Does anyone have the stock fastboot ROM for the McLaren 5G?
I might have one
DanDroidOS said:
Does anyone have the stock fastboot ROM for the McLaren 5G?
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I am trying one now but its stuck on the mclaren start screen...If it works ill let you know about it otherwise please let me know if you find one.
@Lui914 You can't just say that without providing basic info like a filename and how you obtained it. I'd like to be wrong and swiftly apologize, but you probably just flashed the wrong file somehow and bricked your phone without the expected checksums or incompatibilities stopping you. I don't know why there'd be a McLaren start screen when we're looking for the T-Mobile variant, which is quite pink for every boot.
The only potential filename that's ever popped up for this phone is an OTA: oneplus7tpronroxygen_13.o.17_glo_017_1912042023.
Lui914 said:
I am trying one now but its stuck on the mclaren start screen...If it works ill let you know about it otherwise please let me know if you find one.
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I think @LLStarks is right, I think you flashed the wrong file! The McLaren 5G ROM has the stupid T-Mobile bootanimation! If I find one I will definitely share it here!
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DanDroidOS said:
I think @LLStarks is right, I think you flashed the wrong file! The McLaren 5G ROM has the stupid T-Mobile bootanimation! If I find one I will definitely share it here!
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Yea sorry I didn't want to post anything that would mess your phone up as well. I was hoping you could just switch on over so I did flash the international rom and am now stuck on the screen becasue of it and not sure how to get back. All i wanted was my dang bluetooth to work in my car! Please le tme know if ya'll find out how to get back to stock. I can't find the rom anywhere.
Lui914 said:
Yea sorry I didn't want to post anything that would mess your phone up as well. I was hoping you could just switch on over so I did flash the international rom and am now stuck on the screen becasue of it and not sure how to get back. All i wanted was my dang bluetooth to work in my car! Please le tme know if ya'll find out how to get back to stock. I can't find the rom anywhere.
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What I did was change my active. I flashed Omni and it boots but doesn't have data only wifi so I switched my active from 'b' to 'a' with "fastboot --set-active=a". It got me back to my McLaren rom, after you switch active I had to do "fastboot -w" to get it to boot. It will no longer update because I messed up slot 'b' which is why I'm looking for a fastboot ROM to fix it. Good luck!
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Hello,
Has anyone been able to successfully flash one of these stock firmware .tot files? If so could you please provide a link to the version you used?
As far as I know there isn't currently one available that works with the V20, but I have seen posts claiming to have done so.
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slayerh4x said:
Hello,
Has anyone been able to successfully flash one of these stock firmware .tot files? If so could you please provide a link to the version you used?
As far as I know there isn't currently one available that works with the V20, but I have seen posts claiming to have done so.
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hey man has anyone figure it out? I bricked my phone :crying::crying::crying::crying::crying: I need to get it up and running.
hondasforlife said:
hey man has anyone figure it out? I bricked my phone :crying::crying::crying::crying::crying: I need to get it up and running.
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Unfortunately not yet. What happened, can you get into TWRP?
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Unfortunately not yet. What happened, can you get into TWRP?
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Sadly I can't I can get into FastBoot mode but that's about it.. When I was in twrp boot loop I tried flashing stock img to go back but then that didnt work..
hondasforlife said:
Sadly I can't I can get into FastBoot mode but that's about it.. When I was in twrp boot loop I tried flashing stock img to go back but then that didnt work..
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Yeah... so if you can only get to fastboot you are screwed. Go to the t-mobile store and get a new one. I had to do that early on and they didn't question me at all.
slayerh4x said:
Yeah... so if you can only get to fastboot you are screwed. Go to the t-mobile store and get a new one. I had to do that early on and they didn't question me at all.
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Yeah I just did they are back ordered here so I have to wait for tomorrow no questions asked lol so I'm just happy
I have compiled for you an Odin-Flashable downgrade to original Nougat ROM.
Does NOT have Google FRP in this version (the ROM came stock this way; unmodified), this is useful if you forgot your Google email.
Download Odin3 and the .tar file HERE
- Open Odin v3.12.7
- Plug in phone to PC
- Simply boot into download mode (Powered off- Hold HOME+POWER+VOLUME DOWN)
- Click AP
- Select J327T1.tar
- Click Start
Once it finished it will reboot and update. It is going to get stuck on 32%, do not worry.
It will take a second, but the recovery menu will pop up. Select Reboot System and it will take some time to get to the OS but you will eventually have Nougat pop up and ready to go!
Enjoy!
*UPDATE*
In the download links I have the "Factory Binary" Custom ROM. It's pretty useful in messing with the phone software, although I do not know the specific use. Use the same method above to install the ROM.
Also, I do believe you can edit the .tar and add TWRP by downloading the recovery.img from my link and replacing it in the .tar and following the same steps. I have not tested because I was helping my brother access his phone because he forgot his Google account after he reset his phone.
Downgrade?? Did this phone get Android Oreo?
LeeTG3 said:
Downgrade?? Did this phone get Android Oreo?
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Nope not yet. This phone has never got updated beyond android nougat.
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Nope not yet. This phone has never got updated beyond android nougat.
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Its not really a downgrade then, but it's good to see a custom rom for this device
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Its not really a downgrade then, but it's good to see a custom rom for this device
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Well idk if it is considered to be custom. Its still the stock rom. But idk he shoulda tested twrp bc if it works then that would be awesome. But idk the bootloader is locked. If anyone has this device and willing to test please do so. I cannot test since this phone is my primary phone that i use on a daily basis.
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Well idk if it is considered to be custom. Its still the stock rom. But idk he shoulda tested twrp bc if it works then that would be awesome. But idk the bootloader is locked. If anyone has this device and willing to test please do so. I cannot test since this phone is my primary phone that i use on a daily basis.
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I only have a similar device, not the same, but bootloader was already unlocked, all you really need to do is wait for an unknown command screen to stop.
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Nope not yet. This phone has never got updated beyond android nougat.
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Its not really a downgrade then, but it's good to see a custom rom for this device
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Well idk if it is considered to be custom. Its still the stock rom. But idk he shoulda tested twrp bc if it works then that would be awesome. But idk the bootloader is locked. If anyone has this device and willing to test please do so. I cannot test since this phone is my primary phone that i use on a daily basis.
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I only have a similar device, not the same, but bootloader was already unlocked, all you really need to do is wait for an unknown command screen to stop.
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Check the update in the original post! The "Factory Binary" may be of use to you guys!
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Its not really a downgrade then, but it's good to see a custom rom for this device
Well idk if it is considered to be custom. Its still the stock rom. But idk he shoulda tested twrp bc if it works then that would be awesome. But idk the bootloader is locked. If anyone has this device and willing to test please do so. I cannot test since this phone is my primary phone that i use on a daily basis.
Check the update in the original post! The "Factory Binary" may be of use to you guys!
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We had the factory binary for awhile now. On another thread we tried to make a rooted binary but it failed.
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We had the factory binary for awhile now. On another thread we tried to make a rooted binary but it failed.
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Ah, I could not find that here I had to go digging for it on some crazy site. Well, hopefully someone finds it useful!
brad2192 said:
Ah, I could not find that here I had to go digging for it on some crazy site. Well, hopefully someone finds it useful!
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Ima try it. I have the same phone model. I'll see if i can get it to work
Did you ever test it?
huh,
maybe he don't know how to de-brick.
hope he gets a new phone for xmas.
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Did you ever test it?
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Yes, it runs perfectly.
Good ish' Brad, now hopefully someone will get twrp and I'll cough up the money for another cheap t1
Ok so its not truly the factory binary, its an emulator of that, meaning any changes were not flashed over as in other devices. but i have been thinking and, i'll post this in the original as well, magisk....only works if you completely wipe the device first, same with custom roms, i never tried that when i had the j3, bricks be damned we got odin3 and i got scripts to get outta brick an into download.
if someone would be ao kind as to factory reset and tr installing twrp, that wuld be amazing, i have been working with the note 4 sprint variant and there are a few steps in installng custom roms that we were over looking
Hi im trying to root my j330G running on nougat 7.0 its my first time tryna do it im not using a pc and im having no luck ive been trying for 5 days, can you help me please:good::good:
SOOOOO... Does this work or no?
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Hi im trying to root my j330G running on nougat 7.0 its my first time tryna do it im not using a pc and im having no luck ive been trying for 5 days, can you help me please:good::good:
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Only way I can help you is by telling you go buy yourself a PC if you're going to start routing and or developing the firmware on Android devices it is extremely hard nearly impossible these days with Android devices running version Android 6.0 and up to root without a PC the best and easiest way I've found to root a Android device is to First install a custom recovery like TWR p or ClockworkMod and have a unlocked bootloader then from there you can easily download SuperSU and Flash it with a firmware flashing application like ClockworkMod ROM manager that is downloadable on Play Store what I'm trying to say is if you are using kingroot or kingoroot you're going to be hitting that button 4 million years and nothing will happen either by an Android that has a lower version like any version below 5.0 or get yourself a computer and do some research because it is very easy to do the stuff as long as you know what you're doing if you don't it seems way more complicated than it actually is you're in the right place here on XDA to learn everything you need to know so you're off to a great start I hope this helps have a good one good luck
So is there no way we can downgrade further to a firmware that includes the developer option to oem unlock?... I'm about to try and flash what the op posted right now... I'll post results
While looking around and trying to compile TWRP and getting errors doing so, I have finall come accross a solution as to how to get GSI roms to boot, it seems we needed special flash instructions and im eve gonna test some other things later. But without further do, here are the instructions!
Step 1: Go here and read instructions CAREFULLY! "https://www.xda-developers.com/flash-generic-system-image-project-treble-device/"
Step 2: We need special flash instructions so flash this command. "fastboot --disable-verity --disable-verification flash vbmeta vbmeta.img" (Special flashing instructions here https://forum.xda-developers.com/sho...18&postcount=2)
Step 3: if it doesnt work, try again. I am currently booting into Phh-Treble.
Step 4: Rejoice as we can now get away from stock!
Credits where credit is due !
UPDATE: Okay so, pretty sure dm-verify is making it so it doesnt fully boot :/ still working on it.
Good News?
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Good News?
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its definitely a huge step. but once i get one booted i'll post screenshots.
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its definitely a huge step. but once i get one booted i'll post screenshots.
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Yes, Let me know how that goes. Keep me updated on that. Just got my Phone Today. And i'm interested in Rooting aswell.
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Yes, Let me know how that goes. Keep me updated on that. Just got my Phone Today. And i'm interested in Rooting aswell.
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Will do, rooting is fairly easy. is the att version? or global. i have the att version but flashed the global version stock rom.
I believe its the global version. I don't have att network.
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I believe its the global version. I don't have att network.
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what you want to do is downlaod the stock rom, unzup it to desktop. copy your boot.img to your phone. download magisk manager from the xda thread. install the manager and then patch the boot.img. reboot the phone and you'll see it in your downlads. copy that to your stock rom folder (you'll need adb and fastboot files). run the command "fastboot flash boot boot.img" and youre rooted. but at this current time root is kinda pointless.
also... be sure to check out the root guide first. forgot you need to unlock bootloader and critical.
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what you want to do is downlaod the stock rom, unzup it to desktop. copy your boot.img to your phone. download magisk manager from the xda thread. install the manager and then patch the boot.img. reboot the phone and you'll see it in your downlads. copy that to your stock rom folder (you'll need adb and fastboot files). run the command "fastboot flash boot boot.img" and youre rooted. but at this current time root is kinda pointless.
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I'm kind of a noob in this regard. Can I PM you to get further Details on the rooting?
"but at this current time root is kinda pointless."
Also your right about this. There's currently no effective use for it right now. But there will soon be more in the future for the phone i believe. I think more people are starting to communicate and experiment with the RP2
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I'm kind of a noob in this regard. Can I PM you to get further Details on the rooting?
"but at this current time root is kinda pointless."
Also your right about this. There's currently no effective use for it right now. But there will soon be more in the future for the phone i believe. I think more people are starting to communicate and experiment with the RP2
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i mean you can, but the guides right here. and yeah, im not dev either... if i knew how to compile id be more of assistance.
https://forum.xda-developers.com/razer-phone-2/how-to/root-t3875237
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I'm kind of a noob in this regard. Can I PM you to get further Details on the rooting?
"but at this current time root is kinda pointless."
Also your right about this. There's currently no effective use for it right now. But there will soon be more in the future for the phone i believe. I think more people are starting to communicate and experiment with the RP2
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Yea I can't find any reason so far to root or custom ROM.
Hmm, I thought I had tried that. Guess I'll go anywhere try again ?
Sent from my Razer Phone 2 using XDA Labs
You might want to link https://forum.xda-developers.com/showpost.php?p=76740118&postcount=2 in the OP for reference.
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You might want to link https://forum.xda-developers.com/showpost.php?p=76740118&postcount=2 in the OP for reference.
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ahh yes. forgot to add that. odd how sbin files from the op6 work on our phone and these flashing commands work as well.
Oreo gsi roms working fine for me
RKBD said:
Oreo gsi roms working fine for me
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which ones have you tried? and i'll be testing that when i get my new new att phone -.-
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which ones have you tried? and i'll be testing that when i get my new new att phone -.-
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phh-aosp oreo
carbon is bootlooping
RKBD said:
phh-aosp oreo
carbon is bootlooping
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i read more on the razer forum that it was the same with them as well, except they can flash pie roms too using a baked boot image with magisk in it.
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phh-aosp oreo
carbon is bootlooping
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Thanks for this information.:good:
Love the Resurrection Remix GSI. Using substratum theme engine.
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Love the Resurrection Remix GSI. Using substratum theme engine.
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Does everything work? Are you able to change the displays refresh rate and resolution or the logo backlight? Do you have WiFi and speaker issues? I'm really just after better stability
i did rooted the oneplus 6t to get the oneplus McLaren logo on startup by a normal 6t.
with the twrp flash.
i did install the McLaren module by magisk and works for so far.
phone boots up with no probs at all except one thing i am trying to figure out.
when the phone boots up there is a for a few seconds the message bootloader unlocked with a Orange triangle and goes then into the McLaren logo and starts up further as a normal unrooted 6t.
anyways no i am trying to figure out how i can get rid off/bypass that google bootloader unlock message in the first few seconds at startup.
found out that it is possible to get rid of the message by other brands/types of phones.
but i cant put the things together howto do this on a 6t nor find any related information on the web.
it is not a really big issue/problem for me.
but i want to write a howto get the complete McLaren experience on a normal 6t included fingerprint animation themes and the ar thing (for the booklet) so far i have everything complete except that message.
and to make a complete howto i also want to include how to get rid of that message.
also i found out that there is a way to buy the McLaren back cover so it Will look and handle as a McLaren edition and then the only difference Will be the extra ram what is missing and the warp charge (hardware related stuff which cant be changed).
any help on this one is appreciated.
PS i know i can get rid of the message by unrooting it and locking the bootloader again but that's not what i am looking for.
trying to keep the McLaren things altogether without going back to full stock (and without bricking the phone off course).
best regards.
Short answer is you can't.
bladestonez said:
Short answer is you can't.
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I doubt that but lets wait what others have to say about it
Michel oneplus said:
I doubt that but lets wait what others have to say about it
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It's been possible before with certain older devices, it's more complicated than you think. Chances are very slim.. closer to a not possible, if ever.
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It's been possible before with certain older devices, it's more complicated than you think. Chances are very slim.. closer to a not possible, if ever.
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I indeed found out that it is very complicated on other phones but it could be done on older phones i Will wait the reactions on this xda thread thanks in advance for replying.
No need for this thread when there's already a WIP thread: https://forum.xda-developers.com/oneplus-6t/development/wip-dissecting-bootloader-aka-rid-t3878470
Thread in the wrong section (I don't even know in which section it should go, let's say Q&A), and subject is as mentioned above been discussed since years for OnePlus phones and the short answer will always be the same
YOU CAN'T GET RID OF THAT SCREEN WHILE UNLOCKED
Read the thread linked above should have been the first thing done
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No need for this thread when there's already a WIP thread: https://forum.xda-developers.com/oneplus-6t/development/wip-dissecting-bootloader-aka-rid-t3878470
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Go to that thread and you will find that it isn't possible.
You will need a signed boot loader from OnePlus that does not have the splash screen. Good luck with that.
It has to be there for Android trusted boot. Google requires it.
Thanks for pointing out the right topic didn't find it sorry forum posting it in the wrong section made a thread over here because xda said when i made a account i couldnt posted it in the developer section because i am a junior member (found that a bit funny,i am familiar with Linux backtrack, android rooting and all the stuff what Comes with it and also a bit programming with Windows) but thanks anyways topic can be closed i Will continue on the wip thread as a junior ? my wife got her degree in Windows networking programming but she has to ask me always hunny can You help me with something i cant solve (and i haven't got any degrees at school Just plain old hobby playing with software and stuff)
Some devices have fixed for that like https://forum.xda-developers.com/t/guide-remove-unlocked-bootloader-warning.4069207/
So stop say that "YOU CAN'T DO THAT"
Any news on this matter for OP?
Michel oneplus said:
i did rooted the oneplus 6t to get the oneplus McLaren logo on startup by a normal 6t.
with the twrp flash.
i did install the McLaren module by magisk and works for so far.
phone boots up with no probs at all except one thing i am trying to figure out.
when the phone boots up there is a for a few seconds the message bootloader unlocked with a Orange triangle and goes then into the McLaren logo and starts up further as a normal unrooted 6t.
anyways no i am trying to figure out how i can get rid off/bypass that google bootloader unlock message in the first few seconds at startup.
found out that it is possible to get rid of the message by other brands/types of phones.
but i cant put the things together howto do this on a 6t nor find any related information on the web.
it is not a really big issue/problem for me.
but i want to write a howto get the complete McLaren experience on a normal 6t included fingerprint animation themes and the ar thing (for the booklet) so far i have everything complete except that message.
and to make a complete howto i also want to include how to get rid of that message.
also i found out that there is a way to buy the McLaren back cover so it Will look and handle as a McLaren edition and then the only difference Will be the extra ram what is missing and the warp charge (hardware related stuff which cant be changed).
any help on this one is appreciated.
PS i know i can get rid of the message by unrooting it and locking the bootloader again but that's not what i am looking for.
trying to keep the McLaren things altogether without going back to full stock (and without bricking the phone off course).
best regards.
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Try using Universal SafetyNet Fix module. It hides the unlocked bootloader from system too
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Try using Universal SafetyNet Fix module. It hides the unlocked bootloader from system too
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That module does nothing for the message that appears during boot.
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That module does nothing for the message that appears during boot.
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My xiaomi device doesn't know that the bootloader is unlocked anymore, idk
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My xiaomi device doesn't know that the bootloader is unlocked anymore, idk
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That's the difference. You talking about Xiaomi in a OnePlus thread, very different breed. Many apologies fam.
On my other phones there's been a method to cover it up. For Motorola devices, there are many custom splash screens that are an overlay, covering the words with an image
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On my other phones there's been a method to cover it up. For Motorola devices, there are many custom splash screens that are an overlay, covering the words with an image
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It's impossible on this device because the OnePlus 6/6T is made different from other devices and that warning cannot be modified due to how it is made. This was the very first thing I set out to do and from searching on our forums I learned this to be true. It's impossible on 6/6t.
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It's impossible on this device because the OnePlus 6/6T is made different from other devices and that warning cannot be modified due to how it is made. This was the very first thing I set out to do and from searching on our forums I learned this to be true. It's impossible on 6/6t.
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This is something a lot of people need to understand.
All androids devices are not equal. Depending on the device even the bootloader is different so the same tricks don't work on all devices.
Has their been ways for other devices? Yes by exploiting a hole in the system. This is still an actively updated device. You will have to wait a few before a hole like that can be found and more importantly not patched.
Now on the other hand. This is Xda. Nothing is impossible. So by all means dig in and find the hole and come back and share it. I'm sure there are those here willing o help.
Hello guys, hope ur all good.
My question was , is there a way to flash the openbeta 1 on a tmobile McLaren op7tpro ?
I saw on reddit someone had done it successfuly , but i dont know how that would work
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Hello guys, hope ur all good.
My question was , is there a way to flash the openbeta 1 on a tmobile McLaren op7tpro ?
I saw on reddit someone had done it successfuly , but i dont know how that would work
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Are you sure it was on a McLaren 5G? It sounds unlikely that it's been successfully done. Could you link to that post?
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Are you sure it was on a McLaren 5G? It sounds unlikely that it's been successfully done. Could you link to that post?
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Im starting to realize it is for the European Mclaren smh
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Im starting to realize it is for the European Mclaren smh
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Yeah, sadly that device model indicates a different one than ours.. oh well
You would have to convert your device to Global similar to how it was done with the 7 Pro first. Then you should apply the beta 2. You will need MSM tool and the ops file for global model HD1917 (it is linked in another thread). You do not need to have bootloader unlocked to do this process. Warning: You might lose 5G capability by doing this. I have not tested it yet because we are only at beta 2. When we get to beta 7 or 8 then I might consider it.
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You would have to convert your device to Global similar to how it was done with the 7 Pro first. Then you should apply the beta 2. You will need MSM tool and the ops file for global model HD1917 (it is linked in another thread). You do not need to have bootloader unlocked to do this process. Warning: You might lose 5G capability by doing this. I have not tested it yet because we are only at beta 2. When we get to beta 7 or 8 then I might consider it.
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Do u know if anyone has tested the global version on the Tmobile version yet? From what i have seen people try but no one has succeded.
Dont know
albaniandroid said:
Do u know if anyone has tested the global version on the Tmobile version yet? From what i have seen people try but no one has succeded.
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I do not know. There is no thread about converting so I would guess nobody wants to try. Sorry. I gave you instructions how to do it if you wish to try yourself.
Are you advanced enough to convert back and forth using the MSM tool? Have you used it on any oneplus phone before? It is basically like ODIN for Samsung. Flashes factory images.
If you want step by step instructions , message me.
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I do not know. There is no thread about converting so I would guess nobody wants to try. Sorry. I gave you instructions how to do it if you wish to try yourself.
Are you advanced enough to convert back and forth using the MSM tool? Have you used it on any oneplus phone before? It is basically like ODIN for Samsung. Flashes factory images.
If you want step by step instructions , message me.
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I think i am i have used it before on my op3 and 6,6t, but I'll wait a little more maybe something comes up..
Thanks though
New security features implemented by OnePlus makes it not possible to convert the new phones. Currently there is no way to get around this new security feature until an exploit can be found. I have read opinions that suggest OnePlus is doing this to force people to buy directly from them. Either way it is sad!
This phone was already difficult to work with and now this.