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Removing Encryption

hi, is it possible to remove encryption with stock rom?? i tried formatting data from twrp, but device remains encrypted.

billamin said:
hi, is it possible to remove encryption with stock rom?? i tried formatting data from twrp, but device remains encrypted.
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Format data via fastboot should help, let's have a try

I formatted internal storage (user data) via TWRP. Worked well, all data lost.

accuphase said:
Format data via fastboot should help, let's have a try
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worked well.. formated data via fastboot, flashed twrp via fastboot, copied supersu via twrp mount storage and flashed supersu. this time, decryption was successful..

billamin said:
worked well.. formated data via fastboot, flashed twrp via fastboot, copied supersu via twrp mount storage and flashed supersu. this time, decryption was successful..
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Great, good to hear!

Can you explain step bye step to decrypt it via fastboot...
Sorry i'm new in android.. My op3 just stuck too.. I cant go into twrp. It says need password to decyrpt.. And i dont know the pass..

awakoo said:
Can you explain step bye step to decrypt it via fastboot...
Sorry i'm new in android.. My op3 just stuck too.. I cant go into twrp. It says need password to decyrpt.. And i dont know the pass..
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fastboot format userdata
fastboot reboot

awakoo said:
Can you explain step bye step to decrypt it via fastboot...
Sorry i'm new in android.. My op3 just stuck too.. I cant go into twrp. It says need password to decyrpt.. And i dont know the pass..
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in case you just want to boot into twrp, password is default_password
btw fastboot formatting is the only sure i have found till now..

billamin said:
in case you just want to boot into twrp, password is default_password
btw fastboot formatting is the only sure i have found till now..
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i formated data in twrp.
wipe->format data

That doesn't remove encryption

(HELP) device recognized as unknown USB device on fastboot mode

i was using latest twrp by ankit bro and updated to pie frimware with arb ( but my device is anti 4) and havoc mod. tried flashing masik rom but it went into bootloop so i have wiped every partition. since then my device is not recognized on recovery mode and when i boot into fastboot it shows as unknown device( (Device driscriptor request failed) in device manager.
need help, thank you.

p.chaithanyajoshp said:
i was using latest twrp by ankit bro and updated to pie frimware with arb ( but my device is anti 4) and havoc mod. tried flashing masik rom but it went into bootloop so i have wiped every partition. since then my device is not recognized on recovery mode and when i boot into fastboot it shows as unknown device( (Device driscriptor request failed) in device manager.
need help, thank you.
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Install fastboot drivers on pc.

could you pls share the drivers link

Google it

Plekst said:
Google it
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tried it didnt work

p.chaithanyajoshp said:
tried it didnt work
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masik 4.0? if so just download latest 4.1.
when i flashed 4.0 before it was working then after flash in twrp cant use mtp. ( still cant just installed win10 i think i need drivers.) i flashed 4.1 all works except me tryin twrp in mtp mode.

mtp not working and i have formatted my internal storage
raptorddd said:
masik 4.0? if so just download latest 4.1.
when i flashed 4.0 before it was working then after flash in twrp cant use mtp. ( still cant just installed win10 i think i need drivers.) i flashed 4.1 all works except me tryin twrp in mtp mode.
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mtp not working and i have formatted my internal storage, stuck in recovery but no files to flash, did not have any idea whether there is any way to copy files to internal storage.

p.chaithanyajoshp said:
mtp not working and i have formatted my internal storage, stuck in recovery but no files to flash, did not have any idea whether there is any way to copy files to internal storage.
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i just solved mtp while in twrp.. very easy fix.. what recovery.? i suggest to use orangefox.. old oreo one.

raptorddd said:
i just solved mtp while in twrp.. very easy fix.. what recovery.? i suggest to use orangefox.. old oreo one.
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dont have a way to change recovery because cannot copy any files to phone

p.chaithanyajoshp said:
dont have a way to change recovery because cannot copy any files to phone
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You can copy files through recovery from pc.

problem solved.
after loosing the ability to copy any files in recovery mode and not able to access my phone even through fastboot mode i was stuck in nowhere.
BUT I WAS ABLE TO FLASH FILES THROUGH MEMORY CARD. SO GOT MY PHINE WORKING AGAIN BUT STILL THE PC RECOGNIZES AS UNKNOWN DEVICE IN ANY MODE.

I'm having problems with TWRP and OrangeFox, permission errors all the time

I'm facing some permissions problems and thus being unable to install Paranoid Android Q5. I was using MIUI 12 (Xiaomi.EU).
The steps I took to change the ROM:
Formated data (errors started right away) then I did the usual wipes (cache, dalvik, data)
Whenever I try to wipe or format data I get error messages like: Error opening /data/XXX (Operation not permitted).
System is always mounted read-only no matter what I try and after I install any ROM many of these error messages pop up.
Orange Fox gives some error about key.
Flashing of the ROM suceeds, but system cannot boot, loading screen forever.
Can anyone point me some directions?
Thanks in advance and sorry about any possible bad grammar.
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Mount system, vendor and data manually and then try. If fails then try with pitchblack recovery.

Pavello said:
Mount system, vendor and data manually and then try. If fails then try with pitchblack recovery.
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Well , i have the same problem..and used pitch black also

Any update on this?

I still had those problems. I don't know if it is a problem with the TWRP or something similar. Is there any progress to solve this problem? I wanted to try the pixel experience betas with Android 11 but because of this problem with the TWRP I have not succeeded (in case I have Android 10 under MIUI 12.0.3 and RN8 Ginkgo model and obviously unlocked bootloader)

jordyx20 said:
I still had those problems. I don't know if it is a problem with the TWRP or something similar. Is there any progress to solve this problem? I wanted to try the pixel experience betas with Android 11 but because of this problem with the TWRP I have not succeeded (in case I have Android 10 under MIUI 12.0.3 and RN8 Ginkgo model and obviously unlocked bootloader)
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i gusse thats a problem in miui12.0.3
i was using pixel experience 10 then i flash miui 12.0.3 in fastboot when i tryd to flash orange fox i had the same problem
so i gusse u can downgred to miui 11 and flash twrp and it will work

I solved this by downgrading to 12.0.1

jordyx20 said:
I still had those problems. I don't know if it is a problem with the TWRP or something similar. Is there any progress to solve this problem? I wanted to try the pixel experience betas with Android 11 but because of this problem with the TWRP I have not succeeded (in case I have Android 10 under MIUI 12.0.3 and RN8 Ginkgo model and obviously unlocked bootloader)
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Format data ..(backup first if u need ) .. the boot to recovery again ... Should decrypt the data ... Worked for me ...

I am having this exact problem.
Under internal storage (sdcard) I see a bunch of hashed folders I cannot open.
Format data returns a multitude of "Error opening '/data/somefolder/asdf/asdf' (Operation not permitted) and marks the wipe as Failed. The attempted formatting also mentions "E:Error making /sdcard/Fox directory: Required key not available." "Failed to unmount '/data' (Device or resource busy)
I can wipe anything except Data. I also tried downgrading to 12.0.1 firmware but it does not fix it for me.
The ROM can be booted into, and magisk managed to be installed, but no google apps were installed.
Dibbo Sarker said:
Format data ..(backup first if u need ) .. the boot to recovery again ... Should decrypt the data ... Worked for me ...
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I tried this, but no luck on my side.

Recovery download link on description. Only for Note 8/8T.
I flashed it with fastboot and works fine!

A problem like this was the one I had since TWRP had the device encrypted but it did not inform me and it did not give me any sign that I had to write a password (password that I have no idea what it is).
What I did so that it did not give me an error was to install Orangefox and while there delete everything and install a file of these that I got from google.
I had to try one by one and restart to see if it asked me for a password in orangefox, luckily one worked and it no longer asked me to decrypt the files and I could install the rom and gapps normally

jonatasgabriel76 said:
Recovery download link on description. Only for Note 8/8T.
I flashed it with fastboot and works fine!
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Thank youuuuuuuu! You have rescued my phone!

jonatasgabriel76 said:
Recovery download link on description. Only for Note 8/8T.
I flashed it with fastboot and works fine!
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THANK YOU!

Why is my orange fox is not showing Vendor, System Etc ? How can i fix this ? I really need to wipe those as well..

Jona'san - sama said:
Why is my orange fox is not showing Vendor, System Etc ? I really need to wipe those as well..
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if you need to do something to system or vendor go to ofox menu/mount and choose what partition to mount
Jona'san - sama said:
I really need to wipe those as well..
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if you want to flash a rom = yes

loopypalm said:
if you need to do something to system or vendor go to ofox menu/mount and choose what partition to mount
if you want to flash a rom = yes
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Can't wipe it still, I already try the Mount > ✓ Vendor ✓ System.. but in formatting it say's "Cant Mount the....blah..blah.."
I try to uncheck the "Mount System vendor, system as read-only" from the settings of mount.. but for some reason, if you go back to Mount options again, you can't check the system, vendor now

loopypalm said:
if you need to do something to system or vendor go to ofox menu/mount and choose what partition to mount
if you want to flash a rom = yes
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Yes, I need it to flash a ROM

try this it worked

Had the same issue.
1. I installed twrp via ADB
2. Restarted to recovery mode into twrp
3. Installed the latest OrangeFox and restarted into recovery again.
4. It asked me for a password which is the pin I set then proceeded to format data.
5. After formatting data I restarted again to recovery.
Then I was able to install custom roms.

I am using derpfest Android 12 on my Poco x3 pro. I want to install magisk.zip through orange fox recovery installed on my phone. But I am not getting storage data on recovery, only a fox folder is there. Can somebody tell me is it a glitch or any Android 12 restrictions or something.

Question Cannot flash TWRP from Fastboot, TWRP reboot shows Slot A/B, dont know what to do

Ive already flashed a few phones, but this is the first time that Ive got CMD error "FAILED (remote: (recovery_a) No such partition)". So I booted twrp.img, falshed ArrowOS and TWRP from within TWRP and it said something about Slot A and B, which I dont understand ... some guide also said to Format Data, which I did, and then I just could boot into TWRP in Slot A, and no OS on Slot B, which rebooted me into Slot A. I couldnt find any info about this and I dont know what to do. Anybody knows how to properly flash TWRP and custom ROMs please ?

Start fresh by flashing stock MIUI rom through fastboot and proceed from there
1 Boot once into MIUI and reboot into fastboot
2 fastboot boot twrp.img (from platform tools folder)
3 Flash custom rom like ArrowsOS with inject twrp option checked
4 Reboot recovery
5 Format Data by typing "yes"
6 Reboot to system
7 Done

Follow the TWRP install instructions by fastboot boot TWRP.img
advanced, install TWRP
It should then reboot and TWRP will be installed
Then proceed as above by flashing a ROM e.g ArrowOS with TWRP inject.
Then reboot TWRP and wipe data

Use "fastboot boot TWRP.img" to temporarily boot TWRP.
You can install TWRP by using "Install to Ramdisk" inside TWRP and selecting TWRP.img

Cvenda said:
Ive already flashed a few phones, but this is the first time that Ive got CMD error "FAILED (remote: (recovery_a) No such partition)". So I booted twrp.img, falshed ArrowOS and TWRP from within TWRP and it said something about Slot A and B, which I dont understand ... some guide also said to Format Data, which I did, and then I just could boot into TWRP in Slot A, and no OS on Slot B, which rebooted me into Slot A. I couldnt find any info about this and I dont know what to do. Anybody knows how to properly flash TWRP and custom ROMs please ?
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Did you manage to fix it? I got into the same problem, I could only fix it downloading the most updated version of adb/fastboot. I don't remember where I downloaded it, but it was what solved this problem for me.

pedrowood said:
Did you manage to fix it? I got into the same problem, I could only fix it downloading the most updated version of adb/fastboot. I don't remember where I downloaded it, but it was what solved this problem for me.
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well Iam still confused about that Slot A/B thing, but since Ive probably bricked my phone, I flashed the fastboot ROM through MiFlasher and I havent tried flashing TWRP or custom ROM since, there are some things I really like about MIUI so Iam gonna see which ROM Iam gonna choose in the future

Cvenda said:
well Iam still confused about that Slot A/B thing, but since Ive probably bricked my phone, I flashed the fastboot ROM through MiFlasher and I havent tried flashing TWRP or custom ROM since, there are some things I really like about MIUI so Iam gonna see which ROM Iam gonna choose in the future
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Slot A and B refer to Project Treble, where there are 2 separate partitions. 1 for OEM like Samsung and other for core Android OS. That way Google can update the OS partition with security updates without having to wait for Samsung to implement those security update into their version of Android, as was the case before Galaxy S9. Needless to say, this way security updates get pushed out way faster, because there is no need to wait an entire year (I'm looking at you Samsung) for OEM to finally implement it. Hope this clears things up for you.

Milan-XDA said:
Slot A and B refer to Project Treble, where there are 2 separate partitions. 1 for OEM like Samsung and other for core Android OS. That way Google can update the OS partition with security updates without having to wait for Samsung to implement those security update into their version of Android, as was the case before Galaxy S9. Needless to say, this way security updates get pushed out way faster, because there is no need to wait an entire year (I'm looking at you Samsung) for OEM to finally implement it. Hope this clears things up for you.
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reason for slots

Robert314 said:
Follow the TWRP install instructions by fastboot boot TWRP.img
advanced, install TWRP
It should then reboot and TWRP will be installed
Then proceed as above by flashing a ROM e.g ArrowOS with TWRP inject.
Then reboot TWRP and wipe data
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there is a slight problem with this ... I cannot upload any file to the phone, because I have wiped Data, so there is no folder that I can access from the PC, so I can only sideload .zip files, and most of the .zip files just doesnt work for some reason, only ArrowOS, but not the PixelExtended, nor CrDroid ... I cannot even sideload TWRP.img to install it into ramdisk
EDIT: after sideloading ArrowOS and booting TWRP using "fastboot boot twrp.img", I can access internal storage, so I uploaded twrp.img into /sdcard/Download folder, installed it into ramdisk, rebooted to Recovery and now successfully flashing CrDroid ROM that I uploaded to /sdcard/Download

Cvenda said:
there is a slight problem with this ... I cannot upload any file to the phone, because I have wiped Data, so there is no folder that I can access from the PC, so I can only sideload .zip files, and most of the .zip files just doesnt work for some reason, only ArrowOS, but not the PixelExtended, nor CrDroid ... I cannot even sideload TWRP.img to install it into ramdisk
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You can adb transfer files in TWRP. You could also use a USB stick connected via OTG cable

Robert314 said:
You can adb transfer files in TWRP. You could also use a USB stick connected via OTG cable
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its behaving so randomly ... I often get error kInstallDeviceOpenError, even tho I successfully installed that ROM at least one time ... I dont know which slot (A/B) to use and when ... now I have ArrowOS in slot A and CrDroid ins lot B, and I cannot flash anything from booted TWRP.img ... Iam gonna try to install TWRP into ramdisk again from USB OTG

Cvenda said:
its behaving so randomly ... I often get error kInstallDeviceOpenError, even tho I successfully installed that ROM at least one time ... I dont know which slot (A/B) to use and when ... now I have ArrowOS in slot A and CrDroid ins lot B, and I cannot flash anything from booted TWRP.img ... Iam gonna try to install TWRP into ramdisk again from USB OTG
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In order to wipe the super partition (both A/B and data) flash Xiaomi.eu and then wipe data

Robert314 said:
In order to wipe the super partition (both A/B and data) flash Xiaomi.eu and then wipe data
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how exactly should I proceed ? flash fastboot stock ROM with MiFlasher, boot into bootloader, boot twrp.img, wipe data, and then what ? which slot do I choose ? should I install TWRP into ramdisk, reboot into recovery and then flash custom ROM ?

Cvenda said:
how exactly should I proceed ? flash fastboot stock ROM with MiFlasher, boot into bootloader, boot twrp.img, wipe data, and then what ? which slot do I choose ? should I install TWRP into ramdisk, reboot into recovery and then flash custom ROM ?
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ROM: xiaomifirmwareupdater.com/archive/miui/alioth/
Mi Flash: xiaomiflashtool.com
ADB & Fastboot: developer.android.com/studio/releases/platform-tools
TWRP: https://forum.xda-developers.com/f/xiaomi-poco-f3-xiaomi-mi-11x-redmi-k40.12161/?prefix_id=33
Clean Install of Xiaomi.eu ROM:
Flash Stock ROM with Mi Flash
Boot System once (to create /data)
Boot TWRP from Nebrassy or @Vasishoth
Flash Xiaomi.eu ROM
Format Data & Dalvik Cache

dreamytom said:
ROM: xiaomifirmwareupdater.com/archive/miui/alioth/
Mi Flash: xiaomiflashtool.com
ADB & Fastboot: developer.android.com/studio/releases/platform-tools
TWRP: https://forum.xda-developers.com/f/xiaomi-poco-f3-xiaomi-mi-11x-redmi-k40.12161/?prefix_id=33
Clean Install of Xiaomi.eu ROM:
Flash Stock ROM with Mi Flash
Boot System once (to create /data)
Boot TWRP from Nebrassy or @Vasishoth
Flash Xiaomi.eu ROM
Format Data & Dalvik Cache
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in case of flashing custom ROM, are the steps same ? just instead of Xiaomi.eu ROM I flash PE, or CrDroid ? and should I format data and dalvik also or wipe data (that option where I need to type YES) ? Ive found official guide for flashing CrDroid, but Iam stuck st booting animation for 30 minutes

Cvenda said:
in case of flashing custom ROM, are the steps same ? just instead of Xiaomi.eu ROM I flash PE, or CrDroid ? and should I format data and dalvik also or wipe data (that option where I need to type YES) ? Ive found official guide for flashing CrDroid, but Iam stuck st booting animation for 30 minutes
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Go into TWRP and press wipe then format data (type yes).

regedit12345 said:
Go into TWRP and press wipe then format data (type yes).
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I have stock rom in slot A (bootable and working) and custom rom in slot B (stuck at booting animation), and I should format data while being in slot A right ?

Cvenda said:
I have stock rom in slot A (bootable and working) and custom rom in slot B (stuck at booting animation), and I should format data while being in slot A right ?
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Doesn't matter. Just select format data > yes > reboot to system

regedit12345 said:
Doesn't matter. Just select format data > yes > reboot to system
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sooo what seemes to work for me now is, that I formated data, then flashed PE ROM from OTG and booted into it without any problems

Question MI 12X system partition Corrupted/deleted Need Urgent Help Please. ??

my 12X system storage Corrupted/deleted after installing TWRP, I'm New A/B partition system. now I can't access the storage even flashing with MI Flash tool not work. PLz plz someone expert help me out. how to resolve it ? will be so grateful.

ajoy25 said:
my 12X system storage Corrupted/deleted after installing TWRP, I'm New A/B partition system. now I can't access the storage even flashing with MI Flash tool not work. PLz plz someone expert help me out. how to resolve it ? will be so grateful.
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Check here that everything has been done correctly
https://forum.xda-developers.com/t/flash-tool-guide-use-xiaomi-flash-tool.4262425/

ajoy25 said:
my 12X system storage Corrupted/deleted after installing TWRP, I'm New A/B partition system. now I can't access the storage even flashing with MI Flash tool not work. PLz plz someone expert help me out. how to resolve it ? will be so grateful.
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How did you install twrp? Did you flash the twrp to boot partition? If yes, you need to find out which system you had installed and then flash the suiting boot.img.
Background: In A/B partition scheme, recovery is part of boot.img. Boot.img needs to be patched by twrp. So normally you need to boot twrp by typing "fastboot boot twrp.img" and then, when twrp is booted, go to advanced and press "flash current twrp"

Thank you for ur kind reply, I have flashed the TWRP as u said & its OK..I'm heaving problem with Flashing EU Rom after deleting data I flashed the rom but it's stuck in the boothloop then entering TWRP showing SD memory "0"..plz tell me the process of flashing rom & Magisk. Thanks again.

Thank you for ur kind reply, I have flashed the TWRP as u said & its OK..I'm heaving problem with Flashing EU Rom after deleting data I flashed the rom but it's stuck in the boothloop then entering TWRP showing SD memory "0"..plz tell me the process of flashing rom & Magisk. Thanks again.

ajoy25 said:
Thank you for ur kind reply, I have flashed the TWRP as u said & its OK..I'm heaving problem with Flashing EU Rom after deleting data I flashed the rom but it's stuck in the boothloop then entering TWRP showing SD memory "0"..plz tell me the process of flashing rom & Magisk. Thanks again.
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Ok, you already deleted data. Try to format data via fastboot. Use "fastboot -w" and retry!

ajoy25 said:
Thank you for ur kind reply, I have flashed the TWRP as u said & its OK..I'm heaving problem with Flashing EU Rom after deleting data I flashed the rom but it's stuck in the boothloop then entering TWRP showing SD memory "0"..plz tell me the process of flashing rom & Magisk. Thanks again.
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Maybe start one thing at a time.
Problem with twrp
Try flashing this Fastboot rom
Download the rom/extract it/open the folder /use first install.bat with the phone in Fastboot mode
https://sourceforge.net/projects/xi...13.0.5.0.SLDCNXM_v13-12-fastboot.zip/download
then install the TWRP and update the rom via OTA (do not put any security on the lock screen).
BOOT VERSION
Installation:
Phone in fastboot mode
Cmd:
fastboot boot twrp.img
Power shell
./fastboot boot twrp.img​
then in Twrp go to Advanced -> flash current TWRP->reboot TWRP
If that doesn't work/see post https://forum.xda-developers.com/t/...need-urgent-help-please.4491461/post-87424405

NOSS8 said:
Maybe start one thing at a time.
Problem with twrp
Try flashing this Fastboot rom
Download the rom/extract it/open the folder /use first install.bat with the phone in Fastboot mode
https://sourceforge.net/projects/xi...13.0.5.0.SLDCNXM_v13-12-fastboot.zip/download
then install the TWRP and update the rom via OTA (do not put any security on the lock screen).
BOOT VERSION
Installation:
Phone in fastboot mode
Cmd:
fastboot boot twrp.img
Power shell
./fastboot boot twrp.img​
then in Twrp go to Advanced -> flash current TWRP->reboot TWRP
If that doesn't work/see post https://forum.xda-developers.com/t/...need-urgent-help-please.4491461/post-87424405
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Thank you for ur kind support. I have managed to flash it with mi flasher & rooted it with masgisk.