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Supersu abort on 7.1.1

Has anyone had any issues trying to flash the latest supersu beta on 7.1.1? I get an abort message whenever I flash

Guitarboarder28 said:
Has anyone had any issues trying to flash the latest supersu beta on 7.1.1? I get an abort message whenever I flash
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Chainfire has stated before that root with SuperSU on 7.1 may be a while, that he's working on it but a lot has changed (at least I read this all from him on a Pixel related thread...I assume much of it holds true for 7.1 in general).

ohlin5 said:
Chainfire has stated before that root with SuperSU on 7.1 may be a while, that he's working on it but a lot has changed (at least I read this all from him on a Pixel related thread...I assume much of it holds true for 7.1 in general).
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Oh thanks. I've seen others talk about rooting on 7.1 no problem. I'll have to do more digging I guess

I rooted the 7.1 DP 1 With supersu SR1-v2.78.
No issues at all (even A.R.I.S.E. worked after deleting audio_effects.conf)

Mgrev said:
I rooted the 7.1 DP 1 With supersu SR1-v2.78.
No issues at all (even A.R.I.S.E. worked after deleting audio_effects.conf)
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Did you root after flashing the ota or full image? I've been trying sr1 and for whatever reason after the ramdisk patch script it fails.

Guitarboarder28 said:
Did you root after flashing the ota or full image? I've been trying sr1 and for whatever reason after the ramdisk patch script it fails.
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I used Fastboot and flashed every image manually (so that i wouldn't loose data). I used twrp 3.0.2-2 fyi. What about you?

Mgrev said:
I used Fastboot and flashed every image manually (so that i wouldn't loose data). I used twrp 3.0.2-2 fyi. What about you?
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I was trying after flashing the ota. I even tried the full image without wiping (same version of twrp as you). Something must have just gotten messed up flashing the ota though. I gave up and did a full flash with wipe and sr1 flashed no problem. Thanks for trying to help me out though, I appreciate it
Edit: worded better. @Mgrev no hate was meant, thanks for trying to help me out!

Guitarboarder28 said:
you sound like you need a hug!
Oh thanks. I've seen others talk about rooting on 7.1 no problem. I'll have to do more digging I guess
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Interesting...maybe he was exclusively referring to the new Pixel partition structure, etc...Not sure. Good luck

I was able to flash SuperSU R1 from TWRP and it worked, but when I added SUHIDE it hangs at boot animation. I flashed the factory image file by file, and not the OTA.

ohlin5 said:
Interesting...maybe he was exclusively referring to the new Pixel partition structure, etc...Not sure. Good luck
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Yes that's my guess too I'm assuming he's talking about the pixel and it's new partitions
dratsablive said:
I was able to flash SuperSU R1 from TWRP and it worked, but when I added SUHIDE it hangs at boot animation. I flashed the factory image file by file, and not the OTA.
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oh thanks for the heads up. Who knows if we'll ever see an updated suhide with safetynet checking the bootloader it may never be possible to pass safety net anymore

Guitarboarder28 said:
Yes that's my guess too I'm assuming he's talking about the pixel and it's new partitions
oh thanks for the heads up. Who knows if we'll ever see an updated suhide with safetynet checking the bootloader it may never be possible to pass safety net anymore
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Well not worried about passing safetynet, since I can do without Android Pay, just want to hide root to play PoGo.

dratsablive said:
Well not worried about passing safetynet, since I can do without Android Pay, just want to hide root to play PoGo.
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Oh is it no longer using safetynet? There's a new hide method with magisk V8 maybe that'll work

Guitarboarder28 said:
Oh is it no longer using safetynet? There's a new hide method with magisk V8 maybe that'll work
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Well my bootloader is unlocked, but having suhide installed on the developer preview causes a boot hang. Will have to try the other method out. Thanks.

Guitarboarder28 said:
I was trying after flashing the ota. I even tried the full image without wiping (same version of twrp as you). Something must have just gotten messed up flashing the ota though. I gave up and did a full flash with wipe and sr1 flashed no problem. Thanks for trying to help me out though, I appreciate it
Edit: worded better. @Mgrev no hate was meant, thanks for trying to help me out!
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I didn't think you meant to express hate either!
I seemed to forget to mention that i backed up my data with titanium backup, flashed, then wiped, and then restored it. So in the end, you probably need to wipe (just like you did)

dratsablive said:
Well my bootloader is unlocked, but having suhide installed on the developer preview causes a boot hang. Will have to try the other method out. Thanks.
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Magisk hide just hides Magisk itself... it doesn't do anything for root. As for PoGo, right now the only way to do that on 7.1.1 is to NOT be rooted.
Once the kernel sources for the 7.1.1 are released, this patch will make its way onto custom kernels, which means you'll still be able to edit /system while rooted, unroot, and keep the changes via the patched kernel, as well as bypassing the SafetyNet bootloader check.
A kernel does exist now with that patch (francokernel), but it is based on the 7.0 kernel sources, so some things are broken if used on 7.1.1.
In re: to the superSU ramdisk install failure, this will happen if there are old files left over in /data from a previous magisk install and/or patched boot images. The SuperSU installer script will detect those and step into code branches that it doesn't need to be in, and thus fail. The solution is deleting the offending files from TWRP w/ adb, and installing SuperSU zip again.
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Works fine for me flashed 7.1.1 OTA then flashed SuperSU zip

[GUIDE] Sideload NOF27B/C on Stock, TWRP, Custom Kernel, Mods, Root - Updated 3/6/17

Follow at your own risk, I take no responsibility. This guide is for any stock(seems to work with mods) rom. I used TWRP RC1, but could possibly work with alpha 2(for adb sideload only). Not sure if this method is "better" than using flash-all.bat without -w, but the file download was smaller.
Required Files and Locations they should be placed:
TWRP RC1 Image placed in the same folder as your FASTBOOT executable
TWRP RC1 zip installer placed on phones internal storage
SuperSU 2.79 SR3 zip installer placed on phones internal storage
NOF27B or NOF27C - Rogers OTA placed in the same folder as your ADB executable
Ensure the TWRP and SuperSU zip installers are loaded onto the phones internal storage and the OTA zip and TWRP image are in the ADB/FASTBOOT executables folder.
Boot into current TWRP recovery
Make a full backup in TWRP
Connect the phone to the computer
In TWRP select the Advanced menu, click ADB sideload option
On the computer open a command window and navigate to the location of your ADB executable/OTA zip
Only execute one adb sideload command for your specific device
Execute the following command(Non-Rogers): adb sideload sailfish-ota-nof27b-8130b5a8.zip
Execute the following command(Rogers): adb sideload sailfish-ota-nof27c-fb487658.zip
Only execute one adb sideload command for your specific device
The command window should be displaying a percentage and the TWRP should be displaying the standard OTA step 1 and 2 - Let this complete
Click Reboot System and let the OTA finish installing
At this point TWRP and Root are gone, but can be restored
With the device powered off, hold volume down and turn on the device. Your device should now be in the bootloader.
With the device connected to the computer run the following command from the previous step's command window: fastboot boot twrp-3.0.2-0-RC1-fastboot-sailfish.img
Install twrp-pixel-installer-sailfish-3.0.2-0-RC1.zip in TWRP
Install SR3-SuperSU-v2.79-SR3-20170114223742.zip in TWRP
Click Reboot System
Install Kernel/Mods
Remember to restore any /system specific edits such as the tether build.prop edit, host file edits, or custom boot animations.

This is amazing!. I have downloaded the full factory image already. followed by your guide, Can I just use an OTA package to upgrade NMF26O to latest build? I have rooted and twrp installed

bush911 said:
This is amazing!. I have downloaded the full factory image already. followed by your guide, Can I just use an OTA package to upgrade NMF26O to latest build? I have rooted and twrp installed
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Just remove the -w argument from the flash-all.bat and flash the factory image...

Thank you dude, so what's the difference between full factory image and full ota zip, and ota automatically downloaded to phone.
the factory image is around 1.8 G and full ota zip is around 800 M, but the ota automatically downloaded to phone is only 47 M
Juli112 said:
Just remove the -w argument from the flash-all.bat and flash the factory image...
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I had good luck with this method getting to NMF26O. Just a couple of things to note. Make sure you have the latest ADB files, and while it probably is assumed that you are using TWRP RC1 I'm pretty sure this did not work in Alpha2. Also, when the OP mentions losing TWRP it actually completely removes recovery so don't freak out if you try to boot into it expecting stock recovery and get a no data (or something like that if I remember correctly) error. There is no reason to check, but last time I was curious to see if it would leave TWRP in place. All is fine as long as you can get to bootloader. One other thing is the fact that this is an OTA. I would not do this unless coming from NMF26O but that is just me.
I am in no hurry to do this update since by all accounts it adds no functionality, but I was going to try it this way again. I wonder if anyone has any reason other than habit to continue to use the flash all method.

Juli112 said:
Just remove the -w argument from the flash-all.bat and flash the factory image...
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so should we sideload the OTA over Q or download the factory image and remove the -w flag and run flash all.bat?

can this process be done if we are running stock rooted but with weta 2.2.1 installed? or does it need to be totallly stock? thanks

quinejh said:
can this process be done if we are running stock rooted but with weta 2.2.1 installed? or does it need to be totallly stock? thanks
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This is only for updating stock. If you want of weta then use the full image and remove the -w from the flashall bat file.

thank you! worked great!

quinejh said:
can this process be done if we are running stock rooted but with weta 2.2.1 installed? or does it need to be totallly stock? thanks
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Because I'm groovy like that... (And had a nandroid backup) I went ahead and took the jump of sideloading the OTA update over weta 2.2.1. Personally, I wasn't too concerned about botching up the system, as the weta ROM is going away. Instead the author is now compiling his mod(s) to layer over this stock build. I'm assuming that the OTA sideload went without a hitch because weta is designed around the stock image. Of course, I had to install some of my mod's again that were lost in the "update"
**DISCLAIMER**
I'm not claiming or declaring the OTA update is safe to install over weta 2.2.1. I'm only giving my experience so others can weigh out the risks for themselves, if they decide to roll the dice. :silly:

I followed this method and everything went smoothly. I have the new update, supersu and elemental kernel but now I can not use android pay

rohitece06 said:
I followed this method and everything went smoothly. I have the new update, supersu and elemental kernel but now I can not use android pay
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I don't use Pay, but did you update to the latest Elemental kernel 1.03?

spiller37 said:
I don't use Pay, but did you update to the latest Elemental kernel 1.03?
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Yes I did.

rohitece06 said:
Yes I did.
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Try Franco's, his is patched for pay. Just to try and narrow it down here.

rohitece06 said:
Yes I did.
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You might also try the patched stock kernel that was just updated.

spiller37 said:
You might also try the patched stock kernel that was just updated.
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Thanks it worked with patched stock kernel although I lost root and when I installed SuperSu 2.79 SR2 android pay stopped working.

Is something up with the OP or is it just my XDA app causing it to show like this..

aholeinthewor1d said:
Is something up with the OP or is it just my XDA app causing it to show like this..
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Not sure why it displays this way in the two XDA apps. If anyone knows how to fix the formatting I would be grateful for the solution.

rohitece06 said:
Thanks it worked with patched stock kernel although I lost root and when I installed SuperSu 2.79 SR2 android pay stopped working.
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Oh I didn't realize root and pay could work simultaneously on the pixel yet. Not sure which thread, but there was discussion on using the dual slots to run one slot stock with pay and one slot stock with root. Then dual booting between them.

spiller37 said:
Oh I didn't realize root and pay could work simultaneously on the pixel yet. Not sure which thread, but there was discussion on using the dual slots to run one slot stock with pay and one slot stock with root. Then dual booting between them.
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it was working before this January pixel update

Bootloop after editing build.prop

I did modified build.prop once, everything worked fine, but after updating my phone, build.prop reset to default. Now I tried to modify build.prop again, and I'm stuck in bootloop.
I can boot my phone by changing active slot from A to B, so it's only A slot stuck in bootloop. This is what I did:
Boot into bootloader
Unlock bootloader
Boot into twrp recovery
Pull build.prop, edit, push it back
I forgot to chmod build.prop, so after rebooting my phone, it failed, stuck in bootloop. After I chmod build.prop, it still won't boot. How do I fix it?

Try flashing system.img to slot a using fastboot, if it's only A that is a problem.

Just flash newest system image from official site using MiFlash tool without wiping the data

And there's no other way to fix this problem without flashing system image? I mean, I just modified build.prop, nothing else, isn't there faster and easier way to fix it? What if I boot twrp with B slot, pull build.prop, then boot twrp with A slot, and push build.prop?
matcho13579 said:
Just flash newest system image from official site using MiFlash tool without wiping the data
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Will it delete apps and do I need to setup android again, i.e. login with google account again, setup fingerprint and etc?

druckis3000 said:
And there's no other way to fix this problem without flashing system image? I mean, I just modified build.prop, nothing else, isn't there faster and easier way to fix it? What if I boot twrp with B slot, pull build.prop, then boot twrp with A slot, and push build.prop?
Will it delete apps and do I need to setup android again, i.e. login with google account again, setup fingerprint and etc?
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Flashing system, as long as that is all you do, will not remove anything like your stuff. I've done it before many times, even used miflash but made sure I did select to save user data. Everything there as before, except it completely removed root (Magisk), and relocked the bootloader.

goofball2k said:
Flashing system, as long as that is all you do, will not remove anything like your stuff. I've done it before many times, even used miflash but made sure I did select to save user data. Everything there as before, except it completely removed root (Magisk), and relocked the bootloader.
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I need to flash it while in bootloader or recovery? And will it flash to both slots, or only active slot?

druckis3000 said:
I need to flash it while in bootloader or recovery? And will it flash to both slots, or only active slot?
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MiFlash or flashing system, you need to put your phone in fastboot mode.
MiFlash will flash both slots.
if you manually flash, you can decide which slot you flash to.
fastboot flash system_a system.img

goofball2k said:
MiFlash or flashing system, you need to put your phone in fastboot mode.
MiFlash will flash both slots.
if you manually flash, you can decide which slot you flash to.
fastboot flash system_a system.img
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I'm on Linux, so I can't install MiFlash tool, so if I flash via fastboot, would it save my data?

druckis3000 said:
I'm on Linux, so I can't install MiFlash tool, so if I flash via fastboot, would it save my data?
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Nevermind, already did it and everything works fine, all data were saved. But I still got one question, why can't I edit build.prop file? Few minutes ago I tried to pull build.prop from slot B and push it to slot A, then slot B also stopped working, stuck in bootloop, even though I just pulled build.prop from slot B, and didn't modified it.

druckis3000 said:
Nevermind, already did it and everything works fine, all data were saved. But I still got one question, why can't I edit build.prop file? Few minutes ago I tried to pull build.prop from slot B and push it to slot A, then slot B also stopped working, stuck in bootloop, even though I just pulled build.prop from slot B, and didn't modified it.
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Easier method is to use Magisk module (I guess you want to enable Camera2 API)

druckis3000 said:
Nevermind, already did it and everything works fine, all data were saved. But I still got one question, why can't I edit build.prop file? Few minutes ago I tried to pull build.prop from slot B and push it to slot A, then slot B also stopped working, stuck in bootloop, even though I just pulled build.prop from slot B, and didn't modified it.
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You might have messed up owner or rights of the file. That's usually the main culprit. Simple file pull should not do anything wrong. Maybe you were still booting into the slot A? For the future I would suggest using Magisk systemless mods, it's much easier to apply and remove and you won't break anything (Safetynet for example).

Yes I want to enable Camera2 API. I don't wanna use Magisk, because of rooting, I do not need root. That's why I boot into TWRP recovery and edit build.prop using adb pull/push, but now I'm afraid to edit it again, due to previous issues.

druckis3000 said:
Yes I want to enable Camera2 API. I don't wanna use Magisk, because of rooting, I do not need root. That's why I boot into TWRP recovery and edit build.prop using adb pull/push, but now I'm afraid to edit it again, due to previous issues.
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You can use Magisk and disable root (auto reply set to deny root access).
Edit: stock kernel should have dm-verity enabled, so as soon as you mount system as read write, it fails the safe boot verification. This might be the reason of your bootloops.

_mysiak_ said:
You can use Magisk and disable root (auto reply set to deny root access).
Edit: stock kernel should have dm-verity enabled, so as soon as you mount system as read write, it fails the safe boot verification. This might be the reason of your bootloops.
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But I already modified build.prop successfully previously, how it passed safe boot verification? Using Magisk I'll not get OTA updates anymore, so I don't want to install Magisk.
edit: Ok, I did another test, I just booted into TWRP and rebooted into system, and phone stuck in bootloop, so I guess that's TWRP causing that issue?

druckis3000 said:
But I already modified build.prop successfully previously, how it passed safe boot verification? Using Magisk I'll not get OTA updates anymore, so I don't want to install Magisk.
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Well, it's of course totally up to you, but with Magisk you need to restore only boot.img. If you modify build.prop directly, you have to reflash whole system partition to apply OTA. In both cases OTA is going to fail until you restore all partitions to stock.
If you know what you did before, just repeat the steps..[emoji846] If you can't/don't know, use verified and easy method (Magisk).

_mysiak_ said:
Well, it's of course totally up to you, but with Magisk you need to restore only boot.img. If you modify build.prop directly, you have to reflash whole system partition to apply OTA. In both cases OTA is going to fail until you restore all partitions to stock.
If you know what you did before, just repeat the steps..[emoji846] If you can't/don't know, use verified and easy method (Magisk).
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I edited my last reply, take a look at it. I do everything correctly, but I guess it's problem with TWRP recovery. Before installing OTA update I edited build.prop successfully, now after update if I boot into TWRP, I instantly get bootloop, no need to edit build.prop.

druckis3000 said:
I edited my last reply, take a look at it. I do everything correctly, but I guess it's problem with TWRP recovery. Before installing OTA update I edited build.prop successfully, now after update if I boot into TWRP, I instantly get bootloop, no need to edit build.prop.
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I use TWRP without any issues, so I doubt that it's caused by it. Do you flash TWRP or boot it only? Do you allow system mounting as RW in TWRP?

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I use TWRP without any issues, so I doubt that it's caused by it. Do you flash TWRP or boot it only? Do you allow system mounting as RW in TWRP?
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I don't flash TWRP, I only boot into it. Yesterday when I did that test, I didn't even mounted system partition, but usually yes, I mount it as RW.
I'm using older TWRP version, it's 3.1.1-1, TWRP has newer version, 3.2.1, but that one wont boot, phone boots into system when I try to boot TWRP. Maybe newer version wouldn't cause bootloop

No idea then, I am on December update and can boot into TWRP and system without any issues (though I don't mount system as RW).

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No idea then, I am on December update and can boot into TWRP and system without any issues (though I don't mount system as RW).
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You use TWRP image from their official website? Weird.. It never worked for me, the one I used before was downloaded from other website, not TWRP.

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

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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?

kekley said:
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!

+)KEV1N(+ said:
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.

+)KEV1N(+ said:
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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+)KEV1N(+ said:
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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kekley said:
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:

Unsure what I did

but ....... I am in twrp unable to reboot into my rom. When I click on Install I see all these folders with letters and numbers and what my original folders.
Can somone help me boot into my rom again?

ms.journie said:
but ....... I am in twrp unable to reboot into my rom. When I click on Install I see all these folders with letters and numbers and what my original folders.
Can somone help me boot into my rom again?
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You will more than likely need to format data. This will cause you to loose everything. But that is what you are seeing, those folders, are your data. Just encrypted.
Also make sure you are on the latest version of TWRP. Sometimes the older unsupported version had encryption errors.

Omg this saddens me! So there's no way I am unable to at least retrieve my pictures?
Scott said:
You will more than likely need to format data. This will cause you to loose everything. But that is what you are seeing, those folders, are your data. Just encrypted.
Also make sure you are on the latest version of TWRP. Sometimes the older unsupported version had encryption errors.
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Have u tested change boot partition ?

yup
J3zz said:
Have u tested change boot partition ?
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ms.journie said:
yup
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Simple test are:
- change boot partition
- reflash system
- Say goodbye too all
Got the same problem, Solved After reboot in twrp and enter the good decryption code

I'm right in the middle of reflashing. I am trying everything else before I do say goodbye to my pictures! :crying:
How did you figure out the decryption code?
J3zz said:
Simple test are:
- change boot partition
- reflash system
- Say goodbye too all
Got the same problem, Solved After reboot in twrp and enter the good decryption code
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ms.journie said:
I'm right in the middle of reflashing. I am trying everything else before I do say goodbye to my pictures! :crying:
How did you figure out the decryption code?
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First time entering in twrp after flashing update, I did not get folder to flash magisk, did a reboot and get it, just a bad encryption code I think
Did u flash rom or anything else before getting this problem ?

Yup, I sure did! 4am couldn't sleep so I thought I would finally put a fingerprint mod on; which I have done this before with no issues. For the life of me, I don't remember which mod I tried to install thru Magisk.
My phone is currently stuck on "Phone is starting"
I also think it's time to look into some sort of automatic back up service..... Got any ideas?
J3zz said:
First time entering in twrp after flashing update, I did not get folder to flash magisk, did a reboot and get it, just a bad encryption code I think
Did u flash rom or anything else before getting this problem ?
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ms.journie said:
Yup, I sure did! 4am couldn't sleep so I thought I would finally put a fingerprint mod on; which I have done this before with no issues. For the life of me, I don't remember which mod I tried to install thru Magisk.
My phone is currently stuck on "Phone is starting"
I also think it's time to look into some sort of automatic back up service..... Got any ideas?
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Use msmdownloadtool, have u tried using magisk uninstall in twrp with zip file ? Then boot and uninstall the "****in" fantastic module... maybe it works

I did try to uninstall Magisk in twrp using adb shell. I never had any luck with that msmdownloadtool and not only that it relocks your bootloader.
I usually go this route [ROM][STOCK][FASTBOOT][OP6T] Stock Fastboot ROMs for OnePlus 6T https://forum.xda-developers.com/oneplus-6t/how-to/rom-stock-fastboot-roms-oneplus-6t-t3862516
Thanks for trying to me!
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Use msmdownloadtool, have u tried using magisk uninstall in twrp with zip file ?
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ms.journie said:
I did try to uninstall Magisk in twrp using adb shell. I never had any luck with that msmdownloadtool and not only that it relocks your bootloader.
I usually go this route [ROM][STOCK][FASTBOOT][OP6T] Stock Fastboot ROMs for OnePlus 6T https://forum.xda-developers.com/oneplus-6t/how-to/rom-stock-fastboot-roms-oneplus-6t-t3862516
Thanks for trying to me!
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Good luck !!

I saw this happen when I used the official TWRP app.
It went away when I used this TWRP. Hope that helps.

I'm glad you already know not to use the MSM tool. Too many people jump straight to this.....
You just need to boot the correct recovery and your data will decrypt, and you will be able to back it up to a PC, then you can reload your ROM via TWRP or Fastboot to get the phone bootable again. So now it's a question of what ROM were you running before. Do you need a recovery with the latest security patch or something older? What TWRP are you running. Try 3.3.1-6 psychen6 linked too first. Boot that image from Fastboot. See if your password/pin will work to decrypt your data.