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[Q] How do you make a system.img from firmware zip

Problem: We can download the firmware from Asus in the form of a zip file. We can use adb sideload <firmware>.zip to sideload the firmware.
Request: How can I flash that firmware using fastboot? It looks like I need to use a .img file. How do I convert that .zip file to a .img file?
Reason: I found a situation where using the sideload method didn't seem to work correctly. I ended up having to get a pre-rooted .img and flashed that, but I want a "virgin" img file. Thanks.

If you install zip from ASUS download site (not OTA!) then you will get virgin stock ROM after update.
This kind of update (around 1GB) erases system partition before install, so it doesn't matter how hard you've modified previous firmware. SU, Xposed, etc - everything will be automatically wiped before install.

The question is how do you convert .zip to .img?

damian5000 said:
The question is how do you convert .zip to .img?
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tools to build img from zip (only full ROM, not OTA) published there: http://forum.xda-developers.com/zenfone2/orig-development/rom-pre-root-img-t3079590
But keep in mind, it's for advanced users. I would say, for developers.

Thanks. I asked that nice feller if he was able to do such a thing as I'm not a dev or even well-versed in Linux.

What firmware zip are you looking to flash?

flashing system.img was just temporary solution, as the only way to root or modify firmware before bootloader unlock.
With unlocked bootloader and custom recovery you can modify update.zip as much as you want and then install it.
Even if you don't want to unlock the bootloader, then you can use temporary custom recovery and install any modified zip.
So, in general you don't need to create system.img anymore. Just use zip to install whatever you want.

sorg said:
flashing system.img was just temporary solution, as the only way to root or modify firmware before bootloader unlock.
With unlocked bootloader and custom recovery you can modify update.zip as much as you want and then install it.
Even if you don't want to unlock the bootloader, then you can use temporary custom recovery and install any modified zip.
So, in general you don't need to create system.img anymore. Just use zip to install whatever you want.
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^ That's exactly why I was asking. I can put together whatever zip if they know what they want flashed. :good:

Harfainx said:
^ That's exactly why I was asking. I can put together whatever zip if they know what they want flashed. :good:
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Hi,
can you make system.img, pre-rooted or not, like @shakalaca?
I tried but I haven't enough knowledge to do, though I tried to install a ghitub, etc, etc.
I would like to download the system.img fro last firmware, Z00A-WW.2.19.40.22.
Thanks

10.0.5 boot.img?

Hey all! I'm trying to root my OnePlus 7t but I'm on 10.0.5 stock and I can't find a patched boot.img, or even a stock one to patch in Magisk. I'm on the global variant. If someone could point me in the right direction, that would be grand. I have already read mostly all the posts...

I have the US version which I think is also the global version. Here's my patched boot.img for 10.0.5
https://drive.google.com/file/d/12tZN5D7dmovIeqsx8sTF-B0z2gxA6LG8/view?usp=sharing
Here's the stock boot for 10.0.5 as well if you screw something up.
https://drive.google.com/file/d/1nS0hqVCyntXHjbTzOH7H8-b29-IlAOIt/view?usp=sharing
Don't ask why the file sizes are so different. It just gets smaller for some reason after patching it in magisk.

I just booted with an older one and flashed the latest magisk

Need 10.0.5 boot.img stock & magisk patched for indian varient
Hey .... Can you help me with the 10.0.5 boot.img , stock & magisk patched for indian varient HD1901 of 7t

ChongoDroid said:
I just booted with an older one and flashed the latest magisk
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I had tried booting with 10.0.3 while on 10.0.5 , Did not turn out well .
Has anyone on 10.0.5 tried booting w/ the above 10.0.5 patched img ?

Stock and Magisk patched boot.img files for HD1905 7T update version 10.0.5:
dropbox.com/s/887ibs0yorxgs2v/boot.img?dl=0
dropbox.com/s/sxrayyjn562susu/magisk_patched.img?dl=0

SkippRunning said:
Stock and Magisk patched boot.img files for HD1905 7T update version 10.0.5:
dropbox.com/s/887ibs0yorxgs2v/boot.img?dl=0
dropbox.com/s/sxrayyjn562susu/magisk_patched.img?dl=0
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Do I only need to flash the patched img or both ?
And do they need to be flashed to both A and B slots ?
Thanks for sharing

hightech316 said:
Do I only need to flash the patched img or both ?
And do they need to be flashed to both A and B slots ?
Thanks for sharing
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I would try fastboot boot before you use fastboot flash just to make sure that the device will boot successfully with the images. You should only need to fastboot boot magisk_patched.img, then open Magisk Manager and install Magisk by choosing the direct install option in the list. You only need the steps I mentioned to have root, and if you flash it to A and B at once you can get stuck in a bootloop. I had that happen at one point from flashing both partitions, and I dont recommend trying it.

SkippRunning said:
I would try fastboot boot before you use fastboot flash just to make sure that the device will boot successfully with the images.
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Thanks , this can save a headache !

hightech316 said:
Thanks , this can save a headache !
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Ya, I tried every relevant boot image I could find in the forums, and the device didnt work properly with any of them. The only one that allowed the device to boot successfully caused the wifi and sounds to not work. So I downloaded the full update from OnePlus and extracted it to a folder, then used payload dumper to extract all of the individual images out of the payload.bin file from OnePlus. I copied the boot.img into the phone storage and installed Magisk Manager, then patched the stock boot.img and copied it from the phone to my pc. Then I used fastboot boot magisk_patched.img to make sure the image I made would work. I booted the device and inside Magisk Manager I chose direct install in the list of options and everything went smoothly, and I didnt need to rely on finding images online that would hopefully work.

smokeythebear3 said:
I have the US version which I think is also the global version. Here's my patched boot.img for 10.0.5
https://drive.google.com/file/d/12tZN5D7dmovIeqsx8sTF-B0z2gxA6LG8/view?usp=sharing
Here's the stock boot for 10.0.5 as well if you screw something up.
https://drive.google.com/file/d/1nS0hqVCyntXHjbTzOH7H8-b29-IlAOIt/view?usp=sharing
Don't ask why the file sizes are so different. It just gets smaller for some reason after patching it in magisk.
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Thanks a bunch for the share. That was the missing piece that I've been looking for. I have the HD1905 variant and I just used Magisk to patch the stock file you provided. After testing, I'm finally rooted. Thanks again.

OOS 10.0.11 Magisk patched boot.img

Extracted by payload_dumper from the Global ROM here:
https://www.xda-developers.com/oneplus-7-oneplus-7t-series-oxygenos-updates-dolby-atmos-support-bullets-wireless-z-epic-games-store-india/
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Unzip it and do the same things as usual.
Tested on my HD1900.

I was waiting for this file because I do not know how to extract it from the update file. Thank you very much, man. I hope it works. I will install the update now.

Hi ! Can somebody provide me the stock 10.0.11 boot.img please?
Edit : Nevermind, found it, thanks

E!eventh said:
Hi ! Can somebody provide me the stock 10.0.11 boot.img please?
Edit : Nevermind, found it, thanks
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can you please share the file, I still cant find it.

Didn't work, still not rooted and now i have lost wifi.

Hi all here is the img for EU 1 0.0.11 HD65BA
Share it from my google drev https: //drive.google.com/file/d/1MgIHIepR_Z6b7frg22yuTTSNuWkwqNAV/view?usp=sharing

the heatkiller said:
Hi all here is the img for EU 1 0.0.11 HD65BA
Share it from my google drev https: //drive.google.com/file/d/1MgIHIepR_Z6b7frg22yuTTSNuWkwqNAV/view?usp=sharing
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Thanks, i can see my sim card details now and wifi is connected. Still not able to use Google Pay though, it complains it is rooted. cts profile is red. Not sure what i have to do to fix that
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the heatkiller said:
Hi all here is the img for EU 1 0.0.11 HD65BA
Share it from my google drev https: //drive.google.com/file/d/1MgIHIepR_Z6b7frg22yuTTSNuWkwqNAV/view?usp=sharing
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Thanks, i can see my sim card details now and wifi is connected. Still not able to use Google Pay though, it complains it is rooted. cts profile is red. Not sure what i have to do to fix that

Is it safe to try another boot.img without deleting an existing one on your phone?

KashMiester said:
Thanks, i can see my sim card details now and wifi is connected. Still not able to use Google Pay though, it complains it is rooted. cts profile is red. Not sure what i have to do to fix that
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Thanks, i can see my sim card details now and wifi is connected. Still not able to use Google Pay though, it complains it is rooted. cts profile is red. Not sure what i have to do to fix that
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I think its because you don't have enabled Magisk Hide from Magisk settings..please inform if that's not a solution

Hi,
Im trying to flash the patched 11BA img but I got stuck at boot animation.
Flashing again the stock image works fine.
Any suggestions? I Patched the image using magisk itself.
Regards,

Hi guys
Can any one provide 10.3.3 (India) stock or patched boot img
I can't find it at all

Yesterday I just received my new "OP7T Global ROM - HD1900".
Unbox it and played for a few hours with the build in version of Oxygen OS (HD65AA) with the latest update downloading in the background.
After a few hours I decided to try and root the device and instal Adaway so I unlocked the bootloader and flashed this boot image.
Everything went well but if I remember correctly there was a Weather App and a Recorder App in the out of the box pre-installed Oxygen OS and now after I flashted the root image with Magisk patched there are nowhere to be found. Is this root patched image suited for the global ROM or there is for the European ROM? Did the flashing of the patched image removed the two apps or the latest update doesn't include them?

here the same no SIM. anyone a new magisk boot.img European Version ??????

pikakolendo said:
Extracted by payload_dumper from the Global ROM here:
Unzip it and do the same things as usual.
Tested on my HD1900.
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I flashed this boot image file and rooted my phone, but now it is laggy and I can't turn on my wifi. Help?

m1606 said:
I flashed this boot image file and rooted my phone, but now it is laggy and I can't turn on my wifi. Help?
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I thing this patched boot image is for the Global ROM Oxygen OS 10.0.11 HD65AA Phone model HD1900.
What version of the phone do you own?
You can always flash back the original boot image the same way you flashed the patched image.
(Although I have the global model, I wanted to test the European ROM and rooted with this patched boot image. I had problems with SIM recognition and lag. So I wipe everything and flashed back the Global ROM)

frankzappatistas said:
I thing this patched boot image is for the Global ROM Oxygen OS 10.0.11 HD65AA Phone model HD1900.
What version of the phone do you own?
You can always flash back the original boot image the same way you flashed the patched image.
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I tried the Uninstall button in Magisk and now my phone won't boot. What can I do now?

m1606 said:
I tried the Uninstall button in Magisk and now my phone won't boot. What can I do now?
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First of all you have to clarify what version of the phone do you have, European or Global.
Next step should be to find the stock boot.img for your ROM and then flash it with fastboot commands the same way you flasthed the Magisk patched boot.img

frankzappatistas said:
First of all you have to clarify what version of the phone do you have, European or Global.
Next step should be to find the stock boot.img for your ROM and then flash it with fastboot commands the same way you flasthed the Magisk patched boot.img
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I live in Europe, and I bought the phone from OnePlus, so I guess it is European. How to find the stock boot.img?

m1606 said:
I live in Europe, and I bought the phone from OnePlus, so I guess it is European. How to find the stock boot.img?
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OK, if you bought the phone form official Oneplus store then you defensively have the European version.
The stock boot image is inside the Fastboot ROM zip. You can download the hole file from the following link
https://sourceforge.net/projects/fastbootroms/files/OnePlus 7T/
Assuming that you were on the latest update, you want to download the file 10.0.11-EUROPE-OnePlus7TOxygen
When you downloaded, unzip it and look for a file named "boot.img" that is your stock boot image. You can flash it the same way you flashed the Magisk Patched boot.img. Then the phone should boot with no problems.

frankzappatistas said:
OK, if you bought the phone form official Oneplus store then you defensively have the European version.
The stock boot image is inside the Fastboot ROM zip. You can download the hole file from the following link
https://sourceforge.net/projects/fastbootroms/files/OnePlus 7T/
Assuming that you were on the latest update, you want to download the file 10.0.11-EUROPE-OnePlus7TOxygen
When you downloaded, unzip it and look for a file named "boot.img" that is your stock boot image. You can flash it the same way you flashed the Magisk Patched boot.img. Then the phone should boot with no problems.
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I contacted OnePlus support and they said they will send me some files and then arrange a remote session to flash a new OS to my phone. If that does not work, I will try your method.
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frankzappatistas said:
OK, if you bought the phone form official Oneplus store then you defensively have the European version.
The stock boot image is inside the Fastboot ROM zip. You can download the hole file from the following link
https://sourceforge.net/projects/fastbootroms/files/OnePlus 7T/
Assuming that you were on the latest update, you want to download the file 10.0.11-EUROPE-OnePlus7TOxygen
When you downloaded, unzip it and look for a file named "boot.img" that is your stock boot image. You can flash it the same way you flashed the Magisk Patched boot.img. Then the phone should boot with no problems.
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And also, I flashed the boot image you provided which caused this problem. What is wrong with your boot image?

I WHANT RECOVERY Boot.img FOR ROOT MY ONEPLUS NORD N100

I unlock bootloader and i whant to root with magisk my phone, i need boot.img for rocovery..I try anather boot.img from One plus nord, etc, i sucessfull flash this recovery's with command in windows but is no go in recovery, stay in bootloop..Can you guys halp me with the right recovery boot.img???Phone work's but i whant to root this think!! Thanks!!!

Sam here, I ended up in Qualcomm EDL mode, now need MSMDownload tool and image for it.

Hello,
I extracted the boot.img of the latest version I downloaded from OnePlus website, it's from OnePlus NORD N100 BE2013
96 MB file on MEGA
mega.nz
OnePlusN100Oxygen_14.E.08_OTA_008_all_2012151227_edf41bd540d840f2
This is absolutely stock image with no changes.

Here is the same boot.img but patched with magisk and tested, the device was rooted properly.
96 MB file on MEGA
mega.nz

When booting the magisk patched version wifi stops working. Doesn't matter if which version of the stock boor I use or if I use the patched from @motovnet. Any ideas?

Sharkhunter123 said:
When booting the magisk patched version wifi stops working. Doesn't matter if which version of the stock boor I use or if I use the patched from @motovnet. Any ideas?
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I had that happening when installing a 10.5.6 boot.img on a OnePlus n100 with 10.5.2, download the full rom from OnePlus site, install that version on the phone and then extract the boot.img and install, if you want magisk works fine

Alse-72 said:
I had that happening when installing a 10.5.6 boot.img on a OnePlus n100 with 10.5.2, download the full rom from OnePlus site, install that version on the phone and then extract the boot.img and install, if you want magisk works fine
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Ok do you have a 10.5.2 file? OnePlus only shows the latest on their site (unless they hide the old versions somewhere)

Sharkhunter123 said:
Ok do you have a 10.5.2 file? OnePlus only shows the latest on their site (unless they hide the old versions somewhere)
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Go to system settings and update locally, then select the rom you downloaded from the OnePlus site, if wifi still doesn't work, search "payload dumper" and dump boot.img from that very rom you just downloaded and installed. That's how I fixed it for me

Alse-72 said:
Go to system settings and update locally, then select the rom you downloaded from the OnePlus site, if wifi still doesn't work, search "payload dumper" and dump boot.img from that very rom you just downloaded and installed. That's how I fixed it for me
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That was my problem. I can't find a 10.5.2 rom file. The one thats on the oneplus site is 10.5.6. So any idea where I can find older roms

Sharkhunter123 said:
That was my problem. I can't find a 10.5.2 rom file. The one thats on the oneplus site is 10.5.6. So any idea where I can find older roms
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Can't see why you would want an older one, I'm no going to repeat myself, if you do those steps you'll have a working wifi

motovnet said:
Here is the same boot.img but patched with magisk and tested, the device was rooted properly.
96 MB file on MEGA
mega.nz
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Hey when using the boot image you provided do I still need the full stock firmware cause I can not find it anywhere

Download OnePlus Nord OxygenOS OTA Updates & Installation Guide (Latest: OxygenOS 12 F.11)
Download all OxygenOS OTA updates for OnePlus Nord (Global, India, and Europe variants). Learn how to manually install OxygenOS updates on OnePlus Nord using Local Upgrade.
www.thecustomdroid.com
I'm running to the same issue. I found this website, you can download other OTA updates. I'm going to try it, maybe it can help.

Maybe my post has what your looking for idk what firmware your on and ect but worth looking
Oneplus Nord N100 Root 10.5.4 BE81AA
Moved OP here https://forum.xda-developers.com/t/oneplus-nord-n100-root-10-5-4.4233467/
forum.xda-developers.com

Tried to root

Model BE2013
Build 10.5.2.BE83BA
Tried unsuccessfully to root numerous time, getting stuck on Fastboot Mode.
Then having to restore with MSMdownloadtool.
I have unsuccessfully tried using python to extract the boot.img, so I used the OTA boot.img.
Isn't the OTA boot.img the same as the python extracted version?
Is it easier for me to update to the latest OS 11 then root?
Thanks in advance

ipandroid said:
Model BE2013
Build 10.5.2.BE83BA
Tried unsuccessfully to root numerous time, getting stuck on Fastboot Mode.
Then having to restore with MSMdownloadtool.
I have unsuccessfully tried using python to extract the boot.img, so I used the OTA boot.img.
Isn't the OTA boot.img the same as the python extracted version?
Is it easier for me to update to the latest OS 11 then root?
Thanks in advance
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Get the OTA download from oneplus website, put the zip on your phones root (Outside the downloads folder) upgrade your phone to OxygenOS 11.0.3 and then extract the boot.img from the OTA and patch it with magisk, rename the newly patched magisk boot img to "boot.img" and flash boot with it.
Worked for me.
Edit: Your phone is most likely on OxygenOS 11.0.2 thus making the 11.0.3 boot.img incompatible.