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OTA Updates, Keep Root?

I just got the 4.4.4 OTA update and appear to have lost root, i'm sure i can re root again when i get home.
However i'm wondering what people recommend in keeping root when taking an OTA update.
Thanks for any advice.

InsaneNutter said:
I just got the 4.4.4 OTA update and appear to have lost root, i'm sure i can re root again when i get home.
However i'm wondering what people recommend in keeping root when taking an OTA update.
Thanks for any advice.
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SuperSU has a "survival" mode you can check off. It basically tries to keep root after an update. Luckily its easy enough to re-root the One+.

theorioles33 said:
SuperSU has a "survival" mode you can check off. It basically tries to keep root after an update. Luckily its easy enough to re-root the One+.
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Thanks for the tip, I purchased SuperSU Pro and enabled the feature. As you say though easily enough to re root if you have access to a PC.

InsaneNutter said:
Thanks for the tip, I purchased SuperSU Pro and enabled the feature. As you say though easily enough to re root if you have access to a PC.
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Its easy to re-root from your phone too, just flash SuperSU in recovery.

InsaneNutter said:
Thanks for the tip, I purchased SuperSU Pro and enabled the feature. As you say though easily enough to re root if you have access to a PC.
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You're welcome!
zephiK said:
Its easy to re-root from your phone too, just flash SuperSU in recovery.
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+1 (no pun intended Lol)

InsaneNutter said:
Thanks for the tip, I purchased SuperSU Pro and enabled the feature. As you say though easily enough to re root if you have access to a PC.
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You don't need a pc at all, you boot back into recovery after the update and flash your SuperSU zip.
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timmaaa said:
You don't need a pc at all, you boot back into recovery after the update and flash your SuperSU zip.
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Could you please tell where to find the SupetSU zip? Thanks in advance.
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HasseY said:
Could you please tell where to find the SupetSU zip? Thanks in advance.
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I'm guessing you used a toolkit to unlock and root, right? If you haven't done it already, download SuperSU from here:
http://download.chainfire.eu/452/SuperSU/UPDATE-SuperSU-v2.02.zip
Then you can flash it using the install menu in TWRP recovery.
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theorioles33 said:
SuperSU has a "survival" mode you can check off. It basically tries to keep root after an update. Luckily its easy enough to re-root the One+.
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Do you have tried it successully?

TazZHD said:
Do you have tried it successully?
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Of course it works. Also guys TWRP will try and reroot your phone a well after a flash if it detects you lost root. Not for nothing but some of you need to do more reading before you street messing with your phones and leave them toolkits alone.
This is not meant to be disrespectful or directed at anyone in general but informative.. Read Read Read

@playya alright mate got my one plus one now. unlocked bootloader installed twrp and flashed super su. disabled update cm recovery on update. then did update from 22r - 25r then did 25r - 30O and obviously 30O - 33r I didn't realise that the update cm recovery would not stick after each update. so ive now tried to reflash twrp but command line says writing recovery ok and finished but checked on phone and its not there? any ideas do I need to unlock bootloader again which I doubt. but not sure if flashing update would also relock?? cheers
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nathlynn22 said:
@playya alright mate got my one plus one now. unlocked bootloader installed twrp and flashed super su. disabled update cm recovery on update. then did update from 22r - 25r then did 25r - 30O and obviously 30O - 33r I didn't realise that the update cm recovery would not stick after each update. so ive now tried to reflash twrp but command line says writing recovery ok and finished but checked on phone and its not there? any ideas do I need to unlock bootloader again which I doubt. but not sure if flashing update would also relock?? cheers
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lol ignore me something simple haha

Heisenberg said:
I'm guessing you used a toolkit to unlock and root, right? If you haven't done it already, download SuperSU from here:
http://download.chainfire.eu/452/SuperSU/UPDATE-SuperSU-v2.02.zip
Then you can flash it using the install menu in TWRP recovery.
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I've been told that Oreo OTA will replace the recovery and get rid of root. Is this true?

BearOfXDA said:
I've been told that Oreo OTA will replace the recovery and get rid of root. Is this true?
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Wooot?!!!

BearOfXDA said:
I've been told that Oreo OTA will replace the recovery and get rid of root. Is this true?
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If you have root and a custom recovery you shouldn't be taking an OTA in the first place.

How to update to 33R?

I have downloaded the 33R OTA on my computer. I'm using TWRP. Can someone please give me steps to update? Thank you.

You put the zip onto your phone and then boot into TWRP and then flash it.
Or you can go boot into TWRP and adb sideload it.
The dragging zip onto the phone is probably easier for you.

Thank you!
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Did installing through TWRP break root for you? It appears to have broken mine.

TheAtheistReverend said:
Did installing through TWRP break root for you? It appears to have broken mine.
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If it did, boot back into TWRP and flash SuperSU 2.02 and you'll have root again.

TheAtheistReverend said:
Did installing through TWRP break root for you? It appears to have broken mine.
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Yes it did break root. At the end of the flash, you will be prompted to install SuperSU again. When the phone reboots, go back to your App Drawer and look for SuperSU installer. Press it and install. You regain root.
Does anyone know if it is safe to use franco.kernel r14 after update to 33R? Thanks

zephiK said:
If it did, boot back into TWRP and flash SuperSU 2.02 and you'll have root again.
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skyhonor said:
Yes it did break root. At the end of the flash, you will be prompted to install SuperSU again. When the phone reboots, go back to your App Drawer and look for SuperSU installer. Press it and install. You regain root.
Does anyone know if it is safe to use franco.kernel r14 after update to 33R? Thanks
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Did work :victory:
Thanks!

skyhonor said:
Yes it did break root. At the end of the flash, you will be prompted to install SuperSU again. When the phone reboots, go back to your App Drawer and look for SuperSU installer. Press it and install. You regain root.
Does anyone know if it is safe to use franco.kernel r14 after update to 33R? Thanks
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Yup its safe, r13 was safe to boot 33R as well but you might as well get r14. The fixes in r14 are worth having.

zephiK said:
Yup its safe, r13 was safe to boot 33R as well but you might as well get r14. The fixes in r14 are worth having.
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Thank you so much!

zephiK said:
Yup its safe, r13 was safe to boot 33R as well but you might as well get r14. The fixes in r14 are worth having.
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What are the fixes?
I'm either blind or stupid, can't find it...

MasterThiefGarrett said:
What are the fixes?
I'm either blind or stupid, can't find it...
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http://kernels.franco-lnx.net/OnePlusOne/4.4/appfiles/changelog.xml

Cannot update to 30O

I have been holding off from updating to 30O since it came out because of battery issues, however now that 33R is rolling out im trying to install 30O in preparation but am unable to do so. Whenever I hit the "Download Update" button through settings nothing happens, I have tried restarts and cache wipes with no luck. Everything on the phone is still stock.
Any suggestions?

Do you have the update via recovery button checked in dev settings? Also you don't need to download 30O, just go straight to 33R.

teh roxxorz said:
Do you have the update via recovery button checked in dev settings? Also you don't need to download 30O, just go straight to 33R.
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I am trying to update via ota not a custom recovery does that make a difference?

teh roxxorz said:
Also you don't need to download 30O, just go straight to 33R.
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I don't think that's possible; the OTAs are incremental.

Joe-Pk said:
I am trying to update via ota not a custom recovery does that make a difference?
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Well yes; if you uncheck the update via recovery you can't ota, and you have to have stock recovery installed as well.

teh roxxorz said:
Well yes; if you uncheck the update via recovery you can't ota, and you have to have stock recovery installed as well.
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This is also not true. The "Update CM recovery" option in developer options just keeps updates from overwriting your custom recovery back to the stock recovery. You can update via OTA with a custom recovery; I did it with TWRP.

dr3amsINdigital said:
This is also not true. The "Update CM recovery" option in developer options just keeps updates from overwriting your custom recovery back to the stock recovery. You can update via OTA with a custom recovery; I did it with TWRP.
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Well yea. Sorry if my wording was a bit convoluted; but I just see it being a waste of time to overwrite the custom recovery. But also from my experience OTA just goes with stock recovery, so thank you for your input.

Joe-Pk said:
I have been holding off from updating to 30O since it came out because of battery issues, however now that 33R is rolling out im trying to install 30O in preparation but am unable to do so. Whenever I hit the "Download Update" button through settings nothing happens, I have tried restarts and cache wipes with no luck. Everything on the phone is still stock.
Any suggestions?
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You can download the OTA updates from somewhere like Android Police and flash them manually.
teh roxxorz said:
Do you have the update via recovery button checked in dev settings? Also you don't need to download 30O, just go straight to 33R.
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This is irrelevant.
Joe-Pk said:
I am trying to update via ota not a custom recovery does that make a difference?
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It makes zero difference.
dr3amsINdigital said:
I don't think that's possible; the OTAs are incremental.
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It is possible by using the fastboot images from the cyngn site.
teh roxxorz said:
Well yes; if you uncheck the update via recovery you can't ota, and you have to have stock recovery installed as well.
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Not true.
dr3amsINdigital said:
This is also not true. The "Update CM recovery" option in developer options just keeps updates from overwriting your custom recovery back to the stock recovery. You can update via OTA with a custom recovery; I did it with TWRP.
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Exactly.
teh roxxorz said:
Well yea. Sorry if my wording was a bit convoluted; but I just see it being a waste of time to overwrite the custom recovery. But also from my experience OTA just goes with stock recovery, so thank you for your input.
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An OTA can be flashed by stock recovery or TWRP on this device.
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I'm just trying to install it through the settings options. I don't want to use any custom recovery. I want to keep everything stock like it is now.

Joe-Pk said:
I'm just trying to install it through the settings options. I don't want to use any custom recovery. I want to keep everything stock like it is now.
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You can manually flash updates while stock.

Joe-Pk said:
I'm just trying to install it through the settings options. I don't want to use any custom recovery. I want to keep everything stock like it is now.
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dr3amsINdigital said:
You can manually flash updates while stock.
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Yes you can. Rename file to update.zip and flash through stock recovery. Please make sure you give out accurate information if you're going to answer questions.
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timmaaa said:
Yes you can. Rename file to update.zip and flash through stock recovery. Please make sure you give out accurate information if you're going to answer questions.
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I'm not sure if you read my post wrong or not, but I said you can manually flash updates while stock. If you did read it correctly and are just complaining that I didn't give a detailed answer with instructions, I wasn't exactly sure of the process, so I left that to someone else. Some helpful information is better than none.

dr3amsINdigital said:
I'm not sure if you read my post wrong or not, but I said you can manually flash updates while stock. If you did read it correctly and are just complaining that I didn't give a detailed answer with instructions, I wasn't exactly sure of the process, so I left that to someone else. Some helpful information is better than none.
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My sincerest apologies! I completely misread your post.
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I ended up just flashing manually using files from android police and stock recovery, however the download update button still didnt work even when i was trying to go to 33R. If I get some time ill get around to factory resetting and trying again because as far as i can tell there is no reason for it not to work.

You could always sideload a OTA if you have the zipfile.
Code:
adb reboot recovery
in recovery choose "ADB Sideload"
Code:
adb sideload update.zip

Another upgrade question..

So, I'm on B380 since febuary or march (L09C432), and I think my battery stinks. It was way better before upgrading to Emui5. I haven't had the time to fix it but no I do. Just can't remember the "rules".
I'm no unlocked, Twrped and rooted. In System update I can download B389. But, will this work? Can I install it just like that? Will I loose Twrp and/or root?
I don't have a computer with me atm so I have no way of undoing the upgrade if I start it, thats why I want to be sure.
Thanks a bunch in advance guys!
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i preffer no, because if you brick at certain points ,PC is must to unbrick,if your phone is hard bricked.so stay back is good.

Rommco05 said:
I'm no unlocked, Twrped and rooted. In System update I can download B389. But, will this work? Can I install it just like that? Will I loose Twrp and/or root?
I'm not sure about this sentence, u not unlocked, no rooted no twrp? If no make update without any issue. If u are rooted and u have root update will be unsuccessful
Anyway B389 is pretty good update
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Sorry. It's supposed to say "I'm NOW unlocked, twrped and rooted."
Ok so it's a no go then. Guess I'll better wait until I'm back home and have access to a computer.
Thanks guys.
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were u rooted at b380?
if so, which root?

Since there is already B394 and some reported B398 coming I would wait a bit longer to update your device. And since you have twrp it's either flashable through it or you must first unroot your device, second fastboot stock recovery.img (don't forget recovery2.img) and then finally update via system update or dload. IF you are not familiar with the methods or the process please use search function on this website.

nortish said:
Sorry. It's supposed to say "I'm NOW unlocked, twrped and rooted."
Ok so it's a no go then. Guess I'll better wait until I'm back home and have access to a computer.
Thanks guys.
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Yeah, take a TWRP backup in case you've done something wrong

PalakMi said:
Yeah, take a TWRP backup in case you've done something wrong
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But the twrp backup wont work until u got the patched boot image .so first patch the boot by installing magisk and then proceed to take back up

venugopalu007 said:
But the twrp backup wont work until u got the patched boot image .so first patch the boot by installing magisk and then proceed to take back up
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I got it

PalakMi said:
I got it
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Good bro:good:

EduBaixo said:
were u rooted at b380?
if so, which root?
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im not sure to be honest. SuperSU i think but might be magisk as well.
im at home with my computer now. Should i just install stock recovery and install via System update? or download some files and flash via twrp?
nevermind backup, i have all my pictures on nextcloud and everything else is ok to loose.

nortish said:
im not sure to be honest. SuperSU i think but might be magisk as well.
im at home with my computer now. Should i just install stock recovery and install via System update? or download some files and flash via twrp?
nevermind backup, i have all my pictures on nextcloud and everything else is ok to loose.
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Flash stock recovery and then do dload method.

PalakMi said:
Flash stock recovery and then do dload method.
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Ok thanks.
Figure I might do a full factory reset and then upgrade. Do I have to unroot first and install stock recovery in this case also?
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nortish said:
Ok thanks.
Figure I might do a full factory reset and then upgrade. Do I have to unroot first and install stock recovery in this case also?
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It will be better if you do so.

nortish said:
Ok thanks.
Figure I might do a full factory reset and then upgrade. Do I have to unroot first and install stock recovery in this case also?
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After update the root willbbe automatically removed.so no need to again unroot

nortish said:
Ok thanks.
Figure I might do a full factory reset and then upgrade. Do I have to unroot first and install stock recovery in this case also?
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So regarding root. Magisk is currently running systemless. So i hope u wont face any difficulties

Magisk is best but it didn't passed me the safety net

gopinaidu77 said:
So regarding root. Magisk is currently running systemless. So i hope u wont face any difficulties
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Ok. Do You think I will?
Maybe I should unroot, factory reset, update, install twrp again and root again? Or will the factory reset not install stock recovery?
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nortish said:
Ok. Do You think I will?
Maybe I should unroot, factory reset, update, install twrp again and root again? Or will the factory reset not install stock recovery?
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Factory reset will not bring stock recovery back.

gopinaidu77 said:
Factory reset will not bring stock recovery back.
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But upgrade can

Ok so I ended up downgrading to B131 and from there I upgraded via System Update to B389.
I have installed TWRP, no problems there. But I cant get SuperSU to work.
Running TWRP 3.0.3.0 and tried flashing SuperSU-v2.79-201612051815-EMUI5.0 (which is what i think i used before). No luck. SuperSU app says "no binaries". So then I tried to mount system partition in TWRP and install Supersu again. Made no difference.
I have also tried flashing a newer version och SuperSU, but that didnt help.
So, what am I missing guys?

How To Root Oxygen 5.1.7

Oneplus updated the OnePlus 6's Bootloader and you may ask yourself 'Can i still root?'
The answer is yes. It is easy.
1. At first, your bootloader has to be unlocked
2. Just download the Twrp.img and the Twrp installer from twrp.me, then the latest magisk installer
3. Put the magisk.zip and twrp installer zip into the root of your device and boot into bootloader
4. Now you have to open a new shell or cmd window in your adb folder, then type "Fastboot devices" there
5. If your phone is recognized, then do this command: " fastboot boot .\twrp-3.2.1-0-enchilada.img"
6. The op6 should boot into the TWRP, there type in your pincode, pattern, or what so ever you have. If you get a message because of system modification, click 'Keep read only'
7. Go to 'Install', then flash the TWRP installer zip, then magisk right after it
8. Just reboot and enjoy
The procedure is the same as always. I can confirm it's working because i rooted a few minutes ago

Just keep in mind the kernels and custom roms haven't been updated to 5.1.7 base yet and may not work until they are.

iElvis said:
Just keep in mind the kernels and custom roms haven't been updated to 5.1.7 base yet and may not work until they are.
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Forgot the mention that, thanks!

Edit: Screenshots

Flash kernel works. Btw please don't create threads on how to root if the method hasn't changed lol

joemossjr said:
Flash kernel works. Btw please don't create threads on how to root if the method hasn't changed lol
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Sorry, I thought that would be helpful for people who are worried about root because of updated bootloader.
A Moderator can remove this thread then

joemossjr said:
Flash kernel works. Btw please don't create threads on how to root if the method hasn't changed lol
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Based on how things have been going so far, people are going to be asking. Just saying.

i understand butttttttttttttttttttttt this forum is flooded with how to flash twrp, how to root with 5.1.6, how to install 5.1.5 with twrp ect ect ect lol just trying to reduce clutter and make things a tad bit simpler. No offense guys lol

So if I already have twrp and Magisk installed is the method still the same?
Will this update lock the bootloader back?
Pretty sure I swiped to allow system modifications on my first twrp installation so will that matter?

joemossjr said:
i understand butttttttttttttttttttttt this forum is flooded with how to flash twrp, how to root with 5.1.6, how to install 5.1.5 with twrp ect ect ect lol just trying to reduce clutter and make things a tad bit simpler. No offense guys lol
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Yes I know. I mean, you're right. Thought something like "new bootloader, new confusions". I justed wanted to help people if they're worried of a brick

dgunn said:
So if I already have twrp and Magisk installed is the method still the same?
Pretty sure I swiped to allow system modifications on my first twrp installation so will that matter?
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Don't worry. You can use TWRP and your phone itself as always

Sconny said:
Don't worry. You can use TWRP and your phone itself as always
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So do I flash the update in twrp?
Must the bootloader be unlocked again?

dgunn said:
So do I flash the update in twrp?
Must the bootloader be unlocked again?
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No you flash in system via local upgrade

joemossjr said:
No you flash in system via local upgrade
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Flash with local upgrade, reboot to fastboot, run twrp.img, install twrp, flash Magisk and reboot? No unlocking bootloader again?
If not correct please tell me

Yup that's it

joemossjr said:
No you flash in system via local upgrade
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Flash in system.. you mean through the system updates in settings? And then I have to reinstall TWRP?

BossNexusS said:
Flash in system.. you mean through the system updates in settings? And then I have to reinstall TWRP?
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Yes

joemossjr said:
Yes
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What were the steps you followed if you don't mind?

Maybe someone will upload the full rom?

anyone tried hiding system updates inside magisk hide ?
it now shows only 224 update (canadian vpn), hence don't know what it will do when you take that route, anyone ?