Hi all,
I tried to unroot my phone through SuperSU, but that showed no results, with the app telling me to be patient for over half an hour.
So I looked to the play store, and downloaded Unroot My Phone (Free). Tried it, but now my Mate 7 09 is stuck on the Huawei loading screen, the one with the glare going up and down.
What to do? I already did a factory reset and wiped the cache, from the IMEI menu I could reach here at the office. But thats it! I might be able to reach the recovery from home, I don't know?
If I restart the phone holding volume up and down and power at the same time. The phone wants to update and says there is no updatefile available.
Could I try to load my current rom onto my sd-card and go at it again?
What could I try to do?
dekraan said:
Hi all,
I tried to unroot my phone through SuperSU, but that showed no results, with the app telling me to be patient for over half an hour.
So I looked to the play store, and downloaded Unroot My Phone (Free). Tried it, but now my Mate 7 09 is stuck on the Huawei loading screen, the one with the glare going up and down.
What to do? I already did a factory reset and wiped the cache, from the IMEI menu I could reach here at the office. But thats it! I might be able to reach the recovery from home, I don't know?
If I restart the phone holding volume up and down and power at the same time. The phone wants to update and says there is no updatefile available.
Could I try to load my current rom onto my sd-card and go at it again?
What could I try to do?
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Alright guys, I've updated to the same rom again and it all works!
I might as well try here if anyone will see my post.
I'm screwed. Latest stock ROM, unrooted and locked bootloader. I have/had the Google App (beta) installed on my phone but for the past couple of days it was constantly crashing and my phone became sluggish so I decided to uninstall it today. I left the beta program and as provided with instructions there went to uninstall the beta version to install the non-beta one.
It stayed on "uninstalling" for about 10 minutes and I presumed it was just a Google Play glitch and decided to reboot my phone. Big mistake! After the first install it was optimizing apps (but only one, so it was probably the Google App but it never got out of the next step (starting system/app, I don't recall what it said exactly right now)). I decided, stupidly, to reboot the phone since it was stuck and now I'm stuck on a bootloop and the phone won't even go past the Android logo animation. I guess the uninstallation never completed somehow and the app got corrupted(?).
I'm lost and I don't know what my options are except trying a factory reset and/or even unlocking the bootloader and getting a custom recovery and potentially rooting the phone too. But I really don't want to lose my data!! I have no backups.
Is there ANY chance I could somehow manage to solve the problem? Is it possible to sideload an app with a locked bootloader and stock recovery? I'm trying to sideload the Google app back in case it got corrupted but it doesn't work. I get the following errors:
Code:
E: footer is wrong
E: signature verification failed
installation aborted
Haaalp!
EDIT: Even weirder. I just let it run the booting sequence again and it got beyond the lollipop logo animation and is now stuck on "Android is starting... Starting apps." message.
I am running stock ROM and have bootloader unlocked and TWRP already installed. The phone was rooted without problems. I was getting an error from Super SU, so I looked up how to fix it online and the suggestion was to install an older version and then try to upgrade it. It was hard to find a zip from a legitimate source but once I found it, TWRP did not show the directory I was looking for (this was previously available when I rooted it). This is where I did something stupid and looked around in the settings and found the Slot A / Slot B option. I switched from B to A and the phone got stuck on the boot animation for several minutes after rebooting. I decided to reboot into TWRP and switched the slot back to B. This brought the phone back but WiFi is off by default and whenever I try to turn it on, it doesn't change.
I have seen a couple of other people mention similar issues about losing wifi after a root or changing the slot. What's the fix? I am wondering if there is anything else "broken" after the slot change and if I should do a factory reset (I would hate to do that as I was almost finished setting up this device). I have also received the error message saying "Process System isn't responding" in the settings menu a few times. It also seems like the finger print scanner isn't recognizing fingerprints any more and face unlock isn't working
One possibility is, that SuperSU isn't that compatible anymore. Magisk does a wonderful job and no problems so far. Maybe you should give it a try and switch from using SuperSU to Magisk.
shagexpert said:
I am running stock ROM and have bootloader unlocked and TWRP already installed. The phone was rooted without problems. I was getting an error from Super SU, so I looked up how to fix it online and the suggestion was to install an older version and then try to upgrade it. It was hard to find a zip from a legitimate source but once I found it, TWRP did not show the directory I was looking for (this was previously available when I rooted it). This is where I did something stupid and looked around in the settings and found the Slot A / Slot B option. I switched from B to A and the phone got stuck on the boot animation for several minutes after rebooting. I decided to reboot into TWRP and switched the slot back to B. This brought the phone back but WiFi is off by default and whenever I try to turn it on, it doesn't change.
I have seen a couple of other people mention similar issues about losing wifi after a root or changing the slot. What's the fix? I am wondering if there is anything else "broken" after the slot change and if I should do a factory reset (I would hate to do that as I was almost finished setting up this device). I have also received the error message saying "Process System isn't responding" in the settings menu a few times. It also seems like the finger print scanner isn't recognizing fingerprints any more and face unlock isn't working
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I had the same issue when I first got my 6 when I was playing around with the slots. Also my original TWRP install for some reason would crash and reboot whenever I plugged in the data cable while in TWRP. I ended up flashing back to stock OOS 5.1.5 through fastboot (used the flash-all command) and then reinstalled TWRP and everything has been working great since then.
MickyFoley said:
One possibility is, that SuperSU isn't that compatible anymore. Magisk does a wonderful job and no problems so far. Maybe you should give it a try and switch from using SuperSU to Magisk.
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The instructions I followed already installed Magisk to the phone. I wanted Super SU because some of the other chainfire apps like Liveboot and rooted apps like Titanium backup said Super SU is needed (Titanium said Magisk will work but may not be reliable for some newer versions of the ROM). I can live without liveboot but really need Titanium to reliably transfer data from my older phone.
To be honest I didn't know they did the same thing (magisk and Super SU). I am curious now, what if I factory reset my phone and attempted to install Super SU instead of Magisk this time?
If I do a factory reset (let's say I want it just like it was out of the box and I format the data partition as well), will I need to root the phone again? I am asking because I don't know which part of the instructions I should ignore. I am sure TWRP will already be installed after the reset so I would only need to install the extra apps...
You don't have to format data. Just factory reset it. Then use "fastboot boot twrp.img", don't allow modifications, flash a kernel you want (if you want one - I really recommend ElementalX) and then the latest version of Magisk (16.4 BETA currently). Did so - all fine. And yes: Even Titanium Backup works without any issue with Magisk.
We had similar problems with TWRP on the Razer Phone when it was new. We solved the problem by using the TWRP boot image to flash the stock boot image and then flashing a TWRP zip. I just got the OnePlus 6 yesterday and haven't really messed with it yet but everything sounds the same to me so far.
I read more about TWRP and realized what I was doing wrong when the directory with zip files wasn't showing up. When TWRP showed up I was supposed type in my regular unlock password to decrypt storage. When I did that the folder I was looking for showed up. I made a backup through recovery (which took like an hour, may be because the external flash drive I attached was really slow - and the size of the backup was about 12GB). After that I installed the zip file for Super SU, just to see if it worked - it showed the installation was successful but the app was still missing from the app drawer. Now I wanted to factory reset the device and start over.
I went into wipe and there was nothing listed under the wipe screen. I went into Advanced wipe and wiped whatever was selected by default. The selected items were Dalvik / ART Cache, System, Data. There was also "Internal Storage and USB Storage" that wasn't selected.
I swiped to wipe, it wiped everything. Then asked reboot, I rebooted, got a blank screen with white LED for a long time. When I plugged it into the computer it recognized the device as Qualcomm HS-USB Diagnostics 900E (COM4). I rebooted it by holding Power + Volume Up + Volume Down. I tried to boot into boot loader next. This brought me to another blank screen. The computer still makes a noise when it reboots but screen stays black. The only message that shows up is the one saying boot loader is unlocked. Did I brick my phone? This keeps getting progressively worse.
shagexpert said:
I read more about TWRP and realized what I was doing wrong when the directory with zip files wasn't showing up. When TWRP showed up I was supposed type in my regular unlock password to decrypt storage. When I did that the folder I was looking for showed up. I made a backup through recovery (which took like an hour, may be because the external flash drive I attached was really slow - and the size of the backup was about 12GB). After that I installed the zip file for Super SU, just to see if it worked - it showed the installation was successful but the app was still missing from the app drawer. Now I wanted to factory reset the device and start over.
I went into wipe and there was nothing listed under the wipe screen. I went into Advanced wipe and wiped whatever was selected by default. The selected items were Dalvik / ART Cache, System, Data. There was also "Internal Storage and USB Storage" that wasn't selected.
I swiped to wipe, it wiped everything. Then asked reboot, I rebooted, got a blank screen with white LED for a long time. When I plugged it into the computer it recognized the device as Qualcomm HS-USB Diagnostics 900E (COM4). I rebooted it by holding Power + Volume Up + Volume Down. I tried to boot into boot loader next. This brought me to another blank screen. The computer still makes a noise when it reboots but screen stays black. The only message that shows up is the one saying boot loader is unlocked. Did I brick my phone? This keeps getting progressively worse.
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OK good news! I tried one more time and fast boot showed up. I was able to get into recovery. I have the backup so I will try to restore that. I don't know what to do after that. I am thinking wiping without getting into advanced mode.
shagexpert said:
OK good news! I tried one more time and fast boot showed up. I was able to get into recovery. I have the backup so I will try to restore that. I don't know what to do after that. I am thinking wiping without getting into advanced mode.
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When your phone booted straight into that mode with black screen and the led, then you bricked it. Same happened to me 2 days ago. The solution was to use the Msmtool from another thread and it worked great. Just follow the guide. But it will wipe your device. And you have to install oxygenos manually via "local upgrade". If you have a question, just ask
What I ended up doing was restoring from the backup I had. This was the "bad backup" without WiFi and broken finger print and facial recognition. After the restore, I did a normal wipe (not advanced). This reset the phone to factory settings. Once I configured WiFi and signed into my Google account, Google offered to recover from a cloud backup of my One Plus - I didn't know Google made these backups. It downloaded all the apps automatically. I don't know yet if I have sign into all of them all over again.
The bad back up saved my ass, I wasn't even planning on making it. I was just testing the backup feature. That's why you should always do a backup, even if the device isn't in ideal configuration.
shagexpert said:
The instructions I followed already installed Magisk to the phone. I wanted Super SU because some of the other chainfire apps like Liveboot and rooted apps like Titanium backup said Super SU is needed (Titanium said Magisk will work but may not be reliable for some newer versions of the ROM). I can live without liveboot but really need Titanium to reliably transfer data from my older phone.
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I rooted my phone with Magisk and installed the 5.1.6 via OTA (and reroot via installed Magisk Manager). So no need to install TWRP so far.
Titanium Backup runs flawlessly with Magisk (already on my OP 3T and my OP 5).
So give Magisk a try, I never had such an easy and reliable update as the one from 5.1.5 to 5.1.6
Helium is a great alternative to titanium.
Hi, I rooted my phone with magisk, now everytime I restart the phone all my personalisation and folders disappear and I need to log in to every app.
Pretty sure I have done something stupid but thought I would check with you guys.
Would twrp factory reset get rid of my root? Would flashing a from help?
Thanks
Hi everyone last night i decided to root my ohone. I have had it for a while but for some reason hadn't got round to doing it.
I followed all the instructions firstly unlocking bootloader, TWRP then installing no verity and magisk etc and every looked to be good phone starts up with the the your device has been unlocked message and something about bad id key but then would start like normal and set about installing all my apps etc again for the phone to be back to how it was just rooted.
However tonight i restarted my phone and when it's went to start up it throws me into the fast loader screen wtih your device didnt stat up successfully use the software repair assistant on computer to repair your device.
I had only been installing my usual apps/ new luancher etc... however the only thing i think that could have caused an issue was i checked for an android version update and it found i already had the most up to date one so nothing was downloaded but possibly just checking has caused an issue ?
Any help with this would be appreciated.
I can still boot into team win recovery mode but was hoping as i've now installed everything a new... i could resolve this without another fresh install if possible ?
Thanks
fendertele said:
Hi everyone last night i decided to root my ohone. I have had it for a while but for some reason hadn't got round to doing it.
I followed all the instructions firstly unlocking bootloader, TWRP then installing no verity and magisk etc and every looked to be good phone starts up with the the your device has been unlocked message and something about bad id key but then would start like normal and set about installing all my apps etc again for the phone to be back to how it was just rooted.
However tonight i restarted my phone and when it's went to start up it throws me into the fast loader screen wtih your device didnt stat up successfully use the software repair assistant on computer to repair your device.
I had only been installing my usual apps/ new luancher etc... however the only thing i think that could have caused an issue was i checked for an android version update and it found i already had the most up to date one so nothing was downloaded but possibly just checking has caused an issue ?
Any help with this would be appreciated.
I can still boot into team win recovery mode but was hoping as i've now installed everything a new... i could resolve this without another fresh install if possible ?
Thanks
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You could try reflashing the boot.img
What does getvar all say?
Code:
fastboot getvar all