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Moto Z2 Force semi compatible with Treble

We know that Moto Z2 Force is not compatible with Treble. However, devs worked hard and some users got it working.
I use more than 10 hours, going and coming back, reseting, etc. and could not make it work.
Until now, I'm following the steps bellow and wish to discuss what we can do to get Treble in our device.
I've tested 4 to 5 A/B arm64 images from here and follow the general guidance from here.
I'm using XT1789-05 model (the International one, not branded) and this could be the cause of the issues.
I lost SIM card recognition in some "sucessful" attemps.
[AOSP ROM] - (tested with Magisk installed and without) and from [Stock]
Fastboot -w
Boot treble TWRP
Format data
Flash GSI image
Flash MindTheGapps.zip
Mount vendor
Flash bootSPLfix.zip
Mount vendor
Flash post 1 and post 2
Flash Permissiver
Mount vendor
Flash FBE disabler
Then format data again
Boot up
<Lost SIM card recognition>
…

I've posted the logs here: https://forum.xda-developers.com/showpost.php?p=77355827&postcount=49
The closer I could dig for some "error" are:
While flashing FBE Disabler
sed: /vendor/etc/*fstab*: No such file or directory
While flashing Trebble/POST-sGSI_2_v0.17.zip
...
sed: /vendor/build.prop: No such file or directory
grep: /vendor/manifest.xml: No such file or directory
grep: /vendor/etc/init/hw/*: No such file or directory
sed: -i requires an argument
sed: -i requires an argument
sed: /vendor/manifest.xml: No such file or directory
sed: /vendor/lib64/[email protected]_vendor.so: No such file or directory
sed: /vendor/lib64/[email protected]: No such file or directory
ls: /vendor/bin/hw/android.hardware.biometrics.fingerprint*: No such file or directory

Did you flash LineageOS before flashing the GSI image?

Marcowe said:
Did you flash LineageOS before flashing the GSI image?
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No, thank you. I've learned to do that. But now, it's difficult to get root (https://forum.xda-developers.com/showpost.php?p=77391204&postcount=351).
Also, I'm facing a very strange thing that the screen changes color, got distorted. When using stock and AOSP ROMs, everything is normal...

Technical said:
No, thank you. I've learned to do that. But now, it's difficult to get root (https://forum.xda-developers.com/showpost.php?p=77391204&postcount=351).
Also, I'm facing a very strange thing that the screen changes color, got distorted. When using stock and AOSP ROMs, everything is normal...
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But when you flash the sGSI image you will lose Lineage LOL

Just a suggestion to those still trying to get a GSI like, Android Q Generic GSI found here : https://developer.android.com/preview/gsi-release-notes#
We just got it to boot easier then a regular ROM would too.
-Fastboot boot TWRP
-Wipe Dalvik, Data and System.
-Flash the vbmeta.img
-Flash the system .img GSI via TWRP
-Factory Reset
-Reboot in BootLoader
-fastboot -w
-Start
-No LOS was NOT Necessary to boot this or any GSI build
Hopes this can help some of you out....

HACK3DANDR0ID said:
Just a suggestion to those still trying to get a GSI like, Android Q Generic GSI found here : https://developer.android.com/preview/gsi-release-notes#
We just got it to boot easier then a regular ROM would too.
-Fastboot boot TWRP
-Wipe Dalvik, Data and System.
-Flash the vbmeta.img
-Flash the system .img GSI via TWRP
-Factory Reset
-Reboot in BootLoader
-fastboot -w
-Start
-No LOS was NOT Necessary to boot this or any GSI build
Hopes this can help some of you out....
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Never heard of a vbmeta.img. Where do I get this? Is it specific to this phone or is it generic?

fierogt42 said:
Never heard of a vbmeta.img. Where do I get this? Is it specific to this phone or is it generic?
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https://source.android.com/security/verifiedboot
https://android.googlesource.com/platform/external/avb/+/master/README.md#Build-System-Integration

HACK3DANDR0ID said:
Just a suggestion to those still trying to get a GSI like, Android Q Generic GSI found here : https://developer.android.com/preview/gsi-release-notes#
We just got it to boot easier then a regular ROM would too.
-Fastboot boot TWRP
-Wipe Dalvik, Data and System.
-Flash the vbmeta.img
-Flash the system .img GSI via TWRP
-Factory Reset
-Reboot in BootLoader
-fastboot -w
-Start
-No LOS was NOT Necessary to boot this or any GSI build
Hopes this can help some of you out....
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Can you post a complete tutorial for Moto Z2 force to install Android 10 with root access?

[Guide] How to install custom ROM (Tested with Pixel Experience and Lineage OS)

I had this device for two days now, one of the first things that I tried was to install a custom ROM and I was surprised of how hard it was to do, so after a lot of trial and error I managed to install those two ROMs so I wanted to share how I did it so nobody has to suffer like I
Okay so I have tried two methods, one worked for Pixel Experience and the other for Lineage OS, there are probably better ways to do this so be sure to reply to this thread if you find another ways to accomplish this!
IMPORTANT!:
1. I did the two of this methods with the stock ROM with a minimal setup (skipping wifi, no google login, no fingerprint, etc).
2.You need to have the bootloader unlocked.
3. Im not responsable if you brick your phone or lose your data, do the following steps if you know what you're doing and always back-up your data!!!
Files used:
TWRP link (Download both the img and the zip)
Pixel Experience link
LineageOS link
Gapps link
Magisk 20.1 link
Encryption patch (patch_no_fde10) link
Method 1 (Tested succesfully with Pixel Experience):
Thanks to ElSuperFullHD for creating an awesome guide in how to install Pixel Experience!
How to install Pixel Experience in Xiaomi mi a3 (Spanish guide)
1. Start your phone in fastboot mode.
2. use fastboot getvar current-slot (Check if phone is in slot a, if it isnt change it to a using fastboot set_active a)
3. Flash custom recovery (in this case I used TWRP) with fastboot flash boot twrp.img
4. reboot using 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).
5. When TWRP starts, move and flash TWRP zip (This will make the recovery to stay) and reboot into recovery again (Long press Vol + when the device starts until you boot into recovery).
6. Go to advanced wipe Dalvic cache, Data and System.
7. Install Pixel Experience ROM and TWRP zip again and restart to system.
8. You're done, enjoy!
Method 2 (Tested succesfully with LineageOS):
Thanks to suschmania for your extremely helpful comment, I wouldnt have figured how to install LineageOS without him!
1. Start your phone in fastboot mode.
2. use fastboot getvar current-slot (Check if phone is in slot a, if it isnt change it to a using fastboot set_active a)
3. Flash custom recovery (in this case I used TWRP) with fastboot flash boot twrp.img
4. reboot using 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).
5. Once in TWRP copy TWRP recovery zip into the phone and wipe Dalvic cache, Data, Vendor and System.
6. Install the ROM and TWRP recovery zip (This will make the recovery to stay).
7. Reboot into recovery (twrp shows the warning no os installed, continue anyway).
8. The filesystem will be decrypted (All folders corrupted) dont worries, just go to advanced wipe and wipe internal data, once that's done copy Gapps, magisk and the encryption patch into the phone).
9. Flash Gapps, magisk (Optional) and encryption patch.
10. Reboot to system (It may take up to 10 minutes to start so give it time, if more than 10 minutes passes see step 11).
11. In case of bootlop boot back into recovery and format data (its the one where you need to write yes to format), after its done reboot to system again.
12. You're done, enjoy!
I hope this guide was helpful to you, good luck!

thanks so much for this! Been flashing since andriod 1.6 but couldnt wrap my dumb head around these dual partitions.

And is the same for miui.eu ?

raphae34 said:
And is the same for miui.eu ?
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No. Follow the instructions in the OP there. They work.

Kaissner said:
I had this device for two days now, one of the first things that I tried was to install a custom ROM and I was surprised of how hard it was to do, so after a lot of trial and error I managed to install those two ROMs so I wanted to share how I did it so nobody has to suffer like I
Okay so I have tried two methods, one worked for Pixel Experience and the other for Lineage OS, there are probably better ways to do this so be sure to reply to this thread if you find another ways to accomplish this!
IMPORTANT!:
1. I did the two of this methods with the stock ROM with a minimal setup (skipping wifi, no google login, no fingerprint, etc).
2.You need to have the bootloader unlocked.
3. Im not responsable if you brick your phone or lose your data, do the following steps if you know what you're doing and always back-up your data!!!
Files used:
TWRP link (Download both the img and the zip)
Pixel Experience link
LineageOS link
Gapps link
Magisk 20.1 link
Encryption patch (patch_no_fde10) link
Method 1 (Tested succesfully with Pixel Experience):
Thanks to ElSuperFullHD for creating an awesome guide in how to install Pixel Experience!
How to install Pixel Experience in Xiaomi mi a3 (Spanish guide)
1. Start your phone in fastboot mode.
2. use fastboot getvar current-slot (Check if phone is in slot a, if it isnt change it to a using fastboot set_active a)
3. Flash custom recovery (in this case I used TWRP) with fastboot flash boot twrp.img
4. reboot using 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).
5. When TWRP starts, move and flash TWRP zip (This will make the recovery to stay) and reboot into recovery again (Long press Vol + when the device starts until you boot into recovery).
6. Go to advanced wipe Dalvic cache, Data and System.
7. Install Pixel Experience ROM and TWRP zip again and restart to system.
8. You're done, enjoy!
Method 2 (Tested succesfully with LineageOS):
Thanks to suschmania for your extremely helpful comment, I wouldnt have figured how to install LineageOS without him!
1. Start your phone in fastboot mode.
2. use fastboot getvar current-slot (Check if phone is in slot a, if it isnt change it to a using fastboot set_active a)
3. Flash custom recovery (in this case I used TWRP) with fastboot flash boot twrp.img
4. reboot using 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).
5. Once in TWRP copy TWRP recovery zip into the phone and wipe Dalvic cache, Data, Vendor and System.
6. Install the ROM and TWRP recovery zip (This will make the recovery to stay).
7. Reboot into recovery (twrp shows the warning no os installed, continue anyway).
8. The filesystem will be decrypted (All folders corrupted) dont worries, just go to advanced wipe and wipe internal data, once that's done copy Gapps, magisk and the encryption patch into the phone).
9. Flash Gapps, magisk (Optional) and encryption patch.
10. Reboot to system (It may take up to 10 minutes to start so give it time, if more than 10 minutes passes see step 11).
11. In case of bootlop boot back into recovery and format data (its the one where you need to write yes to format), after its done reboot to system again.
12. You're done, enjoy!
I hope this guide was helpful to you, good luck!
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The 1st method for Pixel Experience does not work for me, after following all the steps carefully, if i boot into system it boots me to fastboot everytime, or if I dont reboot to system (in TWRP after flashing everything) it only says no OS installed are you sure you want to continue, so any help?

Snjeky said:
The 1st method for Pixel Experience does not work for me, after following all the steps carefully, if i boot into system it boots me to fastboot everytime, or if I dont reboot to system (in TWRP after flashing everything) it only says no OS installed are you sure you want to continue, so any help?
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the "no os installed" is normal, dont worries.
The installation method for pixel experience worked when I installed the old version, it was updated multiple times so probably the process changed, I will update the thread later

This dual slot fuking my mind up.
TWRP asking for password to decrypt data. while first boot in recovery.
also *unable to decrypt FBE device* error while formating data.
"couldnt able to flash Any ROM "unable to partition path/cache" error.
ps. flashed in slot a.

When I install twrp on fastboot it stuck there, I have Android 10 stock, is anything that I can do ? I try like 3 times and always the same

ManuMan99 said:
When I install twrp on fastboot it stuck there, I have Android 10 stock, is anything that I can do ? I try like 3 times and always the same
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downgrade to android 9. apparently android 10 got some issues.

pradie said:
downgrade to android 9. apparently android 10 got some issues.
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Don't tell him to downgrade. If you downgrade you will lose the use of all sensors or proximity sensor, compass etc and to fix this you need to flash persist.img which will cause you to lose widevine L1 so say goodbye to hd streaming and the like.
Be careful what information you give people if it will cause massive issues.
Its not that straightforward to just downgrade

garylawwd said:
Don't tell him to downgrade. If you downgrade you will lose the use of all sensors or proximity sensor, compass etc and to fix this you need to flash persist.img which will cause you to lose widevine L1 so say goodbye to hd streaming and the like.
Be careful what information you give people if it will cause massive issues.
Its not that straightforward to just downgrade
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I apologize for not being precise. i had the same issue. downloaded and flashed android 9 Stock global ROM with mi flash tool. now it's booted correctly.
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garylawwd said:
Don't tell him to downgrade. If you downgrade you will lose the use of all sensors or proximity sensor, compass etc and to fix this you need to flash persist.img which will cause you to lose widevine L1 so say goodbye to hd streaming and the like.
Be careful what information you give people if it will cause massive issues.
Its not that straightforward to just downgrade
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I apologize for not being precise. i had the same issue. downloaded and flashed android 9 Stock global ROM with mi flash tool. now it booted correctly.

Sapper Morton said:
Indeed, it's not as straight forward, but it's possible without losing Widevine L1 security level; read my experience here, I explained the steps I took ; so far, I came back to v11.0.8.0 QFQMIXM from v10.3.17.0 PFQEUXM after the downgrade, with no issues whatsoever (no format/wipe data); my DRM Keys and sensors remains intact.
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Thank you I wouldn't have guessed that would work it seems too easy to be a fix but that's good news.
Thanks for that info

garylawwd said:
Don't tell him to downgrade. If you downgrade you will lose the use of all sensors or proximity sensor, compass etc and to fix this you need to flash persist.img which will cause you to lose widevine L1 so say goodbye to hd streaming and the like.
Be careful what information you give people if it will cause massive issues.
Its not that straightforward to just downgrade
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Then what to do? I downgraded from Android 10 Stock to Android 9 Stock 3.13.0.PFQMIXM because I soft-bricked my phone. I Flashed the stock ROM using Mi Flash tool. It flashed OK but my MI A3 sensors are not working. Someone said Flash persist.img via TWRP but when I try to flash it asked me in which partition to flash.
Partitions available are:
bluetooth
modem
System Image
Dtbo
Vendor Image
splash
Boot
Install Recovery Ramdisk
I am confused where to flash. If this method isnt suitable as you said then guide me what to do. I have Global Fastboot ROM for Android 9 Version 3.16.0.PFQMIXM for Mi A3 available. Should I flash this using Mi Flash tool? Does it solve sensor issues or not? Please help.

vjrx88 said:
Then what to do? I downgraded from Android 10 Stock to Android 9 Stock 3.13.0.PFQMIXM because I soft-bricked my phone. I Flashed the stock ROM using Mi Flash tool. It flashed OK but my MI A3 sensors are not working. Someone said Flash persist.img via TWRP but when I try to flash it asked me in which partition to flash.
Partitions available are:
bluetooth
modem
System Image
Dtbo
Vendor Image
splash
Boot
Install Recovery Ramdisk
I am confused where to flash. If this method isnt suitable as you said then guide me what to do. I have Global Fastboot ROM for Android 9 Version 3.16.0.PFQMIXM for Mi A3 available. Should I flash this using Mi Flash tool? Does it solve sensor issues or not? Please help.
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If you are on stock android 9 now then flash an android 10 custom rom and then downgrade to android 9 like you did. Downgrading from stock 10 to stock 9 causes big issues like you are having.
If you did flash persist.IMG you would have caused stuff in your device to break forever without any way of fixing it don't do it!!

garylawwd said:
If you are on stock android 9 now then flash an android 10 custom rom and then downgrade to android 9 like you did. Downgrading from stock 10 to stock 9 causes big issues like you are having.
If you did flash persist.IMG you would have caused stuff in your device to break forever without any way of fixing it don't do it!!
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I updated it to Stock Android 10 OTA update using TWRP Recovery and re-flashed TWRP and Magisk ZIP using TWRP and now sensors and phone is working fine. I know Android 10 for Mi A3 have some bugs but I decided to live with it until Stable Android 10 update made available by Xiaomi. Flashing Custom Android 10 ROMs have mixed reviews and have bugs so I decided to stay on Stock.
I tried flashing persist.img by mounting Persist partition using TWRP before doing this but nothing happens and sensors didn't worked. Now they are working.

garylawwd said:
Don't tell him to downgrade. If you downgrade you will lose the use of all sensors or proximity sensor, compass etc and to fix this you need to flash persist.img which will cause you to lose widevine L1 so say goodbye to hd streaming and the like.
Be careful what information you give people if it will cause massive issues.
Its not that straightforward to just downgrade
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No problem in downgrade ,, i Already downgraded. No bugs facing!
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vjrx88 said:
I updated it to Stock Android 10 OTA update using TWRP Recovery and re-flashed TWRP and Magisk ZIP using TWRP and now sensors and phone is working fine. I know Android 10 for Mi A3 have some bugs but I decided to live with it until Stable Android 10 update made available by Xiaomi. Flashing Custom Android 10 ROMs have mixed reviews and have bugs so I decided to stay on Stock.
I tried flashing persist.img by mounting Persist partition using TWRP before doing this but nothing happens and sensors didn't worked. Now they are working.
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Lol i came back to 9 ,, untill stable comes or i will use pixel rom ?

Kaissner said:
I had this device for two days now, one of the first things that I tried was to install a custom ROM and I was surprised of how hard it was to do, so after a lot of trial and error I managed to install those two ROMs so I wanted to share how I did it so nobody has to suffer like I
Okay so I have tried two methods, one worked for Pixel Experience and the other for Lineage OS, there are probably better ways to do this so be sure to reply to this thread if you find another ways to accomplish this!
IMPORTANT!:
1. I did the two of this methods with the stock ROM with a minimal setup (skipping wifi, no google login, no fingerprint, etc).
2.You need to have the bootloader unlocked.
3. Im not responsable if you brick your phone or lose your data, do the following steps if you know what you're doing and always back-up your data!!!
Files used:
TWRP link (Download both the img and the zip)
Pixel Experience link
LineageOS link
Gapps link
Magisk 20.1 link
Encryption patch (patch_no_fde10) link
Method 1 (Tested succesfully with Pixel Experience):
Thanks to ElSuperFullHD for creating an awesome guide in how to install Pixel Experience!
How to install Pixel Experience in Xiaomi mi a3 (Spanish guide)
1. Start your phone in fastboot mode.
2. use fastboot getvar current-slot (Check if phone is in slot a, if it isnt change it to a using fastboot set_active a)
3. Flash custom recovery (in this case I used TWRP) with fastboot flash boot twrp.img
4. reboot using 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).
5. When TWRP starts, move and flash TWRP zip (This will make the recovery to stay) and reboot into recovery again (Long press Vol + when the device starts until you boot into recovery).
6. Go to advanced wipe Dalvic cache, Data and System.
7. Install Pixel Experience ROM and TWRP zip again and restart to system.
8. You're done, enjoy!
Method 2 (Tested succesfully with LineageOS):
Thanks to suschmania for your extremely helpful comment, I wouldnt have figured how to install LineageOS without him!
1. Start your phone in fastboot mode.
2. use fastboot getvar current-slot (Check if phone is in slot a, if it isnt change it to a using fastboot set_active a)
3. Flash custom recovery (in this case I used TWRP) with fastboot flash boot twrp.img
4. reboot using 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).
5. Once in TWRP copy TWRP recovery zip into the phone and wipe Dalvic cache, Data, Vendor and System.
6. Install the ROM and TWRP recovery zip (This will make the recovery to stay).
7. Reboot into recovery (twrp shows the warning no os installed, continue anyway).
8. The filesystem will be decrypted (All folders corrupted) dont worries, just go to advanced wipe and wipe internal data, once that's done copy Gapps, magisk and the encryption patch into the phone).
9. Flash Gapps, magisk (Optional) and encryption patch.
10. Reboot to system (It may take up to 10 minutes to start so give it time, if more than 10 minutes passes see step 11).
11. In case of bootlop boot back into recovery and format data (its the one where you need to write yes to format), after its done reboot to system again.
12. You're done, enjoy!
I hope this guide was helpful to you, good luck!
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EDIT: Solved it by flashing this inofficial TWRP: https://forum.xda-developers.com/mi-a3/development/recovery-twrp-3-4-0-0-patched-boot-img-t4123287
I have a problem. I am stuck on fastboot. I followed the tutorial unto step 4:
C:\Program Files (x86)\Minimal ADB and Fastboot>fastboot flash boot twrp.img
target reported max download size of 803475456 bytes
sending 'boot_a' (39892 KB)...
OKAY [ 0.910s]
writing 'boot_a'...
OKAY [ 0.197s]
finished. total time: 1.111s
But after this the phone always reboots to fastboot, I can't boot into TWRP or the system. Plz help.

spring_roll said:
EDIT: Solved it by flashing this inofficial TWRP: https://forum.xda-developers.com/mi-a3/development/recovery-twrp-3-4-0-0-patched-boot-img-t4123287
I have a problem. I am stuck on fastboot. I followed the tutorial unto step 4:
C:\Program Files (x86)\Minimal ADB and Fastboot>fastboot flash boot twrp.img
target reported max download size of 803475456 bytes
sending 'boot_a' (39892 KB)...
OKAY [ 0.910s]
writing 'boot_a'...
OKAY [ 0.197s]
finished. total time: 1.111s
But after this the phone always reboots to fastboot, I can't boot into TWRP or the system. Plz help.
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I know you solved it but the reason the other twrp wasn't working for you is because it is built only for Android pie and I'm assuming you have Android 10. That's why you always booted to fastboot. The installer.zip will work with any Android version but the twrp.img files are built using kernels of a specific Android version

garylawwd said:
I know you solved it but the reason the other twrp wasn't working for you is because it is built only for Android pie and I'm assuming you have Android 10. That's why you always booted to fastboot. The installer.zip will work with any Android version but the twrp.img files are built using kernels of a specific Android version
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Ok thx for the info.
Another question. I didn't understand step 5:
"5. When TWRP starts, move and flash TWRP zip (This will make the recovery to stay)"
Where do I have to move and flash the ZIP? I just skipped this step and now I have the ROM installed which I wanted (PE Plus).
Do I have to do something now or is TWRP installed properly now? Can I fetch this step later?

spring_roll said:
Ok thx for the info.
Another question. I didn't understand step 5:
"5. When TWRP starts, move and flash TWRP zip (This will make the recovery to stay)"
Where do I have to move and flash the ZIP? I just skipped this step and now I have the ROM installed which I wanted (PE Plus).
Do I have to do something now or is TWRP installed properly now? Can I fetch this step later?
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For you I don't think twrp is installed now. Some ROMs have twrp built in but if not then you have to manually flash twrp every time you flash a ROM or it gets overwritten with stock recovery.
When you flash the twrp.img and boot twrp it isn't actually installed, you are running it in ram and when you reboot it goes out of ram and your left with an un-bootable slot due to your boot slot being messed up from flashing the twrp.img and twrp won't stay installed.
For it to be installed properly you need to flash twrp.zip which will patch your boot.img with twrp and install it.
But as I said everytime you flash a ROM this will overwrite twrp and it will be gone unless the twrp.zip is flashed in twrp before rebooting.
Not as easy as it used to be by just installing twrp once and it is there forever. The new era of Android

Question Gapps error 70, resize System Partition.

Hello.
After I received my new Poco f3, the first I've done was unlocking the bootloader. 7 days later, everything was done and I flashed lineageos.
>Fastboot boot twrp.img>advanced>flash current twrp.
After that I've wiped and format data. Then I flashed lineageos. After that I've tried to flash gapps, but that results in "error 70 Not enough space. I've tried pico and nano package. The question is now, how am I able resize the system partition ? I googled to find solutions but what I've found, just scared the sh*it out of me. Some people experimented with gparted and hardbricked their device, because they destroyed their bootloader.
In twrp>wipe>advanced wipe there is no system partition shown. Dunno why.
I didn't dare to >Fastboot erase system (Or Fastboot format system) before I flash los. Is this safe and could be a possible solution? I also don't understand how this "a/b" partitions Work. My old Poco f1 didn't had those.
would be really grateful for help.

Yeah this phone is really tricky to mod. I rooted mine and for some reason still didn't have write permissions on root folders.
Tried to delete lockscreen keys just for testing purposes and it messed up the phone. After that even twrp restore couldn't fix it. So I flashed the stock firmware via mi flash tool and locked the bootloader for good.
I find that what you get from rooting this phone is just not worth the risk with its tendency to mess things up really bad at the slightest mistakes, especially because the EDL is locked.
It used to be so simple with older phones. But unfortunately google is trying their best to make phones impossible to modify. And they're getting pretty close now.

user0u said:
I rooted mine and for some reason still didn't have write permissions on root folders.
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I had the same problem. I've read that just flashing magisk.apk in twrp isn't supported well anymore. You have to modify boot.img in magisk app, and then flash the modified boot.img with Fastboot. For me, that solves the problem (see Instructions. To extract the boot.img from rom.zip I used Payload dumper ).
Long story short, I still didn't managed to resize the system partition

I got an other idea! Is it possible to "inject" gapps into the system.img before I flash it ?!

Did you ever figure it out?

According to installation guide by lineageOS, MindTheGapps is the recommended Gapps for android 11
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if you are gonna download MindTheGapps, then use the arm64 version

Fandroid Tech said:
Did you ever figure it out?
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No, I just jused arrowos with the integrated gapps package. Maybe I will try the "mindthegapps" version in the next weeks and give feedback

I'm using orange fox recovery, bugged by this error when I flash opengapps after flashing lineage0s 18.1.
Following is what fixed the issue for me.
1. download latest firmware for the device
2. update zip from ofox recovery- with vendor partition mounted.
3. reboot to recovery and then flashed opengapps nano (this time check the flag for unmount vendor)

Question Latest Twrp pros and cons

Today the unlock time for bootloader to unlock will complete and I Intend to install TWRP. I have found the latest officially supported twrp-3.6.1_11-0-alioth.img at https://eu.dl.twrp.me/alioth/. How does it compare to TWRP-3.5.1 https://forum.xda-developers.com/t/recovery-unofficial-twrp-3-5-1-20210702.4300189/.
Can anyone guide me what are the pros and cons of using twrp-3.6.1_11-0-alioth.img and its limitations as compared to TWRP-3.5.1 as I can not find any documentation on twrp-3.6.1_11-0-alioth.img. Any help will be appreciated.
Also does the following limitations of TWRP-3.5.1 also apply to twrp-3.6.1_11-0-alioth.img ?
KNOWN LIMITATIONS:
The following are some known limitations due to either the design nature of Virtual A/B or a problem with ROM themselves. Please read carefully :-
You cannot format data after flashing a ROM zip (Limitation of Virtual A/B). If you want to format, then reboot recovery after flashing ROM. Additionally, if you are encrypted, the newly flashed ROM must be able to decrypt your device. If not, then you have to format data before flashing the ROM It appears, you can actually format data after reboot even if the new ROM cannot decrypt.
You can flash only one ROM in one boot. If you wanna flash another ROM, you must boot to system once. This is again a limitation of Virtual A/B.
Once you have rebooted after flashing a ROM, you cannot write to the data partition until you boot successfully to the new ROM. Android seals the data partition after a ROM flash to prevent any accidental brick since the newly flashed ROM is actually stored in /data. Only data format is allowed in this case. Once you successfully boot to the new ROM, your storage becomes ready for writing again.
Ideally, after flashing a new ROM, you should only need to wipe your data rather than format. But, due to a problem in the device trees current ROMs are using, you will have to format data if you are currently on miui and want to switch to a custom ROM. Specifically, the roms need this commit and to set vendor security patch level to fix this issue. Switching between custom ROMs should not need format, except for hentai OS.
If you are currently on hentai OS, then before using TWRP, you must flash vendor_boot from the link provided in every hentai OS release. Otherwise, you will get black screen. This is only needed when you boot to TWRP for the first time. Do not repeat this step again. Also, do not try this with beta version of the ROM. Use it only with stable.
If you reboot to older slot after flashing new ROM, the new ROM will be cancelled and you will have to reflash again. This is because of how Virtual A/B works.
If you must flash magisk via recovery (it's not recommended now), please uncheck "Inject TWRP after install" else TWRP will remove magisk.
Do not flash magisk after flashing a ROM before reboot. Magisk's zip detects slot in a different way that will cause issues.
Backuptool (used to persist magisk and gapps across ROM updates) will also not work in recovery due to A/B. You will have to flash gapps (or any other zips) everytime after flashing a ROM.

you dont search enough...
this is latest A12 TWRP....
https://dl.akr-developers.com/?dir=skkk/TWRP
Installation:
activateUSB DEBUGGIN and OEM unlocked on Poco
(copy all files in Adb folder) rename the long TWRP file to twrp.img
Disable all security settings like PIN, pattern, fingerprint
start Poco in fastboot
fastboot boot twrp.img"
copy twrp.img to Poco or "adb push twrp.img /sdcard/"
TWRP Menü -> Advanced -> Flash Current TWRP or Install Recovery Ramdisk -> you must test it... both should work
TWRP Menü -> Reboot -> recovery
Magisk and safety net working great...
see also....
Xiaomi devices on Android 12 via Fastboot only:
- Download our ROM zip file
- Unpack downloaded zip file in the PC using WinRAR
- Reboot your device to fastboot mode (press volume down + power)
- Connect to PC via USB cable
- Run fastboot installation script from unpacked zip according your PC operating system:
--- For Windows OS - windows_fastboot_update_rom.bat
--- For Linux - linux_fastboot_update_rom.sh
--- For MacOS - macos_fastboot_update_rom.sh
greeting

hofi01 said:
you dont search enough...
this is latest A12 TWRP....
https://dl.akr-developers.com/?dir=skkk/TWRP
Installation:
activateUSB DEBUGGIN and OEM unlocked on Poco
(copy all files in Adb folder) rename the long TWRP file to twrp.img
Disable all security settings like PIN, pattern, fingerprint
start Poco in fastboot
fastboot boot twrp.img"
copy twrp.img to Poco or "adb push twrp.img /sdcard/"
TWRP Menü -> Advanced -> Flash Current TWRP or Install Recovery Ramdisk -> you must test it... both should work
TWRP Menü -> Reboot -> recovery
Magisk and safety net working great...
see also....
Xiaomi devices on Android 12 via Fastboot only:
- Download our ROM zip file
- Unpack downloaded zip file in the PC using WinRAR
- Reboot your device to fastboot mode (press volume down + power)
- Connect to PC via USB cable
- Run fastboot installation script from unpacked zip according your PC operating system:
--- For Windows OS - windows_fastboot_update_rom.bat
--- For Linux - linux_fastboot_update_rom.sh
--- For MacOS - macos_fastboot_update_rom.sh
greeting
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I know where the lastest TWRP for Poco F3 is and how to install it as I have already installed it. That was not the question. The question was that "does limitations of TWRP-3.5.1 also apply to twrp-3.6.1_11-0'? Limitattions like being forced to reboot TWRP after flashing a every single zip file and other limitations like it as mentioned above. Thanks for your reply anyways.

so for me, TWRP does not start again, after installing a file.
I install TWRP, boot into TWRP again and install Magisk. after that I boot into the ROM.
TWRP does not restart itself

So, still no decryption on A12?
I wanted to test new custom roms but i dont want to have to reinstall everything from scratch if i go back to my current rom (.EU).
Can twrp make a full backup and restore it despite not having decryption?
If it cant, can I make a full back up of my phone from cmd in fastboot mode? (so i can just flash it from fastboot to restore everything as it is now)

Development [RECOVERY][3.7.0_12-8][UNOFFICIAL][UNIFIED] TWRP with A12/A13 encryption support

This is an unofficial build of TWRP, based on the Android 12.1 branch, that supports encryption used by Android 12 and 13 ROMs. This build is tested on OP9 pro, but it was confirmed to work on regular OP9 too.
As always I'm not responsible for any bricked device or data loss resulting from the use of this TWRP builds. You use this at your own risk.
For ROMs using FBEv1 encryption aka A11 encryption, please use the official builds by @Nebrassy from:
[RECOVERY] [11] [OFFICIAL] TeamWin Recovery Project
Introduction: Team Win Recovery Project or TWRP for short, is a custom recovery built with ease of use and customization in mind. We started from the ground up by taking AOSP recovery and loading it with the standard recovery options, then added...
forum.xda-developers.com
Download:
twrp-3.7.0-12.1 - Google Drive
drive.google.com
Installation:
Permanent installation is not possible with TMO stock ROM installed.
Installation overwrites all boot partition changes done previously (e.g. by Magisk or custom kernel). So you have to reflash all zips that change the boot partition after TWRP is installed.
For permanent installation, you have three options depending on your current system.
1. Option for rooted devices:
Download the twrp-installer zip
Flash it with Magisk manager or some other kernel flash utility
Reflash your custom kernel and Magisk.apk if previously installed (see example of how to install with Magisk manager below). Or alternatively flash zips in TWRP.
Don't reboot
Rename downloaded Magisk.apk to Magisk.zip
Open Magisk app
Select Modules tab
Click "Install from storage"
Select Magisk.zip
2. Option for users with other custom recoveries but without root:
Download the twrp-installer zip
Reboot to recovery
Flash it with "adb sideload twrp-installer*.zip"
Reboot to recovery
Reflash your custom kernel and Magisk.apk if previously installed
3. Option is universal:
Download boot.img
Reboot to bootloader
Run "fastboot boot boot.img" with the TWRP boot image on your PC
Go to Advanced > Flash Current TWRP
Reflash your custom kernel and Magisk.apk if previously installed
Try without installation:
Download boot.img
Reboot to bootloader
Run "fastboot boot boot.img" with the TWRP boot image on your PC
Uninstall:
Just flash the boot partition with your current ROMs boot image with the following steps.
Replace "YOUR ROM BOOTIMAGE" with the filename of the extracted boot image of your current ROM.
Reboot to bootloader
Run "fastboot flash boot_a YOUR ROM BOOTIMAGE"
Run "fastboot flash boot_b YOUR ROM BOOTIMAGE"
Alternatively you can flash your currently installed OTA zip, which overwrites boot on the unused slot, but not on the currently used one.
TWRP Updates:
Download and flash the twrp-installer zip
After that reflash your custom kernel and Magisk if previously installed
ROM Updates:
Please follow the official update instructions for your ROM!
If they give an option to update via recovery you have to substitute adb sideload commands with zip installations. Also use the "Automatically reflash TWRP after flashing a ROM" option, if you are going to install a ROM zip to preserve TWRP installation.
In case your ROM does not provide a recovery update instruction you can try to update via recovery but you are on the safe side if you follow the official instructions. They always have a reason for their particular update instructions!
Instructions that work for me (on LOS based ROMs):
Flash ROM zip with "Automatically reflash TWRP after flashing a ROM" checked
Flash your previously installed zips (custom kernel, Gapps, Magisk, etc)
Reboot to system
If Gapps packages keep crashing:
Reboot to TWRP
Flash Gapps again
Reboot to system
For OOS updates should work out of the box, but if you have issues you can follow these steps (I haven't tested them):
[RECOVERY][3.7.0-12.1][UNOFFICIAL][UNIFIED] TWRP with A12/A13 encryption support
This is an unofficial build of TWRP, based on the Android 12.1 branch, that supports encryption used by Android 12 and 13 ROMs. This build is tested on OP9 pro, but it was confirmed to work on regular OP9 too. As always I'm not responsible for...
forum.xda-developers.com
About backups/restore:
Restore data only WITHOUT pin/pattern set.
If you restore a backup made from another ROM, then the currently installed, you may have to format data. So please manually copy all contents from /sdcard to a PC or flash drive.
Backups can be made with or without pin/pattern set. It is always good practice to copy your backups to your PC or an USB drive. Also after you restored your data partition you have to reboot to system and do a second reboot to get a working system.
To make first boot faster and eliminate the need to reboot again, additionally use the step mandatory for OOS users.
If you want to copy your backup to PC, but it doesn't show up, flash change_backup_selinux_context.zip, which is available in download folder.
For OOS users:
When data is restored, you have to delete "/data/system/users/0/package-restrictions.xml" before rebooting to system.
In case you restore a backup with pin/pattern set or have some other issues I have a guide that works for me:
[RECOVERY][3.7.0-12.1][UNOFFICIAL][UNIFIED] TWRP with A12/A13 encryption support
This is an unofficial build of TWRP, based on the Android 12.1 branch, that supports encryption used by Android 12 and 13 ROMs. This build is tested on OP9 pro, but it was confirmed to work on regular OP9 too. As always I'm not responsible for...
forum.xda-developers.com
How to use MTP, adb and fastbootD:
Windows:
Install official Google USB drivers and select the right USB drivers. For MTP and adb, the WinUSB driver is sufficient on Windows 11. For fastbootD, Google drivers (Android Bootloader interface) has to be chosen.
You may have to select WinMTP for MTP and Google USB drivers for adb, if you run Windows 10.
To use adb on Windows, MTP has to be disabled with "Mount->Disable MTP" in TWRP.
Steps for choosing a specific driver (no the exact wording):
Connect phone in specific mode
Open device manager
Right click on phone either under "Android device" or "USB device", depending on mode
Select "update driver"
Select 2. option "browse my computer"
Select "pick from available drivers"
Pick driver according to above description
Linux:
Intall the fastboot and adb packages for your distribution
Set udev rules. There might be a package for your distro or use this gh repo: https://github.com/M0Rf30/android-udev-rules
Add user to the group used in udev rules. Most common are "plugdev" and "adbusers"
Source Code:
TWRP: https://github.com/TeamWin/android_bootable_recovery
Kernel: https://github.com/nilz3000/kernel_oneplus_sm8350-twrp
Device Tree:
https://github.com/nilz3000/device_oneplus_sm8350-common-TWRP
https://github.com/nilz3000/device_oneplus_lemonadep-TWRP
https://github.com/nilz3000/android_hardware_oplus
Bugs:
Permanent installation alongside TMO stock isn't possible
Error message regarding vendor_dlkm in fastbootD for OOS users (just cosmetic and not problematic)
In case you notice anything else please let me know.
If you encounter any bug, please give me description with logcat.txt and recovery.log output attached. You can copy those to your data folder in TWRP, if you go to Advanced->Copy Logs.
Thanks to:
@Nebrassy for the original device tree
@osm0sis for the zip installer
TWRP team
LineageOS

Thank you for this! Will try tomorrow.

Ah man this is dope. Thank you bud!!!

It seems to boot and decrypt very well, but backup always fails with error createtarfork 255

EugenStanis said:
It seems to boot and decrypt very well, but backup always fails with error createtarfork 255
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EugenStanis said:
It seems to boot and decrypt very well, but backup always fails with error createtarfork 255
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Can you send me the logcat and recovery.log output of the failing backup? You find that option in Advanced -> Copy Log -> Include Logcat. I will look into it.

Hi Guys,
Can the latest TWRP be used to flash A13 ROMs like we used to do with older devices? I am fed up with wiping the entire storage for every ROM installation using sideloading...

vipinpvarghese said:
Hi Guys,
Can the latest TWRP be used to flash A13 ROMs like we used to do with older devices? I am fed up with wiping the entire storage for every ROM installation using sideloading...
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Updating A13 ROMs, in my case crdroid 13, works fine. I have not tested clean installation of a different ROM after factory reset with user data preservation.

der_akinator said:
Updating A13 ROMs, in my case crdroid 13, works fine. I have not tested clean installation of a different ROM after factory reset with user data preservation.
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You meant to say you just wiped data, cache and dalvik and flashed the ROM zip via TWRP ? Or without data wipe?

vipinpvarghese said:
You meant to say you just wiped data, cache and dalvik and flashed the ROM zip via TWRP ? Or without data wipe?
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Yes, but it was the same ROM I reinstalled after wipe.

der_akinator said:
Can you send me the logcat and recovery.log output of the failing backup? You find that option in Advanced -> Copy Log -> Include Logcat. I will look into it.
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der_akinator said:
Can you send me the logcat and recovery.log output of the failing backup? You find that option in Advanced -> Copy Log -> Include Logcat. I will look into it.
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Sorry i forgot about recovery log

EugenStanis said:
Sorry i forgot about recovery log
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recovery.log
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Anyone tested it with stock OOS13?

der_akinator said:
This is an unofficial build of TWRP, based on the Android 12.1 branch, that supports encryption used by most Android 12 and 13 ROMs.
As always I'm not responsible any bricked device or data loss resulting from the use of this TWRP version. You use this at your own risk.
For ROMs using FBEv1 encryption aka A11 encryption, please use the official builds by @Nebrassy from:
[RECOVERY] [11] [OFFICIAL] TeamWin Recovery Project
Introduction: Team Win Recovery Project or TWRP for short, is a custom recovery built with ease of use and customization in mind. We started from the ground up by taking AOSP recovery and loading it with the standard recovery options, then added...
forum.xda-developers.com
Download:
twrp-3.7.0-12.1 - Google Drive
drive.google.com
Installation:
Get your rom's vendor_boot image. For most ROMs this can usually be downloaded. For OOS based ROMs you can get it for example by extracting it from the official payload.bin with payload-dumper-go. A third universal option, if you have root, is to use the command "dd if=/dev/block/by-name/vendor_boot_SLOT of=/sdcard/vendor_boot.img" on your device. This writes the vendor_boot image to your sdcard folder, but you have to substitute SLOT with either a or b, depending on your currently active slot.
Reboot to bootloader.
Run "fastboot flash vendor_boot vendor_boot.img" with the TWRP vendor_boot image.
Run "fastboot boot boot.img" with the TWRP boot image.
Go to Advanced > Flash Current TWRP.
After that is done, if you were using a custom kernel, reflash it now.
If you were using magisk, reflash it now.
Reboot to bootloader.
Run "fastboot flash vendor_boot vendor_boot.img" with the ROM vendor_boot image from step one.
In the case you just want to test TWRP without installation, please skip steps 5-7.
Permanent installation works fine for me with crdroid 13 and magisk installed. I have not tested any other ROMs or custom kernels. After permanent installation you can at any time reboot to recovery without reflashing vendor_boot. During a ROM update use the "Automatically reflash TWRP after flashing a ROM" option in the install zip menu to preserve TWRP.
Source Code:
TWRP: https://github.com/TeamWin/android_bootable_recovery
Kernel: https://github.com/LineageOS/android_kernel_oneplus_sm8350
Device Tree:
https://github.com/nilz3000/device_oneplus_sm8350-common-TWRP
https://github.com/nilz3000/device_oneplus_lemonadep-TWRP
https://github.com/LineageOS/android_hardware_oplus
Bugs:
Please let me know. I have not encountered anything major yet.
Thanks to:
Nebrassy
TWRP team
LineageOS
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For the cRDroid 13, which OOS Base are you using? I used C66, with own rec fine, if use your TWRP 3.7.0, can't boot.

Update
Hi everyone,
I just uploaded a new build. It fixes some missing firmware files and kernel module loading.
USB OTG, vibration and battery status is now working.
Download:
29.11.22 - Google Drive
drive.google.com

EugenStanis said:
It seems to boot and decrypt very well, but backup always fails with error createtarfork 255
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Your problem seems to be a general TWRP problem, that oftentimes happens in multiuser system. And I couldn't access your recovery.log. In this file you find conflicting files, that are the reason for the error.
Here is a link to the github issue, maybe it helps you solving the problem.
createTarFork() process ended with ERROR: 255 when trying to back up data with multiple users · Issue #1373 · TeamWin/Team-Win-Recovery-Project
Yes, I am running an official build of TWRP, downloaded from https://twrp.me/Devices/ (Oneplus 6) Yes, I am running the latest version of TWRP (3.2.3-1) Yes, I have read the FAQ (https://twrp.me/FA...
github.com

tnchng said:
For the cRDroid 13, which OOS Base are you using? I used C66, with own rec fine, if use your TWRP 3.7.0, can't boot.
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I use C.63 and have not tested with other firmware versions.

der_akinator said:
Your problem seems to be a general TWRP problem, that oftentimes happens in multiuser system. And I couldn't access your recovery.log. In this file you find conflicting files, that are the reason for the error.
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Strange, i have never ever in my life used multiuser