Sorry to ask something so basic, but I want to understand when to use the appropriate .lok file and when to use the OpenRecovery-twrp-2.6.3.0-awfi.img file. Those posts that I quoted seemed to say it was okay to use that OpenRecovery...img file in flashify. Yet other posts seem to say the appropriate .lok file must be renamed to a .img file, and then flashify will work with that renamed file.
The OP seemed to say that the OpenRecovery...img file should only be used in the 2nd method of flashing, i.e. in the dd command.
So finally to get to my question! Are the .lok files and the OpenRecovery...img file completely different formats? Or are they the same, the only difference being that the .lok files are for TWRP 2.6.3.1, while the .img file is for TWRP 2.6.3.0? Can flashify use either the .lok (renamed) or the .img file? Similarly, can the loki_flash command flash either the .lok file or the .img file? And finally, could method 2 (with the dd command) use either the .lok file or the .img file? Thanks for bearing with me!