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Rooting and updating your MotoActv is about to get significantly easier! No more waiting games for developers to update their ROMs or tools when Motorola pushes a new OTA; now you can do it yourself! I honestly have not seen these types of files ANYWHERE else, so I had to create these myself (with quite a bit of help from [mbm]). But enough blabbing, here are the files and how to use them:
(Note: all these methods assume we have full fastboot access! -- Which we still have at this point)
- Stock Images:
These are not just mere update.zips that you might be accustomed to elsewhere in Android. Nor are these mere fxzs that you might be accustomed to elsewhere with newer Motorola devices. They are in fact both and more. There are 3 main ways to flash these files onto your device, giving you options based on what OS you run and how comfortable you are flashing files to your device.
1) FXZ:
- Operating System: Windows
- Requires: RSD Lite with FXZ Support
- Instructions: Simply load up the file as any standard fxz (it is very straight-forward)
2) Recovery:
- Operating System: Anything that can mount your device
- Requires: The ability to get into recovery
- Instructions: Place the file on the sdcard, boot into recovery, flash as normal
- Note: Recovery does not wipe your device, it is suggested that you do so before flashing stock images
3) Fastboot:
- Operating System: Windows/Linux/Mac
- Instructions (Windows): Unpack the zip, run flash-all.bat (if it fails, run as administrator)
- Instructions (Linux/Mac): Unpack the zip, run flash-all.sh (it should already have proper permissions)
Miscellaneous Images:
These miscellaneous images are nothing you haven't seen before at this point, but their purposes are new, so they too require explanation.
1) AnyRoot:
AnyRoot is based on koush's AnyKernel in the sense that it unpacks and repacks the boot.img on the fly. However, as the name suggests, AnyKernel is meant for kernels, while AnyRoot, actually roots the device on the fly. This will work on any MotoActv device. It is flashed as a normal update.zip and everything is done in the background so you won't noticed much. However, for ease of access, the stock and rooted boot.img is exported to your sdcard in /sdcard/recovery/. Also note, that if you happen to flash AnyRoot over an already rooted device, nothing will happen as it has built-in error checking.
2) rebootRecovery:
rebootRecovery is another fxz type zip, the same as the stock and rooted images, except it can't be flashed in recovery (would be a little redundant don't you think?). This flashes a specially made misc.img by [mbm] that tells the device to reboot into recovery from boot. This means you can flash AnyRoot on any stock device.
How Tos / FAQs:
Now that you know what the files do, I can explain in short steps how to use these files to get what you want:
1) How to Return the Device to Stock?
- flash a stock image using any of the 3 methods
- you can now update via Motocast if you so wish
2) How to Root a Stock Device?
- update your device via Motocast to the latest version (suggested)
- place AnyRoot on your sdcard
- boot into fastboot, and flash rebootRecovery using either of the 2 methods
- flash AnyRoot in recovery
- reboot
3) How do I update my Rooted Device?
- flash a stock image using any of the 3 methods
- update your device via Motocast to the latest version
- place AnyRoot on your sdcard
- boot into fastboot, and flash rebootRecovery using either of the 2 methods
- flash AnyRoot in recovery
- reboot
Q: After using rebootRecovery I can't get out of recovery!?
A: You are using an old recovery that doesn't clear the 'reboot-recovery' command; use the newer recovery: https://dl.dropbox.com/u/5849675/android/f100/CWMR5x_F100_recoveryB2.img
Q: What do these ROM offer over other custom ROMs?
A: Nothing, they are simply stock images, but you can upgrade with them.
Q: How much battery should I have when I flash?
A: Performing any kind of these flashes will drain at least 10% of your battery, I wouldn't suggest you flash below 60% ESPECIALLY IF YOU FLASH rebootRecovery!
Q: What happens if I flash a 16gb zip on my 8gb or visa-versa?
A: Don't freak, it will still boot, but it's not the best thing in the world to do, just go back and flash the correct model zip.
Q: Can I extract the images from your zips and flash them my own way?
A: yep (couldn't really think of anything else to say)
Q: I manually flashed the stock-boot.img from AnyRoot, and now I can't update. Why?!
A: The boot.imgs need to be truncated before they can be flashed to correctly work with Motorola's updates, just use the stock images.
Q: What's next?
A: HyprActv -- What's this?
Stock Images (w/ md5sums):
8gb-NA: https://dl.dropbox.com/u/5849675/android/f100/MA_1710_8GB_NA.zip (5e228bf56a67aced012c8cbb2d7f7c76)
16gb-NA: https://dl.dropbox.com/u/5849675/android/f100/MA_1710_16GB_NA.zip (21b067dc629f7ccd18b43799d8d5fb17)
8gb-EU: https://dl.dropbox.com/u/5849675/android/f100/MA_1710_8GB_EU.zip (5b79a46d87728303fc2c920eec71c2e8)
Miscellaneous Images (w/ md5sums:
AnyRoot: https://dl.dropbox.com/u/5849675/android/f100/MA_AnyRoot.zip (2f867b006da42865ef861094db0eb6e6)
Reboot Recovery: https://dl.dropbox.com/u/5849675/android/f100/MA_RebootRecovery.zip (1623c9c61462db9bb20b55bc8f1144aa)
Mirror (thanks Iownox!): http://www.androtransfer.com/?developer=lownox&folder=MotoACTV
This is Reserved.
I rooted and flashed in recovery (the stock 4.55.97 and the the rooted version 4.55.97) and I stay on 4.55.78 no matter what! The flashes go through successfully... But nothing has changed and the System version still says 4.55.78... But like I said, the flashes both completed! I did a factory reset... and the updater-script wipes system, so what could be my issue?
Moose8106 said:
I rooted and flashed in recovery (the stock 4.55.97 and the the rooted version 4.55.97) and I stay on 4.55.78 no matter what! The flashes go through successfully... But nothing has changed and the System version still says 4.55.78... But like I said, the flashes both completed! I did a factory reset... and the updater-script wipes system, so what could be my issue?
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It sounds like you flashed that old boot.img. Do you have the battery percentage in the status bar? According to TheEndGame7 that is another surefire way to tell if you are on 4.55.97, if you used any of the root tools, it's possible that they automatically flash the old boot.img.
CEnnis91 said:
It sounds like you flashed that old boot.img. Do you have the battery percentage in the status bar? According to TheEndGame7 that is another surefire way to tell if you are on 4.55.97, if you used any of the root tools, it's possible that they automatically flash the old boot.img.
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I think I did flash the old boot.img (root tools :O ). I'll try flashing the modified boot img again. Thanks! I had no idea the root tool took me back to the old boot img
Moose8106 said:
I think I did flash the old boot.img (root tools :O ). I'll try flashing the modified boot img again. Thanks! I had no idea the root tool took me back to the old boot img
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Yes, any and all tools that exist so far will need to be updated.
I wiped data / cache and used recovery (b) to install the rooted-4.55.97 zip and didn't have any luck either. I did not use the root tools to flash. Also wiped dalvik cache after and fastboot -w for fun.
innovatelife said:
I wiped data / cache and used recovery (b) to install the rooted-4.55.97 zip and didn't have any luck either. I did not use the root tools to flash. Also wiped dalvik cache after and fastboot -w for fun.
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Did you end up doing any restore of some kind after you flashed?
Update
There are "new" instructions that might fix the issue where the rooted 4.55.97 appears to not flash. Simply wipe the boot.img image before you flash. And don't use the root tools until they are updated.
Also, if you have success, please post it. Usually "Thanks, it works" is annoying, but in this case where I don't have the device, I need to make sure this is working on some level.
I formated everything from recovery, now I got stuck with Moto logo with no animation when it starts, how to get out of this?
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Is there any mirrors for the download of these roms? the dropbox links are down
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Is there any mirrors for the download of these roms? the dropbox links are down
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They were pulled, they're not working. There has been some form of mis-communication when I did my testing. I am not working on these until I can get the device from utkanos. Check Update 2, in the initial post.
Success
CEnnis91
I was lucky the second time, first time I succeeded to upgrade to rooted 4.55.97 but for some reason I didn't get the battery percentage on the status bar but all other issues are OK and status indicated version number 4.55.97, I repeated flash from recovery but after wiping and remounting all folders, this time for stock 4.55.97
Now I'm on stock 4.55.97 with battery percent on status bar and syncing from my mac.
thanks CEnnis91
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I went into recovery>mounts, and didn't see any wipe for boot. I took a shot at system since I had already wiped cache and data. Didn't seem to help either. Tried 'fastboot erase boot" and re-flashed. No go. Couldn't start back up the device at all. Tried flashing the latest rooted image using "fastboot flash boot boot.img". No go.
I messed around trying to get the device to boot back up for a while, but it won't even charge right. Only charges long enough to kick off the Motorola 'M', and that is it. On attempts at loading fastboot, I just keep getting an error saying that the battery is low. I know I can only blame myself for this. No fastboot access and no adb access. All attempts at resetting the device have failed.
Before I attempted all of this, my battery was full. Unfortunately, wouldn't charge anymore even plugged into the wall. Any ideas?
Hopefully nobody else makes my mistake.
Man I can't wait till this is perfect, you guys are fricken awesome. I raped your thanks buttons op lol
MoPhoACTV Initiative
Will be working on this tonight. I just found out how to make the flash script clear cache and dalvik for you, pre-install. That'll probably save some headache, but it works only in edify format. Not sure what the stock recovery uses...
Anyways, I'm home!
ClearD said:
Will be working on this tonight. I just found out how to make the flash script clear cache and dalvik for you, pre-install. That'll probably save some headache, but it works only in edify format. Not sure what the stock recovery uses...
Anyways, I'm home!
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All recoveries will now use edify, amend is old and depreciated, you will only find that on old devices.
Corrupt Kernel...
innovatelife said:
I went into recovery>mounts, and didn't see any wipe for boot. I took a shot at system since I had already wiped cache and data. Didn't seem to help either. Tried 'fastboot erase boot" and re-flashed. No go. Couldn't start back up the device at all. Tried flashing the latest rooted image using "fastboot flash boot boot.img". No go.
I messed around trying to get the device to boot back up for a while, but it won't even charge right. Only charges long enough to kick off the Motorola 'M', and that is it. On attempts at loading fastboot, I just keep getting an error saying that the battery is low. I know I can only blame myself for this. No fastboot access and no adb access. All attempts at resetting the device have failed.
Before I attempted all of this, my battery was full. Unfortunately, wouldn't charge anymore even plugged into the wall. Any ideas?
Hopefully nobody else makes my mistake.
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This is a classical case of a corrupt Kernel. Not that the images are corrupt, but somewhere along your update, your boot.img did not install the kernel properly and now you have a broken power manager within kernel.
What I would do is the following:
Hook your watch to the charger and let the M sign show up.
Even if it hangs on the M, leave your watch hooked over night.
Try downloading an older image and use fastboot to erase everything and then flash everything back again. This should return your watch to a working state again.
You may then choose to customize it as you see fit.
Root tool > "return to stock"
Sent from my HTC Inspire 4G using XDA-funded carrier pigeons
simx said:
CEnnis91
I was lucky the second time, first time I succeeded to upgrade to rooted 4.55.97 but for some reason I didn't get the battery percentage on the status bar but all other issues are OK and status indicated version number 4.55.97, I repeated flash from recovery but after wiping and remounting all folders, this time for stock 4.55.97
Now I'm on stock 4.55.97 with battery percent on status bar and syncing from my mac.
thanks CEnnis91
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I'm about to try this.. but it's making me think... Do you think the updater-script doesn't correctly format system? Think about it... our devices say 4.55.97 (mine changed to that after a reboot or two), and we only had partial features... sounds like something isn't wiping correctly.
Hi there, i've got a problem updating, like many it seems and I'm pretty new to rooting etc. so please bear with me.
I have 4.2.1 stock rom, rooted and with twrp v2.4.1.0 recovery. I was originally rooted with CWM recovery (using n7 toolkit) but I have flashed twrp to try and update with no luck either.
Anyway I get an error (see attachment image) via ota or via downloading the zip and copying it to the n7 then browsing for it in recovery and installing it that way. I'm basically wondering if there's a quick fix to this problem and can you please help me with it even if there isnt a quick fix. I really don't want to reset my device and have to set everything back up again.
Also, i dont know if this is related, probably is, I cant boot into recovery using the power off hold volume down trick, getting into fastboot mode and then selecting recovery as it just brings up the google logo forever and I have to reset the tablet due to it doing nothing. The only way I can get into recovery is to clear data from google services framework and do an ota update (1970 thing) and that reboots into recovery. I then get the error 7 message in attached photo.
Plz help?!?!
Thanks in advance
Here's what to do.
First, look at those errors in the image you posted very very carefully.
2nd, use the search function on this forum: try the terms "OTA debuggerd" (without the quotes)
3rd, read those posts.
4th, decide if you want the hassle. You are not obligated to perform an upgrade.
5th, Download from Google the 4.2.2 Factory images and extract the "boot.img" and "system.img" files
(make sure you understand that nakasi == grouper == WiFi N7, and nakasig == tilapia == 3G N7)
Hint: search on Google for "Google Nexus Factory Images"
finally
fastboot flash boot name-of-boot-image-file.img
fastboot flash system name-of-system-image-file.img
This will remove root from the ROM, so you will need to flash a SuperSU or Superuser root kit.
Doing things this way is a band-aid. You need to learn how to make full backups & perform full restores; how to flash individual partitions - using both fastboot & the custom recovery; know exactly what the roles of each partition are; know the difference between a kernel, ramdisk, and boot image; understand how to retrieve a small number of files from prior backups; and to know where the installer scripts are located inside flashable .zip files & be able to read them so you can understand what they do.
Finally, you should understand what apps like Titanium Backup and Carbon are capable of, and how backup of System app&data has different consequences upon restore than similar operations for user-installed apps.
OK - get started.
Download OxygenOS http://oxygenos.oneplus.net/oxygenos_1.0.0.zip
DO UNZIP your ZIP before flashing!!! installation ZIP is in ZIP file provided
Plain Aosp Rom
Download Feedback App https://s3.amazonaws.com/oxygenos.oneplus.net/Feedback_v1.0.2.apk
Note: You’ll need to enable installations from unknown sources (settings > security) in order to install the feedback app on OxygenOS.
Please make sure all your data and files are backed up before commencing. Flashing OxygenOS onto CM does require a system wipe, so you will lose all of your data. We are actively working on an easier, more automated solution soon to be available, but for now the build must be flashed manually.
Please proceed only if you are confident in your abilities to flash a custom ROM. This guide exists to help you flash OxygenOS, but things can still go wrong if not followed correctly. While rooting and flashing will not void your OnePlus warranty, any damage caused by improper flashing is not covered under warranty.
The following instructions assume you have Fastboot and ADB installed.
Step 1
You first need to flash a recovery onto your device. We recommend using TWRP. Please download the recovery image to your computer. You can follow their instructions to flash recovery, or you can reference these steps:
Boot into fastboot mode. You can do this on your OnePlus One by holding down the power button and the volume up button. When you see the fastboot logo, connect your device to your computer.
In your terminal window, find the folder where you put the recovery image and run the following commands:
fastboot oem unlock (You can skip this step if your phone’s bootloader is already unlocked).
fastboot flash recovery <recovery.img>. Image file should be the TWRP recovery image.
fastboot reboot
You should now have the recovery installed.
Step 2
Copy oxygenos_1.0.0.flashable.zip to your phone. On a Mac, you can use Android File Transfer.
Step 3
Boot into recovery. You can do this on your OnePlus One by holding down both the volume down key and the power button.
Step 4
Once you are in the recovery interface, the first thing you want to do is a factory reset. Again, you will lose all your data so please make sure you have backed up everything before doing this.
Step 5
After the wipe, go to install and find oxygenos_1.0.0.flashable.zip. Confirm flash. This will flash OxygenOS onto your device.
Step 6
After the flash succeeds, you can reboot the device, which will take you to the new OxygenOS. Enjoy!
List of known issues:
When printing images, printer service may stop
Cannot hang up a call using headphone controls (intermittent)
OTG can only recognize FAT32 file system
During system update, display of wifi/data notification may be incorrect
During system update, display of version number may be incorrect
Files sometimes crash when uploading files to the cloud
Files may crash when renaming image files
Files does not support multi-select deletes
manishsharma17 said:
Download OxygenOS http://oxygenos.oneplus.net/oxygenos_1.0.0.zip
Download Feedback App https://s3.amazonaws.com/oxygenos.oneplus.net/Feedback_v1.0.2.apk
Note: You’ll need to enable installations from unknown sources (settings > security) in order to install the feedback app on OxygenOS.
Please make sure all your data and files are backed up before commencing. Flashing OxygenOS onto CM does require a system wipe, so you will lose all of your data. We are actively working on an easier, more automated solution soon to be available, but for now the build must be flashed manually.
Please proceed only if you are confident in your abilities to flash a custom ROM. This guide exists to help you flash OxygenOS, but things can still go wrong if not followed correctly. While rooting and flashing will not void your OnePlus warranty, any damage caused by improper flashing is not covered under warranty.
The following instructions assume you have Fastboot and ADB installed.
Step 1
You first need to flash a recovery onto your device. We recommend using TWRP. Please download the recovery image to your computer. You can follow their instructions to flash recovery, or you can reference these steps:
Boot into fastboot mode. You can do this on your OnePlus One by holding down the power button and the volume up button. When you see the fastboot logo, connect your device to your computer.
In your terminal window, find the folder where you put the recovery image and run the following commands:
fastboot oem unlock (You can skip this step if your phone’s bootloader is already unlocked).
fastboot flash recovery <recovery.img>. Image file should be the TWRP recovery image.
fastboot reboot
You should now have the recovery installed.
Step 2
Copy oxygenos_1.0.0.flashable.zip to your phone. On a Mac, you can use Android File Transfer.
Step 3
Boot into recovery. You can do this on your OnePlus One by holding down both the volume down key and the power button.
Step 4
Once you are in the recovery interface, the first thing you want to do is a factory reset. Again, you will lose all your data so please make sure you have backed up everything before doing this.
Step 5
After the wipe, go to install and find oxygenos_1.0.0.flashable.zip. Confirm flash. This will flash OxygenOS onto your device.
Step 6
After the flash succeeds, you can reboot the device, which will take you to the new OxygenOS. Enjoy!
List of known issues:
When printing images, printer service may stop
Cannot hang up a call using headphone controls (intermittent)
OTG can only recognize FAT32 file system
During system update, display of wifi/data notification may be incorrect
During system update, display of version number may be incorrect
Files sometimes crash when uploading files to the cloud
Files may crash when renaming image files
Files does not support multi-select deletes
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OMG!!! Is this a Dream???? Is this real?
CM version?
manish.kumar86 said:
CM version?
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its not based on Cm its based on AOSP its 5.0.2
Yash Kanchhal said:
So when we are factory resetting the phone in recovery is it the same thing like wiping the other thing (cache, dalvik cache etc). I'm new in this so I'm not able to understand that please help me in this & when is the CM12S coming anyone knows?????
Sent from my A0001
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TWRP has an option for factory reset ...
There's already a thread for this here:
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=3072259
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Yash Kanchhal said:
Ohk thnx mate it means wiping is every thing????? Right ????
Sent from my A0001
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yes sir ..use the option of factory reset in twrp and you should be good
timmaaa said:
There's already a thread for this here:
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=3072259
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When i created the thread the thread was not there in present form
manishsharma17 said:
When i created the thread the thread was not there in present form
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Unfortunately it looks like he created his first.
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Nice spam indeed. Three threads, three posts, three times begging for thanks. Bah.
Can you add my guide thread to the OP please?
http://forum.xda-developers.com/oneplus-one/general/guide-how-to-install-oxygenos-t3072500
Word of caution! I backuped on the internal sd. Had all my backups of os's and app data completely wiped. Never checked the wipe internal sd box. Use and external backup.
Is anyone with SuperSU 2.46 having issues with WIFI not turning on and also having screen artifacts that force to do a hard reboot?
cyberon said:
Is anyone with SuperSU 2.46 having issues with WIFI not turning on and also having screen artifacts that force to do a hard reboot?
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Getting neither of those. Main problem I'm having is major Google Play Services drain. It's the same bug we had on CM12 nightlies some time ago and my phone is permanently awake
Sent from my A0001 using Tapatalk
Hello, due to having a similar topic here http://forum.xda-developers.com/oneplus-one/general/oxygen-os-released-download-t3072259, I will have to close this thread.
Please continue the discussion in the one linked.
Regards
My plan was to use FolderMove to move some apps to the SD card.
I rooted the phone with CF-Autoroot and confirmed that FolderMove need to fix /bin/sdcard and another file.
Now the phone is stuck in bootloop. Sometimes it gets into the system, i see the taskbar and then it reboots.
I'm trying to get access to the adb shell to overwrite the changed files from backup.
How can i get to a shell? My fav would be a temporarily recovery. But can't find any for the S5.
I'm not sure if the OEM unlock option and/or the reactivationlock is unlocked.
This options are always mentioned in every tutorial, so i am unsure if i just can flash twrp.
Does anyone have another idea how i can get back to a working phone, without losing the data?
I solved the problem
I found the post from and got the filenames + permissions
https://forum.xda-developers.com/showpost.php?p=71580971&postcount=4380
To rename the files without fastboot or adb - thanks samsung - i used the CF-Autoroot Recovery.
I modified the installscript and voila, everything is working.
Unfortionatly it took me a few hours to get around how to modify and sign the script and to recognice that the system partiton isn't r/w because of the systemless root
New video guide below
VIDEO GUIDE
1. *VERY IMPORTANT* We need to back up your broken persist.img and store it in a safe place. PC preferred. We will need this later. Do not leave the backup on the device as the next step will wipe the device.
*IF YOU LOOSE THIS PERSIST.IMG BEFORE WE MODIFY IT WITH A CALIBRATION, YOU LOOSE ALL CHANCE OF FIXING THIS YOURSELF*
*IT HOLDS IMPORTANT FP CALIBRATION DATA THAT WE WILL BE OVERWRIGHTING IN THE NEXT FEW STEPS*
Note: This requires root
Type this into terminal or ADB shell with root privileges.
Code:
dd if=/dev/block/bootdevice/by-name/persist of=/sdcard/persist.img
Backup the partition to another device. Preferably a PC as you may need one in the later steps.
2. Next we have to restore our OS to an earlier OOS. (10.5.4 is what I used and recomended)
Use the MSMTool to restore your device to 10.5.4.Note: You will loose your unlocked bootloader and will be required to unlock your bootloader once more.
Guide and Source for MSMTool
MSMTool 10.5.4 Download
3. Next step is to unlock the built in 'Factory Mode' I have a guide on how to do this below.
[GUIDE] Unlock Factory Mode *root*
4. Now we need to perform a FP calibration. We want to fail.
Enter Factory Mode as shown in the previous guide. (*#801# in the stock dialer)
Swipe over to "Device Debugging"
Select "Finger print test"
Select "Finger print calibration test(Pure White - 90% Blue)
Select "Start Test"
Keep on going through the tests (You must hold an object or your finger over sensor on all BUT THE BLACK RUBBER TEST of these test for it to work!)
The test will fail and this is what we want. There should be a lot of red lines, if you only have one or two try again.
5. We need to extract the the old broken persist.img
NOTE: It is important that we extract the backed up persist.img as it has been unmodified by our recent calibration. This persist.img although broken still has all our working calibrations on it including Finger Print calibrations.
The way I did this is by opening it extracting it via 7-ZIP on my PC
Once extracted move the 'DATA' folder and the 'ENGINEERMODE' folder to the root of your sdcard.
6. Download a root explorer. I highly recommend 'Solid Explorer' from the Play Store.
Open 'DATA' folder and delete 'gf_persist.so'
Select the 'DATA' and 'ENGINEERMODE' folders you just put on the device and place them at /mnt/vendor/persist/
It should ask you if you want to keep the old or new files. Select to keep the new.
Reboot.
7. If you followed all my steps correctly this you should be able to go into settings and add your fingerprints.
Why does this work?
Good question... I think what is happening is something in the persist partition breaks which causes the device to think that the sensor is not calibrated when in fact it still is.
When we start and fail a new calibration this fixes whatever was broken in our partition. But now we have a failed calibration.
So what we do is take the files from our backed up persist partition and move over all the necessary files that have our original calibration. But now our partition has the part of it that wasn't working fixed.
I spent a good many days working on this fix (1-2 hundred hours or so). I hope you can be respectful if you have issues. Please kindly ask below and I'll do my best to help.
Thanks worked on.my TMobile OnePlus.
I can confirm working on OOS 1.5.6 too. I downgraded from 10.5.9 with downgrade rom, which restores OOS to 10.5.6, and followed your guide and it worked as a charm. The only problem is that i cannot lock back the bootloader, cause it breaks FP again. Did you maybe try to lock it to try? Nice work man.
T-Mobile OnePlus 8 here. Stock firmware, orginally had my bootloader unlocked, rooted with TWRP and Magisk, backed up modem, converted to international firmware (10.5.7), lost signal, had to restore modem, ota'd to 10.5.9, unlocked bootloader again, rooted, etc. All while having a working FP the whole time. Ended up flashing EdXposed via Magisk, broke SafetyNet, etc, did a factory reset on TWRP (3.4.0-1 test), wiped data, rebooted recovery, rebooted system, booted back to TWRP. Installed Magisk to see if it'll boot with root, same thing. MSM'd back to T-Mobile firmware, then converted to international again. After the conversion was done and I unlocked bootloader and rebooted to system, my FP was broken. Ended up MSM'ing back to T-Mobile stock to see if it would work again, nothing.
TL;DR does this method only work if I had a working FP to begin with like it did stock out of the box?
TheKnux said:
T-Mobile OnePlus 8 here. Stock firmware, orginally had my bootloader unlocked, rooted with TWRP and Magisk, backed up modem, converted to international firmware (10.5.7), lost signal, had to restore modem, ota'd to 10.5.9, unlocked bootloader again, rooted, etc. All while having a working FP the whole time. Ended up flashing EdXposed via Magisk, broke SafetyNet, etc, did a factory reset on TWRP (3.4.0-1 test), wiped data, rebooted recovery, rebooted system, booted back to TWRP. Installed Magisk to see if it'll boot with root, same thing. MSM'd back to T-Mobile firmware, then converted to international again. After the conversion was done and I unlocked bootloader and rebooted to system, my FP was broken. Ended up MSM'ing back to T-Mobile stock to see if it would work again, nothing.
TL;DR does this method only work if I had a working FP to begin with like it did stock out of the box?
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Just follow the guide, you'll have it working. You just have to backup your current persist
dzontra83 said:
Just follow the guide, you'll have it working. You just have to backup your current persist
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So back it up even though it's broken? I'm on T-Mobile stock again, locked BL. Should I unlock, root, then pull persist and back it up?
TheKnux said:
So back it up even though it's broken? I'm on T-Mobile stock again, locked BL. Should I unlock, root, then pull persist and back it up?
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Exactly, a T-Mobile user confirmed guide to work, check 2nd post
While on 10.5.7, unlocked bootloader, I flash TWRP, then reboot, and it boots back to TWRP. When I flash Magisk 20.4 zip in TWRP, it goes to boot, then enters CrashDump Mode. When I try and use the flash-all to downgrade to 10.5.4, I get a bunch of fastboot "cannot flash critical partitions" errors, it fails, and goes back to CrashDump Mode. What am I doing wrong? Also, is it really necessary to downgrade to an earlier version of OOS to use Engineering Mode or can I use 10.5.7?
TheKnux said:
While on 10.5.7, unlocked bootloader, I flash TWRP, then reboot, and it boots back to TWRP. When I flash Magisk 20.4 zip in TWRP, it goes to boot, then enters CrashDump Mode. When I try and use the flash-all to downgrade to 10.5.4, I get a bunch of fastboot "cannot flash critical partitions" errors, it fails, and goes back to CrashDump Mode. What am I doing wrong? Also, is it really necessary to downgrade to an earlier version of OOS to use Engineering Mode or can I use 10.5.7?
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When you unlock bootloader, only boot into TWRP, then install magisk, i thin it Is still recommend to only boot into TWRP, not to flash it.
dzontra83 said:
When you unlock bootloader, only boot into TWRP, then install magisk, i thin it Is still recommend to only boot into TWRP, not to flash it.
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Thank you so much, that worked! New problem, what do I do since I can't downgrade to an earlier OOS (10.5.4)?
Performing the test on T-Mobile 10.5.7, when performing the test, nothing is failing after pressing start test. Its all passing, what should I do?
When trying to downgrade using the 10.5.4 MSM Tool. it gives an error of "Unsupported Target TMO" and "param preload" and fails.
TheKnux said:
Thank you so much, that worked! New problem, what do I do since I can't downgrade to an earlier OOS (10.5.4)?
Performing the test on T-Mobile 10.5.7, when performing the test, nothing is failing after pressing start test. Its all passing, what should I do?
When trying to downgrade using the 10.5.4 MSM Tool. it gives an error of "Unsupported Target TMO" and "param preload" and fails.
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Did you follow the instructions in test exactly? In second test you must't press the sensor.
Can help you with TMobile model, I have international one.
I figured it out. I was just being a dumbass I guess. Has anyone noticed the fingerprint sensor not being able to read that well compared to before it was broken? It seems like it fails a lot more before it succeeds. Unless now that it's working, we can perform the calibration again and it'll work better?
TheKnux said:
I figured it out. I was just being a dumbass I guess. Has anyone noticed the fingerprint sensor not being able to read that well compared to before it was broken? It seems like it fails a lot more before it succeeds. Unless now that it's working, we can perform the calibration again and it'll work better?
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Don't know about that, mine works just fine
So I think I messed up, I ended up performing the calibration again, while it was already working, and now it says "fingerprint hardware not present" any suggestions on how to fix? I performed the instructions in the guide (again) and nothing worked. When the error pops up, if I press back, the error message goes away and the FP icon is there. When I tap on it, it lights up white but doesn't vibrate or register anything. I already used the MSM tool to go back to Tmobile stock, then used the fastboot ROM to go to Global 10.5.7, followed the guide again, still nothing.
TheKnux said:
So I think I messed up, I ended up performing the calibration again, while it was already working, and now it says "fingerprint hardware not present" any suggestions on how to fix? I performed the instructions in the guide (again) and nothing worked. When the error pops up, if I press back, the error message goes away and the FP icon is there. When I tap on it, it lights up white but doesn't vibrate or register anything. I already used the MSM tool to go back to Tmobile stock, then used the fastboot ROM to go to Global 10.5.7, followed the guide again, still nothing.
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The initial backup of the persist.img should do the trick, if you repeat the process once again, it should work
dzontra83 said:
The initial backup of the persist.img should do the trick, if you repeat the process once again, it should work
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I tried that, multiple times. Still not working. Is it possible for someone to upload their persist.img so I can try it or is it device specific? Granted, I pulled my initial persist.img from stock rooted Tmobile ROM AFTER I broke it even though it worked before (long story). I wasn't able to downgrade to 10.5.4 because when I tried using the MSM tool, it gave me a TMO device error and I couldn't use a fastboot ROM to go to 10.5.4 cause it kept entering CrashDump mode every time it tried rebooting to fastboot to finish the flash process .
TheKnux said:
I tried that, multiple times. Still not working. Is it possible for someone to upload their persist.img so I can try it or is it device specific? Granted, I pulled my initial persist.img from stock rooted Tmobile ROM AFTER I broke it even though it worked before (long story). I wasn't able to downgrade to 10.5.4 because when I tried using the MSM tool, it gave me a TMO device error and I couldn't use a fastboot ROM to go to 10.5.4 cause it kept entering CrashDump mode every time it tried rebooting to fastboot to finish the flash process .
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Your cannot use someone else's persist, you must't use yours.
dzontra83 said:
Your cannot use someone else's persist, you must't use yours.
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What about someone else's DATA and ENGINEERINGMODE folders? I've tried everything. Even recalibrating multiple times. It's not giving me a bunch of errors like it did before, just one error. The last error is FAIL! OPERATION_STEP_GET_KB_CALIBRATION TEST FAIL:GF_ERROR_GENERIC
Just wondering, what is the point of downgrading to an earlier OOS? If I was able to do it on the Tmobile firmware with success, is there an importance in downgrading?
Thank you so very very much!!! I have a T-Mobile 7T Pro 5G McLaren which hasn't had a working fp in almost 2 months. I hadn't made a backup of persist before the fp broke, so I thought I was completely screwed. Luckily, I did make a backup of persist before trying to use the fp calibration tool myself without any luck shortly after it broke (basically just clicking stuff and guessing lol). Found this thread and I had my FP scanner working again perfectly in less than 15 minutes!!!! Thank you soooo much for all the hours and effort you put into figuring this out!!!!!!!
Didn't have to run the msm tool to revert to older version of OOS and lose all my data either!!
Just one question and it's just for my curiosity. Why do we delete "gf_persist.so" from our original persist.img before copying/pasting into /persist partition after "calibration"? Is gf_persist.so not a file containing part of the original calibration? Is that the file which is being fixed by running the hidden calibration commands?
If anyone can help me, it would be much appreciated. https://forum.xda-developers.com/oneplus-8/help/broken-persist-img-problems-t4129587