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[HELP] I can't get Oxygen OS 3.2.1 to install on my phone

Hello,
I've tried everything that the internet has to offer so far and still can't get the newest version to install on my phone without failing somewhere in the installation process.
I feel like asking for help isn't of much use, because it could be everything.
I tried resetting the phone completely with this guide: http://forum.xda-developers.com/oneplus-3/how-to/guide-mega-unbrick-guide-hard-bricked-t3405700
After that I wanted to install the update again, and still no success.

Next time you make a thread regarding an issue be kind enough to tell us the state of your phone to the best of your knowledge, whether its working or not? does it show the oneplus logo or not..... these things matter plenty!
judging from the what you have mentioned in your post, your main issues is not being able to install the latest update.
try these steps
1. download this file https://www.androidfilehost.com/?fid=24591000424945019 [thanks to namman bhalla for his thread, http://forum.xda-developers.com/oneplus-3/how-to/mirrors-official-oxygen-os-roms-ota-t3410870]
2. copy and paste it onto your phone.
3. now boot into your phones recovery twrp preferred
4. from there choose the option which says..... click install new zip. and select the zip that you downloaded....
it should work if it doesn't, give us a detailed description of what and all you have done with your phone whether you have unlocked the bootloader, whether there is a custom recovery installer and most importantly whether you have nandroid backup of your device.

ajaysoranam said:
Next time you make a thread regarding an issue be kind enough to tell us the state of your phone to the best of your knowledge, whether its working or not? does it show the oneplus logo or not..... these things matter plenty!
judging from the what you have mentioned in your post, your main issues is not being able to install the latest update.
try these steps
1. download this file https://www.androidfilehost.com/?fid=24591000424945019 [thanks to namman bhalla for his thread, http://forum.xda-developers.com/oneplus-3/how-to/mirrors-official-oxygen-os-roms-ota-t3410870]
2. copy and paste it onto your phone.
3. now boot into your phones recovery twrp preferred
4. from there choose the option which says..... click install new zip. and select the zip that you downloaded....
it should work if it doesn't, give us a detailed description of what and all you have done with your phone whether you have unlocked the bootloader, whether there is a custom recovery installer and most importantly whether you have nandroid backup of your device.
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I tried using that method and it failed, I can get into recovery just fine and my bootloader is unlocked because I flashed twrp
I have a backup I made in twrp.
I got the official support tool (MsMDownloadTool) and I could restore my phone to 3.1.2 but it still crashes apps and is very unstable.
If I now try to install the update again, or try to flash the full OxygenOS 3.2.1 or 3.1.2 I get the Error 7 ("system partition has unexpected contents").
I dont get this error because the system partition couldnt have been modified, because I didnt even start the phone , I just got into recovery and tried updating it.
I'm losing my mind on this.
Sorry if that was a ramble and isn't understandable

calm down!
boot into twrp, wipe system ,data, cache, dalvik. now try flashing the latest full rom i.e. 3.2.2.
try this and let me know....
if it didn't work give me step by breakdown of what you did.....
DeadlyVirez said:
I tried using that method and it failed, I can get into recovery just fine and my bootloader is unlocked because I flashed twrp
I have a backup I made in twrp.
I got the official support tool (MsMDownloadTool) and I could restore my phone to 3.1.2 but it still crashes apps and is very unstable.
If I now try to install the update again, or try to flash the full OxygenOS 3.2.1 or 3.1.2 I get the Error 7 ("system partition has unexpected contents").
I dont get this error because the system partition couldnt have been modified, because I didnt even start the phone , I just got into recovery and tried updating it.
I'm losing my mind on this.
Sorry if that was a ramble and isn't understandable
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Stuck at "Patching System Image Unconditionally" when flashing CM12.1 via TWRP

Stuck at "Patching System Image Unconditionally" when flashing CM12.1 via TWRP
Just got a Note 4, proceeding with the usual root and installation CyanogenMod ASAP
Everything was going smoothly until the actual flashing of CyanogenMod, whenever I try to flash it, it just gets stuck on "patching system image unconditionally" and doesn't progress beyond that point
Steps I've taken so far:
1) unboxed phone, was running Android 6.0 (I think, maybe 6.0.1)
2) Rooted with Chainfire's Auto Root
3) Flashed TWRP 3.0.2-0 via Odin 3.09 as per TWRP's instructions
4) Ensured that I could boot both to the stock ROM and TWRP
5) Copied cm12.1 and gapps to Note 4's internal storage (sd card hasn't come in yet, normally I put it onto sd card)
6) Did default factory wipe from TWRP
7) Attempted to flash cm12.1, ran into issue
I didn't make a backup of the stock ROM so now the phone has a recovery but no actual OS, as I had to pull the battery out to get it to do anything beyond being stuck at the patching system image step
I'm redownloading cm12.1 in case maybe there was a problem with the .zip itself, I know it's bad practice but I never check md5 sums
I've found other threads that suggested flashing the stock ROM for some reason, but they were for other phones and I'm not sure if it's related to the Note 4.
I've seen some mention of the bootloader being locked, but I don't know how to tell if the bootloader is locked or not. I see the same exact boot screen that I saw with my Note 3, S4, S3, etc. Could the issue be the bootloader?
I've also found this thread, but I can't get TWRP to mount in Windows, it keeps saying the driver failed to install. MTP transfers worked fine with the stock ROM was still there, but for some reason it doesn't work with the Mount option in TWRP. I'm downloading the Android SDK so I can try using adb
If anyone else has run into this, can you advise me on what to do from here?
EDIT: Nevermind, fixed it. Changed system partition's filesystem to F2FS via TWRP, and this allowed CM and gapps to flash with no issue. Now booted into CM But hopefully this will be helpful if anyone else has this issue
EDIT2: Buuuuut now the WiFi's not working. It just gets stuck at "turn on WiFi" but nothing actually turns on, and the on/off button for WiFi in settings is grayed out. IT NEVER ENDS
CyanogenMod Thread
Reddit Thread
EDIT3:
WiFi and Settings Issue seems to be resolved
I think the problem had something to do with the baseband version
As per Trex's post (http://forum.xda-developers.com/showpost.php?p=69520362&postcount=2), I had to revert back to the OK1 baseband
Now everything seems to work fine
As for TWRP not working and just going to a black screen, I redownloaded it from the TWRP website and it worked fine
So now both TWRP and CM are installed and working, WiFi works, and Settings don't crash.
Now I've encountered an issue where the camera doesn't focus, and I'm wondering if there's still some plastic film on the camera lens, but I've been picking at it and nothing is coming off and I'm afraid of damaging the plastic if I keep trying...

AbuFiraas said:
Just got a Note 4, proceeding with the usual root and installation CyanogenMod ASAP
Everything was going smoothly until the actual flashing of CyanogenMod, whenever I try to flash it, it just gets stuck on "patching system image unconditionally" and doesn't progress beyond that point
Steps I've taken so far:
1) unboxed phone, was running Android 6.0 (I think, maybe 6.0.1)
2) Rooted with Chainfire's Auto Root
3) Flashed TWRP 3.0.2-0 via Odin 3.09 as per TWRP's instructions
4) Ensured that I could boot both to the stock ROM and TWRP
5) Copied cm12.1 and gapps to Note 4's internal storage (sd card hasn't come in yet, normally I put it onto sd card)
6) Did default factory wipe from TWRP
7) Attempted to flash cm12.1, ran into issue
I didn't make a backup of the stock ROM so now the phone has a recovery but no actual OS, as I had to pull the battery out to get it to do anything beyond being stuck at the patching system image step
I'm redownloading cm12.1 in case maybe there was a problem with the .zip itself, I know it's bad practice but I never check md5 sums
I've found other threads that suggested flashing the stock ROM for some reason, but they were for other phones and I'm not sure if it's related to the Note 4.
I've seen some mention of the bootloader being locked, but I don't know how to tell if the bootloader is locked or not. I see the same exact boot screen that I saw with my Note 3, S4, S3, etc. Could the issue be the bootloader?
I've also found this thread, but I can't get TWRP to mount in Windows, it keeps saying the driver failed to install. MTP transfers worked fine with the stock ROM was still there, but for some reason it doesn't work with the Mount option in TWRP. I'm downloading the Android SDK so I can try using adb
If anyone else has run into this, can you advise me on what to do from here?
EDIT: Nevermind, fixed it. Changed system partition's filesystem to F2FS via TWRP, and this allowed CM and gapps to flash with no issue. Now booted into CM But hopefully this will be helpful if anyone else has this issue
EDIT2: Buuuuut now the WiFi's not working. It just gets stuck at "turn on WiFi" but nothing actually turns on, and the on/off button for WiFi in settings is grayed out. IT NEVER ENDS
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You must flash 5.1.1 ok1 bootloader to get wifi work
I suggest you first flash 5.1.1 firmware in odin
Then flash twrp. Tar file in odin.
Then make full wipe
Flash cm rom + gapps
You will get clean rom install without any errors
Hope this will help

Trex888 said:
You must flash 5.1.1 ok1 bootloader to get wifi work
I suggest you first flash 5.1.1 firmware in odin
Then flash twrp. Tar file in odin.
Then make full wipe
Flash cm rom + gapps
You will get clean rom install without any errors
Hope this will help
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Okay I'll give that a shot. Are "5.11 ok1 bootloader" and "5.1.1 firmware" the same thing? And do you know where I can find it/them?

Just flashed OK1 via Odin via this thread, but it's just boot looping over and over
EDIT: Did a simple factory wipe and it's working fine now. Currently running unrooted Stock 5.1.1, Baseband N910PVPS4COK1. So I'm basically starting from the beginning, whereas before it was on 6.0 but now it's 5.1.1

Am now rooted but I can't get TWRP installed, I flash it and try to boot to recovery but it just boots to a black screen

Issue seems to be resolved, edited original post

AbuFiraas said:
Okay I'll give that a shot. Are "5.11 ok1 bootloader" and "5.1.1 firmware" the same thing? And do you know where I can find it/them?
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Go to download mode and check exact model number
Tell me model number and i give you links for bootloader and firmware

Trex888 said:
Go to download mode and check exact model number
Tell me model number and i give you links for bootloader and firmware
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It's working now, I found another post that had all the various stock firmwares on there. Now the issue I'm having is that my camera doesn't focus at all, but I don't know if it's a hardware or software issue. I never checked the camera before rooting the first time. Gonna try going back to unrooted stock again but if that doesn't change anything, I might have to take it to a Sprint store and get a replacement. Hopefully they don't notice the KNOX trip... lol

Can't reinstall twrp after accidently updating CM13 to CM14.

I've been running cm13 nightlies on my OP3. I haven't updated in a couple weeks and last night i got a notification that there was some new updates. Since it's been a while i decided to do the update so i let the cmupdater do it's thing and went to bed. This morning i wake up and was greeted with a very cranky phone. I noticed i was having trouble with any google related app, and also popups of google apps crashing. So i go to settings and I see that my phone has been updated to CM14!
well that would explain the Google apps pproblem. I was going to flash gapps for 7.0 but i couldn't get into recovery. I had twrp installed but now i couldn't get into it. the phone reboots, shows the oneplus logo then shuts off. Then i decide to reflash twrp. i put the phone into fastboot mode and from my pc command prompt, tried the fastboot flash recovery. img. it says it was successful but i still can not boot into recovery. I made sure debugging was on and I also accepted my pc key when asked on the phone before booting into fastboot mode. I realise this is a dirty flash but is there anyway of recovering from this ? i usually flash the nightlies myself from the recovery,i don't know why last night i used the cmupdater.

You probably got it going by now but in case. Which version of twrp are you trying? I would try the latest twrp-3.0.2-23-oneplus3.img. Make sure OEM unlock is checked in device manager, root is allowed as well, try an app like flashify or something that can flash an image from within the OS and see if you have better luck.

Ducter said:
You probably got it going by now but in case. Which version of twrp are you trying? I would try the latest twrp-3.0.2-23-oneplus3.img. Make sure OEM unlock is checked in device manager, root is allowed as well, try an app like flashify or something that can flash an image from within the OS and see if you have better luck.
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Thank you for your help. I couldn't try the flashify route as it would not install. Something about parsing the package failed. I did manage to fix it by downloading the latest twrp you suggested and flashing that. After that I was able to boot into recovery and flash pico gapps 7.1. Unfortunately that wiped out all of my apps but at least i didn't lose any of my files. Thanks again.

pdrift said:
Thank you for your help. I couldn't try the flashify route as it would not install. Something about parsing the package failed. I did manage to fix it by downloading the latest twrp you suggested and flashing that. After that I was able to boot into recovery and flash pico gapps 7.1. Unfortunately that wiped out all of my apps but at least i didn't lose any of my files. Thanks again.
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Glad you got it going, I see now that I mentioned device manager... No clue where that came from lol, was suppose to be developer options. Regardless, you got it and that was the goal.

Nexus 5X bricked trying to root via TWRP (SuperSu)

Hi,
Googled a while and looked around in the forum but did not find anyone with the exact same issue as me so here goes.
Maybe someone could tell me where exactly I am doing wrong.
I have a LG Nexus 5X, latest Oreo 8.1 official update.
I want to install a custom kernel to improve performance and/or battery life.
Never rooted or anything like that so I googled around to know what to do.
So I unlocked the bootloader and flashed the latest TWRP custom recovery (v3.2.1-0).
The first strange thing unlike what I kept reading in tutorials and forums is that, although I did reboot directly into recovery after flashing TWRP, and completed flashing TWRP using its interface, I was never able to reboot into TWRP unless I flashed it again. As if TWRP could not avoid being overridden by the stock recovery. So to get back to TWRP I always have to:
reboot into the bootloader: adb reboot bootloader
flash TWRP: flash recovery twrp-3.2.1-0-bullhead.img
reboot bootloader: fastboot reboot
immediately start into to bootloader (power + vol down)
choose 'Recovery Mode' from there
Which seemed odd, that TWRP wouldn't 'stick', although I was not root yet.
Which gets me to the second part. All I wanted was to root my phone.
So after not finding a consistent way to do it - it seemed every website I visited gave me slightly different instructions to do so, I took the chance and did the following:
download latest SuperSU flashable zip file (v2.82) and copy it to internal storage
go through the process I describe in the list above to get into TWRP
install SuperSU zip file (via Install TWRP option, logs seemed ok, warned me it would take a while to boot again)
reboot, wait until it boots
But the phone got stuck in the boot screen - OS does not start to load - for at least half an hour.
Luckily, probably because the OS did not load, TWRP was not overridden and so I have access to it.
My main problem at this point is that, as a newbie on this, I am not sure what can I do in TWRP to try to restore the OS.
I have tried to restore a Nandroid backup I performed before all this, and also tried to Wipe Data / Cache and Dalvik.
Both did not work - OS still won't load.
What can I do at this point? Wipe System partition? Wouldn't that delete my Nandroid backup?
Maybe 'sideload' (not sure if the right term) an official google image for my Nexus?
Sorry again if questions like this can be easily found around the forum, but from the threads I checked I did not bump into the exact same scenario...
Thank you in advance

So in the meantime I have wiped system partition, no success either.
Ended up restoring my Nandroid backup and sideloading the latest OTA from Google, which successfully restored my phone.
Of course TWRP was overridden once again.
So back to the start: can anybody help me out on the best way to permanently flash TWRP and root the phone?
Thanks!

Forget SuperSU - Use Magisk to root your phone. As for TWRP getting overwritten - any time you take an update from Google, it will generally (if not always) restore the stock recovery. The way to get around that is to download the entire current update from Google and then use fastboot to flash the individual parts (system.img / boot.img / radio.img / vendor.img)

jbaumert said:
Forget SuperSU - Use Magisk to root your phone. As for TWRP getting overwritten - any time you take an update from Google, it will generally (if not always) restore the stock recovery. The way to get around that is to download the entire current update from Google and then use fastboot to flash the individual parts (system.img / boot.img / radio.img / vendor.img)
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Well yes, the last time I expected TWRP to be gone since I have applied the whole image, and I wouldn't expect otherwise. My problem is that TWRP is always getting overridden each time I reboot my phone. Do you have any idea why?
Regarding Magisk, I will look around to see how to use it. Could you point me in the right direction?
Also I think I read somewhere that the kernel I wanted to flash in the end - Franco's Kernel - required SuperSU and did not work with Magisk. Am I wrong?

disacrol said:
Well yes, the last time I expected TWRP to be gone since I have applied the whole image, and I wouldn't expect otherwise. My problem is that TWRP is always getting overridden each time I reboot my phone. Do you have any idea why?
Regarding Magisk, I will look around to see how to use it. Could you point me in the right direction?
Also I think I read somewhere that the kernel I wanted to flash in the end - Franco's Kernel - required SuperSU and did not work with Magisk. Am I wrong?
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Here's the guide stickied that should walk you through the TWRP install. https://forum.xda-developers.com/nexus-5x/general/guides-how-to-guides-beginners-t3206930
Just curious you are using "fastboot flash recovery ....." and not "fastboot boot recovery...."? The "boot" method doesn't do the install.
As for Magisk. There is a whole forum dedicated to it - https://forum.xda-developers.com/apps/magisk - Short story install the latest stable version (16.0) and call it good. I haven't had any issues with recent kernel builds including Franco, EX, etc.... One thing to keep in mind is that Magisk always gets flashed after the kernel install as it does some patching of the boot.img as part of its process.

jbaumert said:
Just curious you are using "fastboot flash recovery ....." and not "fastboot boot recovery...."? The "boot" method doesn't do the install.
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Yes, flash, not boot.
Thanks a bunch for all your help. I didn't meant to be lazy to start by reading sticked topics, but it's so much new information for a newbie that I didn't exactly know where to start. Thanks again for sharing the links.

I'm not sure if you got this fixed. But if not, first fastboot boot twrp. Then flash supersu or magisk. Then boot back into the bootloader from twrp and fastboot flash twrp. That'll solve the problem.
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jd1639 said:
I'm not sure if you got this fixed. But if not, first fastboot boot twrp. Then flash supersu or magisk. Then boot back into the bootloader from twrp and fastboot flash twrp. That'll solve the problem.
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I tried that but I'm getting no luck with SuperSU, always gets me in a bootloop (actually, technically not a loop since it remains Frozen with the Google logo)
I'll give magisk a try and come back with feedback. Maybe it has something to do SuperSU incompatibility with Oreo 8.1..

disacrol said:
I tried that but I'm getting no luck with SuperSU, always gets me in a bootloop (actually, technically not a loop since it remains Frozen with the Google logo)
I'll give magisk a try and come back with feedback. Maybe it has something to do SuperSU incompatibility with Oreo 8.1..
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What version of super su are you using? Use 2.82 SR 3 or 5
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jd1639 said:
What version of super su are you using? Use 2.82 SR 3 or 5
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V2.82 Stable, not Service Release. Is the last stable not compatible with Oreo? Official website is not specific about it, so I just assumed it was ok.

disacrol said:
V2.82 Stable, not Service Release. Is the last stable not compatible with Oreo? Official website is not specific about it, so I just assumed it was ok.
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3 or 5 work on Oreo. I'm not sure about stable. I don't use it.
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SR5 worked like a charm. I just wish there was a compatibility matrix somewhere in their website to avoid so many forum threads and misinformation on the subject and avoid all the hustle. The whole process is dead simple but it took me days and tailored help from you guys to figure this one out.
Thanks again to all of you for your assistance.

i had that issue with a nex 6 and flashing supersu fixed it. when i got a 6p i tried the same and get stuck on the boot logo and had to sideload factory firmware to get back to go. i have a 5x on the way maybe i will try magisk.

so after i flash twrp reboot the bootloader, i open twrp and flash supersu sr5 and all is well, no more disappearing act for twrp and no more stuck on the "google"?

cannot flash any roms, errors

Without fail, when running the latest twrp, I get an error when flashing different rom zips. It's always the same error during step 1 and sometimes during step 2. I am on slot A when flashing the room, by the way.
The error just says it can't flash, there is no error code or description or anything like that.
When I was able to flash a rom, I tried to reboot into B for the vendor image, but none of my files were viewable, only folders with numbers and letters.
I'm confused, and I'm not a noob. I came from the regular Pixel and I was able to flash no problem.

stevew84 said:
Without fail, when running the latest twrp, I get an error when flashing different rom zips. It's always the same error during step 1 and sometimes during step 2. I am on slot A when flashing the room, by the way.
The error just says it can't flash, there is no error code or description or anything like that.
When I was able to flash a rom, I tried to reboot into B for the vendor image, but none of my files were viewable, only folders with numbers and letters.
I'm confused, and I'm not a noob. I came from the regular Pixel and I was able to flash no problem.
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Is this when you fastboot into twrp, or do you have twrp already installed? Have you tried disabling screen lock before you enter twrp? And I assume you've run both bootloader unlocking commands as well?

This is when using skipsoft.
Do I need to run the critical flashing command manually or something? The reason I ask is because I'm not sure skipsoft does that.
I'd love to be able to flash alll this stuff without even using twrp but I'm not sure that's possible.
So I boot twrp, wipe and flash the ROM. But it fails right there. Is there a step I'm missing?
I do know how to flash individual images thru fastboot by the way, like when going to stock. Here is where I did do the critical flash command.
No I haven't tried to disable screen lock.

stevew84 said:
This is when using skipsoft.
Do I need to run the critical flashing command manually or something? The reason I ask is because I'm not sure skipsoft does that.
I'd love to be able to flash alll this stuff without even using twrp but I'm not sure that's possible.
So I boot twrp, wipe and flash the ROM. But it fails right there. Is there a step I'm missing?
I do know how to flash individual images thru fastboot by the way, like when going to stock. Here is where I did do the critical flash command.
No I haven't tried to disable screen lock.
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Typically you need to have fully unlocked the bootloader with these 2 commands...
fastboot flashing unlock
and.....
fastboot flashing unlock_critical
Especially the critical, or else you won't be able to flash any roms. I don't know if skipsoft will do this. I know the Deuces scrip will. To find out what is/isn't unlocked run.....fastboot getvar all....
Then you'll know. If you have to unlock critical, which I think you will, it'll wipe your phone completely. So backup your files and such before you do :good:

Any manual methods that work? I mean to flash the roms.

stevew84 said:
Any manual methods that work? I mean to flash the roms.
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I believe there is, but I can't find what it is. I think it's adb push (name of file) or adb sideload through twrp, butI could be wrong. Either way, you first need to be sure your fully bootloader unlocked before you can flash anything.

Badger50 said:
I believe there is, but I can't find what it is. I think it's adb push (name of file) or adb sideload through twrp, butI could be wrong. Either way, you first need to be sure your fully bootloader unlocked before you can flash anything.
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Ok I almost forgot.
When I first unlocked the phone I was able to flash Nitrogen, both the ROM and twrp. But when I rebooted recovery to get to slot B, all I saw were various numbered and lettered folders. Looked like registry folders for Windows.

stevew84 said:
Ok I almost forgot.
When I first unlocked the phone I was able to flash Nitrogen, both the ROM and twrp. But when I rebooted recovery to get to slot B, all I saw were various numbered and lettered folders. Looked like registry folders for Windows.
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Well that changes things a little. You at least have unlocked one partition then. And you can update factory images via fastboot? If so, then your fully unlocked. So you've got a twrp decryption error on slot B. You may want to disable screen lock security, and try again. You could also try fastbooting into twrp as well with screen lock also disabled.

Thanks. I'll try that out later.
But after I was unable to get into Nitrogen, I flashed stock manually and tried it all over. From this point I kept getting error after error in twrp.
After the errors, I got the Device is Corrupt screen, and freezing on the Google splash. From there I'd have to again start all over.

stevew84 said:
Thanks. I'll try that out later.
But after I was unable to get into Nitrogen, I flashed stock manually and tried it all over. From this point I kept getting error after error in twrp.
After the errors, I got the Device is Corrupt screen, and freezing on the Google splash. From there I'd have to again start all over.
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Again, run the.....fastboot getvar all....and see what you get :good:

Thanks.

Badger50 said:
Again, run the.....fastboot getvar all....and see what you get :good:
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Alright. I'm all unlocked and I disabled any sort of screen lock. I'm trying to flash Nitrogen now and seeing what happens...
and it failed again. I'm at a loss, I've never experienced this before.
The error is "updater process ended with ERROR: 1. Error installing zip........
Trying again because why the hell not. Maybe I'l try another TWRP version.

stevew84 said:
Alright. I'm all unlocked and I disabled any sort of screen lock. I'm trying to flash Nitrogen now and seeing what happens...
and it failed again. I'm at a loss, I've never experienced this before.
The error is "updater process ended with ERROR: 1. Error installing zip........
Trying again because why the hell not. Maybe I'l try another TWRP version.
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Are you using the latest twrp from here? https://dl.twrp.me/taimen/
Also, you might want to try fastbooting the factory image with the -w removed from the flash-all.bat file to slot B. Then fastboot into twrp and try again. You will not lose any data by doing this.

Badger50 said:
Are you using the latest twrp from here? https://dl.twrp.me/taimen/
Also, you might want to try fastbooting the factory image with the -w removed from the flash-all.bat file to slot B. Then fastboot into twrp and try again. You will not lose any data by doing this.
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I've read up on how to flash stock images without formatting data, but how would one flash directly to a particular slot? The only way I know how to get into a slot is through TWRP, but aren't there adb commands for this as well?

stevew84 said:
I've read up on how to flash stock images without formatting data, but how would one flash directly to a particular slot? The only way I know how to get into a slot is through TWRP, but aren't there adb commands for this as well?
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In fastboot mode run...fastboot --set-active=a or b...
In your case select b.
Then, fastboot reboot bootloader
Now your on slot b, and can fastboot the factory image :good:

Badger50 said:
In fastboot mode run...fastboot --set-active=a or b...
In your case select b.
Then, fastboot reboot bootloader
Now your on slot b, and can fastboot the factory image :good:
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Jesus christ. I'm in a cmd window right now, with the latest platform tools installed.
I ran the command just as you typed, (I'm in bootloader, bootloader version tmz20j by the way). Also, my bootloader version has changed a couple of times during all of this. It was tmz20bb, then tmz12g when I flashed the latest June image...now it's this 20j version.
Anyway, this is what I'm typing and this is what I get in return:
fastboot --set-active=b
fastboot: error: Device does not support slots
I'm at a real loss, obviously this damn device supports slots.
EDIT: OK hold on, when I flashed the June image bootloader version, ran the slot command in ADB, I was able to navigate to the right slot.

Little update.
Followed this guide:
https://forum.xda-developers.com/pixel-xl/how-to/slota-b-how-to-flash-roms-magisk-kernel-t3754175
Rebooted into slot a and the touch screen stopped working. So now I'm going back to stock yet again. Just leaving it that way for now I can't deal with this crap.

stevew84 said:
Little update.
Followed this guide:
https://forum.xda-developers.com/pixel-xl/how-to/slota-b-how-to-flash-roms-magisk-kernel-t3754175
Rebooted into slot a and the touch screen stopped working. So now I'm going back to stock yet again. Just leaving it that way for now I can't deal with this crap.
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Fwiw, after you flash a rom and twrp, if it doesn't boot up, go back to twrp and flash the rom and twrp again. Flashing roms or taking OTA's automatically switches slots on you. Always best to keep screen lock disabled until you are done.

Badger50 said:
Fwiw, after you flash a rom and twrp, if it doesn't boot up, go back to twrp and flash the rom and twrp again. Flashing roms or taking OTA's automatically switches slots on you. Always best to keep screen lock disabled until you are done.
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Thanks.