Install custom recovery (TWRP, CWM etc.) and root

bencebacsi

TWRP recoveries are not created by UMi and they will never be. It's a hacking tool, that's not officially supported. However the current TWRP is compatible with all versions of a specific Android version or even both with 6.0 and 7.0. Don't erase the cache in TWRP if you want to avoid boot loops.

Waldmax

bencebacsi replied at 2017-2-22 11:35
TWRP recoveries are not created by UMi and they will never be. It's a hacking tool, that's not offic ...

Thank you very much for your quick reply!!!

šaki

šaki replied at 2017-2-14 02:44
Hi. I installed TWRP3.0.2-UMI_ROME_X.img and I tried to flash SuperSU zip inside it and I get an err ...

Can someone help with this

Cookie1953

šaki replied at 2017-2-22 16:52
Can someone help with this

Hi I followed the instructions to a T, but after turning the handset off (UmiDigi Plus e) then back on holding down the power up all I get is a black screen with half a dozen small blue chinese lines at the top left -- its probably the list to scroll down to a certain option but unfortunately I cant read chinese -- any ideas how to get this list in english ?

TinoZgb

Hey everyone,
I contacted jemmini on xda (who ported twrp for some models) regarding the issue of Plus E and Z (possibly other models) not booting after flashing the latest twrp for our phones available here.

He said that we need to boot to twrp after flashing and flash root/supersu after flashing twrp, and it should work.
Can anyone try this? I am not able at the moment.

bencebacsi

TinoZgb replied at 2017-2-27 20:15
Hey everyone,
I contacted jemmini on xda (who ported twrp for some models) regarding the issue of Pl ...

Hi,
The instructions in this tutorial tell about to do that, so you don't have to do anything special, just follow ALL of the instruction.

TinoZgb

bencebacsi replied at 2017-2-28 11:27
Hi,
The instructions in this tutorial tell about to do that, so you don't have to do anything spec ...

Hi,

Yeah i know about the instructions, but they are about rooting. The problem is as i already wrote, that the latest twrp for plus e and z with touch works, but system doesnt boot, it just stays at umi logo. So i contacted jemmini about that. It still is unclear to me how to fix this, and im afraid to try it because last time i had to reflash stock image and i lost my data.

Thanks

bencebacsi

TinoZgb replied at 2017-2-28 22:32
Hi,

Yeah i know about the instructions, but they are about rooting. The problem is as i already w ...

You can try to reflash the whole ROM without the recovery and userdata partitions, so you can keep both the TWRP and your data. I suggest you to flash this latest version: http://community.umidigi.com/thread-6814-1-1.html

TinoZgb

bencebacsi replied at 2017-2-28 23:07
You can try to reflash the whole ROM without the recovery and userdata partitions, so you can keep ...

You are again missing the point. Latest twrp for plus e and z doesnt let the system to boot and we need a fix.
Can someone try the fix that i wrote above that jemmini suggested?

bencebacsi

TinoZgb replied at 2017-3-1 17:38
You are again missing the point. Latest twrp for plus e and z doesnt let the system to boot and we ...

So you think I'm just speaking here without testing. That's not the case, of course. I've got all UMi models in hand (except the cheapest ones) and always test the available TWRPs with each ROM version. You really don't need anything, just strictly follow all the instructions in this tutorial. Don't try to make anything simpler.