- False. Many newer devices utilizing the A/B partition layout don't have a dedicated
recoverypartition. See landing page for Google Pixel for a full explanation. - True. Certain devices have exploits that allow recovery on locked bootloaders - this kind of recovery is often referred to as "Safestrap". Do note "exploits" - most devices don't have such discovered.
- True - partition size is usually the same as
boot. On my Xiaomi Mi Mix 2, both are 67108864 bytes, i.e. 64MB. - True - recovery can be considered a minimal OS by itself (with complete display, input, file management subsystems). 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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