this error
https://imgur.com/wy1immW

TWRP still can't flash OOS
So I was able to boot the phone up again using MSMdownloadTool but the problem still persist. I was supposed to be at OOS 9.0.11 but upon checking I found out I was still on open beta 3. Tried to flash 9.0.11 via TWRP and the same thing happened. I was on slot B so when I flashed OOS and rebooted, it rebooted to slot A and brought me straight back to TWRP. It won't boot again until I switch back to slot B to boot and slot B was still on open beta 3. Any thoughts?

twistingthai said:
So I was able to boot the phone up again using MSMdownloadTool but the problem still persist. I was supposed to be at OOS 9.0.11 but upon checking I found out I was still on open beta 3. Tried to flash 9.0.11 via TWRP and the same thing happened. I was on slot B so when I flashed OOS and rebooted, it rebooted to slot A and brought me straight back to TWRP. It won't boot again until I switch back to slot B to boot and slot B was still on open beta 3. Any thoughts?
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Flash a patched
Code:
boot.img
when I got the problem, I did that and it worked, booted me to system but if that doesn't work then you have to flash Magisk.

twistingthai said:
So I was able to boot the phone up again using MSMdownloadTool but the problem still persist. I was supposed to be at OOS 9.0.11 but upon checking I found out I was still on open beta 3. Tried to flash 9.0.11 via TWRP and the same thing happened. I was on slot B so when I flashed OOS and rebooted, it rebooted to slot A and brought me straight back to TWRP. It won't boot again until I switch back to slot B to boot and slot B was still on open beta 3. Any thoughts?
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This phone has A/B partitions and is able to store a backup version of the OS so if a new installed version doesn't boot it will revert back to the old one.
When Flashing, you need to flash "BOTH" slots.
If you used the MSM tool to boot, you just booted and not flashed.
The MSM tool will flash your phone, restore the stock recovery and relic the bootloader. It will look like it came out of the box.
I don't know how to get you from wrapped around the axle except to tell you to run the MSM tool and let it wipe the phone and get you back to stock. You can then unlock the BL again and install TWRP, etc if you like.

twistingthai said:
I was on beta 3 and decided to flash a new version of OOS. I flashed 9.0.11 -> reflashed TWRP and magisk but when I rebooted, it went straight back to TWRP.
I had to switch to a different slot and the phone booted to OOS beta 3 again. Tried to flash 9.0.11 and reflashed beta 3 again but the same thing happened.
Then i swiped everything except for USB storage and Internal Storage in TWRP and now the phone is without OS.
I rebooted to TWRP and now TWRP lost the encryption and I can't flash anything anymore.
Does anybody know how to recover from this?
I'm using the official TWRP build.
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You are booting into TWRP because you did not format your data partition. When flashing OOS, you need to not only wipe data, but also under the Wipe menu, select format data. It should prompt you to type "yes".

parker.stephens said:
You are booting into TWRP because you did not format your data partition. When flashing OOS, you need to not only wipe data, but also under the Wipe menu, select format data. It should prompt you to type "yes".
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This! Thanks to you I was able to flash OOS again. But do I need to format the data everytime I flash OOS because it will be a pain . This is the first time I had to format data when updating OOS. Thanks alot.

twistingthai said:
This! Thanks to you I was able to flash OOS again. But do I need to format the data everytime I flash OOS because it will be a pain . This is the first time I had to format data when updating OOS. Thanks alot.
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Glad to help. I was sick of having to put the device into Qualcomm mode just to get it to boot up, then I decided to try reformatting data and it worked.

Installing rom zip through TWRP replaces recovery instead of intalling os

I formatted my Oneplus 6t and was able to install TWRP, but when I install the zip for LineageOS, instead of installing it as the OS, it just replaces the TWRP recovery with a Lineage one, and I am still unable to boot into system.

Yanagibashi said:
I formatted my Oneplus 6t and was able to install TWRP, but when I install the zip for LineageOS, instead of installing it as the OS, it just replaces the TWRP recovery with a Lineage one, and I am still unable to boot into system.
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What version of twrp are you using? Did you use the twrp installer when installing twrp?

Yanagibashi said:
I formatted my Oneplus 6t and was able to install TWRP, but when I install the zip for LineageOS, instead of installing it as the OS, it just replaces the TWRP recovery with a Lineage one, and I am still unable to boot into system.
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Solution is simple. After you flash ROM ZIP flash TWRP Installer ZIP again. Flashing ROM only Replaces TWRP with the Stock Recovery. As for why it didn't boot, there can be a number of reasons why. You'll have to explain some more so that we can help you

Lineage has it's own recovery included, that's normal. You need to reflash TWRP. Make sure you are using 3.3.1-6 or 3.3.1-7 (the latest versions) either will work.
TWRP Link in case you don't have it.
6T Lineage Install Instructions , I also have update instructions at the bottom, as the initial install is different. (It says to back everything up, as you will wipe everything, and lose all data)

I always flash the rom twice. Flash rom and TWRP, reboot recovery and flash rom and TWRP again. Reboot recovery, wipe(first option don't wipe data), flash magisk, gapps or anything else then reboot system.

What am i doing wrong? (installing a custom rom)

I have been trying to install a custom rom on my 6t but i always end up with a disappointment.
The rom installs but keeps crashing or i keep booting into twrp and not the system.
The method i use is below-
Flash Oxygen os on slot a
Flash twrp
Reboot to recovery
Factory reset
Flash Oxygen os on slot b
Flash twrp
Reboot to recovery
Factory reset
Flash the custom rom
Flash twrp
Reboot to recovery and flash gapps/magisk
Reboot to system

Have you tried deleting all data + Factory reset your device?

yot2703 said:
Have you tried deleting all data + Factory reset your device?
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Yes I've tried that

ImmorTaLGiLL said:
Yes I've tried that
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Have you tried flashing from the TWRP it self?

yot2703 said:
Have you tried flashing from the TWRP it self?
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Not sure if I'm getting you right..flashing what?
Can you elaborate? I'm new to custom roms.

ImmorTaLGiLL said:
Not sure if I'm getting you right..flashing what?
Can you elaborate? I'm new to custom roms.
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Flash ZIP on recovery.
It's basic , Before flashing you should know how to flash stuff on recovery (TWRP is recovery you install form fastboot)
Just boot from TWRP , download the zip of your rom you wanted , flash it/sideload it and you good to go.

yot2703 said:
Flash ZIP on recovery.
It's basic , Before flashing you should know how to flash stuff on recovery (TWRP is recovery you install form fastboot)
Just boot from TWRP , download the zip of your rom you wanted , flash it/sideload it and you good to go.
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I did flash everything from twrp as written in my original post.
I've rooted my phone multiple times without any issue.
I know how to flash but I'm not sure what's going wrong.

Try this:
-Flash OOS on both slots and twrp
-Format data
-Flash the rom + twrp
-Reboot to system
-Go back to twrp and format data again + flash the gapps and/or magisk

onliner said:
Try this:
-Flash OOS on both slots and twrp
-Format data
-Flash the rom + twrp
-Reboot to system
-Go back to twrp and format data again + flash the gapps and/or magisk
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Works fine now.
Thanks!

After update to V11.0.4.0.QFJEUXM TWRP no longer available

Hi Guys,
yesterday the new update came out, great.
I of course immediately pulled the zip (source) and installed it with TWRP (source).
So far no problems.
After a while I realized that I no longer had root because the apps stopped working.
When I wanted to boot into the TWRP to reinstall Magisk, I unfortunately found that it was no longer available, but only stock recovery.
Well, I thought to myself and tried to reinstall TWRP (method-twrp-3.3.1-2-davinci-fix), which was fatal, because my cell phone only booted into the Fastboot.
Then I got my cell phone, set up again with the Fastboot method.
Now I'm back to 11.0.4.0 but unfortunately without TWRP and root.
Can someone please describe how I can get TWRP and root again on Android 10?
I am thankful for every help !!!

Same thing happening to me, no matter what I do, stock recovery keeps overwriting TWRP

Oh dear, that doesn't sound good.
I hope there will be a solution to the problem soon.
I don't want to do without TWRP and root.
I wanted to try it according to these instructions "https://miui.blog/redmi-k20/twrp-mi-9t-redmi-k20-vbmeta-mauronofrio/". But don't trust me, I'm afraid that it won't work and I can start all over again.

Flash official TWRP this morning with fastboot commands without problem.
1. reboot in fastboot mode
2. Flash recovery with this command "fastboot flash recovery yourrecovery.img"
3. Reboot in recovery with this command "fastboot boot yourrecovery.img"
Any problems here.

The fact that twrp is lost when flashing official rom (even thought twrp itself) is normal. You just have to reboot into bootloader and flash twrp again and it will be back.
Your problem here is that you are using an old and unofficial twrp build, that has problems on newer roms. Flash official twrp and you'll be fine

houbaba said:
Flash official TWRP this morning with fastboot commands without problem.
1. reboot in fastboot mode
2. Flash recovery with this command "fastboot flash recovery yourrecovery.img"
3. Reboot in recovery with this command "fastboot boot yourrecovery.img"
Any problems here.
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Can u share the twrp file, im unnable to flash the one i have without causing a bootloop

hounter17 said:
Can u share the twrp file, im unnable to flash the one i have without causing a bootloop
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Download from the official twrp site here: https://twrp.me/xiaomi/xiaomimi9t.html

RedNas74 said:
Download from the official twrp site here: https://twrp.me/xiaomi/xiaomimi9t.html
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Oh sorry it works? I read somewhere that the original causes also bootloops :good:

Found something on a Russian website.
Обновление TWRP Recovery от LR.Team для устройств на Android 10
Does anyone dare to test this?
Here is the link to the TWRP for our Mi9t
> TWRP-3.3.1-1109-DX (полный комплект для установки) <
Check it out...

I finally got it
I did the following.
"V11.0.4.0.QFJEUXM" flashed in the TWRP and booted into the system, TWRP will be overwritten.
Now flashed TWRP "twrp-3.3.1-0-davinci.img" in Fastboot and booted into Recovery (TWRP).
To be on the safe side, I had the cell phone booted again into the TWRP in the TWRP.
Then I flashed Magisk "Magisk-v20.3.zip".
Booted cell phone into the system and everything works.

frank808 said:
I finally got it
I did the following.
"V11.0.4.0.QFJEUXM" flashed in the TWRP and booted into the system, TWRP will be overwritten.
Now flashed TWRP "twrp-3.3.1-0-davinci.img" in Fastboot and booted into Recovery (TWRP).
To be on the safe side, I had the cell phone booted again into the TWRP in the TWRP.
Then I flashed Magisk "Magisk-v20.3.zip".
Booted cell phone into the system and everything works.
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Where did you get the twrp file from?

You can use OrangeFox Recovery if you want a TWRP that can survive after flashing MIUI ROMs or updates :
https://forum.xda-developers.com/mi-9t/development/official-orangefox-recovery-project-t4037899

RedNas74 said:
Download from the official twrp site here: https://twrp.me/xiaomi/xiaomimi9t.html
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Ok, I am on global 11.0.4.0 (QFJMIXM) and I used this latest twrp-3.3.1-0-davinci.img and I can confirm its working without bootloop.

ShiningScias said:
You can use OrangeFox Recovery if you want a TWRP that can survive after flashing MIUI ROMs or updates :
https://forum.xda-developers.com/mi-9t/development/official-orangefox-recovery-project-t4037899
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To install TWRP, is it neccesary to wipe Data (or something else)?
And if Data must be wiped, does it mean that Data will no more be encrypted as originally by MIUI?
I have 11.0.4.0, rooted by Magisk (Magisk installed simply by patching and flashing boot.img, did not need TWRP for, did not wipe Data, etc) and I possibly want to have TWRP but don't want to loose encryption of Data, Widewine L1 and so

zgfg said:
To install TWRP, is it neccesary to wipe Data (or something else)?
And if Data must be wiped, does it mean that Data will no more be encrypted as originally by MIUI?
I have 11.0.4.0, rooted by Magisk (Magisk installed simply by patching and flashing boot.img, did not need TWRP for, did not wipe Data, etc) and I possibly want to have TWRP but don't want to loose encryption of Data, Widewine L1 and so
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You don't need to wipe anything to install a custom Recovery (like TWRP).
TWRP can handle ROM encryption, you just need to install a correct TWRP, and version, for your current MIUI / Android version.
A custom Recovery doesn't change Widevine level.
And TWRP is useful in case of bootloop (because of an installed Magisk module, by example) or if you want to easily reinstall Magisk after ROM update.

RedNas74 said:
Download from the official twrp site here: https://twrp.me/xiaomi/xiaomimi9t.html
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Micdu70 said:
You don't need to wipe anything to install a custom Recovery (like TWRP).
TWRP can handle ROM encryption, you just need to install a correct TWRP, and version, for your current MIUI / Android version.
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Ok thanks, so starting from v11.0.4.0 QFJEUXM, rooted by Magisk (did not wipe Data or so, just patched and flashed boot img), is it ok just to flash (from Fastboot) twrp-3.3.1-0-davinci.img, downloaded from the official site https://twrp.me/davinci/twrp-3.3.1-0-davinci.img
Maybe I could test first by
fastboot boot twrp-3.3.1-0-davinci.img

zgfg said:
Ok thanks, so starting from v11.0.4.0 QFJEUXM, rooted by Magisk (did not wipe Data or so, just patched and flashed boot img), is it ok just to flash (from Fastboot) twrp-3.3.1-0-davinci.img, downloaded from the official site https://twrp.me/davinci/twrp-3.3.1-0-davinci.img
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Yes, it should work.
But I prefer OrangeFox Recovery.

zgfg said:
so starting from v11.0.4.0 QFJEUXM, rooted by Magisk (did not wipe Data or so, just patched and flashed boot img), is it ok just to flash (from Fastboot) twrp-3.3.1-0-davinci.img, downloaded from the official site https://twrp.me/davinci/twrp-3.3.1-0-davinci.img
Maybe I could test first by
fastboot boot twrp-3.3.1-0-davinci.img
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Micdu70 said:
Yes, it should work.
But I prefer OrangeFox Recovery.
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Something is fishy. IMO, if that official TWRP is really ok for 11.0.4.0, then it should correctly boot by:
fastboot boot twrp-3.3.1-0-davinci.img
But phone rebooted into the dark.
TG, I didn't really flash with, so by long pressing Pow it rebooted to system.
Tried again, no avail
Edit:
Tried the same fastboot boot with
twrp-3.3.1-12-davinci-mauronofrio.img and also OrangeFox-R10.1_1-Stable-davinci.img (obtained by unzipping OrangeFox), but it also reboots to dark and I have to long press Pow to reboot to system

frank808 said:
Hi Guys,
yesterday the new update came out, great.
I of course immediately pulled the zip (source) and installed it with TWRP (source).
So far no problems.
After a while I realized that I no longer had root because the apps stopped working.
When I wanted to boot into the TWRP to reinstall Magisk, I unfortunately found that it was no longer available, but only stock recovery.
Well, I thought to myself and tried to reinstall TWRP (method-twrp-3.3.1-2-davinci-fix), which was fatal, because my cell phone only booted into the Fastboot.
Then I got my cell phone, set up again with the Fastboot method.
Now I'm back to 11.0.4.0 but unfortunately without TWRP and root.
Can someone please describe how I can get TWRP and root again on Android 10?
I am thankful for every help !!!
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You can install twrp by All In One tool
You can find its thread here itself

I took the official TWRP. " Link "
Flashed in fastboat and then booted the phone with a key combination in TWRP.
With the Fastboot command it didn't work for me either, the cell phone remained black ...