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Hello,
I tried to root my P8 Lite, which is something I've already done on a lot of other smartphones. So I first unlocked my bootloader, then I tried to follow a guide to root it. Everything was going smooth, but when I hit enter for the last time into the command line (at this point of the process, it just installed superSU) my phone rebootd and stucked on the huawei logo. After 20mn I decided it was enough, I unplugged it and hard rebooted it, but still stuck on huawei logo.
Since this, I wasn't able to reboot my phone, nor enter the fastboot/rescue mode. Now I tried on more time to enter the fastboot, and I don't know why but after a few time it showd up !
So basically my phone is now on fastboot mode, unlocked, and I come here to seek answers about the method to flash it and start again with a fresh android. I don't even know where to find the correct rom to flash, nor how to flash, if for instance I should use adb, etc.
If someone here is able to help me, that would be greatly appreciated.
By the way, I manually updated the phone to android 6 and EMUI 4.
Thank you a lot for enlightments.
Hello! Since you are in fastboot mode you can easily fix the issue. Just download a stock rom you wanna flash and use (you can try the new B588) and with the Huawei Update Extractor, extract the boot.img, recovery.img, cust.img, system.img from the UPDATE.APP file. Then flash these in the order i wrote them (using the fastboot command for example:
Code:
fastboot flash boot boot.img
, same thing for all of these just change the file names). That is how i fixed my last 2-3 bootloops. I would suggest looking here first though: https://forum.xda-developers.com/p8lite/general/mega-thread-root-unbricking-updating-t3400994 on Chapter 4. Hope this helps and good luck
Hi,
Thank you for your answer.
Problem is now, my phone ran out of bttery so not in fastboot mode anymore and I just can't figure out how to go back in fastboot anymore.
I tried to power on the phone while pressing vol up, wait for the huawei logo and wait for ten more seconds, nothing except a black screen. I tried vol down, both vol up and down, still nothing. Thing is, yesterday I don't even know how I managed to enter fastboot, I just tried, didn't work, so I put my phone on the bed, and ten minuts later I realized it was on fastboot mode. Informatics huh.
If you have any idea on how to go back in fastboot mode, I tried using adb, but it needs the phone to reach systm to be able to reboot.
By the way you talked about a specific rom, where can I find this one ?
Thank you again for your time.
EDIT : Ok I managed to reach fastboot, what I did was to plug it on my laptop, powered off, then pressed vol down and power on, and it worked. Informatics has its reasons...
Still interested into the rom ou talked. I'll try to find it on my own though. But if you got a link, I would be happy to download it.
EDIT2 : Ok I tried to flash, everything went good, but my huawei is still in its bootloop. I extracted the B588 rom, but there was way more than 4 img files. I still flashed only the four you and the link you gave me told me, but maybe I need to flash more than these 4 ?
Try this https://forum.xda-developers.com/p8lite/general/mega-thread-root-unbricking-updating-t3400994 <-- follow the " Bootloop/Softbrick" method if you cannot install the latest firmware directly. You may need to flash original recovery first too. Any recovery version will do they are all the same, find the how too under the "install TWRP" section, but basically it goes "enter fastboot, type fastboot flash recovery recovery.img" while you have recovery.img in the same directory.
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Also, if you are on MM you should not be using a batch file to root. Once you have TWRP installed, you need to flash 2 zips via TWRP. They can also be found in the mega thread.
yodaofborg said:
Try this https://forum.xda-developers.com/p8lite/general/mega-thread-root-unbricking-updating-t3400994 <-- follow the " Bootloop/Softbrick" method if you cannot install the latest firmware directly. You may need to flash original recovery first too. Any recovery version will do they are all the same, find the how too under the "install TWRP" section, but basically it goes "enter fastboot, type fastboot flash recovery recovery.img" while you have recovery.img in the same directory.
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Also, if you are on MM you should not be using a batch file to root. Once you have TWRP installed, you need to flash 2 zips via TWRP. They can also be found in the mega thread.
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Single stable SuperSu v2.76 also works for builds less than b580.. For builds greater than that, use 2 zips method
Well, it obviously didn't
So I gave my IMEI, serial number and $5 to someone on the internet, and in return I got an email attachment to flash to my phone. So I did, and it unlocked the bootloader. Strangely enough, now I'm getting a stupid yellow message that my device is unlocked and can't be trusted, and it's a bit of a roundabout way to get into bootloader or recovery. One ONLY works with buttons, the other ONLY with adb.
Ok, never mind, so I tried installing both the 3.1.1. and 3.2.1 of TWRP custom recovery, but I am unable to boot into it to make it stick. On top of that, my phone now says "encrypted"? WTF?
Clearly this latest incarnation of Nokia is a bunch of asswipes, offering us Sophie's choice instead of just unlocking the damn things from the start, so there's no point in asking them for help, but I'd expect members here would be able to help?
Any ideas how to proceed? Is there a factory ROM somewhere? This is 7.1.2. by the way, I'm not interested in updating. Come to think of it, I hate this so-called "progress" with convoluted "security" and whatnot. Just give me the damn phone and go away, Google+Nokia. Stick your "features" up ya clacker.
1. Okk first you jeed to go this link and download official recovery for nokia 5 running android 8.1 oreo
https://drive.google.com/file/d/1Cl1...w?usp=drivesdk
2. Rename it to twrp and give the command to flash the recovery.
3. After give command fastboot flash recovery twrp.img. Give the command fastboot boot twrp.img
And boooom you enter in official twrp
Jitender Baloda said:
1. Okk first you jeed to go this link and download official recovery for nokia 5 running android 8.1 oreo
https://drive.google.com/file/d/1Cl1...w?usp=drivesdk
2. Rename it to twrp and give the command to flash the recovery.
3. After give command fastboot flash recovery twrp.img. Give the command fastboot boot twrp.img
And boooom you enter in official twrp
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Link broken. File doesn't exist
Try this
https://drive.google.com/file/d/1Cl1yV7tV_VsIC3XIWlCIJXmFfdDZGUbG/view?usp=drivesdk
Err... no, not quite.
1. Your link is (was) dead, but in any case I'd be wary of installing something stashed in a private Google drive folder... Thanks, but no thanks.
2. I have several versions of TWRP, that's not a problem.
3. I know the correct commands (yours are not), that's not a problem.
And boom - no, you don't end up in TWRP. You end up in system, because it overwrites the TWRP automatically UNLESS you reboot to it immediately after flashing, and THIS is the problem.
It turns out that Nokia needs to be plugged into CHARGER, not the PC, then holding Vol+ and Power button combination will do it. It took me more than a dozen tries, but it worked in the end.
Hi, I had the same problem. I've unlocked bootloader and I successfully installed TWRP and I can go to recovery but the problem is I can't boot the system as it stucks on download mode. Can you help?
Press volume up+volume down+power button at the same time for 7-8 second.
Hello to all.
I have big problem with my tablet Lenovo Tab 4 10.
The phone is on constantly on bootloop.
I can only enter in fastboot mode.
Recovery mode and OS are not booting.
On my fastboot screen says Device state: locked
When i run command fastboot devices the devices is showed. I cant find solution and a way how to flash stock ROM. I download stock ROM with Lenovo Rescue and Smart Assistant. And tried with LMSA but program says cannot read all information from the phone. Is there anyone with same problem or with a solution
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Hello to all.
I have big problem with my tablet Lenovo Tab 4 10.
The phone is on constantly on bootloop.
I can only enter in fastboot mode.
Recovery mode and OS are not booting.
On my fastboot screen says Device state: locked
When i run command fastboot devices the devices is showed. I cant find solution and a way how to flash stock ROM. I download stock ROM with Lenovo Rescue and Smart Assistant. And tried with LMSA but program says cannot read all information from the phone. Is there anyone with same problem or with a solution
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See don't panic I was in the exactly same condition a week before. I can feel you but thats what I can suggest you, to don't panic.
Just follow these steps-
1- Open lmsa and then go to downloaded section , there you can see the downloaded firmware , at below of the screen you can see a option of changing file location of the downloaded firmware,
Change the firmware location to the desktop for your easier access.
2- After that install the mi flash tool from the internet, and extract it in the pc desktop for easy access.
3- Open mi flash tool and select the downloaded firmware , you can select it by click on load firmware.
It can might say that the downloaded file is not a fastboot rom but you can ignore it.
4- Now click on the configurations option in the mi flash and there you can see a option of loading patch xml and raw xml , both of these files will be showed you have to just click on them.
5-Now , insert usb cable into your pc and then press both vol +,- simultaneously and insert the micro usb cable while keep pressing it .
6- Click on refresh and when you will see your device , just hit flash.
And it will be flashed in less than 5 min.
And you will have your device working again
Hello guys, I'm a beginner in this flashing stuff. I have watched youtube over a guy flashing Android 10 on his Samsung note 3. I carefully took his steps and i make sure that my model is compatible with said ROM, Mine is Samsung note 3 lte (N9005), Snapdragon. The issues that i am currently having is on flashing TWRP on my Samsung Note 3, because it won't boot on recovery mode despite i press the exact button as the Video describe, it just boots in recovery and then restarted on the same logo boot repeatedly. I have tried flashing LineAgeOs using the tutorial provided by LineAgeOs team and again, i make sure that the rom is fully compatible and still end up same result. Please help me on this issue. Thank you very much for giving your time reading my problems
Please describe your issue again with more details.
From you're post, it seems as though you are having issues with TWRP. Below I will give you a full tutorial on how to get TWRP up and running for your specific device. Do give this a go, as I have done the research for your specific model, and it should work just fine.
First things first, unlock your devices bootloader. You may not have done this correctly, so if it is possbile to boot into android, then try this:
How to unlock Bootloader on Samsung Galaxy Note 3 | Softstribe
Unlocking bootloader in Samsung Note 3 made easy and you can simply enable developers mode where you can perform OEM unlock.
softstribe.com
If you're bootloader is already unlocked, then proceed.
Now that the bootloader in unlocked, we need to install TWRP for your specific device. Your device is the N9005, which is the international snapdragon model. It's codename is hlte, or hlte*. For TWRP, it is also categorised as the Europe/American model (hltexx).
For flashing TWRP correctly to a samsung device, we will need odin. Odin is a flashing software for samsung devices.
Download Odin.zip from here:
Samsung Odin - Root Android download page for one click root
Samsung odin download - Root android and oneclickroot for flash / install custom ROM with one click root method
odindownload.com
(Download the latest version (v13.4.1 at the time of writing this)
Now, extract Odin.
Once we have Odin downloaded, we will need to install the correct usb drivers for Samsung phones.
Download the file below, then extract the zip and run the installer:
Samsung_USB_Driver_v1.7.31.0
MediaFire is a simple to use free service that lets you put all your photos, documents, music, and video in a single place so you can access them anywhere and share them everywhere.
www.mediafire.com
Now that odin and the drivers are ready, we need the actual twrp image which we need to flash to our device.
Here is the link, download the latest .img.tar file (3.6.1_9-0 at the time of writing):
Download TWRP for hlte
Download TWRP Open Recovery for hlte
dl.twrp.me
Do not download the normal .img file, as that cannot be flashed via odin.
Now that we're past the prerequisites, we need to actually flash twrp to your device. To begin, we must put your note 3 into download mode. To enter download mode, power off your phone completely and then press Power+Home+Vol Down at the same time and keep these three buttons pressed until your phone shows a "download mode, do not power off target!!!" screen, you can follow this video tutorial below:
Now that we are in download mode on the device, we need to get back to our computer and configure odin to flash twrp. First things first, open odin. Now, connect your phone to the computer. You should see a little "COM-" show up in one of the empty boxes in the top row under the word "ID:COM". This is good, it means that your pc successfully recognises your device.
Now, go to the options tab on the left side, makse sure that repartition is UNCHECKED. Now, click on the "AP" button, and navigate to and select the TWRP.img.tar file that you downloaded earlier. After you have selected it, click on start at the bottom right. Now it will begin to flash twrp, which should not take long. Make sure that you do not disconnect the device while flashing, wait for the phone to complete. Once it is done, the phone will reboot.
Now, just remove the battery, then put it back in. To enter TWRP recovery, keep Power+Home+Vol Up pressed, then once you see the samsung boot logo upon the phone powering on, let go of power, but keep home and volume up pressed.
Congrats! You've just flashed TWRP to your device, amazing!
Now you can go and look for custom roms to flash to your device. Since your model is the N9005, look for hlte/hlte* roms, don't use any roms if they don't support the hlte/hlte* variant.
Alright, now since you have mentioned that you want to use lineage os, here's a guide for that too.
So currently, it is recommended to use android 11 lineage os nightly builds as they are stable and official, so they should not have any bugs. So unfortunately, I cannot recommend installing lineage os android 10, as you had originally wanted, though the installation process for that will be somewhat similar. It is still not recommended to use old or unofficial builds due to bugs and lack of security updates.
First, we need to download lineage os for this device onto our pc, here's the link to the latest nightly build:
https://mirrorbits.lineageos.org/full/hlte/20220319/lineage-18.1-20220319-nightly-hlte-signed.zip
Next we need to download a GApps package for google play functionality. OpenGApps is recommended as it is open source, secure and reliable, usually with no bugs. I recommend using the nano package instead of pico if your device can handle it (your's can handle it just fine), as it contains google play functionality, and some extra google features which cannot be downloaded from google play. Here is the link to the nano package for your device (only for android 11 roms):
https://sourceforge.net/projects/opengapps/files/arm/20220215/open_gapps-arm-11.0-nano-20220215.zip/download?use_mirror=udomain&r=&use_mirror=autoselect
Now, if you want to get your device play protect certified, you will also need to download magisk for rooting, and magisk modules (so that you can download netflix and use banking apps etc.), but that is something you can do later on, and you can find any tutorial online for this.
Once the download is complete, move the lineage and opengapps .zip files to an sd card and insert it into the phone. Enter TWRP, go to wipe and click on Advanced. From here, wipe System+Data+Cache+Dalvik/ART Cache. Your files such as photos and media will not be wiped.
Next, go back to the TWRP main menu and select install. Click the select storage button at the bottom left and click on Micro SD Card. Now, click on the lineage os zip file, then click on the Add Zips to Queue button and select the opengapps zip file, then click install. This will take some time, do not interrupt it. Once it is complete, you can reboot the phone. The first reboot will take some time, and the first boot may be slow, after setting up your device, make sure to reboot it at least once.
Congrats, you've just installed a custom rom with google play functionality via TWRP!
Unfortunately, sometimes there are issues. If you still cannot get into lineage os despite waiting at least 10 minutes on the boot screen, then follow these steps below:
The lineage team says that booting issues may be due to incompatible recoveries, this means that we will have to use lineageos's own recovery to flash the rom.
For this, download the lineage os recovery.img from here:
https://mirrorbits.lineageos.org/recovery/hlte/20220319/lineage-18.1-20220319-recovery-hlte.img
Now copy this image file to your sd card and insert it into the phone.
Enter TWRP. First of all, click on wipe, then click on advanced and select System+Data+Cache+Dalvik/ART Cache and wipe. Now, go back to the main menu and click install. At the bottom right or left, there will be a button to "Install Image". Click on that button, and select the lineage recovery zip file and install it. Now go back to the main menu and click on the reboot button, then click on reboot to recovery.
Now you will boot into the lineage os recovery, from here you can install lineage os and the gapps zip files. Here is a tutorial:
This tutorial is for a oneplus phone, but it will be the same process on your samsung device.
Once it is complete, you can restart the device. If you would like TWRP back after flashing, just follow the steps from my first post and use odin to flash the twrp file again. I recommend that after installing lineage os, flash twrp again, as twrp recovery is much better than lineage recovery, and you dont need lineage recovery after installing lineage os.
If I helped you out, please mark my post as the solution, Thanks!
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If I helped you out, please mark my post as the solution, Thanks!
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I did exactly with all your instructions. The end result is still the same that it won't boot TWRP after flashing, I don't really understand what the heck is wrong with my Samsung Note 3 Hlte. However i did try again with Lineageos Recovery, heck same thing too! This is really frustracting man, it just restarted itself and goes into normal boot.
LeEpic69 said:
I did exactly with all your instructions. The end result is still the same that it won't boot TWRP after flashing, I don't really understand what the heck is wrong with my Samsung Note 3 Hlte. However i did try again with Lineageos Recovery, heck same thing too! This is really frustracting man, it just restarted itself and goes into normal boot.
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Did you follow my instructions from the beginning, using the files I linked, instead of your own?
How did you even try lineage recovery if you can't boot into TWRP? You need to boot into TWRP to flash lineage recovery..
HECK, how did you even flash lineage os if you can't boot into twrp???
Please answer these questions, as it is literally impossbile to do what your doing without entering twrp.
Just follow my instructions step by step, using only the files I linked, then tell us what happens.
I think your problem is that you aren't even entering recovery mode. You need to keep Power+Home+Volume Up pressed, then once the samsung logo appears, wait for 2 seconds and let go of power, without letting go of home or volume up. Now keep home and volume up pressed, eventually you will boot into twrp.
If you can't get into twrp, it means that you didn't flash it correctly, in which case make sure that your bootloader is unlocked.
It is also possible that your devices buttons or broken or something, in that case, download platform tools from here:
https://magiskupdate.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/12/platform-tools_r31.0.3-windows.zip/
Next, download and install adb and fastboot drivers from here:
Download in progress... - My USB Drivers
Preparing your download... Please wait...! Facing issues downloading the file or the download link is broken? You can report us here.
myusbdrivers.com
Install the drivers, then reboot. After that, extract platform tools and open the folder. Note the location of the folder (e.g. C:\Users\Name\Downloads\platform-tools). Now open a command prompt window (cmd), then type:
cd location of platform tools folder here
e.g.
cd C:\Users\Name\Downloads\platform-tools
Now, boot your phone into download mode (power+home+vol down), then connect it to the pc. Type:
adb reboot recovery
and
fastboot reboot recovery
This will force your device to boot into recovery, if your device still doesn't boot into twrp, then you have incorrectly flashed twrp to your device. If that's the case, please carefully follow my instructions from the first post, using my linked files only.
PhotonIce said:
Did you follow my instructions from the beginning, using the files I linked, instead of your own?
How did you even try lineage recovery if you can't boot into TWRP? You need to boot into TWRP to flash lineage recovery..
HECK, how did you even flash lineage os if you can't boot into twrp???
Please answer these questions, as it is literally impossbile to do what your doing without entering twrp.
Just follow my instructions step by step, using only the files I linked, then tell us what happens.
I think your problem is that you aren't even entering recovery mode. You need to keep Power+Home+Volume Up pressed, then once the samsung logo appears, wait for 2 seconds and let go of power, without letting go of home or volume up. Now keep home and volume up pressed, eventually you will boot into twrp.
If you can't get into twrp, it means that you didn't flash it correctly, in which case make sure that your bootloader is unlocked.
It is also possible that your devices buttons or broken or something, in that case, download platform tools from here:
https://magiskupdate.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/12/platform-tools_r31.0.3-windows.zip/
Next, download and install adb and fastboot drivers from here:
Download in progress... - My USB Drivers
Preparing your download... Please wait...! Facing issues downloading the file or the download link is broken? You can report us here.
myusbdrivers.com
Install the drivers, then reboot. After that, extract platform tools and open the folder. Note the location of the folder (e.g. C:\Users\Name\Downloads\platform-tools). Now open a command prompt window (cmd), then type:
cd location of platform tools folder here
e.g.
cd C:\Users\Name\Downloads\platform-tools
Now, boot your phone into download mode (power+home+vol down), then connect it to the pc. Type:
adb reboot recovery
and
fastboot reboot recovery
This will force your device to boot into recovery, if your device still doesn't boot into twrp, then you have incorrectly flashed twrp to your device. If that's the case, please carefully follow my instructions from the first post, using my linked files only.
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I did follow your instructions using your own files that you provided for me. I did press Power + Home + volume up exactly as you told me to and let go of power button and keep pressing Volume up and Home, It just won't boot correctly into Twrp and restarted itself. There is alternative than using TWRP which is Lineageos Recovery os, i flashed that on my Samsung Note 3 HLTE, but it also don't work as well. However the link you sent to me right now is broken. Mind sending new one?
i forgot to mention one thing, i already unlocked the bootloader on Devs setting by turning on USB Debugging. There is no saying about bootloader option. I'm 100% sure i am doing it correctly. I downloaded literally everything from you and did as the instruction told. Even when i keep pressing Home + Volume up, it goes into bootloop without any successful attempt into booting twrp correctly and once i let go of Home + volume up button will boot my Samsung note 3 hlte into Normal boot and work as normal.
there should be an oem unlocking option in developer options. you need to select that, then reboot into downlaod mode and confirm to unlock your bootloader. To check it if it is unlocked, boot into download mode and send a picture of the text which it shows at the top right here on this forum and ill be able to confirm it for you.
N9005 does not have a locked bootloader .
Check its actually a N9005
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there should be an oem unlocking option in developer options. you need to select that, then reboot into downlaod mode and confirm to unlock your bootloader. To check it if it is unlocked, boot into download mode and send a picture of the text which it shows at the top right here on this forum and ill be able to confirm it for you.
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You can see the video for the devs option, there is only usb debugging, i turn it off so that you can notice it and turn it back on in the video. You can try look at the download mode picture too. Let me know if i am doing anything wrong. Anyways the SDK Platform tool link you sent me is broken bro, i haven't try that solution yet.
JJEgan said:
N9005 does not have a locked bootloader .
Check its actually a N9005
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It is N9005 my bro, I checked the spec with CPUZ and also reFlashed with Stock ROM N9005 with same Country region just for sure and it works fine. After i flash the stock rom, it can boot into recovery mode with no issues. However, with TWRP... It just won't work... I don't know why...
Will an older TWRP 2.8.70 etc flash , it could then upgrade TWRP .
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Will an older TWRP 2.8.70 etc flash , it could then upgrade TWRP .
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I'll try flashing Old twrp version and soon update about it.
Okay. it seem to be work out. But i realised that my Samsung note 3 hlte lcd screen is not original... So is this the reason why i can't flash custom rom? Or is there any alternative that may help me flash any good custom rom other than stock?
LeEpic69 said:
Okay. it seem to be work out. But i realised that my Samsung note 3 hlte lcd screen is not original... So is this the reason why i can't flash custom rom? Or is there any alternative that may help me flash any good custom rom other than stock?
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Changed parts doesnt affect the installation of a custom rom. What issue are you encountering, you said that it worked out..? Just use twrp to wipe system+data+cache+dalvik, then flash acustom rom which is compatible with the hlte
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Changed parts doesnt affect the installation of a custom rom. What issue are you encountering, you said that it worked out..? Just use twrp to wipe system+data+cache+dalvik, then flash acustom rom which is compatible with the hlte
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Twrp 2.8.70 is too old to read modern custom rom, it seem that i can't flash Lineageos 18.1 at all. That's what i mean, although Android 7.1 Lineageos seem to work out on my samsung note 3 hlte
flash 2.8.70, then install a 3.3x image via twrp's "install image" option in the install menu
Hey everyone,
I've been looking for options to Install a custom Rom or root since I bought the Tablet several month ago. It seems like there are some options for the Full Hd Version, but I have a hard time finding anything useful for the 125FU. Are there any recommendations like compatible GSI roms or TWRP/magisk?
Thanks in advance for your help!
You should just be able to install matiek form my understanding
I need some information, too. Bootloader unlock is different. Device doesn't respond to bootloader commands with Minimal ADB Fastboot 1.4.3.
holmesmalone said:
I need some information, too. Bootloader unlock is different. Device doesn't respond to bootloader commands with Minimal ADB Fastboot 1.4.3.
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I just got an tb125fu
Bootloader unlock was no problem, maybe it works for you now with the latest versions?
art99 said:
I just got an tb125fu
Bootloader unlock was no problem, maybe it works for you now with the latest versions?
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The issue I had, and resolved, was the lack of the latest fastboot drivers. Gained root with Magisk successfully.
holmesmalone said:
The issue I had, and resolved, was the lack of the latest fastboot drivers. Gained root with Magisk successfully.
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I installed corvus os gsi on it. i have no custom recovery.
peteonu said:
I installed corvus os gsi on it. i have no custom recovery.
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TWRP is convenient, but not absolutely necessary. Would like a Lineage rom though.
holmesmalone said:
TWRP is convenient, but not absolutely necessary. Would like a Lineage rom though.
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Agreed. I've been looking into compiling TWRP myself but this is all new to me. The only device with TWRP with this chipset is the Redmi 9. I've compared both boot.img's and they are both setup differently. If I had more knowledge ont he subject I could easily achieve this I believe.
If I have time I'll compare Gen 2 vs Gen 3 boot.img's, that may help understand the folder and file structure better.
holmesmalone said:
The issue I had, and resolved, was the lack of the latest fastboot drivers. Gained root with Magisk successfully.
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What process did you use with magisk to gain root after bootloader unlock? was it as simple as installing magisk manager and flashing root through the manager?
Thanks
el7145 said:
What process did you use with magisk to gain root after bootloader unlock? was it as simple as installing magisk manager and flashing root through the manager?
Thanks
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The same process worked for me.
holmesmalone said:
The same process worked for me.
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How did you obtain the boot.img to patch??? I cant find the stock firmware anywhere, and im not clear on pulling the stock boot.img (getting permission denied errors when attempting via adb)
el7145 said:
How did you obtain the boot.img to patch??? I cant find the stock firmware anywhere, and im not clear on pulling the stock boot.img (getting permission denied errors when attempting via adb)
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Select and download your preferred rom. Then unzip the rom and in the unzipped folder select the boot.img file and use it.
With some devices and roms, under some circumstances, the vbmeta.img file can and should be used. If I can recall correctly, Magisk will specify.
holmesmalone said:
Select and download your preferred rom. Then unzip the rom and in the unzipped folder select the boot.img file and use it.
With some devices and roms, under some circumstances, the vbmeta.img file can and should be used. If I can recall correctly, Magisk will specify.
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ok, so ur just pulling the boot img from one of the GSI roms...im just trying to pull the stock boot img...do you happen to know where one can download the stock firmware for this device, this is my 1st lenovo tablet
el7145 said:
ok, so ur just pulling the boot img from one of the GSI roms...im just trying to pull the stock boot img...do you happen to know where one can download the stock firmware for this device, this is my 1st lenovo tablet
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LMSA. https://pcsupport.lenovo.com/us/en/downloads/ds101291-rescue-and-smart-assistant-lmsa
Use this tool. Install and explore the file and folder structure it creates. Interrupt the process before it flashes your tablet for it will erase the files you need from your computer if you don't. Use trial and error here.
Since the original question was about root, Ill keep this going
I was able to download the most recent ROM from Lenovo rescue which was super simple, it downloads the ROM first and wont start the flash till you click the button. I did retrieve the stock boot.img, patched it, and flashed it, rebooted and had root. Heres where the many hours of fun started...I realized my wifi wasnt working (good sign something was messed up during flash). I realize the ROM downloaded from the Lenovo Rescue was newer then my old ROM. So I had flashed the newer boot.img over the old ROM (not good). I went back to Lenovo rescue to actually make use of the rescue and flash a full ROM. After completion I became stuck in fastboot mode. I could boot to recovery but not system and every restart or shutdown and restart would go straight to fastboot.
I did try to manually flash the ROM using what i thought was the right files and order (using flashinfo.txt as the order and MT6768_Android_scatter.txt for the partition names for each image). Everything flashed successfully, but upon reboot I was still stuck in fastboot mode. I tried everything I could think of and even ran the Lenovo Rescue a few times.
After many hours, I came across this command for fastboot..."fastboot set_active a" which finally allowed me to boot into system. I assume this tablet uses the A/B slot partitions, but I think they only make use of the A for boot? Thats my thought
So next is too try to patch the correct disc.img for my current rom (which is the latest from Lenovo Rescue) and flash again making sure to flash to the boot_a partition and hopefully everything goes like it should
Hopefully that command helps someone save many hours if they find themselves stuck in fastboot mode while rooting and/or flashing.
el7145 said:
Since the original question was about root, Ill keep this going
I was able to download the most recent ROM from Lenovo rescue which was super simple, it downloads the ROM first and wont start the flash till you click the button. I did retrieve the stock boot.img, patched it, and flashed it, rebooted and had root. Heres where the many hours of fun started...I realized my wifi wasnt working (good sign something was messed up during flash). I realize the ROM downloaded from the Lenovo Rescue was newer then my old ROM. So I had flashed the newer boot.img over the old ROM (not good). I went back to Lenovo rescue to actually make use of the rescue and flash a full ROM. After completion I became stuck in fastboot mode. I could boot to recovery but not system and every restart or shutdown and restart would go straight to fastboot.
I did try to manually flash the ROM using what i thought was the right files and order (using flashinfo.txt as the order and MT6768_Android_scatter.txt for the partition names for each image). Everything flashed successfully, but upon reboot I was still stuck in fastboot mode. I tried everything I could think of and even ran the Lenovo Rescue a few times.
After many hours, I came across this command for fastboot..."fastboot set_active a" which finally allowed me to boot into system. I assume this tablet uses the A/B slot partitions, but I think they only make use of the A for boot? Thats my thought
So next is too try to patch the correct disc.img for my current rom (which is the latest from Lenovo Rescue) and flash again making sure to flash to the boot_a partition and hopefully everything goes like it should
Hopefully that command helps someone save many hours if they find themselves stuck in fastboot mode while rooting and/or flashing.
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I'm trying to solve the fastboot issue but I can't find fastboot drivers for the tablet. Have any suggestions?
Siege9929 said:
I'm trying to solve the fastboot issue but I can't find fastboot drivers for the tablet. Have any suggestions?
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im assuming in device manager, you have a yellow exclamation by "Android"? you need the mediatek drivers.
Go here https://developer.android.com/studio/run/oem-usb
scroll down, dont make the misake of clicking on "Lenovo", you are clicking on the section labeled "MTK" download the zip, go to device manager and manually update the driver, once updated fastboot should work
at cmd run "fastboot devices" to make sure your device is recognized
el7145 said:
im assuming in device manager, you have a yellow exclamation by "Android"? you need the mediatek drivers.
Go here https://developer.android.com/studio/run/oem-usb
scroll down, dont make the misake of clicking on "Lenovo", you are clicking on the section labeled "MTK" download the zip, go to device manager and manually update the driver, once updated fastboot should work
at cmd run "fastboot devices" to make sure your device is recognized
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Manually selecting the "Android Bootloader" driver fixed it. Thanks!
I just got my TB125FU to replace my 7-year-old Google Pixel C on its last legs.
Its Hardware ID is USB\VID_0E8D&PID_201C&REV_0100
I found a pack of Mediatek drivers here.
It's a bloated pack, so I extracted just the files needed for the TB125FU and attached to this post.
Once installed, my tablet appeared with a "fastboot devices" command.
I have also had good luck with the latest firmware for Motorola/Lenovo devices here.
hugehead83 said:
I have also had good luck with the latest firmware for Motorola/Lenovo devices here.
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just an fyi: thats not the most recent firmware, the lenovo rescue tool had the latest, which at the moment for my device a few days ago was TB125FU_S000118_220927_ROW