- False. Many newer devices utilizing the A/B partition layout don't have a dedicated
recovery
partition. See landing page for Google Pixel for a full explanation. - False. Certain devices have exploits that allow recovery on locked bootloaders - this kind of recovery is often referred to as "Safestrap".
- True - partition size is usually the same as
boot
. On my Xiaomi Mi Mix 2, both are 67108864 bytes, i.e. 64MB. - ? - not sure what you mean. If you want to start a regular OS by booting into
recovery
, just flash a regular boot image (one that usually goes intoboot
) torecovery
.
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