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[Q] Google account disappeared after updating CyanogenMod

I just updated from CM9.0 to 9.1. The step I've taken is install zip, clear cache and thats all.
Now after reboot, it's like I haven't install GAPPS. I installed it when I first install 9.0 but now after flashing 9.1 (without full wipe cause it's only 9.0 to 9.1) Play Store crashes, Gmail too, no add Google account option in settings. Except for that everything is okay.
I read through posts saying installing GAPPS helps but I was wondering why, when I installed it on 9.0.

On CM9/9.1 GAPPS are wiped by installing an update of CM, flash GAPPS again.

The update removes earlier version of CyanogenMod completely in order to avoid issues.
Just reinstall GAPPS.

Updating ROM with Latest Nightly Lineage or Other ROM & TWRP Backup/Restore

Hi guys,
How do I properly update Lineage OS nightly updates or any other ROM for that matter. The update through the "About Phone" doesn't seem to work. It gets to about 70% then tells me the download failed. I tried many times. I did some research around the forums and everyone seems to say do it manually by downloading the ROM and flashing it via TWRP overtop. So I did that but when it rebooted it lost all my user and app data and I had to reapply all my settings manually.
I also did a twrp backup before I did the previous install. I tried to do a restore and same thing. It seemed to have lost all my app data and user data. Had to redo everything manually so instead i just installed the latest nightly and redid everything manually. Did I misunderstand how to update the ROM?
Thanks!

tranh2 said:
Hi guys,
How do I properly update Lineage OS nightly updates or any other ROM for that matter. The update through the "About Phone" doesn't seem to work. It gets to about 70% then tells me the download failed. I tried many times. I did some research around the forums and everyone seems to say do it manually by downloading the ROM and flashing it via TWRP overtop. So I did that but when it rebooted it lost all my user and app data and I had to reapply all my settings manually.
I also did a twrp backup before I did the previous install. I tried to do a restore and same thing. It seemed to have lost all my app data and user data. Had to redo everything manually so instead i just installed the latest nightly and redid everything manually. Did I misunderstand how to update the ROM?
Thanks!
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Just download the full rom and follow the procedure.
1. Take a backup of System, Data and Boot.
2. Wipe System
3. Flash in this order: ROM > Gapps (Yes you do need to do this)> Custom kernel (optional) > SuperSU/Magisk (optional) > any other mods.
4. Now wipe Cache and Dalvik and reboot!
5. First boot might take a while. If it loops just try it again or restore the backup and create a new topic!

Ah thank you! I was selecting the wrong options. This worked

Which [Android 8] daily driver to move to from FreedomOS 2.10.4 [7.1.1] ?

Back after a long time.
My OP3
- Freedom OS 2.10.4 [Android 7.1.1]
- BluSpark Recovery v40
On my OP3 I've always been on Freedom OS . Mostly due to
- Being close to stock,
- Debloated
- rooted for ad blocker, cerberus and titanium
However off the late facing lot of issue with network. Frequent drops on VoLTE and 4G networks on both sims. VoLTE sim will often disconnect and I will end with "Dial-> Immediate Call Ended" issue.
=> What would you recommend to use as daily driver ?
Would appreciate if you should add links. Any additional info regarding prerequisites (recovery, firmware etc) will be helpful.

You can try:
1-OxygenOS 5.0.3 with RenderZenith or Derp kernel.(Do not go for open beta OxygenOS builds, they are abandoned.)
2-Paranoid Android 7.3.1(Nougat but it won't upset you)
3-If camera, VoWiFi and OTA updates are not important, OmniDragon.
Everyone's expectations are different. These are just mine experiences.
You should update your TWRP before flashing, i guess it is outdated; PA and OxygenOS contains their own firmware but for OmniDragon you can use Open Beta 39/OxygenOS 5.0.3 firmwares.

qhsusb_bulk said:
You can try:
1-OxygenOS 5.0.3 with RenderZenith or Derp kernel.(Do not go for open beta OxygenOS builds, they are abandoned.)
2-Paranoid Android 7.3.1(Nougat but it won't upset you)
3-If camera, VoWiFi and OTA updates are not important, OmniDragon.
Everyone's expectations are different. These are just mine experiences.
You should update your TWRP before flashing, i guess it is outdated; PA and OxygenOS contains their own firmware but for OmniDragon you can use Open Beta 39/OxygenOS 5.0.3 firmwares.
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Thanks. Will check OxygenOS 5.0.3
Any reason why you did not suggest LineageOS?
Also will I be able to keep custom recovery and root with OxygenOS 5.0.3

hyperorb said:
Thanks. Will check OxygenOS 5.0.3
Any reason why you did not suggest LineageOS?
Also will I be able to keep custom recovery and root with OxygenOS 5.0.3
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According to my experiences, unfortunately LineageOS 15.1 is not a daily driver on SD820 phones. Used it on Mi5 and OP3, both of them suffered with lag, overheating, shuttering, deep sleep not working sometimes (lost apx.%30 battery per night), bad camera quality. It is good rom, but this issues must be solved.
You can keep root and TWRP on OOS. Process:
1-Flash TWRP and boot it.
2-Make the wipes(dalvik/data/cache/system are must, if you want full wipe of userdata you can select internal storage too.
3-Install OxygenOS zip, custom kernel zip(optional) and latest Magisk beta zip(16.7 today).
Reboot and profit.

qhsusb_bulk said:
According to my experiences, unfortunately LineageOS 15.1 is not a daily driver on SD820 phones. Used it on Mi5 and OP3, both of them suffered with lag, overheating, shuttering, deep sleep not working sometimes (lost apx.%30 battery per night), bad camera quality. It is good rom, but this issues must be solved.
You can keep root and TWRP on OOS. Process:
1-Flash TWRP and boot it.
2-Make the wipes(dalvik/data/cache/system are must, if you want full wipe of userdata you can select internal storage too.
3-Install OxygenOS zip, custom kernel zip(optional) and latest Magisk beta zip(16.7 today).
Reboot and profit.
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Thank you for helping with my queries.
So it's just like flashing a custom rom. Also If I wipe internal storage then the ROM zip file will also get wiped. Wonder how do I copy it then?
Last set of queries before I flash this coming weekend
- Whch TWRP ? Latest blu_spark should do ? (I remember blu_spark had specific TWRP for OP3_OP3T
- I remember reading about recovery getting overwritten when flashing OxygenOS.. Will it happen with full rom zip
- Any precautions you would like to suggest ?

hyperorb said:
Thank you for helping with my queries.
So it's just like flashing a custom rom. Also If I wipe internal storage then the ROM zip file will also get wiped. Wonder how do I copy it then?
Last set of queries before I flash this coming weekend
- Whch TWRP ? Latest blu_spark should do ? (I remember blu_spark had specific TWRP for OP3_OP3T
- I remember reading about recovery getting overwritten when flashing OxygenOS.. Will it happen with full rom zip
- Any precautions you would like to suggest ?
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Yes, if you wipe internal storage, the rom will be wiped. But you can just copy it from your pc while you are in twrp.
Latest Blu_spark twrp works fine for me. Will work for you too.
If recovery is overwritten, you can just flash twrp again via fastboot. It won't be overwritten then.
I think there was a way that after you can avoid having to fastboot by just installing twrp again right after you have flashed oos rom and then reboot. But I am not quite sure if it works. Maybe someone else with experience can elaborate. Anyways, the fastboot method will definitely work.

@hyperorb , If you flash Magisk right after OOS, your recovery won't be replaced by Oxygen one.
For recovery, you can use Official TWRP or OmniDragon TWRP.

many thanks @qhsusb_bulk @Harsh862
will try wit latest blu_spark first but will also keep others handy. Will not refresh internal storage for now. Maybe once I get a bit comfortable with this part. Will revert once I update.

OP3 OOS 5.0.3
Attaching link in case someone else need

Easy breezy.
Thanks to @qhsusb_bulk @Harsh862 Upgraded to OOS 5.0.3
1) Backups ( whatsapp, titanium, nandroid)
2) Remove all security - pin , fingerprint
3) Reboot to recovery
4) Upgrade TWRP to 8.6.1 blu_stark
5) Reboot to recovery
6) Full wipe except internal storage
7) Flash OOS
8) Wipe dalvik / cache
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9) Flash Magisk 16 (1600). I'm not sure what happened but it froze at a point with some message about /Vendor . Screen went black which white LED on.
10) Waited for 30 sec
11) Manual reboot to recovery
12) Wipe dalvik / cache
13) Flash Magisk 15.6.3
14) Wipe dalvik / cache
15) Reboot to recovery
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16) All Ok
17) Reboot to System

I've been on nitrogenos for half a year. Maybe your could give a try

hyperorb said:
Easy breezy.
Thanks to @[email protected] Upgraded to OOS 5.0.3
1) Backups ( whatsapp, titanium, nandroid)
2) Remove all security - pin , fingerprint
3) Reboot to recovery
4) Upgrade TWRP to 8.6.1 blu_stark
5) Reboot to recovery
6) Full wipe except internal storage
7) Flash OOS
8) Wipe dalvik / cache
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9) Flash Magisk 16 (1600). I'm not sure what happened but it froze at a point with some message about /Vendor . Screen went black which white LED on.
10) Waited for 30 sec
11) Manual reboot to recovery
12) Wipe dalvik / cache
13) Flash Magisk 15.6.3
14) Wipe dalvik / cache
15) Reboot to recovery
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16) All Ok
17) Reboot to System
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Is this offical Rom?

Yes. I downloaded from OnePlus forums

hyperorb said:
Easy breezy.
Thanks to @qhsusb_bulk @Harsh862 Upgraded to OOS 5.0.3
1) Backups ( whatsapp, titanium, nandroid)
2) Remove all security - pin , fingerprint
3) Reboot to recovery
4) Upgrade TWRP to 8.6.1 blu_stark
5) Reboot to recovery
6) Full wipe except internal storage
7) Flash OOS
8) Wipe dalvik / cache
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9) Flash Magisk 16 (1600). I'm not sure what happened but it froze at a point with some message about /Vendor . Screen went black which white LED on.
10) Waited for 30 sec
11) Manual reboot to recovery
12) Wipe dalvik / cache
13) Flash Magisk 15.6.3
14) Wipe dalvik / cache
15) Reboot to recovery
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16) All Ok
17) Reboot to System
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Step 9 happens to me everytime I flash OOS/OB. I simply wait for the white led to come on, press the Power button for 8+ seconds and phone switches off. Restart in recovery mode and flash Magisk. This time it will install.

Bootloop on every Magisk installation

Hi everyone,
I recently made a fresh install of the latest OOS ROM on my Onplus 5T (OOS 9.0.8). After reinstalling all the apps and data I tried to root the phone. My bootloader was already unlocked, so I just went on to flash TWRP (first tried the official TWRP 3.3.1 dumpling, and then the 3.3.1 blu_spark version). Then I tried to flash Magisk via TWRP (tried versions 19.2, 19.3, 19.4), and every time I try to reboot I get stuck on a black screen with the cyan led on, and I have to uninstall Magisk in order to reboot on the phone. Also the phone is encrypted, and I have a the Microsoft Intune Portal app installed to use some work apps, but I don't know if that can be the source of the problem.
If you have any idea on how to successfully flash Magisk, that would be amazing.
Thanks in advance :good:

I use the same version of ROM and magisk I use is canary build . Working fine. (even its not canary build I also can boot successfully)
you might need to check if some apps you install might cause this.
my recommendation is clear /data and starts fresh then root it before installing any apps. to see if it working fine or not.
also after you flash magisk do you try to wipe cache, dalvik-cache?
and how long are you waiting for its to boot? normally it would take more time than normal boot (without magisk)

Just connect to to ADB and delete vendor.. recovery.. rom.. radio.. antennaa.. ect everything. Get yourself a stock full rom and flash that through ADB. Then flash custom recovery, custom rom, gapps, custom kernel, magisk. thats it. find stock rom on manufacturers data server. I did this to a different phone I had but this is the way to 100% fix everything... by purging the phone to nothing. You can however do a twrp backup before doing so.

Thanks for the input, I will try first to reflash the ROM and root before installing any apps, and see if it works in order to avoid the long process of restoring all my data. I do wipe cache/dalvik cache before and after every flash. If that doesn't work I will try another time a clean flash and tell you if it worked.

I just reflashed the ROM and right after I flashed Magisk 19.3, then rebooted and it worked. Not sure what the issue was but the problem is now resolved. Thanks guys for the advice.

Stuck on spinning wheel after flashing Lineage and gapps

Hello,
I would like to install Lineage on my OnePlus5T, as the OxygenOS system does not seem to have an option for the Albanian language. Lineage does.
However, since Wednesday July 28, I have been trying and failing. Here are the steps:
1. Unlock bootloader (worked perfectly.)
2. Flash TWRP (No issue there either.)
3. Wipe Data, System, Dalvik, Cache (All okay so far...)
4. Flash Lineage and Gapps (both worked fine). I'm flashing lineage 18, with the pico gapps package for android 11.
5. Wipe dalvik and cache again, then reboot. But I got stuck on the spinning wheel. I had backed up all the data with TWRP, but apparently restoring it won't put me backk on OxygenOS. The backup must've been corrupted when copying to a computer.
I also erased system and vendor with fastboot, which wiped all else from the phone and then I tried again, still no luck.
I have tried flashing OxygenOS again, and that now gives me "zip trebble compatibility error, invalid zip file format".
But all partitions were empty, before flashing the system. What have I done wrong? Or what should/can I try to get the system installed?
Many thanks for any help... Sorry for the long message.

Hmm. Did you try without flashing GAPPS? How would your phone behave with system being flashed only?

dedq said:
Hmm. Did you try without flashing GAPPS? How would your phone behave with system being flashed only?
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I feel that could work. However, just before I do, I should ask, does Lineage have the core google apps already installed? Google play, etc? If so, I'll give that a try at my earliest convenience.
Many thanks for the help.

Lineage doesn't have anything related to Google. It's totally debloated.
Give flashing without GAPPS a try and you will be able to identify the problem.

dedq said:
Lineage doesn't have anything related to Google. It's totally debloated.
Give flashing without GAPPS a try and you will be able to identify the problem.
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If this works, how would I be able to get the google apps installed? Would I need to try a different gapps package, maybe?
Many thanks again, and sorry for all the questions.

First see if it works at all after flashing system and we will see after it.

Tobias101 said:
If this works, how would I be able to get the google apps installed? Would I need to try a different gapps package, maybe?
Many thanks again, and sorry for all the questions.
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It's always worth an attempt to boot after flashing system only. If your phone boots you should reboot to recovery and flash your Gapps. Hopefully your phone wool boot again then.

KeinePanik said:
It's always worth an attempt to boot after flashing system only. If your phone boots you should reboot to recovery and flash your Gapps. Hopefully your phone wool boot again then.
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Thank you so much, I'm going to give that a try when I can.

Hello,
The system booted without gapps, but didn't boot with it. So I downloaded the nano package, which was the only other available one for android 11, and it now works flawlessly.
Many thanks for all the help!