HI to all
Strange behaviour with my phone. As title says, I cannot add PIN or fingerprint.
I have unlocked bootloader, flashed TWRP and rooted with Magisk 23. On Dev Settings OEM lock is enabled but I can switch it off if I want. It is not dimmed as it should be. I have checked bootloader unlock status via Fastboot - "fastboot getvar all" and it says (bootloader) unlocked: yes
Has anyone any idea why PIN or fingerprint cannot be added?
I have to say that I am bit frustrated with this phone, always something is not working as it should. Never know what tomorrow happens.
This my second One Plus Nord 2. First one I had 2 months, during that period of time it was 3 times at service. Once motherboard was changed. What they did other (2) times I do not know. And now this new one, which I got as replacement bec older sucks , is starting to suck too
Is metadata responsible for PIN or fingerprint? It holds keys for security, so maybe if I flash new metadata would it help/fix problems or is it device specific?
Any ideas, thank you
I had this exact same issue as well, and it seems to be linked to the way TWRP restores/saves the data partition in my case. My fix was to boot into recovery and wipe/reformat all data.
After a fresh wipe, my issues were resolved, but i had to manually redownload and setup all apps again. I did multiple tests and the issue would always come if i restored my data partition; whether i flashed it via TWRP or via fastboot. It's likely the way TWRP saves the data partition was my issue.
Zombnombs said:
I had this exact same issue as well, and it seems to be linked to the way TWRP restores/saves the data partition in my case. My fix was to boot into recovery and wipe/reformat all data.
After a fresh wipe, my issues were resolved, but i had to manually redownload and setup all apps again. I did multiple tests and the issue would always come if i restored my data partition; whether i flashed it via TWRP or via fastboot. It's likely the way TWRP saves the data partition was my issue.
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HI and thank you for reply
Do you mean stock recovery? I have tried TWRP - format data, didn't help.
If you format data using TWRP my experience is that TWRP will uninstall itself in the process, so you'll boot into stock recovery after that anyway.
I would honestly suggest doing both. If you have TWRP, reformat and wipe using TWRP wipe. Next time you boot to recovery, it should be stock. Do another reformat+wipe on stock recovery. Should do the trick.
Never mind, I did not want to steal your topic. Open my own!
exis_tenz said:
Never mind, I did not want to steal your topic. Open my own!
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hi. yes, we have different problem but i have to agree, always something strange happens with this phone. kinda sucks
I'm close to selling the device. My stock rom was re-flashed 5 times already (can't do anything once you're "well" bricked), got my mainboard changed and still the damn thing ain't doing what's it supposed to. I'm so fed up with this device before I actually start(ed) using it. Bah.
exis_tenz said:
I'm close to selling the device. My stock rom was re-flashed 5 times already (can't do anything once you're "well" bricked), got my mainboard changed and still the damn thing ain't doing what's it supposed to. I'm so fed up with this device before I actually start(ed) using it. Bah.
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i had same too, 2 times service flashed stock back and 1 time change motherborad. now they gave me new one, but still prbs. am fed up too
exis_tenz said:
I'm close to selling the device. My stock rom was re-flashed 5 times already (can't do anything once you're "well" bricked), got my mainboard changed and still the damn thing ain't doing what's it supposed to. I'm so fed up with this device before I actually start(ed) using it. Bah.
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jis251 said:
i had same too, 2 times service flashed stock back and 1 time change motherborad. now they gave me new one, but still prbs. am fed up too
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Funnily enough, both of your issues are caused by TWRP not flashing partitions correctly, at least from my testing.
In Jis's case, (RE: Current thread) it's because TWRP does not flash the DATA partition correctly, and prevents the phone from being able to set a lockscreen password (and therefore the Data partition cannot be encrypted). And without a lockscreen, the stockOS does not allow you to set biometrics such as fingerprints/face unlock, though theoretically in this case, both sensors work perfectly, it's a simple software restriction.
In Exis's case,(RE: https://forum.xda-developers.com/t/cant-add-fingerprint-device-vibrates-like-hell.4389581/ ) it's because TWRP does not flash the PERSIST partition correctly. This messes up the sensor calibration data for the camera and fingerprint, which effectively makes both features completely unuseable.
Remember, @TheMalachite 's release of TWRP is an unofficial release and we're just glad to have it working at all. That said though, I wonder if TheMalachite is aware of these issues?
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In Exis's case,(RE: https://forum.xda-developers.com/t/cant-add-fingerprint-device-vibrates-like-hell.4389581/ ) it's because TWRP does not flash the PERSIST partition correctly. This messes up the sensor calibration data for the camera and fingerprint, which effectively makes both features completely unuseable.
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Thing is: I didn't flash ANYTHING in TWRP. It's a clean recovered stock rom done by an official OnePlus servicecenter.
Zombnombs said:
Funnily enough, both of your issues are caused by TWRP not flashing partitions correctly, at least from my testing.
In Jis's case, (RE: Current thread) it's because TWRP does not flash the DATA partition correctly, and prevents the phone from being able to set a lockscreen password (and therefore the Data partition cannot be encrypted). And without a lockscreen, the stockOS does not allow you to set biometrics such as fingerprints/face unlock, though theoretically in this case, both sensors work perfectly, it's a simple software restriction.
In Exis's case,(RE: https://forum.xda-developers.com/t/cant-add-fingerprint-device-vibrates-like-hell.4389581/ ) it's because TWRP does not flash the PERSIST partition correctly. This messes up the sensor calibration data for the camera and fingerprint, which effectively makes both features completely unuseable.
Remember, @TheMalachite 's release of TWRP is an unofficial release and we're just glad to have it working at all. That said though, I wonder if TheMalachite is aware of these issues?
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This is completely unrelated to TWRP itself. OxygenOS for Nord 2 use ColorOS base which is know to give such issues (Also happen with OPPO and Realme devices on ColorOS and RealmeUI)
exis_tenz said:
Thing is: I didn't flash ANYTHING in TWRP. It's a clean recovered stock rom done by an official OnePlus servicecenter.
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Then they messed up your persist image and/or calibration data in some way or fashion. Take it back and complain they messed up your stuff. Probably some novice technicians who made a mistake would be my guess.
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This is completely unrelated to TWRP itself. OxygenOS for Nord 2 use ColorOS base which is know to give such issues (Also happen with OPPO and Realme devices on ColorOS and RealmeUI)
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Ah, that's good to know. So it seems everything is the fault of ColorOS.
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Hello friends,
In a moment of a severe mental handicap, I appear to have flashed a Mi4(cancro) ROM in EDL mode when I was trying to unlock my bootloader.
(The reason was that the guide I was using had a broken download link, so I searched for the filename and downloaded from one of the mirrors I found. I did not realize I was now downloading a file with a different device prefix (cancro instead of kenzo.).
So after the unavoidable brick, I was able to recover by flashing a proper Kenzo MIUI rom with disabled device checks (Since the phone now thought it was a Mi4, I guess).
MIUI is booting, but most of the functions are broken:
- No camera
- No SIM/Service
- Can't adjust brightness
- No rotation
Maybe there's more stuff broken, but I did not check every corner.
I moved on to try CM13, but that won't boot up at all (just sits there at the boot animation).
So far everything I've tried to get the phone back into a working state has failed, but I'm still getting used to this phone's specifics, so I may have missed something.
Please tell me there is something I can do.
if you can get to the recovery then WIPE everything out (system, cache,etc) then install the stock MIUI for your note3, if it booted up then you can move on to any other Rom...
Abd121 said:
if you can get to the recovery then WIPE everything out (system, cache,etc) then install the stock MIUI for your note3, if it booted up then you can move on to any other Rom...
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Thank you. I can indeed get to recovery, but I always end up without sim card and camera when I flash an official rom.
I just tried to go back to the shop rom from geekbuying, that at least made brightness and rotation work, but still no signal/camera. I feel there's some firmware missing or was overwritten by my stupid action and now there does not seem to be a simple way to get it back up.
EDIT: So I just found out that my IMEI is gone. I will try to use a guide to re-set it. Hopefully, that will get mobile service running again. Dunno about camera, though
About This Rom
This is a debloated stock rom based on stock F800K_30H. Most likely the last update the V20 will get.
Installation Procedure for F800 L/K/S
Download the F800***.7z to a PC and extract with 7-zip app on Windows PC or the equivalent on OSX / Linux . This will expand to a single 6GB system.img file. Copy over to internal storage on your device.
Update TRWP recovery to 3.4.x.x using TWRP.
Download also the F800 boot imgage and F800K-ezv2020.zip kernel.
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Boot into twrp and flash the system image.
Install>Install_Image(bottom right)>navigate to system.img file and select system image partition.
Repeat the same procedure for the boot.img, flash on boot partition.
Flash ezV2020 Kernel and then Magisk. Done.
If you are coming from Oreo download also the Pie partitions and flash that first, then as above. Also wipe data so have your apps backed up.
In the case your were already on PIE no need to wipe data but do wipe Dalvik / ART cache and Cache in TWRP before reboot. Device will be slow for a while and will speed up as Dalvik cache is rebuilt in the background. Sometimes that can take a while especially if you don't let the device rest.
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Update Nov 2022: You now need to flash in twrp this Chrome update to pass initial setup screen after phone reset or fresh flash.
F800 - Google Drive
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Release v2
This is based on K rather than L for no good reason (new: flash the K partitions in my repo and ezv2020 K kernel), but makes no difference as all carrier apps have been deleted. This is a 'start again' version rather than an update to ver 1 and is recommended to update due to reports of better performance.
Added
QLens
V30 and G6 themes ( I like the black one with dark grey accents)
Sim unlock app (I think it's for phones locked to sim, not sure if it is or if it works)
Wap Push Service (for carrier settings sent via text msg)
Collage Wallpapers from G6 - only works on Lock Screen, dunno why, i'll try fix.
LG Smart World. You must hide it in Magisk first, then software update. Don't know how to change Korean language, sorry.
If you don't care for any of these additions delete them from /system/product/app , using a root browser
RCT (root check tool) remover has already been applied.
Known issues (minor)
Touch screen is not responsive after coming out of Laf Download Mode at times. To recover this simply reboot into recovery and reboot. It's not that serious and doesn't occur after a normal reboot. You just need to be aware of the fix in case you experience it.
If you have any apn issues do the 'reset apn settings to default' in the apn settings menu. Cuz my carrier apn didn't show up initially.
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After 3 flashed now your files worked. By one hour without reboot or chrash. Pie is very nice and you have super debloated the stock rom. Only calendar app Google crash. Normally i used lg calendar. Congratulations. Saturday i will test with my sim
TarAntonio said:
After 3 flashed now your files worked. By one hour without reboot or chrash. Pie is very nice and you have super debloated the stock rom. Only calendar app Google crash. Normally i used lg calendar. Congratulations. Saturday i will test with my sim
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Install Mixploer from here http://mixplorer.com/
Download the attachment provided and extract the folder to Internal Storage
Using Mixplorer copy and paste the Folder named LGCalendarProvider to...
root>system>product>priv-app
(you may be asked to grant root permission here)
Make sure you can see the LGCalendarProvider Folder is in priv-app folder, now reboot.
Google calendar is working for me now.
Thank you. I did not try mobile data but i crossflashed and can confirm that everything else works, including wifi on the H910. I'm so excited to have stock pie with root on the V20.
TheRoyalDuke said:
Thank you. I did not try mobile data but i crossflashed and can confirm that everything else works, including wifi on the H910. I'm so excited to have stock pie with root on the V20.
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Great!
I did think wifi files needed to be adapted per device but this may not be for all devices. Hard for me to know which is why it is good people report back their findings, thanks. Hows bluetooth?
ezzony said:
Great!
I did think wifi files needed to be adapted per device but this may not be for all devices. Hard for me to know which is why it is good people report back their findings, thanks. Hows bluetooth?
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Bluetooth works fantanstic. Connected my portable speaker and it played smoothly, never disconnected.
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Edit: F800L30H_Partitions is needed to get fingerprint working.
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Thanks for that. It might be just the modem that is needed. Can you get into download mode after flashing the partitions? Be careful. That is why I said in the OP don't flash Pie Partitions on non-F800 although you may not have seen that as I added it later.
I have a zip somewhere to flash back oreo partitions. I'll upload it later.
edit: just checked my us996, fingerprint is working fine without flashing pie partitions. Please delete your edit as I don't want anyone flashing pie partitions on non-f800 devices because of the laf download problem.
I will have to figure out what exactly is going on but until then I don't support of advise anyone to flash Pie partitions on any non-F800 device.
I can get into download mode but the screen is static. Dont really care, tbh, because this is my spare phone. As long as i have stock pie and TWRP, i'm happy.
TheRoyalDuke said:
I can get into download mode but the screen is static. Dont really care, tbh, because this is my spare phone. As long as i have stock pie and TWRP, i'm happy.
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Ah good. Because there was an issue with the new Pie LG LAF (download mode) not being detected in LGUP. Experienced that myself. The danger is then if you accidentally deleted TWRP or somehow got corrupted there would be no way to ever flash the phone again and you'd be stuck with what you have. That is why I'm being extra cautions.
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I still don't advise anyone to flash pie partitions on non-f800. There are so many variants it's not certain or knowable if all will be okay for all of them.
Just to confirm, for the us996 we need to flash the f800L_30H_BOOT img, oreo4pie and the f800L_30H_Debloated right?
xxseva44 said:
Just to confirm, for the us996 we need to flash the f800L_30H_BOOT img, oreo4pie and the f800L_30H_Debloat right?
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You need to do exactly the same as you did last time. Sorry I haven't gotten around to providing instructions, I'll do it soon. The part you are missing is you need to flash the us996-ezv2020 pie kernel after you flash the f800l_boot.img. Do not flash the partitions for non-f800.
ezzony said:
You need to do exactly the same as you did last time. Sorry I haven't gotten around to providing instructions, I'll do it soon. The part you are missing is you need to flash the us996-ezv2020 pie kernel after you flash the f800l_boot.img. Do not flash the partitions for non-f800.
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Ahh okay, thx for letting me know
Edit: So i flashed it and at first it was very stable but then it crashed to that green apps watchdog bark, i then rebooted and it crashed and showed the purple secure watchdog bite screen a couple of seconds after unlocking the phone. not sure if this is relevant but when it crashed it was downloading about 40 apps, and i was trying to log into instagram. Maybe it was just a fluke, i'll see if it happens again
Edit2: So i rebooted and everything seems fine again
Edit3: okay so it crahsed again, same thing happened, it crashed to the green watchdog bark screen although this time it went from that screen to the purple watchdog bite screen without rebooting or anything. When it crashed, i went to unlock it and it froze while i was unlocking the phone
Could this have anything to do with the fact that my phone was originally a vs995? Cuz i converted it to a us996, I noticed that there was a vs995 pie kernel, should i flash that and see if the crashes stop? I'm not too sure if it would do anything especially since i was running alpha omega oreo with your us996 oreo kernel just fine but it's worth a shot but just to be sure, for now i'll reflash the us996 kernel again and see if the crashes return
update: It worked fine for the past hour but crashed to the watchdog bite screen again, i'll try flashing the vs995 pie kernel and see if the crashes stop. Okay so i successfully flashed it, now i just have to wait and see
Update: success, 2 hours with no crashes, the vs995 pie kernel fixed my issue
T.L.D.R: I flashed the us996 kernel on my vs995 converted to a us996 which in theory should have worked but didn't, which resulted in random crashes
Although the fingerprints worked after flashing the f800 partitions on my h910, the kernel would constantly crash. So i pulled modem from my oreo dump and flashed it in TWRP. This time fingerprint stopped working but my phone hasn't crashed in hours. I also inserted a sim card to test mobile data, it did not work. However, i was able to make phone calls and send a text message. Thank you so much for this rom.
xxseva44 said:
Ahh okay, thx for letting me know
Update: success, 2 hours with no crashes, the vs995 pie kernel fixed my issue
T.L.D.R: I flashed the us996 kernel on my vs995 converted to a us996 which in theory should have worked but didn't, which resulted in random crashes
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That's odd. My device is the same as yours. A vs995 crossflashed to us996. Had no issue with the us996_santa-ezV2020 kernel. Hasn't crashed once, working very well, very fast and smooth.
I have uploaded the us996 oreo partitions as a flashable zip, if you or anyone needs it. Say you want to flash back oreo easily. If staying on Pie you'd have flash back the F800 boot.img and us996 kernel.
No need to do anything yourself if it's working fine.
ezzony said:
That's odd. My device is the same as yours. A vs995 crossflashed to us996. Had no issue with the us996_santa-ezV2020 kernel. Hasn't crashed once, working very well, very fast and smooth.
I have uploaded the us996 oreo partitions as a flashable zip, if you or anyone needs it. Say you want to flash back oreo easily. If staying on Pie you'd have flash back the F800 boot.img and us996 kernel.
No need to do anything yourself if it's working fine.
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Yea i was also confused, especially since i was running your oreo kernel just fine with alpha omega but it worked, Either way this rom is running very smooth and fast. I also did a geekbench 5 run and to my surprise, it preforms better with a single core score of 340 and multi core of 704 compared to 286 single and 636 multicore, But anyways thx for developing this for us v20 users
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Although the fingerprints worked after flashing the f800 partitions on my h910, the kernel would constantly crash. So i pulled modem from my oreo dump and flashed it in TWRP. This time fingerprint stopped working but my phone hasn't crashed in hours. I also inserted a sim card to test mobile data, it did not work. However, i was able to make phone calls and send a text message. Thank you so much for this rom.
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You could try flashing the modem only. The pie modem, in twrp. I'd be curious to know what would happen. I have just uploaded it. Worth a try. The fingerprint for some reason uses files in the modem partition. Why there are there I don't know.
Be advised everyone all this mixing and matching pie with oreo may result in unforeseeable negatives. We can only know what works by trial and error. And, your welcome!
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Yea i was also confused, especially since i was running your oreo kernel just fine with alpha omega but it worked, Either way this rom is running very smooth and fast. I also did a geekbench 5 run and to my surprise, it preforms better with a single core score of 340 and multi core of 704 compared to 286 single and 636 multicore, But anyways thx for developing this for us v20 users
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You didn't get the us996Santa oreo and Pie us996Santa kernels mixed up did you? That would defiantly cause a crash if you put Oreo kernel on Pie. I think the vs995 and us996 kernels are interchangeable anyway. Little difference between some of them.
I don't bother with the benchmarks myself, I can just tell by the fluidity of the device if it's better! Not surprised by the results given what I'm experiencing.
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You didn't get the us996Santa oreo and Pie us996Santa kernels mixed up did you? That would defiantly cause a crash if you put Oreo kernel on Pie. I think the vs995 and us996 kernels are interchangeable anyway. Little difference between some of them.
I don't bother with the benchmarks myself, I can just tell by the fluidity of the device if it's better! Not surprised by the results given what I'm experiencing.
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Yea i double checked, i flashed the us996 pie kernel twice actually, but had the same results
Okay so before i added anything, i tried to open the alexa app again, this time it worked fine and didn't cause my phone to crash, so this time i'm going to open a lot of apps and see if that will trigger the crash
Edit: nope, that did not cause it to crash either, i have no idea what's causing the crashes, maybe it has something to do with the cache because i remember when i tried rebooting after the second crash, it was stuck at the boot animation, it only rebooted after i cleared delvik and cache. Maybe the cache is getting corrupted after a while?
Update: Phone has been running fine for 1 day
Update2: Phone crashed this morning while scrolling to instagram, these crashes seem to be happening at random. Only thing the crashes have in common is that it would happen roughly every 20 hours to a day. Sometimes if i'm unlucky it just repeatedly crashes after a couple of reboots
Update3: Okay yea theres something funny going on with the cache because, i went to the gallery to look at some videos that i know would play but when i tried to play them it kept saying something went wrong, tried a reboot but still the same result. and when i'd watch videos on instagram they looked corrupted, tried force stopping and clearing the cache but still the same result. reboot didn't help either, only thing that fixed those issues was clearing the cache and delvik in twrp
Update: So i have found a temporary solution which is to clear the cache and delvik every once in a while
Idk if this is relevant but what did you come from before flashing this cuz i came from oreo so idk if that could have anything to do with the issue
Edit: solved, pay your bills in time kids !
Hi guys, I have a mobile data issue since i flashed my phone two days ago.
I cannot connect my phone to the internet unless I use wifi. Texts and calls are working.
Issue is occurring on both Lineage OS 18 (unofficial) and CrDroid 11.
I already flashed and reflashed the roms, wipe data, system, everything multiple times, flashed the original modem/NON-HLOS.bin file via fastboot with no luck. Tried on multiple recovery too just in case (twrp, pitchblackRP, OrangeFox). I mostly use sideloading but install from an sd card got me the same results.
Issue happens with rooted (magisk last version) roms and unrooted roms aswell.
I had several issues about twrp/recovery being unable to mount /data, which I tricked to do so by resizing data from ext4 to ext2 then to ext4 again. Not sure that's the good way to do it.
I tried to go back to a clean room with relocking the bootloader and flashing the official fastboot rom but I got stuck on a bootloop. I tried other methods with MiFlash and succeeded into booting the official rom but i'm stuck on the Welcome/new device screen (the little slideshow crash/won't advance to the next step when i have to choose between recover data from an old phone or start from scratch). I went back to crdroid for now.
My first thought was to tinker with the APN but it didn't worked, sometimes i get a message like "APN Settings are not available for the current user" but I usually manage to still write them, with no effect still. I'm on the a french operator called "Free"
Typing ##4636## in my phone app gets me to a debug menu where I can see that I'm not connected to the data services (but i'm connected to the vocal services). I have a way to check the IMS state in this menu, which tells me that i'm not registered, don't know what that means.
Already did the trick of cleaning sim card, going in plane mode, changing favorite network and so on. I'm a little desperate
If you cannot help me with this, can someone points me a good tutorial on how to going nuclear on a phone and delete everything to reflash an official Mi rom ? I'm quite used to flashing roms but I still get a bit lost between a factory reset, a data wipe, and what to flash/wipe/mount in order etc.
Vendor or firmware flashing you test?
I think maybe vendor help
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Sorry i didn't mention it. My last flash attempt was flash Xiaomi FW > flash crdroid > flash gapps >flash magisk and that's my current set up, and it still doesn't works. The issue might lie in the SIM card, i previously tried the sim card of a relative on my phone and it didn't do much but this morning the same sim worked and mine still does not. I'll report back once I have a new one.
Edit: could you explain what vendor is ? What's the difference with the fw or a rom ?
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Sorry i didn't mention it. My last flash attempt was flash Xiaomi FW > flash crdroid > flash gapps >flash magisk and that's my current set up, and it still doesn't works. The issue might lie in the SIM card, i previously tried the sim card of a relative on my phone and it didn't do much but this morning the same sim worked and mine still does not. I'll report back once I have a new one.
Edit: could you explain what vendor is ? What's the difference with the fw or a rom ?
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I'm going to lose it lmao, the reason why I didn't had any access to my mobile data is because... My monthly bill payment didn't went through because of a credit card renewal.... I apparently decided to flash my rom the day of the due date and didn't saw any warning hence the confusion. Probleme solved, I paid my bill and the data is back (what a surprise). i feel like an idiot but i've learnt things, thanks for the link joke19.
HI, All
I have had Nord 2 three months now. First Nord 2 was in service 3 times. So I got new device. Now this new has been two times at service. I have rooted both with TWRP (denniz) and Magisk of course.
I was wondering if TWRP is causing all the problems or is it just that Nord 2 does not like to be rooted.
And now I am thinking not to root but root has its benefits, so I guess I'll root but which method, TWRP or not.
Have you had problems after rooting? If you have, have you used TWRP and Magisk or just Magisk, no TWRP??
It would be nice if you would share your comments.
Thank you
My experience: if sent in for service, all they do is re-flash stock rom. This is where the problems start! I've been talking with an experienced guy from "The Phone Lab" in The Netherlands, which is the contractor for OnePlus repairs in my country.
Thing is, if your phone got messed up, THINGS REMAIN IN THE MEMORY after re-flashing stock. The ONLY thing that works to get a flawless CLEAN system (once even a TWRP-folder survived, but espacially the partition for your fingerprint etc. tempts to stay currupted in a way leading to several strange behaviours).
So to get a clean system, the "repaircompany" should:
- flash stock rom
- boot into STOCK recovery
- fully wipe
- flash stock rom again
NOW your device will work as stock WITHOUT strange behaviour. Mine has been stock flashed 5 times. I know what I am talking about. Every time different errors, which stopped / got eliminated after wiping inbetween.
The problem is, if you send your device to an OnePlus contractor or OnePlus servicepoint, they will not do this, since even THEY are not aware. Because after a stock flash the phone INTENTS to work normally. Strange behaviour sometimes even starts after set-up.
It's the most frustrating phone I ever had.
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My experience: if sent in for service, all they do is re-flash stock rom. This is where the problems start! I've been talking with an experienced guy from "The Phone Lab" in The Netherlands, which is the contractor for OnePlus repairs in my country.
Thing is, if your phone got messed up, THINGS REMAIN IN THE MEMORY after re-flashing stock. The ONLY thing that works to get a flawless CLEAN system (once even a TWRP-folder survived, but espacially the partition for your fingerprint etc. tempts to stay currupted in a way leading to several strange behaviours).
So to get a clean system, the "repaircompany" should:
- flash stock rom
- boot into STOCK recovery
- fully wipe
- flash stock rom again
NOW your device will work as stock WITHOUT strange behaviour. Mine has been stock flashed 5 times. I know what I am talking about. Every time different errors, which stopped / got eliminated after wiping inbetween.
The problem is, if you send your device to an OnePlus contractor or OnePlus servicepoint, they will not do this, since even THEY are not aware. Because after a stock flash the phone INTENTS to work normally. Strange behaviour sometimes even starts after set-up.
It's the most frustrating phone I ever had.
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Hi and thank you for reply.
That was new to me but explains a lot. But also I remined that my 1st Nord2 got new motherboard (IMEI and S/N was different) and now my new Nord2 has new motherboard. So after replacing motherboard it should be as totally new. But still with 1st device I end up problems. I have not rooted my new Nord 2 because my intention was to find out if it is TWRP which is causing problems or is it the device - hardware vs OS after root rocess regardless TWRP or not.
Basically is Nord 2 working as "normal" devices after rooting or not.
To tell you the truth, I am fed up with this phone too
Hi jis251: we can shake hands. After the 4th (!) stockrom-flash by a OnePlus-servicecenter and still having strange behaviour (for example I was not able to set a fingerprint, the device-motor just kept shaking when I tried), they "decided" that my motherboard was broken. It was switched under warrantee and after that I messed up something and then a "regular" stock-flash didn't work either. You DO need to flash stock (@servicepoint or by yourself), then REBOOT into STOCK recovery, WIPE EVERYTHING, and flash stock again (with OnePlus-tool only they have).
The problem is that OnePlus (and their servicecenters) are NOT aware of this (and probably don't care). But once rooted with strange behaviour this is a must.
For now, fingers crossed, everything seems to work. I have TWRP 3.6 (Denniz) installed, Magisk 24.1, several modules (AFWall Boot AntiLeak, BuiltIn BusyBox, F-Droid privileged Extension, Magisk Bootloop Protector -not sure if this does anything, not tested-, Shamiko, Universal SafetyNet Fix and Zygisk LSPosed.
Also in LSPosed I have 4 modules activated: AFWall+, Disable FLAG_Seure, XPrivacyLua and GravityBox [R].
This setup works and passes SafetyNet without problem. Banking Apps work. The only thing I cannot get to work (keeps detecting root) is my Cupra App (for my car - same as Volkswagen App) as posted here: Cupra
The setup on my OnePlus 7 pro (A10) and Nord 2 5G (A11) - both stock roms - is the same. Both pass banking apps but the Volkswagen/Cupra app they do not. I can live with that as long as that is the only exception. It sucks, but privacy above all ;-)
after a week no broblem with my rooted nord 2 (twrp+ magisk canary) all working as well!
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My experience: if sent in for service, all they do is re-flash stock rom. This is where the problems start! I've been talking with an experienced guy from "The Phone Lab" in The Netherlands, which is the contractor for OnePlus repairs in my country.
Thing is, if your phone got messed up, THINGS REMAIN IN THE MEMORY after re-flashing stock. The ONLY thing that works to get a flawless CLEAN system (once even a TWRP-folder survived, but espacially the partition for your fingerprint etc. tempts to stay currupted in a way leading to several strange behaviours).
So to get a clean system, the "repaircompany" should:
- flash stock rom
- boot into STOCK recovery
- fully wipe
- flash stock rom again
NOW your device will work as stock WITHOUT strange behaviour. Mine has been stock flashed 5 times. I know what I am talking about. Every time different errors, which stopped / got eliminated after wiping inbetween.
The problem is, if you send your device to an OnePlus contractor or OnePlus servicepoint, they will not do this, since even THEY are not aware. Because after a stock flash the phone INTENTS to work normally. Strange behaviour sometimes even starts after set-up.
It's the most frustrating phone I ever had.
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No way. I had my phone serviced at the same place and now I don't get OTA updates anymore and have to install them manually. My Bluetooth is also working less reliably. I had my suspicions but thanks for confirming it.
You DO need to flash stock (@servicepoint or by yourself), then REBOOT into STOCK recovery, WIPE EVERYTHING, and flash stock again (with OnePlus-tool only they have).
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Just to be clear: is it possible to do by myself? Or is their tool required in this step? But yeah I was really hoping flashing would be as straight forward as with my previous OnePlus phones
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No way. I had my phone serviced at the same place and now I don't get OTA updates anymore and have to install them manually. My Bluetooth is also working less reliably. I had my suspicions but thanks for confirming it.
Just to be clear: is it possible to do by myself? Or is their tool required in this step? But yeah I was really hoping flashing would be as straight forward as with my previous OnePlus phones
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Hi Kenaestic, so you are from The Netherlands as am I? Honestly, I don't know if you can do it yourself. Maybe with the tool from (I mean Pankspoo) you can put back all the partitions etc., get to some kind of "stock-state" and be able to wipe everything in stock recovery. But I am just not sure.
I am kind of "ready" with this phone. I am on version 17 (stock A11) and once rooted I decided to not take anymore OTA's. The phone is just way too unreliable. And it IS my daily driver for work, so I can't risk it. It freaks me out that I can't "normally" flash back a stock rom, an d I am too unexpierenced for ASB, commands, etc. I'm an user, not a programmer.
I got 5 (!) reflashes from The Phone Laband a new mainboard. Once, I got suspicious when a TWRP-folder was STILL THERE after a stock-re-flash. From that moment on, and all the problems with fingerprint and PIN-locks, that something just survives that factory flash (I always managed to mess things up by rooting).
Now the damn thing works (and really I still like it). I came from the OP7pro, but this device is just so much lighter and better in the hand (not top-heavy). It's snappy, it's fast. But in the meantime I will start working on my OnePlus 7 pro to get E/OS running and finally my goal is to de-google. Once that works, the OP Nord 2 will be sold and the OP7 pro will be my back-up phone.
The Nord 2 is good and I love it, but software is a failure. Never a MediaTek-device for me again.
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Hi Kenaestic, so you are from The Netherlands as am I? Honestly, I don't know if you can do it yourself. Maybe with the tool from (I mean Pankspoo) you can put back all the partitions etc., get to some kind of "stock-state" and be able to wipe everything in stock recovery. But I am just not sure.
I am kind of "ready" with this phone. I am on version 17 (stock A11) and once rooted I decided to not take anymore OTA's. The phone is just way too unreliable. And it IS my daily driver for work, so I can't risk it. It freaks me out that I can't "normally" flash back a stock rom, an d I am too unexpierenced for ASB, commands, etc. I'm an user, not a programmer.
I got 5 (!) reflashes from The Phone Laband a new mainboard. Once, I got suspicious when a TWRP-folder was STILL THERE after a stock-re-flash. From that moment on, and all the problems with fingerprint and PIN-locks, that something just survives that factory flash (I always managed to mess things up by rooting).
Now the damn thing works (and really I still like it). I came from the OP7pro, but this device is just so much lighter and better in the hand (not top-heavy). It's snappy, it's fast. But in the meantime I will start working on my OnePlus 7 pro to get E/OS running and finally my goal is to de-google. Once that works, the OP Nord 2 will be sold and the OP7 pro will be my back-up phone.
The Nord 2 is good and I love it, but software is a failure. Never a MediaTek-device for me again.
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Haha ja zeker So this is something I have noticed as well. I'm in the same boat as you. I'm not a programmer and I come from a device where flashing was way easier. But for some reason this phone has persistent data on it that can not be reset or wiped. Maybe it was intended as a security measure. When you flash TWRP you probably noticed you can not boot into it without a commandline on your computer. Otherwise it will completely ignore the volume down + power combination and go straight to booting the OS. So I'm guessing OnePlus made it harder to tamper with the recovery. But for rooting it's only confusing, gives me headaches but most importantly; when you accidentally remove the ADB server authentication you're screwed because there is no recovery to boot into. I'm really hoping the miracle workers in the modding community find a way to work around these things. Because I first just thought it's kinda janky because they used a few work arounds to get TWRP running as fast as possible when the phone came out. But now I just don't know anymore. Anyway, I have an appointment with ThePhoneLab tomorrow and I'll report back if it did anything. Cheers.
exis_tenz said:
My experience: if sent in for service, all they do is re-flash stock rom. This is where the problems start! I've been talking with an experienced guy from "The Phone Lab" in The Netherlands, which is the contractor for OnePlus repairs in my country.
Thing is, if your phone got messed up, THINGS REMAIN IN THE MEMORY after re-flashing stock. The ONLY thing that works to get a flawless CLEAN system (once even a TWRP-folder survived, but espacially the partition for your fingerprint etc. tempts to stay currupted in a way leading to several strange behaviours).
So to get a clean system, the "repaircompany" should:
- flash stock rom
- boot into STOCK recovery
- fully wipe
- flash stock rom again
NOW your device will work as stock WITHOUT strange behaviour. Mine has been stock flashed 5 times. I know what I am talking about. Every time different errors, which stopped / got eliminated after wiping inbetween.
The problem is, if you send your device to an OnePlus contractor or OnePlus servicepoint, they will not do this, since even THEY are not aware. Because after a stock flash the phone INTENTS to work normally. Strange behaviour sometimes even starts after set-up.
It's the most frustrating phone I ever had.
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I agree to some point... When it comes to rooting and updating when rooted this Phone is a p.i.a. If kept stock it is not to bad... But you want root for a reason. I think it is because of the mediatek processor. But I am struggling with it too. I am on A16, with TWRP, not rooted. I want to go back to stock (locked bootloader), but I am having a hard time to understand how to do it. I would appreciate a step by step guide.... The ones on XDA so-far haven't helped me any further...
Ik zit dus in hetzelfde schuitje... (sorry for the Dutch) really curious if "The Phone lab" can fix it
The Phone Lab can only re-flash stock (not repair). You'll loose all data.
I don't know what's wrong with this phone, but once it's rooted it will eventually enter a boot loop after some restarts or power on/off cycles. You can boot to recovery or fastboot, but no matter what you do there, the only way to fix the bootloop is flashing the stock boot and recovery partitions and formating data from there. The phone will reset to factory and boot up normally, but you will loose all your config, apps, etc. It's a pain in the a** to setup everything all over again every few days. Every time you have to restart your phone is like playing russian roulette, you never know when the boot loop will happen, but it will come up sooner or later no matter what you do. I have performed a lot of tests just rooting and without touching a single thing in config or apps, after some restart cycles it boot loops.
I'm fed up with it because it's so unreliable, it may work fine if you use it stock but I personally need root. I have ended up being so afraid of restarts that I have not powered it off or restarted since a month.
By the way this is my first One Plus and I don't know if this issue happens with other models from the brand.
This is just my experience and my advise.
Even i am a nord 2 owner and currently i am running custom os android 12 , even before this i had no probs like this with root.....
I bricked my device while installing gsi but that was different...
[RECOVERY][UNOFFICIAL] TWRP 3.6.0_11-0 for OnePlus Nord 2 5G [denniz]
Team Win Recovery Project 3.x, or TWRP 3.x for short, is a custom recovery built with ease of use and customization in mind. Its a fully touch driven user interface no more volume rocker or power buttons to mash. The GUI is also fully XML driven...
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Fastboot reboot recovery
Do this, then flash latest magisk....
You'll be good
satanishere16 said:
Even i am a nord 2 owner and currently i am running custom os android 12 , even before this i had no probs like this with root.....
I bricked my device while installing gsi but that was different...
[RECOVERY][UNOFFICIAL] TWRP 3.6.0_11-0 for OnePlus Nord 2 5G [denniz]
Team Win Recovery Project 3.x, or TWRP 3.x for short, is a custom recovery built with ease of use and customization in mind. Its a fully touch driven user interface no more volume rocker or power buttons to mash. The GUI is also fully XML driven...
forum.xda-developers.com
Fastboot reboot recovery
Do this, then flash latest magisk....
You'll be good
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Indeed that's what I tried first because I usually solved boot loops with that method in other phones in the past. But with this one that trick does not work, I tried with several magisk versions before trying other things that didn't work either such as restoring a nandroid backup with TWRP or wiping everything and formatting data on TWRP. The only thing that worked was the method I described in OP, which I found in other thread in this forum. I have read reports about other people suffering the same problems, so I know I'm not alone.
By the way it seems to happen only with stock ROM. Which custom ROM are you using?
Regards
Pixel experience android 12....
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Hi,
I can confirm that I had the same problem as you to root 3 One Plus Nord 2 (DN2103) from different friends wishing to stay on OxygenOS.
The root works fine and then totally randomly the OnePlus animation keeps looping after a reboot.
By doing a "fastboot -w" it starts again correctly but obviously with a loss of data.
Recently I got a Nord 2 from a friend for testing and it turns out that using the latest version of Magisk Canary, the root seems to remain after several reboots but to be tested over several months.
I've also seen here owners of European Nord 2 who confirm that root works well with Magisk Canary.
Edit : After about 10 reboots, the phone went back to bootloop.
Yes it's really exhausting root this phone. I tried custom roms without any problems with Magisk but stock is broken somehow. I need to use stock because of video recording quality. I have now Magisk 24.3 but didn't really restart it yet because of this. You shoud backup all data before restart . You can use data format in twrp, that works too.
Sperafico said:
Hi,
I can confirm that I had the same problem as you to root 3 One Plus Nord 2 (DN2103) from different friends wishing to stay on OxygenOS.
The root works fine and then totally randomly the OnePlus animation keeps looping after a reboot.
By doing a "fastboot -w" it starts again correctly but obviously with a loss of data.
Recently I got a Nord 2 from a friend for testing and it turns out that using the latest version of Magisk Canary, the root seems to remain after several reboots but to be tested over several months.
I've also seen here owners of European Nord 2 who confirm that root works well with Magisk Canary.
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Thank you very much. Next time I will try switching to magisk canary channel. I'm on stable and sticking to 24.1 because the last time I updated from that version to 24.3 I got into a boot loop.
8vasa8 said:
Yes it's really exhausting root this phone. I tried custom roms without any problems with Magisk but stock is broken somehow. I need to use stock because of video recording quality. I have now Magisk 24.3 but didn't really restart it yet because of this. You shoud backup all data before restart . You can use data format in twrp, that works too.
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Thanks for your answer. In my case the first thing I tried was flashing magisk again, then restoring a full nandroid backup with twrp, and then formatting data in twrp, but none of these steps worked.
I also heard about this problem being solved in custom ROMs but I haven't found any that fit my needs or any that has everything working, so I prefer to keep on rooted stock.
#metoo . We need devs to look into this problem. Been using rooted Android phone for years but now it s***s without root on Nord 2.
As long as you use an untouched stock rom (or after modding re-flashed by OnePlus servicepoint, rebooted into stock recovery, wipe all and re-flash stock, in a OnePlus store), root works fine on stock rom. Every attempt different than above will fail one day or another. I decided not to take OTAs because too many things can go wrong / turn unstable.
The phone is my daily driver, also for work. But I am rooted with Magism 24.3 (stable) and have various modules running including LSPosed, Shamiko, USNF, and in LSPosed GravityBox, XprivacyLua pro and a few more.
Works awesomely. Just don't touch things afterwords. In that case, yes, the phone sucks. Big time.
Xatanu said:
I don't know what's wrong with this phone, but once it's rooted it will eventually enter a boot loop after some restarts or power on/off cycles. You can boot to recovery or fastboot, but no matter what you do there, the only way to fix the bootloop is flashing the stock boot and recovery partitions and formating data from there. The phone will reset to factory and boot up normally, but you will loose all your config, apps, etc. It's a pain in the a** to setup everything all over again every few days. Every time you have to restart your phone is like playing russian roulette, you never know when the boot loop will happen, but it will come up sooner or later no matter what you do. I have performed a lot of tests just rooting and without touching a single thing in config or apps, after some restart cycles it boot loops.
I'm fed up with it because it's so unreliable, it may work fine if you use it stock but I personally need root. I have ended up being so afraid of restarts that I have not powered it off or restarted since a month.
By the way this is my first One Plus and I don't know if this issue happens with other models from the brand.
This is just my experience and my advise.
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shoud what can i do any bramhastra or something ?
Look basically i am nerd and i agree that so apart from root i have question that installing TWRP and Custom Rom,is that working correctly with no issues? particularly pixelos
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Look basically i am nerd and i agree that so apart from root i have question that installing TWRP and Custom Rom,is that working correctly with no issues? particularly pixelos
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TWRP and custom roms works without issue. Even root is working with custom.
NANDroid does NOT work on stock rom! TWRP does, but no NANDroids possible.
Unfortunately I agree...
I spent so much time because of manipulations that I am used to doing, and which leads to a boot loop and a brick of the phone immediately afterwards.
The only solution I had was to flash the rom, which of course leads to a total reset each time and a considerable waste of time.
This is my 3rd and last OnePlus phone that I buy, I'm sick of all my lost data and hours spent just getting it started.
Oh my oneplus nord 2 is now in final bootloop. Cant make anything work, just keeps rebooting when plugging in power so $350 down the drain. Would not recommend..
Why down the drain? It's not 1 year old, so Oneplus will renew firmware under warrantee.
Xatanu said:
I don't know what's wrong with this phone, but once it's rooted it will eventually enter a boot loop after some restarts or power on/off cycles. You can boot to recovery or fastboot, but no matter what you do there, the only way to fix the bootloop is flashing the stock boot and recovery partitions and formating data from there. The phone will reset to factory and boot up normally, but you will loose all your config, apps, etc. It's a pain in the a** to setup everything all over again every few days. Every time you have to restart your phone is like playing russian roulette, you never know when the boot loop will happen, but it will come up sooner or later no matter what you do. I have performed a lot of tests just rooting and without touching a single thing in config or apps, after some restart cycles it boot loops.
I'm fed up with it because it's so unreliable, it may work fine if you use it stock but I personally need root. I have ended up being so afraid of restarts that I have not powered it off or restarted since a month.
By the way this is my first One Plus and I don't know if this issue happens with other models from the brand.
This is just my experience and my advise.
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U r wrong
I'm not sure if it's just a coincidence, but for me, it always happens after about a week or two of ignoreing "you have an update available" popup. I thought maybe it modified the boot image, like magisk, to run at the next startup.
I agree that this is very annoying. If I didn't need Google Pay, I'd just install another rom.
Like said. Have your device Factory-flashed by OnePlus, REBOOT to stock recovery, do a FULL WIPE and FACTORY FLASH stock AGAIN! Only with the official OnePlus tool and software.
Only this way all your old fiddling around is erased. If you ROOT then, all will be fine. Of course, neglect further updates, but the device will work fine. Mine is in this state, heavily tweaked (Magisk, Zygisk, USNF, GravityBox, etc. etc. and it runs stable for over 10 weeks without any hickup.