Need help to unbrick or unroot - P8lite Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting

So, i rooted my device using kingroot and it's went fine and got root access, after hours i treid to download some apps from the play store but got "error couldn't communicate with servers" however i noticed that this happen to be after the root. so i came to xda and learnt something about the root and the thing i didn't do is unlock the bootloader, cause my old device was samsung galaxy s4 mini and it was easy to flash roms and root and whatever, so i searched for my build but couldn't find it it's: ALE-21LC185B160 and before the ota update was : ALE-21LC185B120
i found none of thos but found this: ALE-L21 V100R001C185B120 downloaded it, extract it and took the dload to sd card and tried to flash from recovery but go installation failed contact *emui site* know when i reset my phone the kinguser forces it self and come with phone like an unremovable app and it's just blocking the google account to connect to it's servers
also, i tried deleted the su from /system/bin and system/xbin/
and tried the script that remove kinguser and replace it with su
so what should i do??????
*/ edit :
i fixed the unroot by unlocking my bootloader and installing super su and did a full unroot
now still with google account cannot connect to the servers..... (tried all the mothods our there)
i think i need to install new frimware any one have a tuto?

try to unroot with klingroot PC version
to flash your phone you need to :
1- unlock bootloader
2- download B120 rom
3- extract update.app in dload folder with huawei extractor tool
4- extract boot.img recovery.img cust.img and system img
5- flash them via fast boot mod with adb commands

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[ROOT][MARSHMALLOW][HONOR 4C] Root, Recovery & Bootloader Unlock by HassanMirza01

DESCRIPTION:
Today i found the New Root & Installing Custom Recovery(TWRP) in MARSHMALLOW ROM surely...
I will Provide correct info and help......All This you are gonna do is At your Own Risk... Damage to your device of any type is at your Own Responsibility,,, Don't point finger at me or I will Just Laugh at you...
PREREQUISTES:
First of all, You should Unlock Bootloader so that on every reboot, Your Root shouldn't damage. You can unlock bootloader by simple procedure...and also enable the USB Debugging from Developers options in settings...
PROCEDURE:
FOR UNLOCKING BOOTLOADER, FOLLOW THIS
Download the Attached PC Software Named "Huawei Product ID Generator" then Extract this zip file...
Now open it, fill all Info in it and it will Generate a Product ID for your Phone....
Now go to this site Unlocking Code website
Login to this site using your Huawei id which you made in themes store or in huawei cloud!!
Use the Serial Number Written on BACK OF YOUR PHONE..!!
Fill like, smartphone>Product Model should be "HUAWEI Y300-0000"
then fill all fields and captcha also.. Click Submit and get the UNLOCKING CODE....
you can unlock bootloader wid that code then and root permanently....
After receiving the unlock code, write down the code;
Now go in your 4C's Settings>About Phone.
Then tap on Build number 10 times,,, you will get the Developers options in Last of Settings app. Open Developers option and Turn On the USB DEBUGGING.
Now connect your device to PC in MTP/FILES mode and then install the ADB drivers for it....
To install adb drivers correctly, use the Software Adb Driver Installer from here
LINK FOR ADB DRIVER INSTALLER
Full ADB folder is also attached Below.... put this folder in drive C.
Now Direct the cursor on the folder ADB, hold Shift and the right mouse button and choose "Open Command Window";
connect your phone to the PC in the "media device";
at the command prompt prescribe ADB Devices ;
then we write ADB reboot bootloader (the device will reboot mode fastboot);
then typed fastboot oem unlock **************** (where the asterisks replace unlock code);
BOOTLOADER UNLOCKED NOW!!
Now You are Ready to install TWRP recovery in Marshmallow first.... Download the Root and TWRP recovery File from here...
This File Also contain Stock Recovery of Marshmallow Rom
4C Root+TWRP by [email protected]
After this, unzip it and better come again in Fastboot Mode like above as explained, this time, move the recovery file to the adb folder which you want to install.
After that, type fastboot devices to see if your device is correctly attached to PC or Laptop. if yes then type this command in cmd to install the Custom Recovery(TWRP) in your phone.
fastboot flash recovery twrp.img
Then
fastboot reboot
This will reboot your phone and TWRP installed.
Gonna Done Root now... READ CAREFULLY... ROOTING MARSHMALLOW IS NOT EASY...
Download This Zip File and then Go in TWRP recovery and swipe for allow modifications...... and then flash that zip file named 1.zip...
After its done,, restart your phone and if it promp to install su, ignore it....
Open supersu app installed in your phone and let it update its binaries...when done, reboot to recovery again and this time flash This File.
Then reboot your phone and then supersu will be stable,,,
Now you have Successfully Rooted Marshmallow
Hit Thanks and Support me if you Like and get help from this thread...Thank you...
This is Based on Stock Huawei Kernel, Not compiled by Me...
Contributors:
@HassanMirza01
Mohamed A. Abd Ellatif
Version Information:
Status: Stable
Stable Release Date: 2015-09-28
Created on: 2016-02-19
Last Updated on: 2016-04-09
Reserved
Is this is TWRP for Marshmallow? Because the recovery files.you have uploaded are dated 25th September 2015?
@mfbcool yes...this is for Marshmallow... But dont swipe allow modifications!!
Member gettin error after swiping...just do read only...
I root my device by this method yesterday
but today root not work in titanum backup
I check it by root checker and everything is ok
Even though this method works, I would not recommend moving SuperSU to system partition. I didn't moved it and still SU permissions are working fine. I say so because Chainfire in his new SuperSU adopted a 'Systemless Root' method that roots without modifying the system partition so that apps like Android Pay work properly. He achieved this by patching the Boot image and so root is installed in boot image and is enabled at every boot (that's why you may experience some boot loops after rooting). This makes taking OTA updates and unrooting the device easier as you can unroot by flashing the Stock Boot.img instead of flashing the whole system partition.
I believe moving SuperSU to system partition destroys the main purpose and idea Chainfire had while making SuperSU compatible with Marshmallow. We all know EMUI won't update on Rooted devices. So it would be a pain to reflash whole Stock System Partition before taking OTA.
Hi thanks, I'm root my mobile I'm in android 6.0 now how to get back to kikkat a stock rom from twrp
@G E N E R A L open supersu app and tick the mount name separation and restart phone... Titanium, kingroot all will recognize root
Hit thanks if it helps....
@TMDMOOSA if you wanna go back to KK, Flash stock recovery first!!
Then flash the back pkg B320, then B070
If you gets error, flash middle pkg of chc rom and then flash directly KK Rom usin stock recovery!!
hi
i have a problem
by flashing file 1.zip phone reboot twice and screen go black and nothing happens after
by flashing the ROM problem fix but i cant root my phone
i try this three times!!
what can i do?
thnx
@inshaalmirza
hello, I by mistake flash the root.zip of lollipop to my phone running marshmallow. Now my phone is stuck on bootscreen. what should I do now. adb is not working
onlyankush_s said:
@inshaalmirza
hello, I by mistake flash the root.zip of lollipop to my phone running marshmallow. Now my phone is stuck on bootscreen. what should I do now. adb is not working
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this happened for me by flashing right zip file!!!
no solution??
i wipe all the data (even system data) by custom recovery and turn off the phone and hold power volume down and up together
by doing this if you have ROM file in your sd , new ROM will be instal on your device
just please tell me how i can root my phone??
@inshaalmirza @ mfbcool please reply what to do
onlyankush_s said:
@inshaalmirza
hello, I by mistake flash the root.zip of lollipop to my phone running marshmallow. Now my phone is stuck on bootscreen. what should I do now. adb is not working
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onlyankush_s said:
@ mfbcool please reply what to do
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Flash the complete Marshmallow ROM through Stock Recovery.
matinone said:
hi
i have a problem
by flashing file 1.zip phone reboot twice and screen go black and nothing happens after
by flashing the ROM problem fix but i cant root my phone
i try this three times!!
what can i do?
thnx
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no one??
please
@onlyankush_s go in fastboot and then flash the system.img again.... Or flash stock M wid stock recovery...
@matinone there is written that flash supersu again after flashing 1.zip
Flash supersu zip too and tell... Or flash srock rom again by same method i told in most previous posr.... I am sick right now thats why replying late!!
inshaalmirza said:
@matinone there is written that flash supersu again after flashing 1.zip
Flash supersu zip too and tell... Or flash srock rom again by same method i told in most previous posr.... I am sick right now thats why replying late!!
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thanks a lot!!!
it worked
by the same steps.it look like i got lucky this time
hope you get better soon
hi
plz help
i flash stock recovery and my phone go to rescue mode
help
I have successfully built TWRP 3.0.0-0 for our device which fixes the weird swipe to allow modifications bug and is fully compatible with Android 6.0 Marshmallow.
See here: http://forum.xda-developers.com/android/development/recovery-twrp-3-0-0-0-huawei-honor-4c-t3349495
Also, to re-flash Stock ROM, you don't need to flash Stock Recovery. Huawei phones have 2 inbuilt recoveries. The second recovery (which is the Stock) can be accessed by 3 buttons method (Power + Volume Up + Volume Down).
@mfbcool i saw that thread early... Great work man... I know huawei have 2 inbuilt recoveries but 2nd one is erecovery and thats of no use at all... I tried it too many times!! If twrp 3.0 can flash update.app files,,, it gonna rocks , wish u best of luck man!! You did it

can't get any android 6 update to work :(

Any help?
Tried downloading every single ROM I found but none of them allow me to update from my current firmware.
I think I mgiht need to first stablish a european stock android 5 so I can go ahead and use the ROMS that are actually around the web, but cdont know how to do that!
THANKS!!
I have the same problem, althought mine ends in B140. Does anyone know how to update it?
same problem but i have b210.
thanosnic said:
same problem but i have b210.
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heroe7121 said:
I have the same problem, althought mine ends in B140. Does anyone know how to update it?
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groggycl said:
Any help?
Tried downloading every single ROM I found but none of them allow me to update from my current firmware.
I think I mgiht need to first stablish a european stock android 5 so I can go ahead and use the ROMS that are actually around the web, but cdont know how to do that!
THANKS!!
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yes it is possbile... but a long way..
Things you need:
Root
Unlocked bootloader
TWRP recovery
Stock Recovery
First thing first, unlock your bootloader (see chapter 2 of this MEGA thread). Then you need TWRP recovery. Download this : (it contains root file and twrp).
TWRP and ROOT
Now, tap your build number 7-10 times, this will get you Developers Option on Settings. Go to Developers Option and enable it, also you must enable "Enable USB Debugging.. then connect it to your computer. Now extract the downloaded folder, you'll see a folder named data. go inside that and hold Shift and Right Click and Click on Open Commands Windows Here.. run following commands inside quotations:
"adb devices" -> lists your device, if it doesn't then you have some problems while enabling USB debugging... do it again..
"adb reboot bootloader" -> it will reboot the device to white screen with android logo and it must display "Unlocked" on green colours. if it doesn't, it means you havent unlocked your bootloader and you must not proceed any further..
"fastboot flash recovery recovery.img" -> doing this will flash TWRP recovery
"fastboot reboot"->reboots the device..
For rooting, copy 1.zip and 2.zip to your phone/sd card. Then you must go to recovery mode. Connect your mobile to computer via USB cable, and open commands window on data folder (same as you did for TWRP).
"adb reboot recovery" -> will go to TWRP recovery. Click on Install and select 1.zip first to flash... after flashing it will reboot your device. Open the SuperSu app once and close and uninstall it. Go to recovery mode again and then flash 2.zip.. it will reboot again.. now, download Es File explorer or other root browsers. go to /data/app and cut eu.chainfire.supersu and paste it in /system/app with the following permissions rwx r-x r-x and reboot. Congrats, you are rooted now.. Off to next steps.
Now, as you're rooted. Download this file ... After downloading this file you need to copy and paste to this path: /dev/block/platform/hi_mci.0/by-name (for this, you need to be rooted).. It will change your region from c185 to c432.. Restart and you must have c432.
Now, unroot your device and flash stock recovery(for the time being). It is necessary to have stock recovery and be unrooted while upgrading android.
Upgrading process
Download this http://huaweidevices.ru/huaweiservic...urope_Dual.rar B132 version, there must be 2 folders "dload"(it should contain UPDATE.APP with file size approx. 1.3 GB) and "custom" (custom folder must also have UPDATE.APP file inside it, but very small in size) , copy the dload folder to internal memory of your phone (the folder must have updata.app inside it) and do local update... after that copy the custom folder to your device and rename it to dload and do local update again.
Note: it is necessary to flash larger UPDATE file and then smaller UPDATE file to remove Balong issues.
Then download this: http://huaweidevices.ru/huaweiservic...170_Europe.zip B170 version and repeat the above process of upgrading.
after this you should be able to see OTA update of B550/B560 marshmallow update... if it doesn't show yet, then download it from here: http://download-c.huawei.com/downloa...20&siteCode=es B550 version.

Bricked my P10 lite and nothing seems to work

A while ago I installed TWRP and rooted my WAS-LX1A and everything worked perfectly fine except that I couldn't install updates. Today I tried to install install a more recent rom and, as expected, it failed. So i tried to install it manually, unpacking boot.img, system.img and recovery.img from the update.app file and flashing them using
Code:
fastboot flash *type* *file*.img
I was able to flash boot and recoverybut when I tried to do the same on system it got stuck and I was forced to interrupt the process. Now my device is constantly stuck on
Code:
Your device is booting now...
and I can't access recovery nor fastboot and adb isn't working:
Code:
error: device unauthorized.
This adb server's $ADB_VENDOR_KEYS is not set
Try 'adb kill-server' if that seems wrong.
Otherwise check for a confirmation dialog on your device.
I tried using the dload folder method in a FAT32 formatted sd card and every sort of button combination but i'm still stuck at the same point. Anyone can help me?
luis ota doesnt works due to root a custom recovery, i recommend you access to twrp, next:
1- Make a backup only of oeminfo(coy to safe place), download oeminfo ss or ds depending your device, extract and copy/replace oem to the original oem
2- Downloaded servicerom b182 or b183, extract and copy all file and folder(was-lx1a folders and update.app), to dload folder on your sdcard.
3- Now press restore oem and shutdown when it finished, now do 3btns method.
Alternatevility could uninstall adb and reinstall, check if device manager has traces of device or adb and remove too
foliaje said:
luis ota doesnt works due to root a custom recovery, i recommend you access to twrp, next:
1- Make a backup only of oeminfo(coy to safe place), download oeminfo ss or ds depending your device, extract and copy/replace oem to the original oem
2- Downloaded servicerom b182 or b183, extract and copy all file and folder(was-lx1a folders and update.app), to dload folder on your sdcard.
3- Now press restore oem and shutdown when it finished, now do 3btns method.
Alternatevility could uninstall adb and reinstall, check if device manager has traces of device or adb and remove too
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Didn't work and now the phone is locked and I've lost my unlock code. TWRP also isn't working, as holding pwr+volumeup starts erecovery while the booting screen changed from "Your device has been unlocked" to "Your device has failed verification". Any tips?
mister if you frp(oem is unlocked(red color)) you can solve with dload method and servicerom b182 or b183, other method is dcphoenix(paid)
LuisTheLollichop said:
Didn't work and now the phone is locked and I've lost my unlock code. TWRP also isn't working, as holding pwr+volumeup starts erecovery while the booting screen changed from "Your device has been unlocked" to "Your device has failed verification". Any tips?
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So, with the service rom on sdcard in folder dload. Booting phone with volumeUp+volumeDown+power also does not work ?
[email protected]@[email protected] said:
So, with the service rom on sdcard in folder dload. Booting phone with volumeUp+volumeDown+power also does not work ?
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It stops at 5% saying "Software install failed!" only giving me the option to reboot
And after changing the oeminfo my phone appears to be locked as i said in my previous reply
LuisTheLollichop said:
It stops at 5% saying "Software install failed!" only giving me the option to reboot
And after changing the oeminfo my phone appears to be locked as i said in my previous reply
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oeminfo: backup insdcad(copy to safe place), with the downloaded oeminfo just copy/replace and then restore.
srom: create one folder called dload in sdcard, then extracted the service copy all was folders + update.app(they are inside of dload folder) to the dload sdcard
alternatively you try with dcphoenix and/or dcunlocker(paid both)
LuisTheLollichop said:
It stops at 5% saying "Software install failed!" only giving me the option to reboot
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Just to be clear, so i understand the situation :
You use the b182 / b183 service rom from here : https://forum.xda-developers.com/p10-lite/help/original-service-rom-huawei-p10-lite-t3688097 ?
If yes and it don't work, then i guess your f**ked. Sorry
[email protected]@[email protected] said:
Just to be clear, so i understand the situation :
You use the b182 / b183 service rom from here : https://forum.xda-developers.com/p10-lite/help/original-service-rom-huawei-p10-lite-t3688097 ?
If yes and it don't work, then i guess your f**ked. Sorry
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You can send him to the service center, they make it free for you with boardswap.
I have had a boardswap twice. Now I know what the problem is and have made a decrypt boot img
Download boot image from this link
https://drive.google.com/open?id=0B1Z5zkx7AGWGbHF6NXo0OFJTRWc
Now flash this boot image in fastboot mode (fastboot flash boot custom_boot_decryptdata_b130.img)
Now hold volume up and type fastboot reboot press enter.
Keep holding volume up until phone reboot to erecovery
Disconnect from PC, Shutdown phone
Hold volume up and power to enter TWRP
Wipe>format data
Go back Reboot>Recovery
Download Full Data zip http://update.hicloud.com:8180/TDS/...WAS-L01A_hw_eu/update_full_WAS-L01A_hw_eu.zip
,and Public Full data zip http://update.hicloud.com:8180/TDS/...86/f2/full/public/update_data_full_public.zip
Copy both zip files to sd card and install one by one in TWRP
reboot>bootloader
Extract boot, system, recovery, from update.zip it using Huawei firmware extractor
Extract cust.img from update_full_WAS-L01A_hw_eu.zip
Flash these images in fastboot mode.
Then reboot to recovery and factory reset, the phone boots normally
Otherwise extarct update.app from update.zip
make a dload folder and copy to sdcard.
Then switch off phone, hold all buttons together to start update.
Fixing Bricked P10 Lite without TWRP , This works even if your Boot is locked
Don't worry my friend be chill, I too bricked my huawei P10 Lite Middle East Version and after a month of struggle I was finally able to fix this issue and restored my STOCK .
This video is made to help you successfully fix your Bricked Huawei P10 Lite
Follow the below youtube video link clearly to unbrick your Huawei
If the above video doesn't play then click on thsi link below
https://youtu.be/0vDgDXePAR4
Cheers.....
I've managed to make it work somehow by bruteforcing the unlock code ahahah Still, thanks everyone <3

HowTo "Unbrick" U-Ultra

Hi all,
this may be helpful for all that have similar problems as I had.
After experiencing with custom ROMs, I wasn't able to boot into System and also not into Recovery anymore (ended in a bootloop).
Because I tried to flash back to a Stock ROM via RUU I also relocked my bootloader and unlocking wasn't possible anymore because the unlock option was not active and not accessible without a system.
Unfortunately there's only the Nougat RUU available and I previously had Oreo installed.
As I also have S-ON, it's not possible to flash back to the Nougat RUU.
I was only able to access the phone in bootloader mode and with fastboot.
Prerequisites:
You should be able to access your phone via fastboot, so the correct USB drivers should be installed on your PC
How did I solve this:
I downloaded the following RUU.exe from US HTC website - I'm not able to post links, but you can find it via Google: HTC U Ultra Firmware Update
Start it and go to "C:\Users\Username\AppData\Local\Temp" (on Windows 10), there you can find a temporary folder of the RUU.exe, for example {50F2F878-636A-496F-A7CB-544C067E0C4B}
You can find some files like adb.exe, htc_fastboot.exe, rom.zip, ...
Copy the folder to any location you want and close the RUU application
I then downloaded the Oreo OTA zip for my phone from androidfilehost (Thank you minhnewpro ) - see: https://forum.xda-developers.com/u-ultra/development/ruu-collection-htc-ultra-nougat-t3830999
Unzip the OTA and copy the firmware.zip to the previously copied folder from RUU (here: {50F2F878-636A-496F-A7CB-544C067E0C4B})
Start the phone into Bootloader or Download Mode and connect it to the PC
Open the commandline on the PC and cd to the copied folder from RUU
Enter the following Commands:
htc_fastboot oem rebootRUU​htc_fastboot flash zip firmware.zip​htc_fastboot flash zip firmware.zip​
htc_fastboot flash zip firmware.zip needs to be done twice, in the first run I got the following error: FAILED (remote: 90 hboot pre-update! please flush image again immediately )
The second time it went through without any error.
Now my phone works again and has the Oreo Stock ROM installed!
I hope this method also works for other phones and not just mine
Greetings
Thank you.
This method works with my HTC U Ultra dual sim.
Thank you very much.
oesiblah said:
Hi all,
this may be helpful for all that have similar problems as I had.
After experiencing with custom ROMs, I wasn't able to boot into System and also not into Recovery anymore (ended in a bootloop).
Because I tried to flash back to a Stock ROM via RUU I also relocked my bootloader and unlocking wasn't possible anymore because the unlock option was not active and not accessible without a system.
Unfortunately there's only the Nougat RUU available and I previously had Oreo installed.
As I also have S-ON, it's not possible to flash back to the Nougat RUU.
I was only able to access the phone in bootloader mode and with fastboot.
Prerequisites:
You should be able to access your phone via fastboot, so the correct USB drivers should be installed on your PC
How did I solve this:
I downloaded the following RUU.exe from US HTC website - I'm not able to post links, but you can find it via Google: HTC U Ultra Firmware Update
Start it and go to "C:\Users\Username\AppData\Local\Temp" (on Windows 10), there you can find a temporary folder of the RUU.exe, for example {50F2F878-636A-496F-A7CB-544C067E0C4B}
You can find some files like adb.exe, htc_fastboot.exe, rom.zip, ...
Copy the folder to any location you want and close the RUU application
I then downloaded the Oreo OTA zip for my phone from androidfilehost (Thank you minhnewpro ) - see: https://forum.xda-developers.com/u-ultra/development/ruu-collection-htc-ultra-nougat-t3830999
Unzip the OTA and copy the firmware.zip to the previously copied folder from RUU (here: {50F2F878-636A-496F-A7CB-544C067E0C4B})
Start the phone into Bootloader or Download Mode and connect it to the PC
Open the commandline on the PC and cd to the copied folder from RUU
Enter the following Commands:
htc_fastboot oem rebootRUU​htc_fastboot flash zip firmware.zip​htc_fastboot flash zip firmware.zip​
htc_fastboot flash zip firmware.zip needs to be done twice, in the first run I got the following error: FAILED (remote: 90 hboot pre-update! please flush image again immediately )
The second time it went through without any error.
Now my phone works again and has the Oreo Stock ROM installed!
I hope this method also works for other phones and not just mine
Greetings
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Hello, I tried this method, but it can't flash the firmware, "FAILED (remote: cannot flash this partition in s-on state)" . Bootloader is the only way I can enter, Download mode or Recovery mode doesn't work("Can't enter download mode, use volume + or - to go back"). Any other methods available?
BOOT problem issue
hard disk recovery
"jtag"

One Plus 8 Pro features (Wifi / Camera) stopped working after root

I rooted my OP8-Pro. I followed the instructions in this video:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UVABAEGRgew.
To summarize, his steps were as follows:
1. Unlock the bootloader
2. Extract boot.img file from payload bin file (on Windows)
3. Install Magisk Canary 2020 app on the phone
4. Install the boot.img file through Magisk
5. Download Fastboot.zip in Windows and extract files
6. Download and place magisk.patched file in Fastboot folder
7. Connect the phone to Windows, use cmd to boot into bootloader
8. Flash the magisk.patched file on the device and reboot
This is a new method to me. In the past rooting always involved TWRP. Root checker shows that the phone is rooted but other features have stopped working.
WiFi no longer works. Even if I turn it on, it turns itself off. Camera keeps crashing and I can't even change the camera mode once I launch the app. My phone also rebooted itself a couple of times while I was testing it after root.
I also rooted my One Plus 6 in 2019 but had to use a custom TWRP (Bluspark) for it to be stable.
I rather start over with a factory reset than try to repair the device in it's current state (but will try to repair it if it's easier). I prefer to stick with the factory ROM and only need root for one app.
Try latest stable magisk instead of canary. Mine works perfectly with regular magisk
I used the all in one tool by mauronafrio here. Worked flawlessly.
shagexpert said:
I rooted my OP8-Pro. I followed the instructions in this video:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UVABAEGRgew.
To summarize, his steps were as follows:
1. Unlock the bootloader
2. Extract boot.img file from payload bin file (on Windows)
3. Install Magisk Canary 2020 app on the phone
4. Install the boot.img file through Magisk
5. Download Fastboot.zip in Windows and extract files
6. Download and place magisk.patched file in Fastboot folder
7. Connect the phone to Windows, use cmd to boot into bootloader
8. Flash the magisk.patched file on the device and reboot
This is a new method to me. In the past rooting always involved TWRP. Root checker shows that the phone is rooted but other features have stopped working.
WiFi no longer works. Even if I turn it on, it turns itself off. Camera keeps crashing and I can't even change the camera mode once I launch the app. My phone also rebooted itself a couple of times while I was testing it after root.
I also rooted my One Plus 6 in 2019 but had to use a custom TWRP (Bluspark) for it to be stable.
I rather start over with a factory reset than try to repair the device in it's current state (but will try to repair it if it's easier). I prefer to stick with the factory ROM and only need root for one app.
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I used the all in one tool by mauronafrio here. Worked flawlessly.
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So I tried that tool. I tried to flash factory image downloaded directly from One Plus website and kept getting the following error message:
"Error: flash-all.exe or flash-all.bat or flash_all.bat or flashall.bat not found!!!"
I think this has to do with the fact that I am using a secondary hard drive on my computer to store all the downloaded files and the bat file is supposed to be in the same folder as the zip file.
I also reset it to factory settings from the recovery mode but that didn't fix the WiFi issue.
Then I ran TWRP from the All in one Tool and installed the factory firmware from phone's internal memory. This soft bricked my phone.
After getting soft-bricked I installed Magisk through the tool but that didn't fix the issue.
Now it is stuck in a boot loop and keeps going into recovery mode. I can also boot into Fastboot mode and install zips through there but I would like to unbrick it first. Is there an alternative ROM that can unbrick it?
I think I am going to try and use the unbrick tool first and if that doesn't work I will try the Fastboot ROM, that already comes with the bat file.
I am a little confused as to which version goes on my phone though. They have Indian, Global and European versions but I live in the U.S. Global seems to be the most appropriate for my phone but I don't want to install the wrong ROM on it.
I remember reading that you can run into WiFi issues if you flashed the wrong version (from a different region) for your phone
I've rooted for many years and this is the first time I didn't go through TWRP as well.
If you use the unbrick tool you'll probably get issues with the fingerprint reader. But that's fixable, after you've rooted.
The easiest way to get root is to just unlock the bootloader, fastboot boot twrp (not flash), and then flash magisk 20.4 stable.
Before TWRP you had to patch the boot.img and fastboot flash it, but with twrp there is no need for it.
If you use the unbrick tool you'll probably get issues with the fingerprint reader. But that's fixable, after you've rooted.
The easiest way to get root is to just unlock the bootloader, fastboot boot twrp (not flash), and then flash magisk 20.4 stable.
Before TWRP you had to patch the boot.img and fastboot flash it, but with twrp there is no need for it.]
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Thanks for letting me know. I attempted to use the unbrick tool but it had problems connecting to the phone. And I also didn't want to run into finger print issues.
I downloaded the patched Rom (with flash-all.bat file included) and installed it via All in one tool. That unbricked the phone and I reset the system to start from scratch. I used the global / international version for my North American phone.
After setting up the phone, I rebooted into Fastboot and loaded TWRP via All in one tool and installed Magisk 20.4 and got the phone rooted.
Root checker shows the phone is now rooted. WiFi and camera also work. I am ready to transfer data from the old phone.
This would have gone smoother if I had just used the correct version of Magisk from the start.

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