[Recovery][6633][twrp] Unofficial TWRP 3.0.2 for Z3 Dual D6633 - Xperia Z3 Android Development

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Bismillahi Alrahmani Alraheem
(in the name of God the most gracious, the most merciful)
Finally Unoffoicial TWRP 3.0.2 is here for Dual sim version of XPERIA Z3 (D6633)!!
Introduction:​
Team Win Recovery Project or twrp2 for short, is a custom recovery built with ease of use and customization in mind. We started from the ground up by taking AOSP recovery and loading it with the standard recovery options, then added a lot of our own features. It's a fully touch driven user interface , no more volume rocker or power buttons to mash. The GUI is also fully XML driven and completely theme-able. You can change just about every aspect of the look and feel.
Key Features:
Touchscreen driven with real buttons and drag-to-scroll
XML-based GUI that allows full customization of the layout true theming!
Settings are saved to the sdcard and persist through reboots
Ability to choose which partitions to back up and which to restore
Ability to choose to compress backups now with pigz (multi-core processor support for faster compression times)
Onscreen keyboard
Decryption of /data
Easy selection of internal/external storage
And much more...
In addition to the above new features, TWRP features a scripting engine that allows an app to send commands to the recovery for the recovery to perform during startup. We call this scripting engine OpenRecoveryScript. This engine will be put to use immediately in the GooManager app. GooManager will be able to install recoveries automatically for most supported devices. The app will also let you choose to install multiple zips from within Android, wipe cache & dalvik, and run a backup.
Source Code:
GitHub - https://github.com/omnirom/android_bootable_recovery
Gerrit Instance - http://gerrit.omnirom.org
Notes About Sony Devices:
The Xperia devices have a recovery-in-boot arrangement. This means that the recovery is booted using the regular kernel / boot image in the device. Team Win has worked with the FreeXperia device maintainers to come up with a way to extract the ramdisk from the FOTAKernel partition and use the ramdisk from that partition instead of the recovery that is included in the boot image of your device. This means that if you install current CM nightlies and flash TWRP to the FOTAKernel partition, you will be able to use TWRP instead of the CWM or CM recovery that normally comes in a CM boot image. Other boot images including stock kernels can be repacked to include this extraction utility to allow you to use TWRP from the FOTAKernel partition. This setup allows you to choose what recovery you want to have installed and allows you to update your recovery more easily. Unfortunately this setup requires that the boot image that you have installed include the ramdisk extraction utility. The source for this utility is here:
https://github.com/Dees-Troy/extract_elf_ramdisk
This utility is designed to work in conjunction with the current methods that most AOSP ROMs use for the ramdisk and can also be used on stock kernels. This setup means that you must have a kernel or boot image installed that will use the FOTAKernel method. Most AOSP based ROMs like OmniROM or CyanogenMod will support this method. Some stock kernels may also support the FOTAKernel method.
What does all this mean? It means that TWRP may not work on your device unless you install other custom software as well. Check with your ROM developer to see what they support.
DOWNLOAD:​
Please notice that it won't work in stock based roms, only custom roms will run it
20160907 (img)
20160907 (zip)
Installation methods
TWRP Install (Requires TWRP 2.8.4 or higher already installed):​
Download the latest TWRP image file (.img) from the download link and boot TWRP. Go to install and find and select the Images... button. Browse to the image that you downloaded and select it. Choose recovery and swipe to flash.
dd Install Method (Requires Root):
Download the latest image file (.img) from the download link above. Place it in the root of your /sdcard folder and rename it to twrp.img. Run the following commands via adb shell or a terminal emulator app:
Code:
su
dd if=/sdcard/recovery-twrp-302-z3dual.img of=/dev/block/platform/msm_sdcc.1/by-name/FOTAKernel
Fastboot method:
you should have fastboot in your pc (either downloaded separately or with android SDK)
fire up Terminal (Linux and OS X) or CMD window (MS Windows) in the folder you have the image on it and it is preferred to copy the image to the folder of fastboot so the following command work then type:
Code:
fastboot flash FOTAKernel recovery-twrp-302-z3dual.img
don't forget to put ./ before 'fastboot' if you are using OS X or linux (./fastboot)
ZIP method:
flash the zip using any recovery
Themes and colors:
HERE
(Read Post #2 in the link if you want to customize, I'll be making pre-made themes later on inshaaAllah (God willing) )
NOTE: You are free to repack it and even sharing it without taking my permission
Please Donate If you want me to support Z3 dual more and more, it is back to you ​
XDA:DevDB Information
TWRP 3.0.2 for Z3 Dual D6633, Tool/Utility for the Sony Xperia Z3
Contributors
Muhammad Ashraf
Source Code: https://github.com/omnirom/android_bootable_recovery
Version Information
Status: Testing
Created 2016-06-25
Last Updated 2016-09-07

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Hi, one question, I choose the .img file from twrp but doesn't appear the "recovery" option to choose and swipe, only appears the "kernel" option, it is correct? Should I proceed with this option?

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dquelal said:
Hi, one question, I choose the .img file from twrp but doesn't appear the "recovery" option to choose and swipe, only appears the "kernel" option, it is correct? Should I proceed with this option?
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sorry for the late reply, I am not sure why does it act like that
i'll try to make a zip file for that issue

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dquelal said:
Hi, one question, I choose the .img file from twrp but doesn't appear the "recovery" option to choose and swipe, only appears the "kernel" option, it is correct? Should I proceed with this option?
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Oh, I am SOOOOOOOO Sorry, You have noticed me, By mistake I have uploaded Cyanogenmod Recovery instead of twrp
figuring that out now
I am sorry all of you
thanks man
EDIT: DONE

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dquelal said:
Hi, one question, I choose the .img file from twrp but doesn't appear the "recovery" option to choose and swipe, only appears the "kernel" option, it is correct? Should I proceed with this option?
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Unlocked or Locked bootloader?
(Does this require an unlocked bootloader?)

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I cannot get to recovery mode using DD or fastboot
Command will go through but adb reboot or h/w combos wont get me recovery. How do I install recovery ? . I have a ROM that can only be installed via recovery pl help

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I cannot get to recovery mode using DD or fastboot

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FAILED (remote: Command not allowed)
it always says "FAILED (remote: Command not allowed)"
should the bootloader be unlocked ?!
what is the problem here?!

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Hi, i flashed the .img using my twrp, the only option on "select partition" was kernel, i know i shouldn't have done it, but i did. Now the phone doesn't boot, it keeps on a black screen. I think i need to flash a new kernel, can someone help me? Thanks
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Locked bl

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Excellent WORK +++++
Bismillahi Alrahmani Alraheem YOU are my god!
Well done. You are the man. Exellent work with this TWRP for my D6633 (z3 dual)
it saved my life!

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bryantshurley said:
I cannot get to recovery mode using DD or fastboot
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If you want to flash it with fastboot, type 'boot' instead of 'FOTAkernel', so the command goes like this: "fastboot flash boot recovery-twrp-302-z3dual.img". That way, you'll be able to boot into recovery using the volume rocker. A little late, but I hope I helped.

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"fastboot flash boot recovery-twrp-302-z3dual.img" got me to a new recovery screen and can no longer boot the system.

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rzepek2pl said:
If you want to flash it with fastboot, type 'boot' instead of 'FOTAkernel', so the command goes like this: "fastboot flash boot recovery-twrp-302-z3dual.img". That way, you'll be able to boot into recovery using the volume rocker. A little late, but I hope I helped.
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That was a bad advice. Now I only have TWRP on my phone. Only boots into this!
Can it be saved? How?

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Your 20160907.zip based on TWRP 3.0.2 was put into root & flashed with TWRP v2.8.7.0 which did not update, when re-launching recovery I was still on v2.8.7.0