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Cannot install OpenGapps on Wileyfox Storm

Hi
I have been trying for a few days now, but I cant seem to get my WileyFox storm to install OpenGapps (or any Gapps for that matter)
I have flashed the recover to use TWRP and installed [ROM][7.1.2_r17][OFFICIAL] AospExtended ROM V4.3 [OMS/DUI][kipper]
I then tried to install OpenGapps for ARM 7.1.2 Stock using TWRP to flash the zip.
The flash failed saying the device architecture was wrong
I have tried a variety of different types (ARM, ARM64, x86 & so on) with a variety of Android versions as a target.
But nothing works.
I thought the issue may be with the ROM or something so I installed AOKP
This still didnt resolve the issue.
It looks like I have been able to install BeansGapps without any architecture issue, however when I boot the system there is no change.
Am I missing a step, or doing something completely wrong?
Any advice would be appreciated

Its a bit odd replying to myself, but anyway...
OK so I managed to get this working.
It seems to have been an issue with TWRP 3.0.3 and my phone.
The recovery I was using is here:
https://forum.xda-developers.com/wi...t/recovery-team-win-recovery-project-t3367544
I had TWRP installed and then installed AOKP (as mentioned in my first post)
After many many attempts at getting GApps installed with TWRP I finally realised it might be the recovery.
I tried to reflash the recovery with a newer version, and as you can guess...it forced the phone into a bootloader loop
In desperation I went looking for the original twrp recovery and ended finding this page (I'd forgotten where I got the original image):
http://www.androidinfotech.com/2017/03/root-wileyfox-storm-twrp.html
Anyway, I installed that recovery which got me out of the bootloop
It said it was a cyanogenmod recovery...which I thought was odd
I tried to flash GApps and hey presto! It worked
Anyway leaving this here for info.
I hope no-one else runs into such hassle.

Had this exact same issue a few days ago. Searched around for a newer version of TWRP and that sorted it out for me. Couldn't find it on the official TWRP website though.

I hope this works for me to. I will try this tommorow. Breaking my head trying to get my storm to work. Lineage os is making my storm go in an infinite bootloop back to TWRP and every issue you have is relatable. Finding a TWRP for the storm also took me an hour and it doesn't work properly. I hope this works for me but thank you in advance

Problem with TWRP, boot, stock ROM and custom ROM

So, to begin with, yesterday Mi A1 got the Android 9 update. As I always do, I went to uptade it with Magisk (it worked with 8.0 to 8.1 and with every security patch, so I, as a newbie, thought, "why the h3ll not?"). Obviously, it didn't work and I got into a boot loop. So, here are the [lot] of things I have tried to do.
-Downloaded MiFlash and the latest OS version from Xiaomi site (8.1 witch november patch). Tried flashing a lot of times, I always get the boot loop after installing it. Wiped all data with TWRP and still didn't work. Always the same problem. Tried with with march security patch and it actually boots. But if I try to uptade via Settings or flash the newest room, I get stuck again.
-Downloaded latest AOSP ROM for the device, flashed it, wiped cache and data, instaled TWRP (3.2.3-0), but the system never initiates. It freezes in the boot animation and nothing happens.
-I've tried the same thing with Lineage 15.1 as well. Checked with MD5 in both roms. Doesn't work at all. Followed every tutorial I could, step by step, don't know what I'm doing wrong.
Can any one please help me? I don't know what to do anymore. Don't wanna get stuck in 8.0 either.
Also, if someone could .zip the Pie update, I would apreciate that. Could try that

Here's the latest flashable pie for you:
https://drive.google.com/file/d/1q9O_F-TB4l3yWthYjw4jkL2prWfh7ClQ/view
Fastboot boot into twrp and clean flash the above latest rom and everything will be fine

thedemon786 said:
Here's the latest flashable pie for you:
https://drive.google.com/file/d/1q9O_F-TB4l3yWthYjw4jkL2prWfh7ClQ/view
Fastboot boot into twrp and clean flash the above latest rom and everything will be fine
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It worked and it didn't at the same time. The boot animation doesn't freeze anymore, but it's stuck in an infinite loading screen
EDIT: Nevermind, it worked in a second flash. Thank you again

Daniel.meurer said:
It worked and it didn't at the same time. The boot animation doesn't freeze anymore, but it's stuck in an infinite loading screen
EDIT: Nevermind, it worked in a second flash. Thank you again
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Just hit thanks if it helped. Merry Christmas

Need to find ANY working/available ROM for my p8 lite (2015)

Hello.
I did a mistake and totally wiped my phone with only a wrong ROM on my SD-Card (It was for the p8 2017 not foy my 2015).
So now I do not have any ROM installed but need to get the device working again. The problem is that, because of the age of the device, all links to ROMs are dead. The only thing I found is the stock-ROM but only in update.app format, which is used in the dload-folder. But the phone does not recognize it when booting.
Bootloader is unlocked, TWRP is installed!
Would be glad for every hint!

I managed to get a stock recovery back working, but flashing the stock roms (android5 or android6) via update.app file always stops installing at 90%. I tried several times and waited for hours. It never coninued!
Any idea what could go wrong?

The modded Rom in this thread works pretty well and was available on 11-18-19.
https://forum.xda-developers.com/p8lite/general/mod-c432b612emuipersona78-t3689367
You can install it either from sdcard or ADB Sideload

Lexington67 said:
The modded Rom in this thread works pretty well and was available on 11-18-19.
https://forum.xda-developers.com/p8lite/general/mod-c432b612emuipersona78-t3689367
You can install it either from sdcard or ADB Sideload
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https://mega.nz/#!VIlgwY5Y!0DQTbM94a4BCsn0PsUHwhHZxzcW_8AUKXxoSWmQNCHo
https://forum.xda-developers.com/showpost.php?p=80943185&postcount=2295

Flashing Custom rom i get stuck at fast boot but flashing xiaomi.eu works fine

Hi,
I've done countless steps and watched a ton of videos today but still can't answer this and it feels like I'm missing something simple.
I received my xiaomi 9t today and quickly unlocked the bootloader (no wait time possibly because I had a Mi8 before hand so I already had an account). I've since installed TWRP as well as tried OrangeFox Recovery and still can't get any custom roms to work, it goes directly to the fastboot screen. I can get back into TWRP and flash xiaomi.eu rom, no issue but as soon as I go to a custom rom I get fastboot.
I've flashed my Mi 8 countless times but I can't seem to get this to go. I've tried making sure the mounts were correct, I've flashed a disable forced encryption thing that I saw on some youtube videos and still nothing works.
Thanks in advance,
Joe

AbsoluteZero said:
Hi,
I've done countless steps and watched a ton of videos today but still can't answer this and it feels like I'm missing something simple.
I received my xiaomi 9t today and quickly unlocked the bootloader (no wait time possibly because I had a Mi8 before hand so I already had an account). I've since installed TWRP as well as tried OrangeFox Recovery and still can't get any custom roms to work, it goes directly to the fastboot screen. I can get back into TWRP and flash xiaomi.eu rom, no issue but as soon as I go to a custom rom I get fastboot.
I've flashed my Mi 8 countless times but I can't seem to get this to go. I've tried making sure the mounts were correct, I've flashed a disable forced encryption thing that I saw on some youtube videos and still nothing works.
Thanks in advance,
Joe
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Hello, what OrangeFox version did you install?
You should try with R10.1_1 if you are using latest one.
If your phone is working with xiaomi.eu ROMs..., do you know xiaomi.eu ROMs are custom ROMs?
You generally only have to "Format Data" in TWRP before flashing another ROM (stock or custom).
Good luck!

Hi,
Thank you for the reply. I now have OrangeFox R10.1_1 installed. sorry I should've said other custom roms aren't working xiaomi.eu seems to be fine for some reason.
I just installed OrangeFox, reflashed xiaomi.eu and booted, worked fine. Then I went back, formatted data, rebooted back to recovery, flashed AOSPextended and gapps pico. Rebooted to system and it went to the fastboot screen again. I noticed it says during the AOSP install that "Root Status: Disabled" could that be a problem?
Thanks again for your help.

AbsoluteZero said:
Hi,
I've done countless steps and watched a ton of videos today but still can't answer this and it feels like I'm missing something simple.
I received my xiaomi 9t today and quickly unlocked the bootloader (no wait time possibly because I had a Mi8 before hand so I already had an account). I've since installed TWRP as well as tried OrangeFox Recovery and still can't get any custom roms to work, it goes directly to the fastboot screen. I can get back into TWRP and flash xiaomi.eu rom, no issue but as soon as I go to a custom rom I get fastboot.
I've flashed my Mi 8 countless times but I can't seem to get this to go. I've tried making sure the mounts were correct, I've flashed a disable forced encryption thing that I saw on some youtube videos and still nothing works.
Thanks in advance,
Joe
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Use the official TWRP.

You should install latest stable xiaomi.eu rom or install latest China rom through MI flash, you need latest vendor partition for latest custom roms to boot properly.

jaggyjags said:
You should install latest stable xiaomi.eu rom or install latest China rom through MI flash, you need latest vendor partition for latest custom roms to boot properly.
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I installed the latest Global Rom 11.0.5. via OrangeFox. I couldn't get it to go with Mi Flash. Not sure how to create the flash_all.bat and where to get all the files from. Is that the same? What are the steps from here?
Thank you

The same exact issue I am facing. Tried multiple custom roms and everything failed to boot only resulting in bricked or error. Even my previous budget phone redmi 3s was much better than this.

Stuck in TWRP as custom roms are not booting after flashing with TWRP

Hello,
i got a second phone for my GF as i was really happy with this phone and had it flashed without any issues before. This second phone is used and was over a year in use from the guy i've bought it from. It was 100% fine and he always used the shipped Android with it.
So i went on, got the latest TWRP for the phone. Flashed it without any issues and tried to install LineageOS from their website. Flashed it and tried to flash TWRP back as LOS replaces it. I wanted to use TWRP install the backups. But that's where it started to go wrong. Lineage seemed to have been gone from that point on. I couldn't get it to work again, even with reflashing and such. I've downloaded CRDroid and Paranoid and tried them but no luck. Non of them where booting up and TWRP stays showing a warning about "No OS installed".
After some more digging, i've found some posts stating that i would need newest firmware and venders. I've downloaded and flashed them but this made it even worse. The phone started to be stuck in fastboot. I got it working again by flashing latest MIUI version with Xiaomi Flash Tool.
Then i've installed TWRP again but somehow any rom i flash does not boot. The phone starts with the MI logo and flashes once and loads TWRP. There is no message about missing OS or any kind or error when flashing any of these roms.
Anyone able to help me?