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Boot hang, TWRP Recovery unresponsive

Coming to you all with hat in hand.
Not sure what steps to take next.
Unlocked bootloader and all the rest of the steps here:
https://www.xda-developers.com/google-pixel-3-unlock-bootloader-root-magisk/
Symptom is a never ending booting "G".
I reboot and can choose recovery but the twrp screen in unresponsive. As in, I get the slider but cannot slide it.
I'm not sure what that means.
I do see the device and its listed as 'recovery' in adb.
I did see the issue of using old platform tools too late. :crying:
How bleak is my outlook?
Thank you for any help.

When you booted the twrp.img did you have the newest one and then install the newest twrp installer.zip?

Short version... Extract the boot.img from the system image file and install that to both partitions through fastboot (going to have to do some reading on how to do that, and you might learn a bit in the process). System should boot normally then with stock recovery. Now, you can use the current version of the twrp.img to root without even needing to permanently install it. Before you even do that though, spend some time getting to know your device and the current versions and options that are out there. That web page you pointed to was just a primer and was published when the device first came out. Their have been some small changes.

@edmodumb - What billy said^^. From your adb folder you can fastboot flash boot.img, then fastboot boot twrp.img right afterwards to get TWRP back (and the phone will boot System as well).

pixel 3xl unlocked bootloader - installed twrp.img via fastboot- installed twrp.zip in recovery-installed magisk 17.3 via
recovery
phone booted up , no problem then i went to magisk app and installed magisk installed by direct patch and rebooted,
now struck in booloop.
if i boot into recovery twrp is unresponsive even if i reinstall with fastboot.
i tried to install factory image but still stuck in bootloop????
i tried to flash boot.img to the a and b partions with fastboot but no sure if i'm doing it right?

motrac said:
pixel 3xl unlocked bootloader - installed twrp.img via fastboot- installed twrp.zip in recovery-installed magisk 17.3 via
recovery
phone booted up , no problem then i went to magisk app and installed magisk installed by direct patch and rebooted,
now struck in booloop.
if i boot into recovery twrp is unresponsive even if i reinstall with fastboot.
i tried to install factory image but still stuck in bootloop????
i tried to flash boot.img to the a and b partions with fastboot but no sure if i'm doing it right?
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Flash the boot image to both slots #6 in the guide or flash the factory image #4 in the guide to return to stock. then do #7 in the guide to root. Done! Do not flash the patched_boot.img.
[Guide] Pixel 3 XL Android 9.0 (Pie) Unlock/Root/Install Images/Kernels/Recovery + November 2018 Security Patch

Homeboy76 said:
Flash the boot image to both slots #6 in the guide or flash the factory image #4 in the guide to return to stock. then do #7 in the guide to root. Done! Do not flash the patched_boot.img.
[Guide] Pixel 3 XL Android 9.0 (Pie) Unlock/Root/Install Images/Kernels/Recovery + November 2018 Security Patch
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i flashed factory and it installs but at the end i get this:
"Erase successful, but not automatically formatting. File system type raw not supported."
is that ok or is it an error?
phone still doesn't boot.
when i flash boot file i get:
"FAILED (remote: Failed to write to partition Not Found)"

motrac said:
i flashed factory and it installs but at the end i get this:
"Erase successful, but not automatically formatting. File system type raw not supported."
is that ok or is it an error?
phone still doesn't boot.
when i flash boot file i get:
"FAILED (remote: Failed to write to partition Not Found)"
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reflashed factory after updating fastboot and it boots now, good learning lesson for me. thanks for the help

Yikes ! I am not the expert, but . . . . it really sounds like 'rma' time to me...
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If you do things on a low battery, it'll corrupt stuff. Is this thing fully charged up ?
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motrac said:
reflashed factory after updating fastboot and it boots now, good learning lesson for me. thanks for the help
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@motrac @Homeboy76
Woah sounds like my problem is similar --- I can't boot into anything but a dark screen except for bootloader.
I saw the "updated fastboot"
I tried flashing the boot.img and then the factory image
but no luck --- just blackscreen when I try to do anything other than bootloader
I had some errors when flashing factory image -- see screeen shot

jcrompton said:
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Woah sounds like my problem is similar --- I can't boot into anything but a dark screen except for bootloader.
I saw the "updated fastboot"
I tried flashing the boot.img and then the factory image
but no luck --- just blackscreen when I try to do anything other than bootloader
I had some errors when flashing factory image -- see screeen shot
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Is "updated fastboot" r28.0.1?

Homeboy76 said:
Is "updated fastboot" r28.0.1?
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Yes.
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jd1639 said:
Yes.
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Still can't boot my device -- just no luck after updating fastboot
PLEASE .. any help would be appreciated!!
This is another place where I was trying to solve the issue - sorry for doubling up
https://forum.xda-developers.com/showpost.php?p=78276952&postcount=258

Resurrecting. Had to set aside for a while, sorry.
@sliding_billy & @v12xke , thank you for the responses. Out of around six phones, this is the first time I've had issues rooting/flashing images. That's thanks to XDA.
After your responses and some more learning (this time paying more attention to post dates), I have the phone back up on its feet.
Off to re-root, wish me luck.
Thank you very much!

I did a backup on twrp and then it wouldn't boot ugh off to try it all again LOL

edmodumb said:
Resurrecting. Had to set aside for a while, sorry.
@sliding_billy & @v12xke , thank you for the responses. Out of around six phones, this is the first time I've had issues rooting/flashing images. That's thanks to XDA.
After your responses and some more learning (this time paying more attention to post dates), I have the phone back up on its feet.
Off to re-root, wish me luck.
Thank you very much!
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Best of luck!

December update breaks magisk?

Hi all,
I've updated my 3xl to the december update like usual, flash-all.bat without -w. Afterwards, it boots fine, and in settings it clearly states that I'm running the December security patch.
However, when I boot into twrp (not installed) and flash magisk, android boots to just before asking my SIM PIN, says "Shutting Down", then reboots and gives me the message "Can't load Android System. Your data may be corrupt." etc. inside stock recovery.
Did the December update somehow break magisk? Anyone gotten it to work? I'd rather not do a factory reset if it's not needed.

Works fine for me.

Try re-flashing the December update with the - w deleted see if it boots up. Then try flashing magdisk manually on bkth a and b partitions

Working fine for me as well.

I would try flashing the stock boot and system images to both slots. It probably won't work but worth a try before doing a factory reset.
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You have a corrupt backup copy of boot.img, Magisk grabbed that and used it for root.
Flash the stock boot.img to both slots and reroot.

mikepopo99 said:
Try re-flashing the December update with the - w deleted see if it boots up. Then try flashing magdisk manually on bkth a and b partitions
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jd1639 said:
I would try flashing the stock boot and system images to both slots. It probably won't work but worth a try before doing a factory reset.
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TonikJDK said:
You have a corrupt backup copy of boot.img, Magisk grabbed that and used it for root.
Flash the stock boot.img to both slots and reroot.
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First off, thanks for trying to help!
Flashing the stock boot.img "solves" the problem, I can boot and use the phone like normal, but without root obviously. Using the stock boot.img inside magisk manager to patch it with 17.3 and flashing that boot image to both partitions gives me this error again. I've also tried re-applying the December update at least 3 more times, with the same result. Any other ideas?

RogerXIII said:
First off, thanks for trying to help!
Flashing the stock boot.img "solves" the problem, I can boot and use the phone like normal, but without root obviously. Using the stock boot.img inside magisk manager to patch it with 17.3 and flashing that boot image to both partitions gives me this error again. I've also tried re-applying the December update at least 3 more times, with the same result. Any other ideas?
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Flash the stock boot.img to both slots.
Reboot and check it.
Copy the Magisk zip to your phone.
Fastboot boot the TWRP img file, don't install it.
Use TWRP to install the Magisk zip, and you are done.

RogerXIII said:
First off, thanks for trying to help!
Flashing the stock boot.img "solves" the problem, I can boot and use the phone like normal, but without root obviously. Using the stock boot.img inside magisk manager to patch it with 17.3 and flashing that boot image to both partitions gives me this error again. I've also tried re-applying the December update at least 3 more times, with the same result. Any other ideas?
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Do you have the previous version of Edge Sense Plus module installed? That sounds exactly like what happens if you install Magisk with that module still there. He put out a new one today.

sliding_billy said:
Do you have the previous version of Edge Sense Plus module installed? That sounds exactly like what happens if you install Magisk with that module still there. He put out a new one today.
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Thank you so much, this worked!
Instead of going back an Android version, I used this script, uninstalled all modules and re-flashed Magisk. It works perfectly now. Thanks again!

RogerXIII said:
Thank you so much, this worked!
Instead of going back an Android version, I used this script, uninstalled all modules and re-flashed Magisk. It works perfectly now. Thanks again!
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Good deal. That is why I always keep a copy of the Magisk uninstaller on the phone itself. As long as I can get to BL/temp TWRP .img, the worst I am out is the time it takes me to reconfigure Magisk.

RogerXIII said:
However, when I boot into twrp (not installed)
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What do you use to get TWRP going when it's not permenantly installed? Just curious?
Fire Hound 8.1

Shaftamle said:
What do you use to get TWRP going when it's not permenantly installed? Just curious?
Fire Hound 8.1
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The TWRP image from the official website, and then simply fastboot boot twrp.img

RogerXIII said:
The TWRP image from the official website, and then simply fastboot boot twrp.img
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Ok cool. Wasn't sure if there was an app like fashify or something.
Fire Hound 8.1

sliding_billy said:
Do you have the previous version of Edge Sense Plus module installed? That sounds exactly like what happens if you install Magisk with that module still there. He put out a new one today.
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you are godsend my friend.

Touz604 said:
you are godsend my friend.
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Glad you got it figured out.

RogerXIII said:
The TWRP image from the official website, and then simply fastboot boot twrp.img
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How can we boot the twrp from fastboot?
The one from official website doesn't support Android 10 I believe and I failed with the info says "too many links".

bbs3223474 said:
How can we boot the twrp from fastboot?
The one from official website doesn't support Android 10 I believe and I failed with the info says "too many links".
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You ca't yet.

bbs3223474 said:
How can we boot the twrp from fastboot?
The one from official website doesn't support Android 10 I believe and I failed with the info says "too many links".
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Thread is from 2018

I am gonna check the official TWRP website for the workable TWRP for my Pixel 3 till I see your post
wangdaning said:
Thread is from 2018
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Bootloop back to twrp

Yesterday i sideloaded the December ota, today i decided im going to unlock the bootloader, root and install a custom kernel. I followed the instructions in the pined post in guides and well, now my pixel wont boot and its booting back to trwp.
What i did was boot twrp.img thru fastboot.
Once twrp booted i flashed the twrp zip, kernel and magisk beta zip.
How do i get out of this bootloop now?

welp, just tried to flash the factory image and got this:
error: failed to load 'image-crosshatch-pq1a.181205.006.zip': Not enough space

mac208x said:
Yesterday i sideloaded the December ota, today i decided im going to unlock the bootloader, root and install a custom kernel. I followed the instructions in the pined post in guides and well, now my pixel wont boot and its booting back to trwp.
What i did was boot twrp.img thru fastboot.
Once twrp booted i flashed the twrp zip, kernel and magisk beta zip.
How do i get out of this bootloop now?
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fastboot flash boot --slot all boot.img
#6 in this guide.

Homeboy76 said:
fastboot flash boot --slot all boot.img
#6 in this guide.
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Thank you! So would you know what i did wrong? Or what do i now to get root and custom kernel?

mac208x said:
Thank you! So would you know what i did wrong? Or what do i now to get root and custom kernel?
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Pixel 3/Pixel 3 XL
- fastboot boot twrp-3.2.3-1...img
- install Magisk' uninstaller
- add more zips
- Edit: Kernel of your choice
- Add more zips
- magisk-17.3.zip
- reboot system

Homeboy76 said:
Pixel 3/Pixel 3 XL
- fastboot boot twrp-3.2.3-1...img
- install Magisk' uninstaller
- add more zips
- ElementalX 1.02.zip
- Add more zips
- magisk-17.3.zip
- reboot system
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Did exactly that but instead of ElementalX kernel im trying to use Kirisakura now back to bootloop into recovery

mac208x said:
Did exactly that but instead of ElementalX kernel im trying to use Kirisakura now back to bootloop into recovery
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After installing the TWRP.zip change slots in TWRP, reboot recovery and flash Magisk to the other slot, change slots back, then reboot.

airmaxx23 said:
Change slots in TWRP, reboot recovery and flash Magisk to the other slot, change slots back, then reboot.
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Im so sorry but what do you mean by slot?

mac208x said:
Im so sorry but what do you mean by slot?
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When you're in TWRP go to reboot, then switch from your current slot to the other.

airmaxx23 said:
When you're in TWRP go to reboot, then switch from your current slot to the other.
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Alright this is becoming silly. Did exactly as you said and again, bootloop back too twrp....Should i use the twrp from dees_troy or it doesnt matter? I dont know what it can be
Edit: Nvm im using the right twrp

mac208x said:
Alright this is becoming silly. Did exactly as you said and again, bootloop back too twrp....Should i use the twrp from dees_troy or it doesnt matter? I dont know what it can be
Edit: Nvm im using the right twrp
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Are you flashing Magisk in both slots?

airmaxx23 said:
Are you flashing Magisk in both slots?
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No didn't do that.
Okay so fastboot boot twrp.img
Once it boots flash the twrp.zip and magisk
Change to slot b
Flash magisk
Reboot.
Right? What about kernel?

mac208x said:
No didn't do that.
Okay so fastboot boot twrp.img
Once it boots flash the twrp.zip and magisk
Change to slot b
Flash magisk
Reboot.
Right? What about kernel?
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Try just that first and see if you can fully boot the phone.

airmaxx23 said:
Try just that first and see if you can fully boot the phone.
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No bootloop back to trwp. Now its stuck on the white google logo screen wont go pass it

airmaxx23 said:
When you're in TWRP go to reboot, then switch from your current slot to the other.
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Be careful with that. I did it bricked the device. It was like there was no system on that slot. I thought it was hard bricked but someone else did the same thing and eventually got it to boot.
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I dont know what do now, wont boot, cant enter recovery, apparently there is no system image the only thing i can do is enter fastboot. Never had this much damn trouble with rooting and installing twrp on a device.

jd1639 said:
Be careful with that. I did it bricked the device. It was like there was no system on that slot. I thought it was hard bricked but someone else did the same thing and eventually got it to boot.
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I've been doing it all along whenever I flash anything.
mac208x said:
I dont know what do now, wont boot, cant enter recovery, apparently there is no system image the only thing i can do is enter fastboot. Never had this much damn trouble with rooting and installing twrp on a device.
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You'll have to flash back to stock in fastboot.

mac208x said:
I dont know what do now, wont boot, cant enter recovery, apparently there is no system image the only thing i can do is enter fastboot. Never had this much damn trouble with rooting and installing twrp on a device.
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First, have you updated your sdk platform tools with the latest fastboot and adb? That's been causing a lot of people problems if they haven't updated them. If you have I would flash the stock boot image to boot slots.
fastboot flash boot_a boot.img. and
fastboot flash boot_b boot.img
If that's not enough then flash the system's image to boot slots.
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airmaxx23 said:
I've been doing it all along whenever I flash anything.
You'll have to flash back to stock in fastboot.
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jd1639 said:
First, have you updated your sdk platform tools with the latest fastboot and adb? That's been causing a lot of people problems if they haven't updated them. If you have I would flash the stock boot image to boot slots.
fastboot flash boot_a boot.img. and
fastboot flash boot_b boot.img
If that's not enough then flash the system's image to boot slots.
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How do i do this now? Flashing boot.img does nothing, phone still wont boot and hands on the boot logo. I cant enter recovery and apply from adb, nor flashing the factory image thru fastboot work, it keeps saying there isnt enough space for the .zip

mac208x said:
How do i do this now? Flashing boot.img does nothing, phone still wont boot and hands on the boot logo. I cant enter recovery and apply from adb, nor flashing the factory image thru fastboot work, it keeps saying there isnt enough space for the .zip
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Do you have the latest sdk platform tools. If not Google that, download the zip and extract it. Replace what you do have. I create a folder c:adb and put everything in that. Then set an environment variable path in Windows so fastboot and adb are available no matter what folder I'm working in.
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[OP7T][Stock/Magisk] OxygenOS 11.0.2.1.HD65AA boot.img

OnePlus 7T OxygenOS 11.0.2.1.HD65AA Global boot.img
Stock: https://srv-file9.gofile.io/download/9552fcfe-db22-44ef-81a6-5dd49b7e2c6b/boot.img
Magisk v23.0 Patched: https://file5.gofile.io/download/bb88a9cb-e642-4888-b73e-76265a34a6cf/magisk_patched-23000.img

Is this for root? I'm on 11.0.1.1 and rooted, now I see the OTA for 11.0.2.1, is there a way I can update while keeping root?

My computer is down so:
THANKS A MILLION!!!!!!!!!!!!!
YOU'RE SO AWESOME!!!!!!!!!!!!

Orion9k0 said:
Is this for root? I'm on 11.0.1.1 and rooted, now I see the OTA for 11.0.2.1, is there a way I can update while keeping root?
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If you are not using TWRP, follow this guide: https://forum.xda-developers.com/t/guide-how-to-root-oneplus-7t-without-twrp.3979307/

didnt work. i got stuck on the booting animation. ive heard this is an issue and have experienced this personally with the past 3 updates. i downloaded the patched image to my pc. ive got all the drivers installed and everything. i go into fastboot mode and use this command
Code:
fastboot boot magisk_patched.img
this then boots to the booting animation which it gets stuck on

posiblyLopsided said:
didnt work. i got stuck on the booting animation. ive heard this is an issue and have experienced this personally with the past 3 updates. i downloaded the patched image to my pc. ive got all the drivers installed and everything. i go into fastboot mode and use this command
Code:
fastboot boot magisk_patched.img
this then boots to the booting animation which it gets stuck on
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Did you switch back the default OTA active slot after flashing both?

nagi_007pk said:
Did you switch back the default OTA active slot after flashing both?
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i did not flash i only booted. i have tried flashing in the past with android 11 and had the same result of eternal loading. but that was a while ago and it is possible i did smth wrong.

nagi_007pk said:
Did you switch back the default OTA active slot after flashing both?
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Did you remove or at the very least disable all Magisk modules before OTA updating?

i dont believe i had any enabled in the last update because i havnt had root since android 10 but maybe when i initially updated months ago to android 11 i may have.

posiblyLopsided said:
i dont believe i had any enabled in the last update because i havnt had root since android 10 but maybe when i initially updated months ago to android 11 i may have.
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Try this: If you need help you can always just post a quote here
adb reboot bootloader
fastboot boot "your magisk.img"
Let your phone boot (happens automatically)
adb reboot bootloader
fastboot flash boot "your magisk.img"

kurskoo40 said:
Try this: If you need help you can always just post a quote here
adb reboot bootloader
fastboot boot "your magisk.img"
Let your phone boot (happens automatically)
adb reboot bootloader
fastboot flash boot "your magisk.img"
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the issue is that when i do fastboot boot magisk.img it gets stuck on the boot animation. i have to hold the power button and volume up to force it to power off then i can boot it back to the normal version

posiblyLopsided said:
i dont believe i had any enabled in the last update because i havnt had root since android 10 but maybe when i initially updated months ago to android 11 i may have.
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Ensure the folder /data/adb/modules is empty. In other words, delete all your Magisk modules and try again.

thexile said:
Ensure the folder /data/adb/modules is empty. In other words, delete all your Magisk modules and try again.
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how would i do that? can i use my phone file manager or do i need to use adb?

posiblyLopsided said:
how would i do that? can i use my phone file manager or do i need to use adb?
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Since you have no root access currently, you have to do so via adb in recovery mode with adb enabled.

thexile said:
Since you no root access currently, you have to do so via adb in recovery mode with adb enabled.
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im camping over the weekend so i will try this on monday and get back to you if it works or not. i assume now its prob good practice to disable magisk modules when updating so i will do that from now on.

posiblyLopsided said:
im camping over the weekend so i will try this on monday and get back to you if it works or not. i assume now its prob good practice to disable magisk modules when updating so i will do that from now on.
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Yes, at the very least disable all Magisk modules before OTA update. I learnt this hard way. One particular module that I know of which will cause bootloop after OTA is SmaliPatcher.
Anyway, I found a simpler method which bypass the manual patching of stock recovery.img (I couldn't get it to work on OOS11 anyway).
Use this version of TWRP and fastboot boot into it. You should then boot into TWRP (without overwriting your stock recovery) and use TWRP file manager to delete all Magisk modules.

thexile said:
Yes, at the very least disable all Magisk modules before OTA update. I learnt this hard way. One particular module that I know of which will cause bootloop after OTA is SmaliPatcher.
Anyway, I found a simpler method which bypass the manual patching of stock recovery.img (I couldn't get it to work on OOS11 anyway).
Use this version of TWRP and fastboot boot into it. You should then boot into TWRP (without overwriting your stock recovery) and use TWRP file manager to delete all Magisk modules.
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yeah looks like i learned the hard way too. also i didnt realise they released twrp for oneplus 7t. id heard that it just didnt work with android 11 but maybe im wrong. ill try it out anyways. if the twrp works that would be amazing. also thanks for all the help.

thexile said:
OnePlus 7T OxygenOS 11.0.2.1.HD65AA Global boot.img
Stock: https://srv-file9.gofile.io/download/9552fcfe-db22-44ef-81a6-5dd49b7e2c6b/boot.img
Magisk v23.0 Patched: https://srv-store6.gofile.io/download/bb88a9cb-e642-4888-b73e-76265a34a6cf/magisk_patched-23000.img
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Thanks. This worked fine. I just used local install from update, backed out without rebooting, installed magisk app and did the first reboot into bootloader, then wrote magisk modded boot image to boot a/b. It was a dirty update over the prior version.

thexile said:
Yes, at the very least disable all Magisk modules before OTA update. I learnt this hard way. One particular module that I know of which will cause bootloop after OTA is SmaliPatcher.
Anyway, I found a simpler method which bypass the manual patching of stock recovery.img (I couldn't get it to work on OOS11 anyway).
Use this version of TWRP and fastboot boot into it. You should then boot into TWRP (without overwriting your stock recovery) and use TWRP file manager to delete all Magisk modules.
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i have successfully rooted after useing twrp to remove those magisk modules.

Hi, I really need EU version of boot.img, could you please help me?
I've even looked for the full 11.0.2.1.HD65BA but with no luck.
So basically can't find anywhere both the boot.img and the full stock rom, any advice?
Thank you

Question [Latest OOS C.44 EU] Rooting via Magisk/fastboot not working

Hello all,
yesterday I've updated to latest OOS LE2123_11.C.44_1440_202201182111 (Android 12). I was previously on root, so I've updated the phone via full 4GB OTA through the system updater.
Everything was fine until I've tried to root by following these steps:
ATTENTION: if you're a Googler and willing to root the OPO 9 Pro, don't use the steps below, because they lead to a soft-bricked phone! (at least, for me)
Download the full OTA via Oxygen Updater
Extract the boot.img (192MB) via Payload Dumper (and I was confused, because the previous Android 11 boot.img was exactly the half in size)
Let the phone update itself
Throw the boot.img inside Magisk and create a patched boot.img
Flash the pathed boot image via fastboot with "fastboot flash boot Magisk_patched_blabla.img"
The phone was refusing to boot, as it was automatically booting in Fastboot mode.
So I've reflashed the patched IMG file, and the phone switched to Qualcomm Crashdump mode
Then, don't ask me how, I've managed to get it back to fastboot mode. Searched XDA for a clean and tested boot.img, understood that the boot contains 2 slots A/B, set the active boot slot to A, flashed the boot.img downloaded before, and the phone turned back to life.
So...what am I doing wrong? Maybe everything?
What are the correct steps to root the phone?
Thank you in advance

you don't have to flash the magisk_patched.img but instead boot it with : "fastboot boot magisk_patched.img"
Then you can install magisk by it's manager and reboot the phone.
Here is everything explained: https://forum.xda-developers.com/t/guide-magisk-unlock-root-keep-root-oos-12-0-0-0.4252373/

OS Update with install to inactive slot in magisk works too.

nicoilboss said:
you don't have to flash the magisk_patched.img but instead boot it with : "fastboot boot magisk_patched.img"
Then you can install magisk by it's manager and reboot the phone.
Here is everything explained: https://forum.xda-developers.com/t/guide-magisk-unlock-root-keep-root-oos-12-0-0-0.4252373/
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I follow those steps I can get the boot and install alpha apk after it's install completed to reboot, phone gets bricked and stuck in fastboot.

Wait for the new Magisk, it's going to support Android 12.
https://twitter.com/topjohnwu/with_replies

djsubterrain said:
Wait for the new Magisk, it's going to support Android 12.
https://twitter.com/topjohnwu/with_replies
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Missed this one...
How come some people is actually running on the rooted OOS C.44 EU? Are they using a particular version of a patched boot.img that's floating underground?

l_mike said:
OS Update with install to inactive slot in magisk works too.
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I've clickbaited like a moron on the UPDATE/REBOOT button after OTA, and I've missed the opportunity to do it *before* rebooting the phone... then followed the steps I've posted and knocked out of the door...

xmff00 said:
Missed this one...
How come some people is actually running on the rooted OOS C.44 EU? Are they using a particular version of a patched boot.img that's floating underground?
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Your post doesn't specify which version of magisk you're using, unless I overlooked it. If you're not using alpha already, use alpha. And make sure you also patch the boot.img with alpha and not a different version than you're trying to install. A couple of people have said canary works now (at least for C40), but I can't confirm whether it still works on C44. Stable doesn't work (yet).

terlynn4 said:
Your post doesn't specify which version of magisk you're using, unless I overlooked it. If you're not using alpha already, use alpha. And make sure you also patch the boot.img with alpha and not a different version than you're trying to install. A couple of people have said canary works now (at least for C40), but I can't confirm whether it still works on C44. Stable doesn't work (yet).
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New stable V24 is released. Works great

nicoilboss said:
you don't have to flash the magisk_patched.img but instead boot it with : "fastboot boot magisk_patched.img"
Then you can install magisk by it's manager and reboot the phone.
Here is everything explained: https://forum.xda-developers.com/t/guide-magisk-unlock-root-keep-root-oos-12-0-0-0.4252373/
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I've tried to use this method but when I try to flash using the 'fastboot boot magisk_boot.img' I get the error "failed - command boot not recognized"
ADB shows the 'sending' command but then nothing happens other than error mentioned above. I've tried to use both the patched and unpatched images but same error. No idea how to proceed from here