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Update:
I was able to use this method to root the new ICS update. The thread has been edited accordingly.
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I was unable to find a single thread that detailed how to root the stock T-Mobile Springboard firmware and keep the boot and recovery partitions intact to allow future updates, so I have consolidated information from other threads and posts, as well as adding a little myself. Full credit goes to the users and thread OP's referenced in the post links below.
The usual warnings apply: Under no circumstances should anyone do this to their device. You are likely to brick your device and render it completey unusable. In addition, you will void your warantee with T-Mobile. So you will have an out-of-warantee brick instead of a nice, functional tablet. Turn back now while there is still time.
Before you begin, I obviously did this to my device without any problems. My device is running full stock T-Mobile Springboard firmware with the following:
Android version: 4.0.3
Baseband version: 314007
Kernel version: 3.0.8
Build number: S7-303uV100R002C201B035
I do not know if it will work on a device with any other version of the firmware. The following also assumes that you have fastboot and ADB installed and functional on your computer.
In describing how to boot into fastboot and recovery modes below, the description of the volume buttons is how they are while in portrait mode in Honeycomb....as this is where I first used this method. In other words, the volume button closer to the power button is volume up and the other volume button is volume down.
1. Download the CWM Recovery image from this post:
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showpost.php?p=23601045&postcount=7
2. Download CWM-SuperSU-v0.95.zip from this post:
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showpost.php?p=27678611&postcount=22
3. Copy the CWM-SuperSU-v0.95.zip file to an sdcard and put the card in your device.
4. Flash the CWM recovery image to your first recovery partition ONLY:
a.) Boot into fastboot by powering down the device and starting it back up by pressing the
volume up and power buttons at the same time. After the device vibrates, release the
power button but keep holding the volume button until it is booted into fastboot.
b.) Once in fastboot, flash the recovery image:
Code:
fastboot flash recovery recovery5.5.0.4.img
5. Press and hold the power key for 10 seconds to reboot the device. It will boot into the
T-mobile firmware.
6. Power down the device in the usual fashion.
7. Boot into recovery by starting the device back up by pressing the volume down and power
buttons at the same time. After the device vibrates, release the power button but keep
holding the volume button until it is booted into CWM Recovery.
8. Choose 'install zip from sdcard' -> 'choose zip from sdcard', then select the
CWM-SuperSU-v0.95.zip file you put on your sdcard above, then confirm installation.
9. Go back to the main menu and select 'reboot system now'. It will boot into the T-Mobile
firmware.
10. Shut the device down again in the usual fashion, then restart normally and boot into the
T-Mobile firmware again.
11. Now you need to get your stock recovery partition back and get rid of CWM recovery.
There are two copies of the stock recovery- one on each 'recovery' and 'recovery2'. You can
get back to stock recovery by extracting an image from 'recovery2' and flashing it back to
'recovery'. The following (using adb from your computer) will dump the image from recovery2
to your sdcard:
Code:
adb shell
su
dd if=/dev/block/mmcblk0p18 of=/mnt/sdcard2/recovery.img
12. Take the sd card out of your device and copy this file back to your computer, then flash the
first recovery partition with this image as in step 4b above, but with your new recovery.img file.
You are now rooted and your recovery partitions are returned to stock.
Once you are rooted, if you would like to remove some of the T-Mobile bloatware note that the apk files are not in the usual location (/system/app). I found them tucked away in the following directory:
/data/cust/app
Of course, you will need an app like Root Explorer to get to them and delete them...or you can just use adb. I deleted several of the apk files in that directory, rebooted, and everything is working just fine...with less bloatware.
Also, be aware that any changes you make will be permanent. I tried hard reseting the device through the usual android settings menu security method, and I kept root and all of my deleted bloatware was still gone after it finished and rebooted. There does not appear to be a way to get all of your stock stuff back once you start deleting things...so make backups of files before you delete them in case removing them causes unexpected consequences.
Just to add another bit of information - a list of what I believe are the internal partitions and their locations appears below. I got this from the output from 'cat /proc/partitions' and 'mount', as well as further inspection of the stock recovery image that I extracted from my device. As we don't have a functional CWM Recovery, and I am not sure that I would use any version that was built for the Mediapad (i.e. non-Springboard) for backup and restoring, this list should give Springboard users a way to back up their devices. Using the 'dd' command as in the coding box at the bottom of the OP for each of the paritions should result in a partition image stored out on the sdcard. Fastboot then should be able to flash these 'backed up' images back to the device as in step 4b of the OP...with the correct partition names and backup files substituted of course. I did do this for the recovery partition as I detailed in the OP, but have not tried it for the rest of the partitions.
Code:
/misc emmc /dev/block/mmcblk0p14
/vrcb emmc /dev/block/mmcblk0p16
/recovery emmc /dev/block/mmcblk0p17
/recovery2 emmc /dev/block/mmcblk0p18
/boot emmc /dev/block/mmcblk0p19
/system ext4 /dev/block/mmcblk0p20
/cache ext4 /dev/block/mmcblk0p22
/cust ext4 /dev/block/mmcblk0p15
/data ext4 /dev/block/mmcblk0p27
/tmpdata ext4 /dev/block/mmcblk0p23
/persist ext4 /dev/block/mmcblk0p21
/tombstones ext4 /dev/block/mmcblk0p24
/firmware ext4 /dev/block/mmcblk0p1
Thanks
Many ty's for this.
Thanks you help me rooted my Springboard. Have you try the MediaPad Phone app can we use the tablet for calling? :good:
Do I have to do step 11 ?
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robkaos said:
Do I have to do step 11 ?
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Also can I do it without PC?
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Can I use the recovery image from the update that is still on my sd card,what is the difference between the I've springboard .rar, and the su files
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robkaos said:
Do I have to do step 11 ?
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Also can I do it without PC?
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If you do not return your recovery partition to stock, then you will not be able to install future firmware updates from T-Mobile as their updates rely on the stock recovery. So no, you don't have to return your recovery partition to stock, but if you don't you will not be able to install future T-Mobile updates. As far as doing this without a computer - you can use a terminal emulator on your Springboard to create the recovery image from 'recovery2'....the commands should be the same. However, you need to fastboot flash that image back to 'recovery', which you must do from your computer with your device in fastboot mode.
robkaos said:
Can I use the recovery image from the update that is still on my sd card....
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Yes, if you extract the recovery image from the official T-Mobile update package, you can use this image to flash 'recovery' back to stock when you are done.
Some people have reported that they are unable to boot into CWM recovery if it is flashed only to 'recovery' and not also to 'recovery2'. It is my experience that the device seems to alternate which recovery partition it boots into when you sequentially boot it into recovery mode. When I have CWM on 'recovery' and the stock recovery on 'recovery2', my device will boot into CWM every other time I boot into recovery mode. The other times it boots into the stock recovery. If you can't get CWM recovery to appear when you boot into recovery mode, you could do things a bit different than the instructions. Extract the stock recovery image from the official T-Mobile update package. Store this away on your computer. Then, instead of only flashing 'recovery' with CWM recovery, also flash 'recovery2'. Once you are done rooting the device, use your stored image of the stock recovery to flash 'recovery' and 'recovery2' back to stock.
Originally, I used this method to root Honeycomb. I did not have the T-Mobile update package for Honeycomb and so could not simply extract the stock recovery image from that package. You cannot use the 'dd' command as in step 11 above until you are rooted to dump the image of 'recovery2'. So, without a copy of the update package I could not get an image of my recovery partition without already being rooted. But to root, I have to overwrite my recovery partition with CWM recovery, thereby making it impossible to dump a copy of the stock recovery as I had wiped it out and replaced it with CWM. The solution was to only flash one of the recovery partitions and keep the other one as a backup until the device was rooted and the image could then be extracted.
robkaos said:
...what is the difference between the I've springboard .rar, and the su files
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Not sure what you are asking here...please clarify.
I haVe found two different root files one su zip and the other is for media pad orange Tahiti ,andspringbord .rar which is the difference?there is not a one click Method like motor defy? My phone wasn't such a problem
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robkaos said:
I haVe found two different root files one su zip and the other is for media pad orange Tahiti ,andspringbord .rar which is the difference?
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I don't know about the root files for the Mediapad. I know there is a package that contains the su files and a Windows-based command file that contains a string of adb commands that is supposed to work to root both the Mediapad and the Springboard. I think what you are talking about can be found at either one of these locations:
http://www.modaco.com/topic/354579-...-mediapad-t-mobile-springboard-orange-tahiti/
http://www.gamefront.com/files/22185176/Huawei+MediaPad+ROOT+ICS+Android+4.0.x.rar
I tried to use this, and got a 'premission denied' fail pretty early on. I run Linux on my desktop, so perhaps this works under Windows with the specific Springboard drivers and interface software installed, but it sure does not work in Linux. I came up with my method (or rather consolidated the information for 'my' method from multiple other sources) as a result of having this root method fail for me.
robkaos said:
...there is not a one click Method like motor defy? My phone wasn't such a problem
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If the files that I linked above work for you, then this is going to be about as close to a 'one-click' method as you can get. Unless you modified it, your Motorola Defy is running Android 2.1 (Eclair). This version of Android can be rooted pretty much just by yelling 'ROOT!' at your phone. There is even an app in the market that can be installed and run on an Android v2.1 device that provides a one-click root without the use of a computer. All of the exploits that were used for these one-click root methods were patched in Android v3+. Pretty much every device needs its own unique root method now, and the only way it is a one-click method is if someone has constructed a command script to execute all of the needed commands for you, as in the linked packages above.
xdajunkman said:
Also, be aware that any changes you make will be permanent. I tried hard reseting the device through the usual android settings menu security method, and I kept root and all of my deleted bloatware was still gone after it finished and rebooted. There does not appear to be a way to get all of your stock stuff back once you start deleting things...so make backups of files before you delete them in case removing them causes unexpected consequences.
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Just to point out - now that the Springboard ICS update is out, and the zip has been captured and archived - there is a backup of complete stock ICS available. Every single partition is in there including system and cust. So worst case scenario if you bork it by zapping the wrong file in system or cust, you can reflash that partition from the bootloader.
Thanks for the clarification
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cmstlist said:
Just to point out - now that the Springboard ICS update is out, and the zip has been captured and archived - there is a backup of complete stock ICS available. Every single partition is in there including system and cust. So worst case scenario if you bork it by zapping the wrong file in system or cust, you can reflash that partition from the bootloader.
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You are, of course, correct. That statement of mine is now outdated...you can delete things to your hearts desire. If you mess something up, just reflash the firmware and start over.
Just finished rooting my MediaPad from t-mobile. I had to install into recovery one and two so now I have no original recovery but I don't really care, I've got the latest Android Ice Cream update beforehand. What usefull apps with root access do I need now? I've got ad free and ROM Toolbox. Was there a phone app that I could use now?
Failed updates and can't recover - PLEASE HELP!
xdajunkman said:
You are, of course, correct. That statement of mine is now outdated...you can delete things to your hearts desire. If you mess something up, just reflash the firmware and start over.
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Well, unfortunately, I've messed things up. Here's what happened:
1) I received the OTA update and everything went fine with upgrading the my T-mobile Springboard tab to ICS 4.0.3
2) I then got brave and went ahead with rooting and installing SU using the technique described in "Root Stock T-Mobile Springboard" by xdajunkman. That worked fine and I was able to get CWM recovery installed.
3) I then tried to install the [ROM][ICS] [Unofficial] Root-ready Huawei/Springboard International ROM and downloaded the dload folder to my SDCard, etc. I tried using the dload folder with the ulmt.cfg file in it and that failed with a "Installation aborted" message. I then removed that file and tried to go into CWM and tried "Install from zip" approach. Same thing...installation aborted message.
4) So, then I did the next stupid thing...in CWM, I formatted my /system, /data, and /cache. That was a big mistake! I now have officially bricked by tab.
5) I tried to get rid of CWM recovery by extracting the recovery.img file from the stock rom zip file. I fastboot flashed that to the recovery and recovery2 partitions. I then thought, let me try extracting the update.zip from the stock rom zip and put that on the root of my sdcard and tried to install that. No go...it just says, update failed with a big red "FAIL" message in the center.
Any and all help would be immensely appreciated! How can I get back to some sort of working ROM? Please!
Thanks!
knightpawn said:
Well, unfortunately, I've messed things up. Here's what happened:
1) I received the OTA update and everything went fine with upgrading the my T-mobile Springboard tab to ICS 4.0.3
2) I then got brave and went ahead with rooting and installing SU using the technique described in "Root Stock T-Mobile Springboard" by xdajunkman. That worked fine and I was able to get CWM recovery installed.
3) I then tried to install the [ROM][ICS] [Unofficial] Root-ready Huawei/Springboard International ROM and downloaded the dload folder to my SDCard, etc. I tried using the dload folder with the ulmt.cfg file in it and that failed with a "Installation aborted" message. I then removed that file and tried to go into CWM and tried "Install from zip" approach. Same thing...installation aborted message.
4) So, then I did the next stupid thing...in CWM, I formatted my /system, /data, and /cache. That was a big mistake! I now have officially bricked by tab.
5) I tried to get rid of CWM recovery by extracting the recovery.img file from the stock rom zip file. I fastboot flashed that to the recovery and recovery2 partitions. I then thought, let me try extracting the update.zip from the stock rom zip and put that on the root of my sdcard and tried to install that. No go...it just says, update failed with a big red "FAIL" message in the center.
Any and all help would be immensely appreciated! How can I get back to some sort of working ROM? Please!
Thanks!
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OK so you blanked system, screwed up data and possibly recovery. Cache shouldn't be an issue. Everything else is probably fine.
So from the Springboard ICS update zip, you'll want to flash each of the following from fastboot:
- stock recovery.img to recovery and recovery2
- boot.img just in case that got buggered up
- cust.img
- system.img.ext4
- userdata.img.ext4 (this will probably blank your internal storage but you probably already did that in the process because CWM doesn't know the difference)
At this point, does it boot? If it looks like it might be bootlooping on the animation, give it a good 20-30 minutes before you pronounce that it's not working. Wiping pretty much anything other than cache with CWM is a huge nono... it doesn't work right and it buggers a lot of things up.
Any particular locations for the other files via fastboot?
cmstlist said:
OK so you blanked system, screwed up data and possibly recovery. Cache shouldn't be an issue. Everything else is probably fine.
So from the Springboard ICS update zip, you'll want to flash each of the following from fastboot:
- stock recovery.img to recovery and recovery2
- boot.img just in case that got buggered up
- cust.img
- system.img.ext4
- userdata.img.ext4 (this will probably blank your internal storage but you probably already did that in the process because CWM doesn't know the difference)
At this point, does it boot? If it looks like it might be bootlooping on the animation, give it a good 20-30 minutes before you pronounce that it's not working. Wiping pretty much anything other than cache with CWM is a huge nono... it doesn't work right and it buggers a lot of things up.
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Wow! Thanks for the help! I unfortunately, don't have my other computer that has the proper drivers installed to recognize the tablet and to run fastboot on. So, I'll try the fix you are suggesting once I get home today. However, in the meantime, I had some questions with regard to where I should flash the other files.
I understand that recovery.img should go to the recovery and recovery2 partitions.
What about the others? Does boot.img go to a particular partition? Effectively, what would the command line look like? (eg fastboot flash boot boot.img?)
Sorry about the newbie questions. I've installed a number of custom ROMs on phones using CWM, but this is a strange beast.
With regard to your question of whether it boots, well, kind of...it does boot to the T-mobile Springboard screen, then it sits there. I will let it sit for 20-30 minutes and see what happens. Will report back...for sure!
Thanks a ton!
[UPDATE]
So, I had a chance to install the TWRP recovery with the CM10 ROM. I loaded the CM10 ROM with the TWRP which installed successfully. I turned the tablet on and let it sit there for about 10 minutes and sure enough, CM10 runs just fine. However, I did notice that I cannot receive any calls. I am able to make calls, but when someone dials my number, it just goes straight to voicemail.
So, now, I'm wondering, if I can get the stock ICS with International ROM running so that I can try to use this thing as a phone, data and texting tab. I'll try what you suggested when I get home as mentioned earlier.
CM10 has too many problems, why would you want to use it?
cmstlist said:
OK so you blanked system, screwed up data and possibly recovery. Cache shouldn't be an issue. Everything else is probably fine.
So from the Springboard ICS update zip, you'll want to flash each of the following from fastboot:
- stock recovery.img to recovery and recovery2
- boot.img just in case that got buggered up
- cust.img
- system.img.ext4
- userdata.img.ext4 (this will probably blank your internal storage but you probably already did that in the process because CWM doesn't know the difference)
At this point, does it boot? If it looks like it might be bootlooping on the animation, give it a good 20-30 minutes before you pronounce that it's not working. Wiping pretty much anything other than cache with CWM is a huge nono... it doesn't work right and it buggers a lot of things up.
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That worked for me. After playing with vold.fstab I had rendered my Springboard unusable (got the encryption was unsuccessful screen!).
I really wanted to switch the apps installation path to the external sd card but did not succeed.
What am I doing wrong
I have not been able to root my springboard at all. It will go to a black screen that says enter fastboot and it just stays there. When I type to flash the recovery it says it cannot load it. I have adb and fastboot installed...could it be a driver issue? I now know that I am in the correct screen, just can't get this thing rooted. any help would be appreciated thanks.
Well I feel quite stupid. But figured out where I went wrong and for the love of God got my Springboard rooted. *whew*
Unofficial TWRP for Moto G5S Plus (Sanders)
Additional Features over Official TWRP:
Supports flashing of both 32bit and 64bit ROMs and Kernels.
OREO Images/ROMs support.
Decryption and Encryption support.
No SuperSU by default.
No TWRP app.
No HTC Dumlock cruft.
Updated pigz compressor (slightly faster and more tolerant of corruption).
NTFS support(Both Read and Write).
Covers more partitions for nandroid backup (OEM, FSG and FSC).
Experimental support for SD cards that are partitioned for partial adopted storage and partial removable storage.
Faster I/O performance.
Fixed Gapps/aroma freeze issues.
IMPORTANT!!! : READ INSTRUCTIONS CAREFULLY BEFORE PROCEEDING TO FLASHING PROCESS..!!
At first boot twrp will ask for "Swipe to allow modifications for /system" and if you choose to allow it system partition will get modified. So if you choose to reboot back to OS without performing anything in twrp, the OS won't boot (as verity check is enabled in stock OS/kernel) . To avoid this you have to flash either Magisk or flash any of the verity disabler zips available on xda.
Force encryption is enabled by default in stock OS and twrp will successfully decrypt /data at first boot if all goes well
If in case decryption doesn't go fine, twrp will popup a dialog box asking for password and that means decryption went wrong and you would need to wipe data once via twrp wipe options and reboot back to twrp for functioning of /data
Flashing Instructions:
Using Existing TWRP:
Reboot to recovery > Click on Install > Install Image > recovery > select recovery image and flash > reboot to recovery
Other Methods(Fastboot) :
Make sure you have unlocked bootloader
Reboot to bootloader
Enter following command in terminal: fastboot flash recovery twrp-****.img (if you want permanent flash) or fastboot boot twrp-****.img (if you want temporary boot)
Incase your device is encrypted (while coming from stock rom), Follow these steps to decrypt:
Reboot to recovery > cancel the password prompt > mount all partitions > Format Data/Userdata (on f2fs) > Reboot Recovery > Mount all partitions again > Flash Magisk > Reboot
Now you are free to use Stock ROM (Decrypted) or Flash any custom rom you want.
Download Links: https://www.androidfilehost.com/?w=files&flid=216298
TWRP Themes: Check 3rd post
Known Issues: None || Report if you find any.
XDA:DevDB Information
[RECOVERY][UNOFFICIAL][Sanders] TWRP-3.2.1-r20 (64bit Supported!), Tool/Utility for the Moto G5S Plus
Contributors
CheckYourScreen
Source Code: https://github.com/CheckYourScreen/twrp_device_motorola_sanders
Version Information
Status: Stable
Current Stable Version: r20
Stable Release Date: 2018-04-04
Created 2017-10-26
Last Updated 2018-04-04
|| Changelog ||
r20:
Fixed Encryption support on custom roms.
Updated kernel
Updated build fingerprint for latest bootloader support.
Reverted pigz changes.
Switched back to original twrp themes. (TWRP Themes can be found in 3rd post )
Various bug fixes and improvements.
r16:
Fixed compatibility with New Bootloader (C2.07-December patch)
Merged october patches in kernel.
Various twrp upstream patches and fixes.
Fixed remote wipe process (Earlier remote wipe issued from play account wasnt processed due to twrp)
r15:
Added 64bit Support (You can flash both 32bit/64bit roms or kernels with it).
Fixed Encryption Support! (No need to format data to decrypt and mount).
Updated to 3.2.1 upstream changes with full oreo support.
Remove android reboot during password check on multiple wrong inputs.
r9:
Fixed F2FS mount issues(You can flash magisk modules or SuperSu now).
Enabled NTFS Write Support (You can make backups on sdcard/pendrives formatted on NTFS).
Fixed size of various partitions.
Switched to LZMA compression to decrease size.
r7: Initial Public Release
|| Themes ||
Here are some of the twrp themes:
Preview images: https://photos.app.goo.gl/DLrfDseGzfxE8Uq93
Download link: https://androidfilehost.com/?w=files&flid=233551
:good:
Only one that has actually be working for me ever since I got the phone. Thank you for your efforts.
this seems to suffer from the same thing the stock rom/kernel suffers from, the weird f2fs bug that makes certain mounts fail. geneticengineer has shared a kernel that fixes this in stock rom , maybe you could get in touch with him about how he updated f2fs
Thank you for your work, this seems to work well on my device. If you would like to swap the kernel, I posted a newer firmware NPS26.116-45 here:https://forum.xda-developers.com/showpost.php?p=74325160&postcount=33
revengineer said:
Thank you for your work, this seems to work well on my device. If you would like to swap the kernel, I posted a newer firmware NPS26.116-45 here:https://forum.xda-developers.com/showpost.php?p=74325160&postcount=33
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But its for xt1806 only i think. Not real help. The most user here are outside usa.
Schrotty35 said:
But its for xt1806 only i think. Not real help. The most user here are outside usa.
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Well my guess is that the kernel in the present twrp is from the -26 firmware posted in the other thread. That firmware was US Retail also. The OP in the other thread states in can be used on other models. But I am not going to tell you that because I do not know. I have not found any other firmware for the sanders model.
Ae3NerdGod said:
this seems to suffer from the same thing the stock rom/kernel suffers from, the weird f2fs bug that makes certain mounts fail. geneticengineer has shared a kernel that fixes this in stock rom , maybe you could get in touch with him about how he updated f2fs
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Afaik it doesnt affect TWRP, you just need to be on a custom kernel if you are running stock rom.
Twrp has nothing to do with it.
If you face any problem flashing anything then post a screenshot or log.
revengineer said:
Thank you for your work, this seems to work well on my device. If you would like to swap the kernel, I posted a newer firmware NPS26.116-45 here:https://forum.xda-developers.com/showpost.php?p=74325160&postcount=33
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But its for xt1806 only i think. Not real help. The most user here are outside usa.
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Stock kernel is same in both the firmwares.
-45 is just for US variant, i dont recommend you to even flash that firmware on other variants.
CheckYourScreen said:
Afaik it doesnt affect TWRP, you just need to be on a custom kernel if you are running stock rom.
Twrp has nothing to do with it.
If you face any problem flashing anything then post a screenshot or log.
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but i have a custom stock kernel, and things that fail in TWRP work in flashfire or magiskmanager
its mostly magisk modules im having problems with, ill reproduce an error when i get the chance
Ae3NerdGod said:
but i have a custom stock kernel, and things that fail in TWRP work in flashfire or magiskmanager
its mostly magisk modules im having problems with, ill reproduce an error when i get the chance
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Flash the magisk module via twrp > take screenshot when flashing completes > go to advance section of twrp and take recovery log > reboot system > send that screenshot and recovery log here.
CheckYourScreen said:
Flash the magisk module via twrp > take screenshot when flashing completes > go to advance section of twrp and take recovery log > reboot system > send that screenshot and recovery log here.
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will do, it happens with every magisk package i try. they used to fail in stock too till i used geneticengineers kernel from telegram now they work
didnt know you could screenshot in recovery, i assume its the same buttons
Ae3NerdGod said:
will do, it happens with every magisk package i try. they used to fail in stock too till i used geneticengineers kernel from telegram now they work
didnt know you could screenshot in recovery, i assume its the same buttons
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Yes, same buttons to take a screenshot in TWRP
TWRP backup is frozen at 13% completed. The progress bar is still showing its animation.
I unlocked the bootloader, and then rebooted. Android came up with the language selection screen. I powered off, connected the phone to the PC, and booted into TWRP (not flashed yet):
Code:
fastboot boot twrp-3.1.1-sanders-r7.img
I did not let TWRP format /data.
Then I started a backup, selecting all partitions, so that I could always go back after flashing TWRP and Magisk.
Does anyone know why backup is stuck at 13%? Last log line says "Backing up System..."
I tapped "Cancel" after two hours. That stopped the progress bar animation, but not the backup itself.
BTW: I used TWRP from this thread, the one in another thread freezes at the TWRP boot logo.
Edit: after two hours I killed the backup by powering down (the only way it seemed). On retry it froze at 21%.
Edit 2: Retried, this time backing up everything except system. No problem. I then tried to backup system. Frozen at 1%. What is the problem here?
Edit 3: Finally, a complete backup of system! Only one to go: system_image. But unfortunately that froze at 0%. Every subsequent try freezes at 1666MB (40%). The card has over 30GB free. I tried backup to USB-OTG, but that also froze.
gewe said:
TWRP backup is frozen at 13% completed. The progress bar is still showing its animation.
I unlocked the bootloader, and then rebooted. Android came up with the language selection screen. I powered off, connected the phone to the PC, and booted into TWRP (not flashed yet):
Code:
fastboot boot twrp-3.1.1-sanders-r7.img
I did not let TWRP format /data.
Then I started a backup, selecting all partitions, so that I could always go back after flashing TWRP and Magisk.
Does anyone know why backup is stuck at 13%? Last log line says "Backing up System..."
I tapped "Cancel" after two hours. That stopped the progress bar animation, but not the backup itself.
BTW: I used TWRP from this thread, the one in another thread freezes at the TWRP boot logo.
Edit: after two hours I killed the backup by powering down (the only way it seemed). On retry it froze at 21%.
Edit 2: Retried, this time backing up everything except system. No problem. I then tried to backup system. Frozen at 1%. What is the problem here?
Edit 3: Finally, a complete backup of system! Only one to go: system_image. But unfortunately that froze at 0%. Every subsequent try freezes at 1666MB (40%). The card has over 30GB free. I tried backup to USB-OTG, but that also froze.
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Might be due to data partition being encrypted, you cant write anything in it without decrypting it first.
Format data and reboot recovery, then make the backup. You can flash magisk after taking the backup.
Btw r9 new release on its way with some really important changes
CheckYourScreen said:
Might be due to data partition being encrypted, you cant write anything in it without decrypting it first.
Format data and reboot recovery, then make the backup. You can flash magisk after taking the backup.
Btw r9 new release on its way with some really important changes
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I was not trying to write the backup to the data partition, but to external SD card (tried OTG-USB as well without success).
I have flashed TWRP, formatted the data partition, and flashed Magisk. I have not tried to create a new backup yet. First I want to find out why Magisk does not pass the Safetynet check.
Can't wait to see what r9 brings. Thanks for your efforts. :good:
gewe said:
I was not trying to write the backup to the data partition, but to external SD card (tried OTG-USB as well without success).
I have flashed TWRP, formatted the data partition, and flashed Magisk. I have not tried to create a new backup yet. First I want to find out why Magisk does not pass the Safetynet check.
Can't wait to see what r9 brings. Thanks for your efforts. :good:
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Magisk won't pass safety net with stock boot.img (kernel). Here is a modified kernel.
https://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?p=73930507
After flashing new kernel Magisk passes no problem.
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lilcdroid said:
Magisk won't pass safety net with stock boot.img (kernel). Here is a modified kernel.
https://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?p=73930507
After flashing new kernel Magisk passes no problem.
Sent by way of magic
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When I flash this my WiFi stops working completely. I'm running aosp extended rom. I'm not sure if I can achieve battery life as good as I can on the stock ROM as I can on this one so im not sure what I should do about that..
Brycearuuni said:
When I flash this my WiFi stops working completely. I'm running aosp extended rom. I'm not sure if I can achieve battery life as good as I can on the stock ROM as I can on this one so im not sure what I should do about that..
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Sorry I wasn't aware you weren't still on stock. That kernel will only work on stock. I would verify with the maintainer of AOSP extended ROM that the kernel is patched to work with Magisk.
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I thought I would share this ROM just in case anyone wants something a little different to the Shipped Stock Sony Firmware
The ROM is based on Sony XA F3111 (Single SIM UK Firmware)
Firmware Version: 33.3.A.1.97
Build Date: Fri Sep 15 04:41:21 CST 2017
It has only been tested on my own UK version Sony XA F3111
BootLoader needs to be Unlocked and of course Usual T&C's apply. Use at your own risk don't blame me if you brick your device or lose your valuable data etc etc.
So what's different about this ROM??
Ok so I have been working on this for quite sometime during the little free time I have.
The ROM is my own preferences only and it may not be to everyone's tastes so you're quite welcome to take it, leave it, add to it, strip it, mod it, etc, etc.
The ROM ditches the not so useful stuff of Sony's but retains what I consider the good stuff like Music Album and the Camera.
Where possible I have replaced the Sony stuff with Google's Stuff which receive regular updates and keep the Rom looking fresh.
The trick to this ROM was finding a good balance without breaking anything in the process which I think I have now achieved.
This is a list of the visible apps installed, there are quite a few none visible Sony & MediaTek apps still installed that relate to settings functions and some background stuff.
Google Apps:
Clock
Calculator
Contacts
Calendar
Chrome
Drive
Files
GMail
Hangouts
Maps
Messages
Phone
Photos
Play Store
Wallpapers
YouTube
Sony Apps:
Album (Please disable this in /settings/app It will constantly search for other apps I removed otherwise. Use the pre-installed Google Photos app instead)
Camera
Music
Radio
Swiftkey (Left this in because I like it)
There is nothing Fancy about this ROM it's based on pure stock with the mods being restricted to the following.
Converted boot.elf to Boot.img
forceencryption Removed.
dm-verity Removed
I converted all the images in the stock Boot Animation so it is now a much more pleasing black rather than the awful white burning out your eyeballs one.
I remember messing with the logo partition once before and that did not end well so I left it alone. Sadly the logo splashscreen is still the awful white version.
TWRP Recovery fixed to support more partitions (Backing Up and Restore)
Flashing InstructionsThe ROM is packaged as a TWRP Backup containing system, oem, boot and recovery (TWRP)
First you will need to install this TWRP HERE which has oem partition support and others too.
1. Install the TWRP Recovery above.
2. Boot to the new TWRP and backup oem, system and boot then move it to a safe place off device or to and external sdcard. Same goes for anything you value like pictures, music, etc, etc
3. Once you have Backed Up everything FORMAT your /data partition using TWRP. Wipe > Format Data (type yes to confirm)
When that's done choose Wipe > Advanced Wipe and select Dalvik / ART Cache and Cache after that from the TWRP menu choose Reboot and select Recovery
4. When back in recovery swipe to allow then do a quick Backup of any small partition like boot or recovery. This will just create the folders on your clean data partition unless your default backup is external sdcard.
5. Now extract/unpack the downloaded ROM from HERE and move the folder SonyXA-Android-One to TWRP/BACKUPS/Sony_XA/
6. Once done go to TWRP Menu and choose Restore and select SonyXA-Android-One
7. Once done go to the Reboot Menu and Choose Power OFF
8. Wait a few Mins and power on normally.
First boot can take a while but if you see the boot animation start everything should be fine so go have a brew while you wait.
Play Services will want to Update so allow that then most apps will need to be updated to the latest version.
Arrange the app icons and widgets on your Home screen and choose a nice wallpaper or live wallpaper and your done.
Hopefully everything will be quick & smooth. :fingers-crossed:
The ROM is not pre rooted so Root in the usual way using Magisk
PS: Ensure you check your app permissions and Default APPS the Phone app is Not the Default one even though it's the only one installed so please choose it Manually along with any others that do not set by themselves.
Thanks
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Thank you so much! I'm looking a long time for a custom ROM for xperia xa. The hardware and the device itself are still good for an average user like me but the bloatware are really annoying. A custom ROM based on stock ROM brings the stability but better performance, I hope. I will definitely try it at the next weekend. :good:.
If some one else tried it, please post your experience with other country versions.
z4Android said:
Thank you so much! I'm looking a long time for a custom ROM for xperia xa. The hardware and the device itself are still good for an average user like me but the bloatware are really annoying. A custom ROM based on stock ROM brings the stability but better performance, I hope. I will definitely try it at the next weekend. :good:.
If some one else tried it, please post your experience with other country versions.
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Thanks. :good:
Be sure to let me know how you get on with it. :fingers-crossed:
I am not sure where you are from or which version of the XA you have but I am sure the ROM could be easily adapted for your own version.
All I would need would be a backup of your /oem & /boot partitions and the build.prop from your /system .
There is a modem config file in /oem which states telefonica uk I am unsure if this has any effect at all as I am sure I have flashed firmware from other European regions with no noticable effects.
I'm from Germany. I not sure but I think it should be no problems installing on my device f3111 single sim like yours (but german version of course ).
I'm not at home now. When I get back I will try your ROM. If it doesn't work I will backup OEM and boot partition as you mentioned. Last time I try to make a backup with twrp I got a error that system cannot be mounted. No idea why, so I hope I don't need make backup (I will just backup my data manually).
z4Android said:
I'm from Germany. I not sure but I think it should be no problems installing on my device f3111 single sim like yours (but german version of course ).
I'm not at home now. When I get back I will try your ROM. If it doesn't work I will backup OEM and boot partition as you mentioned. Last time I try to make a backup with twrp I got a error that system cannot be mounted. No idea why, so I hope I don't need make backup (I will just backup my data manually).
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Hi, Your version should have no issues as it's identical to mine :good:
As for TWRP yes it does have issues with Unmounting /system for some reason
So if you mount /system from the Mount Menu TWRP or auto mount system you will not be able to Unmount mount it due to the "device or resource busy" error
If this happens you will need to ensure auto mounting is unselected and reboot to recovery from the Reboot menu.
I will look into the TWRP issue later to make things easier
Greetings,
quick question: Does the ROM restore procedure keep the TWRP on the boot partition somehow? Will it be possible to boot in TWRP after restoring the modded ROM?
I got the "bluesplash" ROM right now, it's modded quite similar and was restored by TWRP the same way. If only TWRP would sill be accessible...
Bluesummerz said:
Greetings,
quick question: Does the ROM restore procedure keep the TWRP on the boot partition somehow? Will it be possible to boot in TWRP after restoring the modded ROM?
I got the "bluesplash" ROM right now, it's modded quite similar and was restored by TWRP the same way. If only TWRP would sill be accessible...
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TWRP lives in the Recovery partition which can be accessed by holding Volume Down and pressing the Power button until you see the logo then release the Power button but keep holding the volume down.
This ROM is based on Android 7.0 and I think your current bluesplash ROM is based on Android 6.0 if I am not mistaken so there may be some unknown issues so I would recommend upgrading your device to 7.0 before flashing this ROM
bigrammy said:
TWRP lives in the Recovery partition which can be accessed by holding Volume Down and pressing the Power button until you see the logo then release the Power button but keep holding the volume down.
This ROM is based on Android 7.0 and I think your current bluesplash ROM is based on Android 6.0 if I am not mistaken so there may be some unknown issues so I would recommend upgrading your device to 7.0 before flashing this ROM
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Hey, thanks for the quick response!
of course I meant recovery but still maybe you can clear this one up for me in general. Since I'm looking our for a decent custom ROM (and while waiting for the LinageOS port) I was wondering about some stuff...
1. You're right the bluesplash ROM is Android 6. It does have some nice features which I guess have to weight off for against how much I'd like Android 7. Also Security Update status of Bluesplash is January 2017 and won't update beyond that... while the screenshot here tells it's August 2017.
2.
I unlocked the bootloader, flashed the TWRP by fastboot and used the TWRP on my F3111 to successfully restore the bluesplash ROM. Now holding down Volume- while booting to enter TWRP does NOT work any more. You'll still see like one quick 'flicker' on the boot animation which kinda suggests "ok, would have booted to recovery, but not this time".
Here comes the part I never really understood even after using this awesome forum for finding and flashing custom ROMs for several phones. Even though, TWRP is on the recovery and the kernel is on the boot partition (right?) so often you'll read instructions on TWRP threads containing download links for recovery.img AND boot.img. I had - or guess I had to - fastboot-flash both .img files to boot into TWRP.
I never had this when the flashing was done by TWRP "install" .zip mechanisms. Bluesplash as well as this ROM - if I'm not mistaken - comes not in that format but by the Backup/Restore TWRP feature. So for me it seems, that using "install .zip" does flash system partition and maybe boot but keeping recovery for re-entering TWRP, while the "Restore backup" also flashes the boot.img in a way such that TWRP won't boot. Also just re-flashing recovery.img and boot.img after restoring Bluesplash kinda break the normal, non-TWRP boot
--> So how can this be, how is it supposed to be and what is the connection between recovery and boot partitions when it comes to TWRP?
--> does all of this goes for this Android 7 ROM as well? Can anyone verify that on this ROM you'll still be able to boot in TWRP?
3. I know now I got the Sony Xperia XA F3111. When I first got it with stock firmware, I somehow flashed TWRP and when I USB connected the phone while in TWRP to a PC, it showed up as "ukulele". I thought I got "tuba" which was reinforced when some ROM couldn't get flashed, saying "this rom [...] is for ukulele [...] this is tuba".
Bluesummerz said:
Hey, thanks for the quick response!
of course I meant recovery but still maybe you can clear this one up for me in general. Since I'm looking our for a decent custom ROM (and while waiting for the LinageOS port) I was wondering about some stuff...
1. You're right the bluesplash ROM is Android 6. It does have some nice features which I guess have to weight off for against how much I'd like Android 7. Also Security Update status of Bluesplash is January 2017 and won't update beyond that... while the screenshot here tells it's August 2017.
2.
I unlocked the bootloader, flashed the TWRP by fastboot and used the TWRP on my F3111 to successfully restore the bluesplash ROM. Now holding down Volume- while booting to enter TWRP does NOT work any more. You'll still see like one quick 'flicker' on the boot animation which kinda suggests "ok, would have booted to recovery, but not this time".
Here comes the part I never really understood even after using this awesome forum for finding and flashing custom ROMs for several phones. Even though, TWRP is on the recovery and the kernel is on the boot partition (right?) so often you'll read instructions on TWRP threads containing download links for recovery.img AND boot.img. I had - or guess I had to - fastboot-flash both .img files to boot into TWRP.
I never had this when the flashing was done by TWRP "install" .zip mechanisms. Bluesplash as well as this ROM - if I'm not mistaken - comes not in that format but by the Backup/Restore TWRP feature. So for me it seems, that using "install .zip" does flash system partition and maybe boot but keeping recovery for re-entering TWRP, while the "Restore backup" also flashes the boot.img in a way such that TWRP won't boot. Also just re-flashing recovery.img and boot.img after restoring Bluesplash kinda break the normal, non-TWRP boot
--> So how can this be, how is it supposed to be and what is the connection between recovery and boot partitions when it comes to TWRP?
--> does all of this goes for this Android 7 ROM as well? Can anyone verify that on this ROM you'll still be able to boot in TWRP?
3. I know now I got the Sony Xperia XA F3111. When I first got it with stock firmware, I somehow flashed TWRP and when I USB connected the phone while in TWRP to a PC, it showed up as "ukulele". I thought I got "tuba" which was reinforced when some ROM couldn't get flashed, saying "this rom [...] is for ukulele [...] this is tuba".
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You are confusing things beyond what they need to be
This is why I said you should first upgrade to 7.0 You can use FlashTool for this if need be. After that is done simply rename the recovery.emmc.win & boot.emmc.win from the download to recovery.img & boot.img then fastboot them to recovery & boot respectively.
You Should now be able to boot to TWRP and use restore once your /data partition is FORMATED per the instructions above.
TWRP is a stand alone recovery.img complete with the kernel and on Android 7.0 you can boot to recovery without any issue providing the bootloader is unlocked.
You would need to be at this stage for flashing Lineage 14.1 anyway so may as well do it now just in case we make any break through on that which is still very much a WIP.
bigrammy said:
You are confusing things beyond what they need to be
This is why I said you should first upgrade to 7.0 You can use FlashTool for this if need be. After that is done simply rename the recovery.emmc.win & boot.emmc.win from the download to recovery.img & boot.img then fastboot them to recovery & boot respectively.
You Should now be able to boot to TWRP and use restore once your /data partition is FORMATED per the instructions above.
TWRP is a stand alone recovery.img complete with the kernel and on Android 7.0 you can boot to recovery without any issue providing the bootloader is unlocked.
You would need to be at this stage for flashing Lineage 14.1 anyway so may as well do it now just in case we make any break through on that which is still very much a WIP.
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And that is exactly why I like these forums, if you provide enough insight to a question, you'll get the full-spectrum answer, splendid!
And yes, confusing things is in my nature, also I might find it troublesome to know when I get like off topic here, so please stop me the moment, it would be better to switch to pm.
So the image format in those firmware bundles, typically having the emmc.win file extension are actually the same binary format as the fastboot .img ones? Now that's good to know.
Upgrading with FlashTool: I'll use the stock Android 7 Firmware for this right?
After that I fastboot recovery first, then boot using the renamed files from this threads ROM, got it. And then booting into TWRP, doing the system format, making it 'ready' for the restore.
And if everything goes as planned, you would guarantee, that after this thread's ROM is restored, booting into TWRP does work?
PS
indeed, Linage for F3111 would be glorious, meanwhile, what does WIP stand for (no native speaker here from Germany)
Bluesummerz said:
So the image format in those firmware bundles, typically having the emmc.win file extension are actually the same binary format as the fastboot .img ones? Now that's good to know.
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Correct they are essentially a dd backup of the entire partition in question.
[Edit] To expand TWRP does not convert anything so if those partitions had the stock recovery & boot .elf format on them when the backup was performed they will still be .elf's which are not fastboot compatible. Those in my ROM have already been converted to .img format which is compatible with fastboot.
If you ever got stuck for some reason then you could simply use FlashTool to restore the Stock Recovery (fotakernel), Boot, OEM & System
Bluesummerz said:
Upgrading with FlashTool: I'll use the stock Android 7 Firmware for this right?
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Correct.
My Phone is restored using the F3111_33.3.A.1.97_1302-4476_R2B.ftf (FlashTool Firmware) and the ROM is based on this version.
Try to use a 33.3.A.1.97 if possible as I know that works.
Bluesummerz said:
After that I fastboot recovery first, then boot using the renamed files from this threads ROM, got it. And then booting into TWRP, doing the system format, making it 'ready' for the restore.
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Fastboot the recovery and the boot then You Simply need to follow the Flashing Instructions from step 2 in the first post from this point.
It is /data that gets wiped manually BTW (By The Way). TWRP will take care of the /system during it's restore tasks.
Bluesummerz said:
And if everything goes as planned, you would guarantee, that after this thread's ROM is restored, booting into TWRP does work?
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Yes providing you did everything correctly I see no reason why it would not work for you unless your device is a extra special Sony XA
Bluesummerz said:
indeed, Linage for F3111 would be glorious, meanwhile, what does WIP stand for (no native speaker here from Germany)
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It stands for a Work In Progress.
The term work-in-progress (WIP) describes partially finished goods awaiting completion.
Does it has VOLTE support
Great work bro
I am from India using f3116 Dual Sim version
I really wanted VOLTE
does anyone tried it?????
altmash mirza said:
Great work bro
I am from India using f3116 Dual Sim version
I really wanted VOLTE
does anyone tried it?????
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Not sure about VOLTE
If anyone did try this ROM nobody reported back
I guess this device is dead now as there seems to be very little activity which is a shame
drm fix working in case we use sony backups?
Hi, i just want to give a feedback. I could restore your backup successfully. Every things work fine, no issuses till now. Thank you very much. :good:
Do you plan to make a rom based on oreo or maybe pie it would be great.
z4Android said:
Hi, i just want to give a feedback. I could restore your backup successfully. Every things work fine, no issuses till now. Thank you very much. :good:
Do you plan to make a rom based on oreo or maybe pie it would be great.
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Thanks for the feed back. :good:
Sorry no Oreo or Pie unless we fix the Ril issue on none Stock custom ROM's like the Lineage 14.1
bootlogo
bigrammy said:
I thought I would share this ROM just in case anyone wants something a little different to the Shipped Stock Sony Firmware
The ROM is based on Sony XA F3111 (Single SIM UK Firmware)
Firmware Version: 33.3.A.1.97
Build Date: Fri Sep 15 04:41:21 CST 2017
It has only been tested on my own UK version Sony XA F3111
There is nothing Fancy about this ROM it's based on pure stock with the mods being restricted to the following.
Converted boot.elf to Boot.img
forceencryption Removed.
dm-verity Removed
I converted all the images in the stock Boot Animation so it is now a much more pleasing black rather than the awful white burning out your eyeballs one.
I remember messing with the logo partition once before and that did not end well so I left it alone. Sadly the logo splashscreen is still the awful white version.
TWRP Recovery fixed to support more partitions (Backing Up and Restore)
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hello sir @bigrammy,
i want to ask about bootlogo.
i have follow this guide :
1. https://forum.xda-developers.com/android/general/info-how-to-device-partition-info-adb-t3766930 : for get detail of android partition
2. https://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1953726 : For Changing Bootlogo App
3. https://forum.xda-developers.com/oneplus-3t/themes/change-oem-splash-screen-t3516818 : for flash and dump logo partition
i have done with editing bootlogo, but i cant flash logo.img to logo partition.
twrp : black screen - no boot
fastboot : not allowed
can you guide me to doing this?
Hello, I got this phone from my grandfather and I would like to give it to my little sister, the system being really bloat I want to put a custom rom on the phone to have more space and battery life, so I found yours which loook very nice, can you just tell me if that this rom is 100% compatible with a European Xperia XA F3111 ? Also, is the rom easy to use ? for an 11 years old girl ?
Thanks a lot, great job !!
Codetrr said:
hello sir @bigrammy,
i want to ask about bootlogo.
i have follow this guide :
1. https://forum.xda-developers.com/android/general/info-how-to-device-partition-info-adb-t3766930 : for get detail of android partition
2. https://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1953726 : For Changing Bootlogo App
3. https://forum.xda-developers.com/oneplus-3t/themes/change-oem-splash-screen-t3516818 : for flash and dump logo partition
i have done with editing bootlogo, but i cant flash logo.img to logo partition.
twrp : black screen - no boot
fastboot : not allowed
can you guide me to doing this?
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If your TWRP is not working you should fix this FIRST before doing anything else.
Warning: The logo partition is very important and as I said before it's part of the secure boot chain so if the logo does match the signature and or hash the ROM will boot loop or soft brick it did for me when I tried to change it so be very careful and make sure you can recover the phone with FlashTool.
To find partitions on Mediatek devices use this cmd.
Code:
ls -l /dev/block/platform/mtk-msdc.0/11230000.msdc0/by-name
This will give you a list of all partitions by-name and the actual dev block.
The logo partition is
Code:
/dev/block/platform/mtk-msdc.0/11230000.msdc0/by-name/logo
So to flash the logo.img with dd you would copy the logo.img to your internal sdcard and use the following cmd.
Code:
dd if=/sdcard/logo.img of=/dev/block/platform/mtk-msdc.0/11230000.msdc0/by-name/logo
Sorry I cannot test your logo's because my wife use's this phone now as her everyday phone so she would not let me mess around with it now.
Akinimaginable said:
Hello, I got this phone from my grandfather and I would like to give it to my little sister, the system being really bloat I want to put a custom rom on the phone to have more space and battery life, so I found yours which loook very nice, can you just tell me if that this rom is 100% compatible with a European Xperia XA F3111 ? Also, is the rom easy to use ? for an 11 years old girl ?
Thanks a lot, great job !!
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The ROM is just stock ROM with most bloat ware removed and Google alternatives installed. I would recommend not to use the Sony "Album" app as it requires some other Sony apps which I removed and it continually looks for these apps. So just disable it in /settings/apps and use the pre-installed Google photos instead.
Also ensure you manually set the Phone app as the default dialer even though it's the only one or you will not be able to make or answer calls.
11 year girl! I would not worry they probably know more than we do at that age :laugh:
Yes it should be 100% compatible with a European Xperia XA F3111 ?
How to do this ?
I just rooted and flashed my old LG, and probably the by the "good" method. So if you have a link for the way to root and flash this phone, you'll make me very happy. I know that I have to go in adb flash TWRP as recovery, go in recovery by resetting the phone. Once this is done I have to wipe the phone, put the rom (and opengaps ?). And finally flash the rom. But previously I saw a lot of commands and warning so I'm a bit confused ?
Thanks for your attention ??
Hi, so I just got this phone and I see there's not much on the postings like with links to a working TWRP, in particular. So I did some digging around and experented, and found this TWRP. It's from the Moto G9 Play (guamp). But it works, at least just booting it. I have not tried flashing it to the boot partition but it serves it's function when just booted (see command below) . Most important on the get go is a Android backup.
fastboot boot recovery.img
After booting, go to "Mount" and mount all the partitions listed there. Then backtrack to "Backup" and select where you want the backup to go. Then continue with backing it up. You don't have to back up both the 'Super' and the 'Super image' partitions, just choose one of those. Then once that finishes, it's a matter of bravery on your part. There was a 'vbmeta.img' you could flash then a Magisk_21.zip but I'm not sure if the Play G9 vbmeta would work. Anyhow, attached it the TWRP and then the link to it's source with the other files mentioned above. Let us know how it works or helps anyone. Oh, and it will ask for your internal PIN or password first to decrypt that partition. I think it's best to delete your finger prints and change the lock to NONE. Then boot it and backup everything. Remember to Mount everything first!
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Lastly, my recovery log shows this works on our Moto G Play 2021 (guamna)
It does work 100% I have tested every feature out and it all works do not install it only boot it I have tried to mod the recovery 3 times now to install it but Everytime I do it bootloops my phone and I have to reflash all the imgs to the device
You can boot it with terminal emulator by running the below steps
Step 1 (backup stock_boot.img so we can get back in to android)
dd if=/dev/block/by-name/boot_a of=/sdcard/stock_recovery_backup.img
Step 2 (dd recovery.img to boot_a)
dd if=(path to stock_recovery.img) of=/dev/block/by-name/boot_a
Step 3( from twrp terminal replace recovery very.img with stock_boot_a in twrp mount all that can be mounted)
dd if=/sdcard/stock_boot_a of=/dev/block/by-name/boot_a
Thank you for that info. I actually was not aware it could be done. For me, personally, this twrp serves best as being able to do a complete backup as well as I realized it does flash Magisk for root successfully as well. Until we get an official twrp, this seems sufficient enough for the most necessary functions.
It works 100% so there is no need for a official twrp this will work just need the device trees to add to it so it can be installed to recovery and stay after a reboot
Hey guys I built a TWRP from this one and the stock recovery you can flash it to the recovery partition it's 100% working.. I had a little problem with the touch but I fixed the kernel... I posted it in the development section
** UNOFFICIAL A-TEAM RELEASE**
*******Testing ONLY*******
**testing has only been done on GN2200 July patch device but should atleast boot into twrp on other sec patch on GN2200 devices***
***Let us know if not***
*****HEED THE WARNING OF IMPENDING APOCALYPSE, DOOM, BOOTLOOPS , BRIMSTONE AND FIRE, AND ALSO TWRP ******
***NOBODY IS RESPONSIBLE FOR WHAT YOU DO WITH THIS EXCEPT YOU***
***DO NOT BUILD AND FLASH THIS UNLESS YOU KNOW EXACTLY WHAT YOUR DOING***
****DONT DO ANYTHING I SAY, I CANT BE HELD RESPONSIBLE FOR WHAT I SAY OR DO*****
**THIS IS AN ** UNOFICIAL RELEASE ** SO DONT GO CRYING TO ANYONE THAT YOU MADE YOURSELF AN EXPENSIVE PAPERWEIGHT IF YOU USE ANYTHING IN THIS POST***
********* THE RESPNSIBILITY LIES SOLELY UPON YOU***
***FLASHING IN CURRENT STATE DOES NOT BOOT INTO SYSTEM****
****READ EVERYTHING BEFORE YOU DO ANYTHING******
******ONLY POSTING THIS FOR DEV PURPOSES*******
******Huge THANKS to PizzaG for this!!!******
***Thanks to Eduardo as well for his contributions, he may still be working on his own release***
Am posting this with a copy/paste i posted in telegram group..
We need people with the knowledge/skills and experience to help get this TWRP finished AND/OR work out the bugs.
GitHub - PizzaG/recovery_device_oneplus_OP515AL1
Contribute to PizzaG/recovery_device_oneplus_OP515AL1 development by creating an account on GitHub.
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*this is not ready for release but the source is here for anyone who can build upon it*
touch is not working
you cant fastboot boot on this device so DO NOT flash this to your device without a backup of your stock/current boot image
issues we are having is no touch, can't mount /data, and so far cant boot into system with the recovery installed so if you want to use it youll need to flash this to boot, use it for whatever and then flash stock boot back, if your magisk patched youll need to flash the backup of that patched boot image you made before flashing this in order to get back into your system....... i have sort of found a slight work around for having to keep flashing the boot partitions until someone can get this to boot by placing my current boot image on an sdcard along with the twrp, flash the twrp to the active boot partition, boot into twrp, install image and install your backed up boot image to the current slot, then go back to advanced and install twrp to ramdisk and select and install the twrp image to the ramdisk, if your magisk patched you need to flash magisk zip right now, you can adb shell into twrp to pull a copy of this boot image if you want and i have flashed my "twrp-ramdisk installed boot image" on the Slot that my system is on and stock/backup boot image to inactive slot because its the only way to boot back to system for now without reflashing the stock(backed up) boot image back to the slot. and reboot into bootloader, change active and reboot and your back into your system.... when you need twrp you can set active to the other slot, it will bootloop once into bootloader and choose recovery to get back to twrp... when done reboot to bootloader and set active back to the other slot and reboot into system.............otg mouse works, adb works, mtp works, some work has been done on the touch but thats still not working yet, everything seems to be mounting except data............. big shout out to PizzaG for this
***this is a very round-about way to get a currently buggy twrp on the device but if you have a usb-c adapter and mouse you can navigate twrp....***
PizzaG doesnt have the device and has spent more time than anyone could possibly ask someone to spend on this for free... I dont have the skills required yet to really work on this. I have tested as much as possible and here it is for those who can build and work on it. i dont recommend releasing in its current form because im sure alot of people will be complaining and bricking their devices. if you can build it im sure you can work on it and should have the skills to atleast recover and have the sense to make backups first.......
Thanks again to everyone who has already donated the valuable time working on this for us and to everyone who will follow and build upon this!
You can find the telegram group for our device here:
You can find the A-Team in telegram
Also FYI in case you missed the post about our kernel source, it can be found here:
GitHub - OnePlusOSS/android_kernel_msm-5.4_oneplus_sm6375 at oneplus/sm6375_r_12.0.1_oneplus_nord_n20_5g
Contribute to OnePlusOSS/android_kernel_msm-5.4_oneplus_sm6375 development by creating an account on GitHub.
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If anyone with experience building twrp and especially for OnePlus devices needs a tester or any files from the device hit me up on telegram @PsYk0n4uT2 and I will do my best to provide whatever you need and test builds along with providing logs.
heres a compiled boot image from the above tree as of 10/02/2022.
**remeber it DOES NOT boot to system, this is twrp only, not installed into recovery ramdisk yet. so BACKUP YOUR STOCK(current) boot image FIRST**** you will have to flash your stock(current) boot image back to boot back into your system. you can sort of get around this by above mentioned method BUT here it is for the GN2200 anyways. working on my July patched device and my May patched device so it should work for other GN2200 sec patches too...
***BACKUP BACKUP BACKUP*****
also cant change active slot from twrp, must reboot to bootloader to change active slot
Heres TWRP installed to ramdisk on a july patched boot image. does not boot to system but since it doesnt you should still be able to use this on any patch for testing purposes.....
You can backup your boot image and flash your current boot image to inactive slot and flash this to active slot by selecting recovery from bootloader after it loops once.... use twrp then go back to bootloader and change active and reboot to get back into your system.
**BACKUP YOUR CURRENT BOOT IMAGE****
***DOES NOT BOOT TO SYSTEM**
***YOU WILL NEED YOUR CURRENT BOOT IMAGE TO BOOT YOUR SYSTEM< YOU SHOULD ALREADY HAVE A BACKUP OF YOUR STOCK IMAGE IN THE CASE THAT YOU ARE MAGISK PATCHED ALREADY< KEEP A COPY OF BOTH IN CASE YOU DECIDE TO WIPE DATA< YOU WILL NOT BOOT BACK INTO YOUR SYSTEM WITH A MAGISK PATCHED BOOT IMAGE IF YOU WIPE DATA*******
if someone can get their system to boot after installing the TWRP from post 4 or their own build after personal edits please post here how you were able to achieve the install and maintain booting into system..
currently twrp indicates that path to /mnt could not be found and cant mount /data .. i think if someone could fix this maybe some progress could be made
ScarletWizard said:
I wonder if TWRP will work for devices with a serial number defeicy
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halfway working on mine, just isnt finished yet, we need someone who knows alot more about this than i do. another dev is working on twrp but needs a device. the serial wont affect anything else other than the oneplus care app and getting the unlock token..... other than that u have full functionality.... the one posted above needs ALOT of work to finish. no touch yet but it could work for SOME things....
I know C/C++ at a decent level, however; I don't have much experience with low level stuff (especially dealing with bootloaders and other specific proprietary android kernel stuff). If there is anything that needs testing, I am down for it since this is just a secondary phone for me and I won't be too upset if it explodes.
I'm going to attempt this
[ SOLUTION ] [ MTK ] to Fix Touch not Working on TWRP / Philz Due to Kernel Disabled Touch.
In this tutorial, i'm going to show how i managed to patch kernel to enable touch in recovery TWRP / Philz. WARNING : This worked fo...
factopea.blogspot.com
It's written for mtk device but might have similar enough instructions to port for qcom kernel,
But I believe this is what is needed to get the TWRP touch going
Is the trwp.fstab using the right version? Both have different
Code:
/dev/block/bootdevice/by-name/userdata /data f2fs noatime,nosuid,nodev,discard,inlinecrypt,reserve_root=32768,resgid=1065,fsync_mode=nobarrier latemount,wait,resize,check,formattable,fileencryption=aes-256-xts:aes-256-cts:v2+inlinecrypt_optimized+wrappedkey_v0,keydirectory=/metadata/vold/metadata_encryption,metadata_encryption=aes-256-xts:wrappedkey_v0,quota,reservedsize=128M,checkpoint=fs
Try this instead in twrp.fstab
Code:
/data f2fs /dev/block/bootdevice/by-name/userdata flags=fileencryption=ice:aes-256-cts;wrappedkey;keydirectory=/metadata/vold/metadata_encryption
Techted89 said:
Is the trwp.fstab using the right version? Both have different
Code:
/dev/block/bootdevice/by-name/userdata /data f2fs noatime,nosuid,nodev,discard,inlinecrypt,reserve_root=32768,resgid=1065,fsync_mode=nobarrier latemount,wait,resize,check,formattable,fileencryption=aes-256-xts:aes-256-cts:v2+inlinecrypt_optimized+wrappedkey_v0,keydirectory=/metadata/vold/metadata_encryption,metadata_encryption=aes-256-xts:wrappedkey_v0,quota,reservedsize=128M,checkpoint=fs
Try this instead in twrp.fstab
Code:
/data f2fs /dev/block/bootdevice/by-name/userdata flags=fileencryption=ice:aes-256-cts;wrappedkey;keydirectory=/metadata/vold/metadata_encryption
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i just unpacked the twrp image with AIK and made the suggested edits and repacked, reflashed, same...... another person is working on twrp and has gotten much of the fstab corrected in their build but their keeping their source closed til they get it ready for release and is still very far from being finished with it and doesnt have much time to work on it right now so we are just kinda stuck waiting on someone that knows what their doing to help get this going. the other person has touch working on theirs so i know its possible i just dont know how long it will be before we see a beta even
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Is the trwp.fstab using the right version? Both have different
Code:
/dev/block/bootdevice/by-name/userdata /data f2fs noatime,nosuid,nodev,discard,inlinecrypt,reserve_root=32768,resgid=1065,fsync_mode=nobarrier latemount,wait,resize,check,formattable,fileencryption=aes-256-xts:aes-256-cts:v2+inlinecrypt_optimized+wrappedkey_v0,keydirectory=/metadata/vold/metadata_encryption,metadata_encryption=aes-256-xts:wrappedkey_v0,quota,reservedsize=128M,checkpoint=fs
Try this instead in twrp.fstab
Code:
/data f2fs /dev/block/bootdevice/by-name/userdata flags=fileencryption=ice:aes-256-cts;wrappedkey;keydirectory=/metadata/vold/metadata_encryption
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also i see a recovery.fstab instead of twrp.fstab in /system/etc. is this what your referring to?
You need both from what iv read ,. TWRP.flags is a module that rewrites the stab at a certain point which may be the reason it's not compiling but I will post. Recovery.fstab is supposed to be a copy paste from the boot.img and gives the general mount partitions locations,. TWRP.fstab is mounted using the same partitions but different format/flag structure to be available to TWRP .
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You need both from what iv read ,. TWRP.flags is a module that rewrites the stab at a certain point which may be the reason it's not compiling but I will post. Recovery.fstab is supposed to be a copy paste from the boot.img and gives the general mount partitions locations,. TWRP.fstab is mounted using the same partitions but different format/flag structure to be available to TWRP .
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Interesting article above. Were you able to get that to work? I know it says MTK but seems like mechanism should be the same, or atleast I would assume anyways that the function would be very similar in the case of a flag. Was told you needed to use original kernel but then I couldn't get that to boot period. I'm out of my area of knowledge at this point but always willing to learn.
Also I tried messing around a little with the f stab and TWRP flags I was told that TWRP flags is pretty much the same as the twrp.fstab... also this build needs to have something added to the drivers I do believe that this is somehow related to USB touch it is a goodix gt9886 touch panel using the Samsung 9886 drivers. Maybe the init's need some help here as well.
I have the programming knowwledge that TWRP would require, but have not as of yet created one as my devices were typically readily complete before-hand. Once my device is back up, and running I am going to boot into Ubuntu and give it a go.
I need some excuse to have learned assembly x86, c, c++, Java, Python, and rust and have been eyeing learning scripting so it could be a fun side project assuming it is still incomplete as of the moment?
Is it normal for manufacturers to use components from other's in their builds? The kernel posted seemed to indicate at least a couple Samsung files included.
Well C is a guarantee possibly some C++ as well and definitely some sh scripting if you know rust and know how to attach it to C well enough that could add more possibilities I would imagine. The recovery is from my understanding in the boot image Android Image Kitchen would help you see it unmodified if that is the case.
I found a unofficial TWRP that flashes to the boot partition, and works pretty damn well, id have to say! I am not an experienced developer, I just like to flash around on my phone in my spare time.. Anyways here y'all go:
I am down while I got partitions backed up to the cloud.