[Lenovo Zuk Z2 Pro ROMs, Kernels, Recoveries, & Oth] 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)

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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://xdaforums.com/lenovo-zuk-z2/development/twrp-recovery-zuk-z2-standard-pro-t3415395/

credits go to [MENTION=264630]raimondomartire[/MENTION]

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.

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