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[Q] Problems with LGP999 Wind

A friend and I were trying to update his Wind LGP999 phone from 2.2 to 2.3. So we followed the instructions from this thread http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1327929 and things were going good until we got to the connection part. The program continues to freeze and close and the phone is stuck on the s/w update please wait while updating screen. Now we've tried hard reset and even tried to reinstall V10G_00 but the program still freezes. I've been doing some research and unless I haven't searched enough I haven't seen any thread or post with someone with the same problem. So any help in this would be greatly appreciated.
Edit: Done some more research and found How To Load a Custom ROM by David Cogen from The Unlockr and follower his steps and things seemed to work out pretty well but I still get this screen
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can anyone please help with this?

You need to use nvflash to install clockwork recovery then you will be able to install whichever rom you want. There are a few threads out there showing how to install the recovery permanently.
Don't worry you aren't bricked
Edit: Here is a thread that will be useful for ya:
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1056847
Pin it to Win it.

I.R.Chevy said:
You need to use nvflash to install clockwork recovery then you will be able to install whichever rom you want. There are a few threads out there showing how to install the recovery permanently.
Don't worry you aren't bricked
Edit: Here is a thread that will be useful for ya:
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1056847
Pin it to Win it.
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Thanks for the post but I've already used nvflash to install CWR and have tried multiple roms and all have ended in the same way. I know I've been doing it right because I even followed the video from the unlockr to the T but at the end where he reboots I instead get the same screen in my earlier post. Is it possible I'm doing something wrong or maybe using the wrong roms?

Its most likely you are just missing a step somewhere. Try heading to the Hellfire rom help thread and read through there see if your missing something.... Usually this is a cut and dry process I don't see how its not working for you ...
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http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1513387
Pin it to Win it.

I.R.Chevy said:
Its most likely you are just missing a step somewhere. Try heading to the Hellfire rom help thread and read through there see if your missing something.... Usually this is a cut and dry process I don't see how its not working for you ...
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http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1513387
Pin it to Win it.
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Thanks for thee help I really do appreciate it. And I do believe I found the missing step, some where along the line I thought flashing and rooting where the same so when I flashed CWR I didn't root the phone before I started. And since I'm stuck on that screen does that mean I pretty much screwed?

KingsKnight21 said:
Thanks for thee help I really do appreciate it. And I do believe I found the missing step, some where along the line I thought flashing and rooting where the same so when I flashed CWR I didn't root the phone before I started. And since I'm stuck on that screen does that mean I pretty much screwed?
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Not at all. Just use nvflash rom for recovery. It will put completely stock tmo 2.3.3 . On phone, sorry no links. Search for that and it should give you a bootable phone. Then just nvflash cwm recovery and flash rom of choice. Don't forget to wipe data. No root required.

I dunno if mentioned before but when I used the method from these links http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1327929 & http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1473781 once I had gotten to installer update part it had a connection error which brought me to my present situation also now whenever i tried to repeat the process the program freezes and crashes. If it were my phone I'd just forget the whole thing but since it's my friends I'd rather fix this problem if possible.

KingsKnight21 said:
I dunno if mentioned before but when I used the method from these links http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1327929 & http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1473781 once I had gotten to installer update part it had a connection error which brought me to my present situation also now whenever i tried to repeat the process the program freezes and crashes. If it were my phone I'd just forget the whole thing but since it's my friends I'd rather fix this problem if possible.
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This is what I meant: http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1248644 That should fix it, and then follow this: http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1056847 and you should have cwm.

tahahawa said:
This is what I meant: http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1248644 That should fix it, and then follow this: http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1056847 and you should have cwm.
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Well i followed the link and the instructions and now the phone wont even turn on. So the question is what now?
Edit: Battery was dead, charging now

KingsKnight21 said:
Well i followed the link and the instructions and now the phone wont even turn on. So the question is what now?
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No white LG logo? Or nothing at all? Which link were you following? If it was the first one, then you may want to try it again, I was in the same situation. Not even backlight worked, but I used the NVflash script again and it booted to T-Mobile official 2.3.3 unrooted. Did you hold the volume buttons the entire time?

tahahawa said:
No white LG logo? Or nothing at all? Which link were you following? If it was the first one, then you may want to try it again, I was in the same situation. Not even backlight worked, but I used the NVflash script again and it booted to T-Mobile official 2.3.3 unrooted. Did you hold the volume buttons the entire time?
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Battery was just dead, it workin now and thank you very much for the help

KingsKnight21 said:
Battery was just dead, it workin now and thank you very much for the help
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Phew. I thought something went REALLY wrong. -.-' No problem. If ever you have a problem, and want support ASAP, PM me now and take down my email, or just PM me in the future and I'll see what I can do .

tahahawa said:
Phew. I thought something went REALLY wrong. -.-' No problem. If ever you have a problem, and want support ASAP, PM me now and take down my email, or just PM me in the future and I'll see what I can do .
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I'll do just that Thanks again.

[Recovery]TWRP_2.8.x.x_LG_V400/410/V480

TWRP Recovery for The LG-GPad 7 - V400 and V410 New V480​​
Requirements:
You need a rooted GPad 7 V400/V410/V480.
Choose the right version for your device. and flash via an apk like flashify or rashr .
Downloads:
TWRP 2.8.5.0 V400
TWRP 2.8.5.0 V410
TWRP 2.8.6.0 V480
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Credits:
dee_stroy and the whole TEAMWIN Team for The Recovery and Top Support !!!
MicroMod777 For testing (v480) and donating !!!!​
Have fun !!!
Shoxx​
XDA:DevDB Information
TWRP_2.8.x.x_LG_V400/410/V480, Tool/Utility for the LG G Pad 7 and 8
Contributors
shoxxy
Version Information
Status: Stable
Current Stable Version: 2.8.5.0
Stable Release Date: 2015-03-08
Created 2015-03-08
Last Updated 2015-05-06

Thanks for you work
THEME FOR TWRP TO V400
https://basketbuild.com/devs/z31s1g/800/TWRP 285X_v1
Thanks to @z31s1g

Now can we get our own section??!! We have root and recovery skinny rom by @timmytim and possibly cm12 on the way. There seem to be a lot more folks getting these devices now too. Also in the 10.1 development section there are more threads for us than them.. Js

Swizzle82 said:
Now can we get our own section??!! We have root and recovery skinny rom by @timmytim and possibly cm12 on the way. There seem to be a lot more folks getting these devices now too. Also in the 10.1 development section there are more threads for us than them.. Js
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What did you use to root??
I have a us cellular v410 that i cannot root. I have tried one click, kingo, and one other. They all say that root is not available on mybdevice yet.

iowabassplayer said:
What did you use to root??
I have a us cellular v410 that i cannot root. I have tried one click, kingo, and one other. They all say that root is not available on mybdevice yet.
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Purple Drake Lite from the G3 forum..

I tried Purple Drake as well.
Right after the tablet boots up after the temproot process, the command line says device found and then Error in red with a bunch of other stuff. It flashes too fast to read, cloees the cmd window and reboots my tablet.

iowabassplayer said:
I tried Purple Drake as well.
Right after the tablet boots up after the temproot process, the command line says device found and then Error in red with a bunch of other stuff. It flashes too fast to read, cloees the cmd window and reboots my tablet.
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You have to go through all the pc connections to install all the drivers... Mtp,ptp,charge. Once you get those installed make sure it is on ptp then eun purp drake lite..

Thanks for your work Shoxxy! Question for you though... after installing and creating a backup, I rebooted and tried clicking Restore just to make sure it worked and no backups are listed there. I can navigate to the backups using the TWRP file manager, but not through Restore.

@swizzel
I tried that as well. No joy. Thanks anyway. I will keep looking through the forums to see what I am missing.

timmytim said:
There is a new root method for LG devices. Read up on it and see if it works
http://forum.xda-developers.com/android/development/guide-root-method-lg-devices-t3049772
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Try this @iowabassplayer
For purp drake did you try installing the official drivers for the Gpad from lg's website?

911jason said:
Thanks for your work Shoxxy! Question for you though... after installing and creating a backup, I rebooted and tried clicking Restore just to make sure it worked and no backups are listed there. I can navigate to the backups using the TWRP file manager, but not through Restore.
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I noticed that too, but after noticing it, I tapped the space just below Select Backup, when using the Materialized Theme shown below, and it then showed my backup.
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I'm not sure if it's possible to do something similar to display the backup when using the default theme or not.

You were right. The theme is hiding the button apparently. I had clicked all over the place (I thought) and not found it, but just tried it again and it came up. I'm going to remove the theme and check again. Thanks for your help!
EDIT: Removing the TWRP theme solved the problem.

@Swizzle
I tried the drivers from the LG site and also the non-verizon driver from the purple drake thread.
I will try the other option you suggested.
Thank you all for the assistance!

So I gather the process for the 410LTE version to root is Purple Drake Lite first then TWRP? Or is TWRP optional? oh and sorry about the newbie question but what is the function of TWRP? Thanks in advance.
I got 2 from the recent ebay deals and want to root. Possibly want to get one of the T-Mobile plans (Harbor Mobile, basic-internet.com).

TWRP is kind of optional until we get some custom ROMs, which are in the works.
However, LG has never released the firmware for the V410, so installing TWRP and storing a nandroid backup isn't a bad idea.

jason2678 said:
TWRP is kind of optional until we get some custom ROMs, which are in the works.
However, LG has never released the firmware for the V410, so installing TWRP and storing a nandroid backup isn't a bad idea.
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its AT&T not releasing the stock software that is the problem. i believe there is a kdz for the v400 but AT&T keeps their stuff hush hush like someone is going to try and steal their awesome bloat formula.

SuperMidgetProductions said:
its AT&T not releasing the stock software that is the problem. i believe there is a kdz for the v400 but AT&T keeps their stuff hush hush like someone is going to try and steal their awesome bloat formula.
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I always figured it was an AT&T thing, not a manufacturer thing. I have an AT&T phone that hasn't had the firmware released since android 4.1.1. Every revision of the firmware right up to the current ones is available for the Canadian version of the same phone.
Luckily there are some great developers on XDA that support that phone quite nicely. It is great to start to see some more dev activity on this little tablet too. Thanks for all your hard work shoxxy (I hit the the button too)!

Used purple drake lite last night to root and then flashily to flash this. Created a backup, wiped and flashed skinny rom, no issues.

Econ212 said:
Used purple drake lite last night to root and then flashily to flash this. Created a backup, wiped and flashed skinny rom, no issues.
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I will test V400

need unlock the bootloader for LG G Pad 7.0 V400

Alcatel OneTouch A462C ROOT and Bootloader Unlock needed.

I got an Alcatel OneTouch A462C and I need a root method and a bootloader unlock method. There is no way it could be that hard, its a ****ty tracfone, what security measures could it have?
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^Heres the phone in question.

[email protected] said:
I got an Alcatel OneTouch A462C and I need a root method and a bootloader unlock method. There is no way it could be that hard, its a ****ty tracfone, what security measures could it have?
^Heres the phone in question.
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Locked peloader for one, no flashing via SPFT. I heard someone say to get to stock recovery you need to use the button combination same as Samsung phones. Volume up + home button + power. Try this and let me know if it works.
To unlock bootloader, use fastboot to do so. Do some research before unlocking. I made a custom recovery for this device but I couldn't test it.

kirito9 said:
Locked peloader for one, no flashing via SPFT. I heard someone say to get to stock recovery you need to use the button combination same as Samsung phones. Volume up + home button + power. Try this and let me know if it works.
To unlock bootloader, use fastboot to do so. Do some research before unlocking. I made a custom recovery for this device but I couldn't test it.
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I did the button combo and the phone should be on stock. Now how do I use fastboot to unlock the bootloader? Do you use any IM service?(Skype,ICQ,AIM)

[email protected] said:
I did the button combo and the phone should be on stock. Now how do I use fastboot to unlock the bootloader? Do you use any IM service?(Skype,ICQ,AIM)
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I use telegram/facebook. You can find me on telegram @kirito9 and on facebook @nickron Davis.

kirito9 said:
Locked peloader for one, no flashing via SPFT. I heard someone say to get to stock recovery you need to use the button combination same as Samsung phones. Volume up + home button + power. Try this and let me know if it works.
To unlock bootloader, use fastboot to do so. Do some research before unlocking. I made a custom recovery for this device but I couldn't test it.
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kirito9 said:
I use telegram/facebook. You can find me on telegram @kirito9 and on facebook @nickron Davis.
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I messaged you on telegram. You havent been on since august 31st

Lol!

AdamOutler said:
Lol!
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Care to share the joke? . Is it TracFone?

kirito9 said:
Locked peloader for one, no flashing via SPFT. I heard someone say to get to stock recovery you need to use the button combination same as Samsung phones. Volume up + home button + power. Try this and let me know if it works.
To unlock bootloader, use fastboot to do so. Do some research before unlocking. I made a custom recovery for this device but I couldn't test it.
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Care to share said custom recovery? might help get it tested if people could get hands on it.
would also help if you shared what tools would be needed to flash it, and what tools are needed to back up beforehand,
possibly even a small step by step guide like you did for the other alcatel phones?

naemr said:
Care to share said custom recovery? might help get it tested if people could get hands on it.
would also help if you shared what tools would be needed to flash it, and what tools are needed to back up beforehand,
possibly even a small step by step guide like you did for the other alcatel phones?
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The recovery.img I compiled was a bit lacking, I'll have to fix build and probably make a guide, if I do have time that it.

Yea, I have been trying to root this phone for a while. I have probably tried everything besides Saferoot and nothing has worked.

Hi AdamOutler,
Beginners Clarification: your post 15th October 2016, 05:51 AM |#6 "Lol! Flash with Odin on Windows, Linux and Mac. Use JOdin3," Googled and found your "[Release] JOdin3 CASUAL Cross Platform and Web-Based Flashing For Samsung Phones" http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2598203
Does this mean you were able to root the Alcatel OneTouch A462C using JOdin3? (Also please do no Flame as had wanted to ask this by PM but was unable)
Thanks
Ken

I know this is a pretty big bump but I to need help with this phone any updates?
This Phone is a Qualcom Technologies, Inc "Proccessor MSM8609" Model TCL A462C Acatel Onetouch runing Android version 4.4.4 and Yes I have tried King root It reports Rooted but only temporarly and I cant even remove system apps with the temp root and yes I have tried third party apps for this process they claim root granted and even claimed they removed said apps but as soon as reboot root is gone and the apps are back please help.
Further more I havent been able to find a reliable way to transfer my root over to super su eaither
By the way I can go into factory recovery but cannot go into fastboot or download mode the only other mod I can go into is Safemode.
Also It Takes A while of running with the temp root but eventually although it takes a while kingroot will also eventually tell me that this phone restricts root authorization and by the time this happens Apps also start reporting that the su binary is not installed with the exception of super su which tells me su binary ocuipied This happens later after those same apps previously told me root granted. And yes I have checked and made sure there is not kingroot imposed restrictions. I dont know why this happens.

[Recovery] TWRP 3.0.2-0

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Credit: Captain_Throwback​
TWRP is an open source, community project. TWRP development is done by roughly 4 people at this point. We also have a large support community with many people who are willing to answer questions and help people with their devices either through our IRC channel or on forums like xda-developers.
Team Win was originally formed to work on porting WiMAX to CM7 for the HTC EVO 4G. After our work on the EVO 4G we wanted to work on a project that would work on more devices than just the EVO 4G and we settled on working on a recovery. Today TWRP is the leading custom recovery for Android phones.
A custom recovery is used for installing custom software on your device. This custom software can include smaller modifications like rooting your device or even replacing the firmware of the device with a completely custom "ROM" like OmniROM
Downloads:
- twrp-3.0.2-0-a16
- md5: 552620e0834ab9be3e0a588258a4bc14
*Optional*
- ADB_Fastboot
- md5: fc78b03f23e562c919bfbaea0ef9bc79
Install Instructions:
- Unlock Your Bootloader (Instructions)
- Boot your device into Download Mode (adb reboot download)
- Flash TWRP via Fastboot (fastboot flash recovery <twrpfilenamegoeshere>)
*Optional*
- Boot into TWRP (adb reboot recovery)
- Go to advanced, then enable sideload
- Flash supersu (adb sideload <supersufilenamegoeshere>)
Original Root/S-OFF guide by jcase can be found HERE​

Will we get the latest twrp recovery?

wilbigdaddy2000 said:
Will we get the latest twrp recovery?
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As soon as I get a chance buddy. I've been working some crazy long days(60hrs/WK) and dealing with family issues.
Just stick around and hopefully me or another SlimDesire Dev will get to it ASAP.

Wow only one person well 2 now hit the thanks button. Show your thanks people.
Thanks by the way dev

Appreciate the love Josh, but I've been in the Android game here on XDA since 2008 and know that not all things are appreciated. No worries, Captain_Throwback deserves all the thanks for this build anyways.

AndroidSamurai said:
Appreciate the love Josh, but I've been in the Android game here on XDA since 2008 and know that not all things are appreciated. No worries, Captain_Throwback deserves all the thanks for this build anyways.
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You good bro I've been here since around 2008 myself. My first phone was HTC mytouch 4g lol and uneven the first Android phone the G1 and so forth. I know the G1 was the was the first Android phone but I didn't hear about rooting until HTC mytouch 4g. Been doing it ever since, I even ported few roms like MIUI. Maybe soon I will be porting to this device.

Hope this is not considered as spamming threads. I just think this message is relevant to this thread in particular since is TWRP-related.
In case some of you can not load the TWRP image from the first post in this thread in your devices after flashing it, i recommend you try this another image also by Captain_Throwback. It worked with no problem on a HTC Desire 530 from Claro Chile, and maybe it will work on other versions.
Captain_Throwback said:
Alright, rebuilt TWRP with dtb separated (though that really shouldn't make a difference). If this one doesn't boot, I'll try using the dtb from the 3.0.2 TWRP, and if that still doesn't work, I'll just revert to the kernel/dtb from the original 3.0.2 release. I was hoping to be able to use the source-built kernel to patch the touch driver and clean up/fix some things, but that may not be possible. Unless this works, in which case, yay!
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Click on the arrow inside the quote title to see the full post, so you can also see the link to the image file.

Everytime I try to make a back up in TWRP the phone reboots as soon as the back up begins. Anyone else had this happen? I'm used to nexus phones and this one is complicated to me

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In my devices htc desire d530u do not have any RUU file or any other ROM.
device have problem that it show HTC logo and do not start after this logo,I do all process which is given to internet ,it do not working.................................
IF any one have solution of this problem PLZ help
-----------------------------------------------------Devices info---------------------------------------
htc download mode
****RELOCKED*********
HTC_a16ul PVT s-on
LK-1.0.0.0000
RADIO-01.01_U113251482_62.02.60930G
OpenDSP - UNKOWN
OS - 1.32.709.12 taiwan version
Oct 11 2016,21:00:37{796991}

First of all I would like to thank anyone and everyone who has made phone rooting guides, they definitely help out!
Now my question, does anyone have the stock RUU: RUU_A16_UL_M60_DESIRE_SENSE70GP_TMUS_MetroPCS_US_1.36.1550.5_Radio_01.01_U113251531_68.01.61229G_release_495720_signed_2.exe
I cannot find this file anywhere, even the download link on HTC's website is broken. Unfortunately TWRP wont work on my Desire 530 because I upgraded my ROM to 1.36.1550.14. So I need to downgrade from what I've heard in order to get TWRP working, then I can install an S-OFF kernel and install Super-SU. Make sense to anyone?
I unlocked my bootloader and flashed TWRP to my recovery. When I reboot my phone into recovery I see the TWRP screen, then the phone reboots. I've tried clearing my cache partition, and that hasn't helped. I managed to do this by following directions for clearing cache partition on T-Mobile website with stock recovery image BTW. I also tried flashing several different versions of TWRP, some experimental builds by Capt Throwback, and some builds for other phones. I just can't get any relief.
Thanks in advance!

Help!
Hello when I want to install the twrp in cmd it keeps saying device not found, while my phone is connected pls help! I am a noob when it comes to phone rooting and stuff!!!

Hey there. So I tried to flash this after updating to the 7.0 Nougat update but it fails to boot.
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Haruncosovic said:
Hello when I want to install the twrp in cmd it keeps saying device not found, while my phone is connected pls help! I am a noob when it comes to phone rooting and stuff!!!
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Have you got it working. It's been almost a month so I'm sure you have.

can you please reshare the files? im not able to download.. Thank you very much

[GUIDE] Restore Nokia 8 back to stock [Oreo]

For some reason OTA updates were no longer possible on my Nokia 8 (must have messed up something when rooting it) so I bit the bullet and decided to flash it back to Stock...except it was a real jungle of bits and pieces in several threads and it took me hours and a lot of worrying so I thought it would be useful to start an actual guide on how to do it exactly, here it is, any question I'll try to help. Remember though that these are the steps that worked for me on my TA-1052 and even though the method should be the same on all versions it might not work on yours. At the end of the day YOU'RE THE ONLY ONE responsible for any changes you make to your phone
Restore Nokia 8 back to stock :
Prerequisites :
- Bootloader Unlocked https://forum.xda-developers.com/nokia-8/how-to/nokia-8-official-bootloader-unlock-t3847683 and Critical Unlocked (#5 here https://www.techmesto.com/guide-unlock-bootloader-nokia-android-phones/)
- Download OST LA 6.04 and Nokia OST patch from : https://www.theandroidsoul.com/download-nokia-online-service-tool-ost/
- install by clicking on launcher.exe
- replace OnlineUpdateTool.exe by patch in install directory
- delete OnlineUpdateTool.exe.config in install directory
- Download NB1-488B-0-00WW-B04.nb0 (Oreo from June) from https://drive.google.com/drive/folders/1t64iHuQQjmMnzcujZtjYplh6ipbiF6Cw
- Use method here to unpack and modify firmware : https://forum.xda-developers.com/nokia-7-plus/how-to/workaround-flashing-oreo-firmware-t3793791
Flashing :
- Start phone in download mode (Phone off : keep volume down pressed and connect to computer)
- Launch OST LA 6.04 by double-clicking on OnlineUpdateTool.exe
- Select NB1-488B-0-00WW-B04.mlf
- Next is greyed out, click on "Edit Phone Information", you will get an error message after a while, clik on OK, now Next is active
- That's it, things should progress quickly with a few reboots in the process.
Rooting : I've tested that using the method here https://forum.xda-developers.com/showpost.php?p=77751877&postcount=2 to root while keeping the ability to do OTA updates works properly if you follow the steps, including to perform an OTA update.

Great work! It really works! Thank you. But now we have another one issue: an official TWRP does not boot (bootloader and critical are unlocked) with Okt. and Nov. SP, it stucks on "Powered by Android". So may be you know how to make it bootable?

kosmatyj said:
Great work! It really works! Thank you. But now we have another one issue: an official TWRP does not boot (bootloader and critical are unlocked) with Okt. and Nov. SP, it stucks on "Powered by Android". So may be you know how to make it bootable?
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Since September you cannot boot. You have to flash patched image.

kosmatyj said:
Great work! It really works! Thank you. But now we have another one issue: an official TWRP does not boot (bootloader and critical are unlocked) with Okt. and Nov. SP, it stucks on "Powered by Android". So may be you know how to make it bootable?
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Glad it helped !
You don't need TWRP to root the Nokia 8, you can use a pre-rooted boot image with this method https://forum.xda-developers.com/no...ability-to-t3848390/post78171178#post78171178

webvan said:
Glad it helped !
You don't need TWRP to root the Nokia 8, you can use a pre-rooted boot image with this method https://forum.xda-developers.com/no...ability-to-t3848390/post78171178#post78171178
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I dont need TWRP for Rooting but it needed for backup/restore/install - exactly what I need for flashing OpenGapps for example. To make a backup, flash gapps and restore system to previous state if needed.

kosmatyj said:
I dont need TWRP for Rooting but it needed for backup/restore/install - exactly what I need for flashing OpenGapps for example. To make a backup, flash gapps and restore system to previous state if needed.
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In this post in Official TWRP topic you find boot IMG with TWRP on @THMSP cloud. Simply flash it to the active slot. There is even one with custom kernel.
https://forum.xda-developers.com/nokia-8/development/official-twrp-nb1-t3832232/post78149705

Oh! Thank you! The phone is in service for now, but I`ll try it when it come back. Best regards to all who had answered!

Is the firmware file from google drive link provided in this post compatible with TA-1004 also?

What about Linux users?

Comphoton said:
Is the firmware file from google drive link provided in this post compatible with TA-1004 also?
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Yes there is only one version

webvan said:
Yes there is only one version
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And I must make the same modification with notepad++ for the .mlf file as that guide tells? I'm was just wondering as that guide was for nokia 7...Just want to be sure. Damn this phone reminds me of the early android years when rooting was not a walk in a park.

Yes same modification of the mlf, any changes to instructions in the links are noted in the steps in the first post.

Somebody tried this method with the phone bootloader locked?
Or the phone has to be unlocked first?

rocalino said:
Somebody tried this method with the phone bootloader locked?
Or the phone has to be unlocked first?
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Dunno but if your bootloader hasn't been unlocked you can't have done any "damage" to the partitions/boot ilahe, etc...? A classic factory reset would do the trick to go back to stock.

Thanks webvan!
This really works! I have a TA-1004. Was stuck but with this method I managed to go back to stock and then it started updating as it should.
The single information I was missing, and the cause the OST (6.0.4) didn't work for me was that the phone had to be critical unlocked. It's not enough to just simply unlock the bootloader. You have to unlock critical as well, otherwise OST wouldn't flash.

Glad it helped !

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How long does flashing take?

It should progress fairly quickly and not get stuck (where you stuck for that capture?), you would get stuck right at the beginning without a critical unlock.

What is a critical unlock?
This method seems to be failing on me

Link added in the first post for those who are search challenged