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Unable to Flash Custom Recovery

Hi guys,
Im on the cm12s, and unlocked bootloader but im unable to get into custom recovery, it keeps reverting to Cynogen recovery.
I tried toolkit also, it flashes and then it shows waiting for device, i manually boot into recovery its just a blank screen.
Please help i need root and ROMS

varun.gid said:
Hi guys,
Im on the cm12s, and unlocked bootloader but im unable to get into custom recovery, it keeps reverting to Cynogen recovery.
I tried toolkit also, it flashes and then it shows waiting for device, i manually boot into recovery its just a blank screen.
Please help i need root and ROMS
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how did you unlock bootloader ?
may be using adb drivers right ?
so if you are using adb drivers then follow this procedure ....
copy this recovery file in your adb folder LINK
now go to adb folder
now press and hold shift button and right click on empty space there you will see open cmd , click on it cmd will open
now copy below code (this is for CM12 only)
Code:
fastboot -i 0x1ebf flash recovery recovery_twrp.img
anow right click in cmd and click on paste.
hit enter and after a while you will se 'Okay ' message at the end.
bingo you have flasher recovery :highfive: :good:

ashish_zarekar said:
how did you unlock bootloader ?
may be using adb drivers right ?
so if you are using adb drivers then follow this procedure ....
copy this recovery file in your adb folder LINK
now go to adb folder
now press and hold shift button and right click on empty space there you will see open cmd , click on it cmd will open
now copy below code (this is for CM12 only)
Code:
fastboot -i 0x1ebf flash recovery recovery_twrp.img
anow right click in cmd and click on paste.
hit enter and after a while you will se 'Okay ' message at the end.
bingo you have flasher recovery :highfive: :good:
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I tried this method.. but it always reverts to stock recovery. and when i boot into recovery directly from fastboot i get a blank screen. Please help.

varun.gid said:
I tried this method.. but it always reverts to stock recovery. and when i boot into recovery directly from fastboot i get a blank screen. Please help.
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have you tried with this recovery which i provided in link ?
first try using this recovery.
earlier i also face this.
now go to this thread download software from this thread only. there are two thread for this tool but i prefer you to go to this one.
GUIDE
now unlock bootloader.
and go for step 4(which flash twrp recovery)
now flash the recovery which is provided by me using code.
and now go can go into recovery
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i suggest you this guide this method do for me

Disable update CM recovery option in developer options... Then flash custom recovery.... it will work.

once flashing twrp recovery, you will need to use
Code:
fastboot -i 0x1ebf reboot
command.

remove battery after install recovery before restarting phone
then insert battery and start in custom recovery

install Custom Recovery
1) enable developer options
2)enable advance reboot and usb debugging
3)disable Update CM recovery option
4)reboot to bootloader and flash recovery
" fastboot -i 0x1ebf flash recovery recovery_twrpyulolli.img "
5) directly disconnect phone (phone displaying FASTBOOT MODE)
6) remove battery and start phone in recovery mode using volume UP+DOWN and power key
7) And YOUR are IN TWRP RECOVERY ......
THIS method work for me perfectly .....i m also having same problem of flashing custom recovery and again showing CM RECOVERY
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Thank You...!

Which is best for yureka cwm or twrp recovery

I'm facing the same problem but this trick didn't work for me.

Need help, bricked my 3s

Was supposed to flash CM13 Rom. I did a full wipe including system via TWRP.
Before flashing I decided to reboot into recovery, but it didn't. Only gets stuck in the MI logo now. Can't boot into recovery anymore.
I can go into Fastboot mode. Tried flashing twrp via ADB but whenever i type 'adb devices' in command prompt it says device is offline.
Tried to enter EDL via ADB in fastboot mode, it gets stuck at 'waiting for device'.
When plugged in PC, it gets detected as USB ADB interface
Bootloader was unlocked prior, was on xioami.eu ROM before this. I have TWRP system backup of last ROM installed.
Hoping someone can point me in the right direction on what to do next. Very much appreciated, thank you.

Hi Supdow,
I was facing with the same issue and I also thought I bricked my phone... No worries. To solve it is very easy, just unlock your bootloader again with Mi UnlockTool. Than you have access to your recovery again.
Good luck!

Boesila said:
Hi Supdow,
I was facing with the same issue and I also thought I bricked my phone... No worries. To solve it is very easy, just unlock your bootloader again with Mi UnlockTool. Than you have access to your recovery again.
Good luck!
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Do I have to apply to unlock the bootloader again like the first time?

Boesila said:
Hi Supdow,
I was facing with the same issue and I also thought I bricked my phone... No worries. To solve it is very easy, just unlock your bootloader again with Mi UnlockTool. Than you have access to your recovery again.
Good luck!
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Was able to unlock bootloader again, but I still can't access recovery. I may have forgotten how to exactly do this since the last time I did it. What do i have to do after unlocking bootloader? I tried flashing TWRP via fastboot but it only gives me an error.

So you have a few options
1. Hold volume+ & - and power (if you have twrp)
2. Take fedosis twrp 3.1 and installer, put twrp 3.1 into extracted installer folder, then shift+right click on installer folder, open cmd, then type
fastboot flash recovery twrp_name.img
fastboot boot twrp_name.img (or do step 1)
3. Just flash dev/stable with miflash (recommendation: go into fastboot, then like step 2 go into cmd and type fastboot oem edl then flash mi rom)
Hope this helps

bekcicandrej said:
So you have a few options
1. Hold volume+ & - and power (if you have twrp)
2. Take fedosis twrp 3.1 and installer, put twrp 3.1 into extracted installer folder, then shift+right click on installer folder, open cmd, then type
fastboot flash recovery twrp_name.img
fastboot boot twrp_name.img (or do step 1)
3. Just flash dev/stable with miflash (recommendation: go into fastboot, then like step 2 go into cmd and type fastboot oem edl then flash mi rom)
Hope this helps
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Thank you, finally on CM13 fedosis!

Help please can't see my phone in adb

I've had my Essential two weeks i was on 8.1 beta.Today i unlocked the boot loader.Then installed twrp while in twrp i side loaded magisk.I went back to fastboot then hit start .The phone just went into a bootloop.I Was able to go back to twrp 2 times but now i can't get back to any type of recovery.I Can get back to fastboot mode ishow all the info and secure boot says yes and device state unlocked.My pc see essential phone fastboot in the device manager but i can't get adb to see it .Can anyone help me ?

forgot something
looks like i skipped this part . Once you're in TWRP, install the stock boot image and then the Magisk/SuperSU zip.Is there anything i can do?

videodave1 said:
I've had my Essential two weeks i was on 8.1 beta.Today i unlocked the boot loader.Then installed twrp while in twrp i side loaded magisk.I went back to fastboot then hit start .The phone just went into a bootloop.I Was able to go back to twrp 2 times but now i can't get back to any type of recovery.I Can get back to fastboot mode ishow all the info and secure boot says yes and device state unlocked.My pc see essential phone fastboot in the device manager but i can't get adb to see it .Can anyone help me ?
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adb only works while phone is booted into system so nothing wrong there. If you're in the bootloader menu where you see that the status of your device is unlocked then you're already in fastboot mode. Just flash twrp again and the sideload stock 8.1 beta boot image (you can probably find it on xda), sideload magisk too. Go into install and press flash image file and find the stock boot image and then go into install again and change to flash .zip and flash magisk. After that, reboot into system.

WOW thank you so much'
Arju said:
adb only works while phone is booted into system so nothing wrong there. If you're in the bootloader menu where you see that the status of your device is unlocked then you're already in fastboot mode. Just flash twrp again and the sideload stock 8.1 beta boot image (you can probably find it on xda), sideload magisk too. Go into install and press flash image file and find the stock boot image and then go into install again and change to flash .zip and flash magisk. After that, reboot into system.
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I was able to flash twrp i'll try the rest when i get home from work

sideloading stock img
videodave1 said:
I was able to flash twrp i'll try the rest when i get home from work
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Do i need it to be zipped I've tried it as image that i downloaded from xda and I've tried a zip i got from Essential neither are working?

zip file
videodave1 said:
Do i need it to be zipped I've tried it as image that i downloaded from xda and I've tried a zip i got from Essential neither are working?
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When i try i get invalid file format. This is using a zip i got from Essential.

Stuck twrp says no os installed . But i did learn how to push files.

just trying to get back to stock now 

videodave1 said:
just trying to get back to stock now 
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https://forum.xda-developers.com/essential-phone/development/stock-7-1-1-nmj20d-t3701681

thanks been there tried the Oreo beta that is what i was on when i started and tried the 1st build before the betas i get an error on both i'll try to download them on another pc my phone does show up when i type fastboot devices now just need an os now .

Okay got back to 8.1 bootloader still unlocked twrp not install and i don't have root.I may just wait until P comes out.I'll try and learn more about adb. Thanks for your help Arju.

thanks everyone.

videodave1 said:
Okay got back to 8.1 bootloader still unlocked twrp not install and i don't have root.I may just wait until P comes out.I'll try and learn more about adb. Thanks for your help Arju.
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No problem. Thank you very much for the donation, that was really kind of you. Hey I'm sure you'll get the hang of it before android P drops. you did figure out what went wrong all by yourself so get a hold of the right boot.img and the rest is exactly as how you did it in the first place but flash the boot.img before magisk. Let me know if you want to give it a dive again.

I'm on 8.1 boot loader unlocked and ready to try to root again .Thanks for the help

This is the closest thread i could find to what is happening to my PH-1.
Like videodave1 I 'was' running the latest stock 8.1 and have my bootloader unlocked. In trying to root the phone I did this:
flash boot flash boot twrp.img
adb shell twrp sideload
adb sideload magisk.zip
All installations went well, but when trying to reboot from twrp it forced me to install the app. After that the phone went into boot loop.
* Note how I didn't sideloaded the Oreo 8.1 image before magisk.
By pressing all 3 buttons I can get the phone to reboot and releasing the volume up I can get to Fastboot. Just volume down and power doesn't work.
The problem now is that adb and fastboot no longer recognise the phone. adb devices just gives an empty list and fastboot only shows < waiting for device >
Trying to go into Recovery mode doesn't work either. Power off doesn't work and Restart bootloader, well, restarts the bootloader.
It might be relevant to mention that I'm running adb and fastboot from Terminal in a Mac and that this is my very first and frustrated attempt to root any phone.
For reference this is what the FastBoot Mode brings:
PRODUCT_NAME - Mata
VARIANT - OPENUS
BOOTLOADER VERSION - mata-aad8ac4
BASEBAND VERSION - 2.0.C4-M1.3.1
SECURE BOOT - yes
DEVICE STATE - unlocked
I might have to just resign myself to the ordinary land of unlocked full stock phones
Thanks very much

avocom said:
This is the closest thread i could find to what is happening to my PH-1.
Like videodave1 I 'was' running the latest stock 8.1 and have my bootloader unlocked. In trying to root the phone I did this:
flash boot flash boot twrp.img
adb shell twrp sideload
adb sideload magisk.zip
All installations went well, but when trying to reboot from twrp it forced me to install the app. After that the phone went into boot loop.
* Note how I didn't sideloaded the Oreo 8.1 image before magisk.
By pressing all 3 buttons I can get the phone to reboot and releasing the volume up I can get to Fastboot. Just volume down and power doesn't work.
The problem now is that adb and fastboot no longer recognise the phone. adb devices just gives an empty list and fastboot only shows < waiting for device >
Trying to go into Recovery mode doesn't work either. Power off doesn't work and Restart bootloader, well, restarts the bootloader.
It might be relevant to mention that I'm running adb and fastboot from Terminal in a Mac and that this is my very first and frustrated attempt to root any phone.
For reference this is what the FastBoot Mode brings:
PRODUCT_NAME - Mata
VARIANT - OPENUS
BOOTLOADER VERSION - mata-aad8ac4
BASEBAND VERSION - 2.0.C4-M1.3.1
SECURE BOOT - yes
DEVICE STATE - unlocked
I might have to just resign myself to the ordinary land of unlocked full stock phones
Thanks very much
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Even though your phone does not show up its there wipe everything.Fallow what Arju said in his post.I got back to stock then took the 8.1 update i'm not rooted but my bootloader is still unlocked.Oh make sure you unlock critical

videodave1 said:
Fallow what Arju said in his post.
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Thanks for coming back to me. I really appreciate it.
Arju said:
Just flash twrp again and the sideload stock 8.1 beta boot image (you can probably find it on xda), sideload magisk too.
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I might be missing something hopefully obvious here. How can I flash twrp again if I my computer can't see the phone. With the USB phone plugged in and in the FastBoot screen I enter into Terminal:
fastboot flash boot twrp.img
and I get:
< waiting for any device >
How do I flash it from the FastBoot screen? BTW, going to Recovery mode just hangs at the Essential logo.
Thanks

avocom said:
Thanks for coming back to me. I really appreciate it.
I might be missing something hopefully obvious here. How can I flash twrp again if I my computer can't see the phone. With the USB phone plugged in and in the FastBoot screen I enter into Terminal:
fastboot flash boot twrp.img
and I get:
< waiting for any device >
How do I flash it from the FastBoot screen? BTW, going to Recovery mode just hangs at the Essential logo.
Thanks
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are you able to get to the bootloader menu? where it says start on the top.

Arju said:
are you able to get to the bootloader menu? where it says start on the top.
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Thanks Arju. If you are referring to the FastBoot menu where you can use the up and down volume keys to select Start, Restart Bootloader, Recovery mode and Power off Yes, but not much else unfortunately.
If I select Recovery mode I don't go to the screen with the blue buttons from twrp.
Thanks

avocom said:
Thanks Arju. If you are referring to the FastBoot menu where you can use the up and down volume keys to select Start, Restart Bootloader, Recovery mode and Power off Yes, but not much else unfortunately.
If I select Recovery mode I don't go to the screen with the blue buttons from twrp.
Thanks
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What you need to understand is that twrp will not stick after you flash it. This device does not have a recovery partition and that's why you replace the boot partition with twrp and while you're in twrp you need to flash the boot.img back and whatever mods on top of that such as kernel etc.. If you flash a rom then it will replace the twrp with the boot.img found in the rom zip.
So now we need the computer to recognize you device. Could you unplug the cable and change the usb port on you computer. connect your phone while you're in the bootloader menu where it says start on the top.
The use use fastboot command: fastboot devices
See if the computer recognizes you device.

Need Immediate help

hey guys.i am in a bad situation now.I unlocked bootloader on my mi a1 and,installed twrp successfully.then,i wanted to install custom rom.I downloaded AEX and Gapps-ARM64-8.1-NANO.I followed all steps correctly,flashed rom;but,when i pressed reboot to system,it got stuck in bootloop for 30 minutes.So,i immediately rebooted to twrp recovery.then,i wiped data.then,i pressed reboot to bootloader,but suddenly i pressed do not install twrp.it then rebooted to stock recovery.then,i pressed reboot,and then,it booted succesfully to aex.but,i am not able to install playstore,or any app.also,device is not detecting in pc in fastboot mode.
Someone please help, am stuck on aex with no function app except phone and via browser......on stock recovery.....unable to install any apps,not even playstore

Harold128 said:
hey guys.i am in a bad situation now.I unlocked bootloader on my mi a1 and,installed twrp successfully.then,i wanted to install custom rom.I downloaded AEX and Gapps-ARM64-8.1-NANO.I followed all steps correctly,flashed rom;but,when i pressed reboot to system,it got stuck in bootloop for 30 minutes.So,i immediately rebooted to twrp recovery.then,i wiped data.then,i pressed reboot to bootloader,but suddenly i pressed do not install twrp.it then rebooted to stock recovery.then,i pressed reboot,and then,it booted succesfully to aex.but,i am not able to install playstore,or any app.also,device is not detecting in pc in fastboot mode.
Someone please help, am stuck on aex with no function app except phone and via browser......on stock recovery.....unable to install any apps,not even playstore
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Flash stock boot.img using fastboot command
Then use mi flash tool and install fastboot ROM

akashavel said:
Flash stock boot.img using fastboot command
Then use mi flash tool and install fastboot ROM
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Hey,Akshay.Can u give me the needful links for stock boot.img, mi flash tool and fastboot ROM ,?
Also,what command should I enter?

Harold128 said:
Hey,Akshay.Can u give me the needful links for stock boot.img, mi flash tool and fastboot ROM ,?
Also,what command should I enter?
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Download stock and flash according to the instructions given on that site
http://en.miui.com/getrom-333.html?m=yes&mobile=2

Phone bricked

I was a running my Redmi note 7 with DerpFest rom and with Ofox custom recovery
The phone suddenly got into a bootloop and now I can only access the fastboot screen (not even the Custom recovery screen)
How can I proceed to reinstall the sistem and the Custom Recovery?
I've already downloaded Minimal ADB and fastboot ulitily to make things faster
Edit: Also, I couldn't get the MiFlash program working, some errors are happening

advanced_gamerBR said:
I was a running my Redmi note 7 with DerpFest rom and with Ofox custom recovery
The phone suddenly got into a bootloop and now I can only access the fastboot screen (not even the Custom recovery screen)
How can I proceed to reinstall the sistem and the Custom Recovery?
I've already downloaded Minimal ADB and fastboot ulitily to make things faster
Edit: Also, I couldn't get the MiFlash program working, some errors are happening
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Just copy the ZIP file of the ROM and flash, as you dos when you first installed. Maybe just wipe caches

advanced_gamerBR said:
I was a running my Redmi note 7 with DerpFest rom and with Ofox custom recovery
The phone suddenly got into a bootloop and now I can only access the fastboot screen (not even the Custom recovery screen)
How can I proceed to reinstall the sistem and the Custom Recovery?
I've already downloaded Minimal ADB and fastboot ulitily to make things faster
Edit: Also, I couldn't get the MiFlash program working, some errors are happening
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Try to reflash the recovery with fastboot first. Need to have xiaomi usb drivers installed to can use adb/fastboot connection. When the phone is in fastboot mode connect with a good (original) USB cable and check the connection with "fastboot devices" command in cmd/powershell window. Extract and use "recovery.img" from latest orangefox zip file. Flash to phone using "fastboot flash recovery recovery.img" command then reboot holding together "Volume Up + Power" until you see the MI logo, release "Power" button but keep pressing "Volume Up" until you see the recovery. When you have working orangefox recovery, try to flash new rom. More information about driver/fastboot/recovery here (skip "unlock the bootloader" part): https://forum.xda-developers.com/redmi-note-7/how-to/one-redmi-note-7-unlock-bootloader-t3890751
The MiFlash program issue can be caused by missing/wrong xiaomi usb driver, if you will have answer from "fastboot devices" command (phone detected), can try the MiFlash again, just be careful: DON'T LOCK the BOOTLOADER. Good luck.