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Is it possible to edit the updater-script from a trebalized rom in order to update my vendor and kernel without touching /system?
I think I can probably figure out how to edit the script myself, but I am curious whether anyone has done this. Thanks.
Could you not just find the vendor and kernel images and flash them to their correct partitions using TWRP?
For A-only, devices, yes it should be possible and very easy
For A/B, everything is packed inside payload.bin, so it would be more complicated
(I have somewhere in my todolist to support flashing portion of payload.bin, and copying my own GSI for OTAs, or the other way around, but that's far from now)
But yeah as @ambitiousButRubbish mentions, the easiest is to go through fastboot
Thank both of you for your very helpful answers.
As for flashing the images separately through TWRP or fastboot, when I look inside the zip of a trebalized rom I see "boot.img" which should be flashable for the kernel, but for vendor I see "vendor.new.dat.br", "vendor.patch.dat", and "vendor.transfer.list". How do I flash these to my vendor partition?
And for clarification, yes I am looking at trebalized roms for A-only devices. I did not realize the complications that come into play for A/B.
fastboot flash kernel KERNEL_updated.img
Code:
Sending 'kernel' (24576 KB) OKAY [ 0.684s]
Writing 'kernel' OKAY [ 0.360s]
Finished. Total time: 1.058s
fastboot flash vendor VENDOR_updated.img
Code:
Sending sparse 'vendor' 1/2 (460055 KB) OKAY [ 11.034s]
Writing sparse 'vendor' 1/2 FAILED (remote: 'Command not allowed')
Finished. Total time: 11.066s
Device stuck at "untrusted", reflash original KERNEL.img fixed it.
So, not that easy then?
Mate 9, A only, OmniROM Alpha 3, B375 base, tried to update to B379
Hi. Today I decided to root my device (Moto Z2 Play, XT1710-06) and install a good custom ROM, but after unlocking bootloader I tried to flash the recovery with the command fastboot
PHP:
flash recovery twrp.img
and I got the message
PHP:
error: cannot open 'twrp.img'
. So I went with the newest version for albus (twrp-3.2.3-0-albus.img) and I got this:
PHP:
target reported max download size of 534773760 bytes
sending 'recovery' (15564 KB)...
OKAY [ 0.344s]
writing 'recovery'...
(bootloader) Image not signed or corrupt
OKAY [ 0.195s]
finished. total time: 0.539s
After partially flashed it I could only use it once. When rebooting to system (stock) it would overwrite the stock recovery, so TWRP would dissapear. Then I decided to root with the stock ROM in but it got bootlooped.
Finally, I flash recovery again so I could wipe (Including data and system) and install a custom ROM, but didn't work yet because the error messages I get in TWRP after trying to flash the ROMs zip is ERROR 255. I have tried with ToxicRom, LineageOS and Pixel Experience.
What's happening? Did I do wrong wiping the stock system? I'll appreciate any help.
Thanks for reading.
Caney said:
Hi. Today I decided to root my device (Moto Z2 Play, XT1710-06) and install a good custom ROM, but after unlocking bootloader I tried to flash the recovery with the command fastboot
PHP:
flash recovery twrp.img
and I got the message
PHP:
error: cannot open 'twrp.img'
. So I went with the newest version for albus (twrp-3.2.3-0-albus.img) and I got this:
PHP:
target reported max download size of 534773760 bytes
sending 'recovery' (15564 KB)...
OKAY [ 0.344s]
writing 'recovery'...
(bootloader) Image not signed or corrupt
OKAY [ 0.195s]
finished. total time: 0.539s
After partially flashed it I could only use it once. When rebooting to system (stock) it would overwrite the stock recovery, so TWRP would dissapear. Then I decided to root with the stock ROM in but it got bootlooped.
Finally, I flash recovery again so I could wipe (Including data and system) and install a custom ROM, but didn't work yet because the error messages I get in TWRP after trying to flash the ROMs zip is ERROR 255. I have tried with ToxicRom, LineageOS and Pixel Experience.
What's happening? Did I do wrong wiping the stock system? I'll appreciate any help.
Thanks for reading.
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Flash Magisk, after TWRP.
I kinda solved it. Now I'm on Resurrection Remix Oreo but Magisk 18.0 can't be flashed, neither on LineageOs 15.1
I have the xt1710-06 that the operating system is 32 bit from Argentina
I do not know if it's the same cell phone I finally see that someone manages to install the twrp and a custom rom could do a tutorial please?
there is no tutorial for this model and I do not know if you can install a 64bit android in one that has a 32bit operating system
THANKS
Hi, how did you solve it?
Boot TWRP, then flash it from inside TWRP. Flashing from fastboot always throws some error, but just booting the same image has no problem. And of course TWRP can flash itself.
When flashing Magisk, make sure it keeps dm-verity and enforce encrypt. At least Magisk v19 doesn't give me any problem when setting them before. I think v18 was a version acting up here and there
Hey Everybody,
I have been a silent person on XDA visiting as a guest but now in need of help!
I downloaded Lineage 14.1 for my M8 from here about 8 months ago, however time has come to move on to something else.
The issue is firstly I wish to update TWRP but every time I do a reboot to enter recovery I don't get that option anymore. Seems like it has disappeared. Can anyone advise me how I can get the latest version of TWRP back on my device please?
m70yab said:
The issue is firstly I wish to update TWRP but every time I do a reboot to enter recovery I don't get that option anymore.
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Not completely clear what you mean here. Are you booting to bootloader? You should have the option to enter recovery from there. But the choice to select boot recovery missing? If so, that would be strange. Don't think I've seen that before.
Or you can select to boot recovery, and it doesn't go to recovery (reboots, etc.)?
m70yab said:
Can anyone advise me how I can get the latest version of TWRP back on my device please?
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Flash latest TWRP with fastboot. Or if that fails, tell us if there is an error message, or other description of the issue.
redpoint73 said:
Not completely clear what you mean here. Are you booting to bootloader? You should have the option to enter recovery from there. But the choice to select boot recovery missing? If so, that would be strange. Don't think I've seen that before.
Or you can select to boot recovery, and it doesn't go to recovery (reboots, etc.)?
Flash latest TWRP with fastboot. Or if that fails, tell us if there is an error message, or other description of the issue.
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I am trying to install TWRP (3.2.1-0-m8) on a HTC One M8 and here is the error message I get:
C:\Users\moham\Desktop\HTC_M8\Last>fastboot flash recovery "C:\Users\moham\Desktop\HTC_M8\Last\twrp-3.2.1-0-m8.img"
target reported max download size of 16777216 bytes
Invalid sparse file format at header magi
error: write_sparse_skip_chunk: don't care size 4012032 is not a multiple of the block size 4096
sending sparse 'recovery' 1/2 (16380 KB)...
error: write_sparse_skip_chunk: don't care size 4012032 is not a multiple of the block size 4096
error: write_sparse_skip_chunk: don't care size 4012032 is not a multiple of the block size 4096
OKAY [ 1.681s]
writing 'recovery' 1/2...
FAILED (remote: image error! (BootMagic check fail))
finished. total time: 1.691s
Any advice? any help?
I have Motorola One Action w/ Android 10 running. I need to root this phone to recover the data. However, when following the instruction, I received the following error message.
C:\adb>fastboot boot TWRP-3.3.1_Motorola_One_Vision.img
downloading 'boot.img'...
OKAY [ 1.118s]
booting...
FAILED (remote failure)
finished. total time: 1.305s
Can anyone help me what to do?
Thank you very much for your help.
[email protected] said:
I have Motorola One Action w/ Android 10 running. I need to root this phone to recover the data. However, when following the instruction, I received the following error message.
C:\adb>fastboot boot TWRP-3.3.1_Motorola_One_Vision.img
downloading 'boot.img'...
OKAY [ 1.118s]
booting...
FAILED (remote failure)
finished. total time: 1.305s
Can anyone help me what to do?
Thank you very much for your help.
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Hi!!
I have a model XT2013-1. I was having the same problem as you, so I updated TROIKA-RETBR on 02/22/2020.
After updating, I did the procedure of this link "https://forum.xda-developers.com/one-action/how-to/twrp-magisk-root-motorola-one-action-t3975883", skipping the step "8.2- Now tap on Wipe> Format Data> Type Yes and go back to the home screen again. " This step gave me the looping error.
Now root works perfect !!
Thank you very much. I will try it.
BL1ND4D0 said:
Hi!!
I have a model XT2013-1. I was having the same problem as you, so I updated TROIKA-RETBR on 02/22/2020.
After updating, I did the procedure of this link "https://forum.xda-developers.com/one-action/how-to/twrp-magisk-root-motorola-one-action-t3975883", skipping the step "8.2- Now tap on Wipe> Format Data> Type Yes and go back to the home screen again. " This step gave me the looping error.
Now root works perfect !!
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I am still getting the following error message. I have no idea why. Would you please help me what to do? Thank you very much.
fastboot flash recovery twrp.img
(bootloader) is-logical:recovery: not found
Sending 'recovery' (37524 KB) OKAY [ 1.209s]
Writing 'recovery' (bootloader) Invalid partition name recovery
FAILED (remote: '')
fastboot: error: Command failed
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I am still getting the following error message. I have no idea why. Would you please help me what to do? Thank you very much.
fastboot flash recovery twrp.img
(bootloader) is-logical:recovery: not found
Sending 'recovery' (37524 KB) OKAY [ 1.209s]
Writing 'recovery' (bootloader) Invalid partition name recovery
FAILED (remote: '')
fastboot: error: Command failed
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It's A/B device so it doesn't have dedicated recovery partition. It's inside boot.img.
Use fastboot boot twrp.img
Once booted to twrp, you can use the twrp installer zip to flash twrp recovery ramdisk to your boot.img for permanent installation.
tys0n said:
It's A/B device so it doesn't have dedicated recovery partition. It's inside boot.img.
Use fastboot boot twrp.img
Once booted to twrp, you can use the twrp installer zip to flash twrp recovery ramdisk to your boot.img for permanent installation.
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Thank you very much for your help. I tried but I was still getting the following error message.
fastboot boot twrp.img
Sending 'boot.img' (37524 KB) OKAY [ 0.990s]
Booting FAILED (remote: '')
fastboot: error: Command failed
Would you tell me what to do?
[email protected] said:
Thank you very much for your help. I tried but I was still getting the following error message.
fastboot boot twrp.img
Sending 'boot.img' (37524 KB) OKAY [ 0.990s]
Booting FAILED (remote: '')
fastboot: error: Command failed
Would you tell me what to do?
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Did you follow all instructions from twrp thread. like flashing modified vbmeta and wipe data before booting twrp?
Also take a look at the original thread for one vision as it has a newer zip that contains only one modified vbmeta.img instead of two different ones in the older zip that is posted in one action's twrp thread.
I rooted using fastboot, I could never get into TWRP to flash anything.
In fastboot, I flashed the modified vbmeta.img, then flashed the magisk patched boot img file (I created this with magisk), then flashed the patched vbmeta.img file, then did a fastboot wipe.
Rebooted, set up the phone, installed magisk manager and opened, it needed to update some files. Rebooted, and the device was rooted.
goofball2k said:
I rooted using fastboot, I could never get into TWRP to flash anything.
In fastboot, I flashed the modified vbmeta.img, then flashed the magisk patched boot img file (I created this with magisk), then flashed the patched vbmeta.img file, then did a fastboot wipe.
Rebooted, set up the phone, installed magisk manager and opened, it needed to update some files. Rebooted, and the device was rooted.
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Thank you very much for your input. You must be an expert! WOW! Sorry I am not that expert........ Would you mind explaining (1) how to modify vbmeta.img and (2) how to patch boot.img? It is very impressive to read what you have done, but sorry I am still a beginner. Also, when I flash, "fastboot flash (File Name)" ok?
Thank yuo very much for your help.
[email protected] said:
Thank you very much for your input. You must be an expert! WOW! Sorry I am not that expert........ Would you mind explaining (1) how to modify vbmeta.img and (2) how to patch boot.img? It is very impressive to read what you have done, but sorry I am still a beginner. Also, when I flash, "fastboot flash (File Name)" ok?
Thank yuo very much for your help.
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You don't need to modify vbmeta.img. I am using the older version of the root Moto Vision package, which has a vbmeta.img file, and a patched vbmeta.img file.
For the modified boot img, I downloaded the full image from https://mirrors.lolinet.com/firmware/moto/troika/official/
Extract, and then take the boot.img file, you will want that saved to a phone that has Magisk installed.
Follow these instructions to patch
https://www.ytechb.com/how-to-patch-a-file-in-magisk-manager/
Once you have that, you will want that patched file into the fastboot directory on your computer. You will also want the vbmeta and the patched vbmeta img files (from the root moto vision package) in this directory. I have not used the updated version, I am using the older. I don't know about using the newer package which only has 1 vbmeta file.
Put your phone into fastboot mode.
Flash the vbmeta.img file, then the magisk patched boot file, then the vbmeta patched file. Then do a fastboot wipe of the phone.
Reboot the phone.
Set it up again, install magisk manager, then open it, and it should ask to configure. Let it do that, it should reboot and after that, you should be rooted.
[email protected] said:
I have Motorola One Action w/ Android 10 running. I need to root this phone to recover the data. However, when following the instruction, I received the following error message.
C:\adb>fastboot boot TWRP-3.3.1_Motorola_One_Vision.img
downloading 'boot.img'...
OKAY [ 1.118s]
booting...
FAILED (remote failure)
finished. total time: 1.305s
Can anyone help me what to do?
Thank you very much for your help.
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I guess goofball2k detailed reply might have helped by now. On the other hand, I'm just curious to know that the next time you or anyone else for that matter face the same issue, please flash the stock firmware (using any of the Android 10 tools from here ) at that instance, then again start the same process and let me know whether you succeed or not (you will still have to execute the fastboot boot twrp command around 4-8 times, but during all these attempts, you should now get the success message, and after x number of attempts, you should succeed). So in short, if flashing the stock firmware after that error helps you out, do let me know
Thank you
binary**# said:
I guess goofball2k detailed reply might have helped by now. On the other hand, I'm just curious to know that the next time you or anyone else for that matter face the same issue, please flash the stock firmware (using any of the Android 10 tools from here ) at that instance, then again start the same process and let me know whether you succeed or not (you will still have to execute the fastboot boot twrp command around 4-8 times, but during all these attempts, you should now get the success message, and after x number of attempts, you should succeed). So in short, if flashing the stock firmware after that error helps you out, do let me know
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Thank you very much for your input.
How are you!!
It doesn't leave me at all ... everything I want to flash throws the same error:
C:\platform-tools>fastboot boot vbmeta.img
creating boot image...
creating boot image - 6144 bytes
downloading 'boot.img'...
OKAY [ 0.013s]
booting...
FAILED (remote failure)
finished. total time: 0.184s
What can be?
Polnareff said:
How are you!!
It doesn't leave me at all ... everything I want to flash throws the same error:
C:\platform-tools>fastboot boot vbmeta.img
creating boot image...
creating boot image - 6144 bytes
downloading 'boot.img'...
OKAY [ 0.013s]
booting...
FAILED (remote failure)
finished. total time: 0.184s
What can be?
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You aren't flashing, your command is trying to boot from vbmeta.img. You are missing the flashing command.
Red Magic 8 Pro stuck fastboot
It no longer has sideload mode in recovery
Did you somehow change your slot? If you haven't upgraded the firmware, then the 2nd slot is empty, and it will not boot anything.
BoJaXz said:
Did you somehow change your slot? If you haven't upgraded the firmware, then the 2nd slot is empty, and it will not boot anything.
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I switched both slots, but I can't boot up
Mr.PvT said:
I switched both slots, but I can't boot up
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What steps did you do before you got stuck in fastboot?
BoJaXz said:
What steps did you do before you got stuck in fastboot?
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I patched the root boot file then flashed it failed, then I flashed each file in the payload, I deleted the super, the files in the super can't be flashed oddly, are you rooted, can backup the whole partition help me
Thank you
Mr.PvT said:
I patched the root boot file then flashed it failed, then I flashed each file in the payload, I deleted the super, the files in the super can't be flashed oddly, are you rooted, can backup the whole partition help me
Thank you
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Did you oem unlock before you tried flashing? You may have to flash the whole image
BoJaXz said:
Did you oem unlock before you tried flashing? You may have to flash the whole image
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I unlocked the bootloader, I flashed all the files in the payload but still can't boot, hang fastboot or boot to the logo and then shut down
I need someone to back up all my partitions, that's the only way I can do it
Mr.PvT said:
I unlocked the bootloader, I flashed all the files in the payload but still can't boot, hang fastboot or boot to the logo and then shut down
I need someone to back up all my partitions, that's the only way I can do it
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Did you flash boot.img or init_boot.img?
It sounds like you are booting the wrong slot.
BoJaXz said:
Did you flash boot.img or init_boot.img?
It sounds like you are booting the wrong slot.
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I flashed those 2 files and changed both slots but failed to start the phone
I faced with the problem by locking the bootloader with init_boot.img for magisk. Then I unlocked it again and switched aactive slot to b and then to a in "Fastboot Enhance" tool. After that my phone entered to the system.
[TOOL][Windows] Fastboot Enhance [Payload Dumper & Image Flasher]
Fastboot Enhance What it can do? - Show fastboot vars - Switch between fastbootd & bootloader - Switch between A & B slot - Flash Payload.bin in fastbootd - Flash images - Erase partitions - Delete logical partitions - Create logical partitions...
forum.xda-developers.com
@Mr.PvT did you ever make any progress with this? I am in the same boat now. Flashed a GSI and tested it out. DIdnt like it so flashed the 3.18 Payload.bin thru Fastboot enhance and am stuck on Bootloader. Cant access anything else as no matter what I choose it boots to bootloader.
DarkestSpawn said:
@Mr.PvT did you ever make any progress with this? I am in the same boat now. Flashed a GSI and tested it out. DIdnt like it so flashed the 3.18 Payload.bin thru Fastboot enhance and am stuck on Bootloader. Cant access anything else as no matter what I choose it boots to bootloader.
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I also went from a GSI to stock ROM and this worked, some steps may be unnecessary:
In bootloader change active slot to a
Flash all of payload.bin images
Reboot to fastboot and flash all of payload images
Reboot to recovery
Hold volume down for a few seconds to enable sideload
Connect the phone to a pc and ADB sideload NX729J-update.zip
Then wipe data and reboot
Also did your calls and messages work when using the GSI?
edzchen said:
I also went from a GSI to stock ROM and this worked, some steps may be unnecessary:
In bootloader change active slot to a
Flash all of payload.bin images
Reboot to fastboot and flash all of payload images
Reboot to recovery
Hold volume down for a few seconds to enable sideload
Connect the phone to a pc and ADB sideload NX729J-update.zip
Then wipe data and reboot
Also did your calls and messages work when using the GSI?
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In bootloader:
fastboot flash odm odm.img
target reported max download size of 805306368 bytes
sending 'odm' (1284 KB)...
OKAY [ 0.032s]
writing 'odm'...
FAILED (remote: (odm_a) No such partition)
finished. total time: 0.038s
F:\Files\Downloads\RM8P\NX729J-update>fastboot flash system_dlkm system_dlkm.img
target reported max download size of 805306368 bytes
sending 'system_dlkm' (428 KB)...
OKAY [ 0.011s]
writing 'system_dlkm'...
FAILED (remote: (system_dlkm_a) No such partition)
finished. total time: 0.018s
F:\Files\Downloads\RM8P\NX729J-update>fastboot flash system_ext system_ext.img
target reported max download size of 805306368 bytes
sending 'system_ext' (730792 KB)...
OKAY [ 17.204s]
writing 'system_ext'...
FAILED (remote: (system_ext_a) No such partition)
finished. total time: 17.211s
Nothing happens when I flash system & vendor.
F:\Files\Downloads\RM8P\NX729J-update>fastboot flash vendor_dlkm vendor_dlkm.img
target reported max download size of 805306368 bytes
sending 'vendor_dlkm' (93564 KB)...
OKAY [ 2.181s]
writing 'vendor_dlkm'...
FAILED (remote: (vendor_dlkm_a) No such partition)
finished. total time: 2.187s
In Fastbootd:
Everything that failed in bootloader, flashed beside system. Could only flash _b slots. Nothing seems to exist for slot a. I did not fastboot format or erase anything to my knowledge unless Fastboot Enhance did so when I flashed the playload.bin thru it without having logs on to watch what it did. If it formated or erased any partitions can they be recreated?
And last when in Recovery:
F:\Files\Downloads\RM8P>adb sideload NX729J-update.zip
loading: 'NX729J-update.zip'
error: closed
DarkestSpawn said:
Everything that failed in bootloader, flashed beside system.
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What is the error when flashing system?
If it has something to do with not being able to resize the system partition, check this link:
Fix FAILED (remote: 'Not enough space to resize partition')
In this comprehensive tutorial, we will show you the steps to fix the FAILED (remote: 'Not enough space to resize partition') error.
www.droidwin.com
I had this problem too.
Which GSI were u on
edzchen said:
Also did your calls and messages work when using the GSI?
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edzchen said:
What is the error when flashing system?
If it has something to do with not being able to resize the system partition, check this link:
Fix FAILED (remote: 'Not enough space to resize partition')
In this comprehensive tutorial, we will show you the steps to fix the FAILED (remote: 'Not enough space to resize partition') error.
www.droidwin.com
I had this problem too.
Which GSI were u on
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I just retried in bootloader with a new outcome this time:
F:\Files\Downloads\RM8P\NX729J-update>fastboot flash system system.img
Invalid sparse file format at header magic
Sending sparse 'system' 1/6 (786364 KB) OKAY [ 18.742s]
Writing 'system' FAILED (remote: 'Partition not found')
fastboot: error: Command failed
I copied the fastboot.exe from fastboot enchanced to the directory of the extracted payload.bin. Was able to recreate partitions. Am attempting to recover from potential brick.
I tried LineageOS TD-based. Didnt attempt calls or messages. Was just checking out the feel of the rom and its capabilities.
Can someone run this fastboot command in bootloader and fastbootd and save the results in a text file?
fastboot getvar all
Omit the serial number in bootloader and fastbootd's printout.
DarkestSpawn said:
Can someone run this fastboot command in bootloader and fastbootd and save the results in a text file?
fastboot getvar all
Omit the serial number in bootloader and fastbootd's printout.
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Here you go:
ugene1980 said:
Here you go:
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So looking thru this, the only difference I have is:
(bootloader) partition-size:userdata: 0x718BCD3000 Mine
(bootloader) partition-size:userdata: 0x35F5CD3000 Yours
as well as:
(bootloader) slot-successful:a:yes Yours
(bootloader) slot-successful:a:no Mine
but thats because it hasnt successfully booted since last flash.
I also need the fastbootd's printout. The one provided was from bootloader. The one from fastbootd will give logical partitions and has slot info.
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Also did your calls and messages work when using the GSI?
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Did you install carrier serivces from google play, setup APN settings for your carrier and Installing new IMS package: Treble Settings -> IMS features -> install IMS for Qualcomm -> install package. I cant remember if that was in there. Still trying to get booted again
DarkestSpawn said:
Did you install carrier serivces from google play, setup APN settings for your carrier and Installing new IMS package: Treble Settings -> IMS features -> install IMS for Qualcomm -> install package. I cant remember if that was in there. Still trying to get booted again
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Yeap I did all that but calls and texts only half worked. I could do calls but no audio and I could send texts but couldn't receive. Was the main reason why I switched back to stock