Any way to root Android Pie RETEU xt1941-4? - Motorola One Questions & Answers

Hello! I just updated to Android Pie and i've been wondering if there is any way to root the phone. Any help would be SUPER appriciated! Thanks!

Sure it is possible. With Magisk..

bb2k22 said:
Sure it is possible. With Magisk..
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And how do you flash it?

borksek said:
And how do you flash it?
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Take the boot.img out of the firmware package and transfer it to the phone. Install Magisk Manager, open it and click install.
Chose "patch boot image" option. When it's done, transfer "patched_boot.img" to pc and use fastboot to flash.
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fastboot flash boot patched_boot.img

tys0n said:
Take the boot.img out of the firmware package and transfer it to the phone. Install Magisk Manager, open it and click install.
Chose "patch boot image" option. When it's done, transfer "patched_boot.img" to pc and use fastboot to flash.
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Why not with twrp just flash zip?

borksek said:
Why not with twrp just flash zip?
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I didn't wanna format data at the time to be able to mount it in TWRP, which is needed for flashing magisk since it writes to /data/adb.

tys0n said:
I didn't wanna format data at the time to be able to mount it in TWRP, which is needed for flashing magisk since it writes to /data/adb.
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Why not just decrypt

borksek said:
Why not just decrypt
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I tried a few zips for that when I was on O, but with no success.
There's more ways for decryption to try, like your fstab edit, but I would have to format data anyway.
Otherwise it won't boot after disabling forced encryption, because the data itself is still encrypted and won't be decrypted on boot.

tys0n said:
I tried a few zips for that when I was on O, but with no success.
There's more ways for decryption to try, like your fstab edit, but I would have to format data anyway.
Otherwise it won't boot after disabling forced encryption, because the data itself is still encrypted and won't be decrypted on boot.
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Hello Tys0n, can you please help me with bootloop? I tried to install a magisk module and my phone bootloop. Please help me I just got my phone. Step by step i beg you.. I don't want to lose the phone..
Edit: nvm i fixed it by flashing stock rom

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Grab Flashable 7.0 OFFICIAL OTA from Here

http://www.pocketables.com/2016/08/official-android-nougat-released.html
Pulled directly from my device and uploaded to my AFH site.
https://drive.google.com/open?id=0B0OpOqUNqeKkb19UbGxBV2NPc28
Stock, decrypted boot image, w. Verity disabled.
What version of android where you coming from?
spunks3 said:
What version of android where you coming from?
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I had the MM version installed. However, this has system.transfer.list and vendor.transfer.list - meaning - it *should* be the FULL ROM.
digitalhigh said:
I had the MM version installed. However, this has system.transfer.list and vendor.transfer.list - meaning - it *should* be the FULL ROM.
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So we should be good to wipe all in twrp, flash the update zip, then seperately flash the boot.img and maybe supersu?
Deadlights said:
So we should be good to wipe all in twrp, flash the update zip, then seperately flash the boot.img and maybe supersu?
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All of the above worked for me!!
Also, Magisk Manager confirmed and working with PHH Root for AndroidPay+root.
digitalhigh said:
All of the above worked for me!!
Also, Magisk Manager confirmed and working with PHH Root for AndroidPay+root.
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What steps did you follow to get TWRP and root ?
So how is OTA different from full image?
digitalhigh said:
All of the above worked for me!!
Also, Magisk Manager confirmed and working with PHH Root for AndroidPay+root.
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Nice! Thanks man :good:.. I guess it'll handle vendor for us?
MRL3GS said:
What steps did you follow to get TWRP and root ?
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It should go something like this:
1. Flash OTA. I used TWRP.
2. Reboot to bootloader. Reflash TWRP. Flash unlocked boot image.
3. Fastboot format cache and fastboot format userdata if coming from an ROM that was encrypted.
4. Reboot to TWRP.
5. Flash magisk, phh superSU.
6. Reboot.
7. ????
8. PROFIT.
kolyan said:
So how is OTA different from full image?
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It is one and the same. It is the OTA image I received by enrolling my 6.0.1 device in the beta, and downloaded.
Deadlights said:
Nice! Thanks man :good:.. I guess it'll handle vendor for us?
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Yep, /vendor is included, as well as updates to bootloader, etc.
kolyan said:
So how is OTA different from full image?
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It does not encrypt if you were not previously encrypted, this is the biggest difference
digitalhigh said:
It should go something like this:
1. Flash OTA. I used TWRP.
2. Reboot to bootloader. Reflash TWRP. Flash unlocked boot image.
3. Fastboot format cache and fastboot format userdata if coming from an ROM that was encrypted.
4. Reboot to TWRP.
5. Flash magisk, phh superSU.
6. Reboot.
7. ????
8. PROFIT.
It is one and the same. It is the OTA image I received by enrolling my 6.0.1 device in the beta, and downloaded.
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When i try to setup pay I get "android pay cant be used" :S
MRL3GS said:
When i try to setup pay I get "android pay cant be used" :S
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Ahaha! Sorry. Magisk requires you have Magisk manager installed, and then you use the manager to disable root when you want to use Pay. My bad.
http://forum.xda-developers.com/devdb/project/dl/?id=19924&task=get
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Ahaha! Sorry. Magisk requires you have Magisk manager installed, and then you use the manager to disable root when you want to use Pay. My bad.
http://forum.xda-developers.com/devdb/project/dl/?id=19924&task=get
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Thanks all working now
digitalhigh said:
It should go something like this:
1. Flash OTA. I used TWRP.
2. Reboot to bootloader. Reflash TWRP. Flash unlocked boot image.
3. Fastboot format cache and fastboot format userdata if coming from an ROM that was encrypted.
4. Reboot to TWRP.
5. Flash magisk, phh superSU.
6. Reboot.
7. ????
8. PROFIT.
It is one and the same. It is the OTA image I received by enrolling my 6.0.1 device in the beta, and downloaded.
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Working great for me! Thanks again man!
Working great thanks !
Just to confirm for others :
1. Flash ROM don't reboot system !
2. Flash TWRP don't reboot system !
3. Flash the modified boot image, now reboot system !
4. Let it boot fully and make any app updates
5. Reboot into recovery
6. Flash SU
7. Wipe caches
8. Reboot and away you go !
I came from the latest MM security update and dirty flashed so be warned mileage may vary !
Worked for me Thank you!!!! Still kept super su and twrp!!!
Is anyone getting E:unknown command for patching system and vendor when flashing
Is that normal
hutzdani said:
Working great thanks !
Just to confirm for others :
1. Flash ROM don't reboot system !
2. Flash TWRP don't reboot system !
3. Flash the modified boot image, now reboot system !
4. Let it boot fully and make any app updates
5. Reboot into recovery
6. Flash SU
7. Wipe caches
8. Reboot and away you go !
I came from the latest MM security update and dirty flashed so be warned mileage may vary !
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Flash the TWRP image file from TWRP? And what is the modified boot image?
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Batfink33 said:
Is anyone getting E:unknown command for patching system and vendor when flashing
Is that normal
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Me everything works fine tho just i cant get root to wrk the app keeps freezing on me can't grant root?
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[How-To] Root Encrypted Nougat(NRD90M) from scratch using TWRP

Pre requisites:
Unlocked bootloader
adb tools installed, I used These
The dirty:
Download the latest TWRP(3.0.2-1) Here
Download the latest SuperSU Beta Here I used 2.76-2 (for systemless root)
Put your phone in Bootloader mode (VolDown+Power)
Connect phone to your PC
Via ADB, and type fastboot flash recovery <path>/twrp-3.0.2-1-angler.img
​ - If you do not want to flash it permanently, just "fastboot boot <path>/twrp-3.0.2.1-angler.img".
​ - Also, if you flashed it, and you want to go back to stock recovery, you'll have to wait *for now* until the NRD90M factory image is uploaded to https://developers.google.com/android/nexus/images, then it can just be extracted and fastboot flash'd...
Select boot recovery from the little menu
It will ask for your pass/pin, enter to access. The new TWRP allows you to.
Once inside, proceed to install the SuperSU zip you downloaded in step 2.
Thanks!
Can you decrypt phone using this method? I have crypted 7.0 phone with root but lost TWRP when update crypted all the data. Would be quite nice to have it decrypted without wiping data.
Pyrres said:
Can you decrypt phone using this method? I have crypted 7.0 phone with root but lost TWRP when update crypted all the data. Would be quite nice to have it decrypted without wiping data.
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You can't. You need a kernel that doesn't enforce encryption and you need to format userdata.
Nexus 6P with Chroma rocks!
CyberZeus_Viva said:
You can't. You need a kernel that doesn't enforce encryption and you need to format userdata.
Nexus 6P with Chroma rocks!
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I have ElementalX as my kernel. But what about the stuff I keep reading about that newest TWRP could decrypt data? Does it work or can it be used in this instance?
Pyrres said:
I have ElementalX as my kernel. But what about the stuff I keep reading about that newest TWRP could decrypt data? Does it work or can it be used in this instance?
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Newest TWRP decrypts data on the fly but doesn't decrypt permanently. Do you get the difference?
Nexus 6P with Chroma rocks!
CyberZeus_Viva said:
Newest TWRP decrypts data on the fly but doesn't decrypt permanently. Do you get the difference?
Nexus 6P with Chroma rocks!
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Does this mean it can be used with crypted phone as it can decrypt the data it needs or am I missing how it works.
Pyrres said:
Does this mean it can be used with crypted phone as it can decrypt the data it needs or am I missing how it works.
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I can't make myself clear... TWRP decrypts data in memory leaving your data crypted. Got it?
Nexus 6P with Chroma rocks!
CyberZeus_Viva said:
I can't make myself clear... TWRP decrypts data in memory leaving your data crypted. Got it?
Nexus 6P with Chroma rocks!
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Yes and no . Basic question, does it work when the phone is crypted or not? Can I have a phone that is crypted and still use TWRP?
Pyrres said:
Yes and no . Basic question, does it work when the phone is crypted or not? Can I have a phone that is crypted and still use TWRP?
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Yes. But that phone will remain crypted
Nexus 6P with Chroma rocks!
CyberZeus_Viva said:
Yes. But that phone will remain crypted
Nexus 6P with Chroma rocks!
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Thanks, but I will still lose all my data when installing or can I now keep all my data and just install TWRP as I have already once installed it or does it matter in my case?
Pyrres said:
Thanks, but I will still lose all my data when installing or can I now keep all my data and just install TWRP as I have already once installed it or does it matter in my case?
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Installing TWRP doesn't wipe data
Nexus 6P with Chroma rocks!
Pyrres said:
Thanks, but I will still lose all my data when installing or can I now keep all my data and just install TWRP as I have already once installed it or does it matter in my case?
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You won't lose your data, I didn't lose mine.
TWRP comes and decrypts on the fly, because your password/pin matches the one you set up on the OS; after allowing it to decrypt, you can flash whatever you want.
The decryption is not permanent, meaning your phone will still be crypted, as in; no one will decrypt your data unless you give them the access.
There is no need to flash boot IMG?
McQueefus said:
There is no need to flash boot IMG?
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I didn't flash a modified boot image previously, when I flashed SuperSU, it took care of patching that for me.
Worked like a charm, I was even able to edit the build.prop and enable tethering. You Sir, are awesome!
I'm n Android N with locked bootloader. I have to unlock the bootloader,then install TWRP then format user data to decrypt and flash su via TWRP? Is that order correct? Or any suggestions please?
Dhanabalan said:
I'm n Android N with locked bootloader. I have to unlock the bootloader,then install TWRP then format user data to decrypt and flash su via TWRP? Is that order correct? Or any suggestions please?
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The steps are right on the first page, first post.
McQueefus said:
Worked like a charm, I was even able to edit the build.prop and enable tethering. You Sir, are awesome!
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How?
Dhanabalan said:
I'm n Android N with locked bootloader. I have to unlock the bootloader,then install TWRP then format user data to decrypt and flash su via TWRP? Is that order correct? Or any suggestions please?
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1. You have to unlock the bootloader, which wipes your data.
2. You have to choose wether you want to be encrypted or not, if you do not want an encrypted device you can follow the other guide in the topics list.
3. If you do choose to go encryped, boot once, setup your pass/pin
4. Reboot back to bootloader, install TWRP
5. Boot to Recovery (twrp), input your pass/pin setup on step 3
6. flash SU via TWRP.
McQueefus said:
Worked like a charm, I was even able to edit the build.prop and enable tethering. You Sir, are awesome!
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Sweet, man!

I can not upload a stock rom

Hello, I can not upload a ROM stock from the MIUI website in any way by the MiFlash program or by TWRP.
_theos_ said:
Hello, I can not upload a ROM stock from the MIUI website in any way by the MiFlash program or by TWRP.
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Miflash does not work for me, flash OrangeFox recovery and try to update, this method worked for me without issues miui_MI8LiteGlobal_V10.3.1.0.PDTMIXM_8f2efd3fd2_9.0 global version... this is name of rom and rom must contain system.new.dat.br file and similar files ending with dat, br.....make folder log inside Miflash root folder. This may help
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Miflash does not work for me, flash OrangeFox recovery and try to update, this method worked for me without issues miui_MI8LiteGlobal_V10.3.1.0.PDTMIXM_8f2efd3fd2_9.0 global version... this is name of rom and rom must contain system.new.dat.br file and similar files ending with dat, br.....make folder log inside Miflash root folder. This may help
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I flash orangefox and nothing else gave me further error 7 pops up
_theos_ said:
I flash orangefox and nothing else gave me further error 7 pops up
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Strange, try to wipe vendors, system etc... and then mount partitions in OrangeFox. Also disable siignature check and other stuff's... try to flash dm-verity disabler first...you can try also Pitch black recovery
Stefke93 said:
Strange, try to wipe vendors, system etc... and then mount partitions in OrangeFox. Also disable siignature check and other stuff's... try to flash dm-verity disabler first...you can try also Pitch black recovery
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ok thank you for your help

Rooting OnePlus 7T Pro

Hi everybody,
I'm trying to root my OnePlus 7t Pro with android 11 installed, but I can't figure out a way how to do so...
I read some other posts/threads and tried to root it installing Magisk canary but it still didn't work (it got stuck in the booting process, and I had to flash the stock boot image to get it working again). Does anybody have an other idea of something I could try? Magisk doesn't same to get it patched regardless of which version I use...
Thank you in advance for your help!
T4gB0t said:
Hi everybody,
I'm trying to root my OnePlus 7t Pro with android 11 installed, but I can't figure out a way how to do so...
I read some other posts/threads and tried to root it installing Magisk canary but it still didn't work (it got stuck in the booting process, and I had to flash the stock boot image to get it working again). Does anybody have an other idea of something I could try? Magisk doesn't same to get it patched regardless of which version I use...
Thank you in advance for your help!
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You said it got stuck in booting process, was this after a fastboot flash patchedboot.img?
Hw4ng3r said:
You said it got stuck in booting process, was this after a fastboot flash patchedboot.img?
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Yes, exactly... Sorry for not specifing. I patched the image, flashed it and than my phone stopped booting correctly and I had to flash the stock image to make it work again. I searched a little bit and found out that it was Magisk's fault and read that I had to try with the canary version, so I did but it still did not work and I was stuck on the same point as before.
T4gB0t said:
Yes, exactly... Sorry for not specifing. I patched the image, flashed it and than my phone stopped booting correctly and I had to flash the stock image to make it work again. I searched a little bit and found out that it was Magisk's fault and read that I had to try with the canary version, so I did but it still did not work and I was stuck on the same point as before.
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Have you tried just fastboot boot patched.img and doing a direct install through Magisk?
I know some people reported their phones borking after trying to fastboot flash.
Hw4ng3r said:
Have you tried just fastboot boot patched.img and doing a direct install through Magisk?
I know some people reported their phones borking after trying to fastboot flash.
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Sorry, I'm not really sure if I understood what you meant....
I thought that maybe I could try to downgrade to android 11 to then root and upgrade while remaining root. What do you think about this idea? And do you know how I could downgrade my phone? I did some research but did not find anything useful...
T4gB0t said:
Sorry, I'm not really sure if I understood what you meant....
I thought that maybe I could try to downgrade to android 11 to then root and upgrade while remaining root. What do you think about this idea? And do you know how I could downgrade my phone? I did some research but did not find anything useful...
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So you would take your stock Android 11 boot.img and patch it like you would in Magisk Manager. Save the patched.img to your computer. Reboot to bootloader and apply command fastboot boot patched.img. this should restart your phone using the patched.img. once it starts, go into Magisk Manager and click Install > Direct Install > Reboot when asked.
You could certainly go back to A10 from A11 but you will lose all your data. The method above does work. Where did you get the stock boot.img?
Hw4ng3r said:
So you would take your stock Android 11 boot.img and patch it like you would in Magisk Manager. Save the patched.img to your computer. Reboot to bootloader and apply command fastboot boot patched.img. this should restart your phone using the patched.img. once it starts, go into Magisk Manager and click Install > Direct Install > Reboot when asked.
You could certainly go back to A10 from A11 but you will lose all your data. The method above does work. Where did you get the stock boot.img?
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I downloaded the software from the official website and used payload dumper to extract the boot image. To be sure that I understood everything... you suggested to use "fastboot boot patched.img" instead of "fastboot flash boot patched.img", and once the phone restarted to go to magisk manager and click direct install.
Do I need Magisk Manager canary or the normal version for this to work and do I have to mantain the canary version or can I install the normal version once it is rooted?
Either 22.1 or Canary works for A11
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Either 22.1 or Canary works for A11
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Okay thank you very much, I'll try and tell you. Thank you for your awesome help
T4gB0t said:
Okay thank you very much, I'll try and tell you. Thank you for your awesome help
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One last question, is it normal that the "unlocked bootlader message" when booting shows up for almost two minutes? When I had Android 10 it did not take that much...
T4gB0t said:
One last question, is it normal that the "unlocked bootlader message" when booting shows up for almost two minutes? When I had Android 10 it did not take that much...
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Yes for some reason, I noticed that as well on my device.
FYI, the patched boot may only work with Magisk canary
Hw4ng3r said:
Yes for some reason, I noticed that as well on my device.
FYI, the patched boot may only work with Magisk canary
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So not Magisk v.23 but Magisk canary?
I know that there was rooting issues back at the end of last year, but I'm not sure exactly what version of Magisk it was at the time.
If you want to pass safety net on A11, I've read success posts with canary and Magisk hide
Hw4ng3r said:
I know that there was rooting issues back at the end of last year, but I'm not sure exactly what version of Magisk it was at the time.
If you want to pass safety net on A11, I've read success posts with canary and Magisk hide
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Okay thanks, I'll try with v.23 first and If that does not work than I'll try with the canary one. Thank you very much!!!
Hiya, just use this TRWP. Decryption works on Android 11 (only tested on lineage).
Reboot to fastboot and use
fastboot flash recovery_a recovery.img
And
fastboot flash recovery_b recovery.img
And reboot to recovery.
Releases · Systemad/android_device_oneplus_hotdog
TWRP tree for OnePlus 7T/Pro (Hotdog/hotdogb). Contribute to Systemad/android_device_oneplus_hotdog development by creating an account on GitHub.
github.com
Wacko1805 said:
Hiya, just use this TRWP. Decryption works on Android 11 (only tested on lineage).
Reboot to fastboot and use
fastboot flash recovery_a recovery.img
And
fastboot flash recovery_b recovery.img
And reboot to recovery.
Releases · Systemad/android_device_oneplus_hotdog
TWRP tree for OnePlus 7T/Pro (Hotdog/hotdogb). Contribute to Systemad/android_device_oneplus_hotdog development by creating an account on GitHub.
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Okay thank you, I'll try if the other method does not work
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Okay thank you, I'll try if the other method does not work
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Decrypt does not work on OOS and you do not need TWRP to Magisk.
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Decrypt does not work on OOS and you do not need TWRP to Magisk.
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I'm sorry to bother you again, but I tried with "fastboot boot patched.img" and it still did not work. It got stuck while booting again with "unable to parse kernel log" as error message. Do you have any other suggestions?
P.S. I got a full backup with "adb backup -apk -all -shared -f /path/to/location" today and thought about just doing a factory reset, trying to root the phone, restore the backup. Do you think that might actually work? Thank you for your help!
How exactly did you patched your boot.img?
FSadino said:
How exactly did you patched your boot.img?
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I tried doing it with magisk (both v.23 and canary)

Working TWRP (OP 7T Pro ME 5G)

The TWRP for the HD1910 works perfectly on the HD1925. Decryption works too. Install TWRP by using the installer.
Exact the img from the installer zip.
Boot to fastboot
Open a CMD within the extracted TWRP installer folder and type in
"fastboot boot recovery.img"
Once TWRP boots, then install the TWRP installer zip file.
I flashed magisk and it flashed with no issues. I used the latest version here.
Download TWRP for hotdog
Download TWRP Open Recovery for hotdog
dl.twrp.me
NOTE: I did it on the latest version, 11.0.1.18 So I'm not sure if it works on any older versions but I would assume so.
Yep, been out a while now. Works perfectly! However I highly highly recommend not using the twrp installer zip on our phones nor installing it by doing "fastboot flash recovery name_of_twrp.img"
Just download the latest .img and do "fastboot boot name_of_twrp.img" whenever you need to go into twrp recovery. Or you're just asking for trouble with OTA updates definitely no longer working (until you restore the stock recovery that matches the exact version of OOS that you are running) and a good possibility of getting a Qualcomm Crash-dump and losing or breaking all kinds of stuff.
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Yep, been out a while now. Works perfectly! However I highly highly recommend not using the twrp installer zip on our phones nor installing it by doing "fastboot flash recovery name_of_twrp.img"
Just download the latest .img and do "fastboot boot name_of_twrp.img" whenever you need to go into twrp recovery. Or you're just asking for trouble with OTA updates definitely no longer working (until you restore the stock recovery that matches the exact version of OOS that you are running) and a good possibility of getting a Qualcomm Crash-dump and losing or breaking all kinds of stuff.
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I already know about all that. I've had this phone over a year, so I'm familiar with the hidden "secrets".
starcms said:
Yep, been out a while now. Works perfectly! However I highly highly recommend not using the twrp installer zip on our phones nor installing it by doing "fastboot flash recovery name_of_twrp.img"
Just download the latest .img and do "fastboot boot name_of_twrp.img" whenever you need to go into twrp recovery. Or you're just asking for trouble with OTA updates definitely no longer working (until you restore the stock recovery that matches the exact version of OOS that you are running) and a good possibility of getting a Qualcomm Crash-dump and losing or breaking all kinds of stuff.
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BTW, with unlocked bootloader OTA's are not available no matter what type of recovery you have installed. Unless you have reinstalled the reserve.img after unlocking the bootloader
AntiSocialSingh said:
@BobbyLynn I followed your tutorial to install the CrDroid recovery. Can you tell me how to flash TWRP? Bit of a noob for this phone.
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Exact (Unzip) the zip folder. Within the extracted folder you'll see some other files. One of them is a recovery.img file. Open a command or PowerShell in the extracted folder. Reboot to fastboot.
Boot to fastboot and run this command
"fastboot boot recovery.img"
Once it boots into TWRP, then click on "install" and locate the TWRP installer zip and select it. It'll most likely be in the download folder. Just make sure you know where the TWRP installer zip is located before you even boot into TWRP
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Exact (Unzip) the zip folder. Within the extracted folder you'll see some other files. One of them is an .img file (recovery). Open a command or PowerShell in the extracted folder. Reboot to fastboot.
Boot to fastboot and run this command
"fastboot boot recovery.img"
Once it boots into TWRP, then click on "install" and locate the TWRP installer zip and select it. It'll most likely be in the download folder. Just make sure you know where the TWRP installer zip is located before you even boot into TWRP
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BTW download this TWRP from the link in my thread "twrp-installer-3.6.1_11-0-hotdog.zip"
AntiSocialSingh said:
@BobbyLynn Do i need to flash both a & b like i did in the case of crDroid?
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Not at all. The installer will take care of all that once you boot into TWRP
AntiSocialSingh said:
@BobbyLynn Should I take a backup? Would it wipe my storage? or it would be as it is?
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No it won't wipe data or anything else. But it's always good to have a backup just in case anything goes sour.
AntiSocialSingh said:
@BobbyLynn I am on the screen which says Install, Wipe, Backup, restore...... what should i do to install the zip file now?
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Just click on "install" then located the installer zip file then select it and install it
AntiSocialSingh said:
I copied the .zip file on my phone but cannot navigate to it since all it shows is (Up A level), does not show the directories inside the storage
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Select up a level then scroll down until you see a file called "storage" that'll take you to your storage. If it doesn't, the go back and click on "sdcard" But I'm almost certain it's in the storage folder
AntiSocialSingh said:
I think i need to flash it once via TWRP, i'll try it later, but thank you, it means that this TWRP works!
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I just checked..... The "sdcard" folder is the one that takes you to the internal storage where the download folder is located. But as soon as you hit 'install" it should've taken you straight to the internal storage. If it didn't, then it sounds like it's still encrypted. If that's the case, then remove any screen locks on your phone before flashing TWRP
AntiSocialSingh said:
@BobbyLynn Let me try once again with the screen lock removed.
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When I installed TWRP I didn't have a screen lock. But after installing TWRP I set a screen lock and TWRP decrypted just fine. So I'm guessing if you install TWRP while you have a screen lock it doesn't install properly so it can't decrypt. It appears that any screen locks must be removed before installing and after installing reapply a screen lock
AntiSocialSingh said:
@BobbyLynn It worked! So basically, I had to remove both fingerprint and pattern locks to get it to work. Thanks a ton!!
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No problem
BobbyLynn said:
No problem
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I'm kinda curious, why did you install TWRP? Are you fixing to "test drive" some custom ROM's or flash some mods? Or did you install TWRP just for the hell of it?
AntiSocialSingh said:
@BobbyLynn The latter yes, test driving some mods, and I am used to the interface of TWRP, not crDroid much, personal preference hahahaha....Thank you so much once again. you're a legend.
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I'm more use to TWRP myself. I started using TWRP about 10 years ago, it was and still is the best recovery out there. I just happened to install crDroid the other day just to test something. And that test turned out to be a great discovery of a simple way to root the stock firmware. Since I have a extra McLaren, I do quite a bit of testing and modding and experimental stuff. I'm currently working on installing the global firmware (unbranding) it. No luck yet, but I might be getting close.
AntiSocialSingh said:
@BobbyLynn I will be the first one to follow your tutorial if you manage to flash the Global ROM on it sir. I promise haha!
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You can bet your ass that if I pull off that trick it'll get LOT'S of comments from people thanking me lol. We've been wanting to install the global firmware on this phone, but nobody can figure out how to mod the ROM to make it flash on this phone. There's some very smart developers that own this phone, so I'm surprised that none of them have figured it out yet. So I've been tinkering around with trying to install it. It's looking like I'm going to have to make some modifications to the global ROM and/or the phone too to make the MSM tool see the phone as a comparable device
BobbyLynn said:
BTW, with unlocked bootloader OTA's are not available no matter what type of recovery you have installed. Unless you have reinstalled the reserve.img after unlocking the bootloader
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Well, yeah, restoring reserve.img is a prerequisite to get OTAs with the bootloader unlocked, but it only has to be done once. After that, for each ota, just restore the boot image to stock (uninstall magisk) and you're good to go
starcms said:
Well, yeah, restoring reserve.img is a prerequisite to get OTAs with the bootloader unlocked, but it only has to be done once. After that, for each ota, just restore the boot image to stock (uninstall magisk) and you're good to go
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I wanted to do OTA how should I restore my reserve.img?

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