Sorry in advance if this has been covered elsewhere.
-followed the steps to install a custom rom. unlocked the boot loader, installed twrp, cleared dalvik/data/etc.
-ROM eventually booted up ok, however, I could not connect to project fi with it. (unfortunately, your project fi service can't be activated right now-code t120).
-So, my intention was, ok, I will go ahead and go back to the latest stock. however, booting to recovery it appears to have reverted back to the stock recovery, and adb will not detect the device(fastboot will, but, when trying to run anything, be it to repush twrp, it just hangs. If I try and do the flash-all.bat off of the stock rom zip, it tells me flashing is not allowed for critical partitions, even though it is in fact unlocked. To be safe, I tried both fastboot flashing unlock, and unlock_critical.. both went to a '...' and sat there).
It still boots up and loads fine, I just cannot activate Fi, and cant seem to get anywhere with it otherwise. Any suggestions?
One final question- since i cannot get it to install stock rom via fastboot- if i drop the taimen-opm zip onto the phone directly, can i install it that way? Or am I S.O.L. because i do not have the custom recovery on there anymore?
Okay, what you're going to have to do is.
1. Go into fastboot mode and fastboot boot twrp.img and then flash another rom after doing a factory reset in custom recovery
2. Go into fastboot and flash factory image by downloading it from the google site.
mr.notsotech said:
Okay, what you're going to have to do is.
1. Go into fastboot mode and fastboot boot twrp.img and then flash another rom after doing a factory reset in custom recovery
2. Go into fastboot and flash factory image by downloading it from the google site.
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Unfortunately that won't work for me. I tried fastboot boot recovery.img (its what I had renamed the twrp img file) and it fails with a data xfer failure, too many links.
otownmarine said:
Unfortunately that won't work for me. I tried fastboot boot recovery.img (its what I had renamed the twrp img file) and it fails with a data xfer failure, too many links.
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Scratch that. Took some major screwing around (changing usb ports, multiple attempts at getting twrp to stick) but I was finally able to get it to apply the stock ROM and everything seems functional. Thanks.
Use this tool next time, it should help you out. It's worked 100% of the time for myself and I ended up staying on stock after countless minor annoyances with being rooted or using custom roms.
https://forum.xda-developers.com/pi...ol-deuces-bootloop-recovery-flashing-t3704761
otownmarine said:
Scratch that. Took some major screwing around (changing usb ports, multiple attempts at getting twrp to stick) but I was finally able to get it to apply the stock ROM and everything seems functional. Thanks.
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Very sad to see we are still having so many USB related issues. We really need to come up with a definitive FAQ me thinks. Glad you got it done! ?
otownmarine said:
Scratch that. Took some major screwing around (changing usb ports, multiple attempts at getting twrp to stick) but I was finally able to get it to apply the stock ROM and everything seems functional. Thanks.
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Yeah I keep forgetting that twrp is super finicky on this device because of the boot slots (a,b). I'm so happy you got it working. your adb has to be up to date as well.
I learned all of that the hard way as well. I just don't have a good memory of the steps I did. lol. I found that for my usage after trying multiple roms on this device that, stock rom is the best for my battery life and smoothness. I did root though and flashed a custom kernel. But that is only because I love thinking that my kernel is helping my battery life somewhat as well.
Just a heads up the reason you cant use project fi on a custom ROMs is because your probably using the e-sim. The software process behind the e-sim hasn't been worked out for custom ROMs and probably never will (not a big demand for it). You can always order a Sim card from project fi and put it into your phone and that will work with a custom ROMs; I have used project fi on every custom ROMs for Pixel 2 xl there is and no issues.
Related
So I was trying to put JB on my GN using this:
pcworld.idg.com.au/article/429778/how_update_your_galaxy_nexus_jelly_bean/[/url]
I reached to apoint where i had 4.04 yakju, but when I put the file to get JB, It said error and aborted, i went to wipe data and reboot, wipe data worked fine, reboot led me to the google home screen and is stuck there.
I can access fastboot. Recovery mode takes me to that android with the danger sign, doing another reset doesnt work, clicking reboot doesnt work.
I'm pretty nooby at this. I read a few other forums and they said something about flashing a new rom or something but I don't understand.
Please help! The phone isn't mine! Need help ASAP before owner finds out I messed up their phone, thanks!
If you can access fastboot and your bootloader is unlocked just flash a stock system image.
These are the reasons people shouldn't just one click everything they do. If you understood how fastboot worked you would be golden.
Reflash recovery. Then mount USB storage and then get a ROM on there and flash it.
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xjman said:
If you can access fastboot and your bootloader is unlocked just flash a stock system image.
These are the reasons people should just one click everything they do. If you understood how fastboot worked you would be golden.
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The site I went to dumbed down everything, and all i had to do was input numbers into some program. I double checked what a fastboot was. I definitely don't know how to work that. I mixed up the fastboot with the bootloader...
how do i reflash recovery and get a rom on there? I know this is asking alot....sorry
My bootloader is unlocked but im not rooted. I will (figure out how to) root if needed.
Open up a terminal on your computer use fastboot to flash the recovery image.
Since you didn't take the time learn what you were doing to begin with, I would take the time now to go read. The answers are easily found with google, or searching this site.
Roughly, install adb and fastboot on your computer, load drivers for your phone, download the proper recovery and put it in the fastboot directory on your pc, plug in the phone boot to the bootloader
open term
./fastboot oem unlock
./fastboot flash recovery <nameofrecoveryimage>
I reached the fastboot part, but when i type in "fastboot flash recovery (file name) it says it cannot load file name...
What is the proper file that I should use? Running 4.04 YAKJU looking to just recover the phone back or switch to jelly bean, whichever is easier. (jelly bean if they are both the same)
okay okay okay, i think im almost there...got a rom and extraced it, i know how 4 files:
Boot 4,148KB
Recovery 4,478 KB
System 316,112 KB
Userdata 137,555 KB
Which one do I put for fastboot oem recovery (fileimagename)
Thanks
Stuck on Google screen
Background: GN is unclocked and rooted. I've had quite a few devices and have rooted them all and run custom ROMs. I am fairly familiar with all of the tools needed, but by no means an expert. I have the Android SDK with adb and fastboot installed on my Win 7 x64 machine as well as the samsung drivers. I loaded a Jelly Bean ROM the day after it was announced at Google I/O and ran it for awhile before I started having touchscreen issues. I removed the battery and restarted the phone and had no problems for about a week or so.
Problem: I started having touchscreen problems again, but figured it was perhaps due to the early version of JB that was ported over from the GSM version (I believe). I tried a few other versions that were released later and they would work for a few days and then the touchscreen issue would pop up again. At this point I started thinking it might be a hardware problem because if I twisted the phone (weird, but it worked) the touchscreen would respond. I flashed another version of the Jelly Belly ROM yesterday (//rootzwiki.com/topic/28677-rom-jelly-belly-v33-07122012-jellybean-411-pure-aosp-its-all-about-speed/") to see if it would work by chance. Unfortunately, I still encountered the touchscreen problem. After rebooting a few times my GN started bootlooping and would not load into Android.
Actions: At this point I tried to recover from a backup, but much to my dismay it failed (don't remember exact error). I tried a few other backups with no luck. I tried reflashing another ROM, no luck. Then I started seeing some errors when booting into recovery (E: can't mount cache/recovery/log. Around this time I also noticed I was getting errors with sdcard. I decided to take the phone back to stock using the verizon ICL53F factory image. I tried via numerous toolkits (Odin, Galaxy Nexus Toolkit and directly from fastboot) and have been unsuccessful. I've searched every forum and have literally tried everything I with no luck. I can flash new recoveries, but it doesn't solve my problem. Right now phone is back to stock with stock recovery and just bootloops at the Google screen.
I assume my phone is completely hosed, but am hoping someone might know something I don't and might be able to help me restore this phone.
Edit: I tried flashing an imm76k factory image via fastboot and was finally able to get in. I must have had a bad icl53f factory image...close call.
Getting "Your device is corrupt. It can't be trusted and may not work properly"
Hey guys
I tried playign with the new magisk. Decided to factory reset and ran the script, and keep getting:
Getting "Your device is corrupt. It can't be trusted and may not work properly"
Any suggestions? I thought factory reset, literally reset everything...
Thanks in advance
docluv01 said:
Hey guys
I tried playign with the new magisk. Decided to factory reset and ran the script, and keep getting:
Getting "Your device is corrupt. It can't be trusted and may not work properly"
Any suggestions? I thought factory reset, literally reset everything...
Thanks in advance
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A factory reset erases the partition where user data is stored. It does not touch any other partition. You're getting that message because the phone detects that the boot image is no longer stock. If you want to undo the changes you have made, you'll have to flash the stock Google image.
Ok, SO teh message is normal?
I flashed factory 8.0.0, and I get the same message,
TheSt33v said:
A factory reset erases the partition where user data is stored. It does not touch any other partition. You're getting that message because the phone detects that the boot image is no longer stock. If you want to undo the changes you have made, you'll have to flash the stock Google image.
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docluv01 said:
Ok, SO teh message is normal?
After I did a factory reset, I got the message, clicked power when it asked to, then phone just sits at the google screen.
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I haven't had a chance to test Magisk on this phone yet (I returned mine and am waiting on the replacement) but when I've used Magisk in the past, the first boot took a really long time. Give it like 10 minutes or so. If it never makes it past that, something went wrong and you should flash the stock image.
Oh wait, you get the same message if you flash the stock image? Well in that case, I'm not sure what's wrong. You may need to re-lock the bootloader before that message goes away, but make sure you're on 100% stock software before that happens. It might have something to do with the fact that Pixel devices have A and B firmware slots, so if you bring A back to stock, B might still have the Magisk patched image on it. Someone more familiar with Pixel devices should chime in.
TheSt33v said:
I haven't had a chance to test Magisk on this phone yet (I returned mine and am waiting on the replacement) but when I've used Magisk in the past, the first boot took a really long time. Give it like 10 minutes or so. If it never makes it past that, something went wrong and you should flash the stock image.
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Well, to clarify...
I was able to get Magisk to run fine. But decided I wanted fresh stock image, so went to flash stock google image, flash went fine, but at reboot i get the same thing. could this be a slot issue?
docluv01 said:
Well, to clarify...
I was able to get Magisk to run fine. But decided I wanted fresh stock image, so went to flash stock google image, flash went fine, but at reboot i get the same thing. could this be a slot issue?
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I'm thinking so. I'm not sure what the proper procedure is for designating which slot you're flashing to on the Pixel 2's, but it's possible that you now have 1 slot with stock firmware and 1 slot with the Magisk patched image. For the original Pixel devices, the partition names were boot_a and boot_b. So I think, and someone please correct me if I'm wrong, fastboot flash boot <file> will flash the file to whichever slot is active, but using boot_a and boot_b will flash to those designated slots. So to fix your issue, you need to make sure that both boot_a and boot_b contain stock images.
Keep in mind that I've never owned a Pixel before now (although I'm pretty comfortable with flashing other android devices), and I'm not 100% sure about this, so you might not want to take my advice.
relock the bootloader.
Here is what I did:
Fastboot flashing lock
fastboot flashing lock_critical
then tried running the flash-all.bat, got FAILED being it was locked
SO then I ran
Fastboot flashing unlock
fastboot flashing unlock_critical
ran flash-all.bat, seemed to have gone fine. Phone reboots, then after you get the circle, where it says "erasing", after about 10 seconds it reboots and says "your device is corrupt..."
Ughhh, I hope I didn't brick this thing???
sorry guys, im an ass, i thought i was using teh latest fastboot, but apparently, not
all is good. I wish I was able to delete this thread
docluv01 said:
sorry guys, im an ass, i thought i was using teh latest fastboot, but apparently, not
all is good. I wish I was able to delete this thread
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What was the fix cuz i am getting this now after flashing the latest factory image...help!! Lol
canemaxx said:
What was the fix cuz i am getting this now after flashing the latest factory image...help!! Lol
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relock your bootloader
canemaxx said:
What was the fix cuz i am getting this now after flashing the latest factory image...help!! Lol
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Make sure you have the latest version of adb and fastboot from the developer site.
https://developer.android.com/studio/releases/platform-tools.html
I got the message as soon as I unlocked the bootloader. It's normal
I had this issue with old platform tools and could not get my device to boot no matter how many times I flash-all'ed or changed the current boot slot. Upgrade to the latest platform tools and run the flash-all from that directory. If it's still not working, I also unlocked critical: fastboot flashing unlock_critical , so that the flash-all could flash my bootloader as well.
Like some have said already. This message appears every time you boot after you unlock your bootloader, whether you are still running stock OS or not. Same thing happened on my 6P. Only way to get it to go away is relocking the bootloader. Don't worry though, your device isn't really corrupt. Just a scare tactic by Google.
charesa39 said:
Like some have said already. This message appears every time you boot after you unlock your bootloader, whether you are still running stock OS or not. Same thing happened on my 6P. Only way to get it to go away is relocking the bootloader. Don't worry though, your device isn't really corrupt. Just a scare tactic by Google.
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This is somewhat true. There are 2 different messages. One that says you are running unsupported software and the color is orange. This message pops up on every boot while the bootloader is unlocked. The other message says your device is corrupt, in red. The phone will not boot. I just ran into this issue while trying to flash the november update
EDIT:
I was able to resolve this by updating adb/fastboot. I updated adb/fastboot before but i guess i did it on my other computer.
So was there any way to fix this without having to relook the bootloader? I've already had to set this phone up a second time after the longest marathon session of trying to get both TWRP and magisk to live happily together on this device, so I'd rather not do it again if it's avoidable.
Literally all I did to cause this is press the button in TWRP to switch to slot A, and after rebooting I immediately got the new scarier message that requires a power button press to boot, after which you get the regular nag about the unlocked BL. The device then hung at the Google padlock screen, so I used the buttons to reboot into BL then tried TWRP. TWRP then hung at the splash screen, so I hooked up to the PC and fastboot booted TWRP. When I tried to switch back to B, strangely, it said I already was. I pressed the button to switch to B anyway, then rebooted. The error happened again, but at least the device boots. I tried rebooting again to see if it had cleared up, but unfortunately not.
I would really like to be rid of this without having to start over. I do have a nandroid but I don't even know if I trust a restore to be successful and potentially make **** worse. Thanks in advance!
Fastboot setactive=_b
Double check exact command but this worked for me.
Make sure you flash boot.img first using
Fastboot flash boot XXX.img
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matt1313 said:
Fastboot setactive=_b
Double check exact command but this worked for me.
Make sure you flash boot.img first using
Fastboot flash boot XXX.img
Sent from my Pixel 2 XL using Tapatalk
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I was able to switch back and forth between the slots with fastboot. I thought maybe I was getting the error because they had two different boot images installed, so I backed up my boot on side B, and then restored it to slot A. No dice. I still get the error message.
IrocD said:
I was able to switch back and forth between the slots with fastboot. I thought maybe I was getting the error because they had two different boot images installed, so I backed up my boot on side B, and then restored it to slot A. No dice. I still get the error message.
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Flash boot.img first. Don't select which slot
Then reboot bootloader and fastboot active slot b
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I've had Google phones for years now, including previous Pixel, but I just got an XL 2 yesterday and I'm regretting it.
It's Google unlocked and running June's latest image. I've experienced various app crashing on stock, and random reboots.
Then there's the rooting and flashing. I unlocked the bootloader and installed the most recent, twrp (the one verified to work on xda for roms) but can't flash anything.
My twrp either hangs on the twrp start screen, or when it does load, the touch screen doesn't work. When I can get it going, every rom I flash gives me an error on the second step. I'm flashing on slot B by the way, that's what boots up when I boot to twrp.
Lastly, I am unlocked both for flashing and flashing_critical thru adb, so I'm at a loss and seriously confused.
When I FIRST unlocked everything, I was able to flash Nitrogen rom but I got stuck at the rom splash screen.
Tldr:
-What is the Correct install method/sequence for roms?
-do the slots matter?
-is random reboots and app crashing on stock a sign of a hardware issue?
I haven't installed a custom ROM on my P2XL, so I'm running rooted stock. Anyway, for rooted stock, this is what I did.
Entered bootloader mode.
Booted into recovery using the command "fastboot boot recovery.img", where "recovery.img" is the TWRP recovery iteslf. In my case, I renamed it "taimen.img".
Flashed the TWRP installer zip needed for the P2XL (Required if intending to replace the stock recovery).
Rebooted into recovery.
Flashed a custom kernel (Recommended - resolves touch issues in TWRP).
Flashed Magisk.
6. Rebooted.
If installing a custom ROM, flash it prior to the custom kernel. Slots only matter if running stock. Random reboots and app crashes are not signs of a hardware issue.
stevew84 said:
I've had Google phones for years now, including previous Pixel, but I just got an XL 2 yesterday and I'm regretting it.
It's Google unlocked and running June's latest image. I've experienced various app crashing on stock, and random reboots.
Then there's the rooting and flashing. I unlocked the bootloader and installed the most recent, twrp (the one verified to work on xda for roms) but can't flash anything.
My twrp either hangs on the twrp start screen, or when it does load, the touch screen doesn't work. When I can get it going, every rom I flash gives me an error on the second step. I'm flashing on slot B by the way, that's what boots up when I boot to twrp.
Lastly, I am unlocked both for flashing and flashing_critical thru adb, so I'm at a loss and seriously confused.
When I FIRST unlocked everything, I was able to flash Nitrogen rom but I got stuck at the rom splash screen.
Tldr:
-What is the Correct install method/sequence for roms?
-do the slots matter?
-is random reboots and app crashing on stock a sign of a hardware issue?
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Ya know my friend, after our conversation yesterday, and your questions in the nitrogen thread, and now random reboots and app crashes, I think it's time to consider a factory reset. You shouldn't be having those problems on a stock setup. If that's not successful, then I would definitely consider an RMA. Just my 2 cents worth :good:
I agree. I got it used tho which is an issue.
Badger50 said:
Ya know my friend, after our conversation yesterday, and your questions in the nitrogen thread, and now random reboots and app crashes, I think it's time to consider a factory reset. You shouldn't be having those problems on a stock setup. If that's not successful, then I would definitely consider an RMA. Just my 2 cents worth :good:
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Just so you know, I got the rom to flash finally, but it's stuck at the rom splash screen during first boot. I'm going to leave it and hope it eventually boots up.
stevew84 said:
Just so you know, I got the rom to flash finally, but it's stuck at the rom splash screen during first boot. I'm going to leave it and hope it eventually boots up.
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If it doesn't after 5 minutes, do a hard restart with the power button. If that doesn't work, then reboot to twrp and flash the rom and twrp installer zip again.
Ok cool thanks. I relocked bootloader last night and went back to stock. Unlocked it all this morning from my work computer and different unlock app. So here's hoping.
Badger50 said:
If it doesn't after 5 minutes, do a hard restart with the power button. If that doesn't work, then reboot to twrp and flash the rom and twrp installer zip again.
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I finally got everything to work. My vendor image is a mismatch but I could just flash junes and be done with it, right?
stevew84 said:
I finally got everything to work. My vendor image is a mismatch but I could just flash junes and be done with it, right?
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What did you do to get it to work? You could just flash the June vendor.img to both slots. If you keep getting a vendor mismatch, probably nothing to worry about according to the Dev of nitrogen.
Different machine, cable and unlocking tool.
But I went to bone stock with locked bootloader, then flashed the newest twrp with the newest all in one tool. Was on slot A so wiped everything and flashed rom plus twrp again. I rebooted system to slot B, but then it just hung at the rom splash screen.
So I did it all over on slot A, ignored the "no os installed" message and booted anyway. Then it fired up. Rebooting into twrp from there took me to B, which is where I need to be for an image file or root.
So yea, thanks for the help.
I'm having this issue also. I tried flashing nitrogen, it hung. I tried to go back with factory reset Img and nothing happens in adb. Flashed the may img and it wouldn't boot all the way up. Now I'm stuck in bootloader trying to figure this all out. Seems like nothing in doing is working. I can get recovery to boot, but no files inside so idk. Tried to sideloadb nitrogen, but it said adb out of date for device when sdk is fully updated.
MatthewRobinson said:
I'm having this issue also. I tried flashing nitrogen, it hung. I tried to go back with factory reset Img and nothing happens in adb. Flashed the may img and it wouldn't boot all the way up. Now I'm stuck in bootloader trying to figure this all out. Seems like nothing in doing is working. I can get recovery to boot, but no files inside so idk. Tried to sideloadb nitrogen, but it said adb out of date for device when sdk is fully updated.
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You didn't mention the out of date message in your other post, but uninstall SDK and then download the stand-alone adb/fastboot binaries from May of this year. Dump that in a folder (eg. c:\adb) and put that folder in your path statement. Manually flash the full factory image without modifying flash-all.bat. Post your screeen if you have any errors. :good:
stevew84 said:
I agree. I got it used tho which is an issue.
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Google knows the date the phone was purchased based on imei number and honors their warranty by date, not owner. Unless it was blacklisted.
smartymcfly said:
Google knows the date the phone was purchased based on imei number and honors their warranty based on that.
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Thanks. I might try to take advantage.
Not 100% sure of best place to post this, but I'm getting desperate now...
I'm pretty worried I've killed my device. After following the guide on how to root with Magisk, my phone is stuck on the white "loading" screen with a G logo. I've since tried to restart, but I can either go into fastboot mode or get the white screen when attempting to boot into android.
Tried to flash the latest factory image to fix it, but that couldn't get that to work. Now the phone isn't showing up on adb devices either. panicking a little bit here.
Does anyone know what to do?
ADB won't work unless the phone is booted into Android or in stock recovery for a sideload.
Does your computer recognize the device when you are in Fastboot mode and type "fastboot devices"? Try flashing the factory image again but make sure you have the most up to date platform tools from Google. Old versions are a common cause of issues.
Did you flash TWRP recovery or just boot to it to root? If you still have stock recovery you can try a factory reset from there but any modified images you installed might be the issue.
like Fury said, your platform tools need to be updated, same thing happened to me.
What didn't work when you flashed the factory image? Do you have the latest sdk tools version of fastboot and adb?
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fury683 said:
ADB won't work unless the phone is booted into Android or in stock recovery for a sideload.
Does your computer recognize the device when you are in Fastboot mode and type "fastboot devices"? Try flashing the factory image again but make sure you have the most up to date platform tools from Google. Old versions are a common cause of issues.
Did you flash TWRP recovery or just boot to it to root? If you still have stock recovery you can try a factory reset from there but any modified images you installed might be the issue.
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Thanks so much, this is where I was going wrong. Have gone into recovery and rescued it.
Tried the process again to get Magisk working, but ended up the same although this time the white screen only went on for a while before I got an error saying my data was corrupted. Tbh, after all the stress I'm just going to give up on this and live with the phone in stock. All my drivers and adb were installed and setup today, so everything is up to date.
edit...
Not out of the woods yet. After restarting the phone and going through the setup, it's not detecting the SIM card or any wifi networks. I've installed the OTA and wiped data once more after having this problem, still not resolved.
Nick676 said:
Thanks so much, this is where I was going wrong. Have gone into recovery and rescued it.
Tried the process again to get Magisk working, but ended up the same although this time the white screen only went on for a while before I got an error saying my data was corrupted. Tbh, after all the stress I'm just going to give up on this and live with the phone in stock. All my drivers and adb were installed and setup today, so everything is up to date.
Thanks again for helping.
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It sounds like you are trying to install Magisk v17.1 like I tried. If so you need to use v17.3 beta. If you follow this thread you should be fine. It even tells you what to do for your original problem, just takes some reading and patience.
Misterxtc said:
It sounds like you are trying to install Magisk v17.1 like I tried. If so you need to use v17.3 beta. If you follow this thread you should be fine. It even tells you what to do for your original problem, just takes some reading and patience.
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I tried it with both 17.1 and 17.3, so not sure what the issue is. Seem to have finally booted up properly with wifi and signal working, so hopefully it's all good now. Gonna give up on rooting.
Nick676 said:
Not 100% sure of best place to post this, but I'm getting desperate now...
I'm pretty worried I've killed my device. After following the guide on how to root with Magisk, my phone is stuck on the white "loading" screen with a G logo. I've since tried to restart, but I can either go into fastboot mode or get the white screen when attempting to boot into android.
Tried to flash the latest factory image to fix it, but that couldn't get that to work. Now the phone isn't showing up on adb devices either. panicking a little bit here.
Does anyone know what to do?
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you may want to try to totally uninstalling Magisk frist with the official latest Magisk uninstaller and reboot and then do a complete factory reset. this has helped me in the past.
my new pixel 3XL will be the first Android phone that I owned that will not be rooted.
I need to install Lineage OS on this phone.
After multiple tries several months apart, I am still not in success.
Followed all internet tutorials and sites.
I don't want to install any G apps or any special root-things like magdisk..
I only want pure Lineage OS without any extra applications.
Way I tried and probably ended up like before:
Get newest official samsung ROM installed, update, enable usb debigging and oem, go download mode and go factory reset, get back in, sign in to wifi again, again enable develop. settings and usb debugging, go into download mode, take odin and install through the AP option the TWRP now that the phone is in download mode a 3rd time, supposed to be possible now with OEM unlock.
Most of the names on the way I don't understand, just follow tutorials.
I need to get to TWRP to then finally, as used to always, install Lineage from zip.
But I never get rebooted into TWRP recovery, just forver the samsung one, even when firmware is no longer there - after flashing in ap option the twrp tar again it never boots into TWRP afterwards.
Is there something else i must do? is not getting into oem unlock and flashing TWRP enough to get there?
And after, will the zip install finaly get me to have lineage installed?
Did you try the official guide?
https://wiki.lineageos.org/devices/beyond0lte/
I hope I picked the right phones, otherwise check devices overview.
Alternatively, perhaps this helps:
https://forum.xda-developers.com/t/...-a-graphical-installer-for-lineageos.4509995/
PS: Usually LOS doesn't do TWRP anymore but comes with its own recovery (a/b)
Why they don't do TWRP now?
I saw TWRP tuorial fot s10 on tutorials and it worked
Do I have to give up on TWRP way and od it with the adb commands from PC
frustrateduser118 said:
Why
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It's because of this new double recovery scheme:
https://forum.xda-developers.com/t/help-understanding-a-b-partitions.3748003/post-75545902
https://source.android.com/docs/core/ota/ab
https://www.xda-developers.com/how-...ess-updates-affect-custom-development-on-xda/
EOD: It's safer, updating happens in the background, then just a quick reboot et voila.
frustrateduser118 said:
I saw TWRP tuorial
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Yes, it's still there but perhaps you post a link to your guide (or ask there). To me it seems you had TWRP just in your RAM but not your phone?
As for me, I finally gave up on TWRP and use the "crappy" LOS recovery Have way more important things to waste my time on...
PS: Sorry to bring such "bad" news, wasn't too happy with that change myself
Great, I finaly made it work.
I followed the site with turotial on installation and did not try TWRP
First I had to install samsung ROM again
It turned out to still stay unlocked so went straight to download mode and this time flashed Lineage recovery sucesfuly with heimdall
Then it booted up and a half samsung sreen made it seem like there is trouble
but Lineage recovery launched
The adb load from PC did not work so i chose to instal zip from SD even there
Now Lineage is installed
Still don't know how much is randomness, luck and so on
But it's done and hopefuly repeatable
frustrateduser118 said:
hopefuly repeatable
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I am afraid it is
Well, most of times: Far too often I forget some little prerequisite, too... so started a little text file with steps/reminders.
anyway glad for support sigmund
you re my friend now