ulefone power 5 twrp and root!!

[Kyr4l]

From further research, it's an issue TWRP has with android 8 and higher. No full fix yet unfortunately. But i'm sure there will be soon enough. I'm still going to try anyway. Haha.
And in relation to the finger print thing. Mine works perfectly. Are you using your thumb?

some people on other forums (i don't remember wich one sry) said that adding a password prompt when booting phone allow to decrypt with twrp using this password, does someone tried this ?

 

[Loyal_Guardian]

Okay so i need to reinstall fastboot and adb drivers ?

And i don't understand that part : "Don't boot into normal mode. This should decrypt your device, so if you accidentally get into recovery, the main partition shouldn't get encrypted"
Does that mean that i shouldn't boot in normal mode after flashing SuperSU? (I don't want Magisk)

Sorry for the late answer.

I see that you've already rooted the phone, so I'll skip straight to the second question, in case the answer becomes useful.

The main problem I had after rooting the phone and installing TWRP was that every time I got into recovery, whether by accident or not, it would prompt me for a decryption password. My normal password as well as default_password didn't work and the main partition was still encrypted.

I've done a little research and found out that by booting into recovery and rooting instantly fixes it.

So, to answer your question: After flashing TWRP don't boot it up to the casual android setup and don't let android start. Apparently this will encrypt the device. Instead, after flashing, disconnect the phone and hold (I forgot the key combination) I believe Volume Up + Power button and boot into TWRP and root it straight away.

TLDR; A guy on the internet said to skip the android setup process and boot into TWRP instantly after flashing, and install root from there before even accessing android to avoid device encryption.

I also have a file that I found on 4PDA that apparently removes the encryption completely. Can't confirm whether it works or not. At that point my phone died (Not because of the file)Please use with caution at own risk.

 

[Kyr4l]

Sorry for the late answer.

I see that you've already rooted the phone, so I'll skip straight to the second question, in case the answer becomes useful.

The main problem I had after rooting the phone and installing TWRP was that every time I got into recovery, whether by accident or not, it would prompt me for a decryption password. My normal password as well as default_password didn't work and the main partition was still encrypted.

I've done a little research and found out that by booting into recovery and rooting instantly fixes it.

So, to answer your question: After flashing TWRP don't boot it up to the casual android setup and don't let android start. Apparently this will encrypt the device. Instead, after flashing, disconnect the phone and hold (I forgot the key combination) I believe Volume Up + Power button and boot into TWRP and root it straight away.

TLDR; A guy on the internet said to skip the android setup process and boot into TWRP instantly after flashing, and install root from there before even accessing android to avoid device encryption.

I also have a file that I found on 4PDA that apparently removes the encryption completely. Can't confirm whether it works or not. At that point my phone died (Not because of the file)Please use with caution at own risk.

That means i'm screwed x), i won't do a factory reset for now tbh, encryption doesn't cause any issues i guess, but i think the boot image i flashed already has magisk, i mean i didn't flashed it and i got magisk manager on my home screen, and it's working perfectly so i guess i would have to flash it via TWRP

 

[Kyr4l]

Btw does someone know how to set more volume steps ?
Changing it in build.prop doesn't workan volumesteps+ in xposed doesn't work either

 

[gamr13]

Btw does someone know how to set more volume steps ?
Changing it in build.prop doesn't workan volumesteps+ in xposed doesn't work either

There may be a guide to do it with ADB

 

[Kyr4l]

There may be a guide to do it with ADB

Unfortunately there's none

 

[Loyal_Guardian]

Unfortunately there's none

It's easy actually. Download Gravitybox from the Play Store and do that through the app. It also has a lot of other features as well.

 

[Kyr4l]

It's easy actually. Download Gravitybox from the Play Store and do that through the app. It also has a lot of other features as well.

I know GB, but that's too much for me actually
I just want more steps to my volume slider,
Btw i've seen on some forums people said that GB is slowing down their phone a little, maybe because of it's heavy hooking method due to Xposed
That module is too heavy for what i need ti be simple

 

[KilljoyTDA]

Hey everyone.
I just got my Power 5 and tried to install TWRP, as one does when they receive a new phone. But while the installation goes well (on both flashtool and fastboot), going into TWRP never worked.
All it does instead is go black with a green stripe on top, and then reboot. I saw on a russian forum that I'm not the only one to have this problem, and that it seems related to a new revision of the Power 5 (which may have a different screen apparently). Some guy posted a fixed version of TWRP but the link was dead.
Is anyone here aware of this issue, and better, a fix?

 

[Kyr4l]

Hey everyone.
I just got my Power 5 and tried to install TWRP, as one does when they receive a new phone. But while the installation goes well (on both flashtool and fastboot), going into TWRP never worked.
All it does instead is go black with a green stripe on top, and then reboot. I saw on a russian forum that I'm not the only one to have this problem, and that it seems related to a new revision of the Power 5 (which may have a different screen apparently). Some guy posted a fixed version of TWRP but the link was dead.
Is anyone here aware of this issue, and better, a fix?

A new revision ? The power 5S maybe ?

 

[oes20]

Hi all, im back.
I followed the guide to root my power 5, and it perfectly worked. I installed two mods using magisk. One mod was giving me trouble, so i decided to deinstall it. Then the real trouble began. It suffered from bootloops, so I restarted using twrp and that was working. But then it stopped working totally. Bootloader will not appear but it is restarting straight into twrp.
Any advise is welcome. Thanks in advance.

Just started download and pressed the vol. up and power button to start the process. I'll let you know if it is happening again.

 

[gamr13]

I’ve had this happen to me, so, here’s what to do:
1) Boot TWRP
2) Tap ‘Advanced’
3) Tap ‘ADB Sideload’
4) Swipe
5) Press ‘Cancel’
6) Plug the phone into your PC
7) open a CMD window
8) Navigate to your Platform Tools folder where ADB is
9) type ‘adb reboot bootloader’
10) Open Flash Tool
11) Set up Flash Tool like before
12) Enjoy!

Please let me know if you have any further issues but this has worked flawlessly for me.

 

[Kyr4l]

I’ve had this happen to me, so, here’s what to do:
1) Boot TWRP
2) Tap ‘Advanced’
3) Tap ‘ADB Sideload’
4) Swipe
5) Press ‘Cancel’
6) Plug the phone into your PC
7) open a CMD window
8) Navigate to your Platform Tools folder where ADB is
9) type ‘adb reboot bootloader’
10) Open Flash Tool
11) Set up Flash Tool like before
12) Enjoy!

Please let me know if you have any further issues but this has worked flawlessly for me.

This happened to me a few weeks ago
I just reflashed the entire firmware and reflashed your modified boot and recovery
I could just flash stock boot and recovery instead
BTW flashing magisk before first boot seems to prevent force encryption

 

[gamr13]

This happened to me a few weeks ago
I just reflashed the entire firmware and reflashed your modified boot and recovery
I could just flash stock boot and recovery instead
BTW flashing magisk before first boot seems to prevent force encryption

I’ve tried to flash Magisk before the first boot a few times but no matter how hard I try it always encrypts. It’s weird.

 

[oes20]

I’ve had this happen to me, so, here’s what to do:
1) Boot TWRP
2) Tap ‘Advanced’
3) Tap ‘ADB Sideload’
4) Swipe
5) Press ‘Cancel’
6) Plug the phone into your PC
7) open a CMD window
8) Navigate to your Platform Tools folder where ADB is
9) type ‘adb reboot bootloader’
10) Open Flash Tool
11) Set up Flash Tool like before
12) Enjoy!

Please let me know if you have any further issues but this has worked flawlessly for me.

Thanks for the input, but I sloved it already. Just start flashing the files via the mediatek tool and hold vol. up and power.

I got no more problems so far, just running stable.
I am not able to install the v4a mod. Just keeping the driver on 'unsupported'. I changed folders and permissions etc but nothing helps. Any ideas?

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I found a possible way to upgrade to a clean android 9.0 but I failed to flash it with the past twrp version. Any toughts on it? If it is not working, I'll try the decryption file from the russia forum too.
link: https://www.getdroidtips.com/android-9-0-pie-ulefone-power-5/

 

[oes20]

TLDR; A guy on the internet said to skip the android setup process and boot into TWRP instantly after flashing, and install root from there before even accessing android to avoid device encryption.

I also have a file that I found on 4PDA that apparently removes the encryption completely. Can't confirm whether it works or not. At that point my phone died (Not because of the file)Please use with caution at own risk.

Unfortunately my TWRP cannot flash the file you send overthere.

Tested some project treble roms but nothing seems to work properly. They are just not booting, if I try to boot its just directing to fastboot modus. Maybe we just have to stay at the bad stock rom untill a real developer gets his hands on this phone

Edit: I just renamed the .img.xz file to .img Its now booting up
Tomorrow I'll start a new threat with the whole workaround on one page and maybe the bugs.

 

[oes20]

So I started a new threat with a clean step by step tutorial to flash everything.
https://xdaforums.com/android/general/ulefone-power-5-twrp-root-project-treble-t3943714

https://yadi.sk/d/peAeM8bDXnyr_w this file should decrypt your device, but my current rom is not doing anything with it.

 

[gamr13]

Has anyone managed to flash a decrypted GSI with Magisk working?

I'm able to install GSI system images on it just fine and boot, but /data is still encrypted and Magisk never prompts for root, despite being able to install modules no problem.

 

[zeromind999]

Oh my God, I did it!!!!!

I have it rooted!!
I'm going to provide a step-by-step guide for everyone here to do this too exactly how I did it.


Here's how I did it:
1) You need to have adb drivers installed and you need to have platform-tools downloaded. Open CMD/Terminal and do adb reboot bootloader -- you need to have USB Debugging enabled in Developer Options. If done right your Ulefone Power 5 should be on a black screen with "FASTBOOT mode..." or something in the bottom left corner.

2) Download this (It's crucial) - I have the boot, recovery and scatter all placed in here for you: https://mega.nz/#!F1h3UAJY!JrTELvtZLtXbaBCH9bPTH2nXezcxyemeUI54Uols7Kw

3) Download the same tool I used here tool: https://mega.nz/#!IxhRkaiR!g-KtQcQzzRnfq8twhu-QU16RPCxEU3KYK098lTNXNcI

4) Open the tool SPMultiPortFlashDownloadProject.exe and click the "Scatter File" button on the top left. Browse for the folder which contains all of the necessary files from the MEGA link I provided and click on the MT6763_Android_scatter.txt file.

5) Click Start all

6) Once you get the green check mark, hold the volume + and power buttons until the phone restarts to the Recovery, Fastboot, Normal menu and press Volume - on Recovery. Note: You MUST be connected to a computer still or this will not work.

7) Swipe to allow modifications in TWRP

8) Wipe the phone in TWRP

9) Boot the phone and complete setup

10) Reboot to TWRP again and install Magisk

11) Now you should be rooted, if Magisk Manager is missing from your app launcher, install the app separately from the Magisk forum page.

This method worked flawlessly for ULEFONE POWER 5S. I used the latest SP Flashtool v5.19. Magisk & TWRP works with no issues at all. I am glad to have his phone rooted after hours of headache following posts from other sites. Now its time to disable all the unwanted startups !!! Thank you very much gamr13 !!!

 

[gamr13]

This method worked flawlessly for ULEFONE POWER 5S. I used the latest SP Flashtool v5.19. Magisk & TWRP works with no issues at all. I am glad to have his phone rooted after hours of headache following posts from other sites. Now its time to disable all the unwanted startups !!! Thank you very much gamr13 !!!

Thank you for the confirmation that this works on the 5S!
Glad to hear you're as happy as us finally getting these phones rooted!

Enjoy!