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Red Wolf TWRP, Root Support Incremental OTA - Redmi 4A


Hei Redmi 4A fans,

What have we here today? After fiddling around with your Redmi 4A and getting comfortable with it, you might want to explore more like rooting or flashing other custom ROMs or even thinking flashing incremental OTA without breaking it and not having to flash the Full Package ROM. Hence, with the help of Red Wolf or ZCX Recoveries you can attain that. So what is this Red Wolf Recovery?


Red Wolf Recovery is an alternative custom recovery based on TWRP source code with the main objective of the project to provide stable recovery with features which have not been accepted for addition to the official source code of TWRP. On top of that, it the first recovery to add protection feature with password protection and support incremental OTA.


- Password protection
- Flashlight
- MIUI Incremental OTA Support
- Built-in latest Magisk, SuperSU & AromaFM
- Support two screenshot GUI actions - Power+VolDown to save screenshot in to the internal storage & Power+VolUp to save screenshot in to the external storage (Will be automatically saved in to the internal in case that external storage doesn't exist).
- Support automatic reboot after the restore process
- Recovery can automatically modify some props in the ROM directly during the installation
- Some built-in scripts from community
- Tap to wake support
- Advanced deactivation of the stock recovery
- Automatic deactivation of the dm-verity & forced encryption directly during the installation of the ROM
- Recovery can notify you about the completed backup/restore/installation using the notification diode & vibration.
- Support "set on boot" settings.

* Changes for security reasons *
- ADB isn't starting automatically at the start of the recovery. You have to activate it in recovery
- MTP isn't starting until user enter correct password
- Deactivated TWRP theme engine


ifelixit Flasher Toolkit is a hassle-free flasher for multi-purpose tasking. To conveniently flash TWRP or alternative recoveries with a few click or other repeatitve designated task.


Essentials:
  • 1. Bootloader Unlocked
  • 2. USB DATA cable (the one that came with your device)
  • 3. Before proceeding: Disable Driver Signature Enforcement in Windows 7/8/10 64-Bit
  • 4. Enable USB Debugging - Goto Settings > Additional settings > Developer options > USB Debugging - Enable (If you have not activated Developer options, then Goto Settings > About phone > tap MIUI version 7 times > You are now a developer)
  • 5. Battery is charged at least 50%.

Requirements:
Using FLASHER TOOLKIT Rolex:


1. Plug your device in an ON-STATE via USB cable to your PC/Laptop.

2. Download ifelixit Toolkit Flasher Rolex and extract, "Run as administrator" and execute "ifelixit FLASHER TOOLKIT Rolex.bat".


3. Next, you see the menu for what you want to do, as mentioned on the highlight, choose Menu #1 to FLASH Red Wolf Recovery for Redmi 4A and follow the on-screen instructions.

4. It will check whether you have followed all the Essentials mentioned above, and when all are met, it will run accordingly and flawlessly.

5. Once the flashing is done successfully, you will reach the TWRP screen asking you if you want to allow system modifications. By swiping right, you will trigger dm-verity, and if you don't follow the next step you will be unable to boot! Hence, to root your device you need to follow the rest of these steps, then it is safe to swipe right and enable modifications.


6. To go further, Red Wolf Recovery will prompt you for a password and later you will have the option to stick or even remove password, as follows:-


7. Next, goto Advanced/Special Actions, to Disable DM-verity, Disable Forced Encryption and Support MIUI Incremental OTA. It is imperative to Ticked all these options to flawlessly to avoid bootlooping and enjoy Incremental OTA.


8. Goto Advanced/Settings to install SuperSU or Magisk to Root your device, as follows:-



9. Then for the first time, you MUST FLASH a Full Pack or a Recovery zip, in order for it to backup to prepare to get, Incremental OTA the next time round, as shown below:-


10. Now, that you have successfully flash Full Pack MIUI Recovery zip, to enjoy the Incremental OTA when its pushed for the next update and rooted, as shown below:-


11. Meanwhile, for those using China Developer ROM, Google Playstore is not pre-install, hence you need to install Google Apps, you can use the following method,Google Apps - GApps for MARSHMALLOW & NOUGAT, GoogleInstaller_3.0.apk or GApps.

Enjoy!




CREDITS:
FEEDBACK:
  • All feedback and suggestion are most welcome for the betterment of the FLASHER TOOLKIT user experience.




DISCLAIMER: DO ON YOUR OWN RISK. Flashing can potentially bricked or bootloop your device.
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1 comment:

  1. Gunaseelan22 December 2018 at 10:08

    After TWRP recovery screen touch is not working. please suggest me the solution.

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