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SuperSU 2.79 SR3 will not survive reboot

Google Play Store Pixel, stock feb update (nof26v), unrooted, unlocked bootloader. There's a longer back story to this issue I've encountered, but to cut to the chase:
I can successfully flash TWRP 3.0.2 RC1 and 2.79 SR3. I can boot into system and enjoy benefits of root. However, I've noticed that whenever I try to reboot SYSTEM, it only boots into recovery. Even when I boot into bootloader and flash stock boot.img, it'll just reboot into stock recovery, but never into system. My way out of this quasi soft-brick state is to flash stock boot.img and sideload ota and I'm good to go with all my settings/data intact, I'll just be unrooted (as expected). I can verify it survives reboot in this state.
Has anyone else encountered this before? Is there something in the latest SU that won't let it reboot properly? Is there a way I can force it to reboot a certain slot to somehow avoid this issue?
The way Android handles memory now, I don't ever feel the need to reboot. But one of the things that's essential for me is to edit build.prop to enable wifi tether and miracast. Thing is, it requires a reboot for those changes to apply, but as soon as I reboot...
I've had this all working before on the dec update and SuperSU-v2.79-201612051815.zip but then something really strange happened (long backstory referenced above) and it required me to have to re-root, only now it won't survive reboot.
Any insight is greatly appreciated!

I have never encountered this issue as a result of flashing Super SU. I have come across this when I updated to the latest image by just flashing a few components.. IE: i didnt flash the whole factory image.
Flashing the latest factory image to both slots and starting over fixed the issue for me.
Flash the image (flash_all.bat) then fastboot boot twrp and switch slots, flash factory image again.
Just my two cents.

k.s.deviate said:
Flashing the latest factory image to both slots and starting over fixed the issue for me.
Flash the image (flash_all.bat) then fastboot boot twrp and switch slots, flash factory image again.
Just my two cents.
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Thanks for your input! Should I remove -w while flashing, or when you said starting over do you mean full wipe?
Was hoping to avoid going that route... Is there any way to salvage without wipe?

Let me also share the strange event I encountered which led me to this point:
As stated, I had December update with stable 2.79 and TWRP 3.0.2. I skipped Jan update and was planning to do the same for the Feb update, but for whatever reason, I went to check updates (knowing full well it wouldn't take since I'm not on stock recovery). It gave me the standard "downloading, installing..Oops, there's a problem" prompt and I went on my merry way.
A week or so later, I decided to manually reboot and upon boot, I noticed it said "Android is starting/configuring" something along those lines. Then I tried double tap to lock (Nova gesture) and it says phone wasn't rooted. I check and sure enough, no SU icon. Checked Android version and now it says I'm on Feb update.
Attempt to install latest from chainfire on play store and no dice. Decide to flash it instead. Downloaded 2.79 SR3. Booted temporary TWRP and flashed the install and SU and then I found that phone won't boot to anything but recovery. Now anytime, I modify the boot image in any way, I'm bricked on subsequent reboots until I flash stock boot image and sideload OTA.
How do you think the Feb update installed when it shouldn't have? Did it install to one slot while my other slot was TWRP+root?

I would guess that it may have installed onto the inactive slot, but it doesn't sound like it should have if you had TWRP and Su installed. However we are all still learning new things about the pixel every day.
I would recommend clean flashing the factory image to both slots and starting over. Sounds like something became corrupt.

What version of ADB and Fastboot are you running? This reboot to bootloader happened to me when I unknowing using an older version.

Try wiping the device completely push your factory image via ADB and fastboot and installed of TWRP RC1 use alpha 2 never had a issue with alpha 2 after flashing TWRP boot into stock then go back into TWRP then flash SuperSU

jamespark said:
How do you think the Feb update installed when it shouldn't have?
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People have reported automatic OTA updates on rooted Pixel phones. You can shut off automatic OTA updates by following the following link. People report still getting a notification for updates after the setting change, but updates no longer happen automatically. The site below also lists a way to entirely shut off OTA notifications, yet that change causes my phone to stay awake constantly and never go into deep sleep, so I only recommend the link. There's a thread or two about FlashFire, which I may eventually get around to trying.
https://www.androidexplained.com/pixel-disable-ota-updates/

Are you okay with losing data? I can post the links I used to download SuperSU and a little guide to flash to stock and reroot. Maybe you'll be able to figure what you're doing wrong or just doing what I do step by step might fix it.

mngdew said:
What version of ADB and Fastboot are you running? This reboot to bootloader happened to me when I unknowing using an older version.
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Definitely using an older version of adb and fastboot. I'll update and retry with the latest, thanks for the suggestion!

alluringreality said:
People have reported automatic OTA updates on rooted Pixel phones. You can shut off automatic OTA updates by following the following link. People report still getting a notification for updates after the setting change, but updates no longer happen automatically. The site below also lists a way to entirely shut off OTA notifications, yet that change causes my phone to stay awake constantly and never go into deep sleep, so I only recommend the link. There's a thread or two about FlashFire, which I may eventually get around to trying.
https://www.androidexplained.com/pixel-disable-ota-updates/
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Thanks for the heads up! I had this setting enabled and I have since disabled it.
I really appreciate the community and all your help!

SOLVED
I'm pleased to report that I now have root that survives reboot!
- From stock: flashed TWRP and SU. verified root, edited build.prop and reboot system..... boots into recovery (the usual problem)
- switched active slots and flashed SU, reboot
- SU icon in app drawer but when launched: "supersu binaries not installed"
- reboot into recovery and flashed su, reboot
- su is installed, but build.prop changes didn't stick. edited build.prop, reboot system
- boots into recovery.
- flashed su, did NOT reboot, backed out, switched slots, flash SU to the other slot, reboot
- huzzah!
is it verified that android will alternate active slots upon each subsequent reboot (i.e. A/B/A/B/...)?
it would seem I was making changes and rebooting to the other slot which was jacked up, so I had to finally apply the same changes to both slots and now everything is working!
I honestly don't know what I just did, and I guess sometimes it's better to be lucky than smart lol but, boy, this two-system partition is a piece of work...
Thanks again to everyone for all your help!!

Phone reboot to twrp and twrp doesnt decrypt data after OTA update

Hi,
So I followed this tutorial https://oneplus.gadgethacks.com/how...thout-losing-root-no-computer-needed-0192638/ (but I used more up to date downloads links than what was on the article) to update my phone to the latest oxygenos on my OnePlus 6.
The install went well, I could reboot on my phone without problems. The thing is when I ran magisk manager it said that magisk wasn't installed. So I rebooted to twrp and flashed again magisk then rebooted. Now when the phone rebooted and asked me for my pin number it automatically went to "Shutting down phone" and rebooted to twrp. So I flashed the magisk uninstaller but it didn't rebooted well. Then I thought I had to switch the active slot, so in twrp I switched to slot A. Then it rebooted on fastboot. I understood I did something really bad so I ran "fastboot --set_active=b" on my computer.
Now my phone cannot actually boot and everytime I get in twrp except that now it doesn't ask me to unlock the phone to decrypt it and just asks me if I want to get into twrp in read only mode. When I navigate to /sdcard, it is full of weird folder name which is because, if I understand well, twrp has failed to decrypt it.
Is my phone bricked? Can I recover data? Can I repair my installation?
EDIT: if you need more informations that I forgot to give don't hesitate to ask.
EDIT2: I tried to reboot to fastboot mode and issue on my computer "fastboot boot twrp-3.2.3-1-enchilada.img" to see if the official twrp could decrypt the data (I'm currently using bluespark's twrp). I get the following error: "FAILED (remote: unknown command)". I understand now I'm pretty ****ed. Right now I'd only like to recover my data (mostly hundreds of pictures) and then flash a stock rom (except if it's actually possible to repair the system and boot normally). How can I decrypt /sdcard if twrp can't do it?
Thanks in advance for your help, I'm pretty lost right now and it's quite an urgent situation.

I got a new error when issuing "fastboot boot boot.img" after I rebooted to System from twrp:
```
Downloading 'boot.img'
OKAY [ 0.692s]
booting
FAILED (remote: Failed to load/authenticate boot image: Load Error)
Finished. Total time: 0.719s
```

Ok so now by restarting a couple of times to fastboot I successfully booted to official twrp using "fastboot boot.img" and it successfully decrypted my storage!!!
Now I think things are recoverable, how do I fix this bad boy? Reflashing last official oxygenos image could work?

noom4_5 said:
Ok so now by restarting a couple of times to fastboot I successfully booted to official twrp using "fastboot boot.img" and it successfully decrypted my storage!!!
Now I think things are recoverable, how do I fix this bad boy? Reflashing last official oxygenos image could work?
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Once in your booted TWRP from 'fastboot boot twrp.img' ... Flash OOS (9.0.5 from xda forums), flash blu_spark-TWRP, reboot TWRP... Now you can root your phone (flash Magisk), flash a kernel. All should be good.
I would suggest in future, use these forums for download links, tutorials, and check this Q&A forum (literally 3-5 posts on first half of page 1 with similar problems. Just follow instructions to update if you don't know how (they are always on first page of the thread where you get your downloads from).

Thank you for your answer, everything's back to normal
I'll make sure to follow the official tutorials next time.

only4dank said:
Once in your booted TWRP from 'fastboot boot twrp.img' ... Flash OOS (9.0.5 from xda forums), flash blu_spark-TWRP, reboot TWRP... Now you can root your phone (flash Magisk), flash a kernel. All should be good.
I would suggest in future, use these forums for download links, tutorials, and check this Q&A forum (literally 3-5 posts on first half of page 1 with similar problems. Just follow instructions to update if you don't know how (they are always on first page of the thread where you get your downloads from).
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Good advice. I'd also like to add so everyone is aware, it's a good idea to disable all magisk modules before an update. Also disable your lockscreen pin, fingerprint... Basically any security. You can always re-enable these once updated. It just makes for less complications when updating. I'd also recommend downloading magisk modules outside of the app and keep them in a folder called magisk modules. That way, if for some reason magisk didn't retain the ones you downloaded after disabling and installing an oos update, you don't have to rely on your memory to look up\install them.

thejase said:
Good advice. I'd also like to add so everyone is aware, it's a good idea to disable all magisk modules before an update. Also disable your lockscreen pin, fingerprint... Basically any security. You can always re-enable these once updated. It just makes for less complications when updating. I'd also recommend downloading magisk modules outside of the app and keep them in a folder called magisk modules. That way, if for some reason magisk didn't retain the ones you downloaded after disabling and installing an oos update, you don't have to rely on your memory to look up\install them.
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I never disable/uninstall Magisk modules. Nor do I disable lockscreen pin, fingerprint.
Theres no point at all. If flash things logically (correctly) you won't reboot your system without non-stock recovery, or no root.

only4dank said:
I never disable/uninstall Magisk modules. Nor do I disable lockscreen pin, fingerprint.
Theres no point at all. If flash things logically (correctly) you won't reboot your system without non-stock recovery, or no root.
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There absolutely is a point. Many people have had encryption issues in twrp when updating. In addition, I myself have had a magisk issue where one of the modules wouldn't run properly when updating to pie and as a result, it didn't boot. Using a terminal magisk module uninstaller in twrp to disable the module fixed the issue. This is merely advice to eliminate all possible failures when updating. If it works for you without doing these things, mazel tov, but this is for those that have had issues and want to minimize the odds of that happening again.

thejase said:
There absolutely is a point. Many people have had encryption issues in twrp when updating. In addition, I myself have had a magisk issue where one of the modules wouldn't run properly when updating to pie and as a result, it didn't boot. Using a terminal magisk module uninstaller in twrp to disable the module fixed the issue. This is merely advice to eliminate all possible failures when updating. If it works for you without doing these things, mazel tov, but this is for those that have had issues and want to minimize the odds of that happening again.
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Fair enough. But moving from Oreo to Pie is a little bit different then Pie OTA updates. I have 6-7 modules recently in Magisk - and never uninstalled Magisk or removed modules while updating Android Pie.
When I came from Oreo, I did a clean wiped system. To me, that makes sense - because it is a dramatic change in the system (whereas OTA updates for same android version are pretty minuscule).

only4dank said:
Fair enough. But moving from Oreo to Pie is a little bit different then Pie OTA updates. I have 6-7 modules recently in Magisk - and never uninstalled Magisk or removed modules while updating Android Pie.
When I came from Oreo, I did a clean wiped system. To me, that makes sense - because it is a dramatic change in the system (whereas OTA updates for same android version are pretty minuscule).
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The only module I had to manually remove, because OOS refused to boot after an update, was "OOS Native Call Recording Enabler".
And before I knew that was causing it... I factory reset, then everything was fine until the next update xD
I even made a Backup/restore magisk data script, but seeing as it backed up/restored that module too it would still refuse to boot after an update.

ante0 said:
The only module I had to manually remove, because OOS refused to boot after an update, was "OOS Native Call Recording Enabler".
And before I knew that was causing it... I factory reset, then everything was fine until the next update xD
I even made a Backup/restore magisk data script, but seeing as it backed up/restored that module too it would still refuse to boot after an update.
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Same. But if you install it with version 8.0 after the update, it works again. Just f.y.i..

noom4_5 said:
I got a new error when issuing "fastboot boot boot.img" after I rebooted to System from twrp:
```
Downloading 'boot.img'
OKAY [ 0.692s]
booting
FAILED (remote: Failed to load/authenticate boot image: Load Error)
Finished. Total time: 0.719s
```
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noom4_5 said:
Ok so now by restarting a couple of times to fastboot I successfully booted to official twrp using "fastboot boot.img" and it successfully decrypted my storage!!!
Now I think things are recoverable, how do I fix this bad boy? Reflashing last official oxygenos image could work?
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Can you tell me which TWRP image you used to get past this issue? I have tried both 3.2.3-1 and 3.3.0-0 several times with zero luck this far. Thanks!

wwwryan said:
Can you tell me which TWRP image you used to get past this issue? I have tried both 3.2.3-1 and 3.3.0-0 several times with zero luck this far. Thanks!
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Answered my own question but wanted to leave this here for others just in case it is helpful. Using twrp-3.2.3-x_blu_spark_v9.91_op6.img I was able to fastboot boot the img file and this version of TWRP offered to decrypt. From there first thing I did was adb pull my entire sdcard to my PC for save keeping.
My issue was a result of restoring from an earlier backup to recover some data. I had recently updated to 9.0.5 but accidentally deleted something I had no backup for so was restoring a previous TWRP back from 9.0.4. After the restore I couldn't boot the OS and all official version of TWRP would no longer offer to decrypt my data. Of course, I could not restore the backup I had just taken either since it was encrypted on the internal SD card. From now on I will just take TWRP backups to external storage via OTG USB and not even risk it.

Happened to me a few days ago
You can NOT recover your data. But you will be able to fix your phone.
Just do a Factory Reset from TWRP (Wipes Everything) and a wipe of system etc
Then just sideload or put the latest OOS back on the phone and install it.
Trust me, I have tried everything for trying to recover and decrypt the data... Somehow our phones did change the Encryption Keys from /data/unencrypted so there is no way to recover unless you can get the same key out of luck of using the encryption algorithm and salting process that Android uses.
https://imgur.com/y8ENw77
https://imgur.com/q7BPOCy

I've done this a few times. Actually... every time I update; save for the last two times. Just two notes that you already seem to have figured out:
1) Always remember turn off your active modules. (Just turn them off, you don't need to uninstall them.) Simply doing that seems to have fix OTA issues for me. I try to do it before I even download the update and definitely before I install it.
2) No matter how badly I foul up (except for the first time), I never wipe it when trying to fix it. Just side boot Blu Spark TWRP and flash the OS again. Boot it up once without root. Then go ahead to side boot Blu Spark TWRP again to root. I never install TWRP to the device at all. Even with Blu Spark, it seems to get iffy with me. If I want to flash something, I just let it wait until I'm home so I can side load Blu Spark.

Update with root/unlock

I cannot for the life up me update my One Plus 7 Pro from 9.5.3 to 9.5.6 with root/unlock. I've tried the Magisk install to other slot method, tried flashing in twrp, tried full OTA, tried re-installing twrp to both slots after flashing. Basically tried all the 6T methods.
How the hell do you do this? What am I doing wrong?

Not sure what you're doing wrong but what I can do is tell you my steps:
- Upgrade via stock OnePlus Updater inside system settings
- Make sure it downloads the full OTA (over 1GB file size) if you are rooted
- Let it update
- Flash the TWRP retention script found in the Magisk repo if you have TWRP and would like to keep it
- Install Magisk to inactive slot from the main screen in Magisk Manager
-Reboot and profit
Couple things to keep note of
- Uninstall all Substratum overlays before doing this
- Optional: remove lockscreen security
Personally I don't remove lockscreen security but I do uninstall Substratum overlays and I never have issues.

Anyone know how to root if I'm already on 9.5.6?

hachem28 said:
Anyone know how to root if I'm already on 9.5.6?
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You can flash the Magisk installer zip in TWRP, which is what I did.
Or you can wait until someone posts a patched 9.5.6 boot image.

I posted the 956 magisk image in another thread but here it is again from the gm1917
https://www.dropbox.com/s/0a48lpps6ah90t3/boot956gm1917magisk.img?dl=0
Instructions
(Adb and fastboot on a PC)
(Unlock bootloader): tap build# 6x, Oem unlocking and usb debugging on, connect phone to PC, boot to recovery, "fastboot oem unlock" from PC command prompt which erases phone also, then usb debugging and advanced reboot on again
Download the patched boot image to adb directory
Install the latest version of Magisk Manager to phone
Reboot the phone in fastboot mode
Use the following command via command prompt :
fastboot flash boot boot956gm1917magisk.img
fastboot reboot
The phone will reboot into system, this may take some time be patient
Open Magisk & Install it again[Direct Install]
You've got a rooted OnePlus 7 Pro.
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hachem28 said:
Anyone know how to root if I'm already on 9.5.6?
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@schmeggy929 posted a patched boot image for the US unlocked variant that you can use for rooting and then installing TWRP. I had to switch the active slot for my device before following the instructions for the patched boot image. After getting Magisk and TWRP installed I didn't have WiFi so I wiped everything in TWRP, used the full zip for 9.5.6 followed by the TWRP installer zip, rebooted to recovery, flashed Magisk 19.2, rebooted, and everything worked great. If you get into a bootloop follow this guide
Standard disclaimer: I'm not responsible for damage, etc.

larsdennert said:
I posted the 956 magisk image in another thread but here it is again from the gm1917
https://www.dropbox.com/s/0a48lpps6ah90t3/boot956gm1917magisk.img?dl=0
Instructions
Download the patched boot image to adb directory
Install the latest version of Magisk Manager
Reboot the phone in fastboot mode
Use the following command via command prompt :
fastboot flash boot boot956gm1917magisk.img
fastboot reboot
The phone will reboot into system, this may take some time be patient
Open Magisk & Install it again[Direct Install]
You've got a rooted OnePlus 7 Pro.
Sent from my GM1917 using Tapatalk
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shadeau said:
@schmeggy929 posted a patched boot image for the US unlocked variant that you can use for rooting and then installing TWRP. I had to switch the active slot for my device before following the instructions for the patched boot image. After getting Magisk and TWRP installed I didn't have WiFi so I wiped everything in TWRP, used the full zip for 9.5.6 followed by the TWRP installer zip, rebooted to recovery, flashed Magisk 19.2, rebooted, and everything worked great. If you get into a bootloop follow this guide
Standard disclaimer: I'm not responsible for damage, etc.
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OK question does both these methods get us to the same results? Just they are different ways of doing it. Don't beat me up to bad guys.

The key is flashing a boot image that matches what you are currently running.
The second set of instructions also flash TWRP.
Both flash magisk which is essentially root.
I preferred the first method as it was simple and initially only boots to a modified image. If anything goes wrong in that step, nothing permanent has been done. The first method requires you are at least on 9.5.4 as earlier recoveries did not support booting to an image unless it was flashed.
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---------- Post added at 10:45 PM ---------- Previous post was at 10:41 PM ----------
The second instructions basically continue where mine left off by flashing TWRP recovery. He then used TWRP to repair having flashed the wrong boot image while rooting and eventually giving up and flashing the whole rom again. I think that's what happened to him.
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larsdennert said:
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The second instructions basically continue where mine left off by flashing TWRP recovery. He then used TWRP to repair having flashed the wrong boot image while rooting and eventually giving up and flashing the whole rom again. I think that's what happened to him.
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I flashed the correct boot image, but to the wrong slot which led me to a bootloop. After fixing that problem and getting back to stock I switched slots, flashed the boot image, and didn't have WiFi (I triple checked the version was correct and others have had the issue). That's what led me to flashing the full ROM in TWRP and then Magisk.
To the OP:
I like having TWRP with a rooted device, but if you just want root then follow the first set of instructions

OK guys I'm on Verizon I just got my phone Friday and it had the update 9.5.6GM21AA for the Iphone and 7pro problem so I did it. OK now the dumb question when it says Open Magisk & Install it again. There are talking about the boot image right? I'm sorry guys I've not done this in a long time.
OK guys I googled and found what I needed thank you

With the phone only a few weeks old, we are all experimenting with what works. 1+is also releasing a lot of patches all the time so things are a moving Target. Luckily things are settling and the early adopters have sorted out how to get out of a jamb when it happens.
For others clarity open the magisk app after booting to the patched boot image i provided and do a direct install. This is that step that actually permanently patches your boot image for magisk. There are other instructions floating around that instead flash the modified image provided. Those were earlier instructions They are more hazardous in case there is a problem with the supplied image or it doesn't match your rom, or you don't flash to the correct Slot. That's what happened to the other poster but he was experienced enough to simply fix the issue. It's still a sinking feeling when it happens and you wonder how badly you've just bricked your phone. I've been there many times, lol.
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skythian said:
I cannot for the life up me update my One Plus 7 Pro from 9.5.3 to 9.5.6 with root/unlock. I've tried the Magisk install to other slot method, tried flashing in twrp, tried full OTA, tried re-installing twrp to both slots after flashing. Basically tried all the 6T methods.
How the hell do you do this? What am I doing wrong?
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I am in the exact same boat. I went through a bunch of trouble getting my phone rooted for the first time on 9.5.3. Finally got everything setup properly. 9.5.3 with root and twrp 3.3.1-20 (with decryption working).
Wanted to upgrade to 9.5.6 and have been holding off for fear of messing things up and having to wipe and start over.
Decided to go for it. Used the OP system updater. Installed 9.5.6. DID NOT REBOOT. Went to Magisk Manager and installed Magisk using the "After OTA" method. Rebooted. It booted to stock OP recovery.
Frustrated and not quite sure what to do, I went to my computer and installed twrp 3.3.1-20 using "fastboot flash boot twrp.img". I expected it was going to boot into twrp since I installed it on the current slot (A) but to my surprise it booted into system. Unfortunately I lost root, but at least i'm not at the stock recovery.
Then I decided I would try to get root using the patched image that @larsdennert posted on post 5. I went into fastboot and followed his instructions exactly. Waited for it to reboot and ended up at the stock OP recovery screen again. Since the only thing I knew how to get back into my system was flashing the twrp 3.3.1-20, I did that, rebooted, and am now back in Android, but without root.
After reading countless threads about the Slot A and B partitioning, I thought I understood it, but I must not. Or something must be setup wrong. I follow steps exactly and nothing seems to work for me.
Maybe someone can help me out. I'd like to get 9.5.6 rooted, but I am terrified to mess stuff up and have to wipe it clean again.
EDIT:
I got root! Once I got to system I had the idea to boot to recovery to see if twrp was there. Turns out it was, so I flashed Magisk from twrp and rebooted. Saw that it was rooted and direct installed Magisk again from Magisk Manager.
Man, I really have no clue how or why this worked out this way. I feel like i'm going to stay on 9.5.6 for a while out of fear of screwing something up again. This is nothing like my old One Plus 5. lol
Edit x2:
It appears my WiFi isn't working. I don't really know what to do from here.

Blackfireball5 said:
Edit x2:
It appears my WiFi isn't working. I don't really know what to do from here.
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flash the Sky-Dragon Kernel, it'll fix the wifi

Marco589 said:
flash the Sky-Dragon Kernel, it'll fix the wifi
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I'm not really interested in going to a different kernel. I'm going to try to dirty flash the update again and reflash twrp and Magisk. Hopefully that will work.

Can't reboot to Recovery after upgrade to Android 10

Hello everyone,
As I mentioned in the title, since I upgraded to Android 10, can't boot to recovery.
Dowloaded latest version of the Adb kit, and while issuing
adb reboot recovery
the phone reboots but goes to normal boot.
Tried manually (power + vol down etc.) and when choosing Recovery - same thing happens.
Needless to say that my laptop is authorized debug device and phone is in debug mode etc. - I have done this many times before Android 10 update.
All I try to do is to sideload the latest OTA as I did many times before because my phone is rooted and the updates do not install automatically.
Pixel (First generation)
Rooted with Magisk
Bootloader unlocked
Stock recovery (using TWRP without installing it when flashing Magisk)
Hope somebody can advise. Obviously there is something new in Android 10 which has to be set (like the need for debugging authorization for example, which I already did).
Thank you
John

Im getting a similar problem. I get stuck on th Google logo screen. I cant hard-reset, recovery mode or boot, the only things that works is th barcode.

Android 10 changed something in the ramdisk that you can't install TWRP directly on the phone. You have to boot it via PC using "fastboot boot <insert twrp image name>.img"

You can try installing twrp to ramdisk. Put twrp 3.3.1-0.img in your devices storage and then fastboot twrp 3.3.0-0 (disable pin etc first) then once it's booted go to advanced and select install to ramdisk and select the 3.3.1-0.img and it should install it. You may get a not enough storage error on 10/Q (I did) bit worth a punt. Make a back up first as usual, if no good flash a fresh factory.img and see if that cures it and then restore your apps/data etcfrom your Google back up (if you use it)
Good luck

junglism93 said:
You can try installing twrp to ramdisk. Put twrp 3.3.1-0.img in your devices storage and then fastboot twrp 3.3.0-0 (disable pin etc first) then once it's booted go to advanced and select install to ramdisk and select the 3.3.1-0.img and it should install it. You may get a not enough storage error on 10/Q (I did) bit worth a punt. Make a back up first as usual, if no good flash a fresh factory.img and see if that cures it and then restore your apps/data etcfrom your Google back up (if you use it)
Good luck
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Thank you for the advice, however as I mentioned in my original post I don't want to install TWRP permanently , and the problem is that I cannot go to the stock recovery mode which has no connection to TWRP. There is something with Android 10 which changed since 9 and I'm interested to find what. Everything worked fine before the upgrade.
Also, the option to flash factory image and restore (I also have Titanium in addition to Google backup) is a too much of a hassle. I use this phone for real, not only to play with it.
Anyway, again thank you for your input.
John

Sorry mate, re read your OP. I just tried booting into the aosp recovery and got the same issue! My guess is its magisk as I could boot into the aosp recovery prior to installing it. Re flash or restore the previous boot.img or a stock boot.img and it should boot into aosp recovery again. Magisk must be installing to or patching the aosp recovery ramdisk and stopping it booting. Other than that just fastboot twrp and use that.
Edit: it's magisk, restored original images and it booted into aosp recovery first try.

I've had no problems installing TWRP 3.3.0.0 normally after using an *.img file to get TWRP started. EDIT: and booting into it.

junglism93 said:
Sorry mate, re read your OP. I just tried booting into the aosp recovery and got the same issue! My guess is its magisk as I could boot into the aosp recovery prior to installing it. Re flash or restore the previous boot.img or a stock boot.img and it should boot into aosp recovery again. Magisk must be installing to or patching the aosp recovery ramdisk and stopping it booting. Other than that just fastboot twrp and use that.
Edit: it's magisk, restored original images and it booted into aosp recovery first try.
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You are right. I did open Magisk and from the uninstall options choosed "Restore images" (no need to do complete uninstall, which is the other option). After that I was able to boot in recovery etc. I guess this is what you meant in your PS. At the end re-flashed Magisk and all is back to normal.
I will alert the Magisk team about the issue (if they are not already aware).
Case closed.
Thanks again.
John

Master Cylinder said:
I've had no problems installing TWRP 3.3.0.0 normally after using an *.img file to get TWRP started. EDIT: and booting into it.
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Please read my OP. I was clear that I DON'T want to install TWRP permanently and this was never the problem.
The problem is solved (kind of). See the other posts.
Thank you.
John

I thought TWRP wasn't compatible with Android 10 yet? I am seeing mixed things

aholeinthewor1d said:
I thought TWRP wasn't compatible with Android 10 yet? I am seeing mixed things
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It works just fine.

Mzprx said:
It works just fine.
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Are there steps for how to install somewhere? I keep reading that it's not working on the Pixel with Android 10. Thanks

aholeinthewor1d said:
Are there steps for how to install somewhere? I keep reading that it's not working on the Pixel with Android 10. Thanks
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It is a mess. It works with Pixel (I have this one and can confirm) and supposedly Pixel 2. It won't work for brand new phones arriving with factory installed Android 10.
Read the following:
https://twrp.me/site/update/2019/10/23/twrp-and-android-10.html#
After that, if you want to try, go to the page below to find instructions for your device. Note that the list is by manufacturer, so if you are looking for Pixel, it is under Google.
https://twrp.me/Devices/
Just in case - backup and have the factory image for your phone handy in case something goes wrong. For google phones you can download the image and see instructions here:
https://developers.google.com/android/images
Note that I never installed TWRP permanently, so I can't say if the permanent installation will work (I think it should, but not sure). Typically I just load TWRP and use it to flash pakages, but at the end I'm keeping the stock recovery.
Hope this helps. Good luck.
John

Mzprx said:
It is a mess. It works with Pixel (I have this one and can confirm) and supposedly Pixel 2. It won't work for brand new phones arriving with factory installed Android 10.
Read the following:
https://twrp.me/site/update/2019/10/23/twrp-and-android-10.html#
After that, if you want to try, go to the page below to find instructions for your device. Note that the list is by manufacturer, so if you are looking for Pixel, it is under Google.
https://twrp.me/Devices/
Just in case - backup and have the factory image for your phone handy in case something goes wrong. For google phones you can download the image and see instructions here:
https://developers.google.com/android/images
Note that I never installed TWRP permanently, so I can't say if the permanent installation will work (I think it should, but not sure). Typically I just load TWRP and use it to flash pakages, but at the end I'm keeping the stock recovery.
Hope this helps. Good luck.
John
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Thanks. Yea from what I can tell no one has had luck actually installing it on the Pixel with Android 10 yet. I'm familiar with how to fix everything if something goes wrong. I would try but others have already tried and failed. It won't install for them.

firstly, dont use whatever ****ty platform-tools you are using, get them from here.
secondly, you dont install recovery on android 10 yet, it doenst work. you have to just boot to twrp using `fastboot boot twrp.img` once you are in bootloader mode.

Struggling to flash TWRP / Magisk on last Android 11 update

Hello everyone! Thanks in advance for taking a look at this thread.
I recently upgraded from a Pixel 2 to a Pixel 5 and decide to root my old phone and mess around with that before doing the same with my new phone. It's been several years since I've messed around with rooting a device, so I've spent some time this week refreshing myself on how to do so.
I've already unlocked my bootloader, but the main issue that I'm running into is when I try to install TWRP or Magisk. For some reason, when I try to flash TWRP (version 3.3.0.0), I've managed to install it properly but loading into recovery mode just leaves me stuck at the TWRP splash screen, while booting directly into it doesn't allow me to backup my data (kicking out an error 255 each time). It would be nice to have TWRP to be able to back up rather than starting from scratch each time, even if I've gotten quick at flashing the stock image when I screw up later.
As for Magisk, I've tried flashing the patched boot image through TWRP and received errors (size of image is larger than target device) as well as the .zip file which just caused a bootloop. I know you can install Magisk without TWRP, so I've tried doing that as well. I've been working with both Magisk 23.0 and the Canary build with no luck; after patching the boot image and attempting to flash it using fastboot flash boot magisk_patched.img, I just repeatedly get an error showing "FAILED (remote: 'Error flashing partition')".
So far I've not really been able to find any solutions on how to fix this, so I feel a bit stuck at this point (and definitely questioning my ability to just follow directions). Any advice on how I might get around these errors?

Hello mate,
With regards to installing twrp, I think there is a workaround in the official twrp thread to get twrp installed with working decryption and working pin by rolling back to a pie build prior to encryption being broken for twrp. Personally I just fastboot it when needed to flash anything but sadly twrp back ups don't work (I'm on A11).
It sounds as if you have tried to install magisk a few ways but I found the simplest way was to install the latest magisk.apk then rename it to magisk.zip and flash it via fasbooted twrp.
It sounds as if you tried patching the image etc so may pay to reflash the stock boot.img and then do the APK/zip method to get magisk running.
Lastly, if you don't mind losing your data it may well pay to reflash a full stock.img and then try magisk again. It's solved a few dramas for me when stuff didn't seem to work first time round.