I fell into the trap, that from the looks of it, many have fallen into themselves. I was offered the Android 10 beta OTA using a t-mobile device converted to international via msm.. My problem now is after I brought it back to life via msm again I could not root the phone bc my OEM unlocking button is grayed out in developer options. I have tried several different versions of the msm but they all seem to yield the same result..... the inability to unlock the bootloader. I even somehow used an msm that converted it from international to t-mo again lol. Can anyone with more knowledge then myself, which I'm sure is most on XDA, please help me solve this problem? Thank you in advance.
You will want to either install Android 10 Open Beta from OnePlus' update page or wait for official stable OxygenOS 10 update, atop the OxygenOS 9.0.11 (after re-unlocking the bootloader) and it's a common knowledge that restoring any phones using the emergency software reinstaller, like the MSMTools, actually relocks the bootloader, so don't update using MSMTools, instead use TWRP, if you want to keep the phone unlocked.
Lastly, NEVER trust OTA update.
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Dr. Mario said:
You will want to either install Android 10 Open Beta from OnePlus' update page or wait for official stable OxygenOS 10 update, atop the OxygenOS 9.0.11 (after re-unlocking the bootloader) and it's a common knowledge that restoring any phones using the emergency software reinstaller, like the MSMTools, actually relocks the bootloader, so don't update using MSMTools, instead use TWRP, if you want to keep the phone unlocked.
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did you read my post? I didn't update the phone. I used MSM to restore the phone after I bricked it trying to update to Android 10. The last time I converted the t-mo to international I had no problems going into developer settings and unlocking the bootloader. As of yet I cannot unlock the bootloader,
You will have to downgrade then. It's the only way to unlock the bootloader on the T-Mobile OnePlus 6T phone.
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i2andog said:
I fell into the trap, that from the looks of it, many have fallen into themselves. I was offered the Android 10 beta OTA using a t-mobile device converted to international via msm.. My problem now is after I brought it back to life via msm again I could not root the phone bc my OEM unlocking button is grayed out in developer options. I have tried several different versions of the msm but they all seem to yield the same result..... the inability to unlock the bootloader. I even somehow used an msm that converted it from international to t-mo again lol. Can anyone with more knowledge then myself, which I'm sure is most on XDA, please help me solve this problem? Thank you in advance.
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You need to use the Msm tool with version 9.0.11 to unlock your bootloader, as later versions will not allow you to do so.
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xRogerxC said:
You need to use the Msm tool with version 9.0.11 to unlock your bootloader, as later versions will not allow you to do so.
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Thank you sir. I figured this out on my own yesterday after many attempts. So for anyone who reads this its MSM 9.0.11 and dont forget to download the patch.
i2andog said:
Thank you sir. I figured this out on my own yesterday after many attempts. So for anyone who reads this its MSM 9.0.11 and dont forget to download the patch.
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You're welcome, that's what we're all here for!
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So i recently updated to the new mhc19l version on my nexus 6p (this is not android N, just the latest android update for the 6p). I did it via the flashfire method following this youtube video: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cvs0JQswTWw&feature=youtu.be
I dont have multirom so i didnt do the stuff it mentioned about that. At first I thought I was successful and everything was working great. I reflashed xposed to the latest version, and updated my elemental X kernal too.
But now when I do anything with the camera the phone gets really weird. Post reboot the camera preview will work only once. If I take a photo it crashes. And every time I try to do anything with the camera involved the thing will crash and not even load preview anymore. That includes 3rd party apps like snap chat. Also I can't edit quick setting tiles in system ui as it tells me system ui tuner has crashed, but that i can live with. The camera issues I can not live with.
None of that happens with my rooted 6p on the same build. I think you need to look at xposed, the kernel changes and all the other jiggerypokery you've done. I'd do begin by reflashing the factory image and do this manually either using Heisenberg's extremely clear guide, or by the flash-all.bat command that google supplies in the factory build. Then you can check camera, flash recovery (again, using Heisenberg's guide, it takes but a couple of commands), then root, add xposed, kernels and all that special sauce. Do it step by step, then you'll know when something goes wrong and only have to fix that.
Thank you for your help. I'll check that out. Do you think it may be because I updated from a pretty old build? (808L) I skipped a few updates and went right to the latest one, could that cause any problems?
Not really. I think it's because you've done too much using a tool and without checking things after each step. Stop using tools like flashfire when you don't understand what they do and get yourself up to speed with using the commands. After that, you'll spot where things have gone wrong and be able to fix or troubleshoot it within the community. No one can help you when it's an issue that could caused by one or more of a hundred things you've tinkered with.
It's not hard and worth the little bit of busy work and brain thought. You'll enjoy it!
Yea I like to tinker and stuff. It's just the customizations with dashclock and stuff that I don't want to lose. But I did app backups so hopefully I won't.
Something probably went wrong during the flash process. I highly doubt xposed or kernel modifications are to blame. I keep 12 xposed modules running at all times with kylo kernel which I have heavily modified with EX kernel app. Read Heisenberg's guide and learn to flash images properly and you should be good to go.
Before I do any reflashing today can anyone do me a favour and upload their camera APK?
Im just hoping it has something to do with that. Last ditch effort.
And thanks for the help guys
So i gotta ask. Using flashire only is it possible to lock the bootloader and flash small incremental updates without a problem? Its a bit sad to have a unlocked bootloader...
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and313 said:
So i gotta ask. Using flashire only is it possible to lock the bootloader and flash small incremental updates without a problem? Its a bit sad to have a unlocked bootloader...
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You can't flash anything with a locked bl. Locking the BL is nothing but trouble if you like to tinker.
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and313 said:
So i gotta ask. Using flashire only is it possible to lock the bootloader and flash small incremental updates without a problem? Its a bit sad to have a unlocked bootloader...
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Locking the bootloader is nothing but trouble. You know what's sadder than having an unlocked bootloader? Having a bricked phone because an OTA failed and your bootloader is locked. If that happens there's no way to save it.
dirtyuzbek said:
Before I do any reflashing today can anyone do me a favour and upload their camera APK?
Im just hoping it has something to do with that. Last ditch effort.
And thanks for the help guys
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What method did you use to update? Did you use an OTA zip? Or factory images? I'd Is there a reason you used Flashfire instead of updating the proper way?
Any Advice ?
Heisenberg said:
Locking the bootloader is nothing but trouble. You know what's sadder than having an unlocked bootloader? Having a bricked phone because an OTA failed and your bootloader is locked. If that happens there's no way to save it.
What method did you use to update? Did you use an OTA zip? Or factory images? I'd Is there a reason you used Flashfire instead of updating the proper way?
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Hello you seem very knowledgeable on the subject. I just picked up a 6P and was wondering how does encryption affect things such as TWRP and root. Do you advise to disable encryption on the device for ease-of-use in TWRP and root.
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Hello you seem very knowledgeable on the subject. I just picked up a 6P and was wondering how does encryption affect things such as TWRP and root. Do you advise to disable encryption on the device for ease-of-use in TWRP and root.
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Look at my guide:
http://forum.xda-developers.com/nexus-6p/general/guides-how-to-guides-beginners-t3206928
Deception isn't necessary anymore, as long as you use the latest TWRP you should have no problems.
did it flash the vendor?
Heisenberg said:
Locking the bootloader is nothing but trouble. You know what's sadder than having an unlocked bootloader? Having a bricked phone because an OTA failed and your bootloader is locked. If that happens there's no way to save it.
What method did you use to update? Did you use an OTA zip? Or factory images? I'd Is there a reason you used Flashfire instead of updating the proper way?
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Wait.. If the bootloader is locked and a ota fails you cant oem unlock it?
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and313 said:
Wait.. If the bootloader is locked and a ota fails you cant oem unlock it?
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No, because if the OTA fails you won't have access to the option in Developer Options to enable OEM unlocking. Trust me, you want to have that bootloader unlocked. You don't wanna end up like the other guys who had to send their phone back for repair because they locked it.
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No, because if the OTA fails you won't have access to the option in Developer Options to enable OEM unlocking. Trust me, you want to have that bootloader unlocked. You don't wanna end up like the other guys who had to send their phone back for repair because they locked it.
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Right... I did not think that the first step (enable bootloader unlock from dev options) is actually necessary.
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Hello,
First off, thank you for clicking on this post. I'm new on XDA and rooting LG phones. However, I've searched help on posts and other sites on how to root LG V20 H19810k (T-Mobile Variant) and many told me to downgrade first and then root. But none exactly gave any instruction or step by step on how to do it.
My worries are these ARB (Anti-Roll Back) software updates and if you were to downgrade, you will brick your phones and things like that, it's LG (I mean like there are a lot of complains about hardware faulty after phone updates and lawsuits about it), and different steps on each variants. I bought this phone like 2 or 3 months ago, and my thought on this phone's software is sucks so bad. It's so bad, I've had many problems like my mobile data often times stopped working (no network) even though signal is full bar, my live pixel background suddenly gone after playing this specific game, serious low fps in some games, RAM is full all the time, and many more. The phone itself has amazing hardware and specs, but damn why is the software so bad?
Right, so all my problems aside, I think switching ROM or downgrade probably a good idea and rooting for removing bloatwares. But many had problems installing twrp recovery to root and risks like bricking and bootlooping. And in this post, I'm hoping for help to downgrade and root H91810k.
ignoll said:
Hello,
First off, thank you for clicking on this post. I'm new on XDA and rooting LG phones. However, I've searched help on posts and other sites on how to root LG V20 H19810k (T-Mobile Variant) and many told me to downgrade first and then root. But none exactly gave any instruction or step by step on how to do it.
My worries are these ARB (Anti-Roll Back) software updates and if you were to downgrade, you will brick your phones and things like that, it's LG (I mean like there are a lot of complains about hardware faulty after phone updates and lawsuits about it), and different steps on each variants. I bought this phone like 2 or 3 months ago, and my thought on this phone's software is sucks so bad. It's so bad, I've had many problems like my mobile data often times stopped working (no network) even though signal is full bar, my live pixel background suddenly gone after playing this specific game, serious low fps in some games, RAM is full all the time, and many more. The phone itself has amazing hardware and specs, but damn why is the software so bad?
Right, so all my problems aside, I think switching ROM or downgrade probably a good idea and rooting for removing bloatwares. But many had problems installing twrp recovery to root and risks like bricking and bootlooping. And in this post, I'm hoping for help to downgrade and root H91810k.
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Search this forum there's numerous threads on how to root
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Downgrade to 10j and use DirtySanta, or use lafsploit.
IMHO they are about equally difficult. In the lafsploit thread, I state that you have to be on 10p or 10q, but I will update the post stating that you need to be on 10q or LOWER.
DirtySanta doesn't require you to use FWUL, so it does have that advantage.
Bottom line though, you can't stay on ARB 0 firmware and use any of the current ROMs -- they all require 10p or higher firmware.
-- Brian
cnjax said:
Search this forum there's numerous threads on how to root
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Thank you for the reply,
Seems I got it a little bit. So what I've been looking at this dirtythis and that unlock stuff for quite a while. I've been wondering if anyone asked about H918. I just realized that this dirtysanta bootloader is an exploit for other variants that don't support unlocking via fastboot.
So then I proceed to unlock my device and it successfully unlocked. (Follow this post to unlock).
I will try downgrading my device via lgup and will follow this post to flash and root.
ignoll said:
Thank you for the reply,
Seems I got it a little bit. So what I've been looking at this dirtythis and that unlock stuff for quite a while. I've been wondering if anyone asked about H918. I just realized that this dirtysanta bootloader is an exploit for other variants that don't support unlocking via fastboot.
So then I proceed to unlock my device and it successfully unlocked. (Follow this post to unlock).
I will try downgrading my device via lgup and will follow this post to flash and root.
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Be careful about your rolling back to root, check your current software version and and if you're arb 1 you'll brick. If you're arb look up the laf exploit thread
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He said he is on 10k, so he is safe to rollback to 10j which can use recowvery.
@ignoll Whatever you do, DO NOT flash the engineering aboot, or you will brick your phone. Follow the procedure in the post you linked, and you will be fine. DirtyCow gets you a temp root shell that will allow you to dd TWRP onto the recovery partition. If you get an error when you do run-as con, then you are NOT on 10j or lower. If you try to downgrade and you get an error about ARB, then you are NOT on 10k.
Just keep all that in mind and you will be fine.
-- Brian
runningnak3d said:
He said he is on 10k, so he is safe to rollback to 10j which can use recowvery.
@ignoll Whatever you do, DO NOT flash the engineering aboot, or you will brick your phone. Follow the procedure in the post you linked, and you will be fine. DirtyCow gets you a temp root shell that will allow you to dd TWRP onto the recovery partition. If you get an error when you do run-as con, then you are NOT on 10j or lower. If you try to downgrade and you get an error about ARB, then you are NOT on 10k.
Just keep all that in mind and you will be fine.
-- Brian
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Thank you for the reply,
Just to make sure, 10k is the software version which you can find in the software info inside the settings app, right? This software info will show stuff about "Android version", and down on the list, there's the "Software version" and below it is the 10k coming from (H918xxx). Or, check it via svc menu and version info through the dialer app. All that is to check whether I'm in the correct version or not, yes? (Sorry for this silly question, I just want to make sure. I'm really new to this)
And yes, I won't flash this engineering aboot, just follow the instruction and I'll be good. But just to make sure again, there's no this "engineering aboot" thing in the post that will brick my device, yes?
That said, I really appreciate for your warning and advice.
stuff about "Android version", and down on the list, there's the "Software version" and below it is the 10k
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Yep, that means you are on 10k, so you are safe to rollback.
-- Brian
runningnak3d said:
Yep, that means you are on 10k, so you are safe to rollback.
-- Brian
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Please, i am also stuck and confused, as i understand LG devices, downgrading may cause device to go dead completely, i want to be sure before i begin this process. Here is my device Software Info:
Software Version: H91810K
Build Number: NRD90M
My device is locked to T-mobile, and i want to unlock using Octopus Box as i have credits. Unlocking requires root, is it possible to downgrade to the mentioned version 10j and not brick device? Any one can help me on this.
kenneth excellence said:
Please, i am also stuck and confused, as i understand LG devices, downgrading may cause device to go dead completely, i want to be sure before i begin this process. Here is my device Software Info:
Software Version: H91810K
Build Number: NRD90M
My device is locked to T-mobile, and i want to unlock using Octopus Box as i have credits. Unlocking requires root, is it possible to downgrade to the mentioned version 10j and not brick device? Any one can help me on this.
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If you root your phone it will be unlocked no need to use an octopus box.
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That is only true if the engineering bootloader is used. The H918 still needs work to get it carrier unlocked.
-- Brian
cnjax said:
If you root your phone it will be unlocked no need to use an octopus box.
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Are you serious? If this is possible how do i root since i am on H91810K Software version?
cnjax said:
If you root your phone it will be unlocked no need to use an octopus box.
kenneth excellence said:
Are you serious? If this is possible how do i root since i am on H91810K Software version?
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He is serious, but incorrect.
runningnak3d said:
That is only true if the engineering bootloader is used. The H918 still needs work to get it carrier unlocked.
-- Brian
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You need to pay attention to runningnak3d when he says something about root and the V20.
Cheers
Hello friends of the XDA community. I have a Sprint unlocked variant. I'm on T-Mobile, but after September's update, I got sim invalid message. I thought this would be an easy fix to downgrade back to the previous stock Pie Firware. So I went to the Essential website and downloaded the wrong firmware and flashed it, it was open market but I have a Sprint device. Now the device just bootloops every time I try to flash the correct firmware. When I try to flash the correct firmware, it says wiping data and than it starts transfering data and a second after it reboots and bootloops. Am I doomed? Thanks guys.
Open market works fine on Sprint devices. What did you download? Did you unlock your bootloader? Unlock critical?
Thank you so much for you help. I finally got it back up and running.
ziddey said:
Open market works fine on Sprint devices. What did you download? Did you unlock your bootloader? Unlock critical?
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Maybe essential will release a fix in a few days for the relocked Sprint phones. Otherwise, if you wanted to unlock it yourself so you can run the latest update, see https://forum.xda-developers.com/showpost.php?p=77532356&postcount=20 since it sounds like you already have your bootloader unlocked.
Do you mean bootloader or sim in terms of unlocking? Bootloader is fine. I'm sim locked.
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Maybe essential will release a fix in a few days for the relocked Sprint phones. Otherwise, if you wanted to unlock it yourself so you can run the latest update, see https://forum.xda-developers.com/showpost.php?p=77532356&postcount=20 since it sounds like you already have your bootloader unlocked.
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With an unlocked bootloader, you can either root and flash sim-unlocked modemst images with dd, or downgrade the bootloader and use it to flash.
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With an unlocked bootloader, you can either root and flash sim-unlocked modemst images with dd, or downgrade the bootloader and use it to flash.
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Is there a link for this method? Thanks!
I am getting a Chinese OP6T that comes with H2OS in 2 weeks time. Any easy way (guide) to flash stock OOS to this Chinese phone A6010? Thanks in advance.
just unlock the bootloader and sideload the oos.zip (full) in stock recovery then flash it from there. you could also do fastboot method. works on my oneplus device since the 3/3T days.
Abaddon said:
just unlock the bootloader and sideload the oos.zip (full) in stock recovery then flash it from there. you could also do fastboot method. works on my oneplus device since the 3/3T days.
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Have you done it for oneplus 6T yourself? I was wondering whether the A/B partitions in OP6T will have a different approach to flash...
Thank you.
according to my friend chinese oneplus 6
you only need a full flash zip of oos and just local update from updater in the phone
no need to unlock bootloader
PS. and no need to factory reset too, but i still recommend to reset it
I am from China, and use Chinese OP6T (A6010) that comes with H2OS
just like fangchunxi1999 says, put full OOS zip on 6t sdcard, local update from updater in the phone setting
after finish, do a factory reset, OOS now!
Cye3s said:
I am from China, and use Chinese OP6T (A6010) that comes with H2OS
just like fangchunxi1999 says, put full OOS zip on 6t sdcard, local update from updater in the phone setting
after finish, do a factory reset, OOS now!
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Thank you so much for sharing your experience! I will do the same when I get hold of my phone. I asked someone to hand carry for me.
By the way, do you root your phone too?
chincheang said:
I am getting a Chinese OP6T that comes with H2OS in 2 weeks time. Any easy way (guide) to flash stock OOS to this Chinese phone A6010? Thanks in advance.
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Interestingly enough I just bought a 6t in China and I have been thinking about this.
- Question for you. Will you still be in China? If not, or you are planning a vacation somewhere, OnePlus support will actually help you flash OOS on your device. This only works outside of China though (even if you have a VPN).
- For others: what is the big difference between H2OS and OOS? I considered flashing, but I have a trip outside of China in a week so I was thinking I can just wait until then and let OnePlus do the flash for me. For now though, I have installed all the apps I want including Google apps and a VPN. Is there any real reason I would want to flash to OOS instead of just leaving it as H2OS? Thanks for any answers.
pistachio12 said:
Interestingly enough I just bought a 6t in China and I have been thinking about this.
- Question for you. Will you still be in China? If not, or you are planning a vacation somewhere, OnePlus support will actually help you flash OOS on your device. This only works outside of China though (even if you have a VPN).
- For others: what is the big difference between H2OS and OOS? I considered flashing, but I have a trip outside of China in a week so I was thinking I can just wait until then and let OnePlus do the flash for me. For now though, I have installed all the apps I want including Google apps and a VPN. Is there any real reason I would want to flash to OOS instead of just leaving it as H2OS? Thanks for any answers.
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No. I am in Malaysia. I ask someone who happen to be there to bring it back for me. Dont think there is a oneplus support Centre here.
chincheang said:
Thank you so much for sharing your experience! I will do the same when I get hold of my phone. I asked someone to hand carry for me.
By the way, do you root your phone too?
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Yes, root just after OOS first boot.
use this:
https://www.xda-developers.com/oneplus-6t-unlock-bootloader-root/
chincheang said:
No. I am in Malaysia. I ask someone who happen to be there to bring it back for me. Dont think there is a oneplus support Centre here.
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This isn't at a support center. I just asked used OnePlus support online and they can do it for you through a PC with Windows installed.
fangchunxi1999 said:
according to my friend chinese oneplus 6
you only need a full flash zip of oos and just local update from updater in the phone
no need to unlock bootloader
PS. and no need to factory reset too, but i still recommend to reset it
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Just got Device is corrupted, dont know how to restore it back. Someone said I could use MMSDownloadTool but there was not a version for HydrogenOS. I wonder I could use this from International MMSDownloadTool but I'm so afraid I would brick my Chinese variant device.
Well here's a question. If I wanted to flash h2os onto my international unlocked op6t could I do the same method just reversed?
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Just got Device is corrupted, dont know how to restore it back. Someone said I could use MMSDownloadTool but there was not a version for HydrogenOS. I wonder I could use this from International MMSDownloadTool but I'm so afraid I would brick my Chinese variant device.
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In all honesty, you can either:
Unlock the bootloader back and just use the device as is or sideload the OOS.zip or you can try the global tool and hope for the best, since unless you unlock, the device is unusable anyways, if someone can get the Chinese variants tool it would be a Chinese user, others can’t request it..you’re better off contacting OP via chat and push for an OS reflash until they oblige and make an appointment with a tech to remote flash for you.
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Logan0829 said:
Well here's a question. If I wanted to flash h2os onto my international unlocked op6t could I do the same method just reversed?
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Well I would guess they work vice verse, worse case it doesn’t work, you can always use the msm tool to recover.
Guys i want to flash OOS on my 6T A6010(chinese), but i can't do it from updater neither from recovery... How i can flash oxygen? Some guys adviced me to try the download tool but i have to unlock bootloader. do you think is it safe to do that? Hope in your help...
HackerGames197 said:
Guys i want to flash OOS on my 6T A6010(chinese), but i can't do it from updater neither from recovery... How i can flash oxygen? Some guys adviced me to try the download tool but i have to unlock bootloader. do you think is it safe to do that? Hope in your help...
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Just follow the method mentioned in post 4 and 5. I tried it and it worked. No need to unlock bootloader if you dont want.
chincheang said:
Just follow the method mentioned in post 4 and 5. I tried it and it worked. No need to unlock bootloader if you dont want.
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i found a solution, thank you anyway
I have tried de system update method, but I receive the message "The version of your selected package is lower than that of the current system. to avoid booting up failure, downgrading is not allowed"
Help!
I installed the hydrogen os a few days ago, and it was a nightmare.the boot animation was neat. And the oppo play store has more recent updates than play..
after switching to OOS, will one still get OTAs?
Where can I get the h2os full zip?
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I've had my 6t for a while now. When I got it I followed this guide, https://forum.xda-developers.com/t/...-flash-twrp-root-nandroid-efs-backup.3851789/ , and all was good until I tried to update. Everything continued to work but it broke root. ( I later learned I shouldn't have tried to run the OTA.)
Anyway. I'd like to get rid of the T-MO branded ROM. I just need some clarification. I'm on 10.3.4 currently. SIM and bootloader are unlocked. TWRP 3.4.0.0 is installed. So that being said do I have to follow the MSMDownload guide and convert to international, then go about updating to current, or can I just grab the most recent oxygen or lineage release and flash that ( preferably OxygenOS)? I assume that since my bootloader is already unlocked I can just flash from TWRP, but I've seen conflicting comments. From what I can tell I have flash everything to both slots, is that correct? Do I need to upgrade TWRP? Finally re-flash Magisk for root.
My end goal is just a non T-MO branded OxygenOS that I can update. From what I've seen I can do local upgrade once running OxygenOS. Is there a specific process for upgrading oxygenos once its running. I've seen you have to remove Magisk modules etc before running it.
Thanks!
You pretty much got everything down as you said. Convert, Update to current, and you are golden. If you want to try LOS then that is in a completely different ballpark.
@j1tters Here's how I converted my T-Mobile 6t to global. Hope this helps.
T-Mobile 6T to International Conversion (WITHOUT unlocked bootloader/SIM unlock!)
In the previous thread, we discussed a method to convert T-Mobile 6T's to the international variant, sort of, but it required an unlocked bootloader, which itself requires a SIM unlock which T-Mobile gives people a hard time about. However, it...
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Huskied said:
You pretty much got everything down as you said. Convert, Update to current, and you are golden. If you want to try LOS then that is in a completely different ballpark.
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Thank you.
flash713 said:
@j1tters Here's how I converted my T-Mobile 6t to global. Hope this helps.
T-Mobile 6T to International Conversion (WITHOUT unlocked bootloader/SIM unlock!)
In the previous thread, we discussed a method to convert T-Mobile 6T's to the international variant, sort of, but it required an unlocked bootloader, which itself requires a SIM unlock which T-Mobile gives people a hard time about. However, it...
forum.xda-developers.com
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Thanks, that post was helpful. Was smooth sailing until trying to get it to boot into twrp via fastboot. Reboots and just sits at the fastboot screen. Not sure if there is an issue with twrp-3.4.0-11 for fajita. Tried 3.4.0.0 also. Same issue.
Going to try updating with Oxygen Updater then see if its happier with twrp..
Is there a specific version of TWRP I need to get it to boot?
Got twrp taken care of but I'm a bit confused by magjisk v22. Looks like flashing from recovery isnt the preferred way anymore?
j1tters said:
Got twrp taken care of but I'm a bit confused by magjisk v22. Looks like flashing from recovery isnt the preferred way anymore?
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Rename the magisk22.apk to magisk.22.zip and yes it can then be flashed in twrp.
flash713 said:
Rename the magisk22.apk to magisk.22.zip and yes it can then be flashed in twrp.
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Thanks! I saw that but it says that's the "old" way.
j1tters said:
Thanks! I saw that but it says that's the "old" way.
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Try it. It works for me on all roms.
flash713 said:
Try it. It works for me on all roms.
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Worked perfectly, thank you again! Oh man how I missed adaway!.