Hey,
I'm kind of a newbie developer so please bear with me!
I have a WileyFox Storm, that runs Cyanogen OS 13 (kipper) as stock. A while back, I tried rooting it, and in the process installed TWRP Custom Recovery (which is a custom one made for the Storm). Well, the process of rooting didn't work (multiple times), so I gave up.
Right, it comes to today where my device can receive an OTA update. I pressed install, where it rebooted back into recovery. As it turns out, I forgot about the TWRP CR which was still there, thus, I could not update my device.
I now want a way to install the stock recovery (just the recovery), without having root access, and preferably without factory resetting my device (I have done this too many times and it just pisses me off!).
I assume I just install the .zip from CM's website, and side load the recovery.img using ADB but I simply do not know enough.
Please help, thank you!
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Root has nothing to do with flashing ADB so you can go ahead and sideload it as long as you have the correct drivers for your phone
And my phone won't factory reset if I just sideload the recovery.img?
Yep you are correct
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I installed TWRP on my phone, and went into Bootloader an hit RECOVERY so I can get to the program (the first time I did this it brought me to the TMRWP program). THIS time, it completely wiped my friggin' phone... after I sat there like 4 hours re-setting up everything PERFECTLY how I wanted it.
What's weird is it kept ALL my apps that I converted to SYSTEM APPS, but all my user stuff is gone.
Lesson learned... Don't click recovery from Bootloader.
That has yet to happen to me with any recovery and 3 devices currently with twrp. Might be a step missed with the install or maybe you left a bootloader update zip and ran it when you rebooted? Or it can be a bug as going to recovery from bootloader via a cold start is how to get there traditionally. I would email teamwin and try to sort it out or redo the recovery install, making sure to check the md5 of the file after you download it.
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Your supposed to click recovery at bootloader. Thats where you do backup, restore and flash new roms.
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That's what I thought too. If I'm not mistaking, I flashed the new firmware after I did the TWRP, so maybe that screwed it up somehow. I take it TWRP must be the LAST image you flash? Only flashes I remember doing were:
Customize bootloader screen
TWRP.
firmware update
Do I need to re-flash the new firmware before re-flashing TWRP, or is the firmware going to remain no matter what I do from this point on?
Just adb flash recovery. Put the recovery image in your platform tools folder. Adb reboot bootloader. when you are rebooted adb flash recovery recovery.img.
Or use one of the many tools made to do that on our forums
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Well I went ahead and used the GOO Manager to flash TWRP again, and this time it worked fine. I'm going to re-setup my phone again then before I customize it back like I had it, going to try to get to recovery and see if it works.
With it now being installed, does that mean I can't flash anything directly from SD Card or modify the bootloader anymore without it causing problems?
What I mean, moreso, is... if I ever put factory reset. will it reload the factory rom + keep the newest firmware I installed (etc.) or do I nee to back up the phone with TWRP and recover from that when I want to load it back?
Factory reset just puts things back to the way they were without the stuff in the data partition or any user apps or settings. This means that say you flash a custom rom, it will reset to as if that custom rom was freshly installed since the custom rom has replaced the factory rom in the /system/ parition and anything else related to it.
With that said it is usually a good practice after rooting a fresh device to do the nandroid and then transfer it to a computer before you do anything else. Note that while you probably won't be switching recoveries a lot, that nandroid backups generally work only with the recovery that generated them so don't get them mixed up.
Background:
Rooting and flashing roms since the HTC Hero, continued with the HTC Evo 4G, and currently on the GNexus. I am not a programmer, but very comfortable with several rooting methods and I understand the ins’ and out’s of backups, nightlys and bugs and glitches.
I bought an Asus Transformer Prime (Tf201) as soon as I could. I resisted the urge to root because its lightly skinned ICS Rom was really good. Once JB came out, I started getting antsy and started researching root methods.
I was on build version .28, and after a couple of failed root attempts Debugfs Root v1.8 worked.
I tried several roms, CM 10, Team EOS, AdroWook- and things were good, until….
Current State:
I think it was CM 10, things were just OK.. not great, and I missed some of the stock Asus apps which I liked and used often. I was previously on AndroWook, which was awesome because it had stock apps, plus many more customizations. So I Nandroid via TWRP as my recovery. And flashed CM 10. Didn’t like it so I flashed the nandroid backup of the Androwook ROM.
Now here is where things went bad. I didn’t factory reset wipe before flashing the nandroid. I did wipe cache and davlik.
Everything was fine. Until I noticed a few bugs, and I chalked it up to not fully wiping before the restore. So I tried to go back into recovery and wipe and re-flash the restore file. But no recovery found.
Nothing is left of a recovery file. And while loading up Titanium Backup it says I am not rooted.
I spend a lot of time trying to fix it. Trying to re-root via debugs, getting busy box, Super user, nothing works, I can’t get to recovery, I am not rooted anymore and none of the root methods work. I have a custom rom on, AndroWook, working fine, but I am stuck, no recovery no updates, no titanium backup, nothing!
Recap:
• Was unlocked, rooted, and on custom roms. TWRP was recovery image.
• Was on CM 10, didn’t like it, flashed back to ArndoWook via Nandroid backup restore
• Did not factory reset before flashing back to nandroid, but wiped cache and davlik
• Now the rom is no longer rooted, can’t use any of the root methods, always says SU not found
• I think it has something to do with superuser, at least that what every app that needs root can’t find.
• NO recovery image available,
Any Ideas? Thanks for the help
You should be able to flash a recovery from fastboot mode.
to get into fastboot mode, press and hold volume down while turning the prime on, when it says press up to enter recovery... dont.
wait for that to time out, you shouls then get a few icons on the screen. navigate to the icon that has a USB image and press volume up.
your tablet should now be in fastboot mode.
you will need the fastboot driver, android SDK and twrp image for the tf201 to continue, you will find the answers to these bits on the forum if you are missing any.
you can then flash the recovery with the following command:
fastboot -i 0x0B05 flash recovery recovery.img
(Replace the recovery.img name with the correct name of the img file)
Steve
lowertar said:
Background:
Rooting and flashing roms since the HTC Hero, continued with the HTC Evo 4G, and currently on the GNexus. I am not a programmer, but very comfortable with several rooting methods and I understand the ins’ and out’s of backups, nightlys and bugs and glitches.
I bought an Asus Transformer Prime (Tf201) as soon as I could. I resisted the urge to root because its lightly skinned ICS Rom was really good. Once JB came out, I started getting antsy and started researching root methods.
I was on build version .28, and after a couple of failed root attempts Debugfs Root v1.8 worked.
I tried several roms, CM 10, Team EOS, AdroWook- and things were good, until….
Current State:
I think it was CM 10, things were just OK.. not great, and I missed some of the stock Asus apps which I liked and used often. I was previously on AndroWook, which was awesome because it had stock apps, plus many more customizations. So I Nandroid via TWRP as my recovery. And flashed CM 10. Didn’t like it so I flashed the nandroid backup of the Androwook ROM.
Now here is where things went bad. I didn’t factory reset wipe before flashing the nandroid. I did wipe cache and davlik.
Everything was fine. Until I noticed a few bugs, and I chalked it up to not fully wiping before the restore. So I tried to go back into recovery and wipe and re-flash the restore file. But no recovery found.
Nothing is left of a recovery file. And while loading up Titanium Backup it says I am not rooted.
I spend a lot of time trying to fix it. Trying to re-root via debugs, getting busy box, Super user, nothing works, I can’t get to recovery, I am not rooted anymore and none of the root methods work. I have a custom rom on, AndroWook, working fine, but I am stuck, no recovery no updates, no titanium backup, nothing!
Recap:
• Was unlocked, rooted, and on custom roms. TWRP was recovery image.
• Was on CM 10, didn’t like it, flashed back to ArndoWook via Nandroid backup restore
• Did not factory reset before flashing back to nandroid, but wiped cache and davlik
• Now the rom is no longer rooted, can’t use any of the root methods, always says SU not found
• I think it has something to do with superuser, at least that what every app that needs root can’t find.
• NO recovery image available,
Any Ideas? Thanks for the help
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Me too!
So I'm in the same trouble you are in only got there a little differently. For me without thinking I had accepted the Firmware update for the keyboard dock. After that installed my keyboard is bricked. The Tablet sees it and sucks from its battery, but none of the keys or track pad work. So I decided to do a complete full wipe of everything (Also on Androwook 1.3) and cleared out everything. It all looked like it went good, until I noticed no root. I tried to get back into recovery and cannot. Can't even get into Fastboot. Here is the details of what I'm looking at.
When I try to get into Recovery/Fastboot - Holding PWR and Volume Up will make the tablet buzz like its going to turn on but then never does. I will only see something on screen if I don't hold volume down and let it boot normally. If I try to reboot into Recovery from power menu, it goes to the dead Android screen (Android laying on his back with red exclamation).
So I tried to recover root and kept noticing that all the methods were giving 'access denied' or 'could not copy file' messages. Finally drilled this down to missing SU. When I ADB Shell in and try to SU it give me a 'SU: not found'. Unfortunately I don't have a backup of this anywhere and the only once I've been able to find is in the System/Xbin/ folder. However when I go to Xbin and SU it gives me the same 'SU: not found' message even though I see it in there.
Is there a way to download the SU and put it somewhere else to be able to get full access so I can then try the other steps of recovery?
Any help would be greatly appreciated, I'm going a little crazy here. Thanks in advance!
Hi so after updating from the stock zv6 to lollipop update my phone won't install a custom ROM. Every time I try to turn it on it goes straight to TWRP and went I install a ROM or try to load a backup as soon as I hit reboot it goes back to the TWRP page. Amy ideas?
You must flash back, using Flashtool, to zv4, then reroot, then flash newest TWRP. OTA software not included, because they flash every partition of the phone, including the boot loader. Stock roms like zv6 and zv8(lollipop)or AOSP, must be flashed from xda from here on out, because they've been modified to work correctly on zv4 boot loader. TWRP and root access only work correctly with zv4 boot loader.
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It sounds like there is no OS installed or it is stuck a reboot-loop. Try pulling the battery out for 10 seconds and if it still goes into twrp you know that it isn't a reboot-loop. When you go to restore a rom and it has the bar that shows the amount of storage does it say "0 MB"? If it does it means that twrp can't mount the storage on the phone thus causing it to not install/reboot. Have you tried side loading a rom via adb? Are you trying to install a rom off of a sdcard? I have seen many issues in the past sdcard related.
If you can please answer the following:
1) What is the message you are getting from twrp (if there is any)?
2) Have you installed a custom kernel and if so witch one?
3) What twrp are you running (the bumped one from xda or from the official twrp site) and what version is it?
4) Have you tried adb and pulling the battery?
If you answer these questions they should be able to tell us all that we need to know in order to help you out.
Okay, let's start from the beginning after I bought my new Cubix Cube CX100...
The first time I ever tried to root this was using Kingo ROOT. But then, I realized I couldn't play Love Live SIF when I'm rooted. So, I tried to find solutions like installing SuperSU from Chainfire and 'hide root', but it didn't work. It needs binary updates that when I try to, it gives me an error "Installation Failed, Reboot phone". So, I unrooted my phone to play this game.
Oh, I tried accessing the Recovery Mode and found a menu, but I didn't get to try anything because I still have less knowledge in this.
Second try is when I discovered the xposed framework's rootcloak, so I, once again rooted my phone and tried this option. By this time, I experienced a loop on boot. The way it loops, the logo shows animatedly but doesn't stop looping and the music keeps playing. I pressed my volume keys, and somehow, I successfully boot my phone.But yeh, the rootcloak didn't work either. So, I uninstalled the RootCloak and xposedframework. and unrooted my phone again.
One more option I found is Cydia Substrate's RootCloak plus. It didn't work, either. And once more, I unrooted my phone.
The next event is I discovered a page about flashing my phone's firmware.
guidemehub.com/2015/09/cherry-mobile-cubix-cube-stock-rom-firmware.html
I skipped to rooting the device and found another way to root it using KingRoot (I don't know the difference between KingRoot and KingoRoot, though)
Once again, I tried rooting this phone and using the SuperSU but still, it did not work.
I was talking with my friend about Rooting, and he mentioned CWMs and TWRPs which my eyes came across. And luckily, I found the branching thread in the same site about CM Custom Recovery.
Once again, I rooted my phone using KingRoot, and as the instruction provided, I used RashR flash tool. I selected and downloaded a preferred custom recovery and flashed it (CWM I chose). After then, I restarted my phone to recovery, but I couldn't. It directs me to the Cube booting, showing logo, and directing me to my phone as if nothing happened.
I again downloaded the original stock rom from that site, and re-flashed my phone's stock recovery. But didn't work, either. And so, I unrooted the phone and didn't try any other options now.
In the present, I talked about rooting once again with my friend, and told me he uses Framaroot. So, I downloaded it, but to my bad luck, when I pressed Faramir (or any of the three), it shows me:
Exploit Result
Failed ... Try another exploit if available (Error #9)
And my friend reacted in a way that the error was unknown to him. And so, he told me about Mobileuncle Tools and about its available tools for android.
When I pressed the Update Tool, it says
Check start Safe Flash update ZIP(NULL Package)
Cant find Update ROM in SDCard
Analysis update package end
And another thing, I found the Recovery Update tool in this app. So, I pressed it and showed me a list of custom recoveries such as CWM and more.
I picked CWM, of course. And downloaded the img within the program.
And so, I tried flashing the recovery within that. After trying so, the app restarted me to Recovery mode. My phone restarted, and when it booted, it boots directly to the system, like nothing happened.
I tried shutting down and using the hardware keys (Volume UP + Power) to access recovery mode, but I couldn't do so. Now, I'm looking for solutions to access my recovery because if I can't, and if one day my phone corrupts, I can't access recovery... I found some tips like using adb fastboot flash recovery or something, but still I'm not sure and I want to confirm.
So, can you guys recommended me some ways to restore my stock recovery or just change the recovery directly to CWM? Sorry for the long story, I specified every single thing I have tried so far and I'm thinking that I bricked my recovery just from keeping on Rooting and Unrooting, or one thing that changed it is the RashR tools.
Join the group in fb for cubix cube that's all I can suggest.... So you could get more infos and guides in t/s your issues with your phone.
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I guess I fixed it and all... I'm now running Samsung S6 and PhilzTouch Recovery... ?
Hello, I need a little advice on getting my phone working again. I got a new Ramos MOS1 Max today and rooted it via Kingo PC software. I checked to make sure it was rooted using RootChecker and it said it was rooted. I was reading up on what to do next and some sites said the next thing you must do is to make a backup of your phone via TWRP. I installed the software and then attempted to use the "reboot and create backup" functionality. The phone rebooted and I was in the Android system recovery menu. I didn't see anything like what TWRP was supposed to show, so I just rebooted via the standard recovery screen method. Now when I try to start the phone, it gives me a logo, then ARMPHONE and it hangs on that.
I've tried wiping my cache partition via recovery menu and rebooting, but no dice. Next they suggested to do a wipe data/factory reset, and since I just received the phone today, I decided to try that. After doing that via system recovery menu it still wouldn't boot past the ARMPHONE screen. I don't have a lot of experience with rooting and modifying Android devices, is there something I can do to fix this? I've installed the android SDK tools for my version of android (5.1 I believe), but I don't know how to proceed. Is there a stock image I can use for this phone, or can I just use a vanilla android image?
Thanks in advance.
sphericon said:
Hello, I need a little advice on getting my phone working again. I got a new Ramos MOS1 Max today and rooted it via Kingo PC software. I checked to make sure it was rooted using RootChecker and it said it was rooted. I was reading up on what to do next and some sites said the next thing you must do is to make a backup of your phone via TWRP. I installed the software and then attempted to use the "reboot and create backup" functionality. The phone rebooted and I was in the Android system recovery menu. I didn't see anything like what TWRP was supposed to show, so I just rebooted via the standard recovery screen method. Now when I try to start the phone, it gives me a logo, then ARMPHONE and it hangs on that.
I've tried wiping my cache partition via recovery menu and rebooting, but no dice. Next they suggested to do a wipe data/factory reset, and since I just received the phone today, I decided to try that. After doing that via system recovery menu it still wouldn't boot past the ARMPHONE screen. I don't have a lot of experience with rooting and modifying Android devices, is there something I can do to fix this? I've installed the android SDK tools for my version of android (5.1 I believe), but I don't know how to proceed. Is there a stock image I can use for this phone, or can I just use a vanilla android image?
Thanks in advance.
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You can find the firmware here http://4pda.ru/forum/index.php?showtopic=783029