I have a 6045i variant of the idol3. I have successfully unlocked the bootloader and have been trying now to flash TWRP. Then I will install a custom ROM and SU to hopefully end the lagfest.
However, no matter which TWRP I try (2.8.7.0 or 3.0.0-1) it isn’t sticking. I’ve followed the appropriate threads here using adb fastboot to flash the recoveries but when I try to get to recovery it goes to the stock version.
I’m running the latest stock firmware: 5.0.2-7SRN-UEN0
Here’s the output of the adb session.
C:\adb>fastboot -i 0x1bbb devices
cc22eea2 fastboot
C:\adb>fastboot -i 0x1bbb oem device-info
...
(bootloader) Device tampered: false
(bootloader) Device unlocked: true
(bootloader) Charger screen enabled: false
(bootloader) Display panel:
(bootloader) Boot cpus: androidboot.earlyboot_cpus=3,4,5,6,7
(bootloader) Big core max freq:
(bootloader) Small core max freq:
OKAY [ 0.028s]
finished. total time: 0.029s
C:\adb>fastboot -i 0x1bbb flash recovery twrp-3.0.0-1-idol3.img
target reported max download size of 268435456 bytes
sending 'recovery' (23880 KB)...
OKAY [ 0.803s]
writing 'recovery'...
OKAY [ 2.207s]
finished. total time: 3.014s
C:\adb>fastboot -i 0x1bbb reboot
rebooting...
finished. total time: 0.003s
When I invoke recovery (either thru adb or power on/volume up) it loads into stock 3e recovery.
Any tips to get past this? I’ve done a fair amount of searching for similar issues here but haven’t ran into any help.
thanks,