yashsingh1/xdaforums huggingface dataset:
[Google Pixel 5 Questions & Answers] Ollie75:
Hey, the last beta update, march 22 solved the issue. I had submitted the bug in August 21 and the ticket status turned to "fixed" in February.

A bit long but I guess issues are sorted by priority. Still really happy with the outcome.

Maybe you can spread the word on threads you've checked out so people can try the last beta release or wait for the next stable one.

That's great to know we can rely on such a support from the beta team, props to them !
[Google Pixel 5 Questions & Answers] jitd:
Hi, I'm presently having this Media Storage expansion issue with Op 9RT. Just to be clear, as you said, the Media Storage issue is now solved in your Pixel 5, right? Asking it now because if Google can solve it, then there is a feint chance that someday OnePlus will also solve it!!!
[Google Pixel 5 Questions & Answers] Ollie75:
Hello, yes I confirm that the media storage problem has been solved for the Pixel 5 in the latest version, here is an article written about it after I contacted android central in April.

This pesky Android storage bug was finally fixed and we almost didn't know

"Ghost storage" that can't be freed up will no longer haunt users.

www.androidcentral.com

Hopefully it will be resolved for your OnePlus very soon.

Cheers
[Google Pixel 5 Questions & Answers] jitd:
Nice!!! Pixel isn't officially sold in our country as yet, the few we have are actually unlocked devices from US and they are so damn expensive! So, I'm stuck with my 9RT for now....... Hopefully, OP resolves this, may be with Android 13!
[Google Pixel 5 Questions & Answers] xunholyx:
You might be able to find one that's reasonably priced on Swappa. It's affiliated with XDA and is a reputable site. It's mostly peer to peer sales.

https://swappa.com/
[Google Pixel 5 Questions & Answers] jitd:
Thanks!!! Will look it up! But anything that comes from outside my country is a strict No for me as our Customs is notorious and they will tax me almost the same price of the handset if I import it!!!
[Huawei MediaPad M5  Guides, News, & Discussion] atkoj:
Rolling out in UK

9.1.0.360(C432E8R1P2)

June 2021 security update

Includes bloatware - just icons that link to Huawei apps but can easily be uninstalled
[General Questions and Answers] epestela:
Hello,

I have a cat s41, the touch panel is unresponsive, the screen works fine.

The device has rebooted. Its on the screen asking the pin for unlock the device.

I tried to plug a mouse but it gets no power... (Same cable work on another phone)

Any suggestion on how to unlock to retrieve data?

Thanks!

Device is on android 8 btw
[General Topics] Nyah Honor 30:
Any body in here can assist me regarding Apps Notifications without Running Background
[ASUS ROG Phone 5 / 5s] JazonX:
Going through the RAW firmware, I found the below file which possible enables FTM mode for flashing.

FTM mode is what was used to utilise PDC commands in Android 11 (On OnePlus Devices).

Can anyone check the attached file for a FTM boot command?
[ASUS ROG Phone 5 / 5s] Andrologic:
I've used flashall_FTM several times but I don't believe there is anything specific to "Field Test Mode" in this file. As for flashing, it's via bootloader or you can take it to EDL mode by command with 'fastboot oem enter-dload'.
[OnePlus 5T  Questions & Answers] Qasim68:
I bricked my phone, i can't install stock rom from edl due to sahara communication error. Can anyone please provide me with twrp rom backup file so that i can restore it or

Does anyone have oneplus 5t fastboot rom ?

And

If anyone has userdat file for 128 gb please also share it
[OnePlus 5T  Questions & Answers] LR7875:
what if you try india msm tool?
[OnePlus 5T  Questions & Answers] Qasim68:
Can you please share link of india msm tool?
[Galaxy S6 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] cannotkeepup:
I hope this is posted in the right place, if not I am sorry.

I was given a Samsung phone model number SM-G920A. The woman that gave it to up graded to a new company and no longer needs the phone. BUT she dose not know if it is carrier locked or not. It was with ATT and I will not be using ATT.

I know next to nothing about cell phone stuff and when I read the board here most of the time I have no idea what you all are talking about.

So here are my 2 questions.

First how do I find out if it is carries locked.

Second if it is carrier locked is there some place here I can go to in order unlock it?

I should tell you all it dose not have a sim card.

I have seen a lot of website that say you put the IMEI number in and pay them 30.00 and they unlock it but I do not know enough to know if that is a scam or not so I am asking you all.
[Redmi 9A Questions & Answers] f9t0:
So, long story short, I "formated all" through SP flash tool and lost my IMEI. Thankfully they are on the sticker on the back, but I was not able to write them back with any method I tried (example modem meta errors out at 19%).

I have reflashed stock rom to try through engineer mode but the CDS is not showing up on the menu.

Is there any way to bring it back or flash the IMEI?

Redmi 9A (dandelion)
[Redmi 9A Questions & Answers] VD171:
Write imei2 only.

Keep imei1 as null/empty.
[Redmi 9A Questions & Answers] mar1732:
I can use modem meta without errors. Can i add imei 1?

I tried imei 1 and 2, imei is visible now *#06#, but no service in ENG Firmware v2, no signal, no mobile internet.

How can i add wifimac, btmac in modem meta?

For now i can:

* 'Format and download' in sp flash tool, flash eng firmware v2.

* write imei 1 and 2 with modem meta tool.

what's next? I need help, i can't use phone without signal or fast wifi connection, now is so slow without good wifimac....

if i flash stock rom with 'firmware upgrade' option in sp flash tool i have 'NC data is corrupted', and only recovery is available.

I will try this... ->

Ok...

- If i unlock bootloader with 'MediatekBootloaderUnlock' phone has problems with meta mode, phone disconnecting and restarting to system. Without unlocking everything works correctly. fastboot erase nvdata and nvram works without unlocking.

- I don't have .zip 'IMEI FIX' for redmi 9a stock firmware.

- Problem with installing twrp, after install i have error: "The system has been destroyed". But i think, i can install everything via eng recovery?

- fastboot erase nvdata and nvram, added only imei 2 still problems with no service, no signal, no mobile internet.

Should I throw my phone out the window? Sell for $10? IDK i will search for more yt videos 'redmi 9a dandelion imei'

Fixed imei, installed miui 12.0.22, but mobile data is extremaly slow now... like wifi, low signal, slow speed.

There is still wifi nvram warning + serial number is unknown *#06#
[Redmi 9A Questions & Answers] mar1732:
I fixed everything. Problem solved. I shared my knowledge here: https://xdaforums.com/f/redmi-9a-guides-news-discussion.11005/
[Moto G9 Plus Questions & Answers] JesusChrist<3:
Hi everyone, I recently unlocked the bootloader and installed twrp and magisk on my g9 plus (android 11)... But something is not right, even though root is working, I don't have any super user privileges, I tested 5 root uninstallers and I couldn't uninstall any apps from the system, and I can't modify the system files (I use solid explorer). I try downgrade to android 10 and flashing a old magisk, but I had no solution...View attachment 5401949View attachment 5401951
[Moto G9 Plus Questions & Answers] SubwayChamp:
It is not that your device is not rooted, the app is showing you it does. Since A10 it was implemented dynamic partitions, so they are dynamically "mounted" and system remains as read/write only, some ROMs can re-implement that mounting the system where usually it is placed, and some TWRPs also can manage with this, you should try using the file browser in-built in TWRP and delete the apps manually.
[ASUS ZenFone 8] Captain_Throwback:
*** Disclaimer ***

All flashing is done at your own risk!
While nothing from this thread should break your device,
don't come back here blaming anyone if it does!

Introduction

Images

Prerequisites

Installation instructions

Device Changelog

TWRP Official Change Log

Downloads

Known Issues

Bug Reporting

Additional Help/Support
[ASUS ZenFone 8] Captain_Throwback:
mine
[ASUS ZenFone 8] Captain_Throwback:
I'll take 2
[ASUS ZenFone 8] Captain_Throwback:
Maybe 3 to be safe
[ASUS ZenFone 8] Hollyca:
Thank you for this! Great to see a twrp thread 👌👍👍
[ASUS ZenFone 8] Undead_Son:
Pinch me, I must be dreaming!

Edit: it works, but how to enter it again?
[ASUS ZenFone 8] dron39:
Is it temporary? Or at the moment it can not be fixed?

P.S. Thank you for your release!
[ASUS ZenFone 8] Captain_Throwback:
It seems you asked the same question twice, but the answer is that the OP has the current status. If there are any changes in the future, it will be updated.
[ASUS ZenFone 8] Captain_Throwback:
Once you're booted into TWRP, you can use the "Flash current TWRP" option under Advanced to install it permanently. If you were rooted, you'll then have to re-flash the root apk/zip.
[ASUS ZenFone 8] dron39:
What is partition to where it should be flashed?

You wrote that we will need to reflash root (.apk or .zip). But what if I have also custom kernel installed (Kirasakura) ?

Shuld I "permanently" install recovery on stock kernel or it doesn't matter ? I just want to clarify, because as far as I understand magisk patches boot.img ?

And each time after firmware update we will need to reflash twrp, correct?

And I haven't found information about our device on twrp.me (Devices->Asus). Will you add it there later?
[ASUS ZenFone 8] Captain_Throwback:
I don't understand your question. When you flash the root apk/zip, it'll take care of flashing where it's supposed to go. You don't have to worry about any partitions.

I don't know about custom kernel, but you can always flash it again after you re-flash the root zip to make sure it persists if you're unsure. Flashing it again won't hurt anything.

It's up to you whether you want to install TWRP permanently, but the instructions focus on fastboot booting. I'm not sure how Magisk is relevant here, as that has no effect on TWRP.

Yes, but if you install the update in TWRP, you can choose the option to "Automatically install TWRP after zip" to keep TWRP if you have it permanently flashed.

This is a prerelease version. The Android 11 TWRP tree hasn't been officially released. The ZF8 page will be there once the release is official. There's already a markdown patch ready for that time.
[ASUS ZenFone 8] Undead_Son:
What does "unable to locate storage device" mean?
[ASUS ZenFone 8] HyperCriSiS:
Hi,

I unlocked my device with the asus unlocker and rooted succesfully.

But when I try flash TWRP with fastboot I get:

Sending 'boot.img' (98304 KB) FAILED (remote: 'Download is not allowed on locked devices')

fastboot: error: Command failed

Has anybody an idea whats the issue here?

Regards,

Hyper
[ASUS ZenFone 8] Captain_Throwback:
Are you sure you're in bootloader, and not fastbootd? Also please confirm that you're attempting to fastboot boot as per the OP instructions.
[ASUS ZenFone 8] HyperCriSiS:
Yes, I was in fastbootd 🤦‍♂️

Thank you so much, it is working very well 👏
[ASUS ZenFone 8] Captain_Throwback:
New test version uploaded. Thanks to @micky387 for his help with the TWRP tree!
[ASUS ZenFone 8] HyperCriSiS:
With newest version MTP does not work anymore.

I deleted the device and the new detected device name is different. It was "Zenfone 8" before and now "Asus_I006D"
[ASUS ZenFone 8] Captain_Throwback:
I changed absolutely nothing related to MTP, and it continues to work fine here.

The device name in TWRP was always ASUS_I006D. If you happened to connect the device to your PC in Android first, then that's probably why it showed up as "ZenFone 8". But when you deleted it the TWRP default got set as the name.

Can anyone else confirm whether MTP is working for them on the latest version? If you're using Windows, it's possible some update broke something on your end.
[ASUS ZenFone 8] HyperCriSiS:
Yes, Microsoft often messed with the MTP drivers. In the device manager I deinstalled everything related to the Zenfone and reinstalled, but still does not work.

TWRP throws some errors. Maybe this is the issue? I also reinstalled it again.
[ASUS ZenFone 8] Captain_Throwback:
That looks very broken. But a screenshot is very unhelpful to determine root cause. The OP makes it clear that logs are required to get assistance. So please provide a recovery log and logcat so that I can review the problem.

Is Android working okay? Seems like something else is going on there. Did you install anything? I'm going to need more details of how exactly you got to this point.
[ASUS ZenFone 8] NisseGurra:
Same problem with the latest twrp, no mtb
[ASUS ZenFone 8] gordashevsky:
I could not download TWRP in the recovery.There was a problem: ROOT disappeared and the error was corupt boot
[ASUS ZenFone 8] Stelz87:
Same problem.
[ASUS ZenFone 8] Devione:
Hey there,

i've been trying hard to flash TWRP / rewrite Lineage Recovery after flashing LineageOS. Using "fastboot boot recovery.img" in fastboot just doesn't seem to work, it just hangs at the "ASUS" splash screen.

Am I doing something wrong here?
[ASUS ZenFone 8] HyperCriSiS:
I also have this issue. Switched back to Linage now and can't replace the linage recovery.

The problem seems to be the different vendor image.
[ASUS ZenFone 8] HyperCriSiS:
Latest version still stucks in Asus splash screen with Linage installed.
[ASUS ZenFone 8] wesker1984:
Running Lineage 11, Android 11 and having the same issue with twrp-3.6.0_11-0-I006D.img. I reboot into the bootloader, use fastboot boot and it restarts but hangs on the ASUS screen.

The phone works fine after and I can get back into Lineage recovery, but the TWRP doesn't get past the ASUS splash.

As an aside is there any other steps that I need to take to replace the Lineage recovery? Or is it just 'Advanced > Flash Current TWRP option' once TWRP is booted? I just want to be able to backup my phone @_@
[ASUS ZenFone 8] Captain_Throwback:
I only use stock and don't have a problem with TWRP. I have no idea why LOS would be a problem, but since I'm not using it, I can't test it.

EDIT: Does TWRP work if it's flashed directly to the device rather than fastboot booted?
[ASUS ZenFone 8] wesker1984:
@HyperCriSiS said it may have to do with the vendor boot? That's a pre-requisite for Lineage.

Install LineageOS on sake | LineageOS Wiki

wiki.lineageos.org

Heh, I don't have the balls to flash it directly. I would if it was a throwaway phone but I just bought it xD
[ASUS ZenFone 8] Captain_Throwback:
Vendor_boot is where dtb lives, so perhaps that is the problem, although I have no idea how.

I don't think flashing it should be a problem; that won't prevent the device from booting as all that would get replaced is the recovery ramdisk. To be clear, I'm referring to flashing the TWRP zip in Magisk/EXKM/FKM to install TWRP permanently.
[ASUS ZenFone 8] wesker1984:
Welp, I'll have a look into Magisk. It's pretty crazy the lengths ya have to go to just to create a phone image.
[ASUS ZenFone 8] wind0zer:
Tested twrp-3.6.0_11-0-I006D.img and it's working with Android 11 rom. But only after setting a PIN in the OS and then flashing the recovery - TWRP then prompts for a pin on first start and properly mounts the sd card.

Tried the same with ASUS beta (Android 12) firmware after setting PIN but no dice.

Edit: attached recovery log.
[ASUS ZenFone 8] Captain_Throwback:
That log seems to be from an Alpha Android 12 test build. Can you update to the latest Beta, remove any password in Android, and try booting into TWRP again? And also, please attach the log to the post directly.
[ASUS ZenFone 8] wind0zer:
Hi there. I have the Beta 2 from https://www.asus.com/Content/Android-12-Beta/

WW-ZS590KS-31.0803.0403.54-user_20210831-release.zip

31.0803.0403.54 is the version in the about.
[ASUS ZenFone 8] Captain_Throwback:
That's the old 12 Beta (pre-release). There are new (closed) Beta builds that have been rolled out since 12 officially released. That Beta is very outdated at this point, and is unsupported.
[ASUS ZenFone 8] wind0zer:
@Captain_Throwback Thanks for confirming. I could wait for the official release. Shouldn't be too far I guess.
[ASUS ZenFone 8] Adaoh:
Having the same issue here. Did anyone find a workaround that I could try? The Lineage recovery is a bit restrictive and does not let me install MicroG for ArrowOS.

EDIT: I GOT IT WORKING! I had to install the stock firmware from the steps on the Asus Android 12 page (opt out section)

Edit2: Now I have another problem, TWRP keeps getting overwritten by the Lineage/ArrowOS recovery (which i think is based on Lineage recovery bacause it has the Asus logo issue) so that is problematic...
[ASUS ZenFone 8] HyperCriSiS:
Did you succeed booting TWRP while Lineage installed?
[ASUS ZenFone 8] Adaoh:
No that was one of my issues
[ASUS ZenFone 8] saenta:
Hi, was someone on Stock Android 12 able to decrypt Data with TWRP (It Failed to mount Data and therefore can't decrypt it) Do I just do a Factory reset or is a newer kernel source needed for TWRP?

Thanks!
[ASUS ZenFone 8] Captain_Throwback:
Read the OP.
[ASUS ZenFone 8] saenta:
Thanks, was missing the line in the drop-down text box
[ASUS ZenFone 8] roomanus:
Hello, thanks in advance for your work porting twrp to zf8. I tried a lot and finally got it running together with LOS18.1-20220107, had a lot to fight with the vender_boot.img and boot.img, if anybody needs help, i'd share my experiences...

One question: on https://twrp.me/asus/zenfone8.html you mention as last step:

"NOTE: You also need to use the "Fix Recovery Bootloop" option present in the same Advanced Tab. Use that option after you have installed the recovery ramdisk successfully to avoid boot loops happening from installing TWRP Permanently."

I wanted to do this cause it was exactly my problem, that twrp always booted to itself, not to the OS. I couldn't find that option though, what am i missing?

Thanks again...
[ASUS ZenFone 8] Captain_Throwback:
That option doesn't apply on this device, since it's a GKI device and doesn't use skip_initramfs. You shouldn't have an issue booting up unless you flashed the TWRP image to the boot partition.
[ASUS ZenFone 8] roomanus:
Ok, thanks for explanation. In the end (as far as i remember precise, it's been a lot flashing) i used the "Install Recovery Ramdisk option" to get it to permanent.

Another question: Does LOS somehowe change things at the vvendor_boot.img or is this unchanged normally? can i find out, which one they use?

Sorry for the noob questioning...
[ASUS ZenFone 8] chrisrevoltes:
Anyone else here got TWRP running with LOS? And if so, how? It drives me crazy...

I couldn't get TWRP booted and wasnt sure where to directly flash it, so I moved on and tried the "official" way with LOS recovery. Have now a working LOS18.1. But the LOS revocery is not in any way a replacement for TWRP.

This A/B partition thing is new to me. Had never that much trouble installing TWRP.

Here my post in LOS18.1 thread:

Edit: I wasn't sure how to flash TWRP, because the LOS instructionsflashing to boot (fastboot flash boot <recovery>.img) while here they are flashing to recovery (fastboot flash recovery <recovery>.img) and the TWRP instructions dont cover that case.

I read through this article but Im still not sure where the recovery is written to. What does "Devices that support seamless updates can store the recovery images as a ramdisk contained in the boot image (rather than a separate image)."mean? That TWRP needs to be written inside the ramdisk partition inside the boot partition?

How's that all working on an A/B device? @Captain_Throwback maybe you can clarify this.

Edit 2: These two here explaining a lot: here and here again
[ASUS ZenFone 8] Duky95:
Hey there,

Today I tried to install "twrp-3.6.0_11-0-I006D.img" on my Zenfone 8 which was initially loaded with WW-31.1004.0404.81 (Android 12 official version from Asus website - link : https://www.asus.com/UK/Mobile/Phones/ZenFone/Zenfone-8/HelpDesk_BIOS/) and it seems that my phone is bootlooping.

I followed every step, installing the Vendor_boot and then the TWRP image.

How can I exit this loop?

Forwarding thanks.
[ASUS ZenFone 8] Captain_Throwback:
What do you mean, installing vendor_boot? There's nothing in the instructions about that.
[ASUS ZenFone 8] Duky95:
Actually I spent the 2 last days trying to install LineageOS 18.1, and on some site it was requested to install Vendor_boot before TWRP.

I can go back to Fastboot step but everytime I try booting on TWRP the ASUS logo can't stop displaying, even if the cmd.exe says finished after 12.526s.
[ASUS ZenFone 8] Captain_Throwback:
Well that's outside of this thread. And I know LineageOS instructions say to use their recovery to install, so I can't help you with that.
[ASUS ZenFone 8] Duky95:
I found the step about vendor_boot on https://lineageosroms.com/sake/, pre-installation steps.

Can you tell me who I can ask about it ?

EDIT : I managed to install the LineageOS Recovery.

Thank you for being available and sorry for disturbing :)
[ASUS ZenFone 8] chrisrevoltes:
Regarding TWRP and LOS installation, this could help:

Unfortunately TWRP isn't the first choice for LOS devs anymore. So there is not much help from their site. But because TWRP is in every way better than the LOS recovery its worth the trouble.
[ASUS ZenFone 8] bnsmb:
Hi

I can not install AospExtended 9.0 to the ASUS Zenfone 8 (https://downloads.aospextended.com/I006D) using TWRP 3.6.0.11 . Installing the image works without errors but afterwards the Zenfone always boots into a "Waiting for flushing full randump" error. Booting from the other slot ends in a error message saying something like "Your device is corrupted. It will not work"

Installing the image using the current Lineage Recovery works perfect but I would like to continue to use TWRP.

Does anybody know how to get this working?

regards

Bernd

[Update 12.03.2022]

Just saw this statement on twrp.me

So I assume TWRP does not support installing Android 12 yet (AospExtended 9.0 is Android 12)
[ASUS ZenFone 8] dron39:
Captain_Throwback,

Hi!

I see new version twrp-3.6.1_11-0-I006D with upload date 2022-03-09

What is new/changelog?
[ASUS ZenFone 8] Captain_Throwback:
The change log is now up on twrp.me
[ASUS ZenFone 8] HyperCriSiS:
I wonder if OrangeFox would work better. It seems TWRP is not much of help anymore with most custom ROMs.
[ASUS ZenFone 8] Captain_Throwback:
OrangeFox is a fork of TWRP. It would function exactly the same.
[ASUS ZenFone 8] HyperCriSiS:
Is there no chance to fix this issue with the vendor-boot image?
[ASUS ZenFone 8] Captain_Throwback:
I don't use LineageOS, so I have no idea about the issue and what exactly needs to be "fixed". Since it works fine on stock, I have to assume the issue is with LOS, and since they provide their own recovery, there doesn't seem to be a need for anything additional on TWRP's end.

If someone wants to push a fix to Gerrit for this, and it doesn't negatively impact anything else, I'll gladly review and merge it.
[ASUS ZenFone 8] ExtentedByte:
Hi, I have acutally the same problem

I am on latest stock Firmware Android 12 and no Password / PIN / is set

If I wipe Data in TWRP then my Storage is encrypted

But if I reboot once into system, I can't access the Data on my Phone in TWRP

Even if I try to save logs from TWRP they are not saved on the Phone

Am I something missing out?
[ASUS ZenFone 8] Captain_Throwback:
If you Format Data while on 12, then it's expected that TWRP won't be able to decrypt. The current official version can only decrypt if the keys are upgraded from A11.

If you want to try a version that might decrypt on 12 if no password is set, even after you format data in TWRP, see the test version attached here.

NOTE: This version will have to be installed either from existing TWRP or in Android through Magisk/EXKM/FKM. If rooted, root will need to be reinstalled after the zip is flashed.
[ASUS ZenFone 8] ExtentedByte:
Thank you very much! It worked with your new File.

Decryption works (y)