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Hello all!
I am currently on OOS 3.2.8, and official TWRP. I have read all the instructions on the forums but all lead to one option, formatting internal memory. So, my question are:
1. Will flashing oos 4.0 work with official TWRP or 8 have to use modified 28 version?
2. How can I flash oos 4 with modified TWRP and not have to wipe internal memory?
I would appreciate all the responses. Thanks
I was the same predicament as you. I finally took the plunge and now I have Nougat running on my OP3. Here is what I did :
Start: OOS 3.2.8 w/ custom kernel and modified TWRP
1. Flash stock recovery (Google for a forum post in the OP3 forums on downloading the stock recovery and flash it through fastboot)
2. Reboot and let 3.2.8 start
3. Download Snap VPN and change the country to Canada. You will be prompted for the system update.
4. Let the update download (~1 GB)
5. Install the update. You may see an error of the installation may fail as your phone is rooted. Ignore and go ahead.
6. The installer will now boot to stock recovery and reboot with Nougat. All settings and apps will be maintained
The only catch is that you may have ext4 instead of f2fs. I am okay with it for now... But your mileage may vary
All the best!
Edit : Nougat running on my op3.
abhibnl said:
Hello all!
I am currently on OOS 3.2.8, and official TWRP. I have read all the instructions on the forums but all lead to one option, formatting internal memory. So, my question are:
1. Will flashing oos 4.0 work with official TWRP or 8 have to use modified 28 version?
2. How can I flash oos 4 with modified TWRP and not have to wipe internal memory?
I would appreciate all the responses. Thanks
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Are you rooted? Are you encrypted? What file systems are you using for your partitions? You're not giving full information. Why is formatting not an option if it'll give you the results you want?
To get to F2fs (I do recommend it)
Take a backup of your Data partition. , copy it to your pc with "adb pull /sdcard/Twrp/whatever".
Now go to Twrp>Wipe>Advanced select data and click on change file system. Change it to F2fs. Now restore your backup (Reader the guide all info is there). Profit!
anshulajain said:
I was the same predicament as you. I finally took the plunge and now I have Nougat running on my OP3. Here is what I did :
Start: OOS 3.2.8 w/ custom kernel and modified TWRP
1. Flash stock recovery (Google for a forum post in the OP3 forums on downloading the stock recovery and flash it through fastboot)
2. Reboot and let 3.2.8 start
3. Download Snap VPN and change the country to Canada. You will be prompted for the system update.
4. Let the update download (~1 GB)
5. Install the update. You may see an error of the installation may fail as your phone is rooted. Ignore and go ahead.
6. The installer will now boot to stock recovery and reboot with Nougat. All settings and apps will be maintained
The only catch is that you may have ext4 instead of f2fs. I am okay with it for now... But your mileage may vary
All the best!
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I don't have any issues with ext4, infact i do feel ext4 is more stable than f2fs so file system is my last concern. Thanks for your method, but then how did u root again? Installing nougat is fine but what after that? I have read that you can't use modified twrp without formatting internal memory first, as it'll show you the pin issue. Let me know how do you propose a safe method to achieve root.
Renosh said:
Are you rooted? Are you encrypted? What file systems are you using for your partitions? You're not giving full information. Why is formatting not an option if it'll give you the results you want?
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Yes i am encrypted, rooted, stock OOS 3.2.8 + Franco kernel. Official TWRP(not modified). I am using ext4, never used f2fs at all. The time to backup data and then to restore it all back is the reason formatting is not an "preferred" option for me. I can do it, but i would have to wait until i find enough time to do the whole process. I am in a full time job, so i hope you would understand.
Puddi_Puddin said:
To get to F2fs (I do recommend it)
Take a backup of your Data partition. , copy it to your pc with "adb pull /sdcard/Twrp/whatever".
Now go to Twrp>Wipe>Advanced select data and click on change file system. Change it to F2fs. Now restore your backup (Reader the guide all info is there). Profit!
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Well this again defeats the purpose of my original question, but thanks mate. I would definitely read the guide if decide to switch to f2fs.
@abhibnl. BTW your encrypted. So the modified TWRP won't work.
How to fix:
Wipe Userdata with Fastboot / fastboot erase UserData
Boot into Twrp modified twrp.
Flash OOS 4.0 flash SuperSU and let it boot
You should be decrypted DO NOT install a boot password since you will be encrypted again.
I haven't rooted my phone again. My only reason to root is to install Adaway to block all ads. With DNS66 and Adguard, I have little incentive to root my stock nougat install.
Edit : I had encryption during 3.2.8 and it carried over to 4.0
Puddi_Puddin said:
@abhibnl. BTW your encrypted. So the modified TWRP won't work.
How to fix:
Wipe Userdata with Fastboot / fastboot erase UserData
Boot into Twrp modified twrp.
Flash OOS 4.0 flash SuperSU and let it boot
You should be decrypted DO NOT install a boot password since you will be encrypted again.
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Thanks a lot for informing me mate. I really don't want to decrypt my storage as of now. I guess flashing stock recovery is the only solution now. Will hope someone would pick up the twrp and update it.
anshulajain said:
I haven't rooted my phone again. My only reason to root is to install Adaway to block all ads. With DNS66 and Adguard, I have little incentive to root my stock nougat install.
Edit : I had encryption during 3.2.8 and it carried over to 4.0
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Seems like stock recovery is the best way as of now. Seems like I'll have to love without root until someone updates twrp to support encrypted storage.
I haven't updated to Nougat yet, but I looked over Chainfire's SuperSU changelog and its installation script and both of them confirm that from March installing SuperSU prevents forced encryption. Also many guides suggest installing it as way for disabling forced encryption. Of course you have to flash SuperSU just after flashing ROM, before booting the system.
abhibnl said:
Hello all!
I am currently on OOS 3.2.8, and official TWRP. I have read all the instructions on the forums but all lead to one option, formatting internal memory. So, my question are:
1. Will flashing oos 4.0 work with official TWRP or 8 have to use modified 28 version?
2. How can I flash oos 4 with modified TWRP and not have to wipe internal memory?
I would appreciate all the responses. Thanks
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Very simple indeed...
1. Switch on wifi
2. Download OTA and click install whem finished
3. Once installation completed, flash twrp .28 and latest su
4. Reboot and ignore any errors, youwill beup and running fine...
Zielony360 said:
I haven't updated to Nougat yet, but I looked over Chainfire's SuperSU changelog and its installation script and both of them confirm that from March installing SuperSU prevents forced encryption. Also many guides suggest installing it as way for disabling forced encryption. Of course you have to flash SuperSU just after flashing ROM, before booting the system.
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That i already knew mate. But i WANT my storage to remain encrypted. And that's the issue with modified TWRP. You can't enter into recovery on that if your storage is encrypted.
kpmohamedhussain said:
Very simple indeed...
1. Switch on wifi
2. Download OTA and click install whem finished
3. Once installation completed, flash twrp .28 and latest su
4. Reboot and ignore any errors, youwill beup and running fine...
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Again, "You can't enter into recovery on modified TWRP if your storage is encrypted." So i won't be able to enter into twrp in the first place, let alone flash anything.
abhibnl said:
Hello all!
I am currently on OOS 3.2.8, and official TWRP. I have read all the instructions on the forums but all lead to one option, formatting internal memory. So, my question are:
1. Will flashing oos 4.0 work with official TWRP or 8 have to use modified 28 version?
2. How can I flash oos 4 with modified TWRP and not have to wipe internal memory?
I would appreciate all the responses. Thanks
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In the same boat as you. I have OOS 3.2.8 encrypted, rooted and TWRP 3.0.2-1.26. I too would like to update but have way to much stuff on my phone to back it all up and restore it. Hope you or someone come's up with a solution. I will be following your thread.
Thanks.
Go to twrp. Press backup. Select only data. Save to PC youre backup for safety..
3.2.8 it's Android 6, 4.0 it's Android 7. Some apps might not work from base to base.
If you want to change to F2FS it will format youre phone, wipe phone full internal memory. If you want to change it back to ext4, same.
Clean flash, full wipe it's always better.
dmoses1969 said:
In the same boat as you. I have OOS 3.2.8 encrypted, rooted and TWRP 3.0.2-1.26. I too would like to update but have way to much stuff on my phone to back it all up and restore it. Hope you or someone come's up with a solution. I will be following your thread.
Thanks.
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My suggestion (and my steps are in #1), install stock recovery, install snap VPN, download the update and install (ignore any errors on root). Once done, you will have Nougat with stock recovery, encryption maintained and all app data also intact.
anshulajain said:
My suggestion (and my steps are in #1), install stock recovery, install snap VPN, download the update and install (ignore any errors on root). Once done, you will have Nougat with stock recovery, encryption maintained and all app data also intact.
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This is the last resort brother. With this method, unfortunately I won't have any root available. The only way now is to wait for updated twrp.
abhibnl said:
This is the last resort brother. With this method, unfortunately I won't have any root available. The only way now is to wait for updated twrp.
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I dont know. I found this on Oneplus forum. May be worth trying. Just not 100% sure.....
Thanks! Will try and let you know
abhibnl said:
Thanks! Will try and let you know
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Well, I tried something, waiting on it to finishing booting and see how it went.
I flashed twrp-3.0.2-1.28-oneplus3p version,
Flashed the OnePlus3Oxygen_16_OTA_035_all_1612310359_e10cadfb2af7.zip inside TWRP,
Flashed SR1-SuperSU-v2.79-SR1-20161221223537.zip right after flashing OTA zip.
Its rebooting and says Android is upgrading. Fingers crossed.
EDIT: Its booted and I am on Nougat, didnt lose my data and phone is still encrypted!
Edit: Ended up having issues with settings app locking up. So, I went a different route and its all working great now.
Downloaded the stock recovery image and renamed it to recovery.img
Make sure after you rename it its not named recovery.img.img, If you have show file extensions enabled on your pc you should already see the file extension.
Rebooted to bootloader - adb flash recovery recovery.img
Using the volume keys and power button selected - reboot recovery.
Now in stock recovery - flashed OnePlus3Oxygen_16_OTA_035_all_1612310359_e10cadfb2af7.zip
After rom is done flashing, went right back into bootloader. Did not let my phone reboot to start the OS.
Renamed twrp-3.0.2-1.28-oneplus3p.img to recovery.img
adb flash recovery recover.img
Powered off phone and Manually boot it into recovery by holding Power + Volume Down button.
Phone booted into TWRP
Flashed SR1-SuperSU-v2.79-SR1-20161221223537.zip
Wiped cache / dalvik
Rebooted system from TWRP and waited. System is really smooth now, no issues yet. Been playing with it for awhile now.
During the booting up process it might take a minute and it will reboot twice. Dont get nervous like I did thinking it was going to start bootlooping. It booted just fine. I read in a nother thread that SuperSU is what causes it to boot twice.
So......Now I have OOS 4.0 Nougat, Rooted, Encrypted and everything seems to be working fine.
i have tried to install twrp on my 5x, 6, and 6p, with the same results "do loop". doing a twrp backup of the stock rom doesn't work as flashing it results in the same "do loop". is there a good "how to" on backing up my stock rom to my pc without twrp? i have lineage 15.1 on my 6p but doing the twrp format cleans all.
I don't see the point of backing up stock rom in first place, and I don't really know what's your problem, explain... more precisely. Your twrp can't stick in stock rom, or phone bootloop after restoring backup? Answering last question: you can get factory system image right from google's servers.
i had trouble flashing the stock rom, i keep getting errors, i thought if i saved the one on the phone to my pc i might have a better chance at restoring it. installing twrp resulted in the stock rom either doing a twrp reboot or forever hung on the google logo. when i flashed lineage it starts to load but boots back to twrp. i got it to install on my 6p after wipe and format. i will try that on the 5x, will it work? just looking for a fall back position.
dr1445 said:
i had trouble flashing the stock rom, i keep getting errors, i thought if i saved the one on the phone to my pc i might have a better chance at restoring it. installing twrp resulted in the stock rom either doing a twrp reboot or forever hung on the google logo. when i flashed lineage it starts to load but boots back to twrp. i got it to install on my 6p after wipe and format. i will try that on the 5x, will it work? just looking for a fall back position.
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Just curious what type of "errors" you are having with flashing the stock ROM? Is it possible you need to download a newer version of fastboot/adb?
@73 the old memory is not that great but i seem to recall format error. when i got the phone from ebay i did the full stock setup up to the latest 8.1. i recorded that info and that was my first google firmware flash with no joy. i had to go back to android 6 before i found one that would flash. i am running linux xubuntu, which i keep updated.
If the stock image won't flash using fastboot or OTA, it seems like your phone is faulty.
nowster said:
If the stock image won't flash using fastboot or OTA, it seems like your phone is faulty.
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as noted in my last post, it finally did flash after trying several versions. i am hardly any kind of expert on the subject, but there seems to be problem with the twrp software on the nexus 5x and i add the 6p where the same deal occurs.
dr1445 said:
as noted in my last post, it finally did flash after trying several versions. i am hardly any kind of expert on the subject, but there seems to be problem with the twrp software on the nexus 5x and i add the 6p where the same deal occurs.
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Why are you trying to use TWRP to flash the stock ROM (granted, I've seen the option to flash ".img" files but never used for anything other than "boot.img"). You should be using a pc and "fastboot".
For flashing stock you should be using fastboot, or the stock recovery and an OTA image.
I using pixel 2xl running android p with kiriskura kernel.
It’s can’t update android via ota.
Does it has other way to update without wipe data ?
HushCha said:
I using pixel 2xl running android p with kiriskura kernel.
It’s can’t update android via ota.
Does it has other way to update without wipe data ?
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Use the search button, there even is an own thread for this here. Don't expect to get the information spoon-fed :laugh:
Download the ota zip file from Google and flash it via twrp.
Afterwards flash kernel, twrp and magisk BEFORE REBOOT
Sui77 said:
Download the ota zip file from Google and flash it via twrp.
Afterwards flash kernel, twrp and magisk BEFORE REBOOT
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Twrp, kernel, then magisk is the proper order. Me, personally, I prefer to flash factory images with -w removed from flash-all.bat. It's always been reliable for me.
DuckRuckus said:
Twrp, kernel, then magisk is the proper order. Me, personally, I prefer to flash factory images with -w removed from flash-all.bat. It's always been reliable for me.
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I agree I flash factory image now that twrp decrpts I then boot twrp img and flash magisk then I'm all set. I don't use a custom kernel.
HushCha said:
I using pixel 2xl running android p with kiriskura kernel.
It’s can’t update android via ota.
Does it has other way to update without wipe data ?
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I use deuces script. It works great for me every time I upgrade.
Whats best about it is it upgrades both the slots. A lot of people mess up side a/side b and hork their phones. Deuces script fixes their installs, and upgrades with it are flawless.
Samsung Galaxy S9 (SM-G960F) New Zealand
Hi, I'm new here, new to flashing ROMs, and I'm lost...
Today I flashed TWRP using Odin, then booted to system.
I then rebooted to TWRP, copied a no-verity zip to the internal storage, and installed.
Booted successfully to system again. Nice.
I'm on my way to LineageOS .
I rebooted again, as a test, yet it resulted in a BRICKED STATE!! Only official released binaries are allowed to be flashed.
Now I can only get into download mode, not recovery. Nice... I'm so disappointed.
I will post my results here, after flashing a stock ROM. I assume this will take me back to square one.
But what had I done wrong here, that I can alter next time I attempt to simply install TWRP?!
Luther
LutherChelm said:
Samsung Galaxy S9 (SM-G960F) New Zealand
Hi, I'm new here, new to flashing ROMs, and I'm lost...
Today I flashed TWRP using Odin, then booted to system.
I then rebooted to TWRP, copied a no-verity zip to the internal storage, and installed.
Booted successfully to system again. Nice.
I'm on my way to LineageOS .
I rebooted again, as a test, yet it resulted in a BRICKED STATE!! Only official released binaries are allowed to be flashed.
Now I can only get into download mode, not recovery. Nice... I'm so disappointed.
I will post my results here, after flashing a stock ROM. I assume this will take me back to square one.
But what had I done wrong here, that I can alter next time I attempt to simply install TWRP?!
Luther
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sorry I only know for stock firmware
leap_ahead said:
flash stock rom with odin ,
go to software update
and check for update …
flash twrp,...
keep read only
format data type YES
reboot to recovery
keep read only
copy the patch
flash patch
reboot to system
go to software update
and check for update …that's fix the problem !
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Thank you for the clear reply!
But what is the patch you speak of? LineageOS?
Luther
LutherChelm said:
Thank you for the clear reply!
But what is the patch you speak of? LineageOS?
Luther
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no-verity-opt-encrypt-samsung-1.0.zip
What you guys recommend better option I'm torn between oxy or lineage ROM with magisk for one plus 9 pro. Lmk thoughts Ty.
I used lineage for awhile and can say that battery life will be better, device will perform well, and background apps are more reliable, but I just prefer other ROMs over lineage, it's too basic in terms of customization and OOS is better in some ways. You'll give up the OnePlus camera app and it's optimizations and post-processing. If you're okay using gcam instead of OnePlus cam, then lineage is ok, but I'd recommend crDroid over it most definitely. Its equally stable but felt snappier and more complete feature set in my use. Plus the maintainer updates frequently and does a good job.
Yeah? Alright ... Thank you for your response I appreciate that, so you definitely reccommend using a custom ROM oppose to oxygen? And what is best for one plus 9 pro , CR? And do I use TWRP recovery ?! Thank you appreciate it .
Anonymous-Ciphers said:
Yeah? Alright ... Thank you for your response I appreciate that, so you definitely reccommend using a custom ROM oppose to oxygen? And what is best for one plus 9 pro , CR? And do I use TWRP recovery ?! Thank you appreciate it .
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crDroid is the best I've used in terms of reliability, though I've been hearing EvolutionX is just as stable and on similar update schedule, and has even better customization, but I can't give full recommendation as I've only used on an older phone. But definitely had better experience with custom ROMs than OOS, so if you can unlock the bootloader, I'd go for it. You'll want TWRP recovery, but don't technically need it. You'll also want to have the newest OOS installed to avoid vendor driver issues (I haven't heard of a real problem except for T-Mobile model needing the vendor modem reflashed every time you update a custom ROM, better safe than sorry though)
Best way to flash would be to download TWRP (found in the development tab here on XDA) and get phone booted into bootloader. Then run
fastboot boot /location/of/twrp.img
Factory reset inside twrp
Then enter adb sideload mode and run
adb sideload /location/of/rom.zip
It WILL get stuck at 47% but will complete successfully if you wait 2-3 min. once finished, I'd repeat the exact same process once more as that will write your other boot slot to assure they're the same and prevent issues (lineage has a script for it, but doing the install process twice works just fine for me). From there, if you want TWRP installed permanently, in the advanced tab, you'll find "install current TWRP" and do that, reboot back into recovery to flash the magisk.apk as a zip file, and it will modify the boot to be running magisk.
You will find other ways of installing if you look at guides and such but what I've outlined works for every ROM and TWRP version I've used on my OP9p. You might see to flash the zip directly in TWRP instead of adb sideload, but some ROMs don't install that way, while adb sideload pretty much always works
Edited: forgot to add info that it's best to flash both A/B slots, added steps
thats_the_guy said:
crDroid is the best I've used in terms of reliability, though I've been hearing EvolutionX is just as stable and on similar update schedule, and has even better customization, but I can't give full recommendation as I've only used on an older phone. But definitely had better experience with custom ROMs than OOS, so if you can unlock the bootloader, I'd go for it. You'll want TWRP recovery, but don't technically need it. You'll also want to have the newest OOS installed to avoid vendor driver issues (I haven't heard of a real problem except for T-Mobile model needing the vendor modem reflashed every time you update a custom ROM, better safe than sorry though)
Best way to flash would be to download TWRP (found in the development tab here on XDA) and get phone booted into bootloader. Then run
fastboot boot /location/of/twrp.img
Factory reset inside twrp
Then enter adb sideload mode and run
adb sideload /location/of/rom.zip
It WILL get stuck at 47% but will complete successfully if you wait 2-3 min. once finished, I'd repeat the exact same process once more as that will write your other boot slot to assure they're the same and prevent issues (lineage has a script for it, but doing the install process twice works just fine for me). From there, if you want TWRP installed permanently, in the advanced tab, you'll find "install current TWRP" and do that, reboot back into recovery to flash the magisk.apk as a zip file, and it will modify the boot to be running magisk.
You will find other ways of installing if you look at guides and such but what I've outlined works for every ROM and TWRP version I've used on my OP9p. You might see to flash the zip directly in TWRP instead of adb sideload, but some ROMs don't install that way, while adb sideload pretty much always works
Edited: forgot to add info that it's best to flash both A/B slots, added steps
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Thank you kindly I still can't get it. I tried doing cr android but it said I cant downgrade not allowed and twrp won't work, then when sideload cr android and it boots but my screen touch doesn't work and really liked the ROM would appreciate someone help
I return to OOS from Lineage OS last month, after using Lineage for a long time. Just because camera on Lineage just can't fit my needs. I tried Google Camera, but there are some bugs and still OOS camera is the best.
Anonymous-Ciphers said:
Thank you kindly I still can't get it. I tried doing cr android but it said I cant downgrade not allowed and twrp won't work, then when sideload cr android and it boots but my screen touch doesn't work and really liked the ROM would appreciate someone help
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Haven't seen a no touch issue before. Well I'd try another factory reset inside TWRP and flash again, I believe 9 and 9 pro are unified for cr but also make sure you got the right zip. If that doesn't work, OOS 11.2.7 is the newest full zip file you can download from OnePlus, maybe try flashing that, and try installing crDroid without updating to 11.2.8 or 11.2.9. If that doesn't work, might be at a loss.
How come twrp I can't get going