Hi All
Few weeks ago i got hold of BQ phone that have safe dual boot option (Device CPU : MSM8952)
Feature is volume up and power to boot to main system , and normal power is to boot to fake os (empty one)
Normal boot is password protected..
What i want to do is to clone this dual boot feature on my nexus 5x or any other ..
reason why i want to do is simple... i cant get this model any more .. its and of line
After downloading all files from the phone i got the following :
adspso.bin
boot.img
cache.img
cmnlib.mbn
cmnlib64.mbn
devcfg.mbn
emmc_appsboot.mbn
fhfs.ldr
gpt_backup0.bin
gpt_main0.bin
keymaster.mbn
mdtp.img
misc.img
NON-HLOS.bin
persist.img
recovery.img
rpm.mbn
sbl1.mbn
sec.dat
splash.img
system.img
tz.mbn
userdata.img
due to my small knowledge in low level programming plz advise what files above contain information of the dual boot function
If anyone can help ill financially appreciate it
Thanks
php717 said:
Hi All
Few weeks ago i got hold of BQ phone that have safe dual boot option (Device CPU : MSM8952)
Feature is volume up and power to boot to main system , and normal power is to boot to fake os (empty one)
Normal boot is password protected..
What i want to do is to clone this dual boot feature on my nexus 5x or any other ..
reason why i want to do is simple... i cant get this model any more .. its and of line
After downloading all files from the phone i got the following :
adspso.bin
boot.img
cache.img
cmnlib.mbn
cmnlib64.mbn
devcfg.mbn
emmc_appsboot.mbn
fhfs.ldr
gpt_backup0.bin
gpt_main0.bin
keymaster.mbn
mdtp.img
misc.img
NON-HLOS.bin
persist.img
recovery.img
rpm.mbn
sbl1.mbn
sec.dat
splash.img
system.img
tz.mbn
userdata.img
due to my small knowledge in low level programming plz advise what files above contain information of the dual boot function
If anyone can help ill financially appreciate it
Thanks
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Interesting ..
Is it BQ aquaris by any chance? )))
game_bit said:
Interesting ..
Is it BQ aquaris by any chance? )))
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That is correct ..
Anyone can explain how to get this fixed ?
Hello
released boot loader
I rooted with magisk
I put some roms miui, havoc, aosp...........
But when I went back to stock rom, I had no signal and imei 0 on my xt1941-3 deen BR
I downloaded all versions of the RETBR deen, not the version of android 8.1 solved.
link download Roms
https://mirrors.lolinet.com/firmware/moto/deen/official/
I used the commands standards:
Code:
mfastboot flash modem NON-HLOS.bin
mfastboot flash fsg fsg.mbn
mfastboot erase modemst1
mfastboot erase modemst2
I changed the imei using root and substratum with the IMEI CHANGER free.apk, I was able to successfully change the imei, but still no signal.
I have no backup of the EFI folder and when I install the stock rom it does not create this folder.
I downloaded Partitions Backup.apk
I have the partitions:
MODEM1
MODEM2
MODEMST1
MODEMST2
*I downloaded them but I couldn't find the files
.nv_data.bak
.nv_data.bak.md5
and neither the others that are created at each boot nv_data.bin, nv_data.bin.md5 and
.nv_state
I saw some tutorials using WriteDualIMEI (W + G_eMMC) .exe or Qualcomm_Smartphone_Write_IMEI_Tool_v1.01.exe applications but my phone doesn't recognize in the device manager as (qualcomm port com8) appears as (android device, motorola adb interface)
Any tips? Please I need help! lost my cellphone
In this forum of moto g4 explains well, how to proceed, but I do not have the files, if someone can help me, I give a donation.
dhob.bin.bak
https://forum.xda-developers.com/mo...859068&usg=ALkJrhgE4aZYFO7uWHYr-X-2l6ucpltAXg
Hi
These are the steps that were followed to make the global ROM work for you...
Please follow the instructions step by step
Try these steps at your own risk and I am not responsible for losing your phone or data
1- You must open the bootloader with this link .
2- Download the global ROM A.09 ( img) file with this link .
3- Download the INDIN ROM A.14 ( img) file with this link . Thanks to ( MrVeverything )
4- Extract the img files ( 44 items) img .
5- Download the adb file and install it and it will be rooted on disk c
6- Put the files extracted in step 3 and put them in the adb folder
7- Boot your Phone into Fastboot Mode
8- In the adb folder hold the SHIFT key and right-click on an empty spot inside the folder, then select the ‘Open PowerShell window here’ option.
9- Connect your device to the computer and follow the following commands :
.\fastboot devices
.\fastboot getvar all ........ ( This step is very important in order to know what is the path of solt a or b )
If it is solt b follow the following commands... Thank you very much to srsbsns89 . and hmdqa
Now follow the commands
Code:
.\fastboot flash boot boot.img
.\fastboot flash dtbo dtbo.img
.\fastboot flash modem modem.img
.\fastboot --disable-verity flash vbmeta vbmeta.img
.\fastboot --disable-verity flash vbmeta_system vbmeta_system.img
.\fastboot --disable-verity flash vbmeta_vendor vbmeta_vendor.img
.\fastboot reboot fastboot ...... ( you see phone after this command on recovery mod )
.\fastboot flash abl abl.img
.\fastboot flash aop aop.img
.\fastboot flash bluetooth bluetooth.img
.\fastboot flash cpucp cpucp.img
.\fastboot flash devcfg devcfg.img
.\fastboot flash dsp dsp.img
.\fastboot flash engineering_cdt engineering_cdt.img
.\fastboot flash featenabler featenabler.img
.\fastboot flash hyp hyp.img
.\fastboot flash imagefv imagefv.img
.\fastboot flash keymaster keymaster.img
.\fastboot flash multiimgoem multiimgoem.img
.\fastboot flash my_carrier my_carrier.img
.\fastboot flash my_company my_company.img
.\fastboot flash my_engineering my_engineering.img
.\fastboot flash my_heytap my_heytap.img
.\fastboot flash my_manifest my_manifest.img
.\fastboot flash my_preload my_preload.img
.\fastboot flash my_product my_product.img
.\fastboot flash my_region my_region.img
.\fastboot flash my_stock my_stock.img
.\fastboot flash odm odm.img
.\fastboot flash oplus_sec oplus_sec.img
.\fastboot flash oplusstanvbk oplusstanvbk.img
.\fastboot flash product product.img
.\fastboot flash qupfw qupfw.img
.\fastboot flash qweslicstore qweslicstore.img
.\fastboot flash shrm shrm.img
.\fastboot flash splash splash.img
.\fastboot flash system system.img
.\fastboot flash system_ext system_ext.img
.\fastboot flash tz tz.img
.\fastboot flash uefisecapp uefisecapp.img
.\fastboot flash vendor vendor.img
.\fastboot flash vendor_boot vendor_boot.img
.\fastboot flash vm-bootsys vm-bootsys.img
.\fastboot flash xbl xbl.img
.\fastboot flash xbl_config xbl_config.img
.\fastboot -w
.\fastboot reboot
Now after completion, the phone will enter recovery mode and format and the global ROM will work with you
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How to fix “Device is not Play Protect certified” errorGet your Device ID. This is a 16-digit alphanumeric ID which you will need to certify your device with Google.
If you are still able to access the Play Store, install the Device ID app. If not, you can download the APK file here and install/sideload it on your device.
Go to Google’s Device Registration page here and paste/type your Google Services Framework ID on the Android ID box and tap Register.
After registering, you may enter your Google credentials on the Play Store. And you might as well reboot your device for good measure.
after that clean data for google play ... and reboot your device and done
Done ....
Did you unlock your bootloader?
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Did you unlock your bootloader?
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yes
Try that.
Someone from this forum posted this in another thread.
The error is because the flash tool dosent support the GT yet.
Kenora_I said:
Try that.
Someone from this forum posted this in another thread.
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i try this my device now is dead
lmacaber1 said:
i try this my device now is dead
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Try flashing again. I succeeded in rooting after flashing
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Try flashing again. I succeeded in rooting after flashingView attachment 5364079
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it is dead bro how can i flshing can you help me
lmacaber1 said:
it is dead bro how can i flshing can you help me
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Can't even see the bootloader screen?
rakoncwy said:
Can't even see the bootloader screen?
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No . just blak screen
lmacaber1 said:
No . just blak screen
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Did you not unlock the bootloader?
rakoncwy said:
Did you not unlock the bootloader?
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i unlock the bootloader befor my phone dead bro
lmacaber1 said:
i unlock the bootloader befor my phone dead bro
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I did it before, but it turned on by pressing the power button for a long time.
rakoncwy said:
I did it before, but it turned on by pressing the power button for a long time.
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Be patient and hold down the power button
rakoncwy said:
Be patient and hold down the power button
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i try this and my phone put in download mod
lmacaber1 said:
i try this and my phone put in download mod
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can you show me the picture?
rakoncwy said:
can you show me the picture?
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just blak screen bro . but my pc is reading my phone
What is the pc reading it as.
Check device manager.
rakoncwy said:
Try flashing again. I succeeded in rooting after flashingView attachment 5364079
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bro .. can you tell me how succeeded in rooting after flashing ...
Kenora_I said:
What is the pc reading it as.
Check device manager.
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Qualcomm device
I've seen alooot of issues lately of people "bricking" their Nord N200's without a method of unbricking (at the time of writing, only T-Mobile variant has MSMTool)
I've noticed a reoccurring theme. i myself am guilty of doing it and not realizing what went wrong.
It's one of two things:
1. If the device fails to boot "7" times in a row or encounters a hard panic, it will wipe the metadata partition (the decryption key for data/user storage) and may also switch to the alternate slot automatically.
If your device switches slots on it's own, your userdata is gone.. without a decryption key, there is no getting it back (without a very powerful computer and probably years to brute force decrypt)
You will not be able to boot again until you are on the correct slot (dictated by your super partition and other A/B partitions needing to be up to date)
When back on the proper slot, while in fastboot run:
fastboot -w
This will wipe userdata and metadata partitions to allow metadata to be regenerated upon first boot.
Either "fastboot reboot recovery" or use the keys to select reboot recovery. And "wipe everything"
After this you should be bootable. If not...
2. When attempting to prepare the system for flashing GSI, we humans are messing up surprise surpise.
The issue most specifically stems from the dynamic partition located at /dev/block/by-name/super
this partition actually contains 5 resizable partitions : (i've seen up to 7 on this device including -cow (copy-on-write)
system // system_a/system_b //
system_ext // system_ext_a/system_ext_b //
product // product_a/product_b //
vendor // vendor_a/vendor_b //
odm // odm_a/odm_b //
if on you are running stock and your stock is running on slot b for example, your dynamic partition layout is as follows:
system_b
system_ext_b
product_b
vendor_b
odm_b
the issue lies when we go to flash a GSI and start using the commands:
fastboot delete-logical-parition
fastboot create-logical-parition
i myself have done:
fastboot create-logical-partition system 0
this is wrong. it needs a target slot specified, you will have no issues creating the partition or flashing, but it will most likely fail to boot.
correct usage would be:
fastboot create-logical-partition system_b 0 // or use the size values provided by fastboot getvar all as shown in my example of how to switch slots/unbrick below
Prerequisites:
1. stock firmware package or complete dump of all of these FROM THE SAME SOFTWARE VERSION
I have a T-Mobile variant, but for this proof of concept i used the unbranded NA Software provided here https://www.oneplus.com/support/softwareupgrade/details?code=PM1630638351161
Required Partition Images:
system.img
system_ext.img
product.img
vendor.img
odm.img
boot.img
vendor_boot.img
dtbo.img
uefisecapp.img
imagefv.img
abl.img
core_nhlos.img
qupfw.img
keymaster.img
hyp.img
dsp.img
devcfg.img
bluetooth.img
logo.img
tz.img
xbl.img
xbl_config.img
featenabler.img
modem.img
rpm.img
oplusstanvbk.img
vbmeta.img
vbmeta_system.img
If you're on T-Mobile just use the MSMTool unless you prefer the unbranded software.
2. Fastboot Enhanced from this thread https://forum.xda-developers.com/t/...enhance-payload-dumper-image-flasher.4310553/
( Or if on Linux, find yourself some knowledge on how to use a payload dumper to extract these images from the stock firmware package )
ALL of the partitions listed above that are NOT the 5 in the dynamic partition have BOTH slots A and B on your phone, you can flash all of these packages to both slots and pick either slot A or slot B when you repartition your super partition.
IT IS THE SUPER PARTITION THAT DECIDES WHICH SLOT GETS TO BOOT
(it is in bold because this is the cause of most "bricks" and vbmeta but more on that in a minute)
How to recreate a usable/bootable super partition:
1: identify which of your slots is capable of booting into stock recovery/fastbootd
If you can't boot stock recovery or fastbootd
flash these stock partitions:
dtbo
boot
vendor_boot
to both slots (_a and _b) on all 3
and these
fastboot --disable-verity --disable-verification flash vbmeta_a vbmeta.img
fastboot --disable-verity --disable-verification flash vbmeta_b vbmeta.img
fastboot --disable-verity --disable-verification flash vbmeta_system_a vbmeta_system.img
fastboot --disable-verity --disable-verification flash vbmeta_system_b vbmeta_system.img
Then try again to see which slot is bootable, if neither you lost too much in your super partition that is needed to run recovery, grab a backup of a super.img from someone on here and fastboot flash super super.img, depending on which slot that super.img is meant for, that will be the slot you will need to be on to proceed with the rest of the fixing
2. Boot into Fastbootd ( fastboot reboot fastboot )
Delete EVERYTHING from the super parition.
even if you don't remember making it, dont skip any of these lines just ignore the errors it spits out
fastboot delete-logical-partition system_a
fastboot delete-logical-partition system_b
fastboot delete-logical-partition system
fastboot delete-logical-partition system_ext_a
fastboot delete-logical-partition system_ext_b
fastboot delete-logical-partition system_ext
fastboot delete-logical-partition product_a
fastboot delete-logical-partition product_b
fastboot delete-logical-partition product
fastboot delete-logical-partition vendor_a
fastboot delete-logical-partition vendor_b
fastboot delete-logical-partition vendor
fastboot delete-logical-partition odm_a
fastboot delete-logical-partition odm_b
fastboot delete-logical-partition odm
Now let's recreated something useable. For Stock version 11.0.5.0 N/A my super image used these sizes (obtained by fastboot getvar all )
For my slot B to Slot A proof of concept i used this for slot A:
fastboot create-logical-partition system_a 0x5AFDC000
fastboot create-logical-partition system_ext_a 0x4B7B3000
fastboot create-logical-partition product_a 0x7338A000
fastboot create-logical-partition vendor_a 0x3EC8D000
fastboot create-logical-partition odm_a 0x37E9000
And for a "bricked" user wanting to stay with slot B they used:
fastboot create-logical-partition system_b 0x5AFDC000
fastboot create-logical-partition system_ext_b 0x4B7B3000
fastboot create-logical-partition product_b 0x7338A000
fastboot create-logical-partition vendor_b 0x3EC8D000
fastboot create-logical-partition odm_b 0x37E9000
Depending on which you choose to create, you can now set your desired slot with
fastboot set_active a
or
fastboot set_active b
then use Fastboot Enhanced to flash either the entire payload bin, or flash each to each _a or _b partition from the long list above one by one.
DO NOT LEAVE FASTBOOTD UNTIL YOU'VE FLASHED ALL OF THESE PARTITIONS (NOT JUST THE 5!) OR YOU MAY BE UNABLE TO GET BACK TO FASTBOOTD!!!
Flashing a payload.bin (.zip) in fastboot enhanced will flash to whatever slot is currently active and it monitors which slot is active.
Last is for vbmeta
If you flash any sort of modified boot image (magisk rooted), gsi, or any sort of image that is not stock, you need to flash the stock vbmeta and vbmeta_system with --disable-verity and --disable-verification or you won't be able to do much if anything at all.
in either fastboot or fastbootd:
fastboot —disable-verity —disable-verification flash vbmeta_a vbmeta.img
fastboot —disable-verity —disable-verification flash vbmeta_b vbmeta.img
fastboot —disable-verity —disable-verification flash vbmeta_system_a vbmeta_system.img
fastboot —disable-verity —disable-verification flash vbmeta_system_b vbmeta_system.img
these are very important if you flash files that are not originally from that specific build version/variant
Happy flashing to you all Hopefully this helps some people.
It surprises me there are no success stories commented.
There was a user in the telegram chat that was waiting (for a few days) to be able to send their device back to OnePlus. I let others try to come up with solution for a few days before i took the time to dive into the issue myself.
Immediately upon following this tutorial, they had restored functionality of slot B on their device and avoided sending the device to OnePlus to fix.
As a proof of concept I updated slot A and recreated the super.img for slot A and could easily go back to slot B by flashing my backup super.img(which was for slot B) and switching active slot back to slot B. So made this guide for them to restore proper setup of the super partition.
I hope this guide can help others as well.
This got me back up and running on slot A,thanks again for the guide!
transgirlphoebe said:
Says the guy that gave the advice of wiping the super partition which is guaranteed to make sure you cannot get into recovery or fastbootD. Why don't you go ahead and get on somewhere before a moderator comes along and just removes you from the site entirely
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transgirlphoebe said:
Says the guy that gave the advice of wiping the super partition which is guaranteed to make sure you cannot get into recovery or fastbootD. Why don't you go ahead and get on somewhere before a moderator comes along and just removes you from the site entirely
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Know your facts
n ask the guy I helped....
he is the one who corrupted his super partition with @Travisholt92 BS twrp. (As stated by the guy I help himself)
B4 I even touched his sh*t.
I Spent 8+hrs remote desktoping with him last night. He seemed happy when I left the chat
I need to remove the ability to wipe the super partition. Don't blame my software for a user error just because you can't use it while running Android 12 GSI. It doesn't work on any device. On Android 11, my twrp works as intended.
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Travisholt92 said:
I need to remove the ability to wipe the super partition. Don't blame my software for a user error just because you can't use it while running Android 12 GSI. It doesn't work on any device. On Android 11, my twrp works as intended.
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Honestly I think it would be best to make it to where you can only wipe user data, since apparently we have to baby the end users
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We resolved this disagreement outside of XDA to avoid this from happening in the future and to prevent the other party from getting themselves banned as they are a productive member of the community. I personally didn't want to see that happen over me. Issue resolved sorry for wasting your time
So ... I followed the steps in the OP and now the phone won't boot. Here's what I did:
1. Unpacked T-Mobile OTA payload.bin
2. Rebooted into fastbootd
3. Executed the following commands:
fastboot=/usr/local/bin/fastboot
$fastboot -w
$fastboot flash boot_a boot.img
$fastboot flash boot_b boot.img
$fastboot flash dtbo_a dtbo.img
$fastboot flash dtbo_b dtbo.img
$fastboot flash modem_a modem.img
$fastboot flash modem_b modem.img
$fastboot flash oplusstanvbk_a oplusstanvbk.img
$fastboot flash oplusstanvbk_b oplusstanvbk.img
$fastboot --disable-verity --disable-verification flash vbmeta_a vbmeta.img
$fastboot --disable-verity --disable-verification flash vbmeta_b vbmeta.img
$fastboot --disable-verity --disable-verification flash vbmeta_system_a vbmeta_system.img
$fastboot --disable-verity --disable-verification flash vbmeta_system_b vbmeta_system.img
$fastboot flash abl_a abl.img
$fastboot flash abl_b abl.img
$fastboot flash bluetooth_a bluetooth.img
$fastboot flash bluetooth_b bluetooth.img
$fastboot flash devcfg_a devcfg.img
$fastboot flash devcfg_b devcfg.img
$fastboot flash dsp_a dsp.img
$fastboot flash dsp_b dsp.img
$fastboot flash featenabler_a featenabler.img
$fastboot flash featenabler_b featenabler.img
$fastboot flash hyp_a hyp.img
$fastboot flash hyp_b hyp.img
$fastboot flash imagefv_a imagefv.img
$fastboot flash imagefv_b imagefv.img
$fastboot flash keymaster_a keymaster.img
$fastboot flash keymaster_b keymaster.img
$fastboot flash logo_a logo.img
$fastboot flash logo_b logo.img
$fastboot flash odm odm.img
$fastboot flash qupfw_a qupfw.img
$fastboot flash qupfw_b qupfw.img
$fastboot flash tz_a tz.img
$fastboot flash tz_b tz.img
$fastboot flash uefisecapp_a uefisecapp.img
$fastboot flash uefisecapp_b uefisecapp.img
$fastboot flash xbl_a xbl.img
$fastboot flash xbl_b xbl.img
$fastboot flash xbl_config_a xbl_config.img
$fastboot flash xbl_config_b xbl_config.img
$fastboot flash system system.img
$fastboot flash vendor vendor.img
$fastboot flash product product.img
$fastboot flash core_nhlos_a core_nhlos.img
$fastboot flash core_nhlos_b core_nhlos.img
$fastboot flash rpm_a rpm.img
$fastboot flash rpm_b rpm.img
$fastboot flash system_ext system_ext.img
$fastboot flash vendor_boot_a vendor_boot.img
$fastboot flash vendor_boot_b vendor_boot.img
Then rebooted into recovery the phone stayed dead. Any idea what went wrong and what to do next?
88bbraj said:
So ... I followed the steps in the OP and now the phone won't boot. Here's what I did:
1. Unpacked T-Mobile OTA payload.bin
2. Rebooted into fastbootd
3. Executed the following commands:
Then rebooted into recovery the phone stayed dead. Any idea what went wrong and what to do next?
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Unbricked it using the MSMDownloadTools. The phone rebooted into OxygenOS and installed the newest update automatically. I intend to unlock the bootloader again and root the device, so if you can spot where I made a mistake in that list of commands you'll save me some trouble the next time I need to update.
It's very clear that you skipped the step of identifying current dynamic partitions using fastboot enhanced/payload dumper (which would have told you which slot was bootable, which slot to recreate, and would have helped you in identifying partition layout mistakes). Next time I advise taking a screenshot on a computer of the partition layout. but the MSM tool is the easiest unbrick method for Metro/T-Mobile devices
Also sorry for the delayed response, the server went down for maintenance about 20 minutes after you posted
But I'm glad you got it sorted out
88bbraj said:
Unbricked it using the MSMDownloadTools. The phone rebooted into OxygenOS and installed the newest update automatically. I intend to unlock the bootloader again and root the device, so if you can spot where I made a mistake in that list of commands you'll save me some trouble the next time I need to update.
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Travisholt92 said:
It's very clear that you skipped the step of identifying current dynamic partitions using fastboot enhanced/payload dumper (which would have told you which slot was bootable, which slot to recreate, and would have helped you in identifying partition layout mistakes).
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Your OP reads like that's only necessary for people with soft-bricked phones. Mine wasn't. I was trying to flash the newest OTA update onto a working, rooted TMO-branded phone. I checked which slot was active fastboot getvar active-slot and did not flash both _a and _b slots for the dynamic partitions.
I now have a working, TMO-branded phone with the newest OTA update installed, but I've read that rooted and bootloader-unlocked phones do not get OTA updates automatically. Is a subset of your OP's steps not the proper way to flash the new OTA payload in the future?
Thanks for clarifying.
Im honestly not sure. My mind doesn't care about stock on the N200 until Android 12 to be honest lol. Awaiting to build a Ryzen based PC to start compiling custom ROMs again. I know the n200 trees are nearly stable enough for daily driver usage. But I don't have a system worthy of compiling in less than 12 hours at the moment.
Better software will come soon enough, you won't have to deal with stock for much longer.
88bbraj said:
Your OP reads like that's only necessary for people with soft-bricked phones. Mine wasn't. I was trying to flash the newest OTA update onto a working, rooted TMO-branded phone. I checked which slot was active fastboot getvar active-slot and did not flash both _a and _b slots for the dynamic partitions.
I now have a working, TMO-branded phone with the newest OTA update installed, but I've read that rooted and bootloader-unlocked phones do not get OTA updates automatically. Is a subset of your OP's steps not the proper way to flash the new OTA payload in the future?
Thanks for clarifying.
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Travisholt92 said:
Im honestly not sure. My mind doesn't care about stock on the N200 until Android 12 to be honest lol. Awaiting to build a Ryzen based PC to start compiling custom ROMs again. I know the n200 trees are nearly stable enough for daily driver usage. But I don't have a system worthy of compiling in less than 12 hours at the moment.
Better software will come soon enough, you won't have to deal with stock for much longer.
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I didn't like the stock global N200. TMO fixes a few niggling issues (global doesn't recognize the CPU version, as an example), but global certainly makes the updating process simpler.
Anyway, I gleaned a lot of information from various posts of yours on this website which were useful, so thanks.
This guide worked for me to get back to stock from a GSI, THANK YOU! Your work is appreciated.
@Travisholt92 I get an error from fastboot when I try to delete/create the partitions.
fastboot create-logical-partition system_a 0
Creating 'system_a' FAILED (remote: 'unknown command')
fastboot: error: Command failed
I'm using fastboot version 28.0.2-debian. Any ideas why I can't recreate some of these partitions?
no_el said:
@Travisholt92 I get an error from fastboot when I try to delete/create the partitions.
fastboot create-logical-partition system_a 0
Creating 'system_a' FAILED (remote: 'unknown command')
fastboot: error: Command failed
I'm using fastboot version 28.0.2-debian. Any ideas why I can't recreate some of these partitions?
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You're using an outdated version of fastboot that doesn't support the required commands. Update to the latest version of Fastboot from the Google sdk
SDK Platform Tools release notes | Android Studio | Android Developers
Android SDK Platform-Tools is a component for the Android SDK.
developer.android.com
This is when they added the command.
33.0.1 is the latest and the download link is at the top of the page linked in this comment.
Hey guys,
I am trying to update my N200 to the newest OxygenOS, because it keeps nagging me to if I don't.
The first thing I tried was to re-flash the stock boot.img from the extracted OTA (which replaced Magisk with the stock recovery, too) - but still kept getting an installation error.
So I followed the steps above, and flashed *that* payload.bin with the Fastboot Enhanced tool - but it keeps boot-looping me back to fastboot mode. I think the partitions have changed sizes or something, and there's a message saying there were unknown partitions in the payload.bin too.
So for now, I'm flashing back to "OnePlusN200Oxygen_10.O.11_OTA_011_all_2203021426_2dd4f42a2d0545a3" and restoring my TWRP backup (which includes a "super" partition, but of that build), but if anybody can advise how I can update it to the DE2117_11_C.15 build, that would be great.
Hopefully there is a way to do it without erasing data. Usually for other phones I just unroot, install OTA, then re-root. But it seems trickier with the partition size nonsense going on here.
Edit: OnePlus download site hasn't updated the links yet, but there was a full OTA posted on XDA a few days ago, link here.