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Questions regarding Nougat.

I haven't personally used any of the Beta builds of Android 'N' and had a few questions regarding Nougat, Root, TWRP and Xposed.
I always flash the stock factory images using fastboot, so when the Nougat image is available, I plan on wiping and starting fresh. After I get it all flashed, I was wondering how I'd go about getting TWRP? Do I simply flash TWRP using fastboot as I have always done in the past? Or is there a special version of TWRP to be used?
Next, I read SuperSU 2.74 flashed with TWRP will get me rooted, but just wanted to confirm that just to be safe.
Last but certainly least, I realize Nougat is in its infancy stage, custom ROM wise, but will ROMs be rebased from 'M' to 'N' fairly quickly, or is it quite the difficult process? Can I also safely assume Xposed won't be working with Nougat for a while as well?
Sorry for the plethora of questions, I'm new to the Nougat scene.

I'm also interested in finding this stuff out, as I will be coming from rooted paranoid android MM.

Dankchild said:
I'm also interested in finding this stuff out, as I will be coming from rooted paranoid android MM.
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If nobody replies i'll see what I can dig up information wise and I'll let you know. [emoji106]

adzcache said:
If nobody replies i'll see what I can dig up information wise and I'll let you know. [emoji106]
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I would like to know as well!

NBAPwns said:
I would like to know as well!
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So far all the info I know is Xposed isn't supported yet, and SuperSU 2.74 can be used to get Root access, but I still haven't heard anything related to N and TWRP.

There's a new version of TWRP today for Nougat. The previous version wasn't staying installed. TWRP 3.0.2-1: https://dl.twrp.me/angler/twrp-3.0.2-1-angler.img.html
If you want Nougat now, you can use ADB Sideload to install this full update: http://www.androidpolice.com/2016/0...gs-full-android-7-0-nougat-nexus-ota-roundup/
Just boot into TWRP, choose "Advanced" and "ADB Sideload".
Then, from the command line, type adb sideload /path/to/rom.zip

anuraj1 said:
There's a new version of TWRP today for Nougat. The previous version wasn't staying installed. TWRP 3.0.2-1: https://dl.twrp.me/angler/twrp-3.0.2-1-angler.img.html
If you want Nougat now, you can use ADB Sideload to install this full update: http://www.androidpolice.com/2016/0...gs-full-android-7-0-nougat-nexus-ota-roundup/
Just boot into TWRP, choose "Advanced" and "ADB Sideload".
Then, from the command line, type adb sideload /path/to/rom.zip
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Nice find with TWRP. I see they've updated their Github too

Thank you kindly @anuraj1

adzcache said:
Thank you kindly @anuraj1
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My pleasure! I'm running 7.0 with TWRP and root with no data loss from MM. The phone is much snappier, but I might still clean install when the factory images are released.
I am not finding much info about Xposed on 7.0, but I am going to hold off on experimenting with it.

anuraj1 said:
My pleasure! I'm running 7.0 with TWRP and root with no data loss from MM. The phone is much snappier, but I might still clean install when the factory images are released.
I am not finding much info about Xposed on 7.0, but I am going to hold off on experimenting with it.
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Awesome!
One question, are you using 2.74 or 2.76 for root?

this link may also be of interest to you all: http://forum.xda-developers.com/nexus-6p/general/guide-android-nougat-developer-preview-t3410906
for the developer previews, TWRP didn't play nicely, in short, it wasn't able to decrypt your data for some reason, and i managed to find this workaround. @anuraj1, do you know if the new twrp you linked works with N as it did on M, or are there not enough use cases for it yet?

anuraj1 said:
My pleasure! I'm running 7.0 with TWRP and root with no data loss from MM. The phone is much snappier, but I might still clean install when the factory images are released.
I am not finding much info about Xposed on 7.0, but I am going to hold off on experimenting with it.
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im on Pure Nexus Rom, can i just sideload it to 7.0? Assuming im keeping all my apps and data. Noting that non of my xposed apps will not work yet

Dankchild said:
Awesome!
One question, are you using 2.74 or 2.76 for root?
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I am using 2.76

My question is this:
I took the ota to Nougat, updated to the new twrp, got my phone rooted just fine, now, are there any custom kernels out yet that will work for Nougat?

With the new OTA out, will the factory images be released fairly soon? I'd like to try Nougat and this new TWRP.

kclive said:
My question is this:
I took the ota to Nougat, updated to the new twrp, got my phone rooted just fine, now, are there any custom kernels out yet that will work for Nougat?
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Yeah dude, @flar2 ElementalX has an N Kernel I do believe.

Keep getting force close on some apps. Can't use ex kernel manager.
Sent from my Nexus 6P using XDA-Developers mobile app

asj0422 said:
this link may also be of interest to you all: http://forum.xda-developers.com/nexus-6p/general/guide-android-nougat-developer-preview-t3410906
for the developer previews, TWRP didn't play nicely, in short, it wasn't able to decrypt your data for some reason, and i managed to find this workaround. @anuraj1, do you know if the new twrp you linked works with N as it did on M, or are there not enough use cases for it yet?
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The new version works on N exactly as twrp worked on MM!

Can someone tell me which SuperSU to use? I wiped and started from scratch on a fresh MM and took the Nougat OTA, so I'm full stock right now with an unlocked bootloader. I have the new TWRP ready. Just need SuperSU. Thanks in advance.

I've included full instructions on how to safely update in my guide here:
http://forum.xda-developers.com/nexus-6p/general/guides-how-to-guides-beginners-t3206928
(section 14)

TWRP Sources

Hi all,
I am new to the Axon 7 community and hopefully this isn't a silly question. I have not seen anything to really explain this - maybe its out there and I missed it.
I see many threads on getting a custom recovery loaded on the phone. In some of them, the TWRP image linked is from the TWRP site (twrp.me) and other times the NetHunter site (nethunter.com). Why would I use a TWRP image from NetHunter and not from TWRP themselves?
Thanks for setting me straight

user7743 said:
Hi all,
I am new to the Axon 7 community and hopefully this isn't a silly question. I have not seen anything to really explain this - maybe its out there and I missed it.
I see many threads on getting a custom recovery loaded on the phone. In some of them, the TWRP image linked is from the TWRP site (twrp.me) and other times the NetHunter site (nethunter.com). Why would I use a TWRP image from NetHunter and not from TWRP themselves?
Thanks for setting me straight
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Use whichever you like, both work
Just be careful about the version, versions lower than 3.1.0 are dangerous and backing up stuff can wreck your phone

Does that mean it is just a case of someone else built the code then rather than being a modification to the code?

user7743 said:
Does that mean it is just a case of someone else built the code then rather than being a modification to the code?
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Maybe it is a mirror... can't test but you could compare md5

Understood. I mostly wanted to understand if it was forked for one reason or another. It would appear not.

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Understood. I mostly wanted to understand if it was forked for one reason or another. It would appear not.
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well there are more than one TWRP versions out there it seems. For example when you flash the universal bootloader TWRP displays 3.1.0-N while on stock 7.1 it shows 3 1.0-0

I've got a little issue myself, twrp installed via add 3.1.0.0 it works I've flashed roms and worked perfectly even though there's no official build for our A7 but yes everything works as it should. OK I backed up 3 backups the original rom and resurrection remix official and Tesla rom they all worked and flashed perfectly using twrp. But 2 of these backups will not restore it fails saying no partition selected but the original rom will back up no problem. And help guys this is the first time I've run into this. I've tried doing via the axon 7 tool also. Thanks in advance.

fastjohnson said:
I've got a little issue myself, twrp installed via add 3.1.0.0 it works I've flashed roms and worked perfectly even though there's no official build for our A7 but yes everything works as it should. OK I backed up 3 backups the original rom and resurrection remix official and Tesla rom they all worked and flashed perfectly using twrp. But 2 of these backups will not restore it fails saying no partition selected but the original rom will back up no problem. And help guys this is the first time I've run into this. I've tried doing via the axon 7 tool also. Thanks in advance.
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The problem I think is data partition.
Every time I swich rom to oficial I have to format data, wipe dont work. Maybe before restore format data in f2fs or ext4 for oficial rom
Enviado desde mi ZTE A2017G mediante Tapatalk

May sound strange but it was because I flashed the ROM and gapps from my USB c style flash drive so I just decided to do the phone over fresh. It's working 100% all fresh install. Thanks for your help but no matter what I did it wasn't going to install those restores.

I need some help to install custom roms on my A2017G

Good afternoon! I would like to have some help on how to install custom roms on my phone. I know the essentials since i've already installed custom roms on various devices but each one has it's own procedure and i am a bit confused with the Axon 7. XDA has many threads and i don't know which ones to follow to unlock the bootloader and install TWRP. As said before i have an A2017G and it's currently running Nougat V1.2.0B10. Any help would be appreciated.
A rom recommendation would also be good. Im looking for a (preferably oreo) stable, clean, with good battery life and sound quality (is the AKM DAC used on the custom roms??) rom.
Lastly i would like to know what is Bootstack and Modem is. I see these things all over the Axon 7 XDA forum but i don't know what they are ;-;
Sorry for bad english
Thanks in advance
João Candeias

joaocandeias said:
Good afternoon! I would like to have some help on how to install custom roms on my phone. I know the essentials since i've already installed custom roms on various devices but each one has it's own procedure and i am a bit confused with the Axon 7. XDA has many threads and i don't know which ones to follow to unlock the bootloader and install TWRP. As said before i have an A2017G and it's currently running Nougat V1.2.0B10. Any help would be appreciated.
A rom recommendation would also be good. Im looking for a (preferably oreo) stable, clean, with good battery life and sound quality (is the AKM DAC used on the custom roms??) rom.
Lastly i would like to know what is Bootstack and Modem is. I see these things all over the Axon 7 XDA forum but i don't know what they are ;-;
Sorry for bad english
Thanks in advance
João Candeias
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-Use EDL Tool to unlock and install TWRP (3.2.1-0), or if it fails use Controllerboy's guide
-For Oreo you have AEX from NFound, or RR-O from Kranoner (on the Hellsgate kernel thread). Don't know about the others.
AEX has awesome sound, don't know about RR but it probably also has good sound.
-Bootloader and modem are the things you have to flash BEFORE flashing the ROM. The bootloader is the thing that basically initializes the system, and the modem file is the modem firmware. You need the Universal B15 bootloader for N custom ROMs or sometimes you can use the B09 bootloaders from Raystef66 (But don't, it's not needed really).
Bootloaders are usually universal, i.e. they work for the G, U and chinese. Modem files are specific for each model.
There are also Bootstacks which are sometimes bootloaders bundled with the specific modem for your phone. But sometimes they are just bootloaders named as bootstacks for some reason. Just read the ROM thread, it should say "flash modem, flash bootstack".
And for Oreo you have NFound's Bootstack which is basically an AROMA zip that contains the 3 modems, so you can select which one you want. The downside is that the zip is about 250 or 300 mb in size.
The latest Oreo bootstack I know is B32+B10 bootloader by nfound. That one supposedly has fixes from the Chinese Oreo build, which mostly fix audio (But audio was already awesome on AEX-O, I'm pretty sure the DAC was already working fine).

joaocandeias said:
Good afternoon! I would like to have some help on how to install custom roms on my phone. I know the essentials since i've already installed custom roms on various devices but each one has it's own procedure and i am a bit confused with the Axon 7. XDA has many threads and i don't know which ones to follow to unlock the bootloader and install TWRP. As said before i have an A2017G and it's currently running Nougat V1.2.0B10. Any help would be appreciated.
A rom recommendation would also be good. Im looking for a (preferably oreo) stable, clean, with good battery life and sound quality (is the AKM DAC used on the custom roms??) rom.
Lastly i would like to know what is Bootstack and Modem is. I see these things all over the Axon 7 XDA forum but i don't know what they are ;-;
Sorry for bad english
Thanks in advance
João Candeias
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Follow this guide.

You can't get wrong if you follow the guide posted by Oki. I did it myself and I feel quite happy with the result.

Thanks everyone!! Very appreciated

Oki said:
Follow this guide.
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Do i really need to downgrade to Marshmallow before installing TWRP and unlocking the bootloader? If so, how can i do that?

joaocandeias said:
Do i really need to downgrade to Marshmallow before installing TWRP and unlocking the bootloader? If so, how can i do that?
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not using that guide and using EDL Tool directly?
No offense @Oki , in fact I used that guide to unlock, but there are new methods available, and not like axon7toolkit that were pretty hardcoded and depended on you having fastboot. EDL Tool is the best way right now.
Beside that, I think you don't need to downgrade. Check WesTD's guide "Unlock bootloader easily", it's roughly the same procedure but i think he doesn't mention downgrading there

So, i used EDL Tool to unlock the bootloader and install TWRP and everything went fine. I actually managed to get oreo running on my phone, but i had problems with both AEX and RR. First i tried AEX and it was working good, pretty stable actually but i only had sound on headphones. Since every phone is unusable without sound i tried another solution: Flash RR.... But that created a bigger problem, it wouldn't even boot lol. It gave me a bootloop.
After that i flashed LOS14.1 for a quick fix, because i didn't had much time to search and fix the AEX bug. This is quite strange because afaik no one had these problems, so i suppose i did something wrong.....

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not using that guide and using EDL Tool directly?
No offense @Oki , in fact I used that guide to unlock, but there are new methods available, and not like axon7toolkit that were pretty hardcoded and depended on you having fastboot. EDL Tool is the best way right now.
Beside that, I think you don't need to downgrade. Check WesTD's guide "Unlock bootloader easily", it's roughly the same procedure but i think he doesn't mention downgrading there
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Do you have a link to that guide? It would save a lot of time to many people.

Oki said:
Do you have a link to that guide? It would save a lot of time to many people.
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you can literally google it... "unlock bootloader easily", "dfu unbrick", "edl tool"...

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you can literally google it... "unlock bootloader easily", "dfu unbrick", "edl tool"...
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You know what to search for, newbies don't. This is why it is always better to provide a link. I was just trying to make life easier for people without our experience.

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You know what to search for, newbies don't. This is why it is always better to provide a link. I was just trying to make life easier for people without our experience.
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I know what to search for but I also said the name of the guide there. I guess I'll post the links anyways, but it's as easy as googling the guide's name...
https://www.google.com.ar/url?sa=t&...BBAB&usg=AOvVaw10p1GREikMBe89R4S0cikD&ampcf=1

I think i figured out why RR didn't boot on my phone. Apparently it's encrypted, (encryption isn't working on oreo roms right??) but just don't know how and why... I didn't encrypted it manually. I never done it in my life actually and i can't decrypt it now any help?

joaocandeias said:
I think i figured out why RR didn't boot on my phone. Apparently it's encrypted, (encryption isn't working on oreo roms right??) but just don't know how and why... I didn't encrypted it manually. I never done it in my life actually and i can't decrypt it now any help?
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Yes, format data

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Yes, format data
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Still recommended to flash root also when flashing ROM?
ZTE Axon 7 A2017U, AospExtended v4.6 ROM, microG (NoGapps), Multiboot, Tapatalk 4.9.5

marcdw said:
Still recommended to flash root also when flashing ROM?
ZTE Axon 7 A2017U, AospExtended v4.6 ROM, microG (NoGapps), Multiboot, Tapatalk 4.9.5
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Ofc

Neve
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I already tried that and it didn't work..... How did the phone encrypted itself?
Edit: Nevermind, I don't need any more help on this subject

TWRP for Honor 8 pro encrypted mode

Can anyone help on how to modify current TWRP to support encryption?

Nothing as of now. The support is dead.
Yesterday I tried rooting my phone by using almost every instance of magisk available on the web, but I either end up with a bootloop or Error 255.
There is no point installing twrp, you will only break your phone.
Only solution is never trust honor again in terms of development support.

SAME Issues.
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Nothing as of now. The support is dead.
Yesterday I tried rooting my phone by using almost every instance of magisk available on the web, but I either end up with a bootloop or Error 255.
There is no point installing twrp, you will only break your phone.
Only solution is never trust honor again in terms of development support.
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Unfortunately, i'm regretting getting the H8P instead of the OP5. Kinda had a feeling this would happen but took a shot anyway.
Tried many versions of Magisk but all ends up in bootloop. Spent over 30 hours on the device, tinkering.
Best bet would be to flash Stock, lock bootloader and forget about SU . The only choice given how expensive the phone was to a common man when it released.
No more Honor or Huawei every again. For me or anyone who askes for suggestions.
I'm not that into android that i can jump in to help devs aswell. But i will try to stay active and support those who brick their device.

@anirudh & @shailendra1993
Sorry, but you seem both out of topic.
It seems to me latest official magisk is working on your device by flashing a patched ramdisk via fastboot.
Coming back to OP, the latest public TWRP available for your device seem to be there https://forum.xda-developers.com/honor-8-pro/how-to/restoring-dukfullotaromflasher-t3741223But they may not support encryption...

Anirudh A said:
Unfortunately, i'm regretting getting the H8P instead of the OP5. Kinda had a feeling this would happen but took a shot anyway.
Tried many versions of Magisk but all ends up in bootloop. Spent over 30 hours on the device, tinkering.
Best bet would be to flash Stock, lock bootloader and forget about SU . The only choice given how expensive the phone was to a common man when it released.
No more Honor or Huawei every again. For me or anyone who askes for suggestions.
I'm not that into android that i can jump in to help devs aswell. But i will try to stay active and support those who brick their device.
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Are you looking to have Magisk with Safety net pass ? Let me know i can help. I am on latest Oreo with Magisk and all seems ok.

psbhullar said:
Are you looking to have Magisk with Safety net pass ? Let me know i can help. I am on latest Oreo with Magisk and all seems ok.
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Thanks ! I get constant bootloops when I flash almost all versions of magisk on stock Oreo 8.0.0.323 . I'm now using AOSP from open krin . 8.1 . Not the most stable rom, but I love stock Android. Definably miss a few stock rom features though. It would help if you tell us the version of magisk flashed and also stock rom version.
And the installation method you followed for magisk was patching boot using magisk manager and flashing the image via fastboot right?

Anirudh A said:
Thanks ! I get constant bootloops when I flash almost all versions of magisk on stock Oreo 8.0.0.323 . I'm now using AOSP from open krin . 8.1 . Not the most stable rom, but I love stock Android. Definably miss a few stock rom features though. It would help if you tell us the version of magisk flashed and also stock rom version.
And the installation method you followed for magisk was patching boot using magisk manager and flashing the image via fastboot right?
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Follow each step as mentioned and and it works perfect.
https://www.google.co.in/amp/s/foru...de-magisk-root-honor-8-pro-oreo-t3743587/amp/
I am using this past few weeks on Oreo 8 with no bootloops. Yes with Xposed i too had boot loop issues.

Thanks! Works.
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Follow each step as mentioned and and it works perfect.
https://www.google.co.in/amp/s/foru...de-magisk-root-honor-8-pro-oreo-t3743587/amp/
I am using this past few weeks on Oreo 8 with no bootloops. Yes with Xposed i too had boot loop issues.
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Hey,
I followed those same instructions before.
From v 15.4, we can directly extract our boot.img , patch it using magisk manager and flash it using fastboot.
And it works like a charm. With data encrypted.
Thanks for your inputs

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Are you looking to have Magisk with Safety net pass ? Let me know i can help. I am on latest Oreo with Magisk and all seems ok.
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wait wait... so you have root and adblock /titanium backup working on latest oreo? please let me know.. I want to get to oreo update but I can't lose titanium and adblock (and keep decrypted my sdcard?!?)
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I come from an Honor 8 completely turned inside out (root,twrp,xposed,gravity,substratum,v4a,titanium backup,kali linux and so so so on).
Can I hope to get almost half of them on my new Honor 8 Pro? I would stay on latest stock B189, but If I well understand there are problems with TWRP and TB because of encryption. What is the state of the art we can get on Nougat? Thanks a lot.

gianmaxfactor said:
I come from an Honor 8 completely turned inside out (root,twrp,xposed,gravity,substratum,v4a,titanium backup,kali linux and so so so on).
Can I hope to get almost half of them on my new Honor 8 Pro? I would stay on latest stock B189, but If I well understand there are problems with TWRP and TB because of encryption. What is the state of the art we can get on Nougat? Thanks a lot.
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https://consumer-tkb.huawei.com/tkbapp/downloadWebsiteService?websiteId=768024

Renovated ice

Ive got the 6t, Ive followed the instructions over and over again & no matter what i do when i flash in twrp it tells me to flash in magisk! I tried that and bootloop! also i think im suppossed to be using a different magisk 16.7(RENOVATE).zip but cannot find a download link not even a google search. I really really want this MOD, any ideas?

jessejamesd2i said:
Ive got the 6t, Ive followed the instructions over and over again & no matter what i do when i flash in twrp it tells me to flash in magisk! I tried that and bootloop! also i think im suppossed to be using a different magisk 16.7(RENOVATE).zip but cannot find a download link not even a google search. I really really want this MOD, any ideas?
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Read the post again. Pretty sure the last update only supports Android 9. My guess is that you've updated to 10.3.4 or 10.3.5

@mwilky lost his Oneplus 6 so he cannot update renovate ice unless you want to buy him a 6/6T

thanks man ill give it a try
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Read the post again. Pretty sure the last update only supports Android 9. My guess is that you've updated to 10.3.4 or 10.3.5
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So I tried a couple different versions of pie oos & same thing tells me to flash in magisk when in twrp but if i flash in magisk it bootloops. Whats this about a modified magisk? Is it possible you still have it because i cant find a working download link. Thanks I appreciate it

do you maybe still have the files you used for your stock rom & magisk module on your 6t? sorry for asking ive just tried everything possible but the version available will not work for some reason
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@mwilky lost his Oneplus 6 so he cannot update renovate ice unless you want to buy him a 6/6T
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