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I *just bought Mi A1, and I want the Night Light feature. And the blue accents (I love it).
I enabled OEM unlocking, enabled USB debugging. adb recognized my phone, and I rebooted it to bootloader (fastboot).
HOWEVER, fastboot devices brought up no devices - the phone is not being recognized.
I used the AIO tool here, and I'm getting the same results. Interestingly, when I reboot to the bootloader, the phone switches off after 30 seconds or so, and instead starts charging (cuz it's connected to my laptop) but it stays in fastboot if I use Vol - and power button.
I could be missing USB drivers, I supposed. I had installed drivers from the AIO tool, am I missing something?
Help appreciated, thanks!
If phone switches off/reboots in fastboot mode, it usually means that drivers are installed incorrectly. Find phone in device manager and install drivers manually from there.
_mysiak_ said:
If phone switches off/reboots in fastboot mode, it usually means that drivers are installed incorrectly. Find phone in device manager and install drivers manually from there.
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Thanks! Where can I download the drivers? Through Windows update itself or from any other source?
kvn95ss said:
Thanks! Where can I download the drivers? Through Windows update itself or from any other source?
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For example here and just follow the video guide in the post for both ADB and Fastboot drivers installation.
With your phone in fastboot mode, look in device manager, there is probably a device that does not have drivers. If you have already installed them, you can try having Windows search for them. Then you would validate by doing a fastboot devices command from command prompt.
I have managed to get it working, I've flashed TWRP, however it goes into a bootloop with linux penguin, then a white background with Google colors and an open lock at the bottom, reading "Unlocked".
Strangely, if I flash TWRP with the AIO tool, the phone boots into system rather than loading into TWRP ?
Any reason for the peculiarity!?
Also, I can't reboot the phone.
And for some reason, my phone is encrypted!
Don't flash TWRP, just boot into it when you need it. From what I read you can't have TWRP + Magisk installed at the same time, so IMHO it's not worth the effort. Personally I use TWRP only to install Magisk..
Why do you want to keep phone decrypted? There is zero performance hit with encryption and it's, well, more secure
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Don't flash TWRP, just boot into it when you need it. From what I read you can't have TWRP + Magisk installed at the same time, so IMHO it's not worth the effort. Personally I use TWRP only to install Magisk.
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Oohh.. okay. Right now I'm downloading the Dec. update. I'll flash that with MiFlash tool (saving the user data) and then install Magisk with TWRP.
Before that, should I try flashing stock recovery?
Why do you want to keep phone decrypted? There is zero performance hit with encryption and it's, well, more secure
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Well... I thought that the encryption is preventing my phone from booting. Strangely, flashing TWRP 3.2 using the AIO boots my phone to system, so at least I can use my phone.
_mysiak_ said:
Don't flash TWRP, just boot into it when you need it. From what I read you can't have TWRP + Magisk installed at the same time, so IMHO it's not worth the effort. Personally I use TWRP only to install Magisk.
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ALSO, do I have to install magisk on both the slots?
I suppose that you want to root your system in the easiest possible way, I'd suggest:
1. flash December fastboot ROM (MiFlash or via fastboot directly, keep user data). This will flash full December ROM to BOTH slots and set slot A as active. At this point you have fully stock device.
2. unlock bootloader
3. fastboot into TWRP
4. flash Magisk
That's it. Magisk will be installed only into the active slot A. There is probably no reason to install it also in slot B. If you want to return to stock, it is enough to restore boot.img, either from Magisk app directly, or via fastboot.
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I suppose that you want to root your system in the easiest possible way, I'd suggest:
1. flash December fastboot ROM (MiFlash or via fastboot directly, keep user data). This will flash full December ROM to BOTH slots and set slot A as active. At this point you have fully stock device.
2. unlock bootloader
3. fastboot into TWRP
4. flash Magisk
That's it. Magisk will be installed only into the active slot A. There is probably no reason to install it also in slot B. If you want to return to stock, it is enough to restore boot.img, either from Magisk app directly, or via fastboot.
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So, I flashed the December fastboot ROM, unlocked my bootloader, booted to TWRP and installed Magisk v14 (latest). It installed without issues, but when I try to boot, it goes into a boot loop.
Also, when I boot using TWRP (no modifications) my hotspot doesn't seem to work, I have to restart my phone to fix it.
Well, I guess I'll try it once more...
Damn, it worked! Magisk installed and phone boots well. The phone gives a warning before booting, that it can't be checked for corruption (probably because of the unlocking I guess).
Now, onto installing the Magisk module which gives me to use GCAM (HAL3) and nightlight.
Just a note, Magisk v14 doesn't work well with dual partitions, this might explain strange behavior. Use official Magisk beta v 14.4 or 14.5.
I dont take responsibility for possible damages!'
1. When you unlock the bootloader, all your data will be erased!
2. When you try to lock the bootloader, your data will be erased and you will lose the API.
3. YOU CAN RECEIVE OTA UPDATES WITH THE BOOTLOADER UNLOCKED!
Download the tool: https://forum.xda-developers.com/mi-a2/how-to/mi-a2-toolkit-unlock-bootloader-root-t3834585
1. Unlock the bootloader (I will not go into detail, the tool is intuitive, follow the tool's instructions!.)
2. Start your phone and enable USB debugging.
3. Put your cellphone in Fastboot.
4. In the tool, use option 4 (This will not install TWRP, just start) (follow the tool's instructions!)
5. When entering TWRP, if prompted, check "Keep system read only".
6. Open in the tool folder "Open CMD here"
7. Run the command: adb shell
8. Now enter the following command: "setprop persist.camera.HAL3.enabled 1" without quotation marks, and enter. - This command enables the required core API for GCAM.
9. Now type "exit" to exit adb.
10. Go back to the phone, in TWRP -> Reboot -> System -> Do Not Install
Ready.
I did this tutorial quickly. Any questions, use the comments!
Just a note. That tool is working with August security patch, but a lot of us received already September Security patch. And how do you know that we will receive OTA. Did you test by yourself? And btw, looks very easy and clear explained. For now I will wait for stable patch from Xiaomi, and updated Tool from the link you recomended. Thank you.
kaiwanted said:
Just a note. That tool is working with August security patch, but a lot of us received already September Security patch. And how do you know that we will receive OTA. Did you test by yourself? And btw, looks very easy and clear explained. For now I will wait for stable patch from Xiaomi, and updated Tool from the link you recomended. Thank you.
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The tool just has the August picture. But the functions used for the gcam works in the September patch.
Yes. I have.
when i want to launch the TWRP, my device already plugged in and in fastboot mode, but it says "could not detect the active partition used, please ensure your phone is plugged in and in fastbook mode". How to fix this? tks
asuturo said:
when i want to launch the TWRP, my device already plugged in and in fastboot mode, but it says "could not detect the active partition used, please ensure your phone is plugged in and in fastbook mode". How to fix this? tks
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I'm stuck at this too, i got the september update, already unlocked the bootloader but still can't install the twrp
"could not detect the active partition used, please ensure your phone is plugged in and in fastbook mode"
Rafaelboxer said:
I'm stuck at this too, i got the september update, already unlocked the bootloader but still can't install the twrp
"could not detect the active partition used, please ensure your phone is plugged in and in fastbook mode"
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I think the September update change the active partition from A to B ( the August is A). Thats why it doesn´t work.
I´m also with September Update, and camera2api is the only thing i want to enable on Mi a2 ( don´t want to root and lose OTA) until a relliable TWRP is relleased.
This command should tell you which slot is active:
fastboot getvar current-slot
ki69 said:
I think the September update change the active partition from A to B ( the August is A). Thats why it doesn´t work.
I´m also with September Update, and camera2api is the only thing i want to enable on Mi a2 ( don´t want to root and lose OTA) until a relliable TWRP is relleased.
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I got the september boot.img from another topic and rooted
Still no working solution for the ones that have setember update, and don´t want to root or use magisk??? I think the problem is that TWRP does not work with september update. Any easy way to downgrade to August again??
I'm thinking of installing Camera2API/GCamera, but I wonder if it's worth it. What are the real benefits? Does this make the camera compatible with more applications (eg Snapchat), avoiding them from making a screen of the camera ?
Hey guys i have some doubts.
I saw many threads saying to flash twrp into a partition (A or B) but i don't get why we have to flash it... So can someone clarify for me some stuff?
1 - fastboot boot twrp.img
I don't recall where the persist properties are stored but i believe it's not a partition that the OEM or google will constantly modify, right? So why making changes to the persist props in TWRP doesn't make it persist when booting into system? Is it possible to make it store it not temp?
Why there are people saying that flashing TWRP into, eg. part A, and booting into it, and then changing to part B, is working to enable the camera2 API? This should be the same as fastboot boot TWRP and then reboot it.
2 - As far as i remember, su permissions might be allowed in boot.img (.props file), so i thought that magisk patched image would have some su privilegies, but after booting from a patched image, su doesn't return anything. Does anyone knows what is the patched image from magisk? I heard about an app showing up after booting, so the patch is just a runnable with root?
3 - I also saw many threads changing sys build.prop directly. Horrible choice, but, does anyone knows if it possible to have a build.prop in OEM partition? From what i know, the build.prop will be concat. from all the folders related to the booting process. Has anyone tried to throw a build.prop into OEM with the persist enable? I believe that, since the folder is related to OEM only, and since we have no OEM making apps or whatever in an Android One phone, i think it is more safe than other partitions
ricardohnn said:
Hey guys i have some doubts.
I saw many threads saying to flash twrp into a partition (A or B) but i don't get why we have to flash it... So can someone clarify for me some stuff?
1 - fastboot boot twrp.img
I don't recall where the persist properties are stored but i believe it's not a partition that the OEM or google will constantly modify, right? So why making changes to the persist props in TWRP doesn't make it persist when booting into system? Is it possible to make it store it not temp?
Why there are people saying that flashing TWRP into, eg. part A, and booting into it, and then changing to part B, is working to enable the camera2 API? This should be the same as fastboot boot TWRP and then reboot it.
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If you did a search on that 'persist' command, you'd find that it does persist, to many of the tables that type of information is stored in. It does not change the info in the properties file in 'System'. It does change the 'Data' partition, but that's okay, as there's only 1 of those (used no matters which slot boots up). The reason for booting on the non-active partition is a twrp / dual slot phone type of thing. I know it works as I've done it, but the 'setprop persist' changes the one and only Data partition, which both slots use, that's why it works.
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2 - As far as i remember, su permissions might be allowed in boot.img (.props file), so i thought that magisk patched image would have some su privilegies, but after booting from a patched image, su doesn't return anything. Does anyone knows what is the patched image from magisk? I heard about an app showing up after booting, so the patch is just a runnable with root?
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I thought the patched image would have some su capabilities also, but it doesn't. It only installs the Magisk stub, which you can further install magisk from. Magisk is a great and sophisticated app. Has numerous Magisk modules which do a wide variety of things. But if you don't need any of those things, and don't need root, it's pretty over the top for just setting the cam2api, imho.
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3 - I also saw many threads changing sys build.prop directly. Horrible choice, but, does anyone knows if it possible to have a build.prop in OEM partition? From what i know, the build.prop will be concat. from all the folders related to the booting process. Has anyone tried to throw a build.prop into OEM with the persist enable? I believe that, since the folder is related to OEM only, and since we have no OEM making apps or whatever in an Android One phone, i think it is more safe than other partitions
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If you change 'System' directly you will not get any OTA updates, so yer right, don't change that. There's no need to consider changing it anywhere else, as the 'setprop persist etc' command populates all the tables for you. 'System' is not affected and OTA updates will continue. There's no removing Magisk, restoring boot image, reinstalling etc etc etc.
One thing I would warn others about, using the various 'Tools'. You don't know what commands they are running, so you can't be sure what they will do. I say that because one of the tools I recently downloaded and went through and found the commands in it. The first thing it did after booting TWRP was to mount 'System' as Read / Write!! Why does that matter? From what I've read, doing that stops OTA from happening. Just mounting it R/W will change the date stamp on it concerning modifications, and that's all the OTA needs to know to say 'it's been modified'.
good luck, cheers
Agree with the data persist, but why do you need to flash into the different partition and not only boot from it?
I don't disagree that it will work, i just want to know why not boot from fastboot directly instead of flashing into one of the backup partition. I know that fastboot boot command triggers different code than usual flow. But not that i remember that it would affect something.
Getprop | grep camera would return if enabled right? Or nope?
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Agree with the data persist, but why do you need to flash into the different partition and not only boot from it?
I don't disagree that it will work, i just want to know why not boot from fastboot directly instead of flashing into one of the backup partition. I know that fastboot boot command triggers different code than usual flow. But not that i remember that it would affect something.
Getprop | grep camera would return if enabled right? Or nope?
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The dual partition thing is new to everyone, I only understand bits and pieces, like everyone. But we do know there's no more 'recovery' partition, like we use to know. And we also know the way the dual works is that when an update occurs, if the device then try's to boot it and fails, it will automagically switch to the previous partition and boot it. Pretty sure we also know that booting and flashing are different with dual slot devices, but I'm not 100% sure how different.
I've tried booting twrp and just ended in bootloops. And that may be because of diff versions of TWRP, or it may be because of basic code all TWRP's have, not sure. But TWRP is a recovery, not a boot image with the proper kernel, like the patched boot images.
I do know for sure I didn't want to brick my phone (duh). So when I found a Magisk install guide, mentioned in my Guide thread, they used TWRP to install it. It sounded like an authoritative guide to me, re the part of getting TWRP to work. So I used that just to be able to run the setprop commands. Worked perfectly. Having to use the other (non active) partition **may** have something to do with avoiding triggering any automatic code to switch partitions unnecessarily, not sure, but not going to experiment any further to find out
Again, do some research on that setprop command, one of the things you'll find is that it doesn't populate all the appropriate tables until 'after' the device has been rebooted. So doing a getprop directly after doing the setprop won't work, not until it's been rebooted.
cheers
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I've tried booting twrp and just ended in bootloops. And that may be because of diff versions of TWRP, or it may be because of basic code all TWRP's have, not sure. But TWRP is a recovery, not a boot image with the proper kernel, like the patched boot images.
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I did manage to boot the last version of TWRP only first time, every other time ended in bootloops.
And I can sorry say that ADB did not work in booted TWRP, adb did not recognized the phone, so no commands could be typed.
For me, it is easier to flash patched_boot.img and install root temporarily, and then when job is done with activating camera2, uninstall root.
But hey, there are two easy ways, and everyone can choose which one is best suitable for them to try.
It would be of course easiest to just boot TWRP and enable camera2, but it doesn't work for now.
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I did manage to boot the last version of TWRP only first time, every other time ended in bootloops.
And I can sorry say that ADB did not work in booted TWRP, adb did not recognized the phone, so no commands could be typed.
For me, it is easier to flash patched_boot.img and install root temporarily, and then when job is done with activating camera2, uninstall root.
But hey, there are two easy ways, and everyone can choose which one is best suitable for them to try.
It would be of course easiest to just boot TWRP and enable camera2, but it doesn't work for now.
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Yes, just 'booting' twrp has been problems for everyone, "that" doesn't work (not just now, but probably never).
But, following the Guide I wrote, and 'flashing it' does work. Right Now.
AsItLies said:
The dual partition thing is new to everyone, I only understand bits and pieces, like everyone. But we do know there's no more 'recovery' partition, like we use to know. And we also know the way the dual works is that when an update occurs, if the device then try's to boot it and fails, it will automagically switch to the previous partition and boot it. Pretty sure we also know that booting and flashing are different with dual slot devices, but I'm not 100% sure how different.
I've tried booting twrp and just ended in bootloops. And that may be because of diff versions of TWRP, or it may be because of basic code all TWRP's have, not sure. But TWRP is a recovery, not a boot image with the proper kernel, like the patched boot images.
I do know for sure I didn't want to brick my phone (duh). So when I found a Magisk install guide, mentioned in my Guide thread, they used TWRP to install it. It sounded like an authoritative guide to me, re the part of getting TWRP to work. So I used that just to be able to run the setprop commands. Worked perfectly. Having to use the other (non active) partition **may** have something to do with avoiding triggering any automatic code to switch partitions unnecessarily, not sure, but not going to experiment any further to find out
Again, do some research on that setprop command, one of the things you'll find is that it doesn't populate all the appropriate tables until 'after' the device has been rebooted. So doing a getprop directly after doing the setprop won't work, not until it's been rebooted.
cheers
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About the setprop, even after the reboot isn't returning the prop, so that's why i am not sure if it is actually keeping it after twrp boot.
About the AB partition... well...
it's more or less like this...
let's say some simple partition scheme....
Preloader
Boot
System
Vendor
ODM
Data
So the phone will probably have many boot images type... like the usual boot.img or recovery.img (before treble) etc.
The boot.img will have the kernel image bla bla bla... since this is a google update, i believe that the AB partition procedures starts here (meaning all the relevant code of checking whether is A or B)
Google wanted to make things faster for the OEM (Samsung, LG etc) so they wanted to separate their ****s from google's one.
So (if things didn't change) you will have the following partitions now (actually i am not sure if they kept the system AB, but i believe so, since it seems to be working in other phones like that )
BootA
BootB
SystemA
SystemB
VendorA
VendorB
OEMA
OEMB
Data
So let's say google wants to update some security patches, from kernel til android, it will have to update boot and system. So in a OTA (changes if it is a google phone or a branded phone) before treble, it would update like... download the image containing boot and system into cache partition or data partition (depending the OTA size), after the download the update manager apk would set as a update booting and reboot your phone. Once booted, the phone would copy the partitions to the correct place (not being detailed) and rereboot. After the rereboot, if everything went normal, it would delete the downloaded image from your data/cache partition.
Now it's different like... instead of sending the update to the data partition and copying. It has a flag to set whether you are in A or B partition.
If you are (for eg.) in A partition, it will download the OTA to the B partition. (consider that in an untouched phone, A and B would have identical copies). So after downloading it, the flag is set to the B partition and reboot the phone. When booting, this time, it will not follow the A booting flow, like...
Before the update booting process would be
BootA
SystemA
VendorA
ODMA
Data
After the update the boot process will be
BootB
SystemB
VendorB
ODMB
Data
But i didn't update the vendor or ODM... why not keep in A? Because it's too hard to manage it.
So if anything fails in this update, it can easily go back into A booting process (which means you have a backup of your old boot).
Since system is too big, i am not sure if the system AB exists (it would just take up too much space... but anyway...).
It is also not a way to prevent bootloop, it is related to update. If an update fails (say, the image is corrupted or has no signature etc) the boot will change back, but if the update is "correct" it will boot as it should, even if the image is bad.
So again... when we do the fastboot boot boot.img, we are copying this boot into some cache or data to boot up, instead of our original boot. When we reboot, it will use the original boot. So, is there a difference from using twrp flashed and booted?
I know that fastboot boot will trigger different booting process (meaning signatures verifying etc) but don't think that it will not mount a partition or something...
Well... anyway... so after the reboot, when you setprop in TWRP, the getprop returned the prop correctly? I recall something about getprop not returning the prop but camera2 was enabled anyway with the setprop... well... can you just confirm one thing for me?
The steps you used was... fastboot flash patchboot and then reboot into twrp and then reboot back to usual partition.
You didn't do fastboot boot patched boot -> twrp -> reboot
Right?
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AsItLies said:
Yes, just 'booting' twrp has been problems for everyone, "that" doesn't work (not just now, but probably never).
But, following the Guide I wrote, and 'flashing it' does work. Right Now.
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Oh didn't see this one. OK...
Damn... hmm... strange... well thanks anyway...
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AsItLies said:
The dual partition thing is new to everyone, I only understand bits and pieces, like everyone. But we do know there's no more 'recovery' partition, like we use to know. And we also know the way the dual works is that when an update occurs, if the device then try's to boot it and fails, it will automagically switch to the previous partition and boot it. Pretty sure we also know that booting and flashing are different with dual slot devices, but I'm not 100% sure how different.
I've tried booting twrp and just ended in bootloops. And that may be because of diff versions of TWRP, or it may be because of basic code all TWRP's have, not sure. But TWRP is a recovery, not a boot image with the proper kernel, like the patched boot images.
I do know for sure I didn't want to brick my phone (duh). So when I found a Magisk install guide, mentioned in my Guide thread, they used TWRP to install it. It sounded like an authoritative guide to me, re the part of getting TWRP to work. So I used that just to be able to run the setprop commands. Worked perfectly. Having to use the other (non active) partition **may** have something to do with avoiding triggering any automatic code to switch partitions unnecessarily, not sure, but not going to experiment any further to find out
Again, do some research on that setprop command, one of the things you'll find is that it doesn't populate all the appropriate tables until 'after' the device has been rebooted. So doing a getprop directly after doing the setprop won't work, not until it's been rebooted.
cheers
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Oh by the way, i saw one part
"But TWRP is a recovery, not a boot image with the proper kernel, like the patched boot images. "
I think this is wrong (at least if TWRP team didn't change stuff), but all images are bootable images... (by all images i mean... boot.img recovery.img Flashing.img).
I once thought that they used a common kernel image, but in fact, all the booting process image has the kernel image copied (literally) to prevent brick. So even with a corrupted boot img, you still can boot into recovery or into download mode.
So that's why TWRP must have a kernel.
@ricardohnn, you seem hell bent on getting twrp to boot. Good luck. Let me know how that works out for you. In the meantime I'll be enjoying my cam2api working
cheers
AsItLies said:
@ricardohnn, you seem hell bent on getting twrp to boot. Good luck. Let me know how that works out for you. In the meantime I'll be enjoying my cam2api working
cheers
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Actually TWRP boots fine with fastboot boot...
ADB runs smooth, but it just won't keep.
But you've made me envy LOL
I will think about flashing... later...
ricardohnn said:
Actually TWRP boots fine with fastboot boot...
ADB runs smooth, but it just won't keep.
But you've made me envy LOL
I will think about flashing... later...
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What version of TWRP did you use, there is now two versions, I used last one, from a few days ago, and in first try I did manage to boot from fastboot, not flash it, but ADB did not worked.
So, if adb did work for you, maybe it was earlier version ?
Anyway, as you say, it is not permanent setprop, maybe because the twrp is not stable one, or maybe it needs to be flashed to work, not just booted.
I personally do not have doubts that this tutorial works, I just did not want to flash twrp. :good:
Note: I am no expert at this. I used this to get TWRP and root, but it there is no guarentee it won't brick your phone. Only do this if you know what your doing. Before you start you must have an unlocked bootloader, which will delete all your data. Here's the instructions (If you need help, feel free to post a comment):
Download Magisk's installer zip on your phone from https://forum.xda-developers.com/apps/magisk/official-magisk-v7-universal-systemless-t3473445 (Google Pay only works with Magisk v19.0+)
Download arter97's kernel .img to your PC. This kernel currently is the only reliable way to get TWRP. https://forum.xda-developers.com/razer-phone-2/development/arter97-kernel-razer-phone-2-t3914996
Reboot your phone into bootloader mode (Turn off then back on while holding vol down).
Make sure your phone is recognized by Windows before proceeding. Follow this guide to setup the proper drivers and fastboot.
Flash arter97's kernel by running
Code:
fastboot flash boot arter97-kernel-*.img
If you run into any issues, then you will probably need to specify the slot to flash. Reboot back into your system.
Turn on Android Debugging and run
Code:
adb shell getprop ro.boot.slot_suffix
and make note if the output is _a or _b
Reboot back into bootloader
If _a use
Code:
fastboot flash boot_a arter97-kernel-*.img
if _b use
Code:
fastboot flash boot_b arter97-kernel-*.img
Reboot to recovery (either through bootloader mode or hold vol up while rebooting).
Install the Magisk .zip from TWRP.
Be amazed by the possibilities.
Old instructions (Should always work to get root):
Download the factory image from here: https://developer.razer.com/razer-phone-dev-tools/
Extract and copy the boot.img file to your device
Download and install Magisk Manager. If you have an SD card make sure it's installed on your internal storage, not the SD card.
Tap install, select Patch Boot Image File, and select the boot.img (If using the default file manager click the overflow menu and show internal storage)
Copy the patched_boot.img back over to your PC
Flash the patched_boot.img to your device via fastboot (Turn off then back on while holding vol down) and run
Code:
fastboot flash boot patched_boot.img
.
If you run into any issues, then you will need to specify the slot to flash.
Turn on Android Debugging and run
Code:
adb shell getprop ro.boot.slot_suffix
and make note if the output is _a or _b
Reboot back into bootloader
If _a use
Code:
fastboot flash boot_a patched_boot.img
if _b use
Code:
fastboot flash boot_b patched_boot.img
Reboot, and open up magisk manager to confirm everything is working. After an OTA update you may have to re-apply due to it using a different slot.
Note: the phone wasn't properly recognized by my computer when in bootloader mode so I had to install the Google adb drivers and manually set the driver used to Google Bootloader Interface (or something like that)
I found you needed to specify boot_a or boot_b specifically as the bootloader tended to mess up the suffix(it tried "bootb_b"????). So I had to first run "fastboot getvar all" to check the current slot.
I also found the commands are executed much more reliably if you enter the command first and press enter so fastboot goes into the "waiting for device" state and then boot into the bootloader and afterwards plug in the cable so fastboot executes the command as soon as it connects.
figured itd be as easy as that. this will be my first up to date device in years, att sending it to me in the mail. should get it by the 6th . but glad to see theres root! hopefully lineage to follow <3
Twiggy000b said:
figured itd be as easy as that. this will be my first up to date device in years, att sending it to me in the mail. should get it by the 6th . but glad to see theres root! hopefully lineage to follow <3
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I know the feeling, my last device was the Nexus 5
my last "decent" device was the essential phone. then i went to the xperia xa2 ultra, then the iphone 6 then.... zte quest. -.-
CurtisMJ said:
I found you needed to specify boot_a or boot_b specifically as the bootloader tended to mess up the suffix(it tried "bootb_b"????). So I had to first run "fastboot getvar all" to check the current slot.
I also found the commands are executed much more reliably if you enter the command first and press enter so fastboot goes into the "waiting for device" state and then boot into the bootloader and afterwards plug in the cable so fastboot executes the command as soon as it connects.
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Lol, bootb_b:laugh:. For me at least it worked fine without specifying the slot, though I may change the instructions to specify the slot
CalebQ42 said:
With the release of the factory images we can achieve root via Magisk boot image patching. Note: I am no expert at this. I used this to achieve root, but it there is no guarentee it won't brick your phone. Only do this if you know what your doing. Before you start you must have an unlocked bootloader. Here's the instructions (If you need help, feel free to post a comment):
Download the factory image from here: https://developer.razer.com/razer-phone-dev-tools/
Extract and copy the boot.img file to your device
Download and install Magisk Manager. If you have an SD card make sure it's installed on your internal storage, not the SD card.
Tap install, select Patch Boot Image File, and select the boot.img (If using the default file manager click the overflow menu and show internal storage)
Copy the patched_boot.img back over to your PC
Flash the patched_boot.img to your device via fastboot (Turn off then back on while holding vol down and run `fastboot flash boot patched_boot.img`.
Reboot, and open up magisk manager to confirm everything is working.
Note: the phone wasn't properly recognized by my computer so I had to install the Google adb drivers and manually set the driver to Google Bootloader interface (or something like that)
I also tried to install some Android Pie GSIs, but none of them worked.
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Does this destroy all data? Do I need to unlock bootloader? Does it matter where I place the boot.img on my device?
CalebQ42 said:
Lol, bootb_b:laugh:. For me at least it worked fine without specifying the slot, though I may change the instructions to specify the slot
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Interesting. The bootloader isn't exactly what I'd call a masterpiece of coding (weird cause I still maintain the ROM is excellent) so it might have just been a momentary glitch.
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ctakah27 said:
Does this destroy all data? Do I need to unlock bootloader? Does it matter where I place the boot.img on my device?
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Yes, yes and not really (you get a file chooser so you just need to locate it)
I updated the post a bit with instructions on how to flash to a specific slot.
Tonight I'm going to try compiling TWRP for the first time ever (unless someone beats me to in). Wish me luck!
CalebQ42 said:
I updated the post a bit with instructions on how to flash to a specific slot.
Tonight I'm going to try compiling TWRP for the first time ever (unless someone beats me to in). Wish me luck!
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Good luck it's a easier process compare to years ago. I would do it but I have no need for root or custom recovery. If you fail on the TWRP I will do it in time for people.
Is this working on the AT&T version of this phone? Or would you need to flash the global firmware in order for this to work? Looking to upgrade to this phone and I want to be sure I can get root. The rest looks to be coming fairly quickly.
CalebQ42 said:
I updated the post a bit with instructions on how to flash to a specific slot.
Tonight I'm going to try compiling TWRP for the first time ever (unless someone beats me to in). Wish me luck!
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jonchance_84 said:
Is this working on the AT&T version of this phone? Or would you need to flash the global firmware in order for this to work? Looking to upgrade to this phone and I want to be sure I can get root. The rest looks to be coming fairly quickly.
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They have the image for AT&T
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Warrior1988 said:
They have the image for AT&T
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I see the separate firmware. I'm only asking because of past shadyness from AT&T trying to tell manufacturers what to do. Years ago on my Xperia x10, if on AT&T firmware, you needed to flash the global generic firmware to get around their crap.
CalebQ42 said:
With the release of the factory images we can achieve root via Magisk boot image patching. Note: I am no expert at this. I used this to achieve root, but it there is no guarentee it won't brick your phone. Only do this if you know what your doing. Before you start you must have an unlocked bootloader, which will delete all your data. Here's the instructions (If you need help, feel free to post a comment):
Download the factory image from here: https://developer.razer.com/razer-phone-dev-tools/
Extract and copy the boot.img file to your device
Download and install Magisk Manager. If you have an SD card make sure it's installed on your internal storage, not the SD card.
Tap install, select Patch Boot Image File, and select the boot.img (If using the default file manager click the overflow menu and show internal storage)
Copy the patched_boot.img back over to your PC
Flash the patched_boot.img to your device via fastboot (Turn off then back on while holding vol down) and run
Code:
fastboot flash boot patched_boot.img
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If you run into any issues, then you will need to specify the slot to flash.
Turn on Android Debugging and run
Code:
adb shell getprop ro.boot.slot_suffix
and make note if the output is _a or _b
Reboot back into bootloader
If _a use
Code:
fastboot flash boot_a patched_boot.img
if _b use
Code:
fastboot flash boot_b patched_boot.img
Reboot, and open up magisk manager to confirm everything is working. After an OTA update you may have to re-apply due to it using a different slot.
Note: the phone wasn't properly recognized by my computer so I had to install the Google adb drivers and manually set the driver to Google Bootloader interface (or something like that)
I also tried to install some Android Pie GSIs, but none of them worked.
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Would this procedure be the same as far as mac/win?
I understand all of that, I am simply asking if someone has tried this with the AT&T variant yet. I want to know before I go order this phone.
I love a rooted phone, but as far as I know, if you unlock the bootloader, Netflix will no longer work in HD mode. To me, this is a deal-breaker. If anyone knows about a work-around, I'd love to know.
Razer phone 2 root
so im kinda new to rooting this type of phone and to the android boot scheme in general. i have a razer phone 2 and have attempted (febaly) to root it using this meathod. after installing the google adb drivers i was unable to see the device from my pc when it was in fastboot and unable to send commands, after installing the drivers again with windows update it ran even though no device was detected with this message
">fastboot flash boot patched_boot.img
Sending 'boot_b' (19268 KB) OKAY [ 0.523s]
Writing 'boot_b' OKAY [ 0.179s]
Finished. Total time: 0.718s"
it then blackscreened, i then tried a factory reset from recovery, and it is now in a bootloop... any advice?
update: no longer in boot loop but now is full blackscreen after a glitchy install screen
andy1011 said:
so im kinda new to rooting this type of phone and to the android boot scheme in general. i have a razer phone 2 and have attempted (febaly) to root it using this meathod. after installing the google adb drivers i was unable to see the device from my pc when it was in fastboot and unable to send commands, after installing the drivers again with windows update it ran even though no device was detected with this message
">fastboot flash boot patched_boot.img
Sending 'boot_b' (19268 KB) OKAY [ 0.523s]
Writing 'boot_b' OKAY [ 0.179s]
Finished. Total time: 0.718s"
it then blackscreened, i then tried a factory reset from recovery, and it is now in a bootloop... any advice?
update: no longer in boot loop but now is full blackscreen after a glitchy install screen
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Since it's already wiped the easiest way to fix it is to probably flash the full factory image. Did you happen to update to the MR2 update prior to following this guide? Doing this on MR2 will soft brick. Not entirely sure in what way, but I assume it would be similar to what you experienced. If you were still on MR0 you can actually just fastboot flash the original kernel image to fix it. I just finished rooting MR2 so I'll post that next
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Since it's already wiped the easiest way to fix it is to probably flash the full factory image. Did you happen to update to the MR2 update prior to following this guide? Doing this on MR2 will soft brick. Not entirely sure in what way, but I assume it would be similar to what you experienced. If you were still on MR0 you can actually just fastboot flash the original kernel image to fix it. I just finished rooting MR2 so I'll post that next
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this is what im trying to do. however i have no way of flashing to the device as adb is unable to see the device.
andy1011 said:
this is what im trying to do. however i have no way of flashing to the device as adb is unable to see the device.
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Adb and fastboot are separate things. You should only need download mode and fastboot. What are you trying to use ADB for? If in doubt, the guide on Razer's website should be quite sufficient
EDIT: You can get to download mode by holding Vol Down and Power Button while the device is off. You can force reboot by holding down power for approx 15s as well
Hello all...
Just a quick question as I am reading and seeing so many different answers. I have the UNLOCKED US version OnePlus 8 Pro (IN2025) Which is currently running Oxygen OS 11.IN11AA (Android 11 Official). I have successfully unlocked the bootloader and am ready to root with Magisk. I am at a loss because I dont know which Magisk to use or how to properly flash it. I have Magisk Manager 8.0.2 and have Magisk version 21.0
I have also downloaded the patched boot image from here... https://forum.xda-developers.com/oneplus-8-pro/how-to/root-patched-boot-img-android-11-op8-t4174919
What am I doing wrong? Can someone please just give me a quick rundown... I am not new to rooting just haven't done in in over a year. Thank you!
Don't think your doing anything wrong, just need to get that image on your pc, and fastboot flash it to both a/b slots then reboot your phone and you should have root available
adb reboot bootloader
fastboot boot (name of image).img - Try this one first as it just allows you to see if the phone boots up fine, if it does reboot back into the bootloader and then do the following...
fastboot flash boot_a (name of image).img
fastboot flash boot_b (name of image).img
fastboot reboot
How do I get Magisk 21.0 to install through Magisk Manager?
You don't, that's why you've downloaded a patched img, that has been patched with magisk already, just need to flash it accordingly
CraigHardy said:
You don't, that's why you've downloaded a patched img, that has been patched with magisk already, just need to flash it accordingly
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This is what I am getting after following your directions to a T!
I also flashed to both partitions. Please see attachments. I sent 2 screenshots.
You don't do the install from magisk, have to copy the patched img to a pc where you have adb/fastboot installed then install from command prompt
CraigHardy said:
You don't do the install from magisk, have to copy the patched img to a pc where you have adb/fastboot installed then install from command prompt
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I did not do the install through Magisk Manager I did the install via adb and fastboot in fastboot mode. It Said flash successful. But when I go into Magisk Manager after rebooting, nothing changes.
Doesn't work. Download the patched image, put it on the phone, use magisk canary manager to patch it again, transfer it off your phone, then boot into Fastboot and flash it.
It has to be patched in the phone it will be installed to otherwise it will not work.
akinkoff85 said:
I did not do the install through Magisk Manager I did the install via adb and fastboot in fastboot mode. It Said flash successful. But when I go into Magisk Manager after rebooting, nothing changes.
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Use the beta magisk.
Re-patch it in your newly updated magisk manager then flash to both slots..
Also verify the size of the file prior to flashing.. Mine was 96MB
Here is the exact size.
Problem uploading image
I am a little confused now... I uninstalled root for a few days and now have the second release of android 11... I am in fastboot mode doing fastboot flash boot... then the file name and all it says is waiting for device?? Any help??
dladz said:
Use the beta magisk.
Re-patch it in your newly updated magisk manager then flash to both slots..
Also verify the size of the file prior to flashing.. Mine was 96MB
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Indeed, using the beta version worked for me! Thanks for the tip!
imval said:
Indeed, using the beta version worked for me! Thanks for the tip!
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No worries man, glad you're sorted
CraigHardy said:
Don't think your doing anything wrong, just need to get that image on your pc, and fastboot flash it to both a/b slots then reboot your phone and you should have root available
adb reboot bootloader
fastboot boot (name of image).img - Try this one first as it just allows you to see if the phone boots up fine, if it does reboot back into the bootloader and then do the following...
fastboot flash boot_a (name of image).img
fastboot flash boot_b (name of image).img
fastboot reboot
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What is the explanation as to why one needs to fastboot flash Magisk to both slots instead of using the following command:
adb reboot bootloader
fastboot getvar current-slot
*in my case Slot B*
fastboot flash boot_b magisk_patched.img
fastboot reboot
rodken said:
What is the explanation as to why one needs to fastboot flash Magisk to both slots instead of using the following command:
adb reboot bootloader
fastboot getvar current-slot
*in my case Slot B*
fastboot flash boot_b magisk_patched.img
fastboot reboot
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You can, however flashing to both slots is seemingly easier.
Personally I wouldn't flash at all.
Just boot to avoid the possibility of a bad boot.
akinkoff85 said:
Hello all...
Just a quick question as I am reading and seeing so many different answers. I have the UNLOCKED US version OnePlus 8 Pro (IN2025) Which is currently running Oxygen OS 11.IN11AA (Android 11 Official). I have successfully unlocked the bootloader and am ready to root with Magisk. I am at a loss because I dont know which Magisk to use or how to properly flash it. I have Magisk Manager 8.0.2 and have Magisk version 21.0
I have also downloaded the patched boot image from here... https://forum.xda-developers.com/oneplus-8-pro/how-to/root-patched-boot-img-android-11-op8-t4174919
What am I doing wrong? Can someone please just give me a quick rundown... I am not new to rooting just haven't done in in over a year. Thank you!
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Watch this video it helped me out allot
dladz said:
You can, however flashing to both slots is seemingly easier.
Personally I wouldn't flash at all.
Just boot to avoid the possibility of a bad boot.
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I did not know that one can just boot a magisk_patched.img instead of flashing.
rodken said:
I did not know that one can just boot a magisk_patched.img instead of flashing.
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It's preferable.
There are some things to note.
1st. You are only booting it, meaning if you reboot; you will start using the installed / flashed image and the booted image will be lost.
2nd. For the above reason. If you want to make root permanent you have to open magisk after opening and then click install - install directly.
As magisk will already have root access, it will be able to accomplish patching, if you tried this whilst unrooted it would fail, or not be an option.
3rd. By booting you avoid the potential bootloop problems you can and almost will have at some point if you always flash, bad images are pretty rife for a number of reasons.
I've got a large guide for rooting in the guides section which covers all the bases and their shortcomings /benefits.
Hey,
so yesterday I tried to install TWRP recovery.
While trying I assume that I hard bricked the phone and got the message that the current image has been destroyed and cant boot.
I've tried using MSM but the device wasnt recognized, I installed the qualcomm usb drivers and it worked for some time but still wasnt recognized in MSM.
Now I have the problem that when I plug it in, it only shows the above mentiond message. When I shut it off and press vol +/- it then goes into fastboot but cycles through it and is still only shown as android device in the device manager.
I'm using the usb 2.0 and original OP cable. Build number was IN2023...c.36, A12 and OOS12
ADB does not work, fastboot commands still work while it is in the fastboot cycle.
Does someone have any solutions for that?
Thanks
How did you "install" twrp?
via fastboot? or through booted twrp? Because from what i read, twrp or orangefox likes to patch boot image instead of flashing recovery partition.
So my suggestion is to flash via fastboot original boot.img and recovery.img
I watched a tutorial for that. I tried to get it running through fastboot but as I mentioned it didnt work out that well.
Do you know where I can get the original boot.img and recovery.img? I found other versions but not the one that I had
w4rdl0rd said:
I watched a tutorial for that. I tried to get it running through fastboot but as I mentioned it didnt work out that well.
Do you know where I can get the original boot.img and recovery.img? I found other versions but not the one that I had
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You need to download EU OOS12 C36 FULL Package (i found it in this forum here), extract it via payload dumper and after that you will have every .img which is used to flash. Then you will need to go to folder where you have fastboot.exe, click shift+right mouse button and click open command prompt here.
Next: fastboot commands.
First (it's optional, but you will know that your device is "connected" via fastboot)
fastboot devices
you should have output, and if it's that then:
fastboot flash boot <drag boot.img file>
by dragging file, system automatically fill location of this boot file, next
fastboot flash recovery <drag recovery.img file>
and then
fastboot reboot
If you have questions, then ask
Thank you, it finally works
ShadoV90 said:
You need to download EU OOS12 C36 FULL Package (i found it in this forum here), extract it via payload dumper and after that you will have every .img which is used to flash. Then you will need to go to folder where you have fastboot.exe, click shift+right mouse button and click open command prompt here.
Next: fastboot commands.
First (it's optional, but you will know that your device is "connected" via fastboot)
fastboot devices
you should have output, and if it's that then:
fastboot flash boot <drag boot.img file>
by dragging file, system automatically fill location of this boot file, next
fastboot flash recovery <drag recovery.img file>
and then
fastboot reboot
If you have questions, then ask
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I'm now somehow stuck in recovery. So after I select the language I get the message "system error, after select language, please select Online update". When I try to format data I'm getting back to recovery. Maybe you can tell me how to proceed since I don't really know what to search for
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I'm now somehow stuck in recovery. So after I select the language I get the message "system error, after select language, please select Online update". When I try to format data I'm getting back to recovery. Maybe you can tell me how to proceed since I don't really know what to search for
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Wait... system can't boot up?
ShadoV90 said:
Wait... system can't boot up?
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yeah, it goes always back to recovery
Hmm... Then i'm afraid that MSM is now your only option. Sincerely, i never used that, so i found thread with guide how to do it.
Look please here, read carefully, and i hope you will be able to recovery your device.
I guess it will rollback your system to OOS11.
PS. Give feedback if it was succesfull (or not).
Right now I tried to do again the steps you mentioned. When I dragged the boot file into command prompt I got the message that the .img file is damaged. Maybe that is the reason for not booting up. When I first did it I also received the message but after dragging it a second time over it was still installed.
I also tried downloading the firmware from the op website, extracting everything via the payload dumper and installing everything as you mentioned. Like that I was stuck in fastboot.
Thanks for your help, maybe it will work
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Right now I tried to do again the steps you mentioned. When I dragged the boot file into command prompt I got the message that the .img file is damaged. Maybe that is the reason for not booting up. When I first did it I also received the message but after dragging it a second time over it was still installed.
I also tried downloading the firmware from the op website, extracting everything via the payload dumper and installing everything as you mentioned. Like that I was stuck in fastboot.
Thanks for your help, maybe it will work
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I hope it will work.
BTW, next time when you will try recovery like twrp or orangefox, don't flash it but boot it via fastboot.
fastboot boot <drag file of twrp/orangefox>
If it will work, and everything will work, then use fastboot flash recovery <drag file of twrp/orangefox>
Don't flash it via twrp/orangefox, because like i said, it will probably try to patch boot partition and in result boot will be unusable.
thanks for the advice, I'll try it next time or when I get it running again
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thanks for the advice, I'll try it next time or when I get it running again
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I have one more idea. I thought about changing active slots in fastboot. Normally on inactive slot is fully working rom before update to c36. With proper boot etc. So when you change active slot, you should have fully working ROM. Problem is that you must figure out which slot is your active now.
Normally this command is fastboot getvar all and it should show you wall of text and information (bootloader) current_slot: a (or b)
then you can switch active slots (if you see other slot is bootable).
There are two methods:
1. Checking active slots and if current active slot is A then in fastboot type this
fastboot set_active b otherwise fastboot set_active a
2. Idk if it will work here, but there is a command fastboot set_active other which just switch active slot no matter what it was earlier.
But sincerely idk what will happen if you will switch to unpopulated slot. I think if you upgrade your phone normally or didn't erase this inactive slot, it should be populated with previous version of ROM.
When i installed OOS12 and due to destroying my boot image i switched slots i was able to run A11 xD
ShadoV90 said:
I have one more idea. I thought about changing active slots in fastboot. Normally on inactive slot is fully working rom before update to c36. With proper boot etc. So when you change active slot, you should have fully working ROM. Problem is that you must figure out which slot is your active now.
Normally this command is fastboot getvar all and it should show you wall of text and information (bootloader) current_slot: a (or b)
then you can switch active slots (if you see other slot is bootable).
There are two methods:
1. Checking active slots and if current active slot is A then in fastboot type this
fastboot set_active b otherwise fastboot set_active a
2. Idk if it will work here, but there is a command fastboot set_active other which just switch active slot no matter what it was earlier.
But sincerely idk what will happen if you will switch to unpopulated slot. I think if you upgrade your phone normally or didn't erase this inactive slot, it should be populated with previous version of ROM.
When i installed OOS12 and due to destroying my boot image i switched slots i was able to run A11 xD
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I tried/am trying to get MSM working. It connected now in edl, in MSM it still freezes. No matter what I do it has the status "waiting for communication".
If I remember correctly then there was somethin with ..._b. But since I've closed the command prompt I can't look it up anymore.
I'll try to change slots and let you know if there will be a result.
With MSM there is one problem. After succesful operation your phone will be locked. I mean bootloader will be locked.
I did as you wrote...it works fine now. I think. There is still A12 and OOS12 installed but it is lagging a bit.
I attached a screenshot of the terminal with the slots. Does having switched them pose some problem? Do I have to switch them back?
Just check if you have an update. If you have, then install it via system update. For now, you have working system. Now you have much more possibilities to use. Like if you don't have update you can apply manually one which you downloaded. In system ofc.
There are no updates, there is the most recent version installed.
Thank you for the help in solving it
w4rdl0rd said:
There are no updates, there is the most recent version installed.
Thank you for the help in solving it
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So, this is C36 installed?
yeah there is c36 installed