I just purchased a used OPO rooted running cm12.1 which I like a lot so far. I saw in TWRP there is a zip of oxygen. I'd like to try it. Can I just do a standard wipe and flash it and gaaps? Just don't want to run into any problems so soon. Thanks
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Throw your OPO in the air, make a backflip with it. Following up with a 360, then reformat your phone. Install iOS on it, reformat it again. Wipe everything including your personal data without making a backup. Next, flash HydrogenOS, CM12.1. And last of all: wipe, install Oxygen and dont flash gapps cuz its included.
You could use search and find the thread for Oxygen in this forum. It will have all answers you need.
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I am loving this rom but I am nervous if and when the developer comes out with a new version.
When the newer version comes out how do I update to the newest version? Do I have to erase everything and start over again? Thanks so much!
well if you installed stock ROM, you will probably recieve an update without need to delete anything, but if you used custom ICS rom like CM than you will have to update it manually...
I believe i was clear!
thanks but I was talking about when the developer of the custom rom has a newer version. Wondering if there is an easy way to update.
download it, put it on phone, and just apply it using CW recovery, if its same rom but new versiom, for example CM9 v19 and you want to put CM9 v20 than in most cases you just apply it and it should work, but its always good practice to make backup before any ROM update...use titanium backup or something similar
so can I just wipe cache and dalvik cash then install?
Will my home screen be the same?
stu5797 said:
so can I just wipe cache and dalvik cash then install?
Will my home screen be the same?
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In most cases, you can clear caches, and flash over. I went from 32 to 43 without wiping, and have no issues. In fact, it is my main fallback backup when testing new ROMs. By doing this, all previous settings will stay.
If there is a major overhaul, though, you will want to wipe if you run into force closes. So let's say Google releases 4.0.4 tomorrow and aosp releases a new ROM update based on it. In most cases, you will want to full wipe and clean install. This is where titanium backup pro is very useful.
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Hello,
I flashed one of the CM 10.1 that I found on CM website, and then I flashed GAPPS, but the version I downloaded has some bugs, so I want to choose a different CM version, but I don't know how to. I mean, what will happen with GAPPS? Do I need to follow same procedure as for installing CM for the first time i.e flashing CM, and then flashing GAPPS again?
Also, I have non-touch CWM recovery and I downloaded the touch version from CWM website, but I'm not sure how to do it, is it done with regular Odin via PC , or with something called "Mobile Odin"?
If you want to flash a newer nightly, you can either perform a clean flash or dirty flash. Clean flashing means you wile your data and flash cm along with Google apps again and start fresh. Dirty flashing means you just wipe your cache and dalvik cache and flash cm on top of the old cm which allows you to keep your data. Research both and decide what you prefer.
As for cwm, simply flash the new touch version in cwm and it'll overwrite the old cwm nontouch.
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Domoo said:
If you want to flash a newer nightly, you can either perform a clean flash or dirty flash. Clean flashing means you wile your data and flash cm along with Google apps again and start fresh. Dirty flashing means you just wipe your cache and dalvik cache and flash cm on top of the old cm which allows you to keep your data. Research both and decide what you prefer.
As for cwm, simply flash the new touch version in cwm and it'll overwrite the old cwm nontouch.
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Thanks, I have last question regarding flashing new rom:
I flashed CM, but then I separately flashed GAPPS, so I dont know if GAPPS will be removed when installing new rom, or do I need to manually remove GAPPS before flashing new rom?
I hope you understand what I'm trying to ask :silly:
If you're dirty flashing, you don't need to reflash Google apps. However, if you're clean flashing then you are wiping everything so you'll need to reflash Google apps.
You don't need to remove it or anything before flashing the new rom. If you feel more comfortable flashing it, you can because it'll just overwrite your old Google apps.
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Hi all
the ghost gestures bug is getting too out of hand on my OPO so i am thinking of flashing a ROM
all i want is a stable ROM with as little bugs as possible
i am thinking PA with franco
but is PA the more stable ROM out there?
and about flashing
1. root and unlock the bootloader on my OPO ( with toolkit )
2.make a backup with TWRP or CWM
3.wipe the phone , cache etc
4 flash the ROM ,kernel and GAPPS in the recovery
5.wipe the phone again
5. reboot
6.done?
I recommend SlimKat.
I recommend NOT using a toolkit
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Don't use a toolkit, that's the most important piece of advice active can give you. Toolkits are way too buggy and often cause more problems than they're worth. They also allow you to perform operations without actually knowing what you're doing, this is a bad idea. Learn how to use fastboot, never underestimate the value of having firm understanding of what you're doing when modifying your phone, you're definitely gonna need that knowledge when something goes wrong in future. The steps should be as follows:
Unlock your bootloader.
Install TWRP.
Make a backup.
Full wipe (system, date, cache, dalvik cache).
Install ROM.
Reboot.
If you need any detailed instructions just check out my guide thread (link in my signature).
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Hi guys, i have a completly stock OPO with CM13.1,
I never changed anything because personally I really like the CM roms, but now after learning that OPO will not be updated to Android nougat would like to install a new rom.
Browsing the forum I found the rom Tuga Power (http://forum.xda-developers.com/oneplus-one/development/rom-tugapower-0-2rc-t3463157) who seems to have a few bugs, is already updated to 7.1 and has all the features i love about CM (such as themes).
Now since I have never done anything like that (except the flash of some recovery of stock updates), I need a hand for backing up (a good app that makes me put EVERYTHING safe), for installation of custom recovery (TWRP?) and flash the new rom and related Gapps.
Thanks in advance
The backup you're looking for a is nandroid backup which can be made in your custom recovery. If you have TWRP, just boot into recovery, select backup, select all the partitions, then start the backup. It'll take a couple of minutes and the backup will be about 5-7~ GBs so make sure you haven't enough space. Another type of backup can be made with the app Titanium backup and it's available on the play store. Your phone needs to be rooted and you need to have busybox installed, but the app will make a backup of all your apps and their data.
After you install the ROM, do a factory reset in recovery, wiping all partitions except internal storage. After that, follow these steps:
1. Flash your preferred firmware (241 is generally the recommended one)
2. Reboot into recovery.
3. Flash your ROM, then immediately flash your GApps package.
4. Do a regular reboot. The first time will take a couple of extra minutes.
5. After it's done turning on, reboot regularly one more time.
And done!
I recommend draining your battery to 0 and then charging it to 100 ASAP to recalibrate your battery, as this will usually give you better SOT.
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The backup you're looking for a is nandroid backup which can be made in your custom recovery. If you have TWRP, just boot into recovery, select backup, select all the partitions, then start the backup. It'll take a couple of minutes and the backup will be about 5-7~ GBs so make sure you haven't enough space. Another type of backup can be made with the app Titanium backup and it's available on the play store. Your phone needs to be rooted and you need to have busybox installed, but the app will make a backup of all your apps and their data.
After you install the ROM, do a factory reset in recovery, wiping all partitions except internal storage. After that, follow these steps:
1. Flash your preferred firmware (241 is generally the recommended one)
2. Reboot into recovery.
3. Flash your ROM, then immediately flash your GApps package.
4. Do a regular reboot. The first time will take a couple of extra minutes.
5. After it's done turning on, reboot regularly one more time.
And done!
I recommend draining your battery to 0 and then charging it to 100 ASAP to recalibrate your battery, as this will usually give you better SOT.
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I thank you for reply
I've just found this tool : http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2499926 wich i think can be good for me, i can use this for install TRWP and back up ?
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Hi guys, i have a completly stock OPO with CM13.1,
I never changed anything because personally I really like the CM roms, but now after learning that OPO will not be updated to Android nougat would like to install a new rom.
Browsing the forum I found the rom Tuga Power (http://forum.xda-developers.com/oneplus-one/development/rom-tugapower-0-2rc-t3463157) who seems to have a few bugs, is already updated to 7.1 and has all the features i love about CM (such as themes).
Now since I have never done anything like that (except the flash of some recovery of stock updates), I need a hand for backing up (a good app that makes me put EVERYTHING safe), for installation of custom recovery (TWRP?) and flash the new rom and related Gapps.
Thanks in advance
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CM 14.1 is coming to OnePlus One (bacon) any day now!
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Elius2676 said:
CM 14.1 is coming to OnePlus One (bacon) any day now!
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The Official COS, or CM branch ?
CM
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CM
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You think that will be better then Tuga ? Reading on forum i think Tuga is One of the best in terms of Battery/bugs/usability
I've not had a lot of experience with Tuga, so not totally sure. CM 13 has treated me well (except for this time last year when there was a pretty serious spontaneous rebooting issue due to a modern change). Other than that, this has been my exclusive daily driver for a year now.
I don't expect CM 14 to be daily driver material out the gate, but I wouldn't mind being wrong about that ?. We'll see.
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I thank you for reply
I've just found this tool : http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2499926 wich i think can be good for me, i can use this for install TRWP and back up ?
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Yes, this tool will work to flash TWRP. But you will have to do the backup yourself, as I don't believe that tool supports that function.
But personally, I will recommend you do these steps yourself, as you will learn more about your device and will be able to pin point any errors or to familiarize your self with the process in case a tool is not available in the future.
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Yes, this tool will work to flash TWRP. But you will have to do the backup yourself, as I don't believe that tool supports that function.
But personally, I will recommend you do these steps yourself, as you will learn more about your device and will be able to pin point any errors or to familiarize your self with the process in case a tool is not available in the future.
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+1
Someone gave me that same advice about a year ago. It pays to learn how to use things like ADB from your computer terminal.
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Yeha i'm looking on YouTube for videoguides, seems not too hard, at least not harder than Kali wich i'm familiarizing righ now, my only fear is the backup, i Have no root and Titanium works with root , but for having root i need too go with Twrp wich needa to unlock bootloader that need wipe ...
hello i was upgrading from stock 9.0.7 to 9.0.9, my bootloader is unlocked and twrp is a permanent one, the phone is also rooted. i wiped system then flashed the 9.0.9 then flashed the 4.0.4 twrp, rebooted into twrp, flashed latest magisk, rebooted into twrp and then pressed reboot into system. the phone is encrypted. the booting animation has been on for 20-30 minutes at this point. is it a bootloop? why what did i do wrong? thanks
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Try formatting data them reboot system. That should get you booted up.
Never wipe system or vendor on these devices and always when flashing a rom flash TWRP installer zip or you won't have twrp because of where recovery is located which is same place as boot.img and it has to be installed when flashing a rom or update to a rom or it won't be present.
How I flash OOS on my once T-Mobile now converted international/global OnePlus 6t.
Boot TWRP
Flash OOS global 10.3.6
Flash TWRP installer
Flash finalize
Format data
Reboot system
How I install a rom on my converted OnePlus 6t. This installation process varies depending on whether or not whatever rom I'm installing comes with gapps and or TWRP and of course you don't want to install global OOS on another model device. Since I converted my T-Mobile OnePlus 6t using guide and msm tool I now use global or international OnePlus 6t roms, firmware... Example Pixel Experience rom installation:
Boot TWRP
Flash OOS 10.3.6 global from repo xda thread
Flash Pixel Experience rom
Flash TWRP installer zip
Flash finalize zip
Format data
Reboot system.
Start to set up device then at some point enable developer options and usb debugging and doable any lock screen and boot twrp and flash magisk for root and reboot system. That is how I install a rom that has gapps but not twrp included in rom zip. Finalize can he found with a quick search on xda. It copies firmware to other slot on your AB partition device so that you don't have to. Saves 5-6 minutes and works great.
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What you could have done is just flash your updated OOS , flash TWRP installer zip, reboot recovery, flash magisk, reboot system. That's what I would have done updating OOS ..
Hope this helps.
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@seth wellington
Try formatting data them reboot system. That should get you booted up.
Never wipe system or vendor on these devices and always when flashing a rom flash TWRP installer zip or you won't have twrp because of where recovery is located which is same place as boot.img and it has to be installed when flashing a rom or update to a rom or it won't be present.
How I flash OOS on my once T-Mobile now converted international/global OnePlus 6t.
Boot TWRP
Flash OOS global 10.3.6
Flash TWRP installer
Flash finalize
Format data
Reboot system
How I install a rom on my converted OnePlus 6t. This installation process varies depending on whether or not whatever rom I'm installing comes with gapps and or TWRP and of course you don't want to install global OOS on another model device. Since I converted my T-Mobile OnePlus 6t using guide and msm tool I now use global or international OnePlus 6t roms, firmware... Example Pixel Experience rom installation:
Boot TWRP
Flash OOS 10.3.6 global from repo xda thread
Flash Pixel Experience rom
Flash TWRP installer zip
Flash finalize zip
Format data
Reboot system.
Start to set up device then at some point enable developer options and usb debugging and doable any lock screen and boot twrp and flash magisk for root and reboot system. That is how I install a rom that has gapps but not twrp included in rom zip. Finalize can he found with a quick search on xda. It copies firmware to other slot on your AB partition device so that you don't have to. Saves 5-6 minutes and works great.
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What you could have done is just flash your updated OOS , flash TWRP installer zip, reboot recovery, flash magisk, reboot system. That's what I would have done updating OOS ..
Hope this helps.
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Thank you very much for your reply. Unfortunately I couldn't wait for that long and I had to do something right then. After some attempts I also lost my twrp and was left without a functioning recovery, so I had to look for help and some people helped me go through unbricking through the msm tool.
The thing is i just really want to always flash clean so that the phone doesn't lag and works properly, I had no idea you shouldn't wipe system... The guide that I followed said that when updating oxygen manually you have to wipe system so I thought nothing would go wrong. I still don't know what caused a bootloop since that guide was a verified one. Thanks a lot for your help. So if I'm reading it correctly, you have to do the wipes after you've installed the system, not before?
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Thank you very much for your reply. Unfortunately I couldn't wait for that long and I had to do something right then. After some attempts I also lost my twrp and was left without a functioning recovery, so I had to look for help and some people helped me go through unbricking through the msm tool.
The thing is i just really want to always flash clean so that the phone doesn't lag and works properly, I had no idea you shouldn't wipe system... The guide that I followed said that when updating oxygen manually you have to wipe system so I thought nothing would go wrong. I still don't know what caused a bootloop since that guide was a verified one. Thanks a lot for your help. So if I'm reading it correctly, you have to do the wipes after you've installed the system, not before?
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Quit a few pretty well known developers here on xda (AOSiP op is one and there are more) say not to wipe system or vendor in their first posts of their custom rom threads. The way I describe how I install works 100% always and is the cleanest possible installation. Formatting data when installing a new rom at the end of install process does all the wiping needed to make sure nothing is left from the past and everything is clean. I used to wipe various partitions but on other devices. The install directions I use are originally from the PiXeN rom developers op. I've been flashing roms since the Nexus S days. Not saying that means anything other than I'm kinda old now. ? But that install process has never failed me once and I've flashed I'm sure hundreds of times on this device.. When I update i just flashing the updated rom over current and don't wipe anything then flashing twrp installer zip, reboot recovery flash magisk reboot system or if gapps are needed when I reboot recovery flash gapps..Unless it's a major OS update that's always worked for me.
Possibly not formatting data caused boot loop.. I know when going from OOS to AOSP rom format data is mandatory or it won't boot system.. I never flash magisk during initial flash. I always boot system first then at some point boot twrp and flash magisk. Try that next round and see if it turns out better. The whole AB partition deal made me feel like I was really old and retarded.
If I was updating OOS I would boot recovery, flash OOS, flash twrp installer zip reboot recovery, flash magisk, reboot system. Check out the finalize script xda thread. There are two here. The original person who made finalize has a thread and another user has another finalize thread. I believe in guides section of OnePlus 6t. With Android there are always more than a few ways to achieve something you know ... But what I post here is what I've been doing and I've flashed 400-500 times at least on this device.
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@flash713
I totally trust you and respect anything you say and recommend me to do. Thanks a lot for all the instructions and clarification. I've been into android far less time than you — only since oneplus one. I'm extremely bad with tech but even with that phone j somehow managed to get bootloops or half-bricks ten times less than with the oneplus 6. And back then in 2015 I was way more enthusiastic: flashing twice a month loads and loads of roms. Of course it wasn't my personal achievement, I was still simply following detailed and carefully written instructions on forums on how to flash a particular rom in a particular way, but hey, at least I somehow managed it.
Now in this case I'm assuming it's the a/b partitions they've introduced that have completely changed the process and ways of flashing to the point that I stick to the guides and still get bootloops lol. That unbricking process was a huge stress for me, I don't think I'm going to touch anything in my phone for a while now. And I'm on the latest 10.3.6 oxygen so it's alright. Thank you for your help buddy
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@flash713
I totally trust you and respect anything you say and recommend me to do. Thanks a lot for all the instructions and clarification. I've been into android far less time than you — only since oneplus one. I'm extremely bad with tech but even with that phone j somehow managed to get bootloops or half-bricks ten times less than with the oneplus 6. And back then in 2015 I was way more enthusiastic: flashing twice a month loads and loads of roms. Of course it wasn't my personal achievement, I was still simply following detailed and carefully written instructions on forums on how to flash a particular rom in a particular way, but hey, at least I somehow managed it.
Now in this case I'm assuming it's the a/b partitions they've introduced that have completely changed the process and ways of flashing to the point that I stick to the guides and still get bootloops lol. That unbricking process was a huge stress for me, I don't think I'm going to touch anything in my phone for a while now. And I'm on the latest 10.3.6 oxygen so it's alright. Thank you for your help buddy
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Np. My real first name is Seth. Haha. Cool name btw. I just installed OOS 10.3.7 on my 6t. I was notified of the update yesterday via oxygen updater app from play store. Good handy app to have. I would have never known 10.3.7 was out or at least not so soon if it wasn't for that app. I believe it auto notified me too. I don't remember setting it up. Android has changed soooo much you know.. I love my OnePlus 6t though. Definitely one of my most favorite devices I've ever used. What's new today is gone at some point and replaced with "better.." lol. Not always better imo anyway. Glad I could help. Feel free to message me any time. Good day to you.