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Sands207 said:
I just made a ROM for Boost/Sprint SM-J327P J3 Emerge that should be flashable in TWRP. I have 2 versions, One that should be Odin flashable and the other being a zip that should be easily flashed in TWRP once we work out the kinks ... I worked primarily on LG's before this and Samsungs long before that. Anyway these are the features I've added so far:
Deodexed
Pre-rooted
Deknoxed
Busybox included
init enabled
Csc debloated (not exactly sure what to remove for bloat but I need feedback on what can be kept etc...
zip aligned on boot
xposed
links coming later today....
lemme know if I missed anything!!
I need testers! Chime in if you would like to help, we have a way to unbrick easily via Odin
*Update* 7.11.17 Flashed it on my phone but may have gotten steps CONFUSED? Installs perfectly... No loops just either takes forever to load initially or hangs on my device. I got sick of waiting but I'm curious if others know, when we flash a new pre rooted stock rom do we need to wipe data, then supersu & dm verity patch? Will removing csc stuff brick this device?
*FLASH AT YOUR OWN RISK!* I am not responsible for ANY damage to your device. ALWAYS MAKE A BACKUP FIRST, I can link to Odin and firmware files if needed til we get this right.
Flash rom
Mount DATA
Format data in TWRP this will wipe internal storage
Reboot recovery
Flash Supersu
Flash dm verity patch and *possibly* Xposed?
Credit goes to @[email protected]@[email protected] for TWRP Recovery and Root https://forum.xda-developers.com/ga...overy-twrp-3-1-0-1-samsung-galaxy-j3-t3573607
Wait for device to boot first boot may take awhile!!
Initial Alpha Release: https://drive.google.com/file/d/0Bz99NuhE3Xwmd2c4d3ZDV3dPcTA/view?usp=drivesdk
Signed Version
https://drive.google.com/file/d/0Bz99NuhE3XwmWXZHdWxCalBNcWM/view?usp=drivesdk
Please Report back with failure, success or bugs or feature requests.
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Ill download and get back to you with sucess/failure or w.e i might encounter that can be tweakes.
Regards
Doctur

I'm downloading it now, I'll flash it as soon as I'm done. I just wiped my J327P after having root, no more knox, and Xposed running smooth. It accidentally had a pocket party with my keys and some of the seedier Xposed modules one night and then after that, it was never the same. I think I pretty got no more USB besides Odin. TWRP can't even use it.
But hey, listen Sands. This better not be some bull****. Don't you ever **** me Sands. You hear me? Don't you ever **** me. :good:

IdealInShade said:
I'm downloading it now, I'll flash it as soon as I'm done. I just wiped my J327P after having root, no more knox, and Xposed running smooth. It accidentally had a pocket party with my keys and some of the seedier Xposed modules one night and then after that, it was never the same. I think I pretty got no more USB besides Odin. TWRP can't even use it.
But hey, listen Sands. This better not be some bull****. Don't you ever **** me Sands. You hear me? Don't you ever **** me. :good:
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ANYTHING

Sands207 said:
I just made a ROM for Boost/Sprint SM-J327P J3 Emerge that should be flashable in TWRP. I have 2 versions, One that should be Odin flashable and the other being a zip that should be easily flashed in TWRP once we work out the kinks ... I worked primarily on LG's before this and Samsungs long before that. Anyway these are the features I've added so far:
Deodexed
Pre-rooted
Deknoxed
Busybox included
init enabled
Csc debloated (not exactly sure what to remove for bloat but I need feedback on what can be kept etc...
zip aligned on boot
xposed
links coming later today....
lemme know if I missed anything!!
I need testers! Chime in if you would like to help, we have a way to unbrick easily via Odin
*Update* 7.11.17 Flashed it on my phone but may have gotten steps CONFUSED? Installs perfectly... No loops just either takes forever to load initially or hangs on my device. I got sick of waiting but I'm curious if others know, when we flash a new pre rooted stock rom do we need to wipe data, then supersu & dm verity patch? Will removing csc stuff brick this device?
*FLASH AT YOUR OWN RISK!* I am not responsible for ANY damage to your device. ALWAYS MAKE A BACKUP FIRST, I can link to Odin and firmware files if needed til we get this right.
Flash rom
Mount DATA
Format data in TWRP this will wipe internal storage
Reboot recovery
Flash Supersu
Flash dm verity patch and *possibly* Xposed?
Credit goes to @[email protected]@[email protected] for TWRP Recovery and Root https://forum.xda-developers.com/ga...overy-twrp-3-1-0-1-samsung-galaxy-j3-t3573607
Wait for device to boot first boot may take awhile!!
Initial Alpha Release: https://drive.google.com/file/d/0Bz99NuhE3Xwmd2c4d3ZDV3dPcTA/view?usp=drivesdk
Signed Version
https://drive.google.com/file/d/0Bz99NuhE3XwmWXZHdWxCalBNcWM/view?usp=drivesdk
Please Report back with failure, success or bugs or feature requests.
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DM Verity is better if you flash it before instead of after root method. Instead of flashing SuperSU use magisk because a lot of apps are starting to reject rooted devices using SuperSU. After flashing magisk, wipe cache and dalvik

SonderTech said:
DM Verity is better if you flash it before instead of after root method. Instead of flashing SuperSU use magisk because a lot of apps are starting to reject rooted devices using SuperSU. After flashing magisk, wipe cache and dalvik
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Should i make a new build with magisk incorporated? I've never used it before but my lady uses snapchat and will likely need this to root hers as well. i didn't update mine but she did so has the second to newest ota build on hers, i can use her system dump for an update. Can you link me to the recommended version for ours? xposed seems ok too but seems limited. thanks for your input
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Sands207 said:
Should i make a new build with magisk incorporated? I've never used it before but my lady uses snapchat and will likely need this to root hers as well. i didn't update mine but she did so has the second to newest ota build on hers, i can use her system dump for an update. Can you link me to the recommended version for ours? xposed seems ok too but seems limited. thanks for your input
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She definitely will need magisk then, they are all the way on 13.2 . I could try to help you through the installation if you would like.
https://forum.xda-developers.com/apps/magisk/official-magisk-v7-universal-systemless-t3473445/page3

SonderTech said:
She definitely will need magisk then, they are all the way on 13.2 . I could try to help you through the installation if you would like.
https://forum.xda-developers.com/apps/magisk/official-magisk-v7-universal-systemless-t3473445/page3
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Definitely, ill be back at my pc tonight or tomorrow i really appreciate it. hoping to make the next one smoother magisk sounds pretty interesting, do we have a safe list of what we can remove? or what needs to be flashed w the rom?

Sands207 said:
Definitely, ill be back at my pc tonight or tomorrow i really appreciate it. hoping to make the next one smoother magisk sounds pretty interesting, do we have a safe list of what we can remove? or what needs to be flashed w the rom?
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Knox files are good to remove. Samsung device manager and samsung+ is a no go. That's all I know at the moment. Before I forget, if your gonna flash gapps do it before rooting but after DM Verity

SonderTech said:
Knox files
are good to remove. Samsung device manager and samsung+ is a no go. That's all I know at the moment. Before I forget, if your gonna flash gapps do it before rooting but after DM Verity
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Cool, so from what ive gathered so far im going to make the next rom unrooted but deodexed as as debloated as i possibly can safely and we will flash the newest MM gapps first, then dm verity and a reboot to recovery per the directions, then magisk and finally xposed and clear cache and dalvik at the end... sound about right? I did try flashing magisk on my device as is but it failed because the boot image was already patched and stock was needed instead. Is dm verity absolutely needed or could magisk accomplish in theory what our patch does?

Sands207 said:
Cool, so from what ive gathered so far im going to make the next rom unrooted but deodexed and we will flash the newest MM gapps first, then dm verity and a reboot to recovery per the directions, then magisk and finally xposed and clear cache and dalvik at the end... sound about right? I did try flashing magisk on my device as is but it failed because the boot image was already patched and stock was needed instead. Is dm verity absolutely needed or could magisk accomplish in theory what our patch does?
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I think it's better to flash Dm Verity and you would do it before you flash gapps because to flash Dm Verity you have to format data so you can mount the data partition

SonderTech said:
I think it's better to flash Dm Verity and you would do it before you flash gapps because to flash Dm Verity you have to format data so you can mount the data partition
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ok excellent. I appreciate your help ?
Sent from my SM-J327P using Tapatalk

Sands207 said:
ok excellent. I appreciate your help ?
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No problem, and when your flashing it on your device just flash stock ROM flash twrp recovery and then do the Dev mode and OEM unlock setup and then wipe data once again flash Dm Verity and clear cache and dalvik and then setup your device and then flash magisk and then wipe cache and dalvik once again

SonderTech said:
No problem, and when your flashing it on your device just flash stock ROM flash twrp recovery and then do the Dev mode and OEM unlock setup and then wipe data once again flash Dm Verity and clear cache and dalvik and then setup your device and then flash magisk and then wipe cache and dalvik once again
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Excellent. I'll update the OP when i post the second build.

Sands207 said:
Excellent. I'll update the OP when i post the second build.
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Coolio and if you need a boot animation just pm me. I have a couple zips that need converting and resizing.

SonderTech said:
Coolio and if you need a boot animation just pm me. I have a couple zips that need converting and resizing.
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Awesome, I just finished the second build. My upload speed is insanely slow so it may take all night for me but i did manage to cut the size down considerably ? im sure there will be stuff to remove still but everyone is different. Definitely about a new boot animation tho stock is pretty blah lol

Sands207 said:
Awesome, I just finished the second build. My upload speed is insanely slow so it may take all night for me but i did manage to cut the size down considerably ? im sure there will be stuff to remove still but everyone is different. Definitely about a new boot animation tho stock is pretty blah lol
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I have a batman sonar animation I got from bhoot.co.uk that I converted to a QMG for our device, just need to upload it to the drive with the rest of them

Alpha 2 released: https://drive.google.com/folderview?id=0Bz99NuhE3XwmWGN5ejBqMDlNUVU
Will update OP in a few to reflect changes ?

Is it going to be possible to port Lineage OS to this device ?

TWRP (Boost) flash doesn't stick

Hi - I've read through almost every thread in this forum and, unless I am missing something - quite possible - I don't think that anybody has mentioned this problem.
I have a bootloader unlocked Boost Moto E4 and I can flash Squid's TWRP (I do get the "Image not signed or corrupt" message) and can boot from the bootloader after the flash into TWRP recovery. However, after I boot into the OS, the TWRP recovery gets overwritten with the stock recovery. Has anybody else bumped into this? Is there a step that I am missing somewhere to make TWRP permanent?
Thanks
D.

Hmm - okay, after a little bit more work, I've managed to make it stick. I am not entirely sure which part of the process made it successful - or if I am duplicating things - but I used Magisk to generate a new boot.img, flashed that .img through twrp, installed the magisk .zip and now twrp "sticks" as my recovery. Nice that it allows me to boot with my system as r/w.
D.

D97 said:
Hmm - okay, after a little bit more work, I've managed to make it stick. I am not entirely sure which part of the process made it successful - or if I am duplicating things - but I used Magisk to generate a new boot.img, flashed that .img through twrp, installed the magisk .zip and now twrp "sticks" as my recovery. Nice that it allows me to boot with my system as r/w.
D.
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Your problem is the stock rom flashing the stock recovery when you reboot. If you flash twrp then reboot recovery once before booting the os, it should change a file in /system recovery-from-boot.p to recovery-from-boot.p.bak which will stop the stock recovery flash. You can also mount /system in twrp and use the file manager to change it manually.

D97 said:
Hmm - okay, after a little bit more work, I've managed to make it stick. I am not entirely sure which part of the process made it successful - or if I am duplicating things - but I used Magisk to generate a new boot.img, flashed that .img through twrp, installed the magisk .zip and now twrp "sticks" as my recovery. Nice that it allows me to boot with my system as r/w.
D.
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after flashing recovery you have to root your device to make it
sticky. if you skip this step custom recovery will replaced on next boot *bingo*

Francesco Franz said:
after flashing recovery you have to root your device to make it
sticky. if you skip this step custom recovery will replaced on next boot *bingo*
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Not true. You don't have to root to make twrp stick. I did just state how to do this.
Sent from my Moto E (4) using XDA Labs

amarc78 said:
Not true. You don't have to root to make twrp stick. I did just state how to do this.
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than do this flash over default recovery and do reboot. twrp recovery removed from recovery partition on next boot.
also do this flash twrp and do allow modifications. your device ain't gonna boot. if you didn't flash no verity thing.
rooting will make it permanent. it's the same case in both marshmallow and nougat too as OP states his problem in first post.
it will permanent by doing this
fastboot erase recovery (remove default recovery from recovery partition)
than install custom recovery. it will be there no matter if your device is rooted or not.

Thanks for the replies, everybody. There is some good info in them - I have managed to "make it stick" but I'll definitely keep the advice here in mind when I need to redo things (as I am sure that I will at some point).
D.

D97 said:
Thanks for the replies, everybody. There is some good info in them - I have managed to "make it stick" but I'll definitely keep the advice here in mind when I need to redo things (as I am sure that I will at some point).
D.
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which step actually help you?

DE SEXIEST said:
which step actually help you?
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Whatever you do don't run "fastbootboot erase" anything unless you know for sure what by you're doing or you can screw up your partitions. I have flashed twrp many times with only running "fastboot flash recovery...", then flashing one of numerous zips to disable dmverity and forced encryption. As long as you have the option in twrp under " mount" that says "mount system read only" not checked and you may need to reboot twrp afterwards, twrp should stick. Flashing Magisk directly after the stock rom should also solve your problem and disable dmverity.

Magisk on Oreo

I can't seem to install Magisk 16.0 via TWRP 3.2 on the Oreo update. It installs, but enters a bootloop. Why is that?
Also TWRP said cannot mount /data. How to fix this?
"Failed to mount '/data' (No such process)"
Also cannot format data this way
EDIT: Installed Magisk 16.4, no change. Also just realized that internal storage is inaccessible.

I upgraded and got in a bootloop. Then I remembered I had Nougat substratum themes active. Only way I got it booting is by factory resetting it.
As for installing magisk with root access, you can try the TWRPless method. I got it working on mine. All you need is the stock boot image and a computer to use adb.
Steps on installing magisk on Oreo:
1. Put the boot image somewhere you can easily find it for later use
2. Install the latest magisk manager apk on your phone
3. Enter magisk manager and install magisk (root) using the "patch boot image" method.
4. Send the patched boot image to your computer
5. Now reboot into bootloader
6. Now on your computer install the patched boot image using fastboot flash boot "patched boot image"
7. Reboot and profit!
Hope this helped you out. Good luck

+)KEV1N(+ said:
I upgraded and got in a bootloop. Then I remembered I had Nougat substratum themes active. Only way I got it booting is by factory resetting it.
As for installing magisk with root access, you can try the TWRPless method. I got it working on mine. All you need is the stock boot image and a computer to use adb.
Steps on installing magisk on Oreo:
1. Put the boot image somewhere you can easily find it for later use
2. Install the latest magisk manager apk on your phone
3. Enter magisk manager and install magisk (root) using the "patch boot image" method.
4. Send the patched boot image to your computer
5. Now reboot into bootloader
6. Now on your computer install the patched boot image using fastboot flash boot "patched boot image"
7. Reboot and profit!
Hope this helped you out. Good luck
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For anyone who tries the above method and has their fingerprint sensor stop working as I did, use a root file manager to remove the following directory/file:
/data/system/users/0/fpdata
/data/system/users/0/settings_fingerprint.xml
and reboot.
Certain modules required me to delete those files again, and some others broke the fingerprint functionality until they were removed and I rebooted twice. I hope someone can find a complete workaround soon.

+)KEV1N(+ said:
I upgraded and got in a bootloop. Then I remembered I had Nougat substratum themes active. Only way I got it booting is by factory resetting it.
As for installing magisk with root access, you can try the TWRPless method. I got it working on mine. All you need is the stock boot image and a computer to use adb.
Steps on installing magisk on Oreo:
1. Put the boot image somewhere you can easily find it for later use
2. Install the latest magisk manager apk on your phone
3. Enter magisk manager and install magisk (root) using the "patch boot image" method.
4. Send the patched boot image to your computer
5. Now reboot into bootloader
6. Now on your computer install the patched boot image using fastboot flash boot "patched boot image"
7. Reboot and profit!
Hope this helped you out. Good luck
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Already tried. Bootloop also, probably since magisk manager used v 16.0 instead 16.4.
I noticed that 16.4 actually signed the boot image using test keys, as opposed to the 16.0 which didn't.
I'm a bit frustrated here man
EDIT: I have substratum but I don't have any of the themes active, so the first one is a go. Installing magisk however...

GBry said:
Already tried. Bootloop also, probably since magisk manager used v 16.0 instead 16.4.
I noticed that 16.4 actually signed the boot image using test keys, as opposed to the 16.0 which didn't.
I'm a bit frustrated here man
EDIT: I have substratum but I don't have any of the themes active, so the first one is a go. Installing magisk however...
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So, now you're stuck in a bootloop?
Also, yes I used version 16.0 (you can never go wrong with a stable release)
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kekley said:
For anyone who tries the above method and has their fingerprint sensor stop working as I did, use a root file manager to remove the following directory/file:
/data/system/users/0/fpdata
/data/system/users/0/settings_fingerprint.xml
and reboot.
Certain modules required me to delete those files again, and some others broke the fingerprint functionality until they were removed and I rebooted twice. I hope someone can find a complete workaround soon.
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Did you try wiping your cache?

+)KEV1N(+ said:
So, now you're stuck in a bootloop?
Also, yes I used version 16.0 (you can never go wrong with a stable release)
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Did you try wiping your cache?
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Technically, I'm not now, since I flashed the original boot.img
But yes, if I installed magisk either via the patched boot.img or TWRP, I get a bootloop
Actually idk if bootloop or nah since I can't access logcat via adb, but it's on the bootlogo for like 5 mins (regular start time is 30-ish sec)

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Did you try wiping your cache?
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That was the first thing I tried, in fact. I have to use magisk 16.4 as well or else the fingerprint reader refuses to work no matter what. You haven't run into this issue at all? What's your setup if I might ask, and did you patch the boot image from the oreo update zip to install magisk?

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That was the first thing I tried, in fact. I have to use magisk 16.4 as well or else the fingerprint reader refuses to work no matter what. You haven't run into this issue at all? What's your setup if I might ask, and did you patch the boot image from the oreo update zip to install magisk?
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I just watched a video tutorial to root it and keep stock recovery. Another thing to take note of is that I upgraded to Oreo using TWRP instead of stock recovery (yes, I didn't think it was possible on this phone).
Once I upgraded to Oreo, it reverted back to stock recovery. As you read above, I got stuck in a bootloop because I had substratum themes active, but I fixed it by using the stock recovery to factory reset it. (It's also nice to factory reset after a major OS upgrade so that you don't encounter any problems with old files)
If anyone's interested in a video, here's the one I watched:
Note: always make backups of your personal data!!!

+)KEV1N(+ said:
I just watched a video tutorial to root it and keep stock recovery. Another thing to take note of is that I upgraded to Oreo using TWRP instead of stock recovery (yes, I didn't think it was possible on this phone).
Once I upgraded to Oreo, it reverted back to stock recovery. As you read above, I got stuck in a bootloop because I had substratum themes active, but I fixed it by using the stock recovery to factory reset it. (It's also nice to factory reset after a major OS upgrade so that you don't encounter any problems with old files)
If anyone's interested in a video, here's the one I watched:
Note: always make backups of your personal data!!!
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So you did a factory reset and magisk is working properly? I can boot twrp without installing, but still no go using that method. Yes, I also used TWRP to install oreo, I didn't think it was possible either, but it finished flawlessly. Except the magisk thingy.
Can you mount /data in TWRP after oreo?

GBry said:
So you did a factory reset and magisk is working properly? I can boot twrp without installing, but still no go using that method. Yes, I also used TWRP to install oreo, I didn't think it was possible either, but it finished flawlessly. Except the magisk thingy.
Can you mount /data in TWRP after oreo?
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To answer your first question: yes, I did the basic setups, restored my apps and then installed magisk the way I explained above.
Secondly, did you try installing the latest TWRP? Because I didn't want to install TWRP until I have the stock recovery and TWRP with the latest Oreo kernels.
I saw this morning that shakalaca uploaded TWRP with the latest kernel, so I boot it through fastboot and saw that by default the following partitions were mounted: /recovery, /data, /cache. I tried /system to see if it works and it does.
I hope this answers your question and good luck!

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To answer your first question: yes, I did the basic setups, restored my apps and then installed magisk the way I explained above.
Secondly, did you try installing the latest TWRP? Because I didn't want to install TWRP until I have the stock recovery and TWRP with the latest Oreo kernels.
I saw this morning that shakalaca uploaded TWRP with the latest kernel, so I boot it through fastboot and saw that by default the following partitions were mounted: /recovery, /data, /cache. I tried /system to see if it works and it does.
I hope this answers your question and good luck!
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How did you manage to update via twrp? I get an error when I try it.

kekley said:
How did you manage to update via twrp? I get an error when I try it.
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I don't know man. I was just running the latest release of TWRP at the time and it somehow installed it like any custom rom.

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To answer your first question: yes, I did the basic setups, restored my apps and then installed magisk the way I explained above.
Secondly, did you try installing the latest TWRP? Because I didn't want to install TWRP until I have the stock recovery and TWRP with the latest Oreo kernels.
I saw this morning that shakalaca uploaded TWRP with the latest kernel, so I boot it through fastboot and saw that by default the following partitions were mounted: /recovery, /data, /cache. I tried /system to see if it works and it does.
I hope this answers your question and good luck!
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Wow, that's great! Can you give me the link? I can't seem to find the one for 553kl...
EDIT: apparently it's this one, isn't it?
https://mega.nz/#F!p90wgAaY!l1JbJilmAUEKTKWu43pT9w
Also tried live-booting TWRP and installing magisk (leaving stock recovery), left the boot.img unpatched
Installed the latest TWRP, the /data and internal got mounted, but after flashing magisk, bootloop again (still bootlogo after 10 minutes) even after wiping dalvik.
Cache is unwipeable somehow, is this an issue?

GBry said:
Wow, that's great! Can you give me the link? I can't seem to find the one for 553kl...
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So, I just realized I've been sending the wrong link to everyone so far. (It sent you to the "old" folder)
Here's an updated link: https://mega.nz/#F!p90wgAaY!l1JbJilmAUEKTKWu43pT9w

+)KEV1N(+ said:
So, I just realized I've been sending the wrong link to everyone so far. (It sent you to the "old" folder)
Here's an updated link: https://mega.nz/#F!p90wgAaY!l1JbJilmAUEKTKWu43pT9w
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Yes, I searched through my history and then found out that you gave me the same link, so thank you. Updated my 2nd to last post about the condition... Do I REALLY have to factory reset? Sigh...

+)KEV1N(+ said:
So, I just realized I've been sending the wrong link to everyone so far. (It sent you to the "old" folder)
Here's an updated link: https://mega.nz/#F!p90wgAaY!l1JbJilmAUEKTKWu43pT9w
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I don't know man. I was just running the latest release of TWRP at the time and it somehow installed it like any custom rom.
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How did you manage to update via twrp? I get an error when I try it.
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Yes, actually I just did update via TWRP, it installs flawlessly. HOWEVER, it only applies to the Oreo ROM, not the N or M ROMs. N and M needs stock recovery (the boot.img contains recovery too)

I was able to reflash the update via twrp by modifying the update script a bit (spat out errors about the twrp recovery having a more recent build date than the update zip) Everything seems so far so good! I haven't had issues with my fingerprint yet.

kekley said:
I was able to reflash the update via twrp by modifying the update script a bit (spat out errors about the twrp recovery having a more recent build date than the update zip) Everything seems so far so good! I haven't had issues with my fingerprint yet.
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Did you install Magisk though?

GBry said:
Wow, that's great! Can you give me the link? I can't seem to find the one for 553kl...
EDIT: apparently it's this one, isn't it?
https://mega.nz/#F!p90wgAaY!l1JbJilmAUEKTKWu43pT9w
Also tried live-booting TWRP and installing magisk (leaving stock recovery), left the boot.img unpatched
Installed the latest TWRP, the /data and internal got mounted, but after flashing magisk, bootloop again (still bootlogo after 10 minutes) even after wiping dalvik.
Cache is unwipeable somehow, is this an issue?
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Did you try clearing it with the stock recovery?

GBry said:
Did you install Magisk though?
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With the latest twrp, yes! :good:

Do I have to flash no verity?

I really just want to root stock. I have the Boost Mobile Perry.

guitardoc64 said:
I really just want to root stock. I have the Boost Mobile Perry.
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Yes. Install twrp, flash no verity, format data (to remove encryption) flash magisk. Some people have said if you took the last security update, you may have to patch the boot.img with magisk manager then flash the patched boot.img in fastboot or twrp to root. And will likely need the latest magisk beta (16.4).

I really don't care about encryption.

guitardoc64 said:
I really don't care about encryption.
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You have to remove encryption.

Ah okay. Thanks for letting me know. I guess I will have to wait till I get the time on a day off to get everything set up again.

guitardoc64 said:
Ah okay. Thanks for letting me know. I guess I will have to wait till I get the time on a day off to get everything set up again.
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Don't neglect to backup EVERYTHING in TWRP before doing ANYTHING (and store those images off-device!). Strongly suggest booting a TWRP image to perform this task vs. installing/flashing to the recovery partition, especially if interested in preserving/restoring OTA capability at a future time.

Of course I will back up everything. Honestly this is the first device I have not rooted since I started with Android. Everything else I rooted as soon as I got it.

guitardoc64 said:
Of course I will back up everything. Honestly this is the first device I have not rooted since I started with Android. Everything else I rooted as soon as I got it.
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You can backup your data in twrp and restore after you format (after first boot). Restore only data though.

guitardoc64 said:
Of course I will back up everything. Honestly this is the first device I have not rooted since I started with Android. Everything else I rooted as soon as I got it.
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Welcome to the 5% club which is probably generous based on the number of noobs (and veterans) who neglect to image their device before messing with core components. Of course that figure may be skewed as those that do take proper precautions rarely write posts that begin with "help!" and have no path back to the prior working state.
Also, resist the temptation to flash a custom recovery (twrp) vs booting from fastboot if you want to accept accept future OTA updates or roll back to pure stock. While restoring stock recovery is possible it certainly complicates the process. Can always revisit the decision at later time.

guitardoc64 said:
I really just want to root stock. I have the Boost Mobile Perry.
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I just got a few of these phones and looking to root them. I installed all the latest updates. Did you to have to patch the boot.img with magisk manager then flash the patched boot.img in twrp to root?
Or I follow these steps only?
1. unlock bootloader
2. Boot into twrp located here https://forum.xda-developers.com/moto-e4/development/twrp-twrp-moto-g4-qualcomm-t3655160
3. delete the data folder
4. flash magisk
5. flash no-verify
6. done?

davejames500 said:
I just got a few of these phones and looking to root them. I installed all the latest updates. Did you to have to patch the boot.img with magisk manager then flash the patched boot.img in twrp to root?
Or I follow these steps only?
1. unlock bootloader
2. Boot into twrp located here https://forum.xda-developers.com/moto-e4/development/twrp-twrp-moto-g4-qualcomm-t3655160
3. delete the data folder
4. flash magisk
5. flash no-verify
6. done?
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Don't have a definitive answer on the latest firmware. Suggest going through the above steps first. If no joy it's a simple matter to patch/flash boot.img .
You are wise to boot a twrp image vs flashing over stock recovery. Simplifies fallback should the need arise. Don't neglect to backup stock and store off device (or at least on a SD card).

davejames500 said:
I just got a few of these phones and looking to root them. I installed all the latest updates. Did you to have to patch the boot.img with magisk manager then flash the patched boot.img in twrp to root?
Or I follow these steps only?
1. unlock bootloader
2. Boot into twrp located here https://forum.xda-developers.com/moto-e4/development/twrp-twrp-moto-g4-qualcomm-t3655160
3. delete the data folder
4. flash magisk
5. flash no-verify
6. done?
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For .3, format data to remove encryption.
But the rest should work. If not, you have to download the current firmware ( the version you're on) if you can find it. Extract the boot.img from it. Then use magisk manager to patch it. And use fastboot to flash the patched boot.img

i have the moto e4 mkt which no verity version do i have to flash ?

Rafasama said:
i have the moto e4 mkt which no verity version do i have to flash ?
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You shouldn't need a no-verity any longer. Newer versions of magisk should take care of it. Just TWRP, and magisk.

madbat99 said:
You can backup your data in twrp and restore after you format (after first boot). Restore only data though.
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Hello, I am running a Samsung Galaxy J5 Prime at the moment, a friend told me I must flash no verity.zip after flashing TWRP because of the verification and I tried making a backup if the entire rom but it failed so I need to confirm, do I factory reset my device then flash the no verity file or I flash the no verity file and then factory reset the device??
I know it's an old thread but a quick reply would be awesome

Problem updating from oos 4.5.14 to the latest

Hi friends,
device fully functional.
bootloader unlocked, rooted op5 6/64, everytime reboot message "Your device software can't be checked for corruption"
Tried to update via ota and reboots to TWRC and nothing happens.
Tried flashfire and device freezes
Any ideas?
Thank you

osp1 said:
Hi friends,
device fully functional.
bootloader unlocked, rooted op5 6/64, everytime reboot message "Your device software can't be checked for corruption"
Tried to update via ota and reboots to TWRC and nothing happens.
Tried flashfire and device freezes
Any ideas?
Thank you
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Hello,
What is you current twrp recovery (file name)?
What is your magisk version?
Is your storage encryped or decrypted?
What new update(version) is shown in ota?
To which version do you want to update?
It's not that easy, you need to check some things.

strongst said:
Hello,
What is you current twrp recovery (file name)?
What is your magisk version?
Is your storage encryped or decrypted?
What new update(version) is shown in ota?
To which version do you want to update?
It's not that easy, you need to check some things.
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3.2.0-0
17.1
Encrypted
5.1.4
Same
Thank you again

osp1 said:
3.2.0-0
17.1
Encrypted
5.1.4
Same
Thank you again
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You know that you can't take ota when you're rooted and have custom recovery?
Which steps did you exactly take, please describe as detailed as possible.

strongst said:
You know that you can't take ota when you're rooted and have custom recovery?
Which steps did you exactly take, please describe as detailed as possible.
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Op5 oos 4.5.14, unlocked bootloader, installed twrp, flash magisk for root and nothing else touched

osp1 said:
Op5 oos 4.5.14, unlocked bootloader, installed twrp, flash magisk for root and nothing else touched
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If you unlock the bootloader you'll see that warning message, that's normal!
Please flash this twrp https://drive.google.com/file/d/1UlTftbe6wooAs4Fp0cjwXlOKmfQHgdfL/view?usp=drivesdk
Official ones are not the best choice. Then you boot to your new twrp and flash magisk uninstaller, then flash from the .ota folder the downloaded (more than 1GB) oxygenOS 5.1.4 and after it magisk 17.1 before boot.
Report back what's happening and watch the twrp log carefully for errors!

strongst said:
If you unlock the bootloader you'll see that warning message, that's normal!
Please flash this twrp https://drive.google.com/file/d/1UlTftbe6wooAs4Fp0cjwXlOKmfQHgdfL/view?usp=drivesdk
Official ones are not the best choice. Then you boot to your new twrp and flash magisk uninstaller, then flash from the .ota folder the downloaded (more than 1GB) oxygenOS 5.1.4 and after it magisk 17.1 before boot.
Report back what's happening and watch the twrp log carefully for errors!
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installed the twrp you linked with no problems, but when i tried to flash the ota it says that the zip file is not compatible
this is giving me a headhache, any idea?
thanks a lot :good:

osp1 said:
installed the twrp you linked with no problems, but when i tried to flash the ota it says that the zip file is not compatible
this is giving me a headhache, any idea?
thanks a lot :good:
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Please post a screenshot or a twrp log with your flashing attempt so I can see the exact error message. Maybe you try to flash another build and not 5.1.4...

strongst said:
Please post a screenshot or a twrp log with your flashing attempt so I can see the exact error message. Maybe you try to flash another build and not 5.1.4...
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flashed all without problems, but now is stuck on boot animation for an hour
entered TWRP and all folders are numbers and letters ramdomly, at this point i dont care losing all my data, just want my device working

osp1 said:
flashed all without problems, but now is stuck on boot animation for an hour
entered TWRP and all folders are numbers and letters ramdomly, at this point i dont care losing all my data, just want my device working
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That's the issue with encrypted storage, it's recommended to remove screen lock/pattern/code before such updating processes(see root guide). Go to twrp and format data(where you need to verify the format, not only wipe), that solves the issue.

strongst said:
That's the issue with encrypted storage, it's recommended to remove screen lock/pattern/code before such updating processes(see root guide). Go to twrp and format data(where you need to verify the format, not only wipe), that solves the issue.
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done, thank you for helping me
now any idea how to root/magisk?
again, THANK YOU SO MUCH

osp1 said:
done, thank you for helping me
now any idea how to root/magisk?
again, THANK YOU SO MUCH
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I wrote it here https://forum.xda-developers.com/oneplus-5/help/problem-updating-oos-4-5-14-to-t3931444/post79555369

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You know that you can't take ota when you're rooted and have custom recovery?
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Can you elaborate?
Is this OOS-specific? I've gotten OTA updates and my OP5 is rooted with TWRP.
I've not seen this mentioned before, so I'm just curious what environment would prevent OTA updates.

z0m8i3 said:
Can you elaborate?
Is this OOS-specific? I've gotten OTA updates and my OP5 is rooted with TWRP.
I've not seen this mentioned before, so I'm just curious what environment would prevent OTA updates.
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You cannot take ota updates like on non rooted devices with custom recovery:
-you need to download the full rom rather than ota update file when system updater detects root
-you need to follow some specific installation instructions https://forum.xda-developers.com/on...xygenos-4-5-2-7-1-1-ota-t3627003/post72799040 otherwise you'll lost twrp, root and maybe your decrypted storage won't let you boot your device
That's what I mean

I still don't 100% follow:
For example, when I flashed Lineage, it explicitly refers to "custom recovery" in the install instructions: https://wiki.lineageos.org/devices/cheeseburger/install
Before I started using my phone, I installed su: https://download.lineageos.org/extras
strongst said:
You cannot take ota updates like on non rooted devices with custom recovery:
-you need to download the full rom rather than ota update file when system updater detects root
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I have received OTA from Lineage about 2 or 3 updates now. When I choose to install an OTA, it will reboot into TWRP and complete the upgrade.
What did I do differently, that's allowing me to get these updates opposed to what OP is experiencing? Or is what Lineage is doing, is downloading the full image and Oxygen is not?
(I realize the OP is about Oxygen, but I'm trying to make sense of the differences in OTA updates) - Apologies for hijacking the thread, I'm genuinely curious. Thanks strongst for trying to explain!

z0m8i3 said:
I still don't 100% follow:
For example, when I flashed Lineage, it explicitly refers to "custom recovery" in the install instructions: https://wiki.lineageos.org/devices/cheeseburger/install
Before I started using my phone, I installed su: https://download.lineageos.org/extras
I have received OTA from Lineage about 2 or 3 updates now. When I choose to install an OTA, it will reboot into TWRP and complete the upgrade.
What did I do differently, that's allowing me to get these updates opposed to what OP is experiencing? Or is what Lineage is doing, is downloading the full image and Oxygen is not?
(I realize the OP is about Oxygen, but I'm trying to make sense of the differences in OTA updates) - Apologies for hijacking the thread, I'm genuinely curious. Thanks strongst for trying to explain!
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You cannot compare a stock rom with a custom rom in hat manner. If you have further off topic questions or discussions, Please use the newbie help thread or create a new one