PSA: Back Up your EFS and Persist! - Moto G5 Plus Guides, News, & Discussion

Just a reminder to back up your EFS and persist in TWRP to avoid disastrous consequences. These house code that keeps your IMEI and VoLTE working as they should. If you end up losing you IMEI, 4G, or your VoLTE, restoring these will save you. I don't think the official TWRP offers a way to back up persist, so you can back it up using this unofficial image.
IF YOU FLASH STOCK ROM WITH FASTBOOT, YOU WILL LOSE YOUR IMEI!
Don't attempt to go back to stock with fastboot. Instead, use the TWRP flashable stock ROM found at this link. It is not perfect from what I have heard, but it is worth keeping your IMEI and your VoLTE intact.
If you have already lost your IMEI/VoLTE/4G, there is currently NO SOLUTION. The official 8.1 update is nearing us and we can only hope that it will fix this issue.

Good info and thanks for the heads up. I was about to flash Oreo these days. Although I always backup EFS, I don't know if official TWRP has persist backup support, but I found this and thought I'd share it. I haven't tried it yet: https://forum.xda-developers.com/g5-plus/how-to/unofficial-twrp-3-2-1-1-persist-backup-t3775954

Jrhotrod said:
Just a reminder to back up your EFS and persist in TWRP to avoid disastrous consequences. These house code that keeps your IMEI and VoLTE working as they should. If you end up losing you IMEI, 4G, or your VoLTE, restoring these will save you. I don't think the official TWRP offers a way to back up persist, so you can back it up using this unofficial image.
IF YOU FLASH STOCK ROM WITH FASTBOOT, YOU WILL LOSE YOUR IMEI!
Don't attempt to go back to stock with fastboot. Instead, use the TWRP flashable stock ROM found at this link. It is not perfect from what I have heard, but it is worth keeping your IMEI and your VoLTE intact.
If you have already lost your IMEI/VoLTE/4G, there is currently NO SOLUTION. The official 8.1 update is nearing us and we can only hope that it will fix this issue.
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Thanks man very informative. I was asking from a long time for a way to backup persist partition. One question though, will flashing this twrp will affect my current rom? (Lineage os 15.1)

spandy992 said:
Thanks man very informative. I was asking from a long time for a way to backup persist partition. One question though, will flashing this twrp will affect my current rom? (Lineage os 15.1)
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Nope! It won't. It only overwrites the recovery partition.

yep seems that i'm the latest statistic, lost imei and now stuck with only 3G at best. Tried everything with no luck so heres hoping that oreo with fix it or the phone is going in the trash and I'm going with Nokia or Sony for the next device. Not the devs fault as this was my doing of trusting a presist file from an xda post, still moto should allow users to rollback firmware succesfully like any other oem ex. HTC.

We should try to promove this: https://forum.xda-developers.com/g5-plus/help/dev-fixing-baseband-t3806064 , So people can help this dev who´s trying to fix this issues

attack11 said:
We should try to promove this: https://forum.xda-developers.com/g5-plus/help/dev-fixing-baseband-t3806064 , So people can help this dev who´s trying to fix this issues
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I'd love to but i'm really not sure how I can help since I trashed my imei and cant recover it. Been trying anything I can for the past day but nothing sticks. The most I can get is 3G with no imei

Jrhotrod said:
If you have already lost your IMEI/VoLTE/4G, there is currently NO SOLUTION.
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Actually, there is a fix around which works. I can tell by first hand experience. My VoLTE never worked with my Potter until today. I read this thread thoroughly and I still can't believe it's working :laugh:

When you flash back to stock from Oreo roms or flash stock firmware again you will automatically lose IMEI and network connectivity.
Here's the Persist file linked in my first guide https://forum.xda-developers.com/g5-plus/how-to/moto-g5-xt1687-retus-s-unlocked-retail-t3806954 :
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https://www23.zippyshare.com/v/13MfpRhg/file.html
TWRP recovery needs to be fastboot flashed again after you flash back to the stock firmware.
You need to make an EFS backup in TWRP Recovery to create the EFS folder in your phone storage, after you flash stock rom.
The persist.img backup needs to be restored in TWRP after you place it in your phone storage > TWRP folder > newly created EFS backup folder
Restore persist.img in TWRP after flashing stock firmware, you should not be flashing firmware only. Persist.img is what gives you your LTE network signal and IMEI back.

tuxattack80 said:
I'd love to but i'm really not sure how I can help since I trashed my imei and cant recover it. Been trying anything I can for the past day but nothing sticks. The most I can get is 3G with no imei
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Yes,I faced that too, you must flash and oreo rom and IMEI should be back, then for 4g you must do in fastboot (with the oreo rom):
fastboot erase modemst1
fastboot erase modemst2
And should be fine, then backup that efs and you can restore in stock rom to get signal, if hoy get an ota you must restore the efs backup again
boype said:
Actually, there is a fix around which works. I can tell by first hand experience. My VoLTE never worked with my Potter until today. I read this thread thoroughly and I still can't believe it's working :laugh:
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That thread uses a persist backup from a moto g 4, Its a bad idea, some people report greenish/yellowish pictures with camera

attack11 said:
Yes,I faced that too, you must flash and oreo rom and IMEI should be back, then for 4g you must do in fastboot (with the oreo rom):
fastboot erase modemst1
fastboot erase modemst2
And should be fine, then backup that efs and you can restore in stock rom to get signal, if hoy get an ota you must restore the efs backup again
That thread uses a persist backup from a moto g 4, Its a bad idea, some people report greenish/yellowish pictures with camera
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Yeah that always worked before but not now, if I flash an Oreo rom the best I can get is 3G with 0 as my imei. Thinking my persist partition is corrupted or something similar. In the past I could see baseband version changes with OTA updates but now it stays at the same version number no matter how far back I go with stock, fastboot all the way back to initial with no change. May have to try boype's link as I'm out of options really other than pulling out my e4 and tossing this thing in a drawer till Oreo arrives. Being a US variant if it's even safe to flash the Moto g4 persist file but in this case I don't have to much to lose lol
Tried the Moto g4 presist file with no luck so I give up. 3G for me until Oreo drops or a good deal pops up on Amazon or bestbuy lol

tuxattack80 said:
Yeah that always worked before but not now, if I flash an Oreo rom the best I can get is 3G with 0 as my imei. Thinking my persist partition is corrupted or something similar. In the past I could see baseband version changes with OTA updates but now it stays at the same version number no matter how far back I go with stock, fastboot all the way back to initial with no change. May have to try boype's link as I'm out of options really other than pulling out my e4 and tossing this thing in a drawer till Oreo arrives. Being a US variant if it's even safe to flash the Moto g4 persist file but in this case I don't have to much to lose lol
Tried the Moto g4 presist file with no luck so I give up. 3G for me until Oreo drops or a good deal pops up on Amazon or bestbuy lol
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Baseband version looks off after flashing different persist files don't remember seeing anything that ended in q before.

attack11 said:
That thread uses a persist backup from a moto g 4, Its a bad idea, some people report greenish/yellowish pictures with camera
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I know, but I have no problems with it whatsoever.

tuxattack80 said:
I'd love to but i'm really not sure how I can help since I trashed my imei and cant recover it. Been trying anything I can for the past day but nothing sticks. The most I can get is 3G with no imei
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Bro my moto g1 was also trashed 3 years ago when i installed cyanogemmod on it , after that reverted to stock and upgraded to lollipop os. Phone went dead . lesson learnt was never mess up too much with motorola.
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Jrhotrod said:
Nope! It won't. It only overwrites the recovery partition.
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Bro just backed up efs. It showed 0 mb size on twrp! And the size of persist backup.sha is 320 kb only! Is this normal?

spandy992 said:
Bro my moto g1 was also trashed 3 years ago when i installed cyanogemmod on it , after that reverted to stock and upgraded to lollipop os. Phone went dead . lesson learnt was never mess up too much with motorola.
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Bro just backed up efs. It showed 0 mb size on twrp! And the size of persist backup.sha is 320 kb only! Is this normal?
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.sha is a digest file, meant to verify the backup, not the actual backup.

thedr34m13 said:
.sha is a digest file, meant to verify the backup, not the actual backup.
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Thanks. I checked persist.ext4.win that is also only 320 kb in size. Is that normal?

spandy992 said:
Thanks. I checked persist.ext4.win that is also only 320 kb in size. Is that normal?
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Persist is small, and TWRP compresses everything too. So I'd say it's normal.

spandy992 said:
Bro my moto g1 was also trashed 3 years ago when i installed cyanogemmod on it , after that reverted to stock and upgraded to lollipop os. Phone went dead . lesson learnt was never mess up too much with motorola.
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Bro just backed up efs. It showed 0 mb size on twrp! And the size of persist backup.sha is 320 kb only! Is this normal?
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Yeah I'm starting to see why they can compete in the budget market. They're cheap for a reason and that reason is ****ty support and software. This my first Moto device since the old school days of the razor flip phones and will more than likely be my last. Either going back to HTC or giving Nokia or Sony a try.
Scratch that the last Moto phone I had was the OG Moto X and that was a real Motorola phone.

tuxattack80 said:
Yeah I'm starting to see why they can compete in the budget market. They're cheap for a reason and that reason is ****ty support and software. This my first Moto device since the old school days of the razor flip phones and will more than likely be my last. Either going back to HTC or giving Nokia or Sony a try.
Scratch that the last Moto phone I had was the OG Moto X and that was a real Motorola phone.
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Yes motorola has changed drasticaly. Moto g1 was a good phone even for today ultra budget standards. Though i wont recommend nokia if you are into this custom rom and kernel stuff because there are none to very few roms(if any) for nokia.

spandy992 said:
Yes motorola has changed drasticaly. Moto g1 was a good phone even for today ultra budget standards. Though i wont recommend nokia if you are into this custom rom and kernel stuff because there are none to very few roms(if any) for nokia.
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Yeah I can see your point there but honestly with age I find myself getting to damn OCD for ROMs and only really seem to stick with ones that are close to stock anyways. I think for me it's about having the latest version of Android and not the millions of settings options so if I can find an oem that actually updates there phones more than once in the devices life time is be happy and kind of the reason both Sony and Nokia stand out to me right now

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[Q] IMEI = 0, but phone working normally?

NOOB ALERT: I am very new to this, but have done a bunch of searching and have come up empty. If I missed any threads that may have addressed this, my apologies.
Hello,
I recently tried flashing a custom rom on my e971 for the first time after 2 years of ownership and getting bored of stock rom. Rooted as described in the ROOT/BL-U/L/Install custom recovery thread for Canadian G's (zv9-zvb universal root), U/L BL with freegee and installed cwm (also through freegee). I then flashed pacman rom 4.4.4 for the e973, as it was my understanding that it would work properly. Rom flashed successfully and the phone worked for the most part (though there seemed to be some bugs with the rom).
One thing I noticed was that my imei was displaying as 0 in settings, which was a concern. After searching the forums for this problem, i found that most people with this problem couldn't connect to their operator, whereas I could connect fine (though my network speeds seemed slower than usual). No problem making calls, SMS, or using mobile data (MMS was hit and miss though).
I've since successfully restored my stock backup via cwm, tried restoring my efs partition via freegee (used freege to backup), re-flashed the JB radio for my model, but have had no luck getting my imei back (phone still works though).
The only other thing I can think of trying is the Unbrick guide using a kdz, however the kdz downloader app gives me an error when i input my model and serial. My other concern with this method would be ruining a phone that's currently working.
Can anyone recommend any solutions or offer any insight as to why this may have happened?
Thanks very much.
A couple of things... First off, to flash a KDZ, try using a flash tool 2014, it should work (worked on my F180S). Second, you could just leave your phone as is, unless you are planning to use it abroad (I am assuming you are in Canada). Unlike in other places in the world, e.g. Europe, nulled IMEI somehow works perfectly fine in Canada, which I know from my own experience with at least two different phones. Weird, but true. So, if you are only planning to use it locally, it shouldn't be much of a concern, really...
Thanks for the reply. Yes, in Canada, but unfortunately, I can no longer connect to Rogers at all. I'll take a look at the LG flash tool thread and see if I can figure it out. Still not sure where to find the kdz file though...
You mentioned you've experienced the IMEI problem. Do you happen to know if flashing the kdz will restore the IMEI (not sure if that's what you meant by "worked on my F180s"?
ff_29 said:
Still not sure where to find the kdz file though...
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Take a look here: http://lg-phone-firmware.com/index.php?id_mod=20
The KDZ you need is listed under "Rogers".
You mentioned you've experienced the IMEI problem. Do you happen to know if flashing the kdz will restore the IMEI (not sure if that's what you meant by "worked on my F180s"?
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I just meant that when I had to flash stock KDZ on my F180 (several times, for various reasons), Flash Tool 2014 worked perfectly for me. So, if you are having issues flashing KDZ by other methods, it's the best tool to use.
My IMEI problems were on totally different phones... I haven't encountered any IMEI issues with OG. Some people say that flashing KDZ does restore IMEI, others indicate that it doesn't. I can't say... If you used FreeGee in the past, you might have made an EFS backup. Restoring from it would be your best bet.
Thanks again. I did make a backup using freegee, but restoring through freegee doesn't seem to do anything (I get a message saying the process is complete, but still no IMEI).
I'll give the flash tool a try and report back.
Update: successfully flashed back to stock by kdz, but no change with the IMEI, and still not connecting to network. Still have the backup EFS partitions saved, but unless there's another way to restore them besides freegee, I think I'm SOL.
Update 2: After a day of showing no connection to the network, my phone decided to connect to rogers wireless today. Didn't change anything, and IMEI is still 0.
I hope you can fix it: http://forum.xda-developers.com/showpost.php?p=55471364&postcount=4
Good Luck :good:
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For more information and help you can check the B method this Post (has some pictures of help): http://customlgoptimusg.blogspot.com/2014/07/imei-copia-de-seguridad-restauracion-y.html
Thanks! Successfully restored IMEI
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Thanks! Successfully restored IMEI
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You're welcome and excellent. Greetings :good:

Need stock ROM for Moto G5 XT1676 (3/16) DualSIM

Hello,
can somebody upload exactly this FW for this phone?
For 2 SIM cards? Yes
Software channel: reteu
Baseband version: M8937_11.16.02.51R CEDRIC_EMEADSDS_CUST
Kernel: original (stock): 3.18.31....
Android security level: 1 August 2017
Android version: 7.0
Build number: NPPS25.137-72-4
I can't find this ROM anywhere, but reallly need it. Thx in advance.
Mcandrew2809 said:
Hello,
can somebody upload exactly this FW for this phone?
For 2 SIM cards? Yes
Software channel: reteu
Baseband version: M8937_11.16.02.51R CEDRIC_EMEADSDS_CUST
Kernel: original (stock): 3.18.31....
Android security level: 1 August 2017
Android version: 7.0
Build number: NPPS25.137-72-4
I can't find this ROM anywhere, but reallly need it. Thx in advance.
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I managed to break my XT1676 also, couldn't find the NPPS25.137-15-11 image either.
I ended up flashing NPP25.137-33 using RSDLite but modifying the flashing script to not flash the partition layout or the bootloader as they are older versions and got it back up and running. If you had that image on the phone previously and you have an unlocked bootloader you can do the same.
Let me know if you need more instructions.
Cheers.
Thank you for replying, raiamino.
I'd like to ask if is there any other option especially for phones with locked bootloader? I'd like to reflash my phone because it became unbelievably slow and laggy after some time. Factory reset didn't help much.
I flashed a lot of phones in the past (for example Sony Ericsson Xperia X8, Lenovo S60...) but this phone really surprises me about flashing. I found a lot of custom ROMs here on xda and I was thinking about flashing some also, but I'm a little bit scared of it - I don't know, which one is compatible and which isn't (nowhere is written if is custom ROM built for 2/16, 3/16, SingleSIM, DualSIM... variant). I need Moto Gestures feature (really useful thing for me) also, but don't know, if any custom ROM supports it. Do you know about any which will not cause brick (or hard brick) if I will flash it? Thx in advance.
Btw, sorry for bad English, but it's not my native language. Greetings from little big country - Slovakia.
Mcandrew2809 said:
Thank you for replying, raiamino.
I'd like to ask if is there any other option especially for phones with locked bootloader? I'd like to reflash my phone because it became unbelievably slow and laggy after some time. Factory reset didn't help much.
I flashed a lot of phones in the past (for example Sony Ericsson Xperia X8, Lenovo S60...) but this phone really surprises me about flashing. I found a lot of custom ROMs here on xda and I was thinking about flashing some also, but I'm a little bit scared of it - I don't know, which one is compatible and which isn't (nowhere is written if is custom ROM built for 2/16, 3/16, SingleSIM, DualSIM... variant). I need Moto Gestures feature (really useful thing for me) also, but don't know, if any custom ROM supports it. Do you know about any which will not cause brick (or hard brick) if I will flash it? Thx in advance.
Btw, sorry for bad English, but it's not my native language. Greetings from little big country - Slovakia.
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you can do the following - warning it will erase everything on internal storage including photos music downloads documents etc - backup to sd card or laptop first if you want to keep these things
put phone into fastboot mode and connect to laptop
In a terminal/command prompt window assuming you have fastboot installed type the following
Code:
fastboot erase userdata
When you restart your phone it will be like the first time you switched it on (albeit with upgraded firmware version)
LineageOS supports moto gestures - For me they all work except shake to open camera app but you can set it to open with a double press of the power button
Flashing a custom rom designed for your phone will not hard brick it as it will never touch the bootloader so you will always be able to enter fastboot mode
Of course you can soft brick which means it either bootloops or you cant access recovery if you don't follow the correct process but you can solve that just by repeating the process correctly
All right, I will give it a try at evening (not enough time right now). So If I will do the fastboot command...
Code:
fastboot erase userdata
...what will happen? Is it the same procedure as factory reset + wipe cache?
Mcandrew2809 said:
All right, I will give it a try at evening (not enough time right now). So If I will do the fastboot command...
Code:
fastboot erase userdata
...what will happen? Is it the same procedure as factory reset + wipe cache?
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yes but it also wipes everything on internal storage data partition
A reset + wipe cache will format data but not user data (things that are stored on internal storage such as pictures music documents downloads)
It does not format system or anything else
Thank you, it helped a lot! :highfive:
EDIT: what's difference between erase and format in fastboot? Would something bad happen if i do format command instead of erase?
Mcandrew2809 said:
Thank you, it helped a lot! :highfive:
EDIT: what's difference between erase and format in fastboot? Would something bad happen if i do format command instead of erase?
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Iv no idea - it will either give an error unknown command or do something
erase userdata is the correct use
Hello,
I have the same phone and like to download the stock rom first before flashing a custom one (RR e.g.). I can't find anywhere a download for this version's custom rom yet. Is there any way to save the stock rom out of the still unmodified phone?
Thanks for your help!
Bro.. check this.. npps is for xt 1676 ( Europe, Turkey ) and npp is for xt 1677 ( India) . Both are dual sim 3gb version phones.. just may be customization difference. Hopefully all modem bands may work.
Npps or xt 1676 unfortunately dont have version above 25.137-15 ( which is an older firmware from what u have ) , so never flash it.
But npp have higher version 72/76/82.
Just in case u are not confident enough avoid gpt, and bootloader flashing.
Btw.. if you have messed up ur bootloader ( cant boot into fastboot) .. i think give these files a try.. btw.. you have nothing to loose since u have messed up pretty bad with bootloader.
This is the only last try till Oreo upadate ( if moto ever release it for g5)
Btw.. if u get successful.. please share.
https://www.clangsm.com/forum/index.php?showtopic=482933
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And if u are worried about modem ( which may cause wifi /signal issue) avoid flashing modem or try flashing old modem from npps25.137-15 ( the file is available in same directory) you can use the modem file only for flashing )
I mean.. first flash the complete npp25.137-76 ( i choose that file because its non branded ) .. after successful boot, check wifi and sim.
If everything is ok.. use the same..
If you have problems with wifi or sim..
Use modem file from npps 25.137-15 and flash modem partion only.
Or completely avoid all trial and error methods. And just flash npp25-137-76 with out flashing modem , bootloader, gpt, - its just like flashing a new kernel and system.. everything except system and kernel will remanin the same.
The method works only if u have a working bootloader. If its not there.. there is no way to trial and error things.. till u courageously flash the bootloader and gpt from npp version..
Hope you will get something.
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Currently.. my xt1676 is working with August security update ( npps - 25.137-72-4 ) rooted, unlocked.. i am trying hard to mess it up.. unfortunately twrp backup helps me to unbrick few times!! But soon or later i will manage to mess it up!!!???
Only then i will give these files a try... ( Or atlest till pixel 2 comes to retailer near by) . For now this is my backup phone after selling s7 edge.
This is just 2 weeks old.. and i manage to mess its os 5-6 times till now.. so i think i will be joining your club soon
Just the same phone as yours..2 weeks old.. but its alive till now.
showlyshah said:
Just the same phone as yours..2 weeks old.. but its alive till now.
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Hi. Sorry for bumping an old thread but I thought it was better then to make a new one.
I bought this phone a few days ago and it had NPPS25.137-72-4 when delivered. Been trying to read up a bit on this device but since I'm used to samsung, it all takes a while to figure things out
Got it unlocked/rooted fine, but I want to make sure I have something to fall back on in case of trouble.
I've been searching for this fw without any luck. Any chance some one got it and can share it?
NPPS25.137-72-4
Or if anyone can suggest a different one that could work. ( I don't really understand the fw names yet)
Thanks in advance.
tys0n said:
Hi. Sorry for bumping an old thread but I thought it was better then to make a new one.
I bought this phone a few days ago and it had NPPS25.137-72-4 when delivered. Been trying to read up a bit on this device but since I'm used to samsung, it all takes a while to figure things out
Got it unlocked/rooted fine, but I want to make sure I have something to fall back on in case of trouble.
I've been searching for this fw without any luck. Any chance some one got it and can share it?
NPPS25.137-72-4
Or if anyone can suggest a different one that could work. ( I don't really understand the fw names yet)
Thanks in advance.
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Take a twrp backup .. a clean one..
tys0n said:
Hi. Sorry for bumping an old thread but I thought it was better then to make a new one.
I bought this phone a few days ago and it had NPPS25.137-72-4 when delivered. Been trying to read up a bit on this device but since I'm used to samsung, it all takes a while to figure things out
Got it unlocked/rooted fine, but I want to make sure I have something to fall back on in case of trouble.
I've been searching for this fw without any luck. Any chance some one got it and can share it?
NPPS25.137-72-4
Or if anyone can suggest a different one that could work. ( I don't really understand the fw names yet)
Thanks in advance.
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There's no flash able zips of stock ROMs here unfortunately. Weird for me too since I was Samsung through and through. Take a back up of your own ROM via TWRP or you can use the debloated stock ROM by Fedray on the ROM forum.
showlyshah said:
Take a twrp backup .. a clean one..
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Smonic said:
There's no flash able zips of stock ROMs here unfortunately. Weird for me too since I was Samsung through and through. Take a back up of your own ROM via TWRP or you can use the debloated stock ROM by Fedray on the ROM forum.
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Thanks for your answers.Thats actualy first thing I did after flashing twrp to have a clean backup of system and boot.
I also made a few partition backups in terminal, like persist, oem, modem and a few others so hopefully I'm fine.
Do you guys know if I can take stock recovery from lower version fw in case I would ever need it again?
I highly doubt I ever will, but just in case
Edit: If anyone needs a system/boot backup of this fw, just let me know and I'll upload it.
tys0n said:
Thanks for your answers.Thats actualy first thing I did after flashing twrp to have a clean backup of system and boot.
I also made a few partition backups in terminal, like persist, oem, modem and a few others so hopefully I'm fine.
Do you guys know if I can take stock recovery from lower version fw in case I would ever need it again?
I highly doubt I ever will, but just in case
Edit: If anyone needs a system/boot backup of this fw, just let me know and I'll upload it.
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Infact i need a full twrp backup of the exact same firmware.. if u can uplaod.. please do that.. btw.. if u need recovery image i can extract it from ota.. and send to you.
showlyshah said:
Infact i need a full twrp backup of the exact same firmware.. if u can uplaod.. please do that.. btw.. if u need recovery image i can extract it from ota.. and send to you.
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Yes please. If you could do that, that would be great
I'll zip the backup and upload it in a few hours when I get to my computer.
tys0n said:
Yes please. If you could do that, that would be great
I'll zip the backup and upload it in a few hours when I get to my computer.
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Me too.. i will do it tomorrow itself.
Ok, here we go. Stock TWRP backup from XT1676.
NPPS25.137-72-4
CEDRIC_XT1676-NPPS25.137-72-4_TWRP.zip
Unzip, put in your twrp backup folder and restore.
https://firmware.gem-flash.com/index.php?a=browse&b=category&id=13304
I got this too..

Unknown imei Moto g6 play.

Hello I was rooting my Moto g6 play and made the awful mistake of not backing up efs partition ( I know Dumb). I got it all done and booted up and now unknown imei. I was wondering if there where any tech savvy people on here that would know how to fix this problem. I know the Imei and if I fastboot getvar I can see the iemi. Plzz help thanks.
dill902 said:
Hello I was rooting my Moto g6 play and made the awful mistake of not backing up efs partition ( I know Dumb). I got it all done and booted up and now unknown imei. I was wondering if there where any tech savvy people on here that would know how to fix this problem. I know the Imei and if I fastboot getvar I can see the iemi. Plzz help thanks.
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Just flash stock firmware. thats a pretty big mistake to make lol I'm pretty sure I made it quite clear in my guide to backup at least 2 or 3 times. But just flash stock firmware using the commands at the bottom of my guide. Even if the bootloader is locked the commands will work to reflash it still. The need links for stock firmware is also in the guide. And I will say this. If you took the newest update before rooting then you will have to wait for that firmware to be uploaded because its not uploaded yet.
ninjakira said:
Just flash stock firmware. thats a pretty big mistake to make lol I'm pretty sure I made it quite clear in my guide to backup at least 2 or 3 times. But just flash stock firmware using the commands at the bottom of my guide. Even if the bootloader is locked the commands will work to reflash it still. The need links for stock firmware is also in the guide. And I will say this. If you took the newest update before rooting then you will have to wait for that firmware to be uploaded because its not uploaded yet.
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Thanks man and i know im kicking myself. would you happen to know twhat the newest update is?
dill902 said:
Thanks man and i know im kic,king myself. would you happen to know twhat the newest update is?
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The newest build is only a few days old so it will be nearly impossible to find online. And it has a different baseband and radio than the previous build. But the October update is OCP27.91-150
As long as the imei isn't zero you should be able to get service back. I had the same issue when I flashed an older firmware like a moron. But when I took the update again, I got service back. I don't recommend it because I may have just been lucky, but no matter what don't flash the gpt, asdspo(?) And bootloader with the older firmware. It'll mess your life up.
Ok i guess ill have to wait it out. Tried to flash stock and still unknown imei and no base band version so guessing it was updated. Thank guys!
dill902 said:
Ok i guess ill have to wait it out. Tried to flash stock and still unknown imei and no base band version so guessing it was updated. Thank guys!
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Try taking the update again over WiFi if you can. You shouldn't have an issue as long as you're back to stock. But the update is only 3 days old so you may have a chance.
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ninjakira said:
Just flash stock firmware. thats a pretty big mistake to make lol I'm pretty sure I made it quite clear in my guide to backup at least 2 or 3 times. But just flash stock firmware using the commands at the bottom of my guide. Even if the bootloader is locked the commands will work to reflash it still. The need links for stock firmware is also in the guide. And I will say this. If you took the newest update before rooting then you will have to wait for that firmware to be uploaded because its not uploaded yet.
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@ninjakira Would my modem.img backup be of any use here? Or anything else? I don't know what is stored where.
Starkiller2 said:
Try taking the update again over WiFi if you can. You shouldn't have an issue as long as you're back to stock. But the update is only 3 days old so you may have a chance.
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@ninjakira Would my modem.img backup be of any use here? Or anything else? I don't know what is stored where.
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Idk man i try to update and says its upto date i have the xti922-9 says im on OCP27.91-62
dill902 said:
Idk man i try to update and says its upto date i have the xti922-9 says im on OCP27.91-62
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Ok so mine won't help then. I'm XT1922-7.
Starkiller2 said:
Try taking the update again over WiFi if you can. You shouldn't have an issue as long as you're back to stock. But the update is only 3 days old so you may have a chance.
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@ninjakira Would my modem.img backup be of any use here? Or anything else? I don't know what is stored where.
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At this point no it's gonna need a full reflash of the firmware. I was having issues with my service and went and flashed the OEM file from the 2nd update through fastboot and did the erase carrier command and got my service fixed. Could try that.
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dill902 said:
Idk man i try to update and says its upto date i have the xti922-9 says im on OCP27.91-62
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If you have the xt1922-9 then that means you have the att version if I'm not mistaken. If so just go to the links in my guide for stock firmware in the att folder. It has both the firmware your on plus the updated firmware from September which is ocp27.91-62-3 plus my guide will help you achieve root. Just please read it all
ninjakira said:
At this point no it's gonna need a full reflash of the firmware. I was having issues with my service and went and flashed the OEM file from the 2nd update through fastboot and did the erase carrier command and got my service fixed. Could try that.
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If you have the xt1922-9 then that means you have the att version if I'm not mistaken. If so just go to the links in my guide for stock firmware in the att folder. It has both the firmware your on plus the updated firmware from September which is ocp27.91-62-3 plus my guide will help you achieve root. Just please read it all
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I flashed bout those firmwares and still nothing i dont understand whats going on or if im messing something up somewhere in the process. It flashes an everything seems to be ok other than the Imei unknown which causes the phone not to read my sim card if im not mistaken. Thanks for taking the time to try and help.
Starkiller2 said:
The newest build is only a few days old so it will be nearly impossible to find online. And it has a different baseband and radio than the previous build. But the October update is OCP27.91-150.
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Baseband is software. Radio is a piece of hardware. The piece of hardware that gets your carrier's signal. It can't be upgraded without physically altering the phone. Even then it would need to be the same exact radio because the stock drives probably wouldn't work, and the chances of a dev making a version for 1 person with a different hardware would be slim to none.
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@ninjakira Would my modem.img backup be of any use here? Or anything else? I don't know what is stored where.
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If you want him to have your Imei number, you could but thats not a good idea.
Xplorer4x4 said:
Baseband is software. Radio is a piece of hardware. The piece of hardware that gets your carrier's signal. It can't be upgraded without physically altering the phone. Even then it would need to be the same exact radio because the stock drives probably wouldn't work, and the chances of a dev making a version for 1 person with a different hardware would be slim to none.
If you want him to have your Imei number, you could but thats not a good idea.
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Thanks for correcting me. I'll be sure not to try again.
So what you guys are saying is I f-ed up and need to buy a new phone? Lol
dill902 said:
So what you guys are saying is I f-ed up and need to buy a new phone? Lol
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Try flashing stock firmware. If that doesn't work there are other options still.
Sent from my Moto G6 Plus using XDA Labs
Xplorer4x4 said:
Try flashing stock firmware. If that doesn't work there are other options still.
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Thanks I flashed every rom for my model and still nothing. Driving me crazy have to use an old junker phone till I find a solution lol
dill902 said:
Thanks I flashed every rom for my model and still nothing. Driving me crazy have to use an old junker phone till I find a solution lol
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You were flashing a gsi not a rom. Even then a rom and even less so a gsi, doesn't contain all the same data as what stock does.
Sent from my Moto G6 Plus using Tapatalk
Xplorer4x4 said:
You were flashing a gsi not a rom. Even then a rom and even less so a gsi, doesn't contain all the same data as what stock does.
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O ok well can you point me in the right direction to download the rom? Or whatever I need to download.
Starkiller2 said:
The newest build is only a few days old so it will be nearly impossible to find online. And it has a different baseband and radio than the previous build. But the October update is OCP27.91-150
As long as the imei isn't zero you should be able to get service back. I had the same issue when I flashed an older firmware like a moron. But when I took the update again, I got service back. I don't recommend it because I may have just been lucky, but no matter what don't flash the gpt, asdspo(?) And bootloader with the older firmware. It'll mess your life up.
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Hello, as a bigger moron i flashed an older firmware because the networks were going nuts ( mobile data didn't connect even though i had an imei, and wifi and bluetooth just went on and off constantly). Now I don't have IMEI nor wifi(idk why it doen't work to get an ota update). What should I do?
I have a Moto G6 plus RETAR (Argentina) and the new update is not online because it went online today in the morning.
Thank you in advance
PD: I realized this thread is for the moto g6 play, anyway i believe you colud help me, plz I am desesperate
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Xplorer4x4 said:
You were flashing a gsi not a rom. Even then a rom and even less so a gsi, doesn't contain all the same data as what stock does.
Sent from my Moto G6 Plus using Tapatalk
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Hello, as a moron i flashed an older firmware because the networks were going nuts ( mobile data didn't connect even though i had an imei, and wifi and bluetooth just went on and off constantly). Now I don't have IMEI nor wifi (idk why it doesn't work, to get an ota update). What should I do?
I have a Moto G6 plus RETAR (Argentina) and the new update is not online because it went online today in the morning.
Thank you in advance
PD: I realized this thread is for the moto g6 play, anyway i believe you colud help me, plz I am desesperat

V450PM LG V50 Sprint update to system 20N

Hello guys, so after spending a lot of time doing research on which partitions to extract to flash. I found out that the partitions on the link did the trick. I have 2 Sprint V50 same model one is rooted, the other is not, made the backup with Qfil from the non rooted and flashed those onto the rooted, that did the trick. Only use Qfil to flash partitions, do not use TWRP, it'll fail and your data will be erased to get it to work again!
The files are the one's I used, so I upload those to you guys! Hope it helps someone, if you have a doubt, just ask I'll be happy to help.
When I have some time I'll try to make a guide of it. If a new update arrives I'll update this post with the new files!
PARTITIONS 20N - Google Drive
drive.google.com
thx bro.
Strange I've never had any issue with flashing these in TWRP as long as I clear data/userdata. Then again I prefer starting fresh on a new OTA.
Thanks
Am I supposed to flash these files on just slot b or both slots
Merlve said:
Am I supposed to flash these files on just slot b or both slots
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these are to be flashed on your current slot.. so A if you're on A
THANK YOU!
cloud1250000 said:
these are to be flashed on your current slot.. so A if you're on A
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How can this be viewed on the phone?
i flashed these, but when i reboot to system it gets stuck on the lg logo. any idea?
1maaax said:
i flashed these, but when i reboot to system it gets stuck on the lg logo. any idea?
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Did you ever figure this out? I can't seem to gain root anymore with magisk flashed images... the system sticks at the lg logo... once I restore boot_a it boots fine
q-killer said:
Did you ever figure this out? I can't seem to gain root anymore with magisk flashed images... the system sticks at the lg logo... once I restore boot_a it boots fine
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I've never figured it out, sorry
1maaax said:
I've never figured it out, sorry
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I just got mine fixed by remote unlock service in Ukraine in v50 telegram channel.... He only has internet on tues-wed but its a reasonable $28 to restore this device. Good luck
q-killer said:
I just got mine fixed by remote unlock service in Ukraine in v50 telegram channel.... He only has internet on tues-wed but its a reasonable $28 to restore this device. Good luck
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I just flashed kdz with lgup to restore original firmware, in case it happens to you again
1maaax said:
I just flashed kdz with lgup to restore original firmware, in case it happens to you again
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1maaax said:
I just flashed kdz with lgup to restore original firmware, in case it happens to you again
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But... My phone won't go into download mode any longer. It did prior to the restore service. Also, I was not able to locate a kdz image for this phone.... Only the international version. Any ideas on how to restore download mode and flash a custom rom?
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But... My phone won't go into download mode any longer. It did prior to the restore service. Also, I was not able to locate a kdz image for this phone.... Only the international version. Any ideas on how to restore download mode and flash a custom rom?
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What happens when you try to boot download mode? I'm not sure which kdz you are looking for. If it is sprint, I recommend looking for the v50 sprint backup files shared on xda. It isn't kdz, but result should be more or less the same.
Since the original link is dead, I've mirrored the files in case anyone needs them:
V450PM20n
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Since the original link is dead, I've mirrored the files in case anyone needs them:
V450PM20n
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THX a lot, btw, is your V50 Still working on t-mobile?
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THX a lot, btw, is your V50 Still working on t-mobile?
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Nowadays, I can only connect via Wi-Fi calling while the cellular connection no longer works, so I'm guessing that T-Mobile is doing some IMEI-based blocking on their end.
Hrhigher said:
Hello guys, so after spending a lot of time doing research on which partitions to extract to flash. I found out that the partitions on the link did the trick. I have 2 Sprint V50 same model one is rooted, the other is not, made the backup with Qfil from the non rooted and flashed those onto the rooted, that did the trick. Only use Qfil to flash partitions, do not use TWRP, it'll fail and your data will be erased to get it to work again!
The files are the one's I used, so I upload those to you guys! Hope it helps someone, if you have a doubt, just ask I'll be happy to help.
When I have some time I'll try to make a guide of it. If a new update arrives I'll update this post with the new files!
PARTITIONS 20N - Google Drive
drive.google.com
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Hrhigher said:
Hello guys, so after spending a lot of time doing research on which partitions to extract to flash. I found out that the partitions on the link did the trick. I have 2 Sprint V50 same model one is rooted, the other is not, made the backup with Qfil from the non rooted and flashed those onto the rooted, that did the trick. Only use Qfil to flash partitions, do not use TWRP, it'll fail and your data will be erased to get it to work again!
The files are the one's I used, so I upload those to you guys! Hope it helps someone, if you have a doubt, just ask I'll be happy to help.
When I have some time I'll try to make a guide of it. If a new update arrives I'll update this post with the new files!
PARTITIONS 20N - Google Drive
drive.google.com
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My friend ask me to changer firmware lg v450 to v500 but messed up some files and now phone is just showing logo and i didn't find stock firmware could you please re-upload your rom
i need your help

Question Oneplus 9 Pro T-MO (LE-2127) Revert to stock and fix modem. Will donate.

I flashed my device using the Indian MSM Tool and I am unable to revert back the stock T-Mobile flash using the T-Mo MSM Tool. Now my mobile radio will not enable. I tried flashing multiple T-Mobile modems that are posted on here and that did not fix the issue. So let me summerize.
Can someone guide me to 1) Flashing back to the T-Mobile stock firmware from the IN version, and or 2) Help me get my radios working again. I'd be willing to donate to whoever can help me resolve this issue!
Thanks!
Thanks, unfortunately it didn't work for me. My IMEI, MAC Addresses, and fingerprint functionality is still working. Now it's not recognizing my SIM card at all.
@FizzyAps @craznazn Do yall have any suggestions? Seems yall are the all stars here!
ripclap said:
Thanks, unfortunately it didn't work for me. My IMEI, MAC Addresses, and fingerprint functionality is still working. Now it's not recognizing my SIM card at all.
@FizzyAps @craznazn Do yall have any suggestions? Seems yall are the all stars here!
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India MSM is known to screw things up and make devices think they are LE2120 instead of whatever it originally was, but at the same time, that's what makes it able to also flash ColorOS over to Oxygen easily...
I remember people solving something like issue on this forum, might need to search extensively.... I haven't had my OP9P for over 6 months now probably, so I can't help much... best of luck!
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Is it possible to pop a different sim in to see if it recognizes it? Could be the sim.
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I tried 2 others but no luck.
craznazn said:
India MSM is known to screw things up and make devices think they are LE2120 instead of whatever it originally was, but at the same time, that's what makes it able to also flash ColorOS over to Oxygen easily...
I remember people solving something like issue on this forum, might need to search extensively.... I haven't had my OP9P for over 6 months now probably, so I can't help much... best of luck!
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I really hate to say this. But I don't think there's no coming back from India os. I did the same thing not once but twice. I called T-Mobile and used my insurance. Only way. Read the topic in this forum bout the India msm tool. Idk if u noticed how much different the India os is from the eu and global os. But if there's away I wanna know also. Cause now the only msm tool your going to be able to use is the India one. But you can update to the a12 one of the color or oxygen I can't remember but ur modem will come on everything will be fine for a few days then it will start messing up again.
ripclap said:
I flashed my device using the Indian MSM Tool and I am unable to revert back the stock T-Mobile flash using the T-Mo MSM Tool. Now my mobile radio will not enable. I tried flashing multiple T-Mobile modems that are posted on here and that did not fix the issue. So let me summerize.
Can someone guide me to 1) Flashing back to the T-Mobile stock firmware from the IN version, and or 2) Help me get my radios working again. I'd be willing to donate to whoever can help me resolve this issue!
Thanks!
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have you read this thread yet?
[TMO] 9 PRO MODEM RETENTION/DATA FIX
----- With the release of OOS13, the modem issue no longer exist. Thank you all for the support & help with this unfortunate issue, we had to endure.... ----- EXPLICITLY FOR TMOBILE 9 PRO (I'm not responsible for your failure to read or...
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amaroney55 said:
I really hate to say this. But I don't think there's no coming back from India os. I did the same thing not once but twice. I called T-Mobile and used my insurance. Only way. Read the topic in this forum bout the India msm tool. Idk if u noticed how much different the India os is from the eu and global os. But if there's away I wanna know also. Cause now the only msm tool your going to be able to use is the India one. But you can update to the a12 one of the color or oxygen I can't remember but ur modem will come on everything will be fine for a few days then it will start messing up again.
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I think you're right. I'm going to RMA it with Oneplus.
I thought with my persist, modest1, and modemst2 I could SMT flash it and restore those files but I get a OnePlus write protection using edl and the OEM Unlocking option will not enable in the OS now. Hopefully they warranty repair it. That's my only concern. It's fairly new lol
Sorry I am just going on what that one thread was saying. And my experience I had to make TMobile believe that it was the phone breaking. Be sure to switch it back to the TMobile os. If the msmtool doesn't work fastboot flash it back before u take it back. The 2nd time they went through my phone saw I had the xda app they really started questioning me. I grabbed my phone back and said umm why u looking in my phone privacy dude. You're concern is only with network and data not my apps files and folders. But just save ya some trouble
amaroney55 said:
Sorry I am just going on what that one thread was saying. And my experience I had to make TMobile believe that it was the phone breaking. Be sure to switch it back to the TMobile os. If the msmtool doesn't work fastboot flash it back before u take it back. The 2nd time they went through my phone saw I had the xda app they really started questioning me. I grabbed my phone back and said umm why u looking in my phone privacy dude. You're concern is only with network and data not my apps files and folders. But just save ya some trouble
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I'll just flash it clean to where it doesn't even boot lol
Maybe its a bit off topic... but what do we learn about it? NEVER buy a carrier branded device if you want play with root. The lower price is not worth. I learned that over 10yrs ago xD
RheinPirat said:
Maybe its a bit off topic... but what do we learn about it? NEVER buy a carrier branded device if you want play with root. The lower price is not worth. I learned that over 10yrs ago xD
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Yea I learned my lesson
What sucks is I have the modemst1, modemst2, and persist image backups but I cannot unlock it to upload. I am trying to modify the MSM Tool settings.xml to patch the modemst and persist images and I almost had success using the SMT Downloader but I think I don't have the offset bytes set properly to match the partition table.
Try this, worked for me from In back to TMO....
File on MEGA
mega.nz
TheGhost1951 said:
Try this, worked for me from In back to TMO....
File on MEGA
mega.nz
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Internet explorer user spotted. xD
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Internet explorer user spotted. xD
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Beg your pardon, I used the Indian MSM to unbrick before I was aware of it changing my TargetID to IN. Now I have to use a modded MSM tool to flash TMO firmware. I use Python3 to extract the .ops file, then open settings.xml, remove the "Target" line at the bottom encrypt back to a .ops file with the name out.ops and then flash that with the MSM tool. Then it will flash the TMO firmware and you are good to go.......
- op6 user - its destroyed now
but as i see that u cant use any other msm but the indian one? right?
i destroyed my op6 system and partations before,
OnePlus Agency, tried to fix it but no luck, i fixed it by msm but not the normal one
if 9pro msm is the same as op6 so you should do this
first, take twrp backup of EFS and MODEM partations and VENDOR ( idk if vendor is important but for precaution )
take another backup of EFC and MODEM by any root apps for precaution too
use the t-mobile msm flashtool and press on verify
the SMT mode should be able to use now
go to options, turn on the COM box or whatever
start flashing with SMT, but i think its high risk bc idk what error you get by normal flashing
keep in mind that SMT Mode will reFlash all known partations and hidden, hidden like MODEM, EFS, etc
my story with this is long, but funny for me, and big lesson..
thx for allah
@ripclap
edit: forget to tell that u have to restore the EFS backup, u should root t-mobile version or idk if u can restore it with some apps without root i dont remember
with op6 old firmware there is something called nvBackupUI it allow us to backup EFS and Restore it by one file
i know this maybe too old now but it may help
edit2:
some links about backup and restore EFS
1- https://community.oneplus.com/thread?id=278167
2- https://www.getdroidtips.com/how-to-backup-or-restore-qcn-efs-on-qualcomm-devices/
3- https://www.droidthunder.com/how-to-backup-efs-imei-on-android-phones/
ALL of this is for SMT Mode, because it may clear the EFS partation and Root is needed to restore it, idk if there is non root method, do ur own search

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