[EOL][RECOVERY][Android 8 / 9][Stock/SODP][XZ2/C/P/3] TWRP 3.3.1-0 [UNofficial]

[MartinX3]

Gotcha. I'll give v8 a try first because I'm not sure exactly how to flash those files in v10.

In fastboot.

 

[TPlatt]

In fastboot.

Ok so let me break this all down,

I need to download twrp from v10.

I plug phone to computer with vol up

I enter fastboot mode. Open command window from download (and extracted folder)

I type fastboot devices.

I see my device

I type "fastboot boot boot.img"

Hopefully works, if so while in twrp, I flash twrp.
I then flash magisk and

Done

Do I need to do the disable vbmeta because I could never get it to work.

Also when do I boot vendor.img if at all.

 

[MartinX3]

Ok so let me break this all down,



I need to download twrp from v10.



I plug phone to computer with vol up



I enter fastboot mode. Open command window from download (and extracted folder)



I type fastboot devices.



I see my device



I type "fastboot boot boot.img"



Hopefully works, if so while in twrp, I flash twrp.

I then flash magisk and



Done



Do I need to do the disable vbmeta because I could never get it to work.



Also when do I boot vendor.img if at all.

You need to flash the vendor and boot from V10 and boot the V8 twrp
Otherwise you won't have touch

 

[TPlatt]

You need to flash the vendor and boot from V10 and boot the V8 twrp
Otherwise you won't have touch

Would the command be

Fastboot flash boot.img

Wait

Fastboot flash vendor.img

Wait

Fastboot boot twrp.img


And do I need to do the vbmeta part? I never got that command to work. My intentions are spoofing gps. But pretty sure I'll use smali patcher with magisk.

 

[MartinX3]

Would the command be

Fastboot flash boot.img

Wait

Fastboot flash vendor.img

Wait

Fastboot boot twrp.img


And do I need to do the vbmeta part? I never got that command to work. My intentions are spoofing gps. But pretty sure I'll use smali patcher with magisk.

Yes, in theory you need to disable vbmeta, too

 

[TPlatt]

Yes, in theory you need to disable vbmeta, too

Ok, do I disable vbmeta before flashing boot and vendor? All my other attempts tell me unknown option d or just unknown diverty. Stuff along that nature.

 

[MartinX3]

Ok, do I disable vbmeta before flashing boot and vendor? All my other attempts tell me unknown option d or just unknown diverty. Stuff along that nature.

The order doesn't matter

Please update your Fastboot binary from google

 

[TPlatt]

The order doesn't matter

Please update your Fastboot binary from google

I downloaded fastboot adb 1.4. the one that said latest. And installed. Still did it.

 

[MartinX3]

I downloaded fastboot adb 1.4. the one that said latest. And installed. Still did it.

./adb --version
Android Debug Bridge version 1.0.41
Version 30.0.0-6374843
./fastboot --version
fastboot version 30.0.0-6374843

 

[TPlatt]

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./adb --version
Android Debug Bridge version 1.0.41
Version 30.0.0-6374843
./fastboot --version
fastboot version 30.0.0-6374843

Tried multiple times to download adb and fastboot, still no luck, anyway you could send link to correct one to download and install?

 

[MartinX3]

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Tried multiple times to download adb and fastboot, still no luck, anyway you could send link to correct one to download and install?

I always use https://lmgtfy.com/?q=Android+ADB+fastboot&iie=1
There on the android.com page

 

[TPlatt]

I always use https://lmgtfy.com/?q=Android+ADB+fastboot&iie=1
There on the android.com page

C:\adb\5-17-2020 root>fastboot devices
BH9019A5CU fastboot

C:\adb\5-17-2020 root>fastboot --disable-verity --disable-verification flash vbmeta vbmeta.img
Rewriting vbmeta struct at offset: 0
Sending 'vbmeta' (4 KB) OKAY [ 0.016s]
Writing 'vbmeta' OKAY [ 0.000s]
Finished. Total time: 0.297s


C:\adb\5-17-2020 root>fastboot flash boot boot.img
Sending 'boot_a' (65536 KB) OKAY [ 2.868s]
Writing 'boot_a' OKAY [ 0.352s]
Finished. Total time: 3.458s


C:\adb\5-17-2020 root>fastboot flash vendor vendor.img
Sending 'vendor' (46516 KB) OKAY [ 1.898s]
Writing 'vendor' OKAY [ 0.014s]
Finished. Total time: 2.277s



C:\adb\5-17-2020 root>fastboot boot twrp.img
Sending 'boot.img' (65536 KB) OKAY [ 2.649s]
Booting OKAY [ 5.676s]
Finished. Total time: 9.240s

C:\adb\5-17-2020 root>



this resulted in illuminated blackscreen. twrp did not show up to work at all. what did i do wrong?
i used v10 vendor and boot img files and twrp v8. so im still stuck with no proper twrp. and now my phone wont boot normally either. says its been corrupted. so how do i flash the firmware. i downloaded the german one, that you used and i click the file newflasher.exe but it doesnt prompt me to install it.

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Also when flashing the firmware, I get error

No USB device with vid:0x0fce pid:0xb00b !
Press any key to continue . . .

Should I be trying a different firmware....?

 

[MartinX3]

C:\adb\5-17-2020 root>fastboot devices

BH9019A5CU fastboot



C:\adb\5-17-2020 root>fastboot --disable-verity --disable-verification flash vbmeta vbmeta.img

Rewriting vbmeta struct at offset: 0

Sending 'vbmeta' (4 KB) OKAY [ 0.016s]

Writing 'vbmeta' OKAY [ 0.000s]

Finished. Total time: 0.297s





C:\adb\5-17-2020 root>fastboot flash boot boot.img

Sending 'boot_a' (65536 KB) OKAY [ 2.868s]

Writing 'boot_a' OKAY [ 0.352s]

Finished. Total time: 3.458s





C:\adb\5-17-2020 root>fastboot flash vendor vendor.img

Sending 'vendor' (46516 KB) OKAY [ 1.898s]

Writing 'vendor' OKAY [ 0.014s]

Finished. Total time: 2.277s







C:\adb\5-17-2020 root>fastboot boot twrp.img

Sending 'boot.img' (65536 KB) OKAY [ 2.649s]

Booting OKAY [ 5.676s]

Finished. Total time: 9.240s



C:\adb\5-17-2020 root>







this resulted in illuminated blackscreen. twrp did not show up to work at all. what did i do wrong?

i used v10 vendor and boot img files and twrp v8. so im still stuck with no proper twrp. and now my phone wont boot normally either. says its been corrupted. so how do i flash the firmware. i downloaded the german one, that you used and i click the file newflasher.exe but it doesnt prompt me to install it.

---------- Post added at 04:18 AM ---------- Previous post was at 04:05 AM ----------

Also when flashing the firmware, I get error

No USB device with vid:0x0fce pid:0xb00b !
Press any key to continue . . .

Should I be trying a different firmware....?

It's nice, that you have now the correct Fastboot/ADB

Please reboot into the fastboot mode with
fastboot reboot bootloader
Or
adb reboot bootloader
And not with the hardware keys, if you want to boot twrp
There is a bootloader bug



The newflasher error in Windows indicates that your computer misses the "download mode" (green led) usb drivers?
Does your device manager show something special after you connected your device in the green download mode?

 

[TPlatt]

It's nice, that you have now the correct Fastboot/ADB

Please reboot into the fastboot mode with
fastboot reboot bootloader
Or
adb reboot bootloader
And not with the hardware keys, if you want to boot twrp
There is a bootloader bug



The newflasher error in Windows indicates that your computer misses the "download mode" (green led) usb drivers?
Does your device manager show something special after you connected your device in the green download mode?

As of now my phone is bricked, it keeps saying it is corrupt. I want to flash over the new firmware. But when I hold vol down and plug in, the computer recognizes device, however the android driver has an exclamation point. So I will need to download another driver. What should I google for it so I can ensure proper download for my device? I'm not flash driver, and I'm not sure what this driver would be called.

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Also when I follow your command above about twrp, it goes black when I boot twrp. Or should I just flash twrp and then use your command of "fastboot reboot bootloader"

 

[MartinX3]

As of now my phone is bricked, it keeps saying it is corrupt. I want to flash over the new firmware. But when I hold vol down and plug in, the computer recognizes device, however the android driver has an exclamation point. So I will need to download another driver. What should I google for it so I can ensure proper download for my device? I'm not flash driver, and I'm not sure what this driver would be called.

Did you flash OEM to slot A and B, deactivated on the used slot vbmeta, flashed the v10 boot and vendor to the boot/vendor partition on the used slot and just "fastboot boot twrp.mg" the v8 twrp?

https://lmgtfy.com/?q=sony+adb+driver&iie=1
There from the sony page
Just connect the phone in fastboot mode/adb/download mode in windows and install the driver .inf file in the device manager.

 

[TPlatt]

Did you flash OEM to slot A and B, deactivated on the used slot vbmeta, flashed the v10 boot and vendor to the boot/vendor partition on the used slot and just "fastboot boot twrp.mg" the v8 twrp?

https://lmgtfy.com/?q=sony+adb+driver&iie=1
There from the sony page
Just connect the phone in fastboot mode/adb/download mode in windows and install the driver .inf file in the device manager.

So I have correct driver for fastboot mode (blue led) but not for adb mode (green led)

Also, the stuff above that, I have no idea. I'll post my log briefly from command window.

 

[MartinX3]

So I have correct driver for fastboot mode (blue led) but not for adb mode (green led)

Also, the stuff above that, I have no idea. I'll post my log briefly from command window.

Fastboot -> blue
Download -> green (to flash signed stock firmwares via newflasher)
ADB -> running system/twrp

 

[TPlatt]

Fastboot -> blue
Download -> green (to flash signed stock firmwares via newflasher)
ADB -> running system/twrp

Ok. Well I got newflasher to start working. As far as optional steps, what do I need to do?

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First optional step is asking if I want to dump trim area

 

[MartinX3]

Ok. Well I got newflasher to start working. As far as optional steps, what do I need to do?

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First optional step is asking if I want to dump trim area

Ah, you already used xperifirm and newflasher.
Please deny it.
And you don't need to flash persist or both slots in newflasher.

 

[TPlatt]

Ah, you already used xperifirm and newflasher.
Please deny it.
And you don't need to flash persist or both slots in newflasher.

Do I need to delete any files from the firmware folders before going through with newflasher?

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here is my log from newflasher.

newflasher.exe v20 by Munjeni @ 2017/2019
--------------------------------------------------------

Determining available free space by GetDiskFreeSpaceEx:

Available space to caller = 212936 MB
Total space on current drive = 282994 MB
Free space on drive = 212936 MB

Optional step! Type 'y' and press ENTER if you need GordonGate flash driver, or type 'n' to skip.
This creates GordonGate.7z archive in the same dir with newflasher.exe!
n
Device path: \\?\usb#vid_0fce&pid_b00b#5&4547346&0&2#{a5dcbf10-6530-11d2-901f-00c04fb951ed}
Class Description: Sony sa0118
Device Instance Id: USB\VID_0FCE&PID_B00B\5&4547346&0&2


Optional step! Type 'y' and press ENTER if you want dump trim area, or type 'n' and press ENTER to skip.
Do in mind this doesn't dump drm key since sake authentifiction is need for that!
n

Optional step! Type 'y' and press ENTER if you need to flash bootloader,bluetooth,dsp,modem,rdimage to booth a,b slots, or type 'n' to skip.
By default it is NOT flashed to booth slots, do on your own risk!
n
ERROR: GetOverLapped_out_Result: failed with error code 1 as follows:
Incorrect function.

- Error write! Need nBytes: 0x18 but done: 0x0
nBytes[0x0]:


- Error writing command getvar:max-download-size!

End. You can disconnect your device when you close newflasher.exe
Press any key to continue . . .