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How I can flash a GSI ROM for Redmi Note 8 Pro?

Hello everyone, Im trying to understand how to flash a GSI img ROM (I want to try AOSP stock, or Havoc OS) but, I saw some posts and looks like is a bit hard to do.
I had TWRP installed (unofficial begonia) and magisk installed.
some informations I found: this device is just A slot supported
What exactly I need?
Orange Fox recovery?
Before flash need to disable something in recovery?
A arm64 slot IMG?
And gapps?
What are the steps?
Im waiting your answer

So far with my personal experience trying to flash Lineage 17 GSI on my RN8Pro and have had no luck. Lost baseband and both imei #'s in the process too (still trying to figure out how to restore).

Finally was lucky!
Flash LR Team TWRP:
https://mega.nz/#!B75xWQQQ!8DQdy09luHihxCziRX7ywUWkAwmAahjnWOQDgHxcTPA
Enable debugging and make sure computer has permission to use
On command promp adb reboot bootloader
fastboot flash recovery twrp.img
fastboot reboot (immediately disconnect phone and hold volume up)
In twrp go to advanced and Select "Close AVB2.0" swipe to confirm
Go back to twrp home -> Wipe -> Format
Flash gsi
And presto!
I just flashed Lineage 17 GSI as of now I wouldn't recommend it. Fixing to flash ASOP 10 GSI from phhusson see if it is any better!
Also as a favor since I lost baseband and imei for my phone could you please create a backup through twrp of your nvram and nvdata and PM it to me?
If you need any help just pm me!

JuanM2020 said:
Finally was lucky!
Flash LR Team TWRP:
https://mega.nz/#!B75xWQQQ!8DQdy09luHihxCziRX7ywUWkAwmAahjnWOQDgHxcTPA
Enable debugging and make sure computer has permission to use
On command promp adb reboot bootloader
fastboot flash recovery twrp.img
fastboot reboot (immediately disconnect phone and hold volume up)
In twrp go to advanced and Select "Close AVB2.0" swipe to confirm
Go back to twrp home -> Wipe -> Format
Flash gsi
And presto!
I just flashed Lineage 17 GSI as of now I wouldn't recommend it. Fixing to flash ASOP 10 GSI from phhusson see if it is any better!
Also as a favor since I lost baseband and imei for my phone could you please create a backup through twrp of your nvram and nvdata and PM it to me?
If you need any help just pm me!
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What problems were there with the los 17 gsi?

Please share what's working on the GSI ROM and what's not. Thank you.

polfrank said:
What problems were there with the los 17 gsi?
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Off the bat, Bluetooth did not work it just kept giving a Bluetooth has stopped message. Didn't have face unlock. Screen would suddenly flash as if display were damaged and would suddenly freeze when opening stock apps. And a few other things I don't remember as I already flash off of it.

Helhound0 said:
Please share what's working on the GSI ROM and what's not. Thank you.
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I've flashed Havoc OS 2.9 GSI and after resizing and disabling HW overlays the ROM works near perfectly albeit some camera issues.

JuanM2020 said:
Finally was lucky!
Flash LR Team TWRP:
https://mega.nz/#!B75xWQQQ!8DQdy09luHihxCziRX7ywUWkAwmAahjnWOQDgHxcTPA
Enable debugging and make sure computer has permission to use
On command promp adb reboot bootloader
fastboot flash recovery twrp.img
fastboot reboot (immediately disconnect phone and hold volume up)
In twrp go to advanced and Select "Close AVB2.0" swipe to confirm
Go back to twrp home -> Wipe -> Format
Flash gsi
And presto!
I just flashed Lineage 17 GSI as of now I wouldn't recommend it. Fixing to flash ASOP 10 GSI from phhusson see if it is any better!
Also as a favor since I lost baseband and imei for my phone could you please create a backup through twrp of your nvram and nvdata and PM it to me?
If you need any help just pm me!
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Of course and thanks dude. In a few hours i will attach the files.

yayimathrowaway said:
I've flashed Havoc OS 2.9 GSI and after resizing and disabling HW overlays the ROM works near perfectly albeit some camera issues.
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Newbie here. Please let me know what is it for and how to "resizing and disabling HW overlays"

yayimathrowaway said:
I've flashed Havoc OS 2.9 GSI and after resizing and disabling HW overlays the ROM works near perfectly albeit some camera issues.
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That sounds good. Thanks for sharing. Did you use GSI since you flashed or did you restore MIUI?

Sorry for my ignorance, but what is a GSI ROM?

montechristos1 said:
Sorry for my ignorance, but what is a GSI ROM?
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Generic System Image. Basically a single ROM image that should technically work in any device running Android 8.1 or newer. It contains the generic AOSP (Pure android) source.

Helhound0 said:
Generic System Image. Basically a single ROM image that should technically work in any device running Android 8.1 or newer. It contains the generic AOSP (Pure android) source.
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Thanks.
So people were able to flash LOS GSI on their Redmi Note PRO?
No specific thread for this?
(I am one of the people that are waiting for one of the custom open-source ROMs to replace the (ihmo) horrible MUI)

MarkLev said:
Newbie here. Please let me know what is it for and how to "resizing and disabling HW overlays"
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Disabling HW Overlays means that your GPU is the only thing that will handle all of the graphics on your phone. If this is not on in some GSI ROMs the screen will flicker when it's about to go to sleep and at other random times. It can be accessed in Developer options.
Additionally, as this is a GSI made to work on many different phones, the proportions on the screen are off when you first install it. On Havoc, all of the resizing options are in Havoc Settings. In other ROMs without customization options, there are ADB commands that can resize your ROM. Specifically, the problems I initially experienced were involving the status bar icons and clock only partially being on the screen.
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Helhound0 said:
That sounds good. Thanks for sharing. Did you use GSI since you flashed or did you restore MIUI?
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I am actually using the GSI right now. I didn't restore MIUI because I just did not like it. I think I'll stay on this GSI. Again, after some modifications in Settings, the ROM I'm using works near perfectly.
The cameras, of course, are kind of messed up though. No matter what camera app I use I cannot access the 64MP camera and anything other than the camera app that came with the GSI (which is pretty bad) randomly flickers the screen while I'm taking a picture or recording a video, even after disabling HW Overlays in Developer Options. Maybe could be fixed by flashing a third party camera app as a system app.
Other than that, no problems whatsoever.
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KonahZave said:
Hello everyone, Im trying to understand how to flash a GSI img ROM (I want to try AOSP stock, or Havoc OS) but, I saw some posts and looks like is a bit hard to do.
I had TWRP installed (unofficial begonia) and magisk installed.
some informations I found: this device is just A slot supported
What exactly I need?
Orange Fox recovery?
Before flash need to disable something in recovery?
A arm64 slot IMG?
And gapps?
What are the steps?
Im waiting your answer
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If you still need some help, I have a full guide on how to flash here

yayimathrowaway said:
I am actually using the GSI right now. I didn't restore MIUI because I just did not like it. I think I'll stay on this GSI. Again, after some modifications in Settings, the ROM I'm using works near perfectly.
The cameras, of course, are kind of messed up though. No matter what camera app I use I cannot access the 64MP camera and anything other than the camera app that came with the GSI (which is pretty bad) randomly flickers the screen while I'm taking a picture or recording a video, even after disabling HW Overlays in Developer Options. Maybe could be fixed by flashing a third party camera app as a system app.
Other than that, no problems whatsoever.
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I don't really mind the cameras not working at a 100% tbh since i don't use them that much. However did you try GCam on GSI or any other API2 camera app?

Helhound0 said:
I don't really mind the cameras not working at a 100% tbh since i don't use them that much. However did you try GCam on GSI or any other API2 camera app?
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Yeah, but the screen flashes randomly on them.
CameraMX works great with the cameras that it does support. CameraF5-V crashes randomly. GCam for RN8P can only take photos, and only supports 2 cameras. I think that some of these issues would be fixed if I flashed then as system apps, because the stock camera app works fine, albeit the fact that it's just not a very good camera app.

Can anyone flash twrp into S9 Android 10 (Snapdragon)?

My phone is a japanese variant, Docomo. Now the latest version is oneUI 2.1. I have tried to flash both twrp 3.5.0 and twrp 3.4.0 into the phone. Then I formatted the data and succeeded. However, if I restarted the system, it was stuck in the warning page all the time and can't enter into the homepage.
I have only seen several ways to flash twrp based on oneUI 2.5. Can anyone help me? Very appreciate.

Still waiting for you

Maybe you need to flash a custom rom or so

It may be possible to force installation in download mode with the warning page displayed. Roms can be found quite a few different places. If something is not working properly, please do a factory reset.

jjgvv said:
Maybe you need to flash a custom rom or so
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The japanese variant is too niche, I haven't seen any custom roms.

heneku said:
It may be possible to force installation in download mode with the warning page displayed. Roms can be found quite a few different places. If something is not working properly, please do a factory reset.
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I've tried several times, but all failed.

Docomo's device is a malicious creation of a Japanese original. What appears to be a working custom ROM was mainly in China. But a closed place. I was tormented by the few that even worked on my DOOCMO S8.

I will try to find a way to do this for Galaxy 9.

heneku said:
I will try to find a way to do this for Galaxy 9.
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Yeah, a lot of rubbish apks are pre-installed in the original Docomo variant. I have no efficient solution. Really appreciate for your help.

Try TWRP 3.3.1-1

vinokirk said:
Try TWRP 3.3.1-1
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Have you succeeded by this version？

heneku said:
I will try to find a way to do this for Galaxy 9.
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Sorry to bother u, if there is any upgrade？

Hi guys, Does your s9 are openline? If yes, How?

Has anyone tried GSI on the G8 Play?

Just as I asked. I would like to know if anyone has made GSI work or at least tried (like me) to make it work.

RandoMike said:
Just as I asked. I would like to know if anyone has made GSI work or at least tried (like me) to make it work.
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Update: It IS possible to install Lineage OS GSI on the G8 Play. However, you will trigger a security error (nothing critical, since your phone will still boot up). To install it, you really need to flash the One Macro Firmware (evidently, your device can hard brick, but it's possible to fix it ). Later, you can flash the Lineage rom through fastboot.
Even though it's possible to install it and even boot it, the rom is buggy. It would be wonderful if anyone who knows better developing than me would work on this device, which has been abandoned for so long...
Some bugs of this rom are:
Fingerprint sensor sometimes triggers volume up or down.
The screen is not well adjusted, picture seems weird.
Dm-verity error which will not allow the phone to boot unless you press the power button again.
Bluetooth audio not working.
I have not tested the rom completely yet. However, I would like to get this forum revived again, with the possibility of "messing up" with the phone. It's not impossible, it just needs some attention

You can flash a blank vbmeta image to disable security error this may help with some issues. good luck and thanks for your contribution to the device forum. (also, sorry for bad english)

Ale001 said:
You can flash a blank vbmeta image to disable security error this may help with some issues. good luck and thanks for your contribution to the device forum. (also, sorry for bad english)
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I already tried that on the official ROM and it didn't work. I only get a DM-Verity error amd a bootloop when trying to boot Lineage, which can be solved if flashing the stock ROM again.

It's possible install a arm-ab gsi or I need to install one macro arm64 firmware first?

Ale001 said:
It's possible install a arm-ab gsi or I need to install one macro arm64 firmware first?
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It didn't work for me on stock firmware. Lineage GSI worked for me on One Macro's ROM

Caught in bootloop, can't access recovery or safemode, can't flash odin

EDIT: My USB C cable wasn't in properly, caused me a bunch of issues - if you're ever struggling to flash in Odin then always check your cable first or you'll spend 8 hours troubleshooting and getting pissed off like I did.
Hi all.
I tried to flash my A70 with Corvus OS GSI type A/B yesterday evening (I understand that this was a mistake) and since then I have had a few errors.
I originally got the message "An Error Has Occurred While Updating The Device Software" in the download screen. That then went away and I was able to get into TWRP. I tried to restore one of my backups which used to work but instead caused a bootloop in which I can't access TWRP and have tried flashing latest firmware through odin multiple times just to be met with <SEE SCREENSHOT: ODIN FAILURE> over and over again. I also tried using Smart Switch Emergency recovery but the device doesn't get picked up when in download mode on the Smart Switch app.
Would really appreciate some help. Thanks all

Same thing happened to me while flashing a rom, however is there any curvos OS for the A70? Or pixel experience? It would be great to have those on this device.

Merc87 said:
Same thing happened to me while flashing a rom, however is there any curvos OS for the A70? Or pixel experience? It would be great to have those on this device.
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Pixel experience by BruhDude: https://sourceforge.net/projects/br...0q-11.0-20210928-0103-UNOFFICIAL.zip/download

Merc87 said:
Same thing happened to me while flashing a rom, however is there any curvos OS for the A70? Or pixel experience? It would be great to have those on this device.
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There are more roms in the A70 Telegram chat such as project sakura and aospk:. Mod edit: TG link removed as per XDA Telegram Chat Rules.
Regards: Badger50 FSM

zippzYT said:
Pixel experience by BruhDude: https://sourceforge.net/projects/bruhdude-s-a70-testing-stuff/files/Pixel Experience/PixelExperience_Plus_a70q-11.0-20210928-0103-UNOFFICIAL.zip/download
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Thanks man

Question Touchscreen not working

Hi, recently I got this a32 from a friend because my phone is broken, but there's a problem. Some time ago she updated this phone from android 11 to 12 and the touchscreen completely stopped working, i got the phone yesterday hoping to fix this problem but i updated to android 13 (oneui 5.1) and it still doesnt work, i tried do downgrade to android 11 but its impossible and for last i tried to install twrp and then a gsi (following a guide here on the forum), i noticed that in twrp the touchscreen does actually work but after installing lineage os 20 it didn't again, is there any hope for this phone?

persifele said:
Hi, recently I got this a32 from a friend because my phone is broken, but there's a problem. Some time ago she updated this phone from android 11 to 12 and the touchscreen completely stopped working, i got the phone yesterday hoping to fix this problem but i updated to android 13 (oneui 5.1) and it still doesnt work, i tried do downgrade to android 11 but its impossible and for last i tried to install twrp and then a gsi (following a guide here on the forum), i noticed that in twrp the touchscreen does actually work but after installing lineage os 20 it didn't again, is there any hope for this phone?
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Did you contacted the assistance? Seems a bad driver or kernel problem.

zSyntex said:
Did you contacted the assistance? Seems a bad driver or kernel problem.
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no because i dont know how much it would cost and the phone isnt mine either so if possible i dont want to spend money

persifele said:
no because i dont know how much it would cost and the phone isnt mine either so if possible i dont want to spend money
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We couldn't provide support for the hardware, mostly because you said that you've tried to reset the device and flash the stock ROM again.
If this doesn't fix the hardware issue, the assistance is the only way.
Probably a failure batch etc.

to be completely honest i flashed the stock rom by a backup i did before flashing lineage os, so if there's a guide on how to flash one ui 5.1 in order to have a clean installation it would be rlly helpful

persifele said:
to be completely honest i flashed the stock rom by a backup i did before flashing lineage os, so if there's a guide on how to flash one ui 5.1 in order to have a clean installation it would be rlly helpful
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Simply download the latest firmware from SamLoader (Bifrost) and use Odin in order to flash it.
Tell me if you couldn't flash

I tried installing the latest firmware with odin, everything went fine but nothing, touch still doesn't work, i think tomorrow i'll take it to someone to fix it.

persifele said:
Hi, recently I got this a32 from a friend because my phone is broken, but there's a problem. Some time ago she updated this phone from android 11 to 12 and the touchscreen completely stopped working, i got the phone yesterday hoping to fix this problem but i updated to android 13 (oneui 5.1) and it still doesnt work, i tried do downgrade to android 11 but its impossible and for last i tried to install twrp and then a gsi (following a guide here on the forum), i noticed that in twrp the touchscreen does actually work but after installing lineage os 20 it didn't again, is there any hope for this phone?
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what model of a32 is it? SM-A325F or??
One ui 5.1 firmware cannot be downgraded. I currently daily drive crdroid from nazim on one ui 5.1 firmware. my touch has never had issues. May be a hardware issue. Maybe a custom kernel would solve it. I built one for A325F that works on one ui 5.1 firmware. Give it a try from here. Its permissive btw. Just flash it in twrp. Although take a backup of boot before flashing incase something goes wrong

Captain_cookie_200 said:
what model of a32 is it? SM-A325F or??
One ui 5.1 firmware cannot be downgraded. I currently daily drive crdroid from nazim on one ui 5.1 firmware. my touch has never had issues. May be a hardware issue. Maybe a custom kernel would solve it. I built one for A325F that works on one ui 5.1 firmware. Give it a try from here. Its permissive btw. Just flash it in twrp. Although take a backup of boot before flashing incase something goes wrong
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Hi, I tried to flash from twrp but it just gives me a series of "unable to unlock /dev/block/mmcblk0p14" and so on, btw yes its a A325F.

persifele said:
Hi, I tried to flash from twrp but it just gives me a series of "unable to unlock /dev/block/mmcblk0p14" and so on, btw yes its a A325F.
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its fine. those are normal. if the flash suceeds at last that is all that matters

Captain_cookie_200 said:
its fine. those are normal. if the flash suceeds at last that is all that matters
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The problem is that after flashing it goes in a bootloop where it says that "this phone's bootloader is unlocked, press power button" i do it and it starts the galaxy logo with above the writing "the software you are using isnt official, you may have problems with security and features" and it gets stuck there, rn i flashed the original firmware with odin and the phone is working but touch still isn't.
EDIT: i forgot to add that when i flashed with odin everything was going fine until the phone's screen went from green to red, i've never seen this so idk if i should be worried or not (phone is still running normally).

persifele said:
The problem is that after flashing it goes in a bootloop where it says that "this phone's bootloader is unlocked, press power button" i do it and it starts the galaxy logo with above the writing "the software you are using isnt official, you may have problems with security and features" and it gets stuck there, rn i flashed the original firmware with odin and the phone is working but touch still isn't.
EDIT: i forgot to add that when i flashed with odin everything was going fine until the phone's screen went from green to red, i've never seen this so idk if i should be worried or not (phone is still running normally).
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oh weird . you are using one ui 5.1 right? whats the firmware name or version. Also those things def look like hardware issue. you should get it checked.

Captain_cookie_200 said:
oh weird . you are using one ui 5.1 right? whats the firmware name or version. Also those things def look like hardware issue. you should get it checked.
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yes i'm on android 13 one ui 5.1, the firmware is A325FXXU3DWB8_A325FOXM3DWB8_ITV. I got it checked and they said that it cant be fixed because i cant downgrade from android 13 to another one, i could try installing crdroid like you and if you could send me a guide it would be amazing, thanks again.

persifele said:
yes i'm on android 13 one ui 5.1, the firmware is A325FXXU3DWB8_A325FOXM3DWB8_ITV. I got it checked and they said that it cant be fixed because i cant downgrade from android 13 to another one, i could try installing crdroid like you and if you could send me a guide it would be amazing, thanks again.
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Just flash twrp for this thing from here. Follow steps on that thread to decrypt your storage and stuff. Then download crdroid gsi. Extract it. flash img file to system partition in twrp. Afterwards wipe dalvik, cache, internal storage
(internal storage is not necessary). You should be able to boot into twrp sucessfully.
I also have some workarounds and the stuff i use for my daily driving in this thread here.
If you need any further help i'll be here to assist.

Captain_cookie_200 said:
Just flash twrp for this thing from here. Follow steps on that thread to decrypt your storage and stuff. Then download crdroid gsi. Extract it. flash img file to system partition in twrp. Afterwards wipe dalvik, cache, internal storage
(internal storage is not necessary). You should be able to boot into twrp sucessfully.
I also have some workarounds and the stuff i use for my daily driving in this thread here.
If you need any further help i'll be here to assist.
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Oh um i am sorry looks like thread doesnt contain instructions to that. I'll write em here myself
When you boot into twrp after flashing go to advanced and go to terminal
type
multidisabler
run it two times. Then go to format. Then press format data and type yes. Once its done reboot back into twrp again. Then flash crdroid as i said in my post above. and format the things i said. you should be able to boot into crdroid normally.

Captain_cookie_200 said:
Oh um i am sorry looks like thread doesnt contain instructions to that. I'll write em here myself
When you boot into twrp after flashing go to advanced and go to terminal
type
multidisabler
run it two times. Then go to format. Then press format data and type yes. Once its done reboot back into twrp again. Then flash crdroid as i said in my post above. and format the things i said. you should be able to boot into crdroid normally.
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I followed everything you said, flashed crdroid but nothing, touch still doesnt work if not for when im twrp, i tried to flash kernel again and it still didn't so i don't know what to do anymore.

persifele said:
I followed everything you said, flashed crdroid but nothing, touch still doesnt work if not for when im twrp, i tried to flash kernel again and it still didn't so i don't know what to do anymore.
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So uh looks like you have no options left. I just want to make sure. could you list the exact methods you used to flash the fw. Along with where u got the fw from? Lets see if the fw itself is broken or something.
Also this is very unrelated and time wasting. but you could try download one ui 5 firmware. Then extract super.img from ap. unsparse it and extract vendor.img and flash it to vendor partition using twrp. Then decrypt by typing
multidisabler twice in terminal as said in my previous post. Check if maybe an older version one ui 5 firmware has this issue fixed. one ui 5's kernel boots so one ui 5 vendor should work on 5.1 as well. It may not work but worth a try. you could also try doing this with android 12 firmware if that fixes it. if you do not have a linux machine availible i'll do it for you and upload the files for both firmwares here. Otherwise if its a hardware issue get your phone replaced or try getting the screen replaced. if still nothing happens ig switching to a new phone would be the only optiion.

So, to flash the firmware I used odin, the fw was from sammobile.
For trying to extract super.img and so on idk how to actually do it so if you could explain it would be really helpful. Btw trying to flash android 12 firmware is impossible because samsung made it so,
thank you again for the help.

persifele said:
So, to flash the firmware I used odin, the fw was from sammobile.
For trying to extract super.img and so on idk how to actually do it so if you could explain it would be really helpful. Btw trying to flash android 12 firmware is impossible because samsung made it so,
thank you again for the help.
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i use samfw mostly for my firmwares. anyways. You need a linux machine nearby. ubuntu or arch. any distro based on them would work.
first you need to unsparse the super.img
for that we use
simg2img super.img super-raw.img
then we can use lpunpack or mount it to get our vendor.
we flash it using twrp and then we run multidisabler twice like we did when we first flashed gsi.

As you said above if you could do it for me it'd be awesome because i don't have a pc with linux rn.