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[*GUIDE*] Bypassing that seemingly unsurmountable Google Sign-In

Alright all you legacy device lovers, lol, go get your HTC Mytouch 3G devices (probably all sapphire devices, haven't tried on others) that are stuck on that annoyingly persistent Google Sign-In screen outta of the junk drawer and get ready to get some use out of it. I've really only seen a few solutions, touching the four corners, lol, really? never seen that work but its everywhere so it must have at some point, and some other vague or ineffective methods. I have done this over and over just to make sure it wasn't some sorta fluke or lucky button press. That being said i no longer have the devices cause i was unlocking it for a friend that used too many wrong pin codes, so if you see some mistakes, plz let me know.
But first, let me cover my a**, lol
I AM NOT RESPONSIBLE FOR ANY BRICK, BROKEN, EXPLODING, OR TRANSFORMING DEVICES.
USE THIS GUIDE AT YOUR OWN RISK. YOU ARE HENCEFORTH INFORMED.
LMAO, Alright now that's over with. I can say that, although seemingly complicated, if you mess this up then you should have left it in the junk drawer cause its pretty hard to mess it up. I will also include the steps taken to get custom recovery and cm6 on the device as well. The main thing is getting the right files.
It was running Android 1.6.
View attachment 2167592
These are the files you will need:
1.Rom Manager 2.5.0.4
2.Universal AndRoot 1.5.3
3.Root Explorer
4.Terminal Emulator
5.My html hack.View attachment html_hack.zipl
6.Cyanogenmod 6.1
7.Gapps zip
Put all these files at the root of your sdcard, extract html_hack.zip to the root of the sdcard and insert into phone..Also add at least one picture to the DCIM/Camera folder.
Alright, Now that you have the files lets start the fun stuff.
1. Of course power device on normally.
2. Once at the "Click the Android to start" screen, Press Emergency Dialer in the bottom left.
3. Dial the Test Screen Dialer Code. "*#*#4636#*#*".
4. Touch Phone Information at the top.
5. Press the Menu button when the Phone Info screen pops up and touch View Sim Address Book.
6. If you have contacts stored on your SIM Card, just touch any of them. If not add one by pressing menu i think.
7.When the edit contact screen comes up, click the image at the top left that is the image for the contact
8.The gallery will come up, press the menu button and touch Capture Image.
9.When the camera app opens, click the gallery shortcut in the top right corner.
10, Long press on any of the images in your gallery and touch Share on the right.
11.Press Messaging from the list that pops up.
12. In the Recipient field press any random 10 digit number and in the text field enter "Google.com"
13. Hit send, of course it will not send and give you some network unavailable message. now click "Google.com" in the message you just attempted to send, which will bring you to the Browser.
14. long press the menu button, and in the text field type "content://com.android.htmlfileprovider/sdcard/html_hack.html"
15. Now click the Root explorer link and it'll show a warning about unknown sources, click Settings.
16. Touch the Unknown Sources checkbox and while you are there click Development and enable USB Debugging.
17. click back to the web browser and click Root Explorer again and Install.
18. Once installed open Root Explorer.
19. Browse to your sdcard and click the Universal Androot file and install.
20. Once installed open the app, make sure android 1.5/1.6 Superuser is selected and click the Root button.
21. Now click back till you get to the browser again and install Root Explorer again and open.
22. This time though you should see the superuser dialog pop up. Of course click Allow.
23. Again browse to your sdcard and install Terminal Emulator, and open it. Allow superuser.
24. Alright now for the awesome part, in terminal emulator type:
Code:
su
am start -a android.intent.MAIN -n com.android.settings/.Settings
Which should open the settings menu.
25. Now navigate to the Wireless menu and enable WIFI and select a WIFI connection.
Thats the bypass. alot of steps right, lol, but it works.
26. Now press the back button all the way back to the "Click the Android to start" screen and procede with activation.
alright Now you are in your phone.
27. Go to the stock Market app and download Busybox by Stephen and install the app. Install busybox from the app.
28. Now go back to root explorer and browse to the sdcard and install Rom Manager. Open it and Allow superuser.
29. now click Install Clockworkmod Recovery and select the appropriate device. This will probably kick you back to the home screen.
30. Open Rom Manager again and reboot into recovery.
31. From CWM Recovery select install zip from sdcard and select the Cyanogenmod 6 zip file. Let this complete then reboot. This will of course take a while.
32. Once booted back up click the android then skip and skip. Then confirm the location stuff.
33. Open Rom Manager again and reboot into recovery and pick install zip from sdcard and select the gapps zip and install.
34 Once it's finished, reboot and you are all set. Root, Busybox, CWM Recovery and cm6 with google apps is yours. Congrats.
Buddhaja

COMPLETE GUIDE: Installing Android 11 with GApps and Rooted System with Magisk on Razer Phone 2

Update: At the time of writing this, I completely forgot that I am running Linux Mint - Cinnamon 20.1 on my laptop, which connects the bluetooth with my phone just fine. However, it did NOT work when I booted into windows and tried it. I am not sure why this is, but just beware. I recommend that you look into it yourself and see if you can find a resolution that works for you if you aren't using a linux os.
Hi everyone, after using another guide on here by Marcos8760, I noticed that there were a lot of things missing from the steps layed out, and decided to create my own guide with every step that should be done to have a fully functional Razer 2 with Android 11 OS. I will be using a part of his guide in this tutorial, and the link to his if you want to check it out is: https://forum.xda-developers.com/t/guide-android-11-gsi-with-gapps-and-root-magisk.4216117/
**DISCLAIMER**
First, I am not responsible for any bricked devices or errors that occur. This is completely at your own risk.
Second, this OS is NOT supported by Verizon. If you use Verizon then this will not be able to work on your phone.
Third, MAKE SURE that you have backed up all your files and data before doing this, again, I am not responsible
for you losing your data, because you will lose it if it isn't backed up, and I have warned you to do so.
Fourth, any commands will be in '' quotes, do not type these into your own cmd window, they are just to indicate what the commands are.
Last, This is not a troubleshooting guide, I am not covering how to fix errors, only simply how to install and get working with the Android 11 GSI. If there are errors please try to do research and resolve them on your own.
Before we begin anything, we need a few tools. These are the download links to all the files you will need to complete this process.
1. You will need a program such as WinRar, 7zip, or my personal fav, WinZip, to be able to extract these files, make sure you have one of these installed before proceeding.
2. We need to have a backup of the stock firmware in case of any kind of bootlooping or other bricking that might occur that you can revert back to. Extract this.
Link: https://s3.amazonaws.com/cheryl-factory-images/aura-p-release-3201-user-full.zip
3. This is the link to the GSI we will be installing. If you want a rooted system, you need to download system-roar-arm64-ab-vndklite-gapps.img.xz file. This will allow you to install Magisk and enable Google's Play Protect which is what this guide will be about, of course you can choose your own, however you will have to figure out how to get play protect certified yourself. Extract This.
https://github.com/phhusson/treble_experimentations/releases
4. We need the kernel that allows TWRP to be installed, which is the file manager we will be using for some of the programs we need to install, as well as being able to boot the phone up during this process. Extract This.
https://github.com/francisrosario/a...load/4.0/TrinityKernel-kernel-r4-20200512.zip
5. This is a file system program used to write large scale data with much faster read and write speeds for Linux and Android systems alike. Here is a link to learn more about it: https://c.mi.com/thread-2487060-1-0.html
*DL link: https://arter97.com/browse/aura/f2fs/20190114/f2fs_fstab.zip
*Leave this as a zip file, you just simply need to save it.
6. Here is the link to the latest Magisk version. (Needed to root the device) Leave as zip file.
https://github.com/topjohnwu/Magisk/releases/tag/v21.3
7. We need a program called VoLTE Fix-It. This is needed to enable your mobile network and data for LTE on this GSI.
*https://github.com/KhushrajRathod/VoLTE-Fix
*Just press the green 'Code' button and download as zip. Leave this as a zip file as well.
8. We need the Android ADB Driver to be able to enter commands to install everything.
https://developer.android.com/studio/run/win-usb Click download zip, accept agreement, and download and extract.
9. We need Android SDK Platform Tools to be able to run fastboot and adb commands. Extract this.
https://developer.android.com/studio/releases/platform-tools
10. Lastly, (I promise), you need the Qualcomm Android USB Driver. The link explains why. Extract this and go through the setup and install.
https://gsmusbdrivers.com/download/android-qualcomm-usb-driver/
Now we can begin the process.
First, copy all of the files in the aura-p-release folder, and paste them into the platform tools folder where all of those files are. Then enable USB debugging on your phone. Go to settings, click on About Phone, scroll to bottom and tap "Build Number' 7 times. You are now in dev mode. Search in the search bar for usb debug, tap it, then enable it and select allow.
To install the Android ADB driver, right click on start (Windows icon in bottom left of task bar), select device manager. Then we need to go into fastboot mode. Hold both volume buttons and power button down, be patient, it takes a second. When the screen goes black immediately press and hold the Volume down button for at least 3-5 seconds until a screen comes up that has an option to 'Restart Bootloader' at the top. Now we can install the driver. You should have device manager open, an option called 'Other devices' should come up, with Android that has a yellow exclamation mark by it. If it doesn't, unplug and replug the phone's usb, and it should. Once that shows up, right click and select update driver. Select Browse computer, select Let me pick. Show All devices should be selected, if not, go ahead and do so, then click next. Select 'Have Disk', Select Android ADB Interface, click browse and go to the folder where you downloaded the ADB driver, then select 'android_winusb' and click ok. Click ok again, a warning will come up, you don't need to worry it is needed to install this OS, so go ahead and click yes. It should install, you can close out when it is finished.
Next, in file explorer open the folder with all of the platform tools and aura-p-release files. Erase what is in the address bar, and type 'cmd', press enter. This will open a command prompt window in this location. Now, type in the cmd window, 'fastboot devices' and a serial number should show up. If not, then you have done something wrong or missed a step and need to uninstall the driver and go back into fastboot mode and do it again, or refer to the last disclaimer I made. Now, if the serial number did show, we can proceed. First we need to unlock the bootloader (if it isn't already) to be able to root and install. Type in the cmd window 'fastboot flashing unlock' and press enter, a confirmation should pop up on the device, use the volume buttons to navigate and the power button to select and confirm. When thats done, type in 'fastboot flashing unlock_critical', again a confirmation should come up so just do the same.
We can get into the meat of the installation process now.
You should still be in fastboot mode. In the cmd window, type 'fastboot flash system' and drag and drop the system-roar file you downloaded and extracted in file explorer into the cmd window.
Your command will look a little something like this: fastboot flash system C:\Users\user\Desktop\system-roar-arm64-ab-gapps.img
The file path will be different depending on where you downloaded the image to.
Wait until it says complete or something similar like done and has no errors. Then, its time to flash the kernel. Navigate to the where you downloaded the TrinityKernel file, open it. There should be a .img filed simply called 'boot.img'. Go back to your cmd window, and we will be typing in: "fastboot flash boot" then drag and drop the boot.img file, like you did with the system file, again, wait until it says done or complete and has no errors.
After that is done, use the volume buttons to select restartt bootloader with your power button on your phone. When it reboots, go to recovery mode, check never show this screen, and swipe where it says to swipe. Go to the wipe menu and then tap on format data. Type yes and then press enter/ok. Go back to your computer and open file explorer.
Next, copy and paste the f2fs zip file using windows explorer into the Razer 2's internal storage.
Head back to your phone, and press install. Scroll down until you find the zip file and press it and install it. (ignore the errors that may or may not be there) After that go back to the TWRP home screen, button that looks like a house at the bottom in the middle, go to the reboot menu, then reboot into recovery. When it reboots, go to wipe menu, and tap on format data and type in "yes" and tap ok again. Click on "don't install" because you don't need the TWRP app on your phone.
Next we need to install magisk to enable google play protect cert and have a rooted system. Just do the exact same thing that you just did with the f2fs file, except do not format data this time.
Select mount and check all the boxes. Go back to home page and select install, scroll to magisk and swipe to install.
Now, this is where you have to make a big decision. Bluetooth on this rom is a fickle son of a gun. I have tried to make it work on a pc that doesn't have bluetooth software built into it for a very lengthy amount of time, trying all sorts of things. The only way I could get it to connect is by setting it as a device to control with my keyboard and mouse. Maybe you will have better luck, but I have confirmed that the bluetooth works on devices with already built in bluetooth software. It works perfectly on my laptop and in my car. So, if you want to proceed with this, then I will tell you, if not, you can skip over it.
Select advanced on the home menu, go to file manager, select vendor then overlay. delete BOTH the bluetoothcommon.apk and razeraurabluetooth.apk.
This step applies to those who skipped the bt part as well. Go back to home, select reboot and click system, when it reboots, select allow usb debugging, DO NOT DO ANYTHING ELSE. THIS IS CRITICAL. Go back to your cmd window and type "adb devices", a serial number should show, then type the following cmds in order: "adb root", "adb shell", "mount -o remount,rw /", "mv /bin/resetprop_phh /bin/phh-resetprop" - if this one gives an error saying its in use, don't worry, just do the next cmd, which is "phh-securize.sh"
If the 3rd cmd gave the error, the last cmd will ask if you want to confirm it, click y for yes for each option it gives, it should go thru and the device should reboot.
Now then, it may seem slow during set up, but set it up like normal. Everything should be well and good. after you finish setup, to enable better fps, go into settings, select phh settings, select misc features, scroll down to and click on 'force fps', select the last option to have 120fps, but you have to do it twice because for some reason it doesn't change to the very last option the first time.
Now, we have to setup your mobile network with volte, it is a program that allows LTE coverage from your carrier to enable data on custom gsi roms. Now, go to the volte fix it zip file in file explorer, copy paste to the phone's internal storage. Go into fastboot mode, select recovery, it will boot into twrp. Do the same thing as the other zip files, install then select and swipe. Now press home button and select reboot, click system. Go to phh settings, click ims features, check the boxes on the bottom 2 options, click on create ims apn, it wont do anything, then click install ims apk, when it is done a notification will pop up on the bottom that says to reboot, you may now reboot the phone. Once it is booted up, go to network and internet, select mobile network, change pref network type to lte, then enable volte. You should have full service of your mobile network.
There are a few last things. The default camera sucks, I've tested some from the play store, and YouCam is by far the best free camera you can get from there. 2nd, to enable the backlight on the Razer 2, download and install logo+ apk, grant it root perms, and you can select the effects and colors you want it to be. This should be everything to get you going on the gsi. If you want to do custom things like custom boot animations or alarm sounds or whatever, download either root browser or pay for root explorer on the play store, and you can look up how to do whatever you want and you can do it through one of those. There it is. Enjoy the new os and have fun with it!
**IF YOU DO RUN INTO A BOOTLOOP OR ANY SORT OF BRICKING, RETURN TO FASTBOOT MODE BY HOLDING POWER, AND HOLD VOL DOWN WHEN THE SCREEN TURNS BLACK. You can go into platform folder, find the flash_all.bat file, double click and it should bring the phone back to original stock, and you can start over. IF YOU HAVE ANY OTHER ERRORS DURING THIS PROCESS PLEASE TRY TO FIND THE RESOLUTION YOURSELF. This is NOT a troubleshooting guide.**

Nice guide!

The link in Step 4 is broken.

hey i am attempting to install VOLTE because my data works just fine, but i cant make any calls from my phone. I get the error `mobile network is not available` but my data not connected to wifi works. Any ideas. I followed your instructions to a T. i am also on verizon RP2 on Havoc OS if that helps
Thank you Ahead of time!

[ROM] [HOW TO] Install Pixel Experience Plus V12.1 on Samsung Galaxy S20 (SM-G980F) (x1s)

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PixelExperience Plus for Samsung Galaxy S20 [x1s] [SM-G980F]
What's working?
-Almost everything, only some minor bugs
DON'T FLASH GAPPS, ALREADY INCLUDED
Hi everyone !!!
A few days ago I succesfully installed the pixel experience gsi rom on my Samsung galaxy s20 (sm-g980f) (x1s). I made a YouTube tutorial on how to install it if you're interested. I'll leave all the details below if you're interested. Don't hesitate to ask questions if you have any !!
YouTube Sep by Step Tutorial
Download Links
Necessary Installation Files
Necessary Commands List
If you wish to download the files directly from their sources please visit these pages:
Platform tools https://developer.android.com/studio/releases/platform-tools
Odin https://www.odinflash.com/download
TWRP Recovery https://dl.twrp.me/x1s/
Pixel Experience GSI (Extract the downloaded file) https://github.com/ponces/treble_build_pe/releases
Magisk (If you want root) https://github.com/topjohnwu/Magisk/releases/tag/v24.3
Steps to Install Pixel Experience Plus v12.1 on Samsung Galaxy S20 (x1s)
Unlock the bootloader
1. Go to your phone's settings
2. Scroll down and click on the "About phone" section
3. Click on "Software information"
4. Tap on the build number several times until you see a message saying "Developer mode has been turned on"
5. Go back to the settings homepage
6. Scroll down to the very bottom and select the "Developer options" section
7. Enable the "OEM unlocking" option
8. Scroll down and enable the "USB Debugging" Option
9. Connect your phone to your computer with a USB cable
10. Turn off your phone
12. When you see the screen turn off, press volume up + volume down at the same time
13. When you see the blue "Warning" screen, long press the volume up button
14. When you see the "Unlock bootloader" screen quickly press the volume up button and when the screen turns off, press volume up + volume down at the same time.
Install TWRP Custom Recovery
15. Go to your computer and download the necessary files for the installation listed above
16. Open the downloaded folder and click on the "Odin" sub-folder
17. Open the "Samsung Driver" folder
18. Click on the "Download" link
19. On your browser, choose the latest version of the Samsung Drivers
20. Scroll down and click on the blue button saying "Mirror 1"
21. Click on the "Download" button
22. Open the folder and open the exe file starting with "Samsung USB Driver"
23. Install the drivers using the setup wizard
24. Go back to the folder that I linked above and open the "Odin" sub-folder
25. Open the exe file starting with "Odin3_v3.14.4"
26. Click on the "Ok" button on the popup
27. Verify that your device is recognized by "Odin" (Go to the upper left hand corner and look for a bar with the word "COM" and a number after it.) (Go to the "log" section and look for a message saying "added")
28. Go to the right of your screen and click on the "AP" button / partition
29. Open the folder that I linked above and select the file starting with "twrp"
30. Go to the left of your screen and click on the "Options" section
31. Disable "auto-reboot"
32. Go to the bottom of your screen and click on the "Start" button
33. Wait for the program to flash the custom recovery
34. When the flashing is done you should see a green "PASS" message in the upper left hand corner of your screen
Install Pixel Experience GSI
35. Pick up your phone
36. Press volume down + power keys at the same time until the screen turns off
37. When the screen turns off, press volume up + power
38. Wait for your phone to boot into TWRP recovery
39. Once your phone boots, go to the "Wipe" section
40. Select "Format Data", type the word "Yes" and hit enter
41. Go back to the TWRP home screen and select "Wipe" again
42. Tap on "Advanced wipe"
43. Select "Dalvik / ART Cache" "Data" and "Cache"
44. Slide the "Swipe to wipe" slider
45. Go back to the TWRP home screen and tap on the "Reboot section"
46. Click on "Fastboot" and wait for your phone to reboot
47. Go to your computer and open the folder that I linked above
48. Open the "Platform-tools (name of your OS)" folder
49. Open a terminal or command window on your computer
50. Drag the "fastboot" file on your platform tools folder over to the command window
51. Leave a space on your command window and type the word "devices"
52. Hit enter. If you see your phone's serial number next to the word "fastboot" your device is being recognized.
53. Go back to the "Platform tools folder" and again, drag the "fastboot" file to the terminal
54. Leave a space and type --disable verification flash vbmeta
55. Go to the folder that I linked above and drag the vbmeta.img file to the terminal
56. Hit enter. When you see the message "Finished. Total time.." on your terminal the flashing is done
57. Go to the "Platform tools" folder and once again, drag the "fastboot" file to the terminal
58. Leave a space and type "erase system"
59. Hit enter. When you see the message "Finished. Total time.." on your terminal your system has been erased
60. Go to the "Platform tools" folder and once again, drag the "fastboot" file to the terminal
61. Leave a space and type "flash system"
62. Go to the folder linked above and drag the "Pixel Experience Plus.....img" file to the terminal
63. Hit enter. When you see the message "Finished. Total time.." on your terminal the flashing is done
64. Pick up your phone and click on "Reboot". Then click on "Recovery"
65. Connect a USB drive to your computer
66. Go to the folder linked above and copy the files named "Magisk v.24.3 apk" and "disable encryption.zip" to your USB
67. Eject the USB from the computer and connect it to your phone via an OTG cable
68. Pick up your phone and go to the "Mount" section in TWRP
69. Scroll down and select "USB OTG"
70. Go back to the TWRP homepage and click on "Install"
71. Tap on "Select Storage" and click on "USB OTG"
72. Look for the "disable encryption.zip" file and select it
73. Swipe the "Swipe to confirm flash" slider
74. Wait for the zip file to flash
75. Go back to your USB storage and select the "Magisk v.24.3.apk" file
76. Swipe the "Swipe to confirm flash" slider
77. Wait for the apk file to flash
78. Click on "Reboot system"
79. Set-up your new ROM !!
ENJOY !!!
Screenshots

how is the battery life on this compared to one ui?

Borkode said:
how is the battery life on this copared to one ui?
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Battery drains a little bit faster than with One UI, but nothing significant.

samsung s20+Can I brush the machine？

I'm on Samsung S20+ Snapdragon and stuck on TWRP fastboot mode, fastboot devices doesn't show up my list devices, is there any way to install the ROM besides fastboot? Or can you troubleshoot why my TRWP fastboot mode doesn't get recognized?

Can I ask, are there any bugs? Does everything work, like 5g and volte/vowifi?

Will it work with S20 FE?

120 hz working?

bigPAL said:
Will it work with S20 FE?
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yes

ok

Borkode said:
yes
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I did not find an option to activate the 120hz , do you have any specific tips for this ?

Tomilly said:
I did not find an option to activate the 120hz , do you have any specific tips for this ?
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Should work, what's the problem?

Borkode said:
yes
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also on snapdragon?

No magic I guess, no volte/vowifi am I wrong?

rjshooter said:
I'm on Samsung S20+ Snapdragon and stuck on TWRP fastboot mode, fastboot devices doesn't show up my list devices, is there any way to install the ROM besides fastboot? Or can you troubleshoot why my TRWP fastboot mode doesn't get recognized?
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I don'tthink that you can use the snapdragon model...

Please update the download link

Hallo!anyone have installed last PE 13 on s20/s20+?
Any issues on fingerprint?
thanks a lot

No, only on the microphone and face recognition
m.abbate said:
Hallo!anyone have installed last PE 13 on s20/s20+?
Any issues on fingerprint?
thanks a lot
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tnks
version 2023.04.21 right?
i backup my configuration and try.....

Hi!
I get this error. Cant boot into recovery.
Is it because the S20 had OneUI5 installed?
Think i did every step right before this.
Could it be easier to install LineageOS.
Or, do i have to roll back to OneUI4 or something, before installing custom OS?
Doing it for the first time

[HOW TO] Install Android 13 Beta on Samsung S20 Series

Hello everyone !! I recently installed the latest android 13 beta 3.3 on my Samsung Galaxy S20. I wanted to make a guide to show you the installation process. This is a GSI of android 13 ported from the google pixel 5, therefore there are a few things that don't work properly (I will list them below). If you have any questions or issues with installation please don't hesitate to ask and I'll do my best to help you !! Hope you find this guide helpful !!
Issues / Bugs
- No biometrics (No face unlock or fingerprint scannner)
- No always on display (only screen saver available)
- No auto-brightnees
- No sound on notifications
Pre-requisites
- Unlocked bootloader
- TWRP Recovery
YouTube Step by Step Tutorial
Download Installation Files:
2.7 GB folder on MEGA
32 files and 5 subfolders
mega.nz
How to Install Android 13 Beta 3.3 on Samsung S20 Series
1. Turn your phone off
2. Connect your phone to your computer via USB cable
3. Press the "power" and "volume up" buttons at the same time until you see the TWRP logo
4. Once booted into TWRP, click on "Reboot", then click on "Fastboot"
5. Wait for your phone to boot into fastboot mode
6. Go to your computer and download the folder with the necessary installation files linked above.
7. Open the folder that you downloaded and look for the "Platform Tools (Name of your OS)" folder.
8. Look for the "fastboot" file and drag it into a new terminal window
9. Leave a space and type the word "devices"
10. Hit enter
11. If you see a bunch of random numbers followed by the word "fastboot" your computer has recognized your phone
12. Go back to the "Platform Tools (Name of your OS)" folder and once again, drag the "fastboot" file into the terminal
13. Leave a space and type the words "erase system"
14. Hit enter
15. When the process is finished you should see the words "finished" and "total time" in the terminal
16. One last time, drag the "fastboot" file to the terminal
17. Leave a space and type "flash system"
18. Go to the folder that you previously downloaded (the one linked above) and look for the "Pixel 13...Beta3.3.img" file
19. Drag the file over to the command window and hit enter
20. Wait for the file to be flashed (this might take a while)
21. When flashing is finished you will again see the message "finished" and "total time" in the terminal
22. Go back to your phone
23. Click on "Reboot"
24. Click on "System"
25. Wait for your phone to restart with the new ROM
ENJOY !!!!

Great Tutorial There, Did you ever fix the issues from the pixel to s20
also is there a way to find out if my bootloader is unlocked?
Thanks again

R0YB0Y said:
Great Tutorial There, Did you ever fix the issues from the pixel to s20
also is there a way to find out if my bootloader is unlocked?
Thanks again
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Google or YouTube, cheers

@victoriam8a, this gsi image is installable by twrp, plus gapps and magisk (individual choice), I did it a few days ago my fp was working, bluetooth streaming not working and a few more things, I'm gonna give another try and also try all the work arounds to get things going on android 13, cheers

Update Pixel Experience GSI ROM on Samsung S20 Series

Hello everyone !! I am currently using the Pixel Experience ROM as my daily driver and I came across the task of updating the ROM without losing any of my data. The ROM has an updater in the settings and allows you to install OTA updates, but for me that has not worked. Whenever I try to install OTA updates and I reboot my updated phone, it gets stuck on the boot logo. I came across a solution to this which is to manually flash the updated GSI ROM without wiping any of your data beforehand. I decided to make a YouTube tutorial on how to do that. If you have any questions please din't hesitate to ask !! I'll be happy to help !!
Pre-requisites
- Unlocked bootloader
- TWRP Recovery
YouTube Step by Step Tutorial
Downloads
Pixel Experience Latest Version: https://github.com/ponces/treble_build_pe/releases
Platform Tools for Windows and Mac: https://mega.nz/folder/LXBkjKha#2zqvR2EXg5gfupPe-xEZJQ
How to Update Pixel Experience GSI ROM on Samsung S20 Series
1. Turn off your phone
2. Connect your phone to your computer via USB cable
3. Press both power + volume up buttons at the same time until you see the TWRP logo
4. Once you boot into TWRP, click on "Reboot" and then click on "Fastboot"
5. Go to your computer and download the platform tools folders that I left above
6. Go to the website linked above and download the latest version of Pixel Experience
7. Extract both the platform tools file and the pixel experience file
8. Open a new command window or terminal window on your computer
9. Go to the extracted platform tools folder and choose the "Platform Tools (Name of your OS) folder
10.Look for the "fastboot" file and drag it into a new terminal window
11. Leave a space and type the word "devices"
12. Hit enter
13. If you see a bunch of random numbers followed by the word "fastboot" your computer has recognized your phone
14. Go back to the "Platform Tools (Name of your OS)" folder and once again, drag the "fastboot" file into the terminal
15. Leave a space and type the words "erase system"
16. Hit enter
17. When the process is finished you should see the words "finished" and "total time" in the terminal
18. One last time, drag the "fastboot" file to the terminal
19. Leave a space and type "flash system"
20. Go to the pixel experience folder you previously downloaded and extracted from the website
21. Drag the "PixelExperience.....img" file over to the terminal window
22. Hit enter and wait for the file to be flashed (this might take a while)
When flashing is finished you will again see the message "finished" and "total time" in the terminal
23. Go back to your phone
24. Click on "Reboot"
25. Click on "System"
26. Wait for your phone to restart
You should now have the latest version of Pixel Experience without losing any of your data !!
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Hi there, I have a question. Is the 120 HZ working fine? Or do the display crops?