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[Q] can't install 44s tried everything!

Hi all,
I need the pros here. It's NOT the regular wipe/clean/factoryreset bla bla issue.
received OPO from china with colorOS. Having the strangest behavior ever! I just can't install cyanogenmod 44S.
First I'll describe what I did:
unlock bootloader + TWRP with root + installed 44S using that comes prerooted from here: http://forum.xda-developers.com/oneplus-one/development/rom-stock-rooted-4-4-4-xnph44s-t2932551
device stuck on boot (powered by android msg)
wipe dalvik/cache didn't help.
wiped again ((format dalvik cache data system) and installed using fastboot official 44s from here: http://forum.xda-developers.com/oneplus-one/general/official-cm11s-roms-ota-updates-t2906746
eventually after almost having a heart attack and trying all the permutation of wiping/installing official/unofficial cyanogem 44S - I thought installing an older version.
I can'ts emphasize how many times and effort I put into installing 44S.
I then wiped everything again (format dalvik cache data system), rebooted to recovery and installed 25s official.
It's working!
now I try to update but OTA doesn't find anything. tried reverting to cyanogenmod recovey also but that didn't help.
so I thought installing the zips one by one (the OTA ones) but that doesn't work because I get error executing updater binary in zip and something with apache.xml
In addition, I hate the fact I don't have native OTA...
Please help me upgrade to 44s and if possible - restore OTA functionality. I have this strange feeling that I destoryed something in the device internally or something. I don't see a reason why 44S won't work on my device after having full wipe....
I love you all please help!!! Thanks!!!!
p.s - One time I did succeed booting to 44S but when I reset the device (after factory reset) It was stuck again in boot screen.

Exactly what happens when you flash the 44S fastboot images? Can you please copy/paste the text from the command prompt here?
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I can flash using fastboot 44s without any issues. But after that I can't pass the "developed by android" boot screen...
Just tried again and this is the fastboot log: http://pastebin.com/TyaBn85F
Everything seems ok.
Does the fastboot zip that comes from cyanogenmod download page includes the stock kernel as well?

Did you wait enough time for it to boot? I find initial bit after a flash takes quite a long time. Sometimes up to 5 min
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ron.r said:
I can flash using fastboot 44s without any issues. But after that I can't pass the "developed by android" boot screen...
Just tried again and this is the fastboot log: http://pastebin.com/TyaBn85F
Everything seems ok.
Does the fastboot zip that comes from cyanogenmod download page includes the stock kernel as well?
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Yes it does, that's the boot partition.
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ek69 said:
Did you wait enough time for it to boot? I find initial bit after a flash takes quite a long time. Sometimes up to 5 min
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i'm 20 minutes since installing. still boot screen.

I suspect it's something to do with either Color OS that came with my device handles file differently and left some buggy stuff that cyanogemnod can't handle OR cyanogenmod changed the ROM in 44s to raise somekind of a flag for china OPO (however with 25 I still can't use OTA or manual OTA zip)
It really sucks...I don't know what else to do.
Is there a special cleaning methodology I can use? (except format system/data/cache/dalvik from TWRP) to make the device as clean as possible before installing using fastboot?

Try reading the color os thread. There has to be someone who wanted to go from color os to another os and maybe there's a different way for that
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ek69 said:
Try reading the color os thread. There has to be someone who wanted to go from color os to another os and maybe there's a different way for that
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Actually Iv'e been stuck on google (xda especially) trying to find answers for the past two days...and nada...

ron.r said:
Actually Iv'e been stuck on google (xda especially) trying to find answers for the past two days...and nada...
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Go back to Stock Color Os and try this. Might just work.
https://forums.oneplus.net/threads/oneplus-one-coloros-to-cm11s-the-right-way.77361/
and no I am not a pro

Thanks. Saw that link. Just thought it's usless to go back to Color OS and do the whole process again...
UPDATES:
was able to install 33R using fastboot and everything works amazing including OTA...
BUT - after updating to 38R I have the same issue again. The device doesn't pass the boot screen.
UPDATE 2: After going to sleep frustrated with the device Off I woke up and tried to turn it on - and - it's working. how weird is that?
UPDATE 3: with 38R working (I really don't know how) I got OTA to 44S. I gladly updated. after pressing 'Install Update' the device turned off and didn't show the regular update script running in TWRP. Now the device stuck on boot screen again...so i'm back to square one.
Could it be that cyanogen changed something to block china versions?

UPDATE 4: turned the device in recovery mode and the update script (from 38R to 44S) ran immediately and when it's done it restarted the device.
The device is now back on. seems to be working with 44s. I'll do some more tests and if everything is fine i'll mark as solved.
BTW - the magic was probably installing 33R and from there start updating using OTA. However I don't know how to explain that after 38 OTA and short night sleep the device decided to wake up and work...

Ok. I know what's happening but I can't explain that.
Unless the device is powered off and after 30 seconds turned on - there's no way to pass the boot screen.
Restarting normally from working state doesn't work, restarting from recovery, power off and power on immediately doesn't work as well.
The ONLY way for me to pass the boot screen is to power the device off completely, go drink a small beer, come back (30 seconds is enough) and turn the device on.
Any advice???

ron.r said:
UPDATE 4: turned the device in recovery mode and the update script (from 38R to 44S) ran immediately and when it's done it restarted the device.
The device is now back on. seems to be working with 44s. I'll do some more tests and if everything is fine i'll mark as solved.
BTW - the magic was probably installing 33R and from there start updating using OTA. However I don't know how to explain that after 38 OTA and short night sleep the device decided to wake up and work...
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Hello RON,
I'm in the same situation; did you solve the problem?
Briefly follows my tests:
- after updating from OTA to 44S the opo stuck at logo.
- reflashed the stock 38r...
- Applied 44s update from recovery but after restart the system stuck.
- installed the calkulin 44S and radio file from twrp... the opo stuck at logo "1"
- FLASHED stock 44s and new kernel from https://cyngn.com/products/oneplusone/ : stuck at logo.

gioninardo said:
Hello RON,
I'm in the same situation; did you solve the problem?
Briefly follows my tests:
- after updating from OTA to 44S the opo stuck at logo.
- reflashed the stock 38r...
- Applied 44s update from recovery but after restart the system stuck.
- installed the calkulin 44S and radio file from twrp... the opo stuck at logo "1"
- FLASHED stock 44s and new kernel from https://cyngn.com/products/oneplusone/ : stuck at logo.
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reboot to recovery
it should install the 44s update
then restart normally.
if stuck on boot - turn the device off. after 30 seconds turn it on.
that worked for me.

ron.r said:
reboot to recovery
it should install the 44s update
then restart normally.
if stuck on boot - turn the device off. after 30 seconds turn it on.
that worked for me.
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thank you.
Already done... but without result!

Just flash the 44S ROM using fastboot. You can find them on the forum.
Why flash an old ROM and uwe OTA if the most updated ROM is available...

Kind of bricked my OPO in a weird way after 3 years.

I had been using Sultan's 6.0 ROM for a long time now. but it was causing issues and I wanted to try something new. I downloaded Tugapower (7.1) which I used before, and stock OxygenOS 2.1.4 flashable.
I did a nandroid backup of Sultan's ROM, I installed 7.1 which worked fine, and then wanted to test OxygenOS, which didn't boot, and then i proceeded to restore the backup. I left the phone to charge during restore, and I came back to see the phone massively hot and won't boot, not even into recovery. I checked fastboot and that worked.
I've tried a lot of stuff but none failed to boot.
Things I've tried:
1. Fastboot restore of CM11S - gets stuck at rom boot animation first try then bootloops at boot.
2.Fastboot restore of OxygenOS/CyanogenOS - same as above. Once it booted after i "Fixed Selinux" thingy from TWRP because I remembered that was an issue when i went back to 6.0 from 7.1 a few months back, but mobile data didnt work and it rebooted and started boot looping within seconds.
3. Fastboot restore of CM11s and then CM13 snapshot by recovery - bootloop
Recovery does not work by Power-UP-Vol. Only works once after flashing TWRP via OnePlus One Toolbox. and then bootloop if i try again.
ADB works in TWRP, i can also see my internal storage
4. Tried re enabling /persist partition using make_ext4fs
5. Tried MSMDownloadTool, drivers are fine, it flashes fine, but still says a lot of .img like recovery persist system userdata64 failed.
6. Tried Qualcom QSIF tool to restore ColorOS, same, flashes correctly, but still ROM does not boot.
7. Tried MiFlash to restore ColorOS, same as above.
Is my beloved OPO really gone? Or can i fix this somehow without taking it to Customer Care?
Fastboot works perfectly, also recovery works well when ColorOS is flashed. But just nothing makes the ROM boot. Also sometimes the battery starts counting down from 0 to the exact battery percentage

naeem76 said:
I had been using Sultan's 6.0 ROM for a long time now. but it was causing issues and I wanted to try something new. I downloaded Tugapower (7.1) which I used before, and stock OxygenOS 2.1.4 flashable.
I did a nandroid backup of Sultan's ROM, I installed 7.1 which worked fine, and then wanted to test OxygenOS, which didn't boot, and then i proceeded to restore the backup. I left the phone to charge during restore, and I came back to see the phone massively hot and won't boot, not even into recovery. I checked fastboot and that worked.
I've tried a lot of stuff but none failed to boot.
Things I've tried:
1. Fastboot restore of CM11S - gets stuck at rom boot animation first try then bootloops at boot.
2.Fastboot restore of OxygenOS/CyanogenOS - same as above. Once it booted after i "Fixed Selinux" thingy from TWRP because I remembered that was an issue when i went back to 6.0 from 7.1 a few months back, but mobile data didnt work and it rebooted and started boot looping within seconds.
3. Fastboot restore of CM11s and then CM13 snapshot by recovery - bootloop
Recovery does not work by Power-UP-Vol. Only works once after flashing TWRP via OnePlus One Toolbox. and then bootloop if i try again.
ADB works in TWRP, i can also see my internal storage
4. Tried re enabling /persist partition using make_ext4fs
5. Tried MSMDownloadTool, drivers are fine, it flashes fine, but still says a lot of .img like recovery persist system userdata64 failed.
6. Tried Qualcom QSIF tool to restore ColorOS, same, flashes correctly, but still ROM does not boot.
7. Tried MiFlash to restore ColorOS, same as above.
Is my beloved OPO really gone? Or can i fix this somehow without taking it to Customer Care?
Fastboot works perfectly, also recovery works well when ColorOS is flashed. But just nothing makes the ROM boot. Also sometimes the battery starts counting down from 0 to the exact battery percentage
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Change the battery. U are not only one... There are lots of people had this issue after 2.5+ year including me. I changed battery two days ago (not original) now its work normal.
https://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=3565871
https://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=3610933
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naeem76 said:
I had been using Sultan's 6.0 ROM for a long time now. but it was causing issues and I wanted to try something new. I downloaded Tugapower (7.1) which I used before, and stock OxygenOS 2.1.4 flashable.
I did a nandroid backup of Sultan's ROM, I installed 7.1 which worked fine, and then wanted to test OxygenOS, which didn't boot, and then i proceeded to restore the backup. I left the phone to charge during restore, and I came back to see the phone massively hot and won't boot, not even into recovery. I checked fastboot and that worked.
I've tried a lot of stuff but none failed to boot.
Things I've tried:
1. Fastboot restore of CM11S - gets stuck at rom boot animation first try then bootloops at boot.
2.Fastboot restore of OxygenOS/CyanogenOS - same as above. Once it booted after i "Fixed Selinux" thingy from TWRP because I remembered that was an issue when i went back to 6.0 from 7.1 a few months back, but mobile data didnt work and it rebooted and started boot looping within seconds.
3. Fastboot restore of CM11s and then CM13 snapshot by recovery - bootloop
Recovery does not work by Power-UP-Vol. Only works once after flashing TWRP via OnePlus One Toolbox. and then bootloop if i try again.
ADB works in TWRP, i can also see my internal storage
4. Tried re enabling /persist partition using make_ext4fs
5. Tried MSMDownloadTool, drivers are fine, it flashes fine, but still says a lot of .img like recovery persist system userdata64 failed.
6. Tried Qualcom QSIF tool to restore ColorOS, same, flashes correctly, but still ROM does not boot.
7. Tried MiFlash to restore ColorOS, same as above.
Is my beloved OPO really gone? Or can i fix this somehow without taking it to Customer Care?
Fastboot works perfectly, also recovery works well when ColorOS is flashed. But just nothing makes the ROM boot. Also sometimes the battery starts counting down from 0 to the exact battery percentage
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Did you tried flashing stock Cos13.1.x through fastboot?

Mr.Ak said:
Did you tried flashing stock Cos13.1.x through fastboot?
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Yup I've tried that

naeem76 said:
Yup I've tried that
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So,what happens after that? Does it boots?

Mr.Ak said:
So,what happens after that? Does it boots?
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2.Fastboot restore of OxygenOS/CyanogenOS - same as above. Once it booted after i "Fixed Selinux" thingy from TWRP because I remembered that was an issue when i went back to 6.0 from 7.1 a few months back, but mobile data didnt work and it rebooted and started boot looping within seconds.
Here this one, it was weird, it never booted afterwards

Bump.
Update: The phone doesn't reboot anymore constantly, it just powers off after the initial oneplus logo
twrp sometimes shows symlinks error, and won't reboots if i Flash anything, cwm flashes fine but no system is booted

naeem76 said:
Bump.
Update: The phone doesn't reboot anymore constantly, it just powers off after the initial oneplus logo
twrp sometimes shows symlinks error, and won't reboots if i Flash anything, cwm flashes fine but no system is booted
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Device works fine when it is in TWRP? Like,no reboots or power off(s) whatsoever? Battery works fine in TWRP? Like,charging and stuff? If it does,then this is unlikely a battery issue,however,I would suggest you to remove battery(go through tutorials on youtube) and attach it again.
This has happened to me before,like if I'm not able to flash anything from TWRP then I just change/update recovery to unofficial/newer versions of it(did you tried this?) or,I just flash Cos13 through fastboot then it boots up fine and I flash TWRP again and boom,everything is back to normal.In cases where I'm even fail to flash Cos13(shows system error/system partition corrupt) or I'm not even able to boot to fastboot i.e.,hardbrick,I just use Cm11S restore tool(modified version of color os toolkit,you can find on general thread) and it flashes perfectly fine and boom,device is back!
I hope it helps!
Ps- This is the tool I'm talking about,
https://forum.xda-developers.com/oneplus-one/general/tool-oneplusrecovery-tool-v1-0-restore-t2991851
I always use this because after flashing from color os tool,I used to get bootloop,though fastboot mode was accessible then so I could just flash Cos13 through fastboot and I no longer get any system errors and it boots up fine.

naeem76 said:
Bump.
Update: The phone doesn't reboot anymore constantly, it just powers off after the initial oneplus logo
twrp sometimes shows symlinks error, and won't reboots if i Flash anything, cwm flashes fine but no system is booted
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I think it's a battery issue. There are so many people facing the same issue. Trust me,just change your battery.

It happened to me once. I had to erase every partition via fastboot, not only system data and cache, but also modem, efs, recovery ecc. Then I flashed stock COS13.1 partitions images and it worked. Just remember: do NOT turn off or reboot your phone between the erase and the flash, it could hard brick the device!
edit: You should also backup your existing efs partition via recovery.

Fixed my device. For future reference, it was a battery issue, Just couldn't retain enough charge, enough to boot into recovery but not enough to boot any ROM, Changed battery and everything is back to normal

Fixed it Guys, Battery issue, had enough charge for recovery, but just couldn't boot a rom. Changed battery and everything's fine now

naeem76 said:
Fixed it Guys, Battery issue, had enough charge for recovery, but just couldn't boot a rom. Changed battery and everything's fine now
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@psxda97

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@psxda97
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psxda97 said:
I think it's a battery issue. There are so many people facing the same issue. Trust me,just change your battery.
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My trust on you

naeem76 said:
My trust on you
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LOL!
I'm glad it worked

I did a mistake (i think) and Know got a kernel error

Hello everyone
So here my problems :
I wanted to put Havoc OS on my OP7Pro and i downloaded the TWRP on the official website. After trying to install TWRP but inevitably fail, i followed a thread on how to install TWRP with magisk and after problems after problems arrived.
I cleaned everything and TWRP didn't detect my internal storage, so i tried to put the official rom via a Fastboot rom (since i didn't have access to debug mode and unable to boot) but the fastboot rom rebooted and Qualcom CrashDump (Kernel Restart).
After that i tried MSMdownload tool but was not able to get past "Param Preload" and after i'm stuck with the Kernel_restart of the Crashdump
OnePlus 7 Pro model : GM1913 (France)
If anyone got a solution i'm in

Hilarious! I did the same thing this morning ........ tring to flash cm17 tho but still same kernel flash crash dump etc
So I did the same as you, tried everything....
I was running 10.3.0 originally but after using "flash factory images" with --- https://forum.xda-developers.com/android/software/tool-tool-one-driversunlocktwrpfactory-t3358711
and choosing 9.5.13, 7pro fastboot zip, everything is booted now and back to normal
folder with 9.5.13 file-------- https://sourceforge.net/projects/fastbootroms/files/OnePlus 7 Pro/
I even tried manually flash all partitions before using the tool but did not stick, kept booting to crash dump
When I tried the all in one tool and 9.5.13 all is well again.
Very funny you have the same issue as me today but I resolved so you should be able to as well - cheers

jasons1004 said:
Hilarious! I did the same thing this morning ........ tring to flash cm17 tho but still same kernel flash crash dump etc
So I did the same as you, tried everything....
I was running 10.3.0 originally but after using "flash factory images" with --- https://forum.xda-developers.com/android/software/tool-tool-one-driversunlocktwrpfactory-t3358711
and choosing 9.5.13, 7pro fastboot zip, everything is booted now and back to normal
folder with 9.5.13 file-------- https://sourceforge.net/projects/fastbootroms/files/OnePlus 7 Pro/
I even tried manually flash all partitions before using the tool but did not stick, kept booting to crash dump
When I tried the all in one tool and 9.5.13 all is well again.
Very funny you have the same issue as me today but I resolved so you should be able to as well - cheers
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I'm gonna try right now i hope that i can think of you as my savior sir

jasons1004 said:
Hilarious! I did the same thing this morning ........ tring to flash cm17 tho but still same kernel flash crash dump etc
So I did the same as you, tried everything....
I was running 10.3.0 originally but after using "flash factory images" with --- https://forum.xda-developers.com/android/software/tool-tool-one-driversunlocktwrpfactory-t3358711
and choosing 9.5.13, 7pro fastboot zip, everything is booted now and back to normal
folder with 9.5.13 file-------- https://sourceforge.net/projects/fastbootroms/files/OnePlus 7 Pro/
I even tried manually flash all partitions before using the tool but did not stick, kept booting to crash dump
When I tried the all in one tool and 9.5.13 all is well again.
Very funny you have the same issue as me today but I resolved so you should be able to as well - cheers
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I love you sir Everything works
I guess the flash-all.bat was bugged i retry with the programms you linked and everything good right now

ModernLobby said:
I love you sir Everything works
I guess the flash-all.bat was bugged i retry with the programms you linked and everything good right now
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Great!
However now I am stuck...
When I fastboot boot twrp img I get black screen and nothing happens... so i cant install twrp yet
So I can just re lock bootloader and call it a day and stay on 9 but I like root for Viper at least so I may struggle on.
So I just used the tool instead of doing manual boot / flash twrp. I did the flash recovery and root, choosing Pie twrp and 20.2 magisk options and now working fine.
I am not sure where my error lies but this tool is great LOL..

jasons1004 said:
Great!
However now I am stuck...
When I fastboot boot twrp img I get black screen and nothing happens... so i cant install twrp yet
So I can just re lock bootloader and call it a day and stay on 9 but I like root for Viper at least so I may struggle on.
So I just used the tool instead of doing manual boot / flash twrp. I did the flash recovery and root, choosing Pie twrp and 20.2 magisk options and now working fine.
I am not sure where my error lies but this tool is great LOL..
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Can i ask you a question i choose the wrong ROM I took gm21aa and i need gm21ba do you think i can reflash the same way or do i need another tool ?

ModernLobby said:
Can i ask you a question i choose the wrong ROM I took gm21aa and i need gm21ba do you think i can reflash the same way or do i need another tool ?
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just download the file by itself from that folder and select file in the tool instead of download through the tool....if thats what you meant.

jasons1004 said:
just download the file by itself from that folder and select file in the tool instead of download through the tool....if thats what you meant.
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i'm gonna try since i didn't took the right version it bugged me a little bit ^^

I have had the same issue, getting into edl-mode and start the msm-tool was really a little bit crazy.

Anonymouze said:
I have had the same issue, getting into edl-mode and start the msm-tool was really a little bit crazy.
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Yeah i got to admit i never had this software working everytime i run into the param preload issue so i tried the issue that jasons1004 told me and now its work fine

Problem with flashing custom ROM (error 255)

Hey guys,
after searching through different websites and guides you are my last resort to get a custom ROM running on my Redmi S2.
Everytime i try to flash a custom ROM i get the error 255. Here is what i tried until now (bootloader is unlocked):
- flashing twrp(twrp-3.2.1-0-ysl) to recovery using fastboot
- wiping phone (first wipe to disable encryption since miui puts some kind of password on the hard drive that i dont know, second wipe to ensure partitions are clean for new OS)
- mounting phone to pc to transfer OS image (tried Lineage and Havoc, both modified for S2 (ysl version)) and GApps
- finally, installing OS zip (after which i get error message 255, telling me that twrp wasnt able to install the zip file)
please help me out, ask away if something's not clear

flying_shitnugget said:
Hey guys,
after searching through different websites and guides you are my last resort to get a custom ROM running on my Redmi S2.
Everytime i try to flash a custom ROM i get the error 255. Here is what i tried until now (bootloader is unlocked):
- flashing twrp(twrp-3.2.1-0-ysl) to recovery using fastboot
- wiping phone (first wipe to disable encryption since miui puts some kind of password on the hard drive that i dont know, second wipe to ensure partitions are clean for new OS)
- mounting phone to pc to transfer OS image (tried Lineage and Havoc, both modified for S2 (ysl version)) and GApps
- finally, installing OS zip (after which i get error message 255, telling me that twrp wasnt able to install the zip file)
please help me out, ask away if something's not clear
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change your recovery..

Baim alif said:
change your recovery..
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Mind elaborating? What do you mean exactly?

flying_shitnugget said:
Mind elaborating? What do you mean exactly?
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use this recovery
https://files.orangefox.download/OrangeFox-Stable/ysl/OrangeFox-R10.0-1-Stable-ysl.zip

Baim alif said:
use this recovery
https://files.orangefox.download/OrangeFox-Stable/ysl/OrangeFox-R10.0-1-Stable-ysl.zip
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so... i first tried taking the recovery.img out of the zip and flashing it via fastboot, didnt worked. after that i tried first flashing my old twrp and then (after wiping) installing the whole zip. the install finished successfully, sayed it will restart to recovery in 5 seconds... aaaand got stuck on the android screen. now it wont boot to recovery at all anymore, unless i flash the old twrp again. suggestions?

flying_shitnugget said:
so... i first tried taking the recovery.img out of the zip and flashing it via fastboot, didnt worked. after that i tried first flashing my old twrp and then (after wiping) installing the whole zip. the install finished successfully, sayed it will restart to recovery in 5 seconds... aaaand got stuck on the android screen. now it wont boot to recovery at all anymore, unless i flash the old twrp again. suggestions?
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try to boot recovery with power button and volume up

Baim alif said:
try to boot recovery with power button and volume up
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yes, that's what i did. i also tried booting into from fastboot and still nothing.

flying_shitnugget said:
yes, that's what i did. i also tried booting into from fastboot and still nothing.
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hmmm... try this bro..
https://androidfilehost.com/?fid=6006931924117927913

flying_shitnugget said:
yes, that's what i did. i also tried booting into from fastboot and still nothing.
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Try this, you have to flash first this in fastboot https://files.orangefox.download/OrangeFox-Beta/ysl/ the R10.0-1 RC1 .img file
And THEN flash this https://orangefox.download/en/device/ysl once you are in the recovery.
Then it worked for me, finally, hope this helps.

celephrn said:
Try this, you have to flash first this in fastboot https://files.orangefox.download/OrangeFox-Beta/ysl/ the R10.0-1 RC1 .img file
And THEN flash this https://orangefox.download/en/device/ysl once you are in the recovery.
Then it worked for me, finally, hope this helps.
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so i tried this approach. i first installed how you told me to (orangefox R10.0-1 RC1 .img first), but factory reset nor installing the second recovery img worked because of the encryption miui puts on the phone. So i flashed twrp, wiped memory, flashed first orange fox img and from then installed the second img (as a zip). until here everything worked, orange fox told me that he's going to reboot to new recovery -- and i got stuck on the boot logo again. :c

flying_shitnugget said:
so i tried this approach. i first installed how you told me to (orangefox R10.0-1 RC1 .img first), but factory reset nor installing the second recovery img worked because of the encryption miui puts on the phone. So i flashed twrp, wiped memory, flashed first orange fox img and from then installed the second img (as a zip). until here everything worked, orange fox told me that he's going to reboot to new recovery -- and i got stuck on the boot logo again. :c
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Did you flash the firmware? https://github.com/XiaomiFirmwareUpdater/firmware_xiaomi_ysl/releases/tag/stable-16.03.2020
Other thing you could try is flash the other .img files from https://files.orangefox.download/OrangeFox-Beta/ysl/ and the flash in there the same .zip file you did as before.

celephrn said:
Did you flash the firmware? https://github.com/XiaomiFirmwareUpdater/firmware_xiaomi_ysl/releases/tag/stable-16.03.2020
Other thing you could try is flash the other .img files from https://files.orangefox.download/OrangeFox-Beta/ysl/ and the flash in there the same .zip file you did as before.
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im currently on MIUI V.10.3.1.0.OEFMIXM | Stable 654M, is it important to flash newer firmware?

flying_shitnugget said:
im currently on MIUI V.10.3.1.0.OEFMIXM | Stable 654M, is it important to flash newer firmware?
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Could solve the issue, I'd give it a shot!

celephrn said:
Could solve the issue, I'd give it a shot!
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i suppose you flash it using MiFlash right? If so, i have a problem with flashing new roms using it because my Mi account isnt allowed to do that, i unlocked the bootloader using a tool (dont know if this has something to do with the custom rom problem)

flying_shitnugget said:
i suppose you flash it using MiFlash right? If so, i have a problem with flashing new roms using it because my Mi account isnt allowed to do that, i unlocked the bootloader using a tool (dont know if this has something to do with the custom rom problem)
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As long as the bootloader is unlocked it should be fine. And no, you should flash the firmware just as you would flash the rom, i. e. from OrangeFox Recovery.

celephrn said:
As long as the bootloader is unlocked it should be fine. And no, you should flash the firmware just as you would flash the rom, i. e. from OrangeFox Recovery.
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so i flashed the firmware as you said, now neither orangefox or twrp throw me the error "unable to locate storage device", i cant mount the storage to the pc and cant copy the custom rom stuff as well

celephrn said:
As long as the bootloader is unlocked it should be fine. And no, you should flash the firmware just as you would flash the rom, i. e. from OrangeFox Recovery.
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UPDATE: i finally ****ing did it. So here are the steps that i took (incase anyone has to go through this **** as well)
1. flash MIUI on mobile device using MiFlash (at least i did this by shorting 2 pins on the back)
2. (VERY IMPORTANT!!!) instantly boot to fastboot using Power button + Volume down. this has to be before android starts setting up the phone
3. flash recovery with the image that celephrn provided in this thread
4.boot to recovery by holding Volume up + Power button
5. install the miui update that celephrn provided in this thread
6. reboot to recovery
7. install orange recovery zip that celephrn provided in this thread (phone reboots to recovery)
8. now you can reboot to system (Do NOT (!!!) set the phone up, just let it work its things until you see the MIUI setup screen)
9. Now, finally you can dirty flash your custom rom (and GApps)
10. after flashing the new rom android will throw you alot of errors so you will have to wipe Dalvik/Cache, System, Data and Internal Storage.
11. now you can flash your Rom clean and you're good to go
(huge thanks to celephrn, helped me out after me struggling for a few good weeks with this damn phone)

Baim alif said:
use this recovery
https://files.orangefox.download/OrangeFox-Stable/ysl/OrangeFox-R10.0-1-Stable-ysl.zip
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bro please help me i have the same issue error 255 on 3.2.1-0 ysl twrp.please help

Farrellclay said:
bro please help me i have the same issue error 255 on 3.2.1-0 ysl twrp.please help
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so far, what have you done

I need help with a soft bricked Redmi Note 7

Hello guys,
For context, I flashed LOS a few weeks ago and got an update today. Didn't think much of it so I just clicked like a install button or something. The phone (Redmi Note 7) booted into TWRP. I couldn't find any zip, nor image file though. I tried just rebooting to system, which obviously didn't work. It booted straight back into TWRP. After many tries in this fashion, I downloaded the zip file from the official LOS website and tried flashing it there. That didn't work and it spat out an ERROR 7.
I don't know what to do, I tried so many ways to fix it, but nothing works.
Please help.
EDIT: When I try to flash the ROM in it says Updater process ended with ERROR: 7

Hint: Replace in this thread's title "device" by "Redmi Note 7" thus mainly owners of such phone get addressed.

realHoPeLess said:
Hello guys,
For context, I flashed LOS a few weeks ago and got an update today. Didn't think much of it so I just clicked like a install button or something. The phone (Redmi Note 7) booted into TWRP. I couldn't find any zip, nor image file though. I tried just rebooting to system, which obviously didn't work. It booted straight back into TWRP. After many tries in this fashion, I downloaded the zip file from the official LOS website and tried flashing it there. That didn't work and it spat out an ERROR 7.
I don't know what to do, I tried so many ways to fix it, but nothing works.
Please help.
EDIT: When I try to flash the ROM in it says Updater process ended with ERROR: 7
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Did you wipe system and data and cache before installing rom?

jjgvv said:
Did you wipe system and data and cache before installing rom?
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I'm not sure... I'd say I did, but can't tell you with 100% coinfidence