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Hello everyone!
Bought my Oneplus 3 about a month ago and I am generally happy with it. When I bought it, the phone had Oxygen OS 3.2.1 installed on it and as I have heard that 3.2.4 had issues on it, I didn't install it for a while. Then 3.2.6 came out, I decided to give it a try, but as I couldn't find a direct OTA from 3.2.1 to 3.2.6, I firstly sideloaded the incremental update to 3.2.4 and then from 3.2.6. Of course, wiped the cache afterwards.
However, I started experiencing a significant drop in battery life - not that I had to charge my phone 3 times a day or anything, but still really noticeable (For example, with a day of normal usage I would have had 50-60% left, after the 3.2.6 update - probably 20-25%). So I decided that I had to do a clean install of the OS.
Now to the important part, what I did was wipe cache and data, then with ADB sideloaded the full 3.2.6 zip to my phone. The problem is that I still don't think the battery life is quite like what it was in 3.2.1. Onto my question - would you consider what I have done a clean install, if not - could you please give me instructions how can it be done correctly(if possible without unlocking bootloader, installing TWRP, etc as I do not want to tinker with my phone a lot (of course, I have to - I will do it)). Any other suggestions for resolving the battery drain issue are welcome as well.
Thanks in advance!
ivan.panchev said:
Hello everyone!
Bought my Oneplus 3 about a month ago and I am generally happy with it. When I bought it, the phone had Oxygen OS 3.2.1 installed on it and as I have heard that 3.2.4 had issues on it, I didn't install it for a while. Then 3.2.6 came out, I decided to give it a try, but as I couldn't find a direct OTA from 3.2.1 to 3.2.6, I firstly sideloaded the incremental update to 3.2.4 and then from 3.2.6. Of course, wiped the cache afterwards.
However, I started experiencing a significant drop in battery life - not that I had to charge my phone 3 times a day or anything, but still really noticeable (For example, with a day of normal usage I would have had 50-60% left, after the 3.2.6 update - probably 20-25%). So I decided that I had to do a clean install of the OS.
Now to the important part, what I did was wipe cache and data, then with ADB sideloaded the full 3.2.6 zip to my phone. The problem is that I still don't think the battery life is quite like what it was in 3.2.1. Onto my question - would you consider what I have done a clean install, if not - could you please give me instructions how can it be done correctly(if possible without unlocking bootloader, installing TWRP, etc as I do not want to tinker with my phone a lot (of course, I have to - I will do it)). Any other suggestions for resolving the battery drain issue are welcome as well.
Thanks in advance!
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Personally, i don't think it' s not a clean install, because a clean install need a full wipe of all partitions (internal storage not mandatory)
Without installing TWRP, i think it will be hard to do a really clean flash. But if you change your mind, you will not regret it
First, i suggest you to follow this great guide (and say thanks to his op) : http://forum.xda-developers.com/oneplus-3/how-to/oneplus-3-how-to-unlock-bootloader-t3398733 to unlock, install twrp, backup.
Second, when you are in TWRP, you can wipe your phone (advanced wipe, all partitions except internal storage and usb-otg)
Third, you can install a ROM based on stock OOS or CM13, look in the right section : http://forum.xda-developers.com/oneplus-3/development
Then, you will have a clean system
Lowxorx said:
Personally, i don't think it' s not a clean install, because a clean install need a full wipe of all partitions (internal storage not mandatory)
Without installing TWRP, i think it will be hard to do a really clean flash. But if you change your mind, you will not regret it
First, i suggest you to follow this great guide (and say thanks to his op) : http://forum.xda-developers.com/oneplus-3/how-to/oneplus-3-how-to-unlock-bootloader-t3398733 to unlock, install twrp, backup.
Second, when you are in TWRP, you can wipe your phone (advanced wipe, all partitions except internal storage and usb-otg)
Third, you can install a ROM based on stock OOS or CM13, look in the right section : http://forum.xda-developers.com/oneplus-3/development
Then, you will have a clean system
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I am willing to install TWRP and do a clean install of the OS, however, I do insist on having the Onplus-provided ROM(if it can be called ROM at all). Is is possible to install it with TWRP? If not, I should probably install TWRP, wipe everything, go back to the stock recovery and install the zip provided from Onplus? Really appreciate your answer!
ivan.panchev said:
I am willing to install TWRP and do a clean install of the OS, however, I do insist on having the Onplus-provided ROM(if it can be called ROM at all). Is is possible to install it with TWRP? If not, I should probably install TWRP, wipe everything, go back to the stock recovery and install the zip provided from Onplus? Really appreciate your answer!
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You can consider to flash FreedomOS, a stock based rom who allow you to debloat your phone with Aroma Installer. This rom is really close to stock OOS, an much more easy to flash than the stock zip. Follow the op's post here : http://forum.xda-developers.com/oneplus-3/development/rom-freedomos-1-0-t3409348
If you really want the full stock rom you can search on the oneplus site, i think you can find the zip file with the stock OOS (but i really recommend you to choose FreedomOS )
Lowxorx said:
You can consider to flash FreedomOS, a stock based rom who allow you to debloat your phone with Aroma Installer. This rom is really close to stock OOS, an much more easy to flash than the stock zip. Follow the op's post here : http://forum.xda-developers.com/oneplus-3/development/rom-freedomos-1-0-t3409348
If you really want the full stock rom you can search on the oneplus site, i think you can find the zip file with the stock OOS (but i really recommend you to choose FreedomOS )
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I believe I have the full zip for the full 3.2.6 version, the question is whether or not I can flash it directly with TWRP. If that's the case, then that's what I am going to do!
ivan.panchev said:
I believe I have the full zip for the full 3.2.6 version, the question is whether or not I can flash it directly with TWRP. If that's the case, then that's what I am going to do!
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If you have the stock 3.2.6 zip file you can follow theses instructions on the official oneplus site. There are both TWRP and stock recovery guide.
ivan.panchev said:
I believe I have the full zip for the full 3.2.6 version, the question is whether or not I can flash it directly with TWRP. If that's the case, then that's what I am going to do!
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If you install TWRP, wipe everything, flash the full ROM zip of OOS 3.2.6, it will work. When you unlock your bootloader, a full wipe occurs regardless, so you may just want to do that and see if things improve.
Sent from the OnePlus 3...
making it "RAIN!"
noobtoob said:
If you install TWRP, wipe everything, flash the full ROM zip of OOS 3.2.6, it will work. When you unlock your bootloader, a full wipe occurs regardless, so you may just want to do that and see if things improve.
Sent from the OnePlus 3...
making it "RAIN!"
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After the second full charge, I think the things are a lot better - I have only used it for 30 minutes screen on today but is still on 82% (with more than 10 hours idle), which a lot like what I used to have when with 3.2.1. Plus, I am in an area with low network coverage, so that's draining the battery as well. Thanks for all of your answers, if I feel the need, will probably flash the whole stock rom with TWRP.
I'm sorry for posting this here (I did't posted enough to have access to post new threads in the ROM section)
I ported the Red Wolf recovery (based on TWRP 3) for the Mi Mix 2.
I did not compile it from source but merged the RedWolf-027-kenzo.img and an unofficial TWRP-build for the Mi Mix2
Known bugs:
Touchscreen does not respond till the screen is locked and unlocked
Flashlight does not work
backing up wifi (and other special) partition (probably not set in fstab)
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Tested and working:
Mounting partitions including the SDCARD
Setting up a password
Flashing ROM's and ZIP's
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All credits to the RedWolf team, TWRP team and the person who ported TWRP to the Mi Mix 2 in the first place.
Download:
https://www.androidfilehost.com/?fid=890129502657597234
MD5 checksum: 5281496e745c1aeaf49f2cb09f91a98a
More about RedWolf Recovery and its features:
http://redwolfrecovery.cf/
Use at own risk. My phone is still alive after flashing a new ROM so I assume it's ok to use..
fingerprint sensor stopped working for me after a few rom flashes. also official twrp is now available, is this still being maintained?
It doesn't matter if you use TWRP, Redwolf recovery or any other recovery. I have no plans to maintain this recovery. Maybe when a newer Redwolf comes with extra features in a newer version I port a new version.
When you flash a different rom it is recommended to clear data. You can try to roll back to the last working rom and hope your settings and and data of your fingerprint sensor will work again. DIsabling and enabling your fingerprint can also do the trick. Otherwise restore a backup or clear data, cache and dalvic cache.
Hello fellow XDA members and flashaholic people! This is a guide about flashing sGSI or GSI (semi-GSI) Android Pie images on VINCE.
This guide is for VINCE only! Please don't try it on WHYRED it may work or it may not.
First you need to treble enabled custom recovery. I suggest OrangeFox V8.1 https://forum.xda-developers.com/redmi-note-5/development/official-orangefox-recovery-project-t3807479
You can either flash it via TWRP or extract zip and flash recovery img by fastboot method.
Second you need treble enabled custom Oreo ROM, I suggest Cardinal-AOSP as it's vendor.img works flawlessly. https://forum.xda-developers.com/redmi-note-5/development/rom-cardinalaosp-t3774232
And third step includes the GSI image. You can find several GSI's here; https://forum.xda-developers.com/project-treble/trebleenabled-device-development
After downloading .zip file from any ROM you wanted extract it to get its system image and move it into the either internal storage or SD card. [SYSTEM IMAGE ONLY NEEDED]
I tried Pixel Experience 9.20 and Havoc OS 9.18 builds both booted without issues.
Please note that you need GApps package for ROM's (Except PixelExperience) you can find them here; https://opengapps.org/ Suggested package is Nano one. But if you want more you can go for bigger packages. I always use Mini version of it.
Steps to get Pie working on our device:
1. Reboot to custom recovery (if you have) flash OrangeFox R8.1 treble-enabled recovery. [If you have already have OrangeFox Recovery skip this step]
2. Touch Wipe and wipe /system /data /cache /dalvik and format /data
3. Flash cardinal-aosp ROM to your device You do not need to install GApps as we are going to use Pie anyway.
4. After flashing reboot to system it will directly go into launcher without setting stuff up. Reboot your device to recovery again.
5. Touch install, touch install image and flash the system image you've extracted. Wait for it to complete.
5.1 If you installed other than Pixel Experience please install proper GApps right after. [IF GAPPS WONT INSTALL BOOT THE DEVICE INTO SYSTEM FIRST AND WHEN BOOT COMPLETED PLEASE REBOOT RECOVERY AND FLASH GAPPS IT WILL WORK] After GApps installed go to wipe and do a factory reset in recovery. Reboot the device into system.
6. After you set up your device there is several optional operations you can do;
6.1 Root: You can use Magisk v17.1 or above to get root access. [Flash via recovery, if Magisk app wont appear in app menu you can install it from apkmirror safely]
6.2 Modules: Magisk modules like V4A, Unified Hosts Adblock etc. works. [Tested].
6.3 Kernel: You can use Genom Kernel or Dark Ages Tercero kernel. [Tested Dark Ages Tercero, works]
PLEASE KEEP IN MIND I DO NOT DEVELOPING ABOVE GSI IMAGES OR HELPING TO DEVELOP. IF YOU HAVE ANY BUGS TO REPORT PLEASE REPORT IN PROPER FORUM POST. I CAN HELP ABOUT INSTALLATION ONLY.
Ah, and there is few screenshots i'll share (Pixel Experience 9.0):
Don't need to flash p lag fix, volte fix and other stuff?
Ritik17 said:
Don't need to flash p lag fix, volte fix and other stuff?
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Since i did not have any problems about lag or freeze dont need to flash it. Though im not sure about VoLTE but it seems broken for me too. I still wait for official or unofficial Pie ports (which even redmi 2 and 3 got)
bdogan1912 said:
Since i did not have any problems about lag or freeze dont need to flash it. Though im not sure about VoLTE but it seems broken for me too. I still wait for official or unofficial Pie ports (which even redmi 2 and 3 got)
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Any other bug or issue that you've found in the ROM? Camera problems? Bluetooth or Wifi's MAC changing or reverting to 00:00:00...? Battery drains, memory leaks, crashes? GPS problems? anything?
moralesnery said:
Any other bug or issue that you've found in the ROM? Camera problems? Bluetooth or Wifi's MAC changing or reverting to 00:00:00...? Battery drains, memory leaks, crashes? GPS problems? anything?
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In few hours of usage i did not encountered very-serious level bugs. Battery was fine and didn't seemed like to draining. Bluetooth and WiFi had no issues for me either. Only VoLTE doesnt works and as may you know thats global issue on it. Did not faced any mem-leaks or running out of memory problems, with freshest install it used up to 1.3 GB mem and with some apps like social ones it went up to 1.6 to 1.9 GB but ROM was overall butter smooth without single lag or freeze. No FCs either, GPS works i guess it was enabled by default on fresh install as usual but since im not using the GPS that much i did not tested it fully though.
As you can guess those are still experimental/beta builds could have issues that i did not encounter. But overall was very fine for me. I'd keep it but it kinda messed "about phone" settings as it goes manufacturer and model both goes by unknown or phh-treble. It's very natural since i installed as GSI image but still bothered me.
Almost forgot; In Havoc OS settings goes direct crash if you touch battery in settings. PE works fine but it has problems with Dark theme beign not applied correctly. Also i did not used or tried substratum or its themes.
Thank you for your instructions. I wanted to install a GSI 9.0 ROM since Pie came out, but other threads with instructions were too complex or convoluted that I thought it was harder.
I would like to make some clarifications on your steps:
* I used the unofficial PixelExperience 9.0 GSI image, as you said. It feels and behaves almost exactly as the official PixelExperience build for our device, but with nicer interface. The image is HERE. Just as a sidenote, the System image comes with DPI = 360, things look a bit too big. To make it look like MIUI or the official PixelExperience build for vince, a dpi of 390 should be set (this can be done from settings > System > Developer Settings > Minimal Width, under the "draw" section).
1. Reboot to custom recovery (if you have) flash OrangeFox R8.1 treble-enabled recovery. [If you have already have OrangeFox Recovery skip this step]
2. Touch Wipe and wipe /system /data /cache /dalvik and format /data
* At this step, I had to make "Format Data", and only then reboot to recovery again, and make the wipes to all other partitions. Without rebooting the wipes weren't possible (it was showing errors while trying to mount partitions). VENDOR PARTITION SHOULD NOT BE WIPED
3. Flash cardinal-aosp ROM to your device You do not need to install GApps as we are going to use Pie anyway.
4. After flashing reboot to system it will directly go into launcher without setting stuff up. Reboot your device to recovery again.
At this point, you must check that the hardware works correctly. Touch, screen, audio, BT, wifi, RIL, LTE or whatever you use. If something doesn't work at this point, it won't work after installing the GSI image.
5. Touch install, touch install image and flash the system image you've extracted. Wait for it to complete.
* In OrangeFox, at this point before flashing the GSI's .img file, the recovery asks for the type of image. For noobs and careful people, "System Image" must be selected before proceeding.
5.1 If you installed other than Pixel Experience please install proper GApps right after. [IF GAPPS WONT INSTALL BOOT THE DEVICE INTO SYSTEM FIRST AND WHEN BOOT COMPLETED PLEASE REBOOT RECOVERY AND FLASH GAPPS IT WILL WORK] After GApps installed go to wipe and do a factory reset in recovery. Reboot the device into system.
6. After you set up your device there is several optional operations you can do;
6.1 Root: You can use Magisk v17.1 or above to get root access. [Flash via recovery, if Magisk app wont appear in app menu you can install it from apkmirror safely]
* When installing Magisk through recovery, the framework will be installed, but the APK won't appear in the app list. It must be downloaded separately from https://github.com/topjohnwu/Magisk/releases/download/manager-v6.0.0/MagiskManager-v6.0.0.apk
The following modules are working without issues in my setup:
* Youtube Vanced
* Google Product Sans font
* MagiskHide Props Config
6.2 Modules: Magisk modules like V4A, Unified Hosts Adblock etc. works. [Tested].
6.3 Kernel: You can use Genom Kernel or Dark Ages Tercero kernel. [Tested Dark Ages Tercero, works]
Cast and mirror screen are broken. After choosing a screen to share the phone's screen to, SystemUI will crash. Apps with cast capabilites won't detect Chromecast devices (the cast button won't appear).
Thank you for your help
moralesnery said:
The following modules are working without issues in my setup:
* Youtube Vanced
* Google Product Sans font
* MagiskHide Props Config
6.2 Modules: Magisk modules like V4A, Unified Hosts Adblock etc. works. [Tested].
6.3 Kernel: You can use Genom Kernel or Dark Ages Tercero kernel. [Tested Dark Ages Tercero, works]
Thank you for your help
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I don't know what is "MagiskHide Props Config" but is MagiskHide working normally for you?
I'm currently using the Pie "V4 zip" from this thread but MagiskHide isn't working. If it is working normally for you I will try to flash in your way then.
And can I flash 9.0 GSI image over any 8.x roms? Or it must be PE or Havoc?
Can't Show the Image File
After extracting the Hovac OS GSI file (a link that given) can not show Image file it shows file different files in different formats.
GizPrime said:
After extracting the Hovac OS GSI file (a link that given) can not show Image file it shows file different files in different formats.
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This is the correct link, you don't downloaded gsi file (I did the same thing, currently running Havoc 9 ):
https://sourceforge.net/projects/havoc-os/files/arm64aonly/
sadly i can't flash pie rom because my phone is encrypted. i will try this someday, once i backup my files and do the full format (including internal storage)
i want to try PE pie
Biggest thanks to you as i was in dilemma to try the PE 9.0.
However, the stock camera is so dark so i installed Camera2API, resulting the camera app FC, installed the crashfix Gcam apk i found somewhere in this thread not so long ago to no avail, the camera is still broken. Anyone having the issue ?
TIPS: I tried both Dark Ages and Genom Kernel, the brightness is crazy, i think its the late display driver provided within it: the brightness level is scaled incorrectly, with the 50% on MIUI is 0% in PE, and 50% in PE is equal to 100% of MIUI (the max brightness is at 50% and sliding all over to the right does nothing); clean flashed the whole thing and not using custom-installed kernel at all.
HungNgocPhat said:
I don't know what is "MagiskHide Props Config" but is MagiskHide working normally for you?
I'm currently using the Pie "V4 zip" from this thread but MagiskHide isn't working. If it is working normally for you I will try to flash in your way then.
And can I flash 9.0 GSI image over any 8.x roms? Or it must be PE or Havoc?
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MagiskHide Props Config" its a module that replaces the ROM's fingerprint with a certified one. This way you get ctsProfile: true and basicIntegrity: true, thus passing SafetyNet. This combined with MagiskHide allows me to use some apps that rely on SafetyNet.
After flashing the Treble-enabling ROM (Cardinal OS) you can install GSI system images based on Oreo or Pie.
Is hotspot working in PIE GSI?
dahrel22 said:
sadly i can't flash pie rom because my phone is encrypted. i will try this someday, once i backup my files and do the full format (including internal storage)
i want to try PE pie
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If you use orange fox recovery you can wipe encripted partitions and flash custom roms, try it!
Wyneg said:
If you use orange fox recovery you can wipe encripted partitions and flash custom roms, try it!
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seems like i need to do a format data in recovery. but right now i cant afford to loose all my files in internal storage. once i back up all my file then i will do the format data.
i wish there is some way to decrypt my storage without formatting
btw, i got my storage encrypted because i flashed miui stable rom
it's work but hotspot doesn't work
in cadinal i already check it's work but in gsi have a problem
And.. what If I installed a Treble ROM and I want to go back to stock MIUI, or a non-treble ROM? What should I wipe before going back?
moralesnery said:
And.. what If I installed a Treble ROM and I want to go back to stock MIUI, or a non-treble ROM? What should I wipe before going back?
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If you do same wipes what you did to flash GSI it's totally ok
expextors said:
it's work but hotspot doesn't work
in cadinal i already check it's work but in gsi have a problem
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Weird cause hotspot is working fine for me. My kids phone is able to connect without any problems.
soyti2x said:
Weird cause hotspot is working fine for me. My kids phone is able to connect without any problems.
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i tried on havoc it doesn't work what your gsi you used ? i can't open hotspot because always off when turn on
HI everyone I need your help. i installed Adaway using F-Droid without first installing and activating the systemless hosts modules -- which I thought was optional.
Supposedly, failing to activate "systemless hosts" triggers a warning to do so during install, but not in my case. My Mi Max 3 (Global Edition, Post ARB) is stuck on bootloop to OrangeFox.
Uninstalling Adaway from OrangeFox did not fix the bootloop.
I'd be okay with losing all data and reverting to unrooted stock but I don't know how to revert to unrooted stock in OrangeFox when OrangeFox isn't finding any backup images.
Might manually editing the hosts file perhaps fix this?
Should I go into Wipe and wipe everything? Or simply delete Magisk? Theoretically, should this result in a system reboot back to stock?
If I can't see any img files are they still hidden in the phone somewhere (stock images) to reboot to? Because I moved since I rooted and cannot find the backup drive with my images on them.
My OS is still stock Android and Miui. These are the modules installed in Magisk Version 20.3:
optimizedgpsconf
quickstepswitcher
riru-core
riru-edxposed
terminal_debloater
Please, any suggestions -- I am sorry for being so clueless despite being in this forum for five years but although I am good at following instructions this stuff remains basically "magic" to me.
Best wishes!
Anybody ever lose all recovery, including stock, after flashing?
Hi again, I'm the one that bootlooped following adaway install. Stopped mucking around, wiped my data and used Orangefox to flash the OTA, which fixed the bootloop but the phone was encrypted (I really did wipe everything and check all the right boxes in the Miui menu). No big deal. I booted back into Orange Fox and did another data wipe and was able to boot to system.
Unfortunately, not only did I lose root, I lost recovery -- no TWRP, no OrangeFox, no stock recovery. I can only boot into the system.
And yet oddly, I can still browse the root files using a root browser and some play apps for root users still detect Magisk. (but Magisk Mgr isn't one of them).
I'm guessing the wise thing to do at this point is to use ADB and start over from scratch, reinstalling TWRP, Orangefox, Magisk and the rom?
Again, if anyone has encountered this error or has any inkling of a quicker way to fix it, please jump in. Thanks!
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I was using xiaomi.eu rom V12.5.14.0.RKHCNXM on my Mi 11x (aliothin) installed using the @gogocar62 method using TWRP.
Today i downloaded xiaomi.eu_multi_HMK40_POCOF3_V12.5.18.0.RKHCNXM_v12-11.zip and installed it via permanent twrp 3.5.1 (nebrassy) which was already on my phone.
Since it was just an update, i didn't wipe data. After reboot, phone booted into recovery and there was no sign of my data neither was i being to decrypt data or mount partitions.
Steps I've already done till now -
1. Booted into fastboot, ran temporary twrp 3.5.2. it was able to decrypt data and i could take a backup.
2. Tried changing current slot to a, then to b.
3. Tried wiping data without formatting data.
@gogocar62 can you please tell what's wrong and help me boot into system without data loss?
Also, i downloaded the weekly Android 12 version of xiaomi.eu rom too but i read somewhere that flashing fastboot rom causes critical changes to some partitions and system files and changes it to chinese rom. Is fastboot rom not recommended then?
Thank you.
Try going into BOOTLOADER to use fastboot instead of fastboot(d), if at all possible.
force reboot to twrp
then wipe cache, select reboot then select system
Raunaksaha2008 said:
I was using xiaomi.eu rom V12.5.14.0.RKHCNXM on my Mi 11x (aliothin) installed using the @gogocar62 method using TWRP.
Today i downloaded xiaomi.eu_multi_HMK40_POCOF3_V12.5.18.0.RKHCNXM_v12-11.zip and installed it via permanent twrp 3.5.1 (nebrassy) which was already on my phone.
Since it was just an update, i didn't wipe data. After reboot, phone booted into recovery and there was no sign of my data neither was i being to decrypt data or mount partitions.
Steps I've already done till now -
1. Booted into fastboot, ran temporary twrp 3.5.2. it was able to decrypt data and i could take a backup.
2. Tried changing current slot to a, then to b.
3. Tried wiping data without formatting data.
@gogocar62 can you please tell what's wrong and help me boot into system without data loss?
Also, i downloaded the weekly Android 12 version of xiaomi.eu rom too but i read somewhere that flashing fastboot rom causes critical changes to some partitions and system files and changes it to chinese rom. Is fastboot rom not recommended then?
Thank you.
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I'm glad you posted this, I did the exact same thing yesterday and had the exact same problem. I'm Normally extremely experienced with this stuff I've even made custom roms. This one caught me off guard because I've only had the phone 2 weeks and this was the 2nd custom rom I flashed. Long story short nothing worked and I had to flash miflash stock firmware. Than I tried it again and it did it again. So I flashed the zip before I was already on and everything worked. I don't understand backups with this phone sometimes they backup but I don't believe they will work to restore.
I have never had to say this, there is nothing you can do. You have to flash stock and go back it sucks and I hate it but it is what it is.
hroen_al said:
force reboot to twrp
then wipe cache, select reboot then select system
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Tried, didn't work
Raunaksaha2008 said:
I was using xiaomi.eu rom V12.5.14.0.RKHCNXM on my Mi 11x (aliothin) installed using the @gogocar62 method using TWRP.
Today i downloaded xiaomi.eu_multi_HMK40_POCOF3_V12.5.18.0.RKHCNXM_v12-11.zip and installed it via permanent twrp 3.5.1 (nebrassy) which was already on my phone.
Since it was just an update, i didn't wipe data. After reboot, phone booted into recovery and there was no sign of my data neither was i being to decrypt data or mount partitions.
Steps I've already done till now -
1. Booted into fastboot, ran temporary twrp 3.5.2. it was able to decrypt data and i could take a backup.
2. Tried changing current slot to a, then to b.
3. Tried wiping data without formatting data.
@gogocar62 can you please tell what's wrong and help me boot into system without data loss?
Also, i downloaded the weekly Android 12 version of xiaomi.eu rom too but i read somewhere that flashing fastboot rom causes critical changes to some partitions and system files and changes it to chinese rom. Is fastboot rom not recommended then?
Thank you.
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now its not booting into recovery. only fastboot. run twrp bat command file is not working with it anymore.
Raunaksaha2008 said:
now its not booting into recovery. only fastboot. run twrp bat command file is not working with it anymore.
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could boot into recovery. backed up whatever i could. flashed fastboot xiaomi.eu rom without data wipe (upgrade mode). System was showing issues - permissions stopped working, couldnt find refresh rate settings, apps were misbehaving, general lag. Now trying to flash again with data wipe. If nothing else works, have to go back to original stock rom with mi flash.
Raunaksaha2008 said:
could boot into recovery. backed up whatever i could. flashed fastboot xiaomi.eu rom without data wipe (upgrade mode). System was showing issues - permissions stopped working, couldnt find refresh rate settings, apps were misbehaving, general lag. Now trying to flash again with data wipe. If nothing else works, have to go back to original stock rom with mi flash.
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Well did it work or did you have to go back to stock? I told you nothing works and I'm not lying I'm extremely experienced with this stuff. I root every device I can get my hands on. This phone is beyond difficult to flash roms with. The problem is you really need to go back to stock everytime you flash a custom rom to make sure it works.
I know when I said my first comment your hoping to god that you don't have to start from scratch but I tried a bunch of stuff to I just didn't feel like explaining it all. I flashed both twrps and tried I reflshed the rom and I did format data and still didn't work. It screws up the system partition layout and nothing reads right.
Went back to stock. Android 12 on xiaomi.eu rom doesn't have refresh rate settings and we are stuck on 60Hz. And also backing up, restoring everytime is a pain and waste of time. Will stick to stock for now.
Raunaksaha2008 said:
Went back to stock. Android 12 on xiaomi.eu rom doesn't have refresh rate settings and we are stuck on 60Hz. And also backing up, restoring everytime is a pain and waste of time. Will stick to stock for now.
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I told you, I will say it again this phone for custom roms kinda sucks. It can be done but it's always you have to start from scratch Everytime and roll the dice and hope it works. Good luck I would still root stock though
The way everything breaks made me worried that the phone would hard brick if I kept trying stuff. Either that or some how wipe out fastboot and than it would be like a hard brick because nothing would work to fix it. It's a scary phone to mess with. The problem comes from the A/B partitions because XDA developers aren't really developers their just people who read online instructions on putting source code together and don't actually know how to code or fix anything. They get way to much credit. Topjohnwu is a real developer and that's why Google bought him
Facing issues again. Netflix app not showing in Play store. Device is not play protect certified even after flashing official Rom via mi flash.
Techguy777 said:
The way everything breaks made me worried that the phone would hard brick if I kept trying stuff. Either that or some how wipe out fastboot and than it would be like a hard brick because nothing would work to fix it. It's a scary phone to mess with. The problem comes from the A/B partitions because XDA developers aren't really developers their just people who read online instructions on putting source code together and don't actually know how to code or fix anything. They get way to much credit. Topjohnwu is a real developer and that's why Google bought him
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i agree, flashing stock each time and booting once before flashing each custom rom seems the way to go. i know you're experienced - more than i - but in case you don't know... here's a couple of good apps for backing up apps etc that have worked well when moving from rom to rom (just save/copy whole swiftbackup folder with backed up apps to pc/laptop).
after moving rom, i select 'restore' from google backup but deselect apps (that's all done with seperate app below). that restores a fair bit, including some settings depending on the rom before and after flash. then install swift backup on my rooted device, copy swiftbackup folder back onto phone and restore apps with all data etc (+ anything else you have that didn't restore from google backup). swiftbackup can even backup and restore your wallpaper/screensaver, wifi passwords etc. it's so much better than the outdated titanium backup, which i find unreliable these days.
another alternative is alpha backup pro, another paid app but apparently worth it. sometimes it's on offer or free. i got it when it was free but haven't tried it as swift works well for me. alpha backup
note: i am not affiliated with either of these apps, just making you aware of a backup alternative as TWRP data backups, for me and with this phone, are a no go. also note, i don't backup system stuff when moving to a different rom, only installed apps.
like i say, no doubt you are aware of these options but thought i would post just in case.
reg66 said:
i agree, flashing stock each time and booting once before flashing each custom rom seems the way to go. i know you're experienced - more than i - but in case you don't know... here's a couple of good apps for backing up apps etc that have worked well when moving from rom to rom (just save/copy whole swiftbackup folder with backed up apps to pc/laptop).
after moving rom, i select 'restore' from google backup but deselect apps (that's all done with seperate app below). that restores a fair bit, including some settings depending on the rom before and after flash. then install swift backup on my rooted device, copy swiftbackup folder back onto phone and restore apps with all data etc (+ anything else you have that didn't restore from google backup). swiftbackup can even backup and restore your wallpaper/screensaver, wifi passwords etc. it's so much better than the outdated titanium backup, which i find unreliable these days.
another alternative is alpha backup pro, another paid app but apparently worth it. sometimes it's on offer or free. i got it when it was free but haven't tried it as swift works well for me. alpha backup
note: i am not affiliated with either of these apps, just making you aware of a backup alternative as TWRP data backups, for me and with this phone, are a no go. also note, i don't backup system stuff when moving to a different rom, only installed apps.
like i say, no doubt you are aware of these options but thought i would post just in case.
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I am using swift backup right now actually as I was reading this and yes I do the same thing copy folder to the USB C drive. It's the only app I've bought in a year. Thank you for at least making a comment of some depth. I get burned out at xda because everyone doesn't say anything they just want answers for their problems and don't contribute to xda.
I did not know about the other app so I will be looking into it. Normally I wouldn't say this but buy Swift back and you get cloud storage. I'm like you I restore apps with an app and I will be using Xiaomi cloud now but also Google. Another app is migrate it's the best for flashing roms it restores your apps and data from twrp well not quite once you reboot.
I thanl you again because maybe I didn't know about Swift back it's important people respond.
Is 120Hz working on your mi11x with xiaomi.eu? It doesn't work on mine.
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Is 120Hz working on your mi11x with xiaomi.eu? It doesn't work on mine.
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Yes it is, on the latest stable but not on the latest Android 12 beta.