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[Q] Flashing to pure stock 4.3 with the latest bootloader, recovery, etc.?

I know this may have been answered several times. I did a search too, but to be honest couldn't find something to the point.
Can someone post an easy guide of the files to download and the commands to type in the Command Prompt to install 4.3?
I'm currently on 4.2.2 (LiquidSmooth). Rooted obviously with TWRP recovery. I have the ADB and fastboot drivers installed in my PC.
This is what I want to know.
1. Flashing pure stock 4.3 and wipe everything (including SDcard - I will take a backup)
2. Updating the bootloader
3. Updating the radio
4. Updating the stock recovery
5. Installing TWRP recovery for 4.3
Will be glad if someone could help me.
Thank you.

you didnt search very well...
there's a return to stock thread in the general section.

Just use this: http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1766475
Read last 3-4 pages.

AbhishekS said:
I know this may have been answered several times. I did a search too, but to be honest couldn't find something to the point.
Can someone post an easy guide of the files to download and the commands to type in the Command Prompt to install 4.3?
I'm currently on 4.2.2 (LiquidSmooth). Rooted obviously with TWRP recovery. I have the ADB and fastboot drivers installed in my PC.
This is what I want to know.
1. Flashing pure stock 4.3 and wipe everything (including SDcard - I will take a backup)
2. Updating the bootloader
3. Updating the radio
4. Updating the stock recovery
5. Installing TWRP recovery for 4.3
Will be glad if someone could help me.
Thank you.
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search again... and in short if u are flashing your rom with stock image u dont have to install the bootloader and radio img again... search how to flash stock image using adb..
Sent from my Galaxy Nexus using xda premium

AbhishekS said:
I know this may have been answered several times. I did a search too, but to be honest couldn't find something to the point.
Can someone post an easy guide of the files to download and the commands to type in the Command Prompt to install 4.3?
I'm currently on 4.2.2 (LiquidSmooth). Rooted obviously with TWRP recovery. I have the ADB and fastboot drivers installed in my PC.
This is what I want to know.
1. Flashing pure stock 4.3 and wipe everything (including SDcard - I will take a backup)
2. Updating the bootloader
3. Updating the radio
4. Updating the stock recovery
5. Installing TWRP recovery for 4.3
Will be glad if someone could help me.
Thank you.
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Hi, let me try to help you
Galaxy Nexus is my first smartphone. So i'm pretty new at flashing things. I did some research last year to learn how to flash stuff in it and that's how i learned to make a fresh install:
-Make sure you have the SDK platform-tools and the Galaxy Nexus driver properly installed on your PC. Also, make sure you have USB debuging enabled on your device.
-Download the factory image that fits your phone at https://developers.google.com/android/nexus/images
-Open up the tgz file you just downloaded and extract the files:
-boot.img
-bootloader-maguro-primemd04.img
-radio-maguro-i9250xxlj1.img
-recovery.img
-system.img
-userdata.img
Extract the files in the platform-tools folder to make things easier.
-Connect your Nexus to your PC, open the command prompt, go to the platform-tools folder and type
(Do not turn off, disconnect or close the cmd prompt windows until everything is done. Again, make sure you have the nexus driver properly installed on your Windows)
Code:
adb reboot-bootloader
(this command will reboot your device to recovery mode)
With your device on recovery mode, type the following commands to erase your device:
Code:
fastboot erase boot
Hit enter, then:
fastboot erase cache
Hit enter, then:
fastboot erase recovery
Hit enter, then:
fastboot erase system
Hit enter, then:
fastboot erase userdata
-Now you're going to flash the new files you have downloaded and extracted steps before:
Code:
fastboot flash bootloader bootloader-maguro-primemd04.img
(or whatever name your bootloader img file has. In this case the bootloader file is "bootloader-maguro-primemd04.img")
Code:
fastboot reboot-bootloader
(you'll need to reboot after flashing the bootloader)
Code:
fastboot flash radio radio-maguro-i9250xxlj1.img
Flash the radio
Code:
fastboot reboot-bootloader
Reboot again
Code:
fastboot flash system system.img
Flash system
Code:
fastboot flash userdata userdata.img
Code:
fastboot flash boot boot.img
Code:
fastboot flash recovery recovery.img
Code:
fastboot reboot-bootloader
We are almost done!
Code:
fastboot erase cache
Code:
fastboot reboot
Done! Reboot to Android. The first boot may take some more time than the usual. Don't worry!
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If you want to flash a custom recovery, download it from their website, go into fastboot mode and flash it using the command to flash the recovery.
Code:
fastboot flash recovery [recovery filename].img
The same command used when flashing the recovery on the fresh install above
That's the way i learned how to do it from scratch. In case someone more experienced has any thoughts about it, i'd like to hear as i'm not an expert and learned by researching it on my own...

This is how it's done, PROPER. Well done, mnoguti.
a maguro wrote this.

@mnoguti: You have said that to flash a custom recovery, one needs to go to the recovery mode and flash the custom recovery, but you said that flashing the stock recovery should be done in bootloader.
Is it fine to flash custom recovery from bootloader instead of recovery?

AbhishekS said:
@mnoguti: You have said that to flash a custom recovery, one needs to go to the recovery mode and flash the custom recovery, but you said that flashing the stock recovery should be done in bootloader.
Is it fine to flash custom recovery from bootloader instead of recovery?
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you don't have to go into the recovery mode to flash recovery, just boot into fastboot mode and flash recovery using command:
fastboot flash recovery recovery.img
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obviously replace the recovery.img with the name of the custom recovery file you downloaded, make sure the custom recovery file is in the same folder as fastboot/adb otherwise you'll have to do it like:
fastboot flash recovery C:\Downloads\recovery.img
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Yes, that's what I thought. Thank you.
I had initially felt that stock recovery can flashed only in bootloader and custom recoveries can be flashed only by booting into stock recovery. But somewhere in my mind had a doubt on it and so asked. Thanks for clearing the doubt.
And a big thanks to @mnoguti for posting those steps. Worked like a charm for me.

Obviously he meant fastboot mode..
a manta wrote this.

AbhishekS said:
Yes, that's what I thought. Thank you.
I had initially felt that stock recovery can flashed only in bootloader and custom recoveries can be flashed only by booting into stock recovery. But somewhere in my mind had a doubt on it and so asked. Thanks for clearing the doubt.
And a big thanks to @mnoguti for posting those steps. Worked like a charm for me.
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It's "fastboot mode". Sorry for the mistake!
I've updated my post and now it's right

[How to] Flashing kernel

I have a rooted HTC one M9. I saw the HTCU tag so the device bootloader is also unlocked. Android version is 5.0.2
I compiled a custom kernel and updated it using abootimage.
I then tried:
Code:
adb reboot bootloader
fastboot boot boot.img
adb wait-for-device shell
I could use also
Code:
fastboot flash boot boot.img
but i want for the begining the boot.img to be lost on reboot.
The device is waiting in fastboot Menu with following options:
Reboot
Reboot to bootloader
Boot to download mode
Boot to recovery mode
Power down
When i give command:
Code:
fastboot devices
I get no device (empty list).
How can i update the kernel?
Is there a problem with fastboot?

The title of the thread is a bit misleading since you are asking a question and not explaining what needs to be done to flash a kernel.
The M9 has no Fastboot Mode like the ones you may know from older HTC devices. You need to boot to Download Mode if you want to use fastboot commands. Besides I think I read somewhere here on xda that fastboot boot commands do not work with the M9 due to new security features. But I can't find that specific post right now so my memories might be wrong...

Root Armani in 2018

Method 1:-
Download Custom Recovery for armani in your pc and rename it to recovery.img
and download root zip and paste it in your sdcard
Download 15 seconds adb & fast drivers and follow the instructions....
In pc type the following commands by opening cmd from shift+right click and open command prompt here after connecting the device to pc
Code:
adb devices
after successful install of drivers you will see the device listed in that
Code:
adb reboot bootloader
After rebooting into fastboot mode type the following commands
Code:
fastboot flash recovery recovery.img
after successful flashing of recovery then type this
Code:
fastboot reboot recovery
Flash SuperSU/Koush superuser in your TWRP/CWM/Philz recovery
Method 2:- Download Kingo ROOT and root
Method 3:- Download Kingo ROOT pc version in your pc and load it and connect your device to pc and root....
Method 4:- Download KingRoot and click to root....if it fails in first attempt, try atleast 5 times...

Yes these are indeed the best methods to root this phone.
Also, note that Magisk will not work for the stock MIUI because the phone has Android 4.4 and Magisk probably requires 5.0+. So, Magisk should be used for newer custom ROMs.
HemanthJabalpuri said:
I want to root my MIUI 9 armani in 2018.....
I don't have PC
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Also, like you had said earlier, if you don't have a PC due to some reason, you can use another phone or tablet for that purpose (to flash the custom recovery). I've read somewhere that most Android devices having 5.0 and below came preloaded with adb fastboot binaries (for newer Android phones, you can easily obtain the binaries online and add them into the /system/bin folder if it is rooted) and hence you can connect your Redmi to this other device using an OTG cable and use the shell (any terminal app) to issue the commands. The only important thing to be considered in this approach is that the other (host) device should have a big enough battery to be able to provide sufficient current to the Redmi phone such that it should not get disconnected during the process.
This method is usually ignored by people, but it really works.

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Code:
$ fastboot reboot recovery
fastboot: usage: unknown reboot target recovery
Cannot issue the last command.
When I flash TWRP and reboot nothing happens. Same Mi Recovery is present.
I am on MIUI 9. Not rooted. I am trying to get a custom recovery but I fail. Please help.

blazzer12 said:
Code:
$ fastboot reboot recovery
fastboot: usage: unknown reboot target recovery
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Are you sure recovery was flashed properly?
Try this while in fastboot mode :-
Code:
fastboot devices
Make sure that your device is listed properly.
Try this
Code:
fastboot erase recovery
fastboot flash recovery <path to recovery img>
Then reboot using
Code:
fastboot reboot recovery
If still doesn't work out, try to directly boot into recovery image
Code:
fastboot boot <path to recovery img>
If still doesn't work out, then there might be a problem with the fastboot binary on the PC, try to reinstall the latest version of it on the PC and try again.
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blazzer12 said:
When I flash TWRP and reboot nothing happens. Same Mi Recovery is present.
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If the issue is specific to TWRP Recovery, try to flash other recoveries. For example, older version of TWRP or maybe try Philz Touch recovery as well.

Yes, the fastboot devices is being listed. Still #2 didn't work. But #3 worked perfectly.
So for me flashing recovery didn't work. I had to temporarily boot into the recovery and then again flash the recovery from there.
Thank you for the help. :good:

Now we can root with Magisk too...
https://forum.xda-developers.com/ap...v7-universal-systemless-t3473445/post78829088
Note:- Magisk v22.1 is the last version to support Android 4.4.2

OUTDATED***[GUIDE] Basic guide to flash a recovery and a rom via recovery in Mi A3.

This is a basic guide to flash a rom via recovery in Mi A3 as title says.
Is created to help all those that want but can't.
Please read before act, and if you don't understand....well read again.
Mi A3 is a device with treble support, and while is not difficult to flash a rom,is a little bit tricky process.
So here are the detailed steps to do achieve that.
First things first, you've got to have your bootloader unlocked. Follow below steps to do that:
-Enable developer options by going to settings/about phone and clicking 5 times on build number.
Inside developer options:
-Find and enable OEM unlocking.
-Find and enable USB debugging.
In adb tools type:
-
Code:
adb devices
reboot to bootloader.
-
Code:
adb reboot bootloader
Unlock bootloader(you will lose all your data).
Code:
fastboot flashing unlock
When the device reboot, boot once again in fastboot by powering off then power on while pressing vol down button.
Type command to full unlock bootloader.
Code:
fastboot flashing unlock_critical
Proceed to recovery flash
Notice that you've got to have all files ready, either inside external sd or in your pc. All files are at the end of this thread as links or attachments.
Also i'm suggesting OrangeFox recovery for now because is the most stable.
-First you following the orangefox recovery installation guide:
- Download the OrangeFox zip file from here or the link at the end and copy it to your device (internal or external storage)
- Extract the recovery.img from the zip and store it, on the folder where you have adb and fastboot files, on your PC
- Open a cmd line and execute these commands (being on that folder, of course):
-
Code:
adb devices
(to make sure your device is detected)
-
Code:
adb reboot bootloader
(to reboot into fastboot mode)
-
Code:
fastboot getvar current-slot
(to check what's your current active slot)
-
Code:
fastboot set_active b
(if your active slot was a, if it was b then change it to a)
-
Code:
fastboot erase boot
-
Code:
fastboot flash boot recovery.img [b](OR WHATEVER NAME YOUR RECOVERY HAVE)[/b]
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Code:
fastboot reboot
(NOTE : Before hitting "Enter", long press Vol + on your device until you see the Android One logo.
-->> By doing this your device will be forced to boot into Recovery and not into System <<--
- Install the OrangeFox zip (always install the latest build available and always keep a copy of recovery zip file in your external sd)
- Change slot to the one that was active on the beginning of these steps and reboot to Recovery (just to make sure that the slot, in fact, was changed)
After orangefox recovery is installed, you are ready to flash your rom.
You can move your rom files inside your external or internal memory(prefer external to avoid deleting them accidentally).
To do that you can either do it before the whole procedure, or after the recovery installation since you have mtp and adb available.
Copy them drag them or push them via adb(i'm not going to extend the adb push command here)
Now the flashing steps:
-Go to partition manager inside orangefox recovery and select data/format data(red button) and press format.Type YES.
-Go back and find the rom file inside your target directory(internal or external).
-Select the rom file and flash it.
-DO NOT REBOOT.
-Go back where you have the orangefox zip file, select it and flash it.
-Leave the device as is because after the installation it will reboot itself to recovery once again.
-Once the recovery starts again go to the target folder that you have the remaining files.
-Flash magiskV20.zip (if you want your device to be rooted).
-Flash Gapps if there are any or skip this step if your ROM provider have them included.
-Flash patchnofde10 zip to avoid data encryption(if you don't do that the rom will NOT boot).
-Reboot to system and enjoy.
All files are available to the links below.
Patchnofde file is attached to this post.
I'm not responsible if you cause a nuclear war or your cat or dog stop talking to you.
Credtits to:
Orangefox recovery team https://orangefox.tech/
Orangefox recovery dev for Mi A3 https://forum.xda-developers.com/mi-a3/development/official-orangefox-recovery-mi-a3-t3986177
Topjohnwu for the Magisk and Magisk manger https://******************/
XDA Forum because they exist
All devs that put some hard work for you to have a custom recovery and a custom rom and all they hear is questions about ho to do things.
Respect them and read before post a questions.
:angel::angel::angel:

Thanks for the detailed guide, always good to have it :good: :good:

my device is encrypted and if I boot a recovery it shows the data encrypted. How to remove encryption ?

drozo8o8 said:
my device is encrypted and if I boot a recovery it shows the data encrypted. How to remove encryption ?
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Read it first then do it.
Patchnofde is for the encryption.

sotmax said:
Read it first then do it.
Patchnofde is for the encryption.
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nvm I think I got it

Can anybody please help? I just bought this phone and followed this guide to the letter. The phone just boots back into recovery, whatever ROM I flash.

Is there support for Android backup and restore
Please tell steps for the same also
As it is not working for me
Mobile is Booting to recovery again after restoring backup

ReekyMarko said:
Can anybody please help? I just bought this phone and followed this guide to the letter. The phone just boots back into recovery, whatever ROM I flash.
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Okay I got it to boot to Havoc OS but my wifi and gsm calls stopped working. Also videos were flashing during playback. I guess I was doing something wrong during the whole flashing process and the device ended up without the correct firmware.
I have reverted back to stock using one of the fastboot ROM flashing scripts and everything is fine, though I would like to go Android 10 without GAPPS if possible.

Thank you very much for the guide. Do you recommend any backup with orange box? If I want to revert to stock rom, do I need to know something?

How could I update the ROM?

darkjm93 said:
Thank you very much for the guide. Do you recommend any backup with orange box? If I want to revert to stock rom, do I need to know something?
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You can go back to stock by flashing stock image with mi flashtool

ReekyMarko said:
Can anybody please help? I just bought this phone and followed this guide to the letter. The phone just boots back into recovery, whatever ROM I flash.
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That's because you didn't follow it to the letter.
You have to flash Patchnofde to boot to rom.

vishwadeepmanu said:
Is there support for Android backup and restore
Please tell steps for the same also
As it is not working for me
Mobile is Booting to recovery again after restoring backup
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Same as above.
If you don't flash patch for the encryption, you ll end up to recovery again. Also I recommend to read carefully the steps with the recovery flashing. You have to be sure that the slot is what it was at the beginning.
A out the Android backup, yes. You can take and restore backups freely.

Hello,
@sotmax
Thank you for your guide.
@ANyOne i have unlocked the bootloader, but after that, when i'm in fastboot mode, i'm not being detected by the adb devices command. Any idea why ?

mkpanic said:
Hello,
@sotmax
Thank you for your guide.
@ANyOne i have unlocked the bootloader, but after that, when i'm in fastboot mode, i'm not being detected by the adb devices command. Any idea why ?
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Because ADB and fastboot are different modes and using different commands. In fastboot use "fastboot devices".

_mysiak_ said:
Because ADB and fastboot are different modes and using different commands. In fastboot use "fastboot devices".
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Thank your for the answer.

If I only want to root the stock installing Orange, this guide works?

fastboot set_active command is not working...only fastboot options are displayed..Any solution?

sibikallikkat said:
fastboot set_active command is not working...only fastboot options are displayed..Any solution?
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fastboot --set-active=a
fastboot --set-active=b

hi, i followed the guide to flash los17 with BiTGApps.
I also flashed the nofde patch. The phones boots normaly but i have no access to internal storage. All the folders have random numbers and letters. Any ideas?

Development [RECOVERY][OFFICIAL][TWRP-3.7.0_12] TWRP for POCO F4

Code:
*** Disclaimer ***
All flashing is done at your own risk!
While nothing from this thread should break your device,
don't come back here blaming anyone if it does!
Introduction
Team Win Recovery Project 3.x, or twrp3 for short, is a custom recovery built with ease of use and
customization in mind. Its a fully touch driven user interface no more volume rocker or power buttons to
mash. The GUI is also fully XML driven and completely theme-able. You can change just about
every aspect of the look and
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Prerequisites:
Code:
. Unlocked Bootloader
Installation instructions:
Recovery Install Method:
Simply download the TWRP-3.7.0_12-0 from twrp website and boot it using fastboot mode, steps are mentioned below
Fastboot Boot Method:
You will need the platform-tools from the Android SDK on your computer. Download only the platform-tools according to your device to get adb and fastboot binaries.
On your device, go into Settings -> About and find the Build Number and tap on it 7 times to enable developer settings. Press back and go into Developer Options and enable USB debugging. From your computer, open a command prompt and type
Code:
adb reboot bootloader
You should now be in fastboot mode.
Download the twrp boot image from the link given below, and copy twrp.img file into the same folder as your adb and fastboot binaries and type:
Code:
fastboot boot twrp.img
You will be booted to TWRP, from there go to advanced and then click on "Flash Current TWRP"
REMEMBER: if the device waspreviously rooted, then root has been overwritten, you need to flash the magisk zip again to retain root
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Device Changelog
Version:3.7.0_12-0:
Initial Official Release
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Downloads
Official TWRP Website
My Telegram TWRP Support Group:
https://t.me/pocof4_recoveriesCredits:
- TWRP Team
Sources
TWRP: https://github.com/TeamWin/android_bootable_recovery
Device Tree: https://github.com/TeamWin/android_device_xiaomi_munch
Kernel Tree: https://github.com/MiCode/Xiaomi_Kernel_OpenSource/tree/munch-s-oss
Status: Stable
TWRP: 3.7.0_12

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Build will be live on twrp.me soon

Wow nice!

Build is live

Decrypting working? Will working on future Android 13 with decrypting? I know that dev received Android 13 already

Yes decrypting working fine, even on Android 13

When I updated yesterday, I immediately flashed it without losing data. For today's update, why doesn't it turn on, you have to turn on the new data format, is there the same or a solution

Can I just boot it with fastboot and flash Magisk flashable file in order to root the phone?
I have seen videos on youtube showing exactly that, just wanted to make sure it's doable.
Just want to root the phone, do not intend to flash any rom (yet).

dreamdrake said:
Can I just boot it with fastboot and flash Magisk flashable file in order to root the phone?
I have seen videos on youtube showing exactly that, just wanted to make sure it's doable.
Just want to root the phone, do not intend to flash any rom (yet).
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If you already have your magisk_patched.img, you can choose which method you want:
1. with Fastboot + TWRP (temporary)
fastboot boot [drag and drop recovery.img]
flash your magisk_patched.img in boot partition + check "Flash to both slots"
reboot to system
2. only Fastboot
fastboot flash boot_a [drag and drop magisk_patched.img]
fastboot flash boot_b [drag and drop magisk_patched.img]
fastboot reboot

What if I would "fastboot boot TWRP.img" and then flash Magisk flashable version checking "flash to both slots"?

dreamdrake said:
What if I would "fastboot boot TWRP.img" and then flash Magisk flashable version checking "flash to both slots"?
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When you check "Flash to both slots" TWRP will flash the makisk_patched.img to boot_a and boot_b.
I'm not sure, but if you don't check the box, TWRP will maybe flash to inactive slot and you are NOT rooted.
Edit: You can check which slot is active with adb shell getprop ro.boot.slot_suffix

Is it possible to make a backup of the installed rom with relative restore using this official twrp? If yes, which files to select

ok... i can't access to internal storage via pc. I formated data (type yes), rebooted to recovery again and my pc sees internal storage but there is no info about size and i can't copy files to it. It shows message something like "this device is disconnected". I tried to reinstall adb drivers, tried to restart my pc and it's not working. I used adb sideload to falsh ROM and after i booted to ROM, rebooted to recovery I can access internal storage via TWRP.

Runs super laggy with kernel compiled with gcc which is very strange and annoying.

Can't access storage with PC... Disabled and enabled MTP multiple times...
I had to flash ROM via OTG...