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[Q] 4.3 Update + TWRP

So I have TWRP installed on my rooted Galaxy S3 (I535), and the 4.3 update just came out and was available to me.
I downloaded it, and tried to install it (I know that it will remove root), and when it finished downloading, it opened the TWRP boot menu.
Does anyone else who uses TWRP know how to install the new update? I couldn't find it and it wouldn't automatically install....

Carousser said:
So I have TWRP installed on my rooted Galaxy S3 (I535), and the 4.3 update just came out and was available to me.
I downloaded it, and tried to install it (I know that it will remove root), and when it finished downloading, it opened the TWRP boot menu.
Does anyone else who uses TWRP know how to install the new update? I couldn't find it and it wouldn't automatically install....
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If your OK with the locked bootloder (no more twrp) that comes with 4.3 flash the Odin file. If you want to ota there are links some place on this forum to flash stock recovery

ThePagel said:
If your OK with the locked bootloder (no more twrp) that comes with 4.3 flash the Odin file. If you want to ota there are links some place on this forum to flash stock recovery
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Well I don't plan on using a custom ROM, I was using just the stock ROM + root. How do I do this?

Carousser said:
Well I don't plan on using a custom ROM, I was using just the stock ROM + root. How do I do this?
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What way do you want to go Odin firmware will wipe internal sd card but it will be a nice clean install. Or ota after the stock recovery has been flashed through Odin but you might have weird bugs with ota... Might

ThePagel said:
What way do you want to go Odin firmware will wipe internal sd card but it will be a nice clean install. Or ota after the stock recovery has been flashed through Odin but you might have weird bugs with ota... Might
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I'd rather not wipe the internal SD card.. Isn't there just a way to install the update without all the hassle? I don't remember doing all this for rooting it... I'm fine with losing the root upon installing the new update as I can just root it again with safe root

Carousser said:
I'd rather not wipe the internal SD card.. Isn't there just a way to install the update without all the hassle? I don't remember doing all this for rooting it... I'm fine with losing the root upon installing the new update as I can just root it again with safe root
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Find the. Stock recovery download it and flash through Odin. there are ways to do it through terminal but odin is the fastest to explain. After that you should beable to ota and keep your setup as is. It is odd that you cant ota I had twrp when i took the ota.

ThePagel said:
Find the. Stock recovery download it and flash through Odin. there are ways to do it through terminal but odin is the fastest to explain. After that you should beable to ota and keep your setup as is. It is odd that you cant ota I had twrp when i took the ota.
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Well it just directs me to TWRP, and I have no idea where to go from there. I don't care about ever having TWRP again and I don't care about having a locked bootstrap, as I only need stock with root.

Never mind I was on stock recovery I forgot I was recovering from a soft brick when I decided to give it a shot.
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Carousser said:
Well it just directs me to TWRP, and I have no idea where to go from there. I don't care about ever having TWRP again and I don't care about having a locked bootstrap, as I only need stock with root.
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Oh your stuck on twrp can't boot up to usable state?

ThePagel said:
Never mind I was on stock recovery I forgot I was recovering from a soft brick when I decided to give it a shot.
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Oh your stuck on twrp can't boot up to usable state?
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It goes to a screen with options such as Install, Wipe, Backup, Restore, etc....
I don't know where the ota is downloaded and thus cannot install it

Carousser said:
It goes to a screen with options such as Install, Wipe, Backup, Restore, etc....
I don't know where the ota is downloaded and thus cannot install it
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You kind of only have 2 options now. Attempt a "dirty" flash of a ROM so you can save your internal SD files then odin or do the full Odin wipe and forget about keeping the files. Either way unless anyone else has a idea you lose your current setup.
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I forgot the obvious. If you made a backup in twrp you can just recover with that.

ThePagel said:
You kind of only have 2 options now. Attempt a "dirty" flash of a ROM so you can save your internal SD files then odin or do the full Odin wipe and forget about keeping the files. Either way unless anyone else has a idea you lose your current setup.
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I forgot the obvious. If you made a backup in twrp you can just recover with that.
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So let me get this straight.
There's no way for me to install the update unless I flash to another ROM? I don't see why I can;t just update and lose odin and TWRP or whatever
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I found the zip file while browsing TWRP. Can I just install it?

Carousser said:
So let me get this straight.
There's no way for me to install the update unless I flash to another ROM? I don't see why I can;t just update and lose odin and TWRP or whatever
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OK I'll explain what I think went bad.when you downloaded the update it was expecting factory stock recovery to finish the install. Since you had twrp it failed. FYI Odin is a program on the PC to communicate with the phone in download mode (Odin mode). try to do a factory reset before you go crazy with my other suggestions. I have a feeling one of the 3 options I gave you are your only options.

ThePagel said:
OK I'll explain what I think went bad.when you downloaded the update it was expecting factory stock recovery to finish the install. Since you had twrp it failed. FYI Odin is a program on the PC to communicate with the phone in download mode (Odin mode). try to do a factory reset before you go crazy with my other suggestions. I have a feeling one of thoughs 3 options are your only options.
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I found the zip file while browsing TWRP. Can I just install it? It said it was a flash and that it may be incompatible

Carousser said:
I found the zip file while browsing TWRP. Can I just install it? It said it was a flash and that it may be incompatible
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Sure you can try tell me if it works

ThePagel said:
Sure you can try tell me if it works
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Is there a chance of me bricking my phone?

Carousser said:
Is there a chance of me bricking my phone?
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Yeah but you already soft bricked it. Any brick you do you should be able to fix. just so you know you backed yourself into a corner. No matter what you do you have a chance of bricking. Its all part of being a power user. If your uncomfortable with that after you are on 4.3 you might not want to root.

ThePagel said:
Yeah but you already soft bricked it. Any brick you do you should be able to fix. just so you know you backed yourself into a corner. No matter what you do you have a chance of bricking. Its all part of being a power user. If your uncomfortable with that after you are on 4.3 you might not want to root.
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Yeah I know there's always the chance of bricking, just wanted to know if that specific thing would do it. I've been into rooting since my Droid 1, Droid 2, and Droid X. But I'm always cautious.
If I do a factory reset and back up all my data, will it get rid of odin and TWRP and everything? Then just install the 4.3 update and root using safe root? Would that work?

Carousser said:
Yeah I know there's always the chance of bricking, just wanted to know if that specific thing would do it. I've been into rooting since my Droid 1, Droid 2, and Droid X. But I'm always cautious.
If I do a factory reset and back up all my data, will it get rid of odin and TWRP and everything? Then just install the 4.3 update and root using safe root? Would that work?
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You would need to flash stock recovery completely replacing twrp. so if factory reset works and you can boot you should beable to flash stock recovery then redo the ota.
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If you have backups of stuff on your internal sd it would be much faster to just Odin to 4.3 right now.

ThePagel said:
You would need to flash stock recovery completely replacing twrp. so if factory reset works and you can boot you should beable to flash stock recovery then redo the ota.
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Is there a chance that doing a factory reset wouldn't flash it back? What else would I have to do? Sorry I haven't dealt with flashing since i had my droid x

Carousser said:
Is there a chance that doing a factory reset wouldn't flash it back? What else would I have to do? Sorry I haven't dealt with flashing since i had my droid x
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Factory reset deals with the rom. So no it will stay twrp.
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Using Odin is a lot like SBF'ing on the droid x (that was my last phone also). So if you can remember installing cyanogen mod 6 or 7 you probably always did a factory reset before first boot. Custom recovery stays intact the only way to get rid of it was to flash stock recovery with terminal emulator or sbf back to pure stock. Luckily Odin let's us flash the recover by its self so we have more options with Samsung.

Recovery for Galaxy S7 Edge SM-G935T T-Mobile

I have been trying to find a recovery for my phone that would allow me to to do nandroid backups without success.
Can someone point me in the right direction?

No go for tmobile use flashfire

Locked bootloader = No TWRP.
As stated above, use flashfire.
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Root-Maniac said:
Locked bootloader = No TWRP.
As stated above, use flashfire.
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Hope for DirtyCow-based selinux hack for V20...

Hopefully I won't get slaughtered here, I'm used to using TWRP or CWM is it possible to make a backup using Flashfire? lets see the phone bricks since you won't be able to boot into recovery how can you restore from backup ( assuming your'e able to make one via Flashfire?

Izz14 said:
Hopefully I won't get slaughtered here, I'm used to using TWRP or CWM is it possible to make a backup using Flashfire? lets see the phone bricks since you won't be able to boot into recovery how can you restore from backup ( assuming your'e able to make one via Flashfire?
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You do a backup with Flashfire.
If you "brick" then just boot up in Download mode, flash the appropriate firmware, let it boot, go back to download mode, flash the engineering kernel again, re-root, re-install Flashfire then restore your backup. Pretty easy. Not as simple as having a recovery though. It's just pretty time consuming but I've done it dozens of times.

Binary100100 said:
You do a backup with Flashfire.
If you "brick" then just boot up in Download mode, flash the appropriate firmware, let it boot, go back to download mode, flash the engineering kernel again, re-root, re-install Flashfire then restore your backup. Pretty easy. Not as simple as having a recovery though. It's just pretty time consuming but I've done it dozens of times.
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Thanks for the reply, but bear with me a bit I'm a bit confused coming from only using TWRP. I have flash fire installed lets say I do the backup and I'm bricked for whatever reason the phone does not boot up properly the next step would be to get in download mode flash the firmware via Odin I assume? * I don't really understand the flash the engineering Kernel part here what does that actually entail? omitting that step lets say I do boot up normally. At this stage I'm pretty much stock and would root again download flash fire and somehow my backup would be preserved there and can just flash that back up?
Again excuse my ignorance , and thanks for replying

Izz14 said:
Thanks for the reply, but bear with me a bit I'm a bit confused coming from only using TWRP. I have flash fire installed lets say I do the backup and I'm bricked for whatever reason the phone does not boot up properly the next step would be to get in download mode flash the firmware via Odin I assume? * I don't really understand the flash the engineering Kernel part here what does that actually entail? omitting that step lets say I do boot up normally. At this stage I'm pretty much stock and would root again download flash fire and somehow my backup would be preserved there and can just flash that back up?
Again excuse my ignorance , and thanks for replying
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You're making it sound complicated and it really isn't.
Brick?
Go back to stock with Odin
Re-root as before
Restore backup with Flashfire.

Binary100100 said:
You're making it sound complicated and it really isn't.
Brick?
Go back to stock with Odin
Re-root as before
Restore backup with Flashfire.
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lol you're right. Have you had any issues with apps crashing? my Facebook app keeps on crashing I clear data and even disable using Ti and reinstall a different apk works for a bit sometimes hours and then crashes again

Izz14 said:
lol you're right. Have you had any issues with apps crashing? my Facebook app keeps on crashing I clear data and even disable using Ti and reinstall a different apk works for a bit sometimes hours and then crashes again
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Nope. None at all.

Can someone verify this guide claims you can install TWRP on SM-G935T http://www.stupdroid.com/2017/03/root-galaxy-s7-edge-nougat.html

I was only able to find Flashfire for root.
Where can I find the version for non-root??

cyaclone said:
I was only able to find Flashfire for root.
Where can I find the version for non-root??
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Flashfire is useless without root.
There is no non root version.
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cyaclone said:
I was only able to find Flashfire for root.
Where can I find the version for non-root??
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Vovan2k said:
Can someone verify this guide claims you can install TWRP on SM-G935T http://www.stupdroid.com/2017/03/root-galaxy-s7-edge-nougat.html
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That site is full of crap articles they steal from elsewhere and change a few lines of the articles. Take a lot of what they claim with a grain of salt.
The article you listed is meant for the Chinese 930 and 935, attempting it on an American 930/935 will result in a soft brick and loss of data.
I am on mobile, or I would link the original post from here on XDA stupdroid stole, stating clearly you cannot load it onto an American phone.

Root-Maniac said:
Locked bootloader = No TWRP.
As stated above, use flashfire.
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its a dumb question but where do we find the flashware from?

BitPlease said:
its a dumb question but where do we find the flashware from?
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Flashfire is on the play store

[ROM] MCG24.251-5 100% Stock

Flash using TWRP. This will flash all files in the MCG24.251-5 update except for recovery.
New features in this update that I've noticed:
-Marshmallow, aged to perfection in Verizon's own servers. Only one major release version obsolete, and with outdated security patches!
-WiFi calling (woooooo! Those custom roms just got another carrier-specific, unportable feature to compete with)
-The command center widget has been replaced with the Droid Turbo 2 version
Get it here: https://mega.nz/#!G1xg1aYa!fm2hUL7hDDVaxTAj_iPbtY61P-8VrQEvoOJiVsDtdho
Here's the stock recovery image if you want it: https://mega.nz/#!r1wDQRCJ!KHbo_Q6L-WE_VyB1x8W4FbT6PrerPEyn9H1C6VUAyf8
Flashing this rom updates the bootloader to a version that can communicate with the kernel to tell SafetyNet that it is unlocked, causing it to fail. Fret not, however, as there are two options to fix this:
OPTION 1: Flash the SU4TL-49 bootloader using the following TWRP package: https://mega.nz/#!6logEaIQ!q8qPJw65Upt38Hxiu1JyxErmwbgL7CBzuGzzPC0C9pQ
OPTION 2: Flash this patch made by @bhb27: https://www.androidfilehost.com/?fid=745425885120696423
Wipe cache and dalvik/art cache after either of these options.
NOTE that these options only fix failures due to SafetyNet checking the bootloader status. It will still fail due to root, xposed and the like. There are no known consequences or side effects to either of these options, so just pick whichever one you feel like.
If you notice weird things after you flash this rom (long boots other than the first one which is supposed to be long, random reboots, etc.) try flashing the stock recovery image and factory resetting.
If you want root, flash this version of SuperSU first, then flash whatever newer version you want: https://download.chainfire.eu/751/SuperSU/
If you have trouble flashing this, try TWRP Mod 3 instead of Mod 4.

Ouch, you have almost full flash inside archive, with bootloader too... Who is the most brave, introduce yourself ))
+ mirror

I can confirm that it works on old bootloader.
I had SULT-49 5.1 installed before and I just flashed this via TWRP. I haven't taken the OTA. It works perfectly. Thank you.
PS: My bootloader now is moto-apq8084-70.95 (2016-06-29). Do you have same version after taking OTA?

Did you have to wipe the system, data and cache first like you would with a new ROM or just dirty flash it?
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Thanks OP

rickyblaze13 said:
Did you have to wipe the system, data and cache first like you would with a new ROM or just dirty flash it?
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When in doubt, always wipe.

Hey everyone, what is your safetynet status with this rom? It's failing for me, and I can't figure out why.

rickyblaze13 said:
have to wipe the system, data and cache first
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It works w/o, but, IMO, better wipe, than not. You don't need extra bugs, right )

It's completing setup now, I did a wipe after I backed up my phone. It's unlocked and rooted before I flashed the zip
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Can we get this ULed to Dropbox or Google Drive? The Mega link and the mirror are taking forever...

Crowick said:
Can we get this ULed to Dropbox or Google Drive? The Mega link and the mirror are taking forever...
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My google drive is full and I don't have Dropbox. But if you wanted to mirror it, I will gladly add the link to the OP.

Sure, I'll throw it up on Google Drive. Do you have just the MM stock recovery kicking around?
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Google Drive link to the TWRP Flashable version in your OP hosted on Mega.
https://drive.google.com/open?id=0BzQJqGBWW9ViQzFjTWJVUVZNazg

Crowick said:
Sure, I'll throw it up on Google Drive. Do you have just the MM stock recovery kicking around?
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Google Drive link to the TWRP Flashable version in your OP hosted on Mega.
https://drive.google.com/open?id=0BzQJqGBWW9ViQzFjTWJVUVZNazg
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thanks for gdrive mirror

Crowick said:
Sure, I'll throw it up on Google Drive. Do you have just the MM stock recovery kicking around?
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Google Drive link to the TWRP Flashable version in your OP hosted on Mega.
https://drive.google.com/open?id=0BzQJqGBWW9ViQzFjTWJVUVZNazg
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I don't. I don't know how I would get it since I need root access to get it, and I can't get root access without TWRP, and I have to overwrite the stock recovery to get TWRP.

TheSt33v said:
I have to overwrite the stock recovery to get TWRP.
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fastboot boot TWRP.img

s5610 said:
fastboot boot TWRP.img
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Nice! Good call.
https://mega.nz/#!r1wDQRCJ!KHbo_Q6L-WE_VyB1x8W4FbT6PrerPEyn9H1C6VUAyf8

Is anyone else having exceptionally long reboot/start times for their phone after flashing this rom?

Just the first boot after flashing
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Thanks for that! Did anybody try to install it right over SU4TL-44? Just in case, I'm rooted, using xposed and twrp.

TheSt33v said:
Hey everyone, what is your safetynet status with this rom? It's failing for me, and I can't figure out why.
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Perhaps this:
https://www.xda-developers.com/android-safetynet-now-reportedly-tripped-by-unlocked-bootloaders/
I just tried using AP a few hours ago and it failed with the screen in the article. OTA with unlocked bootloader.

Full Access ROOT

Hi there,
I tried to flash the patched boot.img and it bricked my phone, I managed to fix it by flashing the official boot.img. Now, I REALLY want full access root, so does someone know what needs to be altered in the boot.img for this to work? I want to alter my boot.img from my firmware.

Tigas001 said:
Hi there,
I tried to flash the patched boot.img and it bricked my phone, I managed to fix it by flashing the official boot.img. Now, I REALLY want full access root, so does someone know what needs to be altered in the boot.img for this to work? I want to alter my boot.img from my firmware.
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Hey Tigas,
some users are able to get full root with this patched boot.img from this post:
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For kindly request in MAte 9 thread
https://www.androidfilehost.com/?fid=529152257862700042 ---> Patched Mate 9 image. Use only supersu.apk to see root (Don't flash any zip with supersu before)
https://www.androidfilehost.com/?fid=529152257862700052 ---> Clean mate 9 image to patch with my zip in first thread
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Unfortunately, this method using SuperSU will break your fingerprint/PIN protection.
If you want to try, simply flash the patched img over the stock img (in TWRP) and install SuperSU from the Play store.

Tigas001 said:
Hi there,
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Now, I REALLY want full access root...
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Do you have option to restore your device in case of hardbrick? Obtaining full root on Mate 9 must be done with knowledge what are you doing and what tools are doing...

There is full root. Here are the steps for the regular Mate 9
1) Download TWRP 3.0.2-2 from here and fastboot flash it:
https://www.androidfilehost.com/?fid=745425885120697579
2) Boot into TWRP (volume up+power) Go to Wipe, Format Data, then type in yes. Then reboot recovery.
3) Flash my decrypted boot.img from here:
https://www.androidfilehost.com/?w=files&flid=152685
4) Flash Superuser from here:
https://www.androidfilehost.com/?fid=817550096634746024
5) Boot up fully. Go into the Play Store and download PHH Superuser. Or you can download the newer beta here. Install it like any other apk:
https://www.androidfilehost.com/?fid=673368273298931027
6) Congratulations, you no longer are encrypted, twrp will see your internal storage and data properly and you have full root. Now do a backup of your current rom in TWRP.

ajsmsg78 said:
There is full root. Here are the steps for the regular Mate 9
1) Download TWRP 3.0.2-2 from here and fastboot flash it:
https://www.androidfilehost.com/?fid=745425885120697579
2) Boot into TWRP (volume up+power) Go to Wipe, Format Data, then type in yes. Then reboot recovery.
3) Flash my decrypted boot.img from here:
https://www.androidfilehost.com/?w=files&flid=152685
4) Flash Superuser from here:
https://www.androidfilehost.com/?fid=817550096634746024
5) Boot up fully. Go into the Play Store and download PHH Superuser. Or you can download the newer beta here. Install it like any other apk:
https://www.androidfilehost.com/?fid=673368273298931027
6) Congratulations, you no longer are encrypted, twrp will see your internal storage and data properly and you have full root. Now do a backup of your current rom in TWRP.
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Just to discuss.
Steps 2 and 3 can be merged, if using modified script changes.sh inside of superuser.zip.
Sure, flashing decrypted boot does not require clean stock boot, so we have right boot before installing superuser
But on other side there will be unexpected problems if we will use prepared boot.
I noticed that boot images are different by version. One has additional code to thermal sensors, other doesn't.

Hi also wanted to clarify that this boot image can be flashed on any regular mate 9 and any firmware. Or is it only for a specific version of mate 9 with the same firmware as the boot.img. Thanks for any advice
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Hi just to update I followed the instructions by ajsmsp78 and gained full root and was able to install meefik busybox and also uninstall system apps which I couldn't do before. When I flashed the boot.img and superuser and booted up some of my apps were missing. I then flashed the public and hw zips for my region and most of them were back. I now have decrypted data and full root. Thanks a lot
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ajsmsg78 said:
There is full root. Here are the steps for the regular Mate 9
1) Download TWRP 3.0.2-2 from here and fastboot flash it:
https://www.androidfilehost.com/?fid=745425885120697579
2) Boot into TWRP (volume up+power) Go to Wipe, Format Data, then type in yes. Then reboot recovery.
3) Flash my decrypted boot.img from here:
https://www.androidfilehost.com/?w=files&flid=152685
4) Flash Superuser from here:
https://www.androidfilehost.com/?fid=817550096634746024
5) Boot up fully. Go into the Play Store and download PHH Superuser. Or you can download the newer beta here. Install it like any other apk:
https://www.androidfilehost.com/?fid=673368273298931027
6) Congratulations, you no longer are encrypted, twrp will see your internal storage and data properly and you have full root. Now do a backup of your current rom in TWRP.
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so is that means we can backup n restore thru twrp??
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JATCHUHAN said:
Hi just to update I followed the instructions by ajsmsp78 and gained full root and was able to install meefik busybox and also uninstall system apps which I couldn't do before. When I flashed the boot.img and superuser and booted up some of my apps were missing. I then flashed the public and hw zips for my region and most of them were back. I now have decrypted data and full root. Thanks a lot
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did you tried to back up n restore in twrp?

If I flash that boot.img it will brick my phone, I've tried it and had to flash the original boot.img as of now I have the phh superuser root. The flash method I used was fastboot and yes, I have my bootloader unlocked. Been rooting android phones for 5 - 6 years
Do I really need to wipe the data partition? Will the fingerprint sensor remain working?

eddmecha said:
so is that means we can backup n restore thru twrp??
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Yeah, you can. When you are formatting data, encryption is going off. Then need use modified boot to prevent encryption back.
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Tigas001 said:
Do I really need to wipe the data partition? Will the fingerprint sensor remain working?
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Not really need. If you are interesting only root and writeable system, then don't format data.
Can't say anything about fingerprint sensor - I never used it.

I haven't tried backing up in twrp yet. Will do so later today. When I flashed the public and hw zips all my huawei apps came back but not the extra bloat like Facebook or todoist etc. Not to bothered as I don't need them. The only thing missing was the magazine lock wallpapers but I downloaded replacements from the theme app. All good now. Thanks
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Tigas001 said:
If I flash that boot.img it will brick my phone, I've tried it and had to flash the original boot.img as of now I have the phh superuser root. The flash method I used was fastboot and yes, I have my bootloader unlocked. Been rooting android phones for 5 - 6 years
Do I really need to wipe the data partition? Will the fingerprint sensor remain working?
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I also flashed that boot.img previously and bricked my phone. However this time it worked, the only thing I did different was to wipe data in twrp. Don't know if this made any difference but it worked
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If you don't wipe data first to decrypt and then flssh the decrypted boot you'll probably end up in a bootloop. I'll have to make a decrypted boot thread with a few different boot images for those still on older systems (B112, B029 etc)

Thanks that would be great and very helpful to others
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Someone state that one of the root methods broke the finger print scanner, does this method from @ajsmsg78 correct that issue? And is there any other side effects or "broke" items after the process?

phillymade said:
Someone state that one of the root methods broke the finger print scanner, does this method from @ajsmsg78 correct that issue? And is there any other side effects or "broke" items after the process?
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Fingerprint works fine for me after rooting.

Have you tried android pay? TiBU works without issues? Any chance OTA updates could still work? Thanks.

For all models...?
Just to be clear; which model do you have? Would the boot.img work for all models? I have the AL00.
ajsmsg78 said:
There is full root. Here are the steps for the regular Mate 9
1) Download TWRP 3.0.2-2 from here and fastboot flash it:
https://www.androidfilehost.com/?fid=745425885120697579
2) Boot into TWRP (volume up+power) Go to Wipe, Format Data, then type in yes. Then reboot recovery.
3) Flash my decrypted boot.img from here:
https://www.androidfilehost.com/?w=files&flid=152685
4) Flash Superuser from here:
https://www.androidfilehost.com/?fid=817550096634746024
5) Boot up fully. Go into the Play Store and download PHH Superuser. Or you can download the newer beta here. Install it like any other apk:
https://www.androidfilehost.com/?fid=673368273298931027
6) Congratulations, you no longer are encrypted, twrp will see your internal storage and data properly and you have full root. Now do a backup of your current rom in TWRP.
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xfive420 said:
Have you tried android pay? TiBU works without issues? Any chance OTA updates could still work? Thanks.
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I don't use Android pay but the fingerprint scanner works fine so far for me after rooting. OTA should work fine but I need confirmation of it working by someone.
rbt001 said:
Just to be clear; which model do you have? Would the boot.img work for all models? I have the AL00.
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I have the MHA-L29C567 US version. I made a boot image thread you can go to for a link to the different boot images.

5[Strogino] said:
Yeah, you can. When you are formatting data, encryption is going off. Then need use modified boot to prevent encryption back..
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Are you saying that if you just flash superuser to gain root but do not decrypt, you can't do backups and restores with TiBU? And remove system apps? I was under the impression from another thread that decrypting was only necessary for TWRP data access, and would not prevent TiBU features from working.

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how to get back to stock???

I am trying to get my OP 7 Pro back to factory settings and was wondering will a factory reset do that ? I experimented with some kernels, different adb commands and my phone is acting up. I have magisk and TWRP installed and what would be the best way to go back to factory settings? I changed some system settings so I need to reset those to stock also.
My apps are working fine, should i back them up using TB and restore them or is it best to install them all from scratch ?

Search for fastboot flashable oos and run flash all.bat. You will have to flash in the bootloader mode.
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This should help
https://forum.xda-developers.com/oneplus-7-pro/how-to/rom-stock-fastboot-roms-oneplus-7-pro-t3931424
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jamesfitzes said:
I am trying to get my OP 7 Pro back to factory settings and was wondering will a factory reset do that ?
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No. Factory reset is a misnomer. All it does is wipe user data. The operating system remains the same (in your case modified). Only useful in cases where user data (such as an app) is causing problems.
I suppose in theory, at some point, there may have been a stock OS on one of the A/B partition slots. But depending on what you've subsequently flashing, that may not be the case anymore.
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I have magisk and TWRP installed and what would be the best way to go back to factory settings?
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I agree with the previous post, to use the fastboot stock ROM.
General suggestion: For every new device I get, I consider it best practice to know how to restore to stock before messing with unlocking the bootloader, root, and other mods. And have the required files ready to go, for that matter.
It used to be, that I never did any phone mods without first making a TWRP backup of the stock ROM (which I can restore if anything went wrong). But it's so easy to flash stock images on OnePlus devices, I've mostly moved away from that thinking (as have others I've seen post to that effect).
jamesfitzes said:
My apps are working fine, should i back them up using TB and restore them or is it best to install them all from scratch ?
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Restore apps and app data using TB is what I usually do.

zmafreak said:
Search for fastboot flashable oos and run flash all.bat. You will have to flash in the bootloader mode.
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https://forum.xda-developers.com/oneplus-7-pro/how-to/rom-stock-fastboot-roms-oneplus-7-pro-t3931424
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I'm assuming only TWRP will remain on my phone, or does that get wiped too?

jamesfitzes said:
I'm assuming only TWRP will remain on my phone, or does that get wiped too?
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Fastboot rom will take u back to complete stock, unroot, and puts back stock recovery. the only thing that sticks is unlocked bootloader

jamesfitzes said:
I'm assuming only TWRP will remain on my phone, or does that get wiped too?
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Flashing this stock boot ROM will also remove TWRP, you'll get stock OnePlus recovery.