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Patching system image unconditionally....freezes...

Okay so I'm on the latest official twrp, 3.0.2.1., data/cache/system are mounted, full wipe with internal, full wipe without internal. No matter what HWC2+ build I try and flash for any rom it just freezes it seems. Stays stuck at Patching system image unconditionally forever until I force it to close and restart twrp. Any one else experience this issue and how did you get around it?

Have you verified the MD5 of the zip?

Cannot update 3.2.8 to 4.0.1 without getting dm-verity warning

So i had 4.0.1 rooted before. I decided to return to stock by flashing full 4.0.1 on TWRP. That's when I started getting the error. I flashed 3.2.8 on stock recovery 2.0 and dm-verity error is gone. But installing 4.0.1 on stock recovery 2.0 results to dm-verity error again. I cannot use adb sideload as my computer is too slow
More details: before, I successfully updated my OP3 with 3.2.8 to 4.0.1 without the dm-verity warning. After that, I flashed blu_spark's TWRP v11, swiped to allow modifications and rooted it with SuperSU 2.79 and flashed some mods, still no warning. Yesterday, I decided to return to full stock. I updated my TWRP to the unofficial 3.0.3-0 (the official one wasn't available yesterday yet), wiped system, cache, and data excluding internal storage, then flashed 4.0.1. The dm-verity warning started to show. I followed your guide and other guides here on XDA, I cannot fix it. The only solution I found is to rollback to 3.2.8, I installed the zip file on the stock recovery from your guide (flashing the recovery before). I'm having problems with adb sideload, PC lags so much and sideloading never finishes, so what I do is copy the zip file in the internal storage. After I flashed 3.2.8 and rebooted, the recovery was replaced by the V1.0 version that doesn't have the function of installing zip from internal storage, so I flashed your stock recovery again. Booting to the new recovery, I flashed the 4.0.1 zip and the dm-verity warning shows again.
Right now, my OP3 is on 3.2.8 with stock ROM, kernel, and recovery. No dm-verity warning. I don't know how to update to 4.0.1 without getting that again

Simple. New bootloader added that warning and the old one never had a dm-verity nag screen. Flash it and ignore it. It shows up due to TWRP installed.

Check the freedomos thread and download the 3.2.7 fw and flash with TWRP and its gone, I am not using the nougat fw on 4.0.2, always make nandroid backups

install beta 7 firmware

Don't bother! It's not worth it! It's just a stupid message!

I have tried by following these steps (I initially had twrp-3.0.2-1.28-oneplus3 installed):
1. booted to TWRP recovery;
2. copied recovery_OBT8N.img to phone;
3. installed stock recovery_OBT8N.img via TWRP as image > recovery;
4. booted to stock recovery (directly from TWRP);
5. while in stock recovery, I have wiped the phone (for a clean flash);
6. installed OxygenOS 4.0 (N) via ADB;
7. once the installation got completed, I rebooted the phone;
8. once the phone started, I did not finished the startup setting;
9. switched-off the phone and booted in fastboot mode;
10. flashed TWRP recovery - twrp-3.0.2-1.28-oneplus3 again;
11. switched off the phone;
12. started the phone in TWRP recovery; TWRP asks for a password to decrypt - ignore it;
13. wiped the phone (I wanted to do so to make sure it is a really clean install, even if this wipes everything);
14. rebooted again to TWRP recovery; this time I did not get any password prompt;
15. from TWRP, I copied SR1-SuperSU-v2.79-SR1-20161221223537.zip to phone storage (while connected to my laptop, obviously);
16. installed SR1-SuperSU-v2.79-SR1-20161221223537.zip, wiped data & cache and rebooted system;
17. everything went fine, with no dm-verity and rooted.

It will Keep showing Because You flashed Oxygen OS from TWRP . Try flashing this just after flashing the OS .
it will disable DM verity and disable force encryption .

cpt.macp said:
It will Keep showing Because You flashed Oxygen OS from TWRP . Try flashing this just after flashing the OS .
it will disable DM verity and disable force encryption .
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Please try this method. Tested and it works for me.
step
Assuming your bootloader is unlocked. Copy
1. fastboot boot twrp twrp-3.0.2-1.28-oneplus3.img
2. Now you will be in TWRP, perform wipe -> Format Data, perform Wipe -> Advanced wipe "All folder" except USB-OTG
3. Reboot to recovery
4. adb sideload OnePlus3Oxygen_16_OTA_037_all_1701041839_401.zip (if adb cannot read, because filesize too big. Use laa_2_0_4.zip to fix the adb.exe first.)
5. After adb sideload done, reboot to TWRP immediately, enable MTP to copy the file: no-verity-opt-encrypt-5.1.zip into your internal storage and install no-verity-opt-encrypt-5.1.zip immediately.
Then everything will be fine.

bkcheah75 said:
Please try this method. Tested and it works for me.
step
Assuming your bootloader is unlocked. Copy
1. fastboot boot twrp twrp-3.0.2-1.28-oneplus3.img
2. Now you will be in TWRP, perform wipe -> Format Data, perform Wipe -> Advanced wipe "All folder" except USB-OTG
3. Reboot to recovery
4. adb sideload OnePlus3Oxygen_16_OTA_037_all_1701041839_401.zip (if adb cannot read, because filesize too big. Use laa_2_0_4.zip to fix the adb.exe first.)
5. After adb sideload done, reboot to TWRP immediately, enable MTP to copy the file: no-verity-opt-encrypt-5.1.zip into your internal storage and install no-verity-opt-encrypt-5.1.zip immediately.
Then everything will be fine.
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I was not having any Issue . But Surely Your Help and concern is much appreciated
and Yes this is also one of the way to remove DM verity and use the zip

Currently using:
ROM - FreedomOS-2.1
TWRP - blu_spark_v11-oo3
Phone - Encrypted
I have the DM-Verity message at boot. Would reflashing FreedomOS-2.1 Through TWRP & then immediately flash no-verity-opt-encrypt.zip get rid of the message?
Thanks

[solved ]Update with Flashfire and current factory image leads to bootloop into twrp

Hi,
I wanted to update my Pixel C to the most current factory image with flashfire as i did it before a few times without problems.
So I DL'd current factory image from https://developers.google.com/android/images#ryu, opened it in flashfire and said it should flash the normal partitions except recovery as i don't want that it overwrites my TWRP.
Flashfire analyzed the zip file and after i said "flash" it restarted my Pixel into a black screen. At this point i was wondering that nothing more happened.
I waited for 10 minutes so that maybe something in the background could happen, but there was no further action. The screen kept black.
After these 10 minutes i restarted the device but now it always runs into TWRP directly instead of starting the system
I also tried to install the zip manually in TWRP but it tells me
"Could not find 'META-INF/com/google/android/update-binary' in the zip file.
Error installing the zip file '/usb-otg/ryu-n2g48c-factory-0bc0ee15.zip'"
As you can see from the error message i also tried to dl the file again and install it via OTG but the same thing.
If I go into the file manager in TWRP i can still access the folders from the sdcard.
The bootloader is unlocked of course.
Anyone an idea what i can do without loosing all the data?
Thanks in advance

Download the full system image and extract it. There should be a flash_all-file (bat for windows of sh for linux). Open it with an editor and remove the "-w" option in fastboot. "-w" is the switch for wipe. After you removed it, you can flash the complete image and your system should boot again into android. After that you can install a custom recovery, etc. again.

Thank you peter, worked like a charm for the system flash. Now follows the TWRP etc again
EDIT: ok, the system flash was the only thing that worked like a charm. I tried flashing TWRP with NRT but didn't work. I am stuck now at a "no command" screen when i start the device.
To install the custom recovery NRT tells me that i will loose all my data, so i wanted to backup everything.
Unfortunately i can't backup everything now as the temp booted TWRP demands a password to decrypt the sdcard, but i only have a pattern and no password set.
So now i try to flash everything again and to install twrp without loosing all the data.

Hey everyone I have flashed android 7.1.2 August again and android started afterwards without any problems. I was able to restore the backup of all the apps from Google.
Than I wanted to get back root and flashed TWRP with Nexus Root Toolset, but now only TWRP starts every time I switch on the tablet. Any ideas what I can do?
EDIT: I fixed it somehow with flashing the whole firmware package again and than the TWRP wich broke the startup again so i ended up in a TWRP bootloop. Therefore i flashed android again and TWRP 3.0.0.0 than TWRP 3.0.2.4 (something like that) and after like 3 to 4 different flashing steps it worked again. I have no idea what happened during the first flash of Andoir 7.1.2 but i think that something broke there.

Android 8 update with FlashFire breaks TWRP or TWRP boot-loop

Hi everyone,
I tried to update my rooted Pixel C with Android 8 and TWRP 3.1.0.0 from August build to September build with FlashFire.
All of the following have I done on my Nexus 5x as well and it worked as a charm there.
Therefore i dl'd the corresponding zip-file from google dev page and started the update with FF. It said to me it can update the boot, system, recovery and vendor partition so I unchecked the recovery partition only to keep TWRP. I also told FF it should include SuperSU again to root the new Android.
After the update the device was unrooted, so i tried to start into recovery to install superSU manually. But TWRP was gone and i get everytime the android on the back with the text "no command".
Therefore I tried to flash TWRP with NRT again. But after the flash the device always starts into TWRP and Android isn't starting anymore.
I can use NRT again to flash Android without loosing my data but than TWRP is gone again.
So either the device always starts into TWRP or I have no recovery installed.
Anyone an idea what i can do to flash TWRP again and to fix the boot order or whats broken than?
Regards,
flattervieh

I don't have the C but here's what I would try. First, have your device booting normally with the stock recovery. Then use fastboot to boot into TWRP, not flash it. When it boots into TWRP then flash supersu. From TWRP then boot back into the bootloader and then flash TWRP with fastboot.

Flash the latest (beta?) TWRP. It allows reading the encrypted data folder.

Short notice, i'm still struggling with the problem.
In the meantime I tried the following:
1. I temporarely booted TWRP 3.1.0.0, with this version I was not able to encrypt the data partion (always invalid key) but I was able to see the system partition and I installed SuperSU. After that i restarted into the bootloader and flashed TWRP 3.1.0.0.
This led to the same phenomenon, that my pixel always boots into TWRP and not into Android itself.
2. Same thing as before but with TWRP 3.1.1.1.
With this version I was able to see the size of the data partition, but I was also not able to read or write onto it. (Again invalid code) I installed SuperSU and made a device restart without flashing TWRP 3.1.1.1.
This led to a totally softbricked device with a boot into "no command" screen.
After flashing Android again via fastboot Android starts correctly and I can use the device but root is still not working.
Regards

I'm not sure why twrp isn't sticking. But the android on its back with "no command"is the stock recovery. To get into it simultaneously press and release the power and vol up keys. You might have to try it a few times as the timing can be very finicky. From there you can boot into the system, you don't need to flash the factory image and start all over.

Pixel Experience 11 Bootloop

Hi,
i was using LineageOS 17.1(Android 10) on my pixel Xl (32 gb storage)
when android 11 came out, I thought I would switch to pixel experience. So I went to their official website and downloaded the android 11 version of pixel XL
There was an instruction guide provided by the developers on how to install android 11
So I followed that and even after applying update from the adb, there was no issue at all
but when I pressed "Reboot to system" Bootloop is happening
Note: I didn't noticed the official instruction first so i installed twrp to flash the rom just like I flashed LineageOS, but in the advance wipe section, there was only 4 option available
-Dalvik / ART cache
-System
-Data
-Internal Storage
there was no cache option
I formatted the data and wiped all of them and tried to both install and sideload the rom but every time during the installation, an error (code 28) occurs
Then I downloaded the rom again hoping that the previos 1 was corrupted and i saw the instruction guide this time.
So I followed the guide and installed their recovery image, flashed recovery partition and flashed the rom using sideload.
But after rebooting the system, Bootloop keeps occurring
*sorry for any misspell or grammatical mistake*
ROM and Recovery image Downloaded from - https://download.pixelexperience.org/marlin (Android 11, 2021/04/16)
ROM and Recovery image installation guide - https://wiki.pixelexperience.org/devices/marlin/install/

I'm having the same issue. Did you flash the repartition zip?
I ended up reflashing stock rom https://developers.google.com/android/images#marlin
Try doing that and restarting the process

GalaxyWhy said:
I'm having the same issue. Did you flash the repartition zip?
I ended up reflashing stock rom https://developers.google.com/android/images#marlin
Try doing that and restarting the process
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I actually solved the problem a few moments ago
What i did wrong was, when i sideload the rom rom file with twrp i always cleared the dalvik and cache file
let me make a little guide for you..hope that will help
1. install twrp recovery
2. go to wipe section -> advanced wipe -> wipe all 4(Dalvik/ART cache, System, Data, Internal Storage)
3. do a factory reset and format data
4. go to mount section and check all the boxes (system, data, vendor)
5. sideload the repartition zip according to your storage and device model (mine was pixel xl 32gb)
6. after sideload is done reboot the system..it will reboot into recovery again
7. then again sideload the rom file (don't check the clear cache and dalvik boxes)
8. after that is done, go back to main menu and go to reboot-> switch to slot B-> Reboot into system
Hopefully you're done
Note: don't skip any step regarding how minor it is
and if you wish you can also follow the official instruction: https://wiki.pixelexperience.org/devices/marlin/install/
Let me know if it works for you
Best of luck!