Q&A for [TOOL/UTILITY][TWRP][ 2.8][RECOVERY] TWRP 2.8.6.x TeamWin Recovery Project 4/16

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This is a good one!
Have TWRP 2.8.6.0. The V.2 recommended version.
I can flash ROMs OK and reboot the device fine.
However, if I flash anything else and reboot using TWRP, it boots straight back into TRWP.
Even if I select power off. It doesn't power off, just TWRP splash screen and back in!
I've tried turning off (vol up/down+pwr) with no luck. Can hold vol down and get into download mode but as soon as I try rebooting from there it goes back to TWRP. I know the fix has to be easy...

I realised I haven't re-encrypted my Titan yet since wiping it to correct some issues but when I tried, it just reboots. I've run into this issue before, which is caused by having a custom recovery (in my case TWRP) installed as Android uses the stock recovery to do the encryption. I don't particularly want to mess around flashing back the stock recovery and then back to TWRP, so is there a way to encrypt the phone without doing that, perhaps using ADB?

Hi all,

I know that AOSP is Android Open Source Project.

So, when TWRP says that version 2.8.6.1 includes a "Update AOSP base to 5.1", what does it exactly mean?
Does it mean that the device OS will be upgraed to Android 5.1 ?

Thank you

Hey there...
i tried to install another ROM and made some kind of big mistake
I deleted the whole system what was quiete dumb i think...

Anyone of you may help me what to do now ? :(

(I had stock kernel, then rooted is via CFroot and then installed TWRP and delete the wrong thinks without having made a backup)


Hope I'll find some help here

Cheers TipperTip


EDIT: Smartphone is the Galaxy S6 G920F

Long time xda lurker here,
I have just thrown my t mobile note 3 into an autostarting bootloop that i dont know how to recover from. I have successfully used this same process 4 times on 4 devices, S 3, tab 2,galaxy light and lg volt. Although this time i used mobile odin as the flash tool.
I flashed twrp to the note 3 because it didnt have any recovery at all. Ive had this phone rooted for about a year without a recovery. After flashing twrp now it constantly autostarts to the logo screen and in top left corner it says recovery booting then it restarts with the same result. Ive tried leaving the battery out for an hour but when i reinsert it, i dont even have to push power and it starts bootlooping again. I cant get in download mode,safe mode, recovery mode, anything mode. Im at a loss. Any advice,any at would be appreciated. Is there any way to fix this.

Great news for encrypters, since Qualcomm's hardware-based encryption provides much quicker read-write speeds than AOSP’s software method.

Quote:

In an announcement on Google+ earlier today, developer Ethan Yonker (Dees Troy) explained that Qualcomm encryption generally offers better performance than ‘stock’ Android encryption, making this a welcome addition to the custom recovery platform.

Source: Android Authority

But there is a caveat:

Quote:

If you didn’t encrypt using CM 12.0 nightly on or after 16th of January 2015, you probably aren’t getting the performance benefits of Qualcomm’s encryption. It also appears that the Oxygen OS team did not add support for Qualcomm encryption. If performance matters to you but you need to be encrypted, then I’d suggest sticking with CM.

So, no-go with OxygenOS, and if you've been encrypted and dirty flashing CM12 since before 1/16/2015, you have do full wipes, reinstall and re-encrypt.

Download link: TWRP for 1+1

[ROM][STOCK] X8-H Stock OTA → TWRP Installable


This release is for people like myself who installed TWRP.

I have only tested this on the X8-H I have no idea if it will work on any other models. I don't have a PLUS model, I doubt it would work on it. If you have a PLUS with TWRP feel free to message me I may be able to help.

Code:

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                          DISCLAIMER
 * Your warranty is may be void, I don't know / I don't care.
 *
 * I am not responsible for bricked devices, dead SD cards,
 * thermonuclear war, or you getting fired because the alarm app failed. Please
 * do some research if you have any concerns about features included in this ROM
 * before flashing it! YOU are choosing to make these modifications, and if
 * you point the finger at me for messing up your device, I will laugh at you.
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FIRST

Sorry if this is a bit convoluted, I am not an android developer, I don't really have much expertise in this.

TWRP

The problem with this TWRP is it sets your ro.product.device to x8-h instead of NEO-X8 which breaks the "OTA" update feature. I don't really care about OTA, so this makes little difference to me.

I got TWRP here: http://www.minixforum.com/threads/tw...neo-x8-h.1267/

I mirrored the zip file here: https://www.androidfilehost.com/?fid=23991606952606011

There's a couple ways to install it, I did:

Code:

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adb reboot recovery
Install update from ADB
adb sideload TWRP_X8-h.zip

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UPDATES

These are pulled from OTA and modified to work with TWRP. I did not include any additional stuff, I figure if you're using TWRP already you probably know more than the average user and can setup your device however you want.

Get both of these...

KOT49H.20150428: This update is the 004 update.
Notes: This is a full system update, I wiped my system before installing it.
Release Page: http://www.minixforum.com/forums/x8-...mware-004.123/
update.KOT49H.20150428.TWRP.zip - https://www.androidfilehost.com/?fid=23991606952606046

KOT49H.20150507: This update is the 005 update.
Notes: This update will revert your recovery back to their stock recovery, because reasons. You'll have to reflash TWRP afterwards if you want to continue using it.
Release Page: http://www.minixforum.com/forums/x8-...mware-005.125/
update.KOT49H.20150507.TWRP.zip - https://www.androidfilehost.com/?fid=23991606952606012

Installation:

• Boot into recovery.


• Back-Up your device.


• Wipe your device, I did it, you can try not doing it, not sure what will happen.


• Install updates the update.KOT49H.20150428.TWRP.zip first then add the update.KOT49H.20150507.TWRP.zip


• After both install it will "upgrade" your bootloader to stock. You may reapply the TWRP_X8-h.zip update here if you would like.


• After you're done with that TWRP will ask you if you would like to root, I recommend yes.


• Reboot


• ???


• Profit!

whats the newest twrp for tmobile galaxys6 edge??

I installed the TWRP V2.8.6.1 I as described in TWRP web site.
After installation I rebooted the phone and it rebooted to recovery so I tried to reboot to system but it rebooted back to recovery.
Any idea how to address this issue?

INSTALL TWRP AND ROOT
YOUR GALAXY TAB 4
!!! 100% WORKING !!! :D

I was searching a custom recovery to root my Samsung Galaxy Tab 4 (SM-T231) everywhere. Finally I found it. Here is a Tutorial how to install TWRP and ROOT your Samsung Galaxy Tab 4..!!! :D

Code:

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WARNING:
1. Warranty will be void if you install a Custom Recovery and ROOT your device.
2. I am not responsible for any thing wrong happen with your device.
3. If you blame me, I will lough at you. :p
4. But you can PM me any time if any thing wrong happen to your device. I will try to help you.

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REQUIRED:
1: PC
2: Data Cable
3: Your TAB 4
4: Some Basic Knowledge (very important!!) ;)
5: A working Brain !!!! (It is inside your head) :p

INSTRUCTIONS:
1: First of all you have to download the file from this link.

2: Extract the zip file with this Password : UNIVERSAL ROOT

3: Install Samsung USB driver (Given in the zip) in your pc if you don't have this. [If you are facing problems to install the driver, you can download it from here]. If you have already installed the driver, ignore this step.

4: Now, lets start installing TWRP...

• Open ODIN in your PC.

• Put your Tablet in download mode by Pressing the Home button + Power + Volume Down. Release buttons ,when you see a warning ; then press the volume up (vol +) to continue to download mode.

• Connect your Tablet to your PC

• There is a option named 'BL' in the ODIN . Just tick that and click on 'BL'.

• Now you have to untick the Auto Reboot option in the ODIN. Otherwise the TWRP wouldn't start in the recovery mode.

• Now Select the recovery.img.tar.md5 file from the extracted zip.

• Press START Button in the ODIN.

• Wait till flashing is finished.

• After flashing is finished, Press and hold Home button + Power + Volume Up button until your device restart into the recovery mode.

• Now just reboot your device from recovery.

Congratulations!!! Installing TWRP is successful!!! :D :D


ROOTING PROCESS :

• FIRST OF ALL YOU HAVE TO TRANSFER THE SUPERUSER.ZIP FILE( I have given in the zip) IN THE INTERNAL MEMORY OF YOUR TABLET

• BOOT INTO RECOVERY MODE BY PRESSING POWER BUTTON+HOME BUTTON+VOLUME UP BUTTON

• NOW SELECT INSTALL

• CHOOSE THE SUPERUSER.ZIP FROM THE INTERNAL MEMORY OF YOUR TABLET

• FLASH THE FILE AND THEN RESTART YOUR TABLET

CONGRATULATIONS!!!
YOU HAVE SUCCESSFULLY INSTALLED TWRP AND ROOTED YOUR SAMSUNG GALAXY TAB 4!!! :D ;)

Credits: @ShinySide , @inciongnene for the TWRP Recovery img.

:angel: :good: IF YOU FOUND THE POST HELPFUL, PLEASE GIVE A THANKS. :good: :angel:

Hi guys,
I wanted to update my Custom Android and did a TWRP backup before.
It required to do a factory reset and format data which I did.
After finishing everything up and installing the new ROM, I saw that all pictures stored in /storage/emulated/0/Pictures are gone.
There were all Screenshots and saved Snapchat files. Fortunately, the Camera pictures were saved on the SD-Card which I didn't formatted.

Since I am not able to undo "format data" (or can I somehow??), how am I getting to the path above? I tried Nandroid Manager and were able to load the backup but it seems that this path was not included in the backup...
I thought everything internal will be saved in a TWRP backup?

Does anyone know how to get on those files or are they completely gone?
I'm on a LG G3, bumped stock Rom (Lollipop 5.0), and TWRP 2.8.5.0.
Thanks!!

Hi Everyone,

First off I am a total novice and I put my hands up to say I should not have tried to root my phone. I merely wanted to root so that I could actually use the space on my SD card, which the HTC Desire doens't.

I did try to do this manually by reading a few guide and walkthroughs with no success. So then I used the sunshine app to unlock my bootloader and then WinDriod to load TWRP recovery and then hopefully root the phone. It does say ***unloacked*** on the fastboot menu. However, I sort of messed up my phone.

I cannot load into recovery mode - it goes to a HTC load screen then right back to fastboot usb menu.
I cannot install any new apps (though a couple did install after a restart)
I cannot factory restore the phone either.

Can anyone advise me how to return my phone to its normal state or advise on how to fix this problem?

Appreciate any help anyone can give me!

Hi all, new to this and was trying to unroot and relock bootloader using a Mac. For some reason when using this guide, I got into a nasty TWRP boot loop and can't get out. :(

The link was using Android Rootz...

I've downloaded the latest 5.1 factory images from Google. But when I'm using terminal to try to access the unzipped folder on my desktop it says "no file directory found".

Can someone please help? Thank you. Again, using a 2014 Macbook Pro.

Hi all,
Any help please? After nearly 2 years of having my HTC One M7 and not rooted a phone since either. Decided today would be the day and yep I cocked it up.
All was going well, unlocked bootloader, installed TWRP, installed SuperSu.
Rebooted then problems started, SU was not installed correctly, said binaries needed updating and would need to be done manually. Updated superuser with latest 2.46 update file through TWRP. Phone is now stuck on HTC One boot logo. I did a nand backup before SU update and that just boots back to TWRP.
Any help please?
Regards
fs1023

Hi all,
Any help please? After nearly 2 years of having my HTC One M7 and not rooted a phone since either. Decided today would be the day and yep I cocked it up.
All was going well, unlocked bootloader, installed TWRP, installed SuperSu.
Rebooted then problems started, SU was not installed correctly, said binaries needed updating and would need to be done manually. Updated superuser with latest 2.46 update file through TWRP. Phone is now stuck on HTC One boot logo. I did a nand backup before SU update and that just boots back to TWRP.
Any help please?
Regards
fs1023

Guys please help me!! How can i port TWRP for MT6572 device! Magic TWRP installer is not working. Please help guys.

Hi all
what am i doing wrong? even after i WIPE "dalvik cache, system, cache and data and fresh install a ROM... i can still see my pictures in my gallery. it exists in internal memory. is it suppose to be like this?

Q&A for [ROM][STOCK TWRP DUMP] HTC Desire D820n Single SIM htc_a51ul

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Does anyone know why TWRP looks like this on Android One Lollipop 5.1? (Please see attachment) I've tried TWRP v2.8.4.0 and v2.8.6.0 -- both look the same. Can barely read some texts. :(

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