Hi... I have updated my phone to LineageOS successfully but I lost fingerprint option. I'm getting system update options in Settings but when I tried to update the stuck in bootloop and I was able to get it to work by entering some codes in this forum... First, I have unlocked the bootloader and rooted my phone and installed TWRP and flashed LineageOS. All went good but I lost the fingerprint option and auto rotate and some features are not working properly. If I want to update it again to the latest version, do I have to unlock bootloader, root again? Please help... My phone was good before I updated it
Kishorechittem said:
Hi... I have updated my phone os successfully but I lost fingerprint option. My concern is how to update os again as I have already unlocked bootloader and rooted my phone
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Which os did you update and which rom was it before. Please tell exact versions and if you have the regarding links.
Normally that happens without the right firmware like marshmallow before installing a nougat rom. But let's see what's the problem of yours.
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Hi all,
I was running my stock 5.1.1 (LPD23.118-6.1) rom rooted for a long time and wasn't able to receive OTA updates due to the obvious reason about rooting and etc. My recovery wasn't changed. So, I saw the thread about that "flashable zips" about 6.0 roms and decided to test it. Due to some crashes and forced closes, I decided to back to my previous backup of rooted 5.1.1 stock rom. But now I want to have my phone stock as hell, and the first thing that I do was flash the most updated firmware that I found in here that was available to download. I flashed the whole LPD23.118-6.3 stock rom, a little bit newer than my old stock rooted rom. Everything working, everything fine, except...
In bootloader it says "Software status: modified", and when I try to manually check about updates, it says that my software is up to date, which I know isn't true, because OTA update of Android 6.0 is already available (i have a friend who got an X Play and he already received the ota).
How can I solve this?
Totemic_tHiRp said:
Hi all,
I was running my stock 5.1.1 (LPD23.118-6.1) rom rooted for a long time and wasn't able to receive OTA updates due to the obvious reason about rooting and etc. My recovery wasn't changed. So, I saw the thread about that "flashable zips" about 6.0 roms and decided to test it. Due to some crashes and forced closes, I decided to back to my previous backup of rooted 5.1.1 stock rom. But now I want to have my phone stock as hell, and the first thing that I do was flash the most updated firmware that I found in here that was available to download. I flashed the whole LPD23.118-6.3 stock rom, a little bit newer than my old stock rooted rom. Everything working, everything fine, except...
In bootloader it says "Software status: modified", and when I try to manually check about updates, it says that my software is up to date, which I know isn't true, because OTA update of Android 6.0 is already available (i have a friend who got an X Play and he already received the ota).
How can I solve this?
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The force closes you got are completely normal and if you read the thread you will have found out you just need to reboot your phone until they go away.
The status modified just means your bootloader was unlocked and doesn't matter.
You have a few options, keep trying for OTA, flash another version and keep trying for OTA, sideload one of the available OTA zip files, or try a TWRP backup.
scottdanpor said:
The force closes you got are completely normal and if you read the thread you will have found out you just need to reboot your phone until they go away.
The status modified just means your bootloader was unlocked and doesn't matter.
You have a few options, keep trying for OTA, flash another version and keep trying for OTA, sideload one of the available OTA zip files, or try a TWRP backup.
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Thanks for your reply. Actually i'm downloading the recently posted 6.0 firmware for the Brazilian/Latin American rom in firmware's thread. Unfortunately the download is very slow, but I guess I can surely update without losing anything. The only strange thing is that I didn't received any OTAs....
Totemic_tHiRp said:
Thanks for your reply. Actually i'm downloading the recently posted 6.0 firmware for the Brazilian/Latin American rom in firmware's thread. Unfortunately the download is very slow, but I guess I can surely update without losing anything. The only strange thing is that I didn't received any OTAs....
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It's not necessary that if your friend has received the OTA then even you will receive it within few days. The OTA is rolled batch wise and no one knows which phone is in which batch except Moto of course. [emoji4]
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Hi.
Can some one help check my Elephone S7 (4G-64GB) bootloader status? I've tried the code and some apps, but the code doesn't work and the apps some don't work while others say "unknown" .
On another subject, stock rom related:
- After installing twrp and the latest stock rom, does OTA still work? I think it should since it's the same rom just a different recovery, but I would like confirmation.
- I don't know why but on my Elephone S7 the google startup wizard doesn't start. I even got the wizard apk, but it installs and doesn't run. So I'm thinking... (maybe I shouldn't ) can we install open gapps using twrp without any problems?
Thanks!
Since I'm experiencing a lot of glitches with Android 7, I want to downgrade my phone to android 6 B10, hoping this will stop malfunctioning.
I downloaded the update B10 from the ZTE website and placed it on my sd card.
System Update finds the update, if I press update, will this downgrade my phone without bricking my device?
I know I will lose my internal memory but will I keep my EMEI info and sd card memory?
It won t harm your phone. It will just downgrade.
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If fully stock, I don't think you'll be able to downgrade to MM. Lemme know if you are successful though!
oleung4 said:
If fully stock, I don't think you'll be able to downgrade to MM. Lemme know if you are successful though!
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You can downgrade without problems. I've done it a few times already (from 7.1.1 b01). I'm full stock, locked bl and unrooted.
I downgraded today, not without problems. It rebooted fine, than went back to the Axon screen, vibrating sometimes, so it was some sort of bootloop. I went into recovery mode and did a factory reset. After, it restarted and worked fine, I'm now back on android 6 with a factory reset, unfortunately, for me, problems from Nougat update still persist.
Mysteryman22 said:
I downgraded today, not without problems. It rebooted fine, than went back to the Axon screen, vibrating sometimes, so it was some sort of bootloop. I went into recovery mode and did a factory reset. After, it restarted and worked fine, I'm now back on android 6 with a factory reset, unfortunately, for me, problems from Nougat update still persist.
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Which problems?
Anyone managed to do this downgrade successfully with stock rom not rooted? I dont have my country language to choose after latest nougat update.
Edit:
I managed to downgrade to b10 V1.0. Because of the Nougat update I was not able to update via external SD card although my card was 64GB.
I unzipped the file and placed it to root of internal SD. Did the normal update via settings and all went fine until it started to boot.
Somehow it asked password which I thought it was normal unlock code which i had placed previously, it wasn't.
Factory reset via recovery cleared that problem. All running normally now with marshmallow...
There is not much experts here to just to compare op3 Devs..
Mysteryman22 said:
Since I'm experiencing a lot of glitches with Android 7, I want to downgrade my phone to android 6 B10, hoping this will stop malfunctioning.
I downloaded the update B10 from the ZTE website and placed it on my sd card.
System Update finds the update, if I press update, will this downgrade my phone without bricking my device?
I know I will lose my internal memory but will I keep my EMEI info and sd card memory?
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i want to downgrad like my phone without unloacking bootloader but from oreo to marshmallow , help me please how did u do that and if u do that without unoacking bootloader , my phone is "zte axon 7 a 2017 g"
joaste said:
You can downgrade without problems. I've done it a few times already (from 7.1.1 b01). I'm full stock, locked bl and unrooted.
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tell me please can i downgrading from oreo to marshmallow on my phone a2017g without unloack bootloader !!
joaste said:
You can downgrade without problems. I've done it a few times already (from 7.1.1 b01). I'm full stock, locked bl and unrooted.
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please tell me the version that u used and from where if u can give me the link ,
i did root my phone and it went perfect and when i was installing custom rom on my s8 it said data could not mount so i did something and it corrupted my storage and i had to go back on stock firmware again oreo and it turned back on again now i want to ask can i root again right now its been only 3 days can i root again since in oreo u dont get oem unlock unless u complete ur 7 days time and my s health and samsung pass is also not working will it work after rooting again my phone was rooted perfectly but while installing rom i messed up and i had to install stock firmware again. PLEASE HELP ME GUYSSSSS
AdeelShAhId12 said:
i did root my phone and it went perfect and when i was installing custom rom on my s8 it said data could not mount so i did something and it corrupted my storage and i had to go back on stock firmware again oreo and it turned back on again now i want to ask can i root again right now its been only 3 days can i root again since in oreo u dont get oem unlock unless u complete ur 7 days time and my s health and samsung pass is also not working will it work after rooting again my phone was rooted perfectly but while installing rom i messed up and i had to install stock firmware again. PLEASE HELP ME GUYSSSSS
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Which model do you have?
adj998 said:
Which model do you have?
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i have SM G950FD
AdeelShAhId12 said:
i have SM G950FD
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If you've rooted and flashed a custom rom your Knox was most likely tripped so you can't use Samsung apps anymore. You can mod shealth and get that working but that's about it. If you flash back to nougat you have to reset your phone.
If you flash nougat via Odin you'll have to reformat your phone
If you flash Oreo you won't need to since your system is already set to Oreo.
Also you said you did something that corrupted your storage, what exactly did you do?
adj998 said:
If you've rooted and flashed a custom rom your Knox was most likely tripped so you can't use Samsung apps anymore. You can mod shealth and get that working but that's about it. If you flash back to nougat you have to reset your phone.
If you flash nougat via Odin you'll have to reformat your phone
If you flash Oreo you won't need to since your system is already set to Oreo.
Also you said you did something that corrupted your storage, what exactly did you do?
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I WAS TRYING TO ,MOUNT my data and a youtube video showed to go into wipe repair it as or change option something i clicked
ok now i am back to oreo my s8 is working now but i dont have magisk or any other root application since i installed custom software because my phone was bricked now its been 3 days and in oreo u can unlock oem unlock after 7 days can i root again now because when every i try to use s health or samsung pass it says its rooted can not use but with root apps we can use
my question is i have already rooted my s8 burt due to installing custom rom of s9 i messed up and it got bricked i installed custom firmware through odin and my s8 is running again but all the magisk apps are removed can i install them again through odin if my oem is not unlocked or do i have to wait for 7 days to unlock
AdeelShAhId12 said:
I WAS TRYING TO ,MOUNT my data and a youtube video showed to go into wipe repair it as or change option something i clicked
ok now i am back to oreo my s8 is working now but i dont have magisk or any other root application since i installed custom software because my phone was bricked now its been 3 days and in oreo u can unlock oem unlock after 7 days can i root again now because when every i try to use s health or samsung pass it says its rooted can not use but with root apps we can use
my question is i have already rooted my s8 burt due to installing custom rom of s9 i messed up and it got bricked i installed custom firmware through odin and my s8 is running again but all the magisk apps are removed can i install them again through odin if my oem is not unlocked or do i have to wait for 7 days to unlock
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Why not just flash a rooted Oreo rom that already has magisk? As for Samsung apps yeah you tripped Knox so those won't work anymore permanently
Hello yall!
So I am at a complete loss on how to fix the issues with my Essential device.
So I decided to post here in as much detail as I can and hopefully receive some answers.
I purchased my phone used from eBay about a month ago.
According to the listing it was factory unlocked.
I have AT&T prepaid.
Everything was running smoothly for about a week until I receive the notification for the Android Pie OTA.
(At this time my bootloader was not yet unlocked nor was I rooted).
Again everything was fine UNTIL I installed the security patch update.
As soon as I installed and rebooted my sim read as invalid.
I rebooted, tried to mess with network settings, factory reset, etc.
Turning to Google, I realize this is a common issue with the Sprint variant of this device (of course my luck would be for me to unknowingly purchase the Sprint variant not knowing there was any issues) and the pie update.
The main fix for this issue would be of course to downgrade back to Android 8.
Here's my issues...
I unlock my bootloader.
Install the Android 8 firmware from the official Essential site. (made sure to install the one for Sprint variant).
Flash.
The touch screen is not functional. At all.
Flash back to Android Pie and install TWRP
Flash Android 8 custom ROM.
Touch screen still not functional.
So I'm back on Android Pie and touch screen is working, but sim is still invalid.
How are other essential users successful in downgrading the software?
HELP.
stephxo said:
Hello yall!
So I am at a complete loss on how to fix the issues with my Essential device.
So I decided to post here in as much detail as I can and hopefully receive some answers.
I purchased my phone used from eBay about a month ago.
According to the listing it was factory unlocked.
I have AT&T prepaid.
Everything was running smoothly for about a week until I receive the notification for the Android Pie OTA.
(At this time my bootloader was not yet unlocked nor was I rooted).
Again everything was fine UNTIL I installed the security patch update.
As soon as I installed and rebooted my sim read as invalid.
I rebooted, tried to mess with network settings, factory reset, etc.
Turning to Google, I realize this is a common issue with the Sprint variant of this device (of course my luck would be for me to unknowingly purchase the Sprint variant not knowing there was any issues) and the pie update.
The main fix for this issue would be of course to downgrade back to Android 8.
Here's my issues...
I unlock my bootloader.
Install the Android 8 firmware from the official Essential site. (made sure to install the one for Sprint variant).
Flash.
The touch screen is not functional. At all.
Flash back to Android Pie and install TWRP
Flash Android 8 custom ROM.
Touch screen still not functional.
So I'm back on Android Pie and touch screen is working, but sim is still invalid.
How are other essential users successful in downgrading the software?
HELP.
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Go to the guide section and read the post that says uicc unlock there is a solution outlined.just follow it and your phone will be back in service
stephxo said:
Hello yall!
So I am at a complete loss on how to fix the issues with my Essential device.
So I decided to post here in as much detail as I can and hopefully receive some answers.
I purchased my phone used from eBay about a month ago.
According to the listing it was factory unlocked.
I have AT&T prepaid.
Everything was running smoothly for about a week until I receive the notification for the Android Pie OTA.
(At this time my bootloader was not yet unlocked nor was I rooted).
Again everything was fine UNTIL I installed the security patch update.
As soon as I installed and rebooted my sim read as invalid.
I rebooted, tried to mess with network settings, factory reset, etc.
Turning to Google, I realize this is a common issue with the Sprint variant of this device (of course my luck would be for me to unknowingly purchase the Sprint variant not knowing there was any issues) and the pie update.
The main fix for this issue would be of course to downgrade back to Android 8.
Here's my issues...
I unlock my bootloader.
Install the Android 8 firmware from the official Essential site. (made sure to install the one for Sprint variant).
Flash.
The touch screen is not functional. At all.
Flash back to Android Pie and install TWRP
Flash Android 8 custom ROM.
Touch screen still not functional.
So I'm back on Android Pie and touch screen is working, but sim is still invalid.
How are other essential users successful in downgrading the software?
HELP.
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Did you unlock your critical partitions along with the bootloader?
arjunv said:
Go to the guide section and read the post that says uicc unlock there is a solution outlined.just follow it and your phone will be back in service
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Do you think you could link that post for me? I can't seem to find it.
I also don't see any uicc option on my debice. (Not sure or that matters though)
If it's Sprint you need to wait 50 days before you can unlock it. CDMA phones are a pain in the ass to unlock, always buy International if possible!
This thread has some information that might be useful:
https://forum.xda-developers.com/essential-phone/help/unlock-sprint-version-t3720727
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SuperBrolySSJ said:
Did you unlock your critical partitions along with the bootloader?
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This is required for the touch screen firmware to be flashed and OP needs to see this.