[Guide][TWRP 3.1] How to Flash TWRP 3.1 on Lenovo ZUK Z2 Pro

[MariosFFX]

The recoveries I post are and tested for Lenovo Z2 Zuk Z2 Pro ONLY!

Requirements:
Unlocked phone bootloader
and your phone booted in fastboot mode, otherwise it will not work.

Recovery.img is the same recovery found on Lenovo forums (link below)

Download from MEGA
Mega

Images are in thumbnails, click on them to enlarge

Short guide:
1) Simply extract the zip
2) Open cmd.exe and cd to the directory you extracted
3) Put your phone in fastboot mode by shutting down your phone, if you have unlocked your phone, you will get the following boot message
"Your phone cannot be checked for file corruption...etc", press Volume Down, hightlight "Fastboot" option, press Power Button
4) Paste the following commands:

fastboot -i 0x2b4c flash recovery recovery.img
fastboot -i 0x2b4c boot recovery.img

You should get the same results I got:



Long guide for newbies with Windows 10 [the same might be for Windows 7/8]:
1) Download the zip I have uploaded and extract it to a folder with your favorite archive manager [I use WinRAR] and open it



2) Hold Shift and Right Click on empty space in the folder
3) Left click on Open command window here or open command prompt here



4) Put your phone in fastboot mode by shutting down your phone, power it on and if you have unlocked your phone, you will get the following boot message
"Your phone cannot be checked for file corruption...etc", press Volume Down, hightlight "Fastboot" option, press Power Button
5) Paste the following commands by copying one line each time

fastboot -i 0x2b4c flash recovery recovery.img
fastboot -i 0x2b4c boot recovery.img

Contents of Uploaded RAR/Zip Archive:
adb.exe & fastboot.exe taken from adb-setup-1.4.3 zip/rar file, which was found on Google, don't have a source link
drivers where taken from ZUK_UsbDriver_1.0.6 zip/rar from a guide which was found on google, don't have a source link
recovery images where taken from the sources below

Sources & Thanks:
Recovery 3.0.8 was taken from:
https://forum.xda-developers.com/le...t/twrp-recovery-zuk-z2-standard-pro-t3415395/
credits go to @raimondomartire

Recovery 3.1 was found on official Lenovo Forums:
http://bbs.lenovomobile.cn/z2pro/t508552/

Google translated Lenovo Forum Page:
https://translate.google.com/transl...n&u=http://bbs.lenovomobile.cn/z2pro/t508552/

Q&A:

Q: I do the same steps you did, in command prompt after pasting your commands I get the following: "< waiting for device >
or I wait for long periods of time or I get a [ERROR] message
A: Chances are 100%, you have the wrong drivers or not drivers installed, most devices use their own drivers for fastboot mode or adb/fastboot commands
If you have a Lenovo Zuk Z2 Pro like me, your device needs to be identified as "ShenQi Composite ADB Interface" in device manager.
Not "Android" or "Android ADB Interface" and because of that fastboot does not identify your device at all







Q: Why do you use 2 commands (fastboot flash and fastboot flash) instead of one?
A: I am not 100% sure but I think fastboot flash recovery, flashes the recovery image you have selected [permanently, until you flash a different one] in your device and you can boot into it anytime you want without using a PC
and the second boots your phone with the recovery image but does not flash it, meaning you keep the stock or the one you have flashed in the past.
So I use the first commmand to permanently flash the recovery and the second to boot the phone in recovery mode without using any phone button combinations to boot into, saves me the time and hassle.

Q: Why use Chinese Custom Recovery instead of an English one?
A: This recovery has Chinese and English Language support. However, if you go to the translated google forum link which I have posted below, the thread's title is: Z2 pro Brush] [zuk z2Pro] Twrp Recovery 3.10 update, support Andrews 7.0 7.1 7.1.2ROM
So I think, Recoveries need to also support the custom ROMS you want to flash, also it is taken from official lenovo forums and chances are they have added more features and fixes.
For example using 3.0.8 recovery I couldn't install LineageOS 14.1 custom rom, I was getting Error 7 when I was trying to flash

Q: I get Error 7 when I try to Flash a Custom ROM:
A: Flash 3.1 TWRP Recovery, the custom recovery you have flashed, does not support the custom ROM you want to flash.

Q: I no longer have open command prompt here after intalling Windows 10 Creators update, I have Open Powershell instead, help?
A: Read the following webpage:
http://www.winhelponline.com/blog/cmd-here-windows-10-context-menu-add/
It provides a registry fix which adds/restores "open command window here" in Windows 10 Context Menu

Q: Custom Recovery 3.1 is in Chinese, how do I change it to English?
A: See the following images









Tested on Windows 10 x64 Pro with Creators Update, should work for Windows 7/8 as well.

If this guide helped you, please buy me a beer, thanks!
http://paypal.me/mariosffx

 

[bluegrass55]

The recoveries I post are and tested for Lenovo Z2 Zuk Z2 Pro ONLY!

Requirements:
Unlocked phone bootloader
and your phone booted in fastboot mode, otherwise it will not work.

Recovery.img is the same recovery found on Lenovo forums (link below)

Download from MEGA
https://mega.nz/#!zJhFCKRa!7FDyDKkqEL3bgz-lYBMf_Lj0RoMyzubg9tiZC3z9ttg

Images are in thumbnails, click on them to enlarge

Short guide:
1) Simply extract the zip
2) Open cmd.exe and cd to the directory you extracted
3) Put your phone in fastboot mode by shutting down your phone, if you have unlocked your phone, you will get the following boot message
"Your phone cannot be checked for file corruption...etc", press Volume Down, hightlight "Fastboot" option, press Power Button
4) Paste the following commands:

fastboot -i 0x2b4c flash recovery recovery.img
fastboot -i 0x2b4c boot recovery.img

You should get the same results I got:



Long guide for newbies with Windows 10 [the same might be for Windows 7/8]:
1) Download the zip I have uploaded and extract it to a folder with your favorite archive manager [I use WinRAR] and open it



2) Hold Shift and Right Click on empty space in the folder
3) Left click on Open command window here or open command prompt here



4) Put your phone in fastboot mode by shutting down your phone, power it on and if you have unlocked your phone, you will get the following boot message
"Your phone cannot be checked for file corruption...etc", press Volume Down, hightlight "Fastboot" option, press Power Button
5) Paste the following commands by copying one line each time

fastboot -i 0x2b4c flash recovery recovery.img
fastboot -i 0x2b4c boot recovery.img

Contents of Uploaded RAR/Zip Archive:
adb.exe & fastboot.exe taken from adb-setup-1.4.3 zip/rar file, which was found on Google, don't have a source link
drivers where taken from ZUK_UsbDriver_1.0.6 zip/rar from a guide which was found on google, don't have a source link
recovery images where taken from the sources below

Sources & Thanks:
Recovery 3.0.8 was taken from:
https://forum.xda-developers.com/le...t/twrp-recovery-zuk-z2-standard-pro-t3415395/
credits go to @raimondomartire

Recovery 3.1 was found on official Lenovo Forums:
http://bbs.lenovomobile.cn/z2pro/t508552/

Google translated Lenovo Forum Page:
https://translate.google.com/transl...n&u=http://bbs.lenovomobile.cn/z2pro/t508552/

Q&A:

Q: I do the same steps you did, in command prompt after pasting your commands I get the following: "< waiting for device >
or I wait for long periods of time or I get a [ERROR] message
A: Chances are 100%, you have the wrong drivers or not drivers installed, most devices use their own drivers for fastboot mode or adb/fastboot commands
If you have a Lenovo Zuk Z2 Pro like me, your device needs to be identified as "ShenQi Composite ADB Interface" in device manager.
Not "Android" or "Android ADB Interface" and because of that fastboot does not identify your device at all







Q: Why do you use 2 commands (fastboot flash and fastboot flash) instead of one?
A: I am not 100% sure but I think fastboot flash recovery, flashes the recovery image you have selected [permanently, until you flash a different one] in your device and you can boot into it anytime you want without using a PC
and the second boots your phone with the recovery image but does not flash it, meaning you keep the stock or the one you have flashed in the past.
So I use the first commmand to permanently flash the recovery and the second to boot the phone in recovery mode without using any phone button combinations to boot into, saves me the time and hassle.

Q: Why use Chinese Custom Recovery instead of an English one?
A: This recovery has Chinese and English Language support. However, if you go to the translated google forum link which I have posted below, the thread's title is: Z2 pro Brush] [zuk z2Pro] Twrp Recovery 3.10 update, support Andrews 7.0 7.1 7.1.2ROM
So I think, Recoveries need to also support the custom ROMS you want to flash, also it is taken from official lenovo forums and chances are they have added more features and fixes.
For example using 3.0.8 recovery I couldn't install LineageOS 14.1 custom rom, I was getting Error 7 when I was trying to flash

Q: I get Error 7 when I try to Flash a Custom ROM:
A: Flash 3.1 TWRP Recovery, the custom recovery you have flashed, does not support the custom ROM you want to flash.

Q: I no longer have open command prompt here after intalling Windows 10 Creators update, I have Open Powershell instead, help?
A: Read the following webpage:
http://www.winhelponline.com/blog/cmd-here-windows-10-context-menu-add/
It provides a registry fix which adds/restores "open command window here" in Windows 10 Context Menu

Q: Custom Recovery 3.1 is in Chinese, how do I change it to English?
A: See the following images









Tested on Windows 10 x64 Pro with Creators Update, should work for Windows 7/8 as well.

If this guide helped you, please buy me a beer, thanks!
http://paypal.me/mariosffx

Thanks for this.

I'm waiting for delivery of a Z2 Pro and getting necessary stuff ready.

The Mega link wants a Decrypt key.

 

[MariosFFX]

Thanks for this.

I'm waiting for delivery of a Z2 Pro and getting necessary stuff ready.

The Mega link wants a Decrypt key.

check again, the link is with decryption key.
I have double checked and made sure it was with the key.

 

[bluegrass55]

I've tried again on Chrome,IE and Firefox but still get Decrypt message.

 

[MariosFFX]

Do you copy and paste the link or you click on it?
Seems to me you copy and paste it.
Because the link is way too big, xda forums shorten it (notice the dots).

Click the link don't copy and paste iit

 

[bluegrass55]

Finally managed to download it.

I clicked on the link in Chrome & it worked. Firefox didn't like it.

Thanks for the help.

 

[Philo.Phineas]

fastboot claims to work, but doesn't

[email protected] ~/Downloads> fastboot -i 0x2b4c flash recovery twrp.img
target reported max download size of 1610612736 bytes
sending 'recovery' (18372 KB)...
OKAY [  0.525s]
writing 'recovery'...
OKAY [  0.145s]
finished. total time: 0.670s
[email protected] ~/Downloads> fastboot -i 0x2b4c reboot
rebooting...

finished. total time: 0.071s

Yet it goes back stock recovery. I've tried many variations of these commands, and always get the same results.

 

[Joiner22]

Yet it goes back stock recovery. I've tried many variations of these commands, and always get the same results.

I am having problems with this Chinese twrp why not get fixed in the bootloader nor accept after even running without installing the program supersu via twrp

 

[jsto69]

Hello All,

So originally I had TWRP 3.0 on my Z2 pro, and i attempted to just install the 3.1 img file from it(per another instructional video from the 7.1 mokee thread), and after installing the recovery file, my phone restarted, however now when I attempt to go into Recovery mode from the boot menu, my phone just goes to a blank screen.

I've tried to flash the image from CMD to see if i could essentially "re flash" 3.1 TWRP, but I always get this message(see attached image). What am i typing in wrong in CMD? As you can see, the directory name is right, as well as the fastboot code. I'm also IN fastboot mode on my phone already. I changed the file name of the folder containing the recovery from it's orginal name to make it shorter, but that should not matter at all. It seems as if CMD can't find the folder though?

Well XDA won't let me post a damn picture(how am i supposed to ask for help if i can't show people what im doing), so I guess if someone would PM me i can post the image.

 

[MariosFFX]

People do you try to flash the recoveries right after unlocking your bootloader?
Because if you can't flash the recovery and it goes back to stock, it means you haven't fully unloxked your bootloader.

Make sure you run the last following command when you unlock your bootloader

fastboot -i 0x2b4c oem unlock-go

Then follow my guide here.

Also bootloader unlock tutorial here:
https://zukfans.eu/community/threads/zuk-z2--unlock.62/

Its for Zuk Z2, but the instructions are also for Z2 Pro.

 

[jsto69]

rl].

Any idea about what's happening with the situation in my post by chance? When I try to flash from CMD i get this text. "Z2 is not recognized as an internal or external command, operable program or batch file"

"Z2" is the name of the folder that contains the recovery image, so it seems like it's not finding it.

 

[KaptanHarlock]

which files about phone mobile data at a TWRP BACKUP ? i see a lot of files inside of a twrp backup . i need to learn that . thanks.

 

[mkey82]

Any idea about what's happening with the situation in my post by chance? When I try to flash from CMD i get this text. "Z2 is not recognized as an internal or external command, operable program or batch file"

"Z2" is the name of the folder that contains the recovery image, so it seems like it's not finding it.

Use directory names without spaces. Like c:\zuk and perform all operations from there.

 

[mlkj5002]

Hello, this works fine very thx, but you have recent/new mix version?