Installing the OTA update 11.5.141 via TWRP (with gdrive uploaded update zip) - Lenovo Z5 Pro GT Guides, News, & Discussion

Obs: these were the steps that i did to get it, try it by your own risk
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Some people are saying that can't get the 11.1.021 via ota from zui10, but I got the information that this version of qfil 11.1.021 is getting ota to the 11.5, so you should try it just changing the files in the tutorial of step 1 and if don't get the ota, jump to the step 3
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I did the first part with my bootloader locked, and just got it working this way. I tried to qfil directly the 11.1.021 or use the version updated with the bootloader unlocked but i got error 7 later.
To start, you will need adb and fastboot, and you can get them from here
1- Qfil the zui 10 version from this tutorial
2- Set up a pin (it will be important) and update the zui to version 11.1.021 (right after you install the zui 10 it will pop the update, if not you can use the zui update app)
3- Now that you have 11.1.021 from ota you have to go to fastboot mode (adb reboot bootloader) and unlock your bootloader, if you do this on zui 10 or zui 11.5 you will got on bootloop and have to start all again (tutorial <- you can use this to lock your bootloader for start the proccess too)
4- Go again to bootloader and use fastboot flash recovery twrp.img (download twrp)
5- From fastboot mode, press volume down repeatly until you see "Recovery mode" then press power button, the phone will reboot twice and enter in twrp, you will need to put the pin set on step 2
6- Pass this update zip to your phone from the PC then select it on "install" section and swipe to flash (this was the step where i got error 7 with qfil version of 11.1.021, if you got this, the only solution i know is start all over again owith qfil zui 10)
7- After flash is done, go back to the home page of twrp, select "wipe" and mark "dalvik", "cache" and "data" then reboot system
Your phone will be on bootloop and this is the part that i discover after 2 days trying
8- Turn off your phone and turn it back pressing the power button and the volume down to enter in fastboot mode, you will see on last line that your bootloader will be locked again, and this is the cause of bootloop
9- Use the commands to unlock bootloader again (fastboot flash unlock your_unlock_img.img and fastboot oem unlock-go)
Your phone will boot and reboot in twrp that will do an automatic process, than will reboot again in ZUI 11.5.141 (may take some minutes)
Obs²: After this proccess, if you want to use TWRP to install a rom or something, you will need to flash it again

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when I try to install just I got error 7 for everstep :S how can I solve it ?

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brujaboy said:
when I try to install just I got error 7 for everstep :S how can I solve it ?
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Did you try it from qfil the zui 10 with the locked bootloader?
Because i got this error when i ota updated from 10 to 11.1.021 with the bootloader unlocked

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Astronomico said:
Did you try it from qfil the zui 10 with the locked bootloader?
Because i got this error when i ota updated from 10 to 11.1.021 with the bootloader unlocked
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yes I did my friend I installed zui10 with QFIL after that I ınstalled 11.0.21 with twrp and when I try to install 11.5 I got error 7, I did edit with notepad++ but still have this problem

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brujaboy said:
yes I did my friend I installed zui10 with QFIL after that I ınstalled 11.0.21 with twrp and when I try to install 11.5 I got error 7, I did edit with notepad++ but still have this problem
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I think the problem is with the version you're installing in TWRP , after qfil zui10, wait for the OTA for 11.1.021 of the app zui update, it seems to exist some versions of 11.1.021 and the TWRP version is not the same of the OTA
The version of 11.1.021 that i've got by OTA with my bootloader already unlocked on zui10 got error 7 too, just the version i've got with the bootloader locked worked

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Astronomico said:
I think the problem is with the version you're installing in TWRP , after qfil zui10, wait for the OTA for 11.1.021 of the app zui update, it seems to exist some versions of 11.1.021 and the TWRP version is not the same of the OTA
The version of 11.1.021 that i've got by OTA with my bootloader already unlocked on zui10 got error 7 too, just the version i've got with the bootloader locked worked
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we need wait thank u bro

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C:\Program Files (x86)\Minimal ADB and Fastboot> adb reboot bootloader
error: no devices/emulators found
C:\Program Files (x86)\Minimal ADB and Fastboot>
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Fixed
this is whilest in fastboot.. ^^
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it pushes a command when phone was on but when in fastboot / bootloader nothing ? any ideas?
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every time i push recovery img twrp via ADB it gets bootloader loop

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leerh said:
every time i push recovery img twrp via ADB it gets bootloader loop
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That's weird, i've uploaded the same img i used on mine smartphone, it reboot twice, but starts after in my case, i just got bootloop after unlock the bootloader, but never after flash the twrp...
Try to turn your phone on holding the vol down button to enter in fastboot and check if it's really unlocked, since you flashed the twrp, you will need it
Btw, try to use the files of this tutorial

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Astronomico said:
That's weird, i've uploaded the same img i used on mine smartphone, it reboot twice, but starts after in my case, i just got bootloop after unlock the bootloader, but never after flash the twrp...
Try to turn your phone on holding the vol down button to enter in fastboot and check if it's really unlocked, since you flashed the twrp, you will need it
Btw, try to use the files of this tutorial
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yhyh it says device is unlocked ive used unlock image from lenovo site to unlock it.
im currently on 11.1.021 st cant install twrp affter installing keeps booting to bootloader (unlocked) from here i will need to use qfill to get stock firmware 10.5.304 cn version stock recovery still works
ive also tried on ZUI_10.5.304 same thing
qill emergency flash dose not lock bootloader for me? well i cant twrps anymore makes me feel its step away from total brick
do i need to lock it then qfill then 11.1.021st via OTA then unlock it

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I've Just googled It and i found that flash magisk could repair the twrp bootloop, because magisk changes the boot.img that is the cause of the problem
You can download It on magiskmanager site, put it on your phone, than use twrp install session to flash it
And Qfil doesn't Lock your bootloader

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Astronomico said:
I've Just googled It and i found that flash magisk could repair the twrp bootloop, because magisk changes the boot.img that is the cause of the problem
You can download It on magiskmanager site, put it on your phone, than use twrp install session to flash it
And Qfil doesn't Lock your bootloader
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thanks for looking into it for me and i will try this out now and let you know the results done.
this a fresh from factory flash so there is no magisk modules. can you post the links to the information you found.. i cant flash any files affter installing twrps which is successful the via ADB but affter the reboot or trying twrps or access phone or recovery will bootloop my phone to go into fast boot every single time...
can i install twrps on 10.304 and 11.021 both are offical cn roms? device has to be unlocked right which it is? is there any place i can get stock recovry image?
i wanna try= fastboot flash boot_a stockboot.img=fastboot flash boot_b stockboot.img
but i dont think i should as qfil provides stock factory flash? means its fully fresh?

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leerh said:
thanks for looking into it for me and i will try this out now and let you know the results done.
this a fresh from factory flash so there is no magisk modules. can you post the links to the information you found.. i cant flash any files affter installing twrps which is successful the via ADB but affter the reboot or trying twrps or access phone or recovery will bootloop my phone to go into fast boot every single time...
can i install twrps on 10.304 and 11.021 both are offical cn roms? device has to be unlocked right which it is? is there any place i can get stock recovry image?
i wanna try= fastboot flash boot_a stockboot.img=fastboot flash boot_b stockboot.img
but i dont think i should as qfil provides stock factory flash? means its fully fresh?
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Oh, i thought you could access the twrp after install it, sorry
The tutorial on step 1 provides the official cn rom zui10, if you use it, your phone will probably boot normally.
I think you should lock your bootloader and use the official, you will have the updates via OTA, since you can't use TWRP, I think it will be the best for you, I don't know how help you more :/

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I have a request anyone can share with my twrp back up clear update without data like zip file because I have problem with my QFIL and when I try to install zui 10.5 give me sahara error and I thought about this option

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brujaboy said:
I have a request anyone can share with my twrp back up clear update without data like zip file because I have problem with my QFIL and when I try to install zui 10.5 give me sahara error and I thought about this option
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Sorry, i didn't see it, but saraha error is probably caused because wrong version of USB drivers in your PC, or you're being too slow to press "download content" on qfil after plug the phone (I don't know exactly why, but you have to click it fairly fast)

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Astronomico said:
Sorry, i didn't see it, but saraha error is probably caused because wrong version of USB drivers in your PC, or you're being too slow to press "download content" on qfil after plug the phone (I don't know exactly why, but you have to click it fairly fast)
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doesn't matter, thank u so much for replying yesterday I installed all of driver versions but I saw still again and I find another method like pushing very fast download click button and I did successfully 11.1.021 thank u so much again for supporting

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Astronomico said:
Obs: these were the steps that i did to get it, try it by your own risk
I did the first part with my bootloader locked, and just got it working this way. I tried to qfil directly the 11.1.021 or use the version updated with the bootloader unlocked but i got error 7 later.
To start, you will need adb and fastboot, and you can get them from here
1- Qfil the zui 10 version from this tutorial
2- Set up a pin (it will be important) and update the zui to version 11.1.021 (right after you install the zui 10 it will pop the update, if not you can use the zui update app)
3- Now that you have 11.1.021 from ota you have to go to fastboot mode (adb reboot bootloader) and unlock your bootloader, if you do this on zui 10 or zui 11.5 you will got on bootloop and have to start all again (tutorial <- you can use this to lock your bootloader for start the proccess too)
4- Go again to bootloader and use fastboot flash recovery twrp.img (download twrp)
5- From fastboot mode, press volume down repeatly until you see "Recovery mode" then press power button, the phone will reboot twice and enter in twrp, you will need to put the pin set on step 2
6- Pass this update zip to your phone from the PC then select it on "install" section and swipe to flash (this was the step where i got error 7 with qfil version of 11.1.021, if you got this, the only solution i know is start all over again owith qfil zui 10)
7- After flash is done, go back to the home page of twrp, select "wipe" and mark "dalvik", "cache" and "data" then reboot system
Your phone will be on bootloop and this is the part that i discover after 2 days trying
8- Turn off your phone and turn it back pressing the power button and the volume down to enter in fastboot mode, you will see on last line that your bootloader will be locked again, and this is the cause of bootloop
9- Use the commands to unlock bootloader again (fastboot flash unlock your_unlock_img.img and fastboot oem-unlock go)
Your phone will boot and reboot in twrp that will do an automatic process, than will reboot again in ZUI 11.5.141 (may take some minutes)
Obs²: After this proccess, if you want to use TWRP to install a rom or something, you will need to flash it again
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Hi bro. I see a little error in your command: The second command in the 9th step is wrong, the correct command is: "fastboot oem unlock-go".
Greetings.

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leerh said:
yhyh it says device is unlocked ive used unlock image from lenovo site to unlock it.
im currently on 11.1.021 st cant install twrp affter installing keeps booting to bootloader (unlocked) from here i will need to use qfill to get stock firmware 10.5.304 cn version stock recovery still works
ive also tried on ZUI_10.5.304 same thing
qill emergency flash dose not lock bootloader for me? well i cant twrps anymore makes me feel its step away from total brick
do i need to lock it then qfill then 11.1.021st via OTA then unlock it
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i got step 1,2,3,4,5 and 6, got an error #7.
so i used the tutorial to flash the device in step 1
it was unable to update cuz bootloader was unlock
i locked bootloader and update to 11.1.021
so afther that, i unlocked again to install twrp.
intalled twrp and transfer file to phone
booted twrp and installed the zip, got the error 7 again.

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lipeneiva said:
i got step 1,2,3,4,5 and 6, got an error #7.
so i used the tutorial to flash the device in step 1
it was unable to update cuz bootloader was unlock
i locked bootloader and update to 11.1.021
so afther that, i unlocked again to install twrp.
intalled twrp and transfer file to phone
booted twrp and installed the zip, got the error 7 again.
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best thing is to try again an follow every letter and step this only way to install 11.5 (beta) did u set a pin it is needed ive not seen another guide to install android 10

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Lombachita said:
Hi bro. I see a little error in your command: The second command in the 9th step is wrong, the correct command is: "fastboot oem unlock-go".
Greetings.
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Ops, fixed