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OTA failed on rooted device

Hi, I just tried to install the September OTA update based on the Magisk OTA installation tips however the installation of the update fails during step 1. At least I am still rooted on the August patch level. How can I update my phone without losing data? I thought about reflashing system and trying the steps again but I don't know where to get the factory images for 9.6.6.0 (August) or 9.6.8.0 (September). This is my first A/B phone by the way. Thanks in advance.

rfkd said:
Hi, I just tried to install the September OTA update based on the Magisk OTA installation tips however the installation of the update fails during step 1. At least I am still rooted on the August patch level. How can I update my phone without losing data? I thought about reflashing system and trying the steps again but I don't know where to get the factory images for 9.6.6.0 (August) or 9.6.8.0 (September). This is my first A/B phone by the way. Thanks in advance.
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You can check @BubuXP's reply here it might help you out. :good:

On this page only the ROM for 9.6.4.0 (July) can be downloaded. Later versions are not available anywhere? If not I have to flash July with fastboot, root again and retry the OTA update?

rfkd said:
On this page only the ROM for 9.6.4.0 (July) can be downloaded. Later versions are not available anywhere? If not I have to flash July with fastboot, root again and retry the OTA update?
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No, the only fastboot image at the moment is this. It should be not a problem downgrading, as long as the same Android version is involved (Oreo 8.1 in this case).
And yes, you can flash that fastboot image and then follow my guide to install Magisk, and then install the OTA update always following my guide, just to test that everything is working as intended.

This did not work. Seems like using flash_all_except_storage.bat was not the right choice, my unlock pattern during booting is not accepted.

rfkd said:
This did not work. Seems like using flash_all_except_storage.bat was not the right choice, my unlock pattern during booting is not accepted.
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So you must use flash_all.bat, but you will lose your data. At the moment the data is in the phone memory, but is encrypted and you probably lost the decryption key when you flashed the other partitions, so not a great lose anyway.
I don't know if there is a way to get your data back.

Yes, I already did this. Had forgotten to disable the pattern.

New Update [17.0240.2012.65-1.1.228]

Asus ROG 2 Update 17.0240.2012.65-1.1.228
Changelog
Android security patch update for December 2020
Added support for the Kunai 3 Gamepad Controller
Add “Auto activation of lock touch function” in Game Genie, where the lock touch function will be turned on after a few minutes when idle in-game.
Support India BSNL VOLTE.
Support US T-Mobile VOLTE.
Support for 90 FPS in PUBG Mobile
Fixed issue where WhatsApp call could crash the application
Fixed issue where notifications would not pop up when using Teams
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I'm on ROG 2 Tencent with Global ROM. I also have TWRP and custom Kernel installed, should I install stock Kernel and Recovery and re-lock my bootloader if I want to install this update?

I bricked my phone when try to updating to this. Trying to rescue my phone for over 7 hours...

uygar2580 said:
I bricked my phone when try to updating to this. Trying to rescue my phone for over 7 hours...
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Which one did you try to update with? OTA or Full Rom?

Question: Can i go straight from 1910.64 android 9 to this?

SQQN said:
Question: Can i go straight from 1910.64 android 9 to this?
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Download the full rom

I downloaded the full rom from Asus website, the update was fine just dropping it at the root of internal storage. My is a chinese converted to WW firmware/fingerprint. All working fine so far.

I wonder where the VOLTE settings are, I find strange they are making it available for some regions only. Why not just make it available to everyone in any region? I can;t get my head around why VOWIFI and VOLTE is taking so long to get sorted. My oneplus 5 had this working fine 3.5 years ago!

Sintruder said:
Which one did you try to update with? OTA or Full Rom?
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Tried OTA. I'm working to my device come back for hours but no luck.

uygar2580 said:
Tried OTA. I'm working to my device come back for hours but no luck.
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If you're tencent to global (converted).
-locked Bootloader
-finger print should be WW
And flash the Full ROM not OTA

my bootloader was unlocked. Fingerprint was converted to WW. Not gonna flash OTA again if i can rescue my device.
Should I lock bootloader always before doing update ? I prefer to use rooted for blocking ads and easy backup/restore for titanium backup.

uygar2580 said:
my bootloader was unlocked. Fingerprint was converted to WW. Not gonna flash OTA again if i can rescue my device.
Should I lock bootloader always before doing update ? I prefer to use rooted for blocking ads and easy backup/restore for titanium backup.
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Unlocked bootloader but not rooted you can update through local upgrade. If you're rooted just unroot then after update root again

Ok, flashed full rom over twrp and rooted. Everything seem's fine now. Just dont pass safetynet test.

RuffneckFlex said:
I'm on ROG 2 Tencent with Global ROM. I also have TWRP and custom Kernel installed, should I install stock Kernel and Recovery and re-lock my bootloader if I want to install this update?
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NEVER lock the bootloader with TWRP installed.

madsponge26 said:
Unlocked bootloader but not rooted you can update through local upgrade. If you're rooted just unroot then after update root again
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No need to unroot to update, or remove twrp. There's a couple of options.
For all instances FULL zip is required, as far as I'm aware
1. For those of you that are only rooted: (Recommended to disable magisk modules) Download the full zip, move to root of internal storage and reboot. System will detect and prompt to update, click update. Wait until it finishes but DON'T click 'restart', instead, click 'restart later'. Go to Magisk manager. Click 'install' for Magisk. Click the last option 'install to inactive slot after OTA'. Click confirm force flash. Reboot when prompted. Done - root kept intact.
2. For those rooted with TWRP you can either; A)
- Disable all magisk modules;
- Put rom.zip, twrp installer.zip and magisk.zip on your internal storage;
or B)
If you want you can also update a stock rom from phone settings with local upgrade:
- Update the Rom WITHOUT REBOOT;
- Open Magisk Manager;
- Menu/modules/+ button/select the twrp installer.zip and flash it;
- Always in Magisk Manager, click on Install/Install/Direct Install;
- Again in Magisk Manager, click on Install/Install/Inactive Slot;
- Reboot.
For all instances FULL zip is required, as far as I'm aware
Thanks to @mauronofrio for A and B and for all his (or hers lol) efforts generally

when can get the raw room?

newhandboy said:
when can get the raw room?
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ROG Phone II (ZS660KL) - Wsparcie
www.asus.com

SQQN said:
Question: Can i go straight from 1910.64 android 9 to this?
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flash RAW firmware android 10 first .

Tencent version with global ROM. Installed this update, so far no problems.

Need root img please somebody

Question flashing Oos update through twrp?

can we flash Oos through twrp? also can we flash Oos rom from custom rom? if so what are the instructions? thx in advance. yes i have a lot of questions lol

freddienuxx said:
can we flash Oos through twrp? also can we flash Oos rom from custom rom? if so what are the instructions? thx in advance. yes i have a lot of questions lol
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I'm also curious about this. My current method is to just use the MSM tool whenever I want to go back to stock but it is definitely time consuming. As far as I know TWRP is still early in development and a lot of things that should normally work dont work perfectly

I have definitely flashed OOS through TWRP (from AA to BA, not a custom rom), but haven't had any issues since I did it. That being said I would assume the steps would be to flash, factory reset, then root etc.

Haunt3r said:
I have definitely flashed OOS through TWRP (from AA to BA, not a custom rom), but haven't had any issues since I did it. That being said I would assume the steps would be to flash, factory reset, then root etc.
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hm that is great to hear, however, when I attempt to flash oos 11.2.7.7AA (from oos 11.2.4.4AA) I get an error saying that I am missing /system_ext, /product, and /odm partitions. did you do anything other than simply install oos via twrp, because I am not sure why I am getting this error

thirtythr33 said:
hm that is great to hear, however, when I attempt to flash oos 11.2.7.7AA (from oos 11.2.4.4AA) I get an error saying that I am missing /system_ext, /product, and /odm partitions. did you do anything other than simply install oos via twrp, because I am not sure why I am getting this error
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To my knowledge you cannot flash from 2.4.4AA to 2.7.7AA because it is an incremental update, at least through twrp. (I've never flashed anything but full roms via twrp). I actually fully switched to the EU firmware from the Global firmware because of the global version seemingly going fully to OTA updates and not providing full ROMs like the EU version.

Haunt3r said:
To my knowledge you cannot flash from 2.4.4AA to 2.7.7AA because it is an incremental update, at least through twrp. (I've never flashed anything but full roms via twrp). I actually fully switched to the EU firmware from the Global firmware because of the global version seemingly going fully to OTA updates and not providing full ROMs like the EU version.
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no you are right, but I have the full update via oxygen updater, so these errors of missing partitions are extremely frustrating.

thirtythr33 said:
no you are right, but I have the full update via oxygen updater, so these errors of missing partitions are extremely frustrating.
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there is no "full" update for 7.7aa it's solely an OTA

Haunt3r said:
there is no "full" update for 7.7aa it's solely an OTA
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yeah man there is, came out June 28th, check oxygen updater or oneplus software download.
lol either way I can't flash it so fml

Haunt3r said:
there is no "full" update for 7.7aa it's solely an OTA
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Yes there is, it came out a few days ago about 3gb's on OnePlus website...

Ah ****. Had no idea. Might flash back to aa if they're releasing full updates. Only reason I switched to eu was that reason. Definitely weird you're running into issues with it though

Haunt3r said:
Ah ****. Had no idea. Might flash back to aa if they're releasing full updates. Only reason I switched to eu was that reason. Definitely weird you're running into issues with it though
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yeah man we have to wait insane long for AA full updates. yeah my issue is very frustrating and I've tried everything short of msm, I just don't see how it is possible that twrp reports I am missing those partitions yet my phone boots, but slot B is f'd, and I can't flash full AA update either through twrp or local upgrade.

Okay so if we do flash the full ota through recovery what's the correct process on this to keep twrp and magisk without needing a PC to push the recovery and root back onto the device?

Question How to convert the T mobile 9 pro to the Global or NA OOS12?

Hello all!
I am an user of OnePlus 9 pro (T-mobile). I don't want the pink startup screen, and I found a lot of resources here can help me on it.
I have backup all my personal data. I have unlocked the sim and bootloader (using the official unlock_token.bin). What is the next step?
I am lost here since there are some different posts (and some posted last year, I am not sure if this still work or not).
Thank you all!

Flash a rom or custom oos

First off do not update to A12, make sure USB debug is enabled, auto updates disabled....do that and I hope you are on A11...if so, I have exactly what you need

FizzyAps said:
Flash a rom or custom oos
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Any link for the rom?

TheGhost1951 said:
First off do not update to A12, make sure USB debug is enabled, auto updates disabled....do that and I hope you are on A11...if so, I have exactly what you need
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I just unlocked the bootloader. It is now Android 11 with 05/01/2021 safety update. (11.2.4.4.LE5ACB). Could you please give the next step instruction?

run93 said:
I just unlocked the bootloader. It is now Android 11 with 05/01/2021 safety update. (11.2.4.4.LE5ACB). Could you please give the next step instruction?
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Turned off auto updates? Yes? You can update to 11.2.9.9 then stop there, but make sure auto updates are turned off!!!!! Next step will to get root!

TheGhost1951 said:
Turned off auto updates? Yes? You can update to 11.2.9.9 then stop there, but make sure auto updates are turned off!!!!! Next step will to get root!
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I would stay away from custom roms, I have seen too many people having problems. Secondly as of right now, A12 is buggy so that is why I stay with stock A11 from T-Mobile. With the setup I can give you, you can have any custom bootanimation and custom systemwide font you want.....

First off, download and install Magisk v25.2 app from GitHub website and install it to your phone. Next download the attached file to the folder with your platform files.....

Download Magisk from this link to your phone and install it.
https://github.com/topjohnwu/Magisk/releases/download/v25.2/Magisk-v25.2.apk

Then download this link to your platform tools folder on PC...
Download twrp-3.6.2_11-0-lemonadep.img
Download page for twrp-3.6.2_11-0-lemonadep.img
dl.twrp.me

Then download this link to your phone storage...
17.63 MB file on MEGA
mega.nz

Let me know when you are down with these three steps!!!!! And are you updated to 11.2.9.9

TheGhost1951 said:
Let me know when you are down with these three steps!!!!! And are you updated to 11.2.9.9
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Yes. I have successfuly updated 11.2.9.9 now.
I have a question that would this work? https://forum.xda-developers.com/t/le2127-oneplus-9-pro-custom-rom-t-mobile.4490195/
I am interested in Android 12 or even 13 if possible.

run93 said:
Yes. I have successfuly updated 11.2.9.9 now.
I have a question that would this work? https://forum.xda-developers.com/t/le2127-oneplus-9-pro-custom-rom-t-mobile.4490195/
I am interested in Android 12 or even 13 if possible.
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If you are focused on upgrading to A12 or A12 then what I have will not work. As for the custom ROM, possible it may work, but you need to follow the steps to the letter. Any OP9P custom ROM will work from the XDA forums, the question is, will there be issues? Very possible. Good luck on your journey.....

TheGhost1951 said:
I would stay away from custom roms, I have seen too many people having problems. Secondly as of right now, A12 is buggy so that is why I stay with stock A11 from T-Mobile. With the setup I can give you, you can have any custom bootanimation and custom systemwide font you want.....
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Been running nameless for over a month and a half now and haven't had a single out-of-the-ordinary problem that can't be fixed with a simple reboot. I have the T-Mobile variant here. Data works fine.

TheGhost1951 said:
If you are focused on upgrading to A12 or A12 then what I have will not work. As for the custom ROM, possible it may work, but you need to follow the steps to the letter. Any OP9P custom ROM will work from the XDA forums, the question is, will there be issues? Very possible. Good luck on your journey.....
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I understand about the concerns about custom ROM. I am confused that is there any official Global or EU ROM available ?

run93 said:
I understand about the concerns about custom ROM. I am confused that is there any official Global or EU ROM available ?
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Stock.....but you need to be rooted, TWRP installed and then install the stock ROM zip in twrp.

TheGhost1951 said:
Stock.....but you need to be rooted, TWRP installed and then install the stock ROM zip in twrp.
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Thank you for all the help today! I think I did something wrong. I successfully get TWRP (directly boot, not recovery since it is failed), and then get my phone bricked flashing the rom lineageos... Now I am trying to unbrick it...

run93 said:
Thank you for all the help today! I think I did something wrong. I successfully get TWRP (directly boot, not recovery since it is failed), and then get my phone bricked flashing the rom lineageos... Now I am trying to unbrick it...
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Bricked as in black screen? Or does it boot to fastboot? What version of lineage are you trying to run? And what OOS were you on? You need to be on OOS 12 to run lineage 19. And twrp is not the recovery to use for that.

Look before you leap.....read read read and make sure to follow ALL steps 1step at a time.....

Question How to update rooter phone with incremental updates?

I rooted my phone patching the init_boot with magisk and not using the kernelsu method as I didn't know the issues it would present. I have a CPH2451 so so far only incremental updates. Is there a way I can flash those without any bootloops? Or am I stuck on a.06 for a while? Thank you.

cabagekiller said:
I rooted my phone patching the init_boot with magisk and not using the kernelsu method as I didn't know the issues it would present. I have a CPH2451 so so far only incremental updates. Is there a way I can flash those without any bootloops? Or am I stuck on a.06 for a while? Thank you.
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I think you can flash stock init_boot and try rooting again using kernel su method.

surajpai524 said:
I think you can flash stock init_boot and try rooting again using kernel su method.
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I will try that. Thank you. I wish we had a full download available.

cabagekiller said:
I will try that. Thank you. I wish we had a full download available.
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NA mostly only gets incremental updates, and very rarely full update packs

I have not been able to update my phone whatsoever from A.07 to A.08 and I have quite literally exhausted all avenues. You can read more about it over on this thread I'm done, I give up

dgunn said:
I have not been able to update my phone whatsoever from A.07 to A.08 and I have quite literally exhausted all avenues. You can read more about it over on this thread I'm done, I give up
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Well I tried everything too if rooted you can't update with incremental updates in the USA ROM you only can do that with the EU ROM because they get a full ROM every time.
So I downloaded the EU ROM using oxygen updater App from play store then I used the OPLocalUpdate_For_Android12 App to force the update locally. The EU ROM looks the same to me so far but when we get a full ROM update in USA will switch back. Hope that helps