TWRP for Amlogic devices.

[tiff_lee]

I must be missing some here, should I be able to boot twrp from an ext SD Card as a test prior to flashing it to my box? I have tried copying the image to SD and renaming to recovery.img yet when I reboot I end at the stock android recovery. I tried to make a bootable SD card using the amlogic bootcard maker , didn't work and I tried following this guide

http://androidforums.com/threads/guide-how-to-make-a-bootable-cwm-clockworkmod-or-twrp-bootable-sd-card-06-04-2013.327798/

and yet still nothing?

Hi @qq3y6
A friend has a MXQ Pro 4K S905 and TWRPMXQ-Pro-4K-p201.img works. But then, there are several MXQ Pro 4K S905 models...
Just curious:
how do you install twrp recovery image?
how do you boot into twrp recovery?
what fails working (assuming you can boot into twrp recovery)

Where did your friend get that TWRP image? there is nothing listed on the 1st post for p201 and google brings up this thread as the only mention for "TWRPMXQ-Pro-4K-p201.img" ?

[Nofan Tasi]

Where did your friend get that TWRP image? there is nothing listed on the 1st post for p201 and google brings up this thread as the only mention for "TWRPMXQ-Pro-4K-p201.img" ?

see posts #1103 #1109 #1129

[tiff_lee]

see posts #1103 #1109 #1129

Got it thank you for that, that link wasn't coming up in my search.

Still at a miss why I can't boot twrp via SD though, I don't want to take a chance flashing without testing because as you know there are many variants of the MXQ Pro 4K.

[tiff_lee]

[QUOTE=tiff_lee;n620872]I must be missing some here, should I be able to boot twrp from an ext SD Card as a test prior to flashing it to my box? I have tried copying the image to SD and renaming to recovery.img yet when I reboot I end at the stock android recovery. I tried to make a bootable SD card using the amlogic bootcard maker , didn't work and I tried following this guide

http://androidforums.com/threads/guide-how-to-make-a-bootable-cwm-clockworkmod-or-twrp-bootable-sd-card-06-04-2013.327798/

and yet still nothing?
/QUOTE]

No one able to offer any pointers on booting twrp from an SD Card?

[Nofan Tasi]

No one able to offer any pointers on booting twrp from an SD Card?

Having twrp recovery.img on SD Card and toothpick booting might go into twrp. Perhaps dtb.img is needed as well.

[tiff_lee]

Having twrp recovery.img on SD Card and toothpick booting might go into twrp. Perhaps dtb.img is needed as well.

On my unit pressing the button (with toothpick) does absolutely nothing, the only way I can get into recovery is to boot the box and then using reboot app select reboot to recovery, however when rebooting to recovery it just goes to stock android recovery and doesn't boot the twrp image. Not sure what dtb.img is ill need to google.

[Johnoo]

Hello Abdul_pt.,

Maybe you can help, TWRP for MXQ_PRO_S905X

I tried porting NexBox s905x TWRP to this box without any success,
anyone can compile or has a guide for porting TWRP to other devices would be great.

Blocks

http://pastebin.com/raw/m68W7ync

Recovery partiton from firmware.

http://www88.zippyshare.com/v/GsfsrLNV/file.html

Cheers

[Nofan Tasi]

On my unit pressing the button (with toothpick) does absolutely nothing, the only way I can get into recovery is to boot the box and then using reboot app select reboot to recovery, however when rebooting to recovery it just goes to stock android recovery and doesn't boot the twrp image. Not sure what dtb.img is ill need to google.

OK if you reboot into recovery fom android or adb or fastboot and boot stock recovery then you did not overwrite recovery partition or (some android do) android overwrote it again. You can:
- check if there is some script in android etc that would reinstall stock recovery upon boot, if so, then rename it
- copy twrp image to recovery partition with dd
Retry.
No need to seearch fot dtb yet.

[tiff_lee]

OK if you reboot into recovery fom android or adb or fastboot and boot stock recovery then you did not overwrite recovery partition or (some android do) android overwrote it again. You can:
- check if there is some script in android etc that would reinstall stock recovery upon boot, if so, then rename it
- copy twrp image to recovery partition with dd
Retry.
No need to seearch fot dtb yet.

Thanks for the pointers, my hands are pretty tied with my box as you are unable to connect to it over USB at any time booted or recovery mode and the reset button does nothing.

In the end I booted TWRP via SDCard following instructions in post #9 here

http://freaktab.com/forum/tv-player-support/amlogic-based-tv-players/s905x/594563-root-flash-issue-with-nexbox-a95x-s905x-model-with-no-recovery-button

once I was happy the custom twrp recovery worked with my device I then flashed it and now I have twrp permanently for what it's worth. Given that I can only boot into recovery by using app once the device has booted, if I ever soft brick it i'm going to struggle (with the reset button doing nothing leaving me no way to boot recovery).

[lyricidal]

abdul_pt has forgot this post i think
I still waiting recovey for my r-box pro 3g
Files (blocks, partitions and recovey stock): https://mega.nz/#!OklnRYwK!786Y9yvF-...0uSZTS2uMFk580

Can someone help me out with a link to the beelink GT1 ver

https://mega.nz/#!iwkU2TrJ!_MzaXtxTL...im-Y3zom-7BgJI

This one also worked for my Alfawise H96 Pro+ *when run via SD Card.*
Just doing a backup to USB as we speak.
When installed as the main recovery.img it does not seem to boot to recovery though. It stays at the boot logo.

[gatos814]

Recently i patched the "Sunvell T95Z PLUS - Superceleron V1 Final ROM"
to work with my NEXBOX A1 (@Superceleron suggest me to find help from you for my problem!)
but i'm facing a problem with the TWRP recovery when i make a backup of the system of this rom
and to be more clear the problem is when i try to RESTORE the system!
i'm getting this error again and again :
"Error during restore process.
extractTarFork() process ended with ERROR: 255"
it seems to be "libbluetooth_jni.so" problem!

these are the last lines of the recovery log :
" ==> extracting: /system//app/Bluetooth/ (mode 40755, directory)
==> extracting: /system//app/Bluetooth/Bluetooth.apk (file size 1699022 bytes)
==> extracting: /system//app/Bluetooth/lib/ (mode 40755, directory)
==> extracting: /system//app/Bluetooth/lib/arm/ (mode 40755, directory)
==> extracting: /system//app/Bluetooth/lib/arm/libbluetooth_jni.so (symlink to /system/lib/libbluetooth_jni.so)
==> extracting: /system//app/Bluetooth/lib/arm/libbluetooth_jni.so (link to /system//system/lib/libbluetooth_jni.so)
tar_extract_hardlink(): failed restore of hardlink '/system//app/Bluetooth/lib/arm/libbluetooth_jni.so' but returning as if nothing bad happened
tar_extract_file(): failed to set permissions on /system//app/Bluetooth/lib/arm/libbluetooth_jni.so !!!
I:Unable to extract tar archive '/usb-otg/TWRP/BACKUPS/q200/2014-12-31--18-01-04_NEXBOX-A1-6.0.1-2017/system.ext4.win'
Error during restore process.
extractTarFork() process ended with ERROR: 255
I:Set page: 'action_complete'
I operation_end - status=1
I:Set page: 'clear_vars'
I:Set page: 'restore_select'
I:Set page: 'restore'
I:Set page: 'main'
I:Set page: 'clear_vars'
I:Set page: 'main2'
I:Set page: 'advanced'
I:Set page: 'confirm_action'
I:Set page: 'action_page'
I operation_start: 'Copy Log'
I:Copying file /tmp/recovery.log to /usb-otg/recovery.log "

the name (NEXBOX-A1) is changed from me in the build.prop
and has nothing effect on this because i get the same error again and again, whatever name i put !
i know you you have a lot time out of this thread
but if you read it or anyone else who knows and wants to help please
it will appreciated....
thank you!

[FerociousAndroid]

Hello,

What is the difference between TWRP_2.8.7.0_N200_emmc.img and TWRP_2.8.7.0_N200.img? I booted with the TWRP_2.8.7.0_N200.img from SD on my M8S (MBX n200) but want to flash it and wondering which one I need and how to do it?

Thanks!

[tommeletbone]

can someone link me to the k1plus s905 twrp?
if any?
i tried the one from op, but did not work.

[jsergio123]

anyone came across a working TWRP img for the T95Z Plus?

[phatboyj420]

@abdul_pt

TWRP recovery Needed for the Mecool BB2-Pro 3GB DDR4 16GB


HERE is a link to my drive folder containing the Stock recovery dump as well as other useful files such as build.prop and various partition queries

like block.txt, by-num.txt, part.txt, Etc. There are also Partition Dump Scripts for anyone interested they can be edited to work with any device

if there are any problems with the provided link or more is needed please let me know

And I am definitely willing to beta test



Thanks in advance,
PhatboyJ

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