[Help] Can I flash a rom from the internal storage? - Samsung Galaxy S8 Questions and Answers

Hello everyone,
I just got an S8 (G950F), and would like to flash Project Alice or Light Rom, or whatever you guys advice, thing is, I don't have an SD card, and I can't get one right now for a few weeks (I live in a really small town, and won't be going to the city for 2 weeks or so), every rom thread I see that they say "put the rom in the SD card and flash with TWRP", can I use internal storage instead?, I assume I don't have to format Data for it to work. (Coming from a Xiaomi that encrypted data so I had to format it a lot)
Thanks in advance

Tanlladwyr said:
Hello everyone,
I just got an S8 (G950F), and would like to flash Project Alice or Light Rom, or whatever you guys advice, thing is, I don't have an SD card, and I can't get one right now for a few weeks (I live in a really small town, and won't be going to the city for 2 weeks or so), every rom thread I see that they say "put the rom in the SD card and flash with TWRP", can I use internal storage instead?, I assume I don't have to format Data for it to work. (Coming from a Xiaomi that encrypted data so I had to format it a lot)
Thanks in advance
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I always flash roms from internal. Every time. I've flashed about 30 times from internal and always fine

callumbr1 said:
I always flash roms from internal. Every time. I've flashed about 30 times from internal and always fine
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Thanks!
I have one more question if you could help me, I am using the CRI5 firmware stock, yesterday I tried to flash TWRP which was ok, and then the no verity fix, after this the phone wouldn't go past the black Samsung Galaxy screen, and showed an error in red on the top about valid firmware.
I managed to reflash the stock firmware, but I'm not sure how to get TWRP to work anymore, should I just flash again? Was the problem the no verity zip? Any advice on how to get going to put a custom ROM?
Thank you

FuugaNox said:
Thanks!
I have one more question if you could help me, I am using the CRI5 firmware stock, yesterday I tried to flash TWRP which was ok, and then the no verity fix, after this the phone wouldn't go past the black Samsung Galaxy screen, and showed an error in red on the top about valid firmware.
I managed to reflash the stock firmware, but I'm not sure how to get TWRP to work anymore, should I just flash again? Was the problem the no verity zip? Any advice on how to get going to put a custom ROM?
Thank you
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If you have telegram pm me your details and I can help there. It's quicker.
And I really need to know what the error message said? Did you format after installing twrp, then flash dm verity zip and then rmm fix zip?

callumbr1 said:
If you have telegram pm me your details and I can help there. It's quicker.
And I really need to know what the error message said? Did you format after installing twrp, then flash dm verity zip and then rmm fix zip?
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I'll get telegram later and pm you, thanks!
I may have screwed up, I didn't install rmm fix, that could be the issue
Thanks again

FuugaNox said:
I'll get telegram later and pm you, thanks!
I may have screwed up, I didn't install rmm fix, that could be the issue
Thanks again
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Okay bro! Pm me when you're ready and well get it sorted :good:

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[SOLVED] Unable to update

Hey everyone!
I know there are threads here about updating the Axon 7 already. I've pretty much tried everything I've read on here but I still can't seem to update my Axon 7 which is currently in version A2017GV1.0.0B03.
I've tried downloading from the update files from the German site, which didn't work & also download the B06 from the download centre, which also didn't work.
The update app doesn't detect any update files & when I try to update via recovery it gives me an error saying footer error.
Would really appreciate some help here.
Thank you.
1.0.0 - so, you should do Marshmallow higher up to b11, then try to do Nougat update version that you want.
marik1 said:
1.0.0 - so, you should do Marshmallow higher up to b11, then try to do Nougat update version that you want.
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Thank you for the suggestion Marik. But the problem I have at the moment is that my phone doesn't detect the update.zip files I put onto my SD card & even if I tried to flash it via recovery, it fails.
jcian135 said:
Thank you for the suggestion Marik. But the problem I have at the moment is that my phone doesn't detect the update.zip files I put onto my SD card & even if I tried to flash it via recovery, it fails.
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First look at the back of the phone and be sure it's an A2017G. If it is, and you don't care about losing all data, just use MiFlash. You can get the idea of how to use it by looking at my DFU unbrick guide. Just download the latest miflash package there is, use adb and issue 'adb reboot edl' and skip to the part where you get edl by shorting a testpad on the guide. There you will be able to flash the FULL_EDL package with no problemo
Common trouble is that people rename stock pack - there is "update.zip" inside folder in zip. Check is that not dual zipping.
@marik1 & @Choose an username...
Thanks for the help guys. I feel incredibly dumb right now coz all I really had to do was just put the update.zip into my internal storage. It's updating now. *facepalmed to the moon & back*
jcian135 said:
@marik1 & @Choose an username...
Thanks for the help guys. I feel incredibly dumb right now coz all I really had to do was just put the update.zip into my internal storage. It's updating now. *facepalmed to the moon & back*
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lol

BND-L24 Unbrick And restore Honor 7x USA

Ok guys bare with me. This is my first Thread. So it may look a little different then the others :laugh:
At least Your honor 7x will no longer be a paper weight
I posted last week that I do Indeed have a good TWRP Honor 7x BND-L24 USA Variant. Since then I have been getting hammered with requests for it. So being the great guy that I am, I have come to the rescue. NO MORE PAPER WEIGHT :laugh: I have also included TWRP 3.1.1. You will Find Direct download links below.
I have heard that Huawei will be releasing the firmware by end of next week. Go to play store and download Huawei Firmware
Finder(FF) To keep checking for it. Once there you can download it through Huawei FF.
When I did the backup TWRP gave me error 255 with the data.img but it did still back it up. I have the boot.img, system.img and data.img. data.img (data.img untested but should work)
If it does not I have a post here https://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?p=75735265#post75735265 that explains how to use just the boot.img and system.img to recover your phone. IGNORE that it is for the 6x. It does indeed work with the 7x
If your phone is bricked and do not have twrp
1.Turn off phone
2. hold volume down while plugging in usb cable from your pc or laptop. That will put you in fastboot.
Tutorial here https://www.xda-developers.com/how-to-root-honor-7x/ on how to download and install ADB tools.
3.. Download TWRP 3.1.1 for honor 7x here https://drive.google.com/open?id=1dzP5ie7vQEn_dGfZHI383bt2sFxwtcTb
For people with TWRP installed
1. Download My TWRP backup here https://drive.google.com/open?id=1Udc4thELESZ4n_nXYmx6loQtTkjHOqSy
2. Extract the zip file to your ext, sdcard.
3. Boot phone into twrp.(Bricked phones hold volume up and press power to launch twrp assuming it is installed.
4. Select restore in twrp menu then choose sd card then the backup folder.
5. Flash the boot system and data img files
6 Reboot.
NO more paper weight :good:
Oh if anyone has twrp 3.2x that works with this with 7x BND-L24 do share please
Well hope this was not to bad :laugh:
Hit that thanks button. Yea that one under my post on the right :laugh:
Hope this has helped
Thank you
lowspeed said:
Thank you
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No problem. Least I can do. This site has helped me out a lot
Paper weights suck :laugh:
Didn't work. I got to the "booting now" screen and was stuck there forever. I had to restore my old System and Boot partitions to get back to normal.
Didn't Work for me. goes tot the erecovery page.
Is this the only know method to get back to stock. i tried to uninstalled exposed and somehow eneded up stuck in the erecovery boot loop? very lost any help would be greatly appreciated.
Didn't work, on BND-L34 which is the same model as BND-L24 and it says your device is booting now and never boots.
tomjfmu said:
Didn't work, on BND-L34 which is the same model as BND-L24 and it says your device is booting now and never boots.
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sad days. do you happen to know of any other alternatives? should i made a backup in TWRP before i rooted and did anything?
This does not work. Restoring data leads to error 255 and restoring just boot and system leads to an unbootable system. Also, the link provided does not help one bit. Can you please try to explain here? Thanks.
dukethedj said:
This does not work. Restoring data leads to error 255 and restoring just boot and system leads to an unbootable system. Also, the link provided does not help one bit. Can you please try to explain here? Thanks.
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Yes please would love some insight on this. thanks in advance.
forgotenxlegacyx said:
Is this the only know method to get back to stock. i tried to uninstalled exposed and somehow eneded up stuck in the erecovery boot loop? very lost any help would be greatly appreciated.
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As long as you flash the boot.img first it will wok I tested it myself on my wifes and daughters phone and it worked Perfectly. i did not go into detail to do it correctly because there are tutorial's on here that explain how to flash those files
BiggDipper said:
As long as you flash the boot.img first it will wok I tested it myself on my wifes and daughters phone and it worked Perfectly. i did not go into detail to do it correctly because there are tutorial's on here that explain how to flash those files
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Would you mind linking a thread on how that is done? sorry for my ignorance
forgotenxlegacyx said:
sad days. do you happen to know of any other alternatives? should i made a backup in TWRP before i rooted and did anything?
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i have an idea, maybe you can make a backup not just including the system, data, and boot but other stuff. Because I accidentally wiped everything, and I changed the vender to a10/tl10, and that bricked the phone even more. And the data img doesn't work. You can fix it with this https://forum.xda-developers.com/oneplus-5/help/error-255-twrp-t3739468. If someone has a working bnd-l24 or bnd-l34 can you give me everything in the backup?
BiggDipper said:
As long as you flash the boot.img first it will wok I tested it myself on my wifes and daughters phone and it worked Perfectly. i did not go into detail to do it correctly because there are tutorial's on here that explain how to flash those files
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So you first do that then you do the rest?
Tried again. Getting the 255 error when flashing the Data
Yeah, error 255 is boot looping me too.
does it works well?
Thanks!
RoxRedEye said:
Thanks!
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You were able to get it to work?
I want to get behind and support this, so much, .But the OP is not registered user, so cant even verify their reputation.
I am late to this device and thread, but my phone will arrive tmw.
I would like to know if this is the only current available restore method for BND-L24?

From Lineage OS back to Stock

I've had LOS for 6 months now and really impressed with it but want to go back to stock ROM or to a debloated stock ROM because of how bad the camera is and battery is on LOS. It wasn't really bothering me much back then but now I need it more than ever. I have TWRP flashed as well if that helps.
I ask you guys to help me get back as close to stock ROM as possible or a debloated stock ROM and please show me how. I have Odin and Samsung Drivers.
Also can I get some suggestions on what ROM I should download and where?
Thanks in advance. :good:
AZNGelo said:
I've had LOS for 6 months now and really impressed with it but want to go back to stock ROM or to a debloated stock ROM because of how bad the camera is and battery is on LOS. It wasn't really bothering me much back then but now I need it more than ever. I have TWRP flashed as well if that helps.
I ask you guys to help me get back as close to stock ROM as possible or a debloated stock ROM and please show me how. I have Odin and Samsung Drivers.
Also can I get some suggestions on what ROM I should download and where?
Thanks in advance. :good:
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Just go back to stock marshmallow ROM. Best for battery .. Do your own debloat. Many threads here that explain in a safe way. For the rom collection, sammobile.com has many types.. but for free downloads, it is very slow. I recommend going to samsung-updates.ru for a quick download. But few types are provided. Good luck.
andra.soul.catcher said:
Just go back to stock marshmallow ROM. Best for battery .. Do your own debloat. Many threads here that explain in a safe way. For the rom collection, sammobile.com has many types.. but for free downloads, it is very slow. I recommend going to samsung-updates.ru for a quick download. But few types are provided. Good luck.
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So do you just wipe the internal storage using TWRP and flash the stock rom using Odin? Because I read you can't flash stock roms using TWRP
AZNGelo said:
So do you just wipe the internal storage using TWRP and flash the stock rom using Odin? Because I read you can't flash stock roms using TWRP
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You don't need wipe anything. Actually, flash stock ROM with odin via AP slot, it will wipe everything (If your phone ROM is different from the one you're flashing) .. including internal memory / sdcard. So backup first if you need it. You need ODIN for flash stock ROM instead of TWRP.
andra.soul.catcher said:
You don't need wipe anything. Actually, flash stock ROM with odin via AP slot, it will wipe everything (If your phone ROM is different from the one you're flashing) .. including internal memory / sdcard. So backup first if you need it. You need ODIN for flash stock ROM instead of TWRP.
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I want to keep my data on my sd card, can I just remove the SD card from the phone and then flash?
AZNGelo said:
I want to keep my data on my sd card, can I just remove the SD card from the phone and then flash?
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Flashing via PC odin will not touch your data neither in internal nor external sd cards so no need to remove the card from the phone. You only need to back up your user data which you will lose like: contacts, SMS, call history, system settings etc.
AZNGelo said:
I want to keep my data on my sd card, can I just remove the SD card from the phone and then flash?
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Yes. U can..!
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Many40 said:
Flashing via PC odin will not touch your data neither in internal nor external sd cards so no need to remove the card from the phone. You only need to back up your user data which you will lose like: contacts, SMS, call history, system settings etc.
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Umm .. based on my experience .. from lineage OS I directly flash stock ROM with Odin via AP slot, it reformat my internal memory. I do not know with external sdcard because I do not use it. Or maybe .. i did it the wrong way
andra.soul.catcher said:
Yes. U can..!
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Umm .. based on my experience .. from lineage OS I directly flash stock ROM with Odin via AP slot, it reformat my internal memory. I do not know with external sdcard because I do not use it. Or maybe .. i did it the wrong way
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Hmm strange. Normal Odin flash doesn't touch internal sd card. I don't know how you flashed your rom ...
I have a stock lollipop ROM I downloaded some time ago. Can I use that and still get OTA update to Marshmallow?
AZNGelo said:
I have a stock lollipop ROM I downloaded some time ago. Can I use that and still get OTA update to Marshmallow?
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Basically for OTA to work you need to be unrooted so it should work but why not to chose easier way - just download latest stock MM Rom for your country and flash it via odin.
Many40 said:
Hmm strange. Normal Odin flash doesn't touch internal sd card. I don't know how you flashed your rom ...
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Yea .. that really happened. But if I flash from the same ROM, it will not be re-format. Using Odin v3.13. My device G900D. Probably not Odin's cause. Maybe my ROM auto-reformat all when flash above custom system. Lol .. just my guess ..
Where's the fastest place to download the roms?
AZNGelo said:
Where's the fastest place to download the roms?
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Check updato.com. I used sammobile.com but it is rather slow and you have to be registered.
im downloading official firmware now.
going Lineage 15.1-20180903-nighlty 8.0.1 --------> G900TUVS1FOL1 6.0.1 and then back to lineage. Hopefully this will allow the unlock code to actually work.
It kept looping after i put it in so i figured it was a rom thing since the tmobile stuffs gone. Its cool, i needed the practice anyway. lol
I wanto to do the same.
From LOS 15.1 I want to go back to the official ROM.
I found it (cannot post the Url because I'm a new user) but I have trouble downloading it, even if I bought the fast connection speed.
I have a Mac and I don't have Odin and I'm trying to figure out how to restore it.
In the meantime I'm try to understand which Odin version I have to use in case a friend of mine will let me use his laptop to restore it.
Thanks to anyone that can help me.
whitesooty said:
I wanto to do the same.
From LOS 15.1 I want to go back to the official ROM.
I found it (cannot post the Url because I'm a new user) but I have trouble downloading it, even if I bought the fast connection speed.
I have a Mac and I don't have Odin and I'm trying to figure out how to restore it.
In the meantime I'm try to understand which Odin version I have to use in case a friend of mine will let me use his laptop to restore it.
Thanks to anyone that can help me.
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Mac users can use JOdin3
https://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2598203
Download
https://forum.xda-developers.com/devdb/project/dl/?id=20803
OMG ppl actually buy/use macs.......................
whitesooty said:
I wanto to do the same.
From LOS 15.1 I want to go back to the official ROM.
I found it (cannot post the Url because I'm a new user) but I have trouble downloading it, even if I bought the fast connection speed.
I have a Mac and I don't have Odin and I'm trying to figure out how to restore it.
In the meantime I'm try to understand which Odin version I have to use in case a friend of mine will let me use his laptop to restore it.
Thanks to anyone that can help me.
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Where can I find a tutorial to go back to stock ROM???
Does installing Lineage OS repartition the phone?
I've just done restoring my phone with Odin without the pit file and it has been stuck on the Samsung boot logo for a good half a hour now.
Cheers,
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rommy667 said:
OMG ppl actually buy/use macs.......................
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Believe it or not, MacOS is actually the best go to for a portable platform. I was kinda like you until I actually used one.
Although I am using a budget grade gaming laptop from ASUS, I cannot deny how polished it is at doing general everyday things.
thegreatkazoo said:
im downloading official firmware now.
going Lineage 15.1-20180903-nighlty 8.0.1 --------> G900TUVS1FOL1 6.0.1 and then back to lineage. Hopefully this will allow the unlock code to actually work.
It kept looping after i put it in so i figured it was a rom thing since the tmobile stuffs gone. Its cool, i needed the practice anyway. lol
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I will be attempting almost the same exact thinkg tonight, but going from Lineage16 to G900TUVU1GQC2 so I can enter my unlock code.
You mentioned the phone was looping....when was this? after you entered the code in stock? Or after you went back to Lineage?
Also, did you reinstall TWRP and restore a backup of Lineage and was able to keep unlocked? I read somewehere restoring a backup after unlocking will lock the network again.

Bootloop without reason!! Any solution except Factory Reset?

Hi everyone, I owns a Black, Made in China variant Mi A1, bought it almost 10 months ago so it's in brand new condition.
A night I was using it as regular, watching YouTube, It suddenly restarted automatically, and stuck on 'Android One' boot animation.
I wasn't doing any heavy or intensive task, was not having any issue except storage full. The device is on official stock rom and on June security patch with Android 8.1.
I've tried >?1. Apply update from ADB in recovery mode with June update, which gave me -> E: footer is wrong. E: signature verification failed. Installation aborted
>?2. Apply update from SD card with the same update as above, which gave me -> Couldn't mount SD card
Bootloader is locked, USB debugging is off, no custom recovery installed.
Is there any way to make it work again without erasing user data? I'm familiar with all kinds of Command Line Interface and with almost every tech term. Any help would be appreciated.?
I think only Miflash, with first nougat rom works for you. Save user data. Works for me, after I tried Lineage OS.
ROGGGER3G said:
I think only Miflash, with first nougat rom works for you. Save user data. Works for me, after I tried Lineage OS.
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Hi,
i have also experienced the same issue recently and struggling hard to make it working again.
I have tried with MI flash but u need to have a bootloader unlocked as well. If not, flashing will not start.
Shashankjindal said:
Hi everyone, I owns a Black, Made in China variant Mi A1, bought it almost 10 months ago so it's in brand new condition.
A night I was using it as regular, watching YouTube, It suddenly restarted automatically, and stuck on 'Android One' boot animation.
I wasn't doing any heavy or intensive task, was not having any issue except storage full. The device is on official stock rom and on June security patch with Android 8.1.
I've tried >1. Apply update from ADB in recovery mode with June update, which gave me -> E: footer is wrong. E: signature verification failed. Installation aborted
>2. Apply update from SD card with the same update as above, which gave me -> Couldn't mount SD card
Bootloader is locked, USB debugging is off, no custom recovery installed.
Is there any way to make it work again without erasing user data? I'm familiar with all kinds of Command Line Interface and with almost every tech term. Any help would be appreciated.
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Without reason? Probably THIS is the reason. I think your problem is related to data partition and a flash with Miflash can't help you. Only a factory reset can solve this.
ROGGGER3G said:
I think only Miflash, with first nougat rom works for you. Save user data. Works for me, after I tried Lineage OS.
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Does it work in locked bootloader? Btw thanks for the reply.
sipollo said:
Without reason? Probably THIS is the reason. I think your problem is related to data partition and a flash with Miflash can't help you. Only a factory reset can solve this.
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Can you describe what in the data partition caused this? Because I've been using this device with 90% storage filled for months??*.
And I've factory reset the device as there was no other ways to make it work again but still I want to know what was the cause of the problem.
Shashankjindal said:
Can you describe what in the data partition caused this? Because I've been using this device with 90% storage filled for months??*.
And I've factory reset the device as there was no other ways to make it work again but still I want to know what was the cause of the problem.
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When memory is almost full R/W errors can occur.
Maybe 90% you see is not including temporary-swap files, so that you are dangerously close to 100% storage filled.
sipollo said:
Without reason? Probably THIS is the reason. I think your problem is related to data partition and a flash with Miflash can't help you. Only a factory reset can solve this.
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sipollo said:
When memory is almost full R/W errors can occur.
Maybe 90% you see is not including temporary-swap files, so that you are dangerously close to 100% storage filled.
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Thank you for your answer & time, I'll be carefull in the future.
ROGGGER3G said:
I think only Miflash, with first nougat rom works for you. Save user data. Works for me, after I tried Lineage OS.
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I have just softbricked my Mi A1 and need to flash the official rom with MiFlash, problem is that I can't find the right file to flash. Any tips to where I can download the official firmware? I'm looking for the zipped version, not an image. MiFlash can't read the images I've downloaded so far.
FantLarve said:
I have just softbricked my Mi A1 and need to flash the official rom with MiFlash, problem is that I can't find the right file to flash. Any tips to where I can download the official firmware? I'm looking for the zipped version, not an image. MiFlash can't read the images I've downloaded so far.
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Here are some of the links where you can find the official rom in .zip format. Check if they are compatible with MiFlash tool-
https://firmwarefile.com/xiaomi-mi-a1
https://dhananjaytech.com/flash-stock-rom-mi-a1-through-twrp/
Here is the XDA thread- https://forum.xda-developers.com/mi-a1/development/rom-tissot-stock-oreo-8-0-rooted-t3735760.
I'll be happy if this was helpful.
Shashankjindal said:
Here are some of the links where you can find the official rom in .zip format. Check if they are compatible with MiFlash tool-
https://firmwarefile.com/xiaomi-mi-a1
https://dhananjaytech.com/flash-stock-rom-mi-a1-through-twrp/
Here is the XDA thread- https://forum.xda-developers.com/mi-a1/development/rom-tissot-stock-oreo-8-0-rooted-t3735760.
I'll be happy if this was helpful.
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Great stuff thanks.
sipollo said:
Without reason? Probably THIS is the reason. I think your problem is related to data partition and a flash with Miflash can't help you. Only a factory reset can solve this.
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There was another thread where someone proceeded to soft brick his device after downloading a file despite having low available storage.
barrack1 said:
There was another thread where someone proceeded to soft brick his device after downloading a file despite having low available storage.
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Thank you for the help, there seems just no way to save user data, factory reset is the only option.
Shashankjindal said:
Does it work in locked bootloader? Btw thanks for the reply.
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works

internal SDCARD Allocation Error ?

Hi,
Problem: After Update & Root Errors
Now it shows internal SD memory says now it only has 5gb instead of 32 (28~GB)
it had had normal size before.
WTF...?
I maybe messed with some wrong file before on flash, but I really wonder, how to solve this problem..
Damn every phone has its own difficulties, rooted so many phones, but this the process is always somehow unique...
And where is the proper TWRP file for the A20e latest android 9 version?
DBT-A202FXXU3ASL4-20200120200600
Please someone link it for me. The one I found doesn't seem to work..
lol, you need to know it was because of the wrong VBmeta file.
I wondern why the manuals can't be clearer sometimes.
Just like the TWRP tutorial - somehow you need to have the right vbmeta in Hand, but nothing more about this and where to get the proper one.
Whatever, it helped to relock Bootloader and to make a clean install with CSC (not HOME_CSC), then the files and sizes got right again.
Also re-partition helps in this case.
Anyway it's really frustrating to root these days, but at least we still can do this.
Without root many things would suck alot... i would not buy a phone without the possibility of it.
hmmm I wonder if this is why I'm experiencing problems with my recently rooted a20e and no choice for internal storage.
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lol, you need to know it was because of the wrong VBmeta file.
I wondern why the manuals can't be clearer sometimes.
Just like the TWRP tutorial - somehow you need to have the right vbmeta in Hand, but nothing more about this and where to get the proper one.
Whatever, it helped to relock Bootloader and to make a clean install with CSC (not HOME_CSC), then the files and sizes got right again.
Also re-partition helps in this case.
Anyway it's really frustrating to root these days, but at least we still can do this.
Without root many things would suck alot... i would not buy a phone without the possibility of it.
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@moogle
The vbmeta.img is included in the TWRP.tar
https://forum.xda-developers.com/ga...overy-twrp-3-4-0-0-galaxy-a20e-a202f-t4141767
This is the Android 10 version
You need to upgrade first
physwizz said:
@moogle
The vbmeta.img is included in the TWRP.tar
https://forum.xda-developers.com/ga...overy-twrp-3-4-0-0-galaxy-a20e-a202f-t4141767
This is the Android 10 version
You need to upgrade first
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This is the tutorial I was following, I unlocked, flashed TWRP and rooted successfully but SD card storage seems to be operating strangely.
What do you recommend to diagnose / fix?
moogle said:
This is the tutorial I was following, I unlocked, flashed TWRP and rooted successfully but SD card storage seems to be operating strangely.
What do you recommend to diagnose / fix?
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Stock or GSI
physwizz said:
Stock or GSI
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I cannot seem to get a GSI installed successfully, many of the tutorials say to use an AB partition GSI but the treble partition check says the SM-A202F/DS isn't an AB partition device.
It says:
"Your device does not support Seamless System Upgrades and is detected to have an A-only system partition."
moogle said:
I cannot seem to get a GSI installed successfully, many of the tutorials say to use an AB partition GSI but the treble partition check says the SM-A202F/DS isn't an AB partition device.
It says:
"Your device does not support Seamless System Upgrades and is detected to have an A-only system partition."
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A205 is fake ab ( a plus SAR)
Send pm to a202 users
did you mean to write a202?
moogle said:
did you mean to write a202?
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ask @Xyn XDotnest or @Wire1122
Send a personal message
I don't have a202
I have a205yn
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lol, you need to know it was because of the wrong VBmeta file.
I wondern why the manuals can't be clearer sometimes.
Just like the TWRP tutorial - somehow you need to have the right vbmeta in Hand, but nothing more about this and where to get the proper one.
Whatever, it helped to relock Bootloader and to make a clean install with CSC (not HOME_CSC), then the files and sizes got right again.
Also re-partition helps in this case.
Anyway it's really frustrating to root these days, but at least we still can do this.
Without root many things would suck alot... i would not buy a phone without the possibility of it.
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Which model of the a20e did you have?

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