yashsingh1/xdaforums huggingface dataset:
[Samsung Galaxy Note 8 ROMs, Kernels, Recoveries, &] peacey8:
Can you mount an encrypted data partition (Oreo) with this TWRP? I know you can mount data if you remove encryption, but I don't want to remove encryption. I want TWRP to ask for my decryption password to decrypt /data. Is this not possible anymore?
[Samsung Galaxy Note 8 ROMs, Kernels, Recoveries, &] kairi_zeroblade:
Oreo

Its been a very long debacle from my group whether I should release this...since nobody built it again properly from source and its been almost 3 clueless weeks for some of you here and since some underground group has been re-distributing it, will just release a proper one here which is tuned up to operate efficiently...now, whoever kangs it looses a few good stuff plus a bit of a ticking bomb inside it...

so to no further ado, enjoy the new TWRP build for Oreo which is also backwards compatible with Nougat (we've been moving back and forth from Nougat to Oreo and Vice versa now and had no issues PLUS the read/write speeds of this TWRP is insane[YMMV]). this is again built from scratch, I removed the F2FS support since we can't make it work no matter what for unknown reasons and ext4 stands superior due to encryption for this main reason also..OTG is also working...(extra credits on my GIT page, so nobody would chase me down)

if you like the work (which some of you do) just hit the thanks button rapidly or you can donate me a cup of coffee for the lazy ass' work (if some of you wholeheartedly patronized my kanged up work, how would you not patronize the real deal don't ya think?? you gave the other guy more thanks than the usual ones you give me when I fix/update something..in short, you never gave me motivation on the useless time I spend on fixing and improving things over)...I know I am not a famous dev here and you'd just take my work for free/granted because of it (which the recent incident proved, its easiest that route)..
[Samsung Galaxy Note 8 ROMs, Kernels, Recoveries, &] shouren04:
Awesome, thank you!
[Samsung Galaxy Note 8 ROMs, Kernels, Recoveries, &] louforgiveno:
Glad to see this. Thanks again for your work!

I'm a snapdragon user, but thanks nonetheless

Sent from my God Mode 8
[Samsung Galaxy Note 8 ROMs, Kernels, Recoveries, &] bober10113:
thanks.

many respects!
[Samsung Galaxy Note 8 ROMs, Kernels, Recoveries, &] i23u8:
[MENTION=3637908]kairi_zeroblade[/MENTION] i cant send money thru your paypal kinj, can i have your email instead or some other info I can use thru Paypal?
[Samsung Galaxy Note 8 ROMs, Kernels, Recoveries, &] ilia1985:
Thank you and Check your PM :) also guys who find the link broken in 1st post and don't mind taking an extra step can use the link from Devs kernel thread. And thanks in advance to those of you who help keep this awwwsam guy stay motivated.
[Samsung Galaxy Note 8 ROMs, Kernels, Recoveries, &] reservation31:
thanks very much much appreciated
[Samsung Galaxy Note 8 ROMs, Kernels, Recoveries, &] i23u8:
Thanks! Sent the beer/coffee money as a way of showing gratitude. :)
[Samsung Galaxy Note 8 ROMs, Kernels, Recoveries, &] iliakastrioti:
kairi_zeroblade best men !! Thank you very much ! :good::good::good:
[Samsung Galaxy Note 8 ROMs, Kernels, Recoveries, &] crosschris:
Thank you bro for your work..one thing doe i have read and have not seen, is data problem fix ?
[Samsung Galaxy Note 8 ROMs, Kernels, Recoveries, &] TheUndertaker21:
thanks for this
[Samsung Galaxy Note 8 ROMs, Kernels, Recoveries, &] ilia1985:
Yes, it is.
[Samsung Galaxy Note 8 ROMs, Kernels, Recoveries, &] Geekser:
Your efforts deserve recognition and it is downright CRAPPY that people kanged your work and took your credit. I for one am grateful and wanted to express my thanks with more than just a "thanks" - Keep up the good work my friend, it is appreciated.
[Samsung Galaxy Note 8 ROMs, Kernels, Recoveries, &] Ssnurzel:
Thanks so much for the OREO TWRP!!!

It functions well. :victory:
[Samsung Galaxy Note 8 ROMs, Kernels, Recoveries, &] baloo30310:
Cool if I understand it is officially operational for data under Oréo. Congratulations you are a Boss[emoji6]

FAST&FAMOUS TEAM_GNT
[Samsung Galaxy Note 8 ROMs, Kernels, Recoveries, &] S5Sickness:
OK quick question.. ok now that this has been made any changes to how this needs to be installed? do the button trick?? and load twrp flash supersu and reboot done???
[Samsung Galaxy Note 8 ROMs, Kernels, Recoveries, &] MickyFoley:
8CF383128Y689804U

I know, such things make people really angry and sad. But we're not all the same. It really feels, this was a fight with yourself... releasing? not releasing?

Maybe a thanks and a small donation is the correct way to show you, that this is not common for us. It's simply XDA. I know, my account-state isn't that old. But I know the old XDA very well, where it was a place for nerds (not meant bad in any case!) and devs, communicating about what can be done in general and what can be done, when this and that happens.

But I'm really going offtopic now. Hope, you smile a bit now :)

Thanks again!
[Samsung Galaxy Note 8 ROMs, Kernels, Recoveries, &] OzBoy1:
Hoping someone can help, when I try to do a back up I get the following error messages and backup fails:

Failed to mount '/data' (No such process)

Unable to recreate /data/media folder.

And several other failed to mount '/data' error messages in red.

How can I fix this so I can do a back up?
[Samsung Galaxy Note 8 ROMs, Kernels, Recoveries, &] shouren04:
Did you install the TWRP from post #111? Sounds like you installed the TWRP from the OP.
[Samsung Galaxy Note 8 ROMs, Kernels, Recoveries, &] OzBoy1:
No, now have and it worked perfectly. :good:
[Samsung Galaxy Note 8 ROMs, Kernels, Recoveries, &] shouren04:
:good:
[Samsung Galaxy Note 8 ROMs, Kernels, Recoveries, &] Pooya500:
is it support note8 oreo??

3.2.1-0 version
[Samsung Galaxy Note 8 ROMs, Kernels, Recoveries, &] Ssnurzel:
The new version - Yes. Works perfectly.
[Samsung Galaxy Note 8 ROMs, Kernels, Recoveries, &] asokhaki:
The new oreo release is sitting pretty sweet ! Highly appreciated blade !
[Samsung Galaxy Note 8 ROMs, Kernels, Recoveries, &] zaid588:
I have issues with otg usb and ad card

I have issues with otg usb and ad card

I can't mount them I try formatting data not

Any way to fix it
[Samsung Galaxy Note 8 ROMs, Kernels, Recoveries, &] ilia1985:
Install twrp linked 2 pages back not from OP
[Samsung Galaxy Note 8 ROMs, Kernels, Recoveries, &] dr.ketan:
[MENTION=3637908]kairi_zeroblade[/MENTION]

Can you please post tar.md5 version of oreo TWRP? because many users on oreo first time flashing TWRP so they first have to flash version also many are not knowing about capabilities of img flashing and get confused. If you don't mind I may make tar.md5 version and share here
[Samsung Galaxy Note 8 ROMs, Kernels, Recoveries, &] Warrenforfree:
[MENTION=3931450]dr.ketan[/MENTION] sir can you please share the tar file of this oreo twrp. As I am going to flash twrp through odin and need the tar file. And what if i am going to make a tar file of this image by using 7zip. Thus it count or is there any other way of doing it?
[Samsung Galaxy Note 8 ROMs, Kernels, Recoveries, &] dr.ketan:
Yet he has not responded to my question so I won't share but I can show how to proceed

Copy Oreo TWRM .img file on Ext SD

- Flash any Odin flashable TWRP

- Format data

- Select to flash img (rt lower corner)

- Select storage to Ext SD

- Select Oreo twrp

- Flash

Reboot to recovery and proceed what you wanted to flash
[Samsung Galaxy Note 8 ROMs, Kernels, Recoveries, &] baloo30310:
For those who want it in Tar !;)
[Samsung Galaxy Note 8 ROMs, Kernels, Recoveries, &] Ferbee:
Mmmh bro I would remove that if I were you, it can be counted as stealing work
[Samsung Galaxy Note 8 ROMs, Kernels, Recoveries, &] baloo30310:
Excuse me for doing service

Fast&Famous_Team
[Samsung Galaxy Note 8 ROMs, Kernels, Recoveries, &] pendor24:
THANKS baloo

pity to have removed the link that would have helped the noobs.
[Samsung Galaxy Note 8 ROMs, Kernels, Recoveries, &] Ferbee:
In a way of trying to not patronize the OP

You can download a .IMG to .tar converter somewhere on the thread...

Download this twrp IMG file, run the script flash the tar

Hopefully this isn't against community guidelines, just providing some personal help

You are going on have to look for the scripts on XDA, if I'm being honest I can't be bothered finding it :D

Happy Flashing :D
[Samsung Galaxy Note 8 ROMs, Kernels, Recoveries, &] dr.ketan:
It's easy to convert img to odin flashable tar with cloud service

1.Download latest twrp img (page #12 of this thread)

2.Rename it to- recovery.img (case sensitive)

3.open https://cloudconvert.com/create-tar-archive

Select out put as tar if it is different

4.select to start

5.let it finish, download when finished

Though it's better to provide tar.md5 version by OP or let allow to make. There are lot users installing twrp first time or may be their first android device

Basic thing should be noob friendly.
[Samsung Galaxy Note 8 ROMs, Kernels, Recoveries, &] Ssnurzel:
I remember this article....

Is an .img file not only a decompressed .tar file? On my pc i can decompress an .tar to .img using WinRar.

Maybe it may work with WinRar to compress an .img file to .tar?

Because the Linux used .tar file is the same as a .rar or .zip file in Windows, isn't it?
[Samsung Galaxy Note 8 ROMs, Kernels, Recoveries, &] dr.ketan:
I believe it won't.
[Samsung Galaxy Note 8 ROMs, Kernels, Recoveries, &] Ssnurzel:
https://www.google.de/amp/s/xdaforu...onvert-twrp-img-to-tar-odineasy-t3355944/amp/

Maybe its this article....
[Samsung Galaxy Note 8 ROMs, Kernels, Recoveries, &] shouren04:
With WinRar you can't create a .tar, only uncompress, but with 7zip you can.
[Samsung Galaxy Note 8 ROMs, Kernels, Recoveries, &] Ssnurzel:
Right. Winzip is a limited dinosaur.

7Zip ok. But WinRar maybe also working.
[Samsung Galaxy Note 8 ROMs, Kernels, Recoveries, &] shouren04:
Typo, will edit, I meant WinRar, I don't remember the last time I even used Winzip.
[Samsung Galaxy Note 8 ROMs, Kernels, Recoveries, &] Ssnurzel:
Ok. This makes 7Zip attractive....
[Samsung Galaxy Note 8 ROMs, Kernels, Recoveries, &] shouren04:
If you're a Windows user, WinRar & Notepad is not ideal for Android tinkering. 7Zip & Notepad++ is much more useful.
[Samsung Galaxy Note 8 ROMs, Kernels, Recoveries, &] louforgiveno:
I 2nd that opinion. 7zip & Notepad++ FTW!

Sent from my God Mode 8
[Samsung Galaxy Note 8 ROMs, Kernels, Recoveries, &] Ssnurzel:
Thx for the advice. :o
[Samsung Galaxy Note 8 ROMs, Kernels, Recoveries, &] khoanb1:
can someone please tell me why even I already flashed TWRP from post #111, but when I rebooted system, it still could not mount /data and my phone rebooted repeatly
[Samsung Galaxy Note 8 ROMs, Kernels, Recoveries, &] ALLDAT:
Are you using the correct update TWRP for Oreo?
[Samsung Galaxy Note 8 ROMs, Kernels, Recoveries, &] khoanb1:
Hi ALLDAT,

Yes of course I used the newest TWRP for Oreo posted in #111. After many fails, I tried to factory reset by formatting /data and everything is fine now
[Samsung Galaxy Note 8 ROMs, Kernels, Recoveries, &] ALLDAT:
This one is the one your using

---------- Post added at 07:56 AM ---------- Previous post was at 07:53 AM ----------

This one is the one your using?
[Samsung Galaxy Note 8 ROMs, Kernels, Recoveries, &] khoanb1:
Yes, this is the TWRP I used
[Samsung Galaxy Note 8 ROMs, Kernels, Recoveries, &] little-endian:
TWRP /data mount confusion

Same for me, just like khoanb1 I used TWRP 3.2.1-0 mentioned in post #111 after I had flashed the Italian stock rom of Oreo. There, it complained about the unmountable /data partition. I went ahead nonetheless and tried to install the latest Magisk 16.0, but after the reboot, the phone showed the verification check failed error message.

Only way to recover from that was to use TWRP's format function.

However, that raises the following confusing points for me:

1. Wasn't that exactly what the temporary (and predating TWRP 3.2.1-0) fix was all about? Or the other way around: I thought the newer TWRP would exactly address that issue. :confused:

2. This thread here mentions the DM verify encrypt file to flash as well, however in conjunction with the regular TWRP as far as I understand it. Well, ultimately I didn't need that so I wonder whether I will have any disadvantages now.

3. Which version of Magisk is recommended as virtually every guide seems to refer to a different one (16.0, 16.1, ...)?

4. With the Note 8, although it was obviously released after the S7, it seems that encryption isn't a fundamental part of the system but needs to be manually enabled in the system menu afterwards. Is it safe to do so when having rooted the phone?

All in all, what I'd like to archive is having full system encryption and root (whether SuperSU or Magisk I don't really care). While there is a thread in regard to that as well, the author there makes further assumptions like one would want to have a custom rom, etc. I only would want to have it with the stock rom so I wonder what the safe steps would be.

Would be great if anyone could point me in the right direction, thanks.

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Just as a quick follow-up of my own post, in the meantime I've done further tests including downgrading to Nougat again as several functions such as Line messenger notifications, the NegativeColorWidget and also the DHCPv6 client don't seem to function properly under Oreo anymore. While the notifications issue with Line will certainly be fixed sooner or later, my hopes are way less when it comes to the other tools as they are rather scarce and not actively developed anymore.

Besides, at least with Magisk v16, I keep repeatetly using root access (Magisk suddenly not being installed anymore) which can be easily fixed by reflashing the Magisk package in TWRP recovery though, but is quite annoying nonetheless.

Since under Nougat TWRP 3.1.1.0 also reports the unmountable /data partition, this has to be unrelated to the issue discussion in the thread I mentioned.

So Nougat and CF-Auto-Root it is for the moment.
[Samsung Galaxy Note 8 ROMs, Kernels, Recoveries, &] rolear8:
Hi, thanks for the work, I fixed below issue formating data, thanks
[Samsung Galaxy Note 8 ROMs, Kernels, Recoveries, &] kairi_zeroblade:
eehhhh!!??? wut???

I have been on this for months now and going back to Nougat and forward to Oreo gave me no issues and I did not even loose any data on the process...my Internal storage has been always intact..except the fact its decrypted always..
[Samsung Galaxy Note 8 ROMs, Kernels, Recoveries, &] damcio200:
Guys the link in the first post is the latest one ? Im getting some issues with error 1 while flashing anything through recovery. Tried on 3 different zip files. I'm on Oreo rom.
[Samsung Galaxy Note 8 ROMs, Kernels, Recoveries, &] ilia1985:
The one on 1st post is the old one, new image is on page 12 of the thread
[Samsung Galaxy Note 8 ROMs, Kernels, Recoveries, &] damcio200:
Nice one. Thanks mate for a quick answer. Cheers.
[Samsung Galaxy Note 8 ROMs, Kernels, Recoveries, &] Dbj.Dhaval:
Now I am facing this problem.. Its weird because I am using the latest version and infact it was working properly since the release but today out of blue it stopped working when I went for backup.. Dunno why haven't flashed anything. And can't mount /data
[Samsung Galaxy Note 8 ROMs, Kernels, Recoveries, &] VeEuzUKY:
Ive successfully installed TWRP on my system. Everything is still all stock under TW Oreo. What would you recommend to be the best rooting method, Magisk or SU? Ive always used SU in all my previous Samsung devices and never used Magisk before. I have no idea what I should do and worry to screw-up the new phone I just buy :P

Also, after the TWRP install, I get a message that no system updates are allowed because "the system has been modified in an unauthorized way". Is this normal or/and how to go around it?

Thanks a lot for the advice:)
[Samsung Galaxy Note 8 ROMs, Kernels, Recoveries, &] ilia1985:
The message you get is completely normal. As for root method you can use either both have their own ups and downs. Also magisk has one annoying issue on new Samsung devices,you lose root randomly every now and then and need a full reboot to fix it.
[Samsung Galaxy Note 8 ROMs, Kernels, Recoveries, &] ghbuur:
you can deactivate "securitylogagent" with titanium to get rid of that message ;)
[Samsung Galaxy Note 8 ROMs, Kernels, Recoveries, &] VeEuzUKY:
Since Im rooted, isn't it simpler to just delete the SecurityAgentLog app altogether from system?
[Samsung Galaxy Note 8 ROMs, Kernels, Recoveries, &] ghbuur:
sure, i made a backup and deleted it
[Samsung Galaxy Note 8 ROMs, Kernels, Recoveries, &] i23u8:
Yes it is there.
[Samsung Galaxy Note 8 ROMs, Kernels, Recoveries, &] kairi_zeroblade:
if in any case somebody is interested on minor updates..

EDIT: everyone is required to flash the new one (under the same link, and dated 2018-6-10) as the SDCARDFS updates were scraped after showing very poor performance..the issue has been corrected now..
[Samsung Galaxy Note 8 ROMs, Kernels, Recoveries, &] ALLDAT:
Thanks for the update, working great
[Samsung Galaxy Note 8 ROMs, Kernels, Recoveries, &] chemeleon:
I have a question, and I'm sorry if it's been asked before but I haven't found any adequate answer: is there any way of flashing twrp without then having to format data? Is the FS encrypted by default, and even if it is, shouldn't there be a way to decrypt it? Thanks
[Samsung Galaxy Note 8 ROMs, Kernels, Recoveries, &] inb4after:
Is this one backwards compatible with nougat as well? I'd like to be able to restore nougat backups over oreo without changing twrp if possible.
[Samsung Galaxy Note 8 ROMs, Kernels, Recoveries, &] butla:
No worries, you will be able to go back and forth.
[Samsung Galaxy Note 8 ROMs, Kernels, Recoveries, &] X_ChallengerXX:
USB

Does the recovery support USB OTG?:confused:

cauze i tried and it didn`t mount it:crying:
[LG G6 ROMs, Kernels, Recoveries, & Other Developme] zefie:
This recovery has been superseded by Eliminater74's TWRP.

This post and its files remain for archival purposes.

-- Old OP --

Note: I no longer own this device. To help test, join my Testing Discord (Please read the rules presented when you join.)

Note: There is a known bug with restoring backups. If you need to use the backup/restore features, please do not use Melina TWRP until rel_o3 is released, which has no eta.

The following releases are unofficial and will always be due to dirty edits.

However, it offers the following features over the official release:

Oreo Only Features:

Integrated Melina Kernel (rel_o2) into TWRP build system (rel_o2 or newer)

Oreo kernel (nougat kernel cannot mount unencrypted /data for some reason) (rel_o1 or newer)

Disabled encryption (rel_o1 or newer) (Note: LGE uses forceencryption now, and also has a script to replace your custom recovery with their own. Please flash my anti-root removal tool, which will remove rctd, forceencrypt, and the anti-custom-recovery script)

Nougat/Oreo Features:

Integrated Melina Kernel (rel_nr2) into TWRP build system (rel_t2 or newer)

Integrated uber-toolchain 6.x for kernel compilation into TWRP build system (rel_t2 or newer)

Stability and performance increases over rel3 (rel_t1 or newer)

/vendor partition support (if you have not repartitioned, which at the time of this release, 99% of you haven't, then you may get an error in TWRP regarding mounting storage. This is safe to ignore) (rel_t1 or newer)

/misc bootloop fix (rel_t1 or newer)

Date and time fix (msm8996 workaround) (mixed reports, but works for me on US997 with Stock and Fulmics ROMs, see this post for more information)

Option to wipe LG lockscreen security settings when restoring data partition (workaround for known issue where sometimes you get locked out of restored stock ROMs)

NTFS support (untested, should allow NTFS USB-OTG for restoring backups and flashing zips, read-only)

SD-Ext support (including backing up and restoring, both ext4 and F2FS supported thanks to Melina)

Purple theme, because purple is cool

Based on J0SH1X's work.

Downloads (bold is current):

Oreo

rel_o2

US997

H870

rel_o1

US997

H870

Nougat

rel_t2

US997

H870

rel_t1

US997 (old)

H870 (old)

rel3

US997 (old)

H870 (old)

rel2

US997 (old)

H870 (old)

Usage:

Unzip file and flash recovery.img

Please keep in mind I only have the US997 so help test this for H870!

Current Known issues:

Restoring backups does not work, due to tar process terminating with error 255.

You must format data when coming from a stock ROM due to LG using forceencrypt.

Fixed issues:

Disabled encryption (fixed in rel_o1)

E:Unhandled flag: 'removeable' (fixed in rel_t2)

Slow SDCard Performance (fixed in rel_t1)

MTP reliability (fixed in rel_t1)

GPL (dev info):

Read the readme on the github.

If my releases help you, please leave a thanks. If you are able, please consider a tip (check the small link in my sig).
[LG G6 ROMs, Kernels, Recoveries, & Other Developme] DonS:
Prompt for password to decrypt data

I installed the 3.2.1 version by flashing the img from the older 3.1.1 version.

When I rebooted to recovery, it prompted me for a password to decrypt the data. I don't remember encrypting the data and I do not know the password. I was able to tap cancel and get to the main TWRP screen.

Should I be worried about this?
[LG G6 ROMs, Kernels, Recoveries, & Other Developme] zefie:
That is strange, I don't use encryption and never had that. I guess if the data was accessible after hitting cancel, I wouldn't worry about it. Which device?
[LG G6 ROMs, Kernels, Recoveries, & Other Developme] DonS:
I have the US997 version.

I didn't try flashing anything from TWRP, I just booted to make sure it showed the new version number. I rebooted to the system and everything is working fine.
[LG G6 ROMs, Kernels, Recoveries, & Other Developme] zefie:
Try flashing the img through fastboot as per normal rather than through TWRP, then when you reboot into recovery, regardless if you get the message or not, go to the backup menu and be sure Data has more than (0 MB) next to it on the list.

Oh, also, the old 3.1.1 (the one I didn't make) had an issue where if you used "Format Data" (with yes option) it actually created a corrupt file system, so that could be it as well. To fix that, execute the following under adb shell:

umount /dev/block/sda19

e2fsck -f /dev/block/sda19

(Select y for yes to repair if prompted)

Then reboot recovery and try again. You shouldn't lose data using these commands. However, if it does find and repair errors, it is not out of the question, but is something you'll want to address.
[LG G6 ROMs, Kernels, Recoveries, & Other Developme] Killua96:
[MENTION=759634]zefie[/MENTION] flashed the H870 build (flashed the img trough official TWRP), no password, data in backup is 8893MB, time is working fine, if you have other things to check just tell me.

BTW no purple theme, don't know why
[LG G6 ROMs, Kernels, Recoveries, & Other Developme] zefie:
Probably just the header, is the slider purple?

Edit: nevermind, I know why, didn't define my theme in the h870 config. Rebuilding.

Edit 2: Fix should be up. Also updated US997 since this is Melina rel6 now (previous release used a pre-release version of rel6)
[LG G6 ROMs, Kernels, Recoveries, & Other Developme] dave_id:
hello and thank you for this

anyway, I wanted to flash it under twrp as an image

it asks me :

"select partition to flash image"

-boot

-recovery

-system image

-modem

-persist

also is it ok to flash this with Fulmics ROM?
[LG G6 ROMs, Kernels, Recoveries, & Other Developme] Killua96:
It's a recovery, so you need to choose "recovery".

Also is fine with Fulmics, i've tested it on H870
[LG G6 ROMs, Kernels, Recoveries, & Other Developme] dave_id:
just wanted to be sure, so THANKS!