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Updated TWRP and now not booting

I updated TWRP today to 2.3.0.0 from within GooManager then rebooted into recovery and fixed my permission. It was done unusually fast and when I rebooted, it would get stuck on the booting screen. When I tried to boot into recovery by pressing power and both volume buttons, it would get stuck on the google logo.
Please advise.
Any other way I can fix this or somehow restore from a backup?

A lot of users are having issues with cwm and twrp not booting with new boot loader. You can revert back to old version or some have had success by deleting "recovery-from-boot." file. You can look at http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1779092 I'm going to wait patiently for a twrp update that should resolve the issue.
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Gigabitex2 said:
A lot of users are having issues with cwm and twrp not booting with new boot loader. You can revert back to old version or some have had success by deleting "recovery-from-boot." file. You can look at http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1779092 I'm going to wait patiently for a twrp update that should resolve the issue.
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Thank you very much!
I'm sorry but I'm not too much of an expert on Android. AFAIK Recovery mode is the only way I know to do some low system stuff. If I can't boot into recovery, how else can I do anything to fix this?
How can I revert back to old version?
I know you linked the other thread but there are 33 pages I was hoping you would have a short answer hehe thanks.

Is it constantly rebooting at the google screen or just stuck?

goofball2k said:
Is it constantly rebooting at the google screen or just stuck?
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If I try to boot into system, it's stuck on boot animation.
If I try to boot into recovery manually (power + volume buttons then select recovery) it would get stuck on Google. It doesn't loop.

I see that you posted over on the twrp thread, hopefully those guys can help you. I am assuming that you have updated to 4.1.2? If you're really stuck maybe try a tool kit like wugs or n7 toolkit? Sorry but SDK isn't one of my strong points either
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woshiweili said:
If I try to boot into system, it's stuck on boot animation.
If I try to boot into recovery manually (power + volume buttons then select recovery) it would get stuck on Google. It doesn't loop.
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You can reflash recovery from fastboot. If you've updated to 4.1.2 you might be experiencing same issue as many of us - being unable to boot to recovery. If that is the case, flash bootloader 3.34 from the JRO03D factory image as well.
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comminus said:
You can reflash recovery from fastboot. If you've updated to 4.1.2 you might be experiencing same issue as many of us - being unable to boot to recovery. If that is the case, flash bootloader 3.34 from the JRO03D factory image as well.
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From what I understand, in order to reflash recovery from fastboot would require me to get the file to the device. However, right now I can't seem to get access at all as it never boots up whether into system or recovery. Are there any other ways to get files onto there?
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OK this is weird. I tried rebooting into recovery again and it worked! I then rebooted into system and that worked too! This is so strange because I didn't do anything different. I guess it just took 20+ tries... I am not rebooting in a while... lol

woshiweili said:
From what I understand, in order to reflash recovery from fastboot would require me to get the file to the device. However, right now I can't seem to get access at all as it never boots up whether into system or recovery. Are there any other ways to get files onto there?
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OK this is weird. I tried rebooting into recovery again and it worked! I then rebooted into system and that worked too! This is so strange because I didn't do anything different. I guess it just took 20+ tries... I am not rebooting in a while... lol
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Hey, glad to hear you're in. In an earlier post you described
woshiweili said:
If I try to boot into recovery manually (power + volume buttons then select recovery) it would get stuck on Google. It doesn't loop.
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which sounds like you were able to get to fastboot mode (power + vol buttons) - your N7 should look like this. From there you can issue fastboot commands to the device to flash recovery. kerne, and bootloader to name a few.

Actually I spoke too soon.
I can boot into recovery TWRP 2.3 with USB plugged in, but still can't boot into system.
Is it possible for me to downgrade to TWRP 2.2 from within TWRP? I kind of doubt it but am pretty desperate at the moment lol.
Yes, I can get into fastboot, but I'm not sure how to do anything besides pressing volume up or down to start, recovery, fastboot or shut down.

woshiweili said:
Actually I spoke too soon.
I can boot into recovery TWRP 2.3 with USB plugged in, but still can't boot into system.
Is it possible for me to downgrade to TWRP 2.2 from within TWRP? I kind of doubt it but am pretty desperate at the moment lol.
Yes, I can get into fastboot, but I'm not sure how to do anything besides pressing volume up or down to start, recovery, fastboot or shut down.
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If you can get in to fastboot you are in good shape. :good:
You'll need the fastboot program (and the driver if on Windows) on your computer in order to issue commands. This guide can direct you on how to get that set up.

comminus said:
If you can get in to fastboot you are in good shape. :good:
You'll need the fastboot program (and the driver if on Windows) on your computer in order to issue commands. This guide can direct you on how to get that set up.
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Thanks for all your help comminus!
Fortunately I was able to wipe everything while I was in recovery and restore from my most recent backup and now it's working fine. At the very least it's allowing me to boot into system
OK I'm really not rebooting for a while lol

I installed twrp a few weeks ago through GooManager and made a backup. When the 4.1.2 update came out, I downloaded it manually with the intent on flashing it via cu custom recovery, but low and behold twrp wasn't working at all. Even with my device plugged into my Win 7 pc... nothing but the exclamation point droid.
I was able to install an updated version of twrp and get everything sorted out, but now I don't have a lot of faith in it, and am booting into recovery at least once a day to make sure it's still working. I never had any problems with cwm.

Twrp has been updated if you're still having issues.
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I'm using twrp version 2.3.0.0, and have no plans on updating it because it's stable and working great now

Gigabitex2 said:
Twrp has been updated if you're still having issues.
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Updated to 2.3.1.0 but still having booting issues

Cannot flash TWRP. Stock recovery is persistent

Hi,
In order to update my phone to oxygenOS 2.2. I flashed oxygenOS 2.1.1 full rom and installed the OTA update for 2.2. Because of this the phone switched back to stock recovery. So I tried to install TWRP recovery through fastboot. The installation was successful but after reboot, it looks like the phone is keep switching back to stock recovery. I have tried this many times but same result everytime.
Note1: I did turned on the USB debugging before this.
Note2: Bootloader is unlocked.
Any help would be great. Thanks in advance!!

When TWRP asks you to modify system partition give it permission to do so at the start of booting to recovery

Akhil701 said:
When TWRP asks you to modify system partition give it permission to do so at the start of booting to recovery
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The problem is that I dont see TWRP even once after flashing it. After flashing when I reboot to recovery, it directly shows me default recovery. When I said its switching back to stock recovery, because the flashing of twrp was successful, I am assuming that it is switching back to stock recovery.

Dreckk said:
The problem is that I dont see TWRP even once after flashing it. After flashing when I reboot to recovery, it directly shows me default recovery. When I said its switching back to stock recovery, because the flashing of twrp was successful, I am assuming that it is switching back to stock recovery.
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I also experienced this the first time. But I just ran fastboot flash recover openrecover-twrp-2.8.7.0.img one more time and then rebooted the phone and pressed volume down until it entered TWRP.

pitrus- said:
I also experienced this the first time. But I just ran fastboot flash recover openrecover-twrp-2.8.7.0.img one more time and then rebooted the phone and pressed volume down until it entered TWRP.
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Did that many times, but it keeps getting entering in the default recovery.

What happens when you boot twrp with fastboot instead of flashing?
Also probably shouldn't flash an ota 2 versions different than the full. If that was the full version you already had, should have flashed 2.1.2 ota then the 2.2.0 ota.

I'm having the same issue. I was able to boot into TWRP once from Fastboot, flashed SuperSU it said it was successful, then I rebooted. Root was not available, and stock recovery was back.

Chris_el said:
I'm having the same issue. I was able to boot into TWRP once from Fastboot, flashed SuperSU it said it was successful, then I rebooted. Root was not available, and stock recovery was back.
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Don't know if will work... but boot to twrp from fastboot then flash twrp from within twrp.

khaos64 said:
Don't know if will work... but boot to twrp from fastboot then flash twrp from within twrp.
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Hmm i'll give that a shot when I get home from work. Thanks.

Chris_el said:
Hmm i'll give that a shot when I get home from work. Thanks.
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fastboot boot /path/to/twrp
then Swipe to allow modifications!

Yash98 said:
fastboot boot /path/to/twrp
then Swipe to allow modifications!
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I get the error "FAILED remote: dtb not found'

Can't boot into recovery no matter how many times it is installed

Hey XDA, Recently installed Paranoid Android coming from Chroma and it's not stuck in a boot loop. I can boot just fine every time besides the annoying corruption google warning, but no matter how many times I try to install TWRP it just won't let me boot into recovery. I'm using WugFresh's NRT kit. Can't seem to figure it out. Any suggestions?

carterl96 said:
Hey XDA, Recently installed Paranoid Android coming from Chroma and it's not stuck in a boot loop. I can boot just fine every time besides the annoying corruption google warning, but no matter how many times I try to install TWRP it just won't let me boot into recovery. I'm using WugFresh's NRT kit. Can't seem to figure it out. Any suggestions?
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My suggestion is for you to fastboot flash the TWRP recovery image instead of using a toolkit. You cant see the inner workings of a toolkit and have no idea of what it is doing. The toolkit could be using the wrong commands to install a recovery image to your 6P. Go to www.twrp.me and search for the recovery image for your specific device and download the file. Next, rename the file to recovery.img Then, on your PC, navigate to the folder where you downloaded the TWRP image. Open a command prompt in that folder by pressing and holding the SHIFT KEY + RIGHT CLICK on your mouse and select OPEN A COMMAND WINDOW HERE. Boot to the bootloader on your device and connect it to your PC. Then type this:
fastboot flash recovery recovery.img
Then type this:
fastboot reboot bootloader
fastboot reboot recovery
Here is the link to download TWRP for your Nexus 6P
This will reboot your device to TWRP
All of this is based on the assumption that you have a working ADB installation and unlocked the bootloader and have USB Debugging turned on in DEVELOPER OPTIONS.
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Same thing, successful install and it won't open. Just shows the dead android when going to recovery.

carterl96 said:
Same thing, successful install and it won't open. Just shows the dead android when going to recovery.
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You get the same results after fastboot flashing the TWRP image? I'd say your next step is to start fresh by fastboot flashing the factory images to return to a fully stock state. Then fastboot flash TWRP again.
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Do not boot directly into system after flashing the custom recovery.
After flashing boot into TWRP. I remember on previous devices that I owned that if you do not boot into the custom recovery after flashing it, you revert to the factory recovery.
Just a thought

tech_head said:
Do not boot directly into system after flashing the custom recovery.
After flashing boot into TWRP. I remember on previous devices that I owned that if you do not boot into the custom recovery after flashing it, you revert to the factory recovery.
Just a thought
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I thought about that too. What is probably happening is his custom recovery is being patched by the ROM each time he boots into recovery. Thanks for picking up on that. I forgot to include that in my last post.
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tech_head said:
Do not boot directly into system after flashing the custom recovery.
After flashing boot into TWRP. I remember on previous devices that I owned that if you do not boot into the custom recovery after flashing it, you revert to the factory recovery.
Just a thought
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That's correct. After flashing TWRP the next step is reboot into the bootloader using the volume keys and power key , then from there boot into recovery using the volume keys and power key, then the phone can be rebooted from TWRP into Android and then after that TWRP should stick.

If the boot image is not patched, the ROM will overwrite TWRP once you reboot. flashing latest SU from TWRP will prevent this.

Thanks for all the replies guys! All the advice combined got it to work. I did some more research and found that Paranoid doesn't actually come preprooted like all the other roms I've been used to. So using the tool kit I just had it root it with the latest SuperSu and also flash a custom recovery. It has booted into TWRP no problems now a few times. Hopefully it will stay like this. Will keep everyone posted and appreciate the advice. Thanks XDA!

[GUIDE] Restore to complete stock and relock bootloader. Easiest step by step guide.

Hello friends,
After trying different roms and kernels there always comes a time when we wish to go back to complete stock for a smooth reliable experience. Here's a detailed step by step guide for this process.
This guide assumes that you are on a unlocked bootloader with TWRP recovery installed and want to revert to complete stock
This will erase all data on your phone. Hence first BACKUP!
Note : I am not responsible for any damage do this at your own risk.
Downloads
1) MINIMAL ADB & FASTBOOT : https://goo.gl/UbFXdA
2) STOCK OOS FILE : https://goo.gl/JAfS2F
3) Stock Recovery : https://goo.gl/2kmbB7
Pre Requisites : A windows computer with a decent internet connection
Oneplus 5T with atleast 50% battery charged
USB Cable
Brain:cyclops:
Steps :
1) Download and install minimal ADB & Fastboot.
2) Download OOS Stock Rom And Stock Recovery.
3) Connect your phone to the PC using the USB cable in file transfer mode.
4) Copy the rom zip and stock recovery image to your phone.
5) Go to settings>about>tap build number 7 times.
6) Go to settings>developer options>enable advanced reboot.
7) Press power button for 2 seconds>select reboot>select recovery>tap to reboot.
8) Once the phone boots into TWRP>wipe everything except internal storage.
9) Tap install and select the stock rom zip and then swipe to install.
10) Tap install>select install image>select stock recovery img>tap recovery>swipe to install
11) Tap reboot>select bootloader and reboot to bootloader.
12) Once in bootloader connect the phone to your pc and launch minimal adb & fastboot
13) type fastboot devices and ensure device is connected and serial number shows up
14) type fastboot oem lock in minimal adb and fastboot and hit enter.
15) use the volume keys on your phone to highlight yes and press power button to confirm
16) wait for 2 to 5 minutes and phone will bootup to a complete stock rom with stock recovery and a locked bootloader.
For everyones convinience I have made a step by step video guide please watch and subscribe if you liked it.
Hit thanks if i helped.​

Before this came out I tried the reversal process incorrectly by typing fastboot oem lock as the 1st step (I know it says above you need a brain). Now it seems there is no OS to boot to. I can boot to TWRP and fastboot but my computer doesn't see the storage. Is there a way to push the the rom zip and stock recovery image to your phone via adb? If so what are the commands?

vibrantliker said:
Before this came out I tried the reversal process incorrectly by typing fastboot oem lock as the 1st step (I know it says above you need a brain). Now it seems there is no OS to boot to. I can boot to TWRP and fastboot but my computer doesn't see the storage. Is there a way to push the the rom zip and stock recovery image to your phone via adb? If so what are the commands?
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I believe you should be able to go into twrp, go to sideload mode. Then the command would be abd sideload filename.zip This should then push the rom to your phone and install it for you. It has been a while since I needed to do it, as now a days I mostly keep my phones stock and locked.

Stephen said:
I believe you should be able to go into twrp, go to sideload mode. Then the command would be abd sideload filename.zip This should then push the rom to your phone and install it for you. It has been a while since I needed to do it, as now a days I mostly keep my phones stock and locked.
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Thanks but that doesn't seem to work.

Link for Stock Recovery is down. Please help

Nice guide but isn't step 10 unnecessary, since the stock ROM will overwrite TWRP with the stock recovery anyway?

Thanks for the info. My phone's been acting very flaky since I rooted it, so I'm curious to see if returning to stock will make it a little less annoying.

vibrantliker said:
Before this came out I tried the reversal process incorrectly by typing fastboot oem lock as the 1st step (I know it says above you need a brain). Now it seems there is no OS to boot to. I can boot to TWRP and fastboot but my computer doesn't see the storage. Is there a way to push the the rom zip and stock recovery image to your phone via adb? If so what are the commands?
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unlock the bootloader
flash twrpagain
flash stock rom from twrp
flash stockrecovery image from twrp
reboot to bootloader
relock bootloader
reboot
you are good to go

inxx99 said:
Link for Stock Recovery is down. Please help
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updated

Sisyphus306 said:
Thanks for the info. My phone's been acting very flaky since I rooted it, so I'm curious to see if returning to stock will make it a little less annoying.
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definitely worth a shot

rickysidhu_ said:
Nice guide but isn't step 10 unnecessary, since the stock ROM will overwrite TWRP with the stock recovery anyway?
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sometimes it doesnt and hence before we relock the bootloader its necessary to ensure we have the stock recovery hence the step.

hypergamer1231 said:
sometimes it doesnt and hence before we relock the bootloader its necessary to ensure we have the stock recovery hence the step.
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Fair enough

hypergamer1231 said:
unlock the bootloader
flash twrpagain
flash stock rom from twrp
flash stockrecovery image from twrp
reboot to bootloader
relock bootloader
reboot
you are good to go
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My problem is, although I still have TWRP and fast boot, I don't have an os at the moment and need to get one via adb somehow.
I've tried adb push but can't find in TWRP. My computer doesn't see my phones storage either.

vibrantliker said:
My problem is, although I still have TWRP and fast boot, I don't have an os at the moment and need to get one via adb somehow.
I've tried adb push but can't find in TWRP. My computer doesn't see my phones storage either.
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Can you boot in fastboot

Yes
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Can you boot in fastboot
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Yes and TWRP

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Yes
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Yes and TWRP
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Check pm

Thank you for this.
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Thank you so much for this. Is this oos file the most current os for the 5t?

Can someone turn this thread into a sticky?

goran_oh said:
Thank you for this.
Sent from my LG-H815 using Tapatalk
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Glad it helped
martinez5241 said:
Thank you so much for this. Is this oos file the most current os for the 5t?
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Yes this is the latest OOS 4.7.2
Co.Tibi said:
Can someone turn this thread into a sticky?
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Am sure the mods will soon. Thank you.

Stuck on "Fastboot Mode" screen

I stupidly tried using franco's app to flash cleanKernel on my rooted phone on 9.0.11, it failed of course and now can't boot my phone. I'm able to fastboot boot twrp.img but I'm not sure what is needed next. I've downloaded the full 9.0.11 ota file thinking something in it (or all of it) needs to be flashed from twrp. Afraid to do anything at this point for fear of losing data. Any tips are appreciated.
I've downloaded mauronofrio's rom-stock-fastboot utility but see he says it will clear data. I'm assuming all the .bat files will do this. Any way to avoid clearing internal storage?

soundneedle said:
From bootloader screen, using fastboot boot twrp.zip results in OP going to "Fastboot Mode" screen...and staying there. The zip is pushed to the phone but won't boot into TWRP. This started after I stupidly tried using franco's app to flash cleanKernel on my rooted phone. It failed of course and now can't boot my phone. My phone recently updated itself to 9.0.11, fyi.
Any ideas on how to fix this boot issue? Is it just a matter of flashing something from the full ota 9.0.11 file---some img file or something?
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Wouldn't you want to be using a twrp.img not .zip?
fastboot boot twrp.img
Boot twrp from the img and then flash the zip once twrp boots?

I was able to recover...thank god. Just used mauronofrio's flash utility. Removed the "-w" flag from the flash-all.bat file and all is good.

Stuck on Fastboot Mode screen once I run fastboot boot twrp.img
bp328i said:
Wouldn't you want to be using a twrp.img not .zip?
fastboot boot twrp.img
Boot twrp from the img and then flash the zip once twrp boots?
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Hi, I have just got a OnePlus 6T and I am getting this same error even though I am using the twrp.img - when I run fastboot boot 'twrp.img' it sticks on the Fastboot Mode screen.
I have the .zip on the phone's internal storage along with Magisk ready to install but I can't get there.
I did manage to get into Recovery once in the last 3 hours but under Advanced the only 2 options I have are to reboot to fastloader of reboot to recovery which just takes me round in circles!
Have tried everything I can find/think of right now and am no further down the line
Any help guidance will be greatly recieved as nothing I can find on the threads here seem to help
Thanks
s

Is the twrp.img even being flashed
SimmoMaz said:
Hi, I have just got a OnePlus 6T and I am getting this same error even though I am using the twrp.img - when I run fastboot boot 'twrp.img' it sticks on the Fastboot Mode screen.
I have the .zip on the phone's internal storage along with Magisk ready to install but I can't get there.
I did manage to get into Recovery once in the last 3 hours but under Advanced the only 2 options I have are to reboot to fastloader of reboot to recovery which just takes me round in circles!
Have tried everything I can find/think of right now and am no further down the line
Any help guidance will be greatly recieved as nothing I can find on the threads here seem to help
Thanks
s
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When I think about it, it seems that the twrp.img I am flashing is not taking. When I go into recovery I get to choose 1 of 3 languages, I choose English and then I just get the 2 options as above - thing is, the font, layout etc. make it look like stock recovery and nothing like TWRP I have used before, no TWRP logo etc. Nothing

SimmoMaz said:
When I think about it, it seems that the twrp.img I am flashing is not taking. When I go into recovery I get to choose 1 of 3 languages, I choose English and then I just get the 2 options as above - thing is, the font, layout etc. make it look like stock recovery and nothing like TWRP I have used before, no TWRP logo etc. Nothing
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Ok.. can you get into TWRP? Is so reflash the stock rom.. the once it has flashed do not reboot, go back to install and flash the lastest twrp .zip do not reboot, go back to install and flash/install magisk, once it installs then reboot to system... It will take a bit... Once it reboots check your Magisk manager you may need to reinstall it, reboot to TWRP and reflash it.. reboot to system band you should be good to go...

TWRP isn't there
lilbrat said:
Ok.. can you get into TWRP? Is so reflash the stock rom.. the once it has flashed do not reboot, go back to install and flash the lastest twrp .zip do not reboot, go back to install and flash/install magisk, once it installs then reboot to system... It will take a bit... Once it reboots check your Magisk manager you may need to reinstall it, reboot to TWRP and reflash it.. reboot to system band you should be good to go...
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Thanks and apologies if a two posts appear from me, I submitted one about 20 minutes ago and it isn't showing.
The issue is more than that, even when I try to flash the TWRP image it doesn't seem to take. The phone gets stuck on the 'Fastboot Mode' OnePlus flash screen and hangs there.
I have to hold the power and vol+ keys to get the device to restart and I then receive a message saying 'bootloader unlocked, data insecure etc.' and to press the power to stop the boot process. If I leave it the phone boots into OOS10.3.3.
If I press the power button I can get to recovery mode (albeit there is a password screen there which I have never seen on other devices I've had). I put my password in and choose English. I am then given the two options; reboot to fastboot or reboot to recovery. There is no advanced option to allow me to install TWRP or Magisk zips, as a matter of fact I don't get any TWRP at all, it looks like stock recovery.
Is the phone defaulting to stock recovery and not the TWRP image? That is what, in my very non-expert opinion seems to be happening. Is that possible and if so, any ideas how to fix?
I have completely flashed the phone so it is on stock OOS (10.3.3.) so can start afresh. It is a refurbed 'like new' so could that have anything to do with it?
Thanks for reading the long post - am wondering if there are some other tools I need use to change how it boots?
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SimmoMaz said:
Thanks and apologies if a two posts appear from me, I submitted one about 20 minutes ago and it isn't showing.
The issue is more than that, even when I try to flash the TWRP image it doesn't seem to take. The phone gets stuck on the 'Fastboot Mode' OnePlus flash screen and hangs there.
I have to hold the power and vol+ keys to get the device to restart and I then receive a message saying 'bootloader unlocked, data insecure etc.' and to press the power to stop the boot process. If I leave it the phone boots into OOS10.3.3.
If I press the power button I can get to recovery mode (albeit there is a password screen there which I have never seen on other devices I've had). I put my password in and choose English. I am then given the two options; reboot to fastboot or reboot to recovery. There is no advanced option to allow me to install TWRP or Magisk zips, as a matter of fact I don't get any TWRP at all, it looks like stock recovery.
Is the phone defaulting to stock recovery and not the TWRP image? That is what, in my very non-expert opinion seems to be happening. Is that possible and if so, any ideas how to fix?
I have completely flashed the phone so it is on stock OOS (10.3.3.) so can start afresh. It is a refurbed 'like new' so could that have anything to do with it?
Thanks for reading the long post - am wondering if there are some other tools I need use to change how it boots?
S
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Ok.. are you using the latest TWRP? If you want in the guide section you can you the msmdow like ad tools to reset you phone to stock, and retry again..

THIS. I have the exact same issue. In short, I have the T-mobile version, and was able to unlock successfully. I am using twrp-3.2.3-0, and I have the img and zip in the same folder, same way Techibee does on Youtube. I then type "fastboot boot twrp-3.2.3-0-fajita.img", I get the "OKAY... OKAY... Booting... Finished" response in console. Then, the Fastboot screen appears and never leaves. I have done this 3 times now. I kept tweaking the process, but I'm nervous to keep debugging.

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Hello guys,
I wanted to overclock my 6t global. so i had unlocked the bootloader then flashed the twrp. In twrp i firstly reset the os to factory setting and then i flash magisk and smurf kernel. but when i reboot after this my phone is stuck on the phone unlocked message.
ive tried flashing magisk only and then boot, it works. but when i flash smurf kernel i get stuck . why this happening plz help (