Fastboot issues after taking the OTA for beta 4 - Essential Phone Guides, News, & Discussion

I was on beta 3 and updated through OTA and I used the flash to inactive slot in magisk after install but before reboot like usual and proceeded. I had to remove root due to some errors, not fastboot just gives me issues when doing anything. By that I mean flashing a boot image, trying to switch slots, or using the flashall from both the firmware collection thread here and essential's website. I can use the device as the OS is intact. But fastboot just gives errors.
Edit: I apologize for the picture. It wasn't rotated when I posted it and I'm not sure how to fix it.
Edit 2: It also displayed an error saying I needed a bootloader update a few times. But I couldn't get that to show again.

So I was apparently using the essential driver adb, I properly set up the latest one and tried again. Same result, slightly different output.

Jz5678910 said:
So I was apparently using the essential driver adb, I properly set up the latest one and tried again. Same result, slightly different output.
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When using Fastboot I have to add _a or _b depending on the current slot. I;e Fastboot flash boot_a boot.img.
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DAE1964 said:
When using Fastboot I have to add _a or _b depending on the current slot. I;e Fastboot flash boot_a boot.img.
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Let me give that a try. I've never had to do it before, but hopefully that'll do the trick. Thanks for the suggestion.
Edit: Same result unfortunately

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Boot Issues, Trying to Go Back To Stock

So I got a pixel recently. I unlocked the bootloader, installed TWRP, and rooted it. However, it's been a few years since I had an unlocked and rooted phone so I forgot that the OTA updates can't be applied. So I decided to go back to the factory image. A quick google search lead me to an article where they said I could select the Full Unroot option in the settings of SuperSU and it would attempt to restore the stock boot image and recovery image. So I did that, and ended up in a boot loop.
Well, then I decided to try flashing the entire factory images from google, using the flash-all.bat file they provide. It seems to flash the bootloader and the radio fine, but when it comes to the part where it flashes everything in the "image-sailfish-nde63l.zip" (I picked this build because it was the one I was on when the pixel arrived) folder it says "Error: failed to load 'image-sailfish-nde63l.zip': not enough space."
I can still get to the TWRP recovery, and I can get to the bootloader, but currently nothing else seems to work. Please, can anyone help me?
UPDATE: The issue was outdated adb and fastboot. I had 1.0.32, once I had the latest versions (1.0.36 right now) I could fix everything.
UPDATE: So I extracted boot and system from the zip file and manually flashed those. It boots now, but when it does it says there are errors with the device and to contact the manufacturer, also a lot of dialog boxes pop up saying various processes have stopped.
I think that if I manually flash the rest of the contents of the zip folder it will work, but there are a lot of files and I'm not sure which partition to flash them too, or which one's are needed. Does anyone know how to manually do what the flash-all.bat script does? Flashing bootloader, radio, system, and boot are not enough it seems. If you read the script it's just doing a 'fastboot -w update' on the zip file.
I hope what I'm saying makes sense. Thanks.
Did you try flashing the stock boot.img to both slots before going back to stock?
fastboot flash boot_a boot.img
fastboot flash boot_b boot.img
This is what chainfire recommended in his supersu post when he was talking about flashing twrp. Maybe try doing that and then try using the flashall script. Also make sure your download is not corrupt or something. https://plus.google.com/+Chainfire/posts/CBL8pnKtA8F
Evo_Shift said:
Did you try flashing the stock boot.img to both partitions before going back to stock?
fastboot flash boot_a boot.img
fastboot flash boot_b boot.img
This is what chainfire recommended in his supersu post when he was talking about flashing twrp. Maybe try doing that and then try using the flashall script. Also make sure you download is not corrupt or something.
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No, I didn't do any flashing myself before going back to stock. I selected the "Full unroot" option in SuperSU, based on the first result when googling "unroot pixel".
As soon as I did that I was stuck in a bootloop and I tried to restore the factory images according to the google webpage, but that's when I get the error.
Doing what you said doesn't work either, not even redownloading the image.
Actually, now it's worse. When I select recovery from fastboot menu it shows "No command" with a broken android. So twrp is gone now too.
If anyone can help me at all, that would be amazing, thanks.
UPDATE: So I extracted boot and system from the zip file and manually flashed those. It boots now, but when it does it says there are errors with the device and to contact the manufacturer, also a lot of dialog boxes pop up saying various processes have stopped.
I think that if I manually flash the rest of the contents of the zip folder it will work, but there are a lot of files and I'm not sure which partition to flash them too, or which one's are needed. Does anyone know how to manually do what the flash-all.bat script does? Flashing bootloader, radio, system, and boot are not enough it seems. If you read the script it's just doing a 'fastboot -w update' on the zip file.
I hope what I'm saying makes sense. Thanks.
th3p3r50n said:
Actually, now it's worse. When I select recovery from fastboot menu it shows "No command" with a broken android. So twrp is gone now too.
If anyone can help me at all, that would be amazing, thanks.
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This happened to me too. That's my current situation. Have adb and fastboot still but can't figure out what steps to fix it.
I think you should focus on why the flash all didn't work. Do you have the latest fastboot? Did you check the md5 of the downloaded rom image? What OS it's your computer running?
How do we verify latest fastboot. I thought that was my issue but don't see where this can be found. I have latest minimal adb and fastboot installed.
fracman said:
How do we verify latest fastboot. I thought that was my issue but don't see where this can be found. I have latest minimal adb and fastboot installed.
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The commands <adb version> and <fastboot --version> seem to return version numbers. My setup returns:
Android Debug Bridge version 1.0.36
Revision fd9e4d07b0f5-android
and
fastboot version fd9e4d07b0f5-android
respectively
Thank you cntryby429. I assumed I was using the latest versions because I had just installed them through the SDK Manager, turns out I was using version 1.0.32. I found the latest version of Minimal ADB and Fastboot and the flash-all script worked fine. I still had a few issues though, so I did a factory reset and then ran the flash-all script again. Now everything works perfectly again. Thanks so much!

Dual Booting

Since this is a new setup for Android phones, I am trying to take full advantage of it. I already unlocked the bootloader and installed twrp. I was running under slot a and installed EX kernel and rooted. What I want to ultimately do is have slot A handle anything I want to use root for and slot B to be unrooted with EX kernel to hide the bootloader unlock. Now my question is should I be loading up both slots using adb and fastboot with stock images and then using twrp to install the kernels and root? I tried to install my backup into slot B from A and soft bricked my device. It refused to allow me to mount /system. After 20 minutes of fiddling, I got booted up again but before I try it again, I want to find out from someone who has already done this. Thank you.
so I successfully have the dual boot running on my pixel (verizon edition) with the same configuration you are trying (one is NDE63X image rooted and one is NDE63X image stock/unrooted). Here were my steps:
-> dePixel8 to unlock bootloader (because verizon edition pixel)
-> download NDE63X image from google and modified flash_all.sh to flash stock images to both slots manually
using the --slot _a/_b and --skip-secondary flags. Modified scripts below. At this point I confirmed that I could boot to both slots. I also verified bootloader lock/unlock again to make sure it was stock image on both slots
-> TWRP alpha2 to get recovery on both slots
-> with slot _b selected as active in TWRP, i installed the SuperSU v2.78 SR4 zip
-> with slot _a as active in TWRP, installed ElementalX-P-1.00 zip for the kernel patch to pass SafetyNet
voila, I now have non-rooted on slot _a and rooted on slot _b
Note that TWRP is not really a requirement for doing this. I had the same dual boot configuration working with SuperSU v2.78 SR3 rooting one slot directly. The only reason I needed TWRP is so that I can switch slots easily on the device and don't need a cable and a laptop just to switch the bootloader flag
Although, I got this to work it still falls short of what I really wanted to do. For my use-case I would really want an isolated userdata for the two slots so I can use the rooted slot as a complete sandbox. and then perhaps have a shared folder mechanism between the two. ...so if somebody has an idea on this, I'm all ears.
[UPDATE]: Note that the unrooted slot is still limited in the sense that safetynet checks fail and so AndroidPay etc.. that use that API will still not work. This, however, has little to do with the dual boot setup and more because SafetyNet now fails on just unlocked bootloader and we do need it unlocked. On Conchors' suggestion, I installed ElementalX kernel on slotA from TWRP and now my 'otherwise-stock' non-rooted image on slotA passes SafetyNet while slotB is successfully rooted
flash_all_slot-a.sh
Code:
fastboot flash --slot _a bootloader bootloader-sailfish-8996-012001-1608281716.img
fastboot reboot-bootloader
sleep 5
fastboot flash --slot _a radio radio-sailfish-8996-012511-1609191801.img
fastboot reboot-bootloader
sleep 5
#fastboot -w update image-sailfish-nde63x.zip
fastboot update --slot _a --skip-secondary image-sailfish-nde63x.zip
flash_all_slot-b.sh
Code:
fastboot flash --slot _b bootloader bootloader-sailfish-8996-012001-1608281716.img
fastboot reboot-bootloader
sleep 5
fastboot flash --slot _b radio radio-sailfish-8996-012511-1609191801.img
fastboot reboot-bootloader
sleep 5
#fastboot -w update image-sailfish-nde63x.zip
fastboot update --slot _b --skip-secondary image-sailfish-nde63x.zip
hucqym said:
so I successfully have the dual boot running on my pixel (verizon edition) with the same configuration you are trying (one is NDE63X image rooted and one is NDE63X image stock/unrooted). Here were my steps:
-> dePixel8 to unlock bootloader (because verizon edition pixel)
-> download NDE63X image from google and modified flash_all.sh to flash stock images to both slots manually
using the --slot _a/_b and --skip-secondary flags. Modified scripts below. At this point I confirmed that I could boot to both slots. I also verified bootloader lock/unlock again to make sure it was stock image on both slots
-> TWRP alpha2 to get recovery
-> with slot _b selected as active in TWRP, i installed the SuperSU v2.78 SR4 zip
voila, I now have stock on slot _a and rooted on slot _b
Although, I got this to work it still falls short of what I really wanted to do. For my use-case I would really want an isolated userdata for the two slots so I can use the rooted slot as a complete sandbox. and then perhaps have a shared folder mechanism between the two.
flash_all_slot-a.sh
flash_all_slot-b.sh
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That is awesome and is exactly what I wanted to do. What I had tried doing was my original stock ROM was in slot A and I tried to fastboot another stock image into slot B. It immediately went into a boot loop in slot B. When I tried booting back to slot A, it also went into boot loop. Upon going into twrp, I found my system partition refused to mount. After several reboots and reinstalls of a backup I had done before I started playing with it, I got it to boot up again, but it was a brand new image instead of the backup which I tried to install. Upon the next reboot, both system and vendor would not mount, which is when I had enough and fastbooted the entire stock image.
Upon looking back at your modifications, I am curious if what happened is the stock image tried first to load into slot A even though I was in slot B, thus corrupting both my slots. Since the slot A I had at the time was rooted with EX kernel, flashing stock directly over it with no wipe is going to cause issues. I will try your changes tonight and get back to you with the results.
unless you use --skip-secondary, you are bound to affect the other slot while updating one. That is the standard behavior of the dual slot update process. If you see inside the update image, there is a system_other.img that gets flashed to the other slot. you can see that on the log output of the flash scripts too.
I found this article on the dual slot design very useful in understanding this.
Also make sure you are using the latest version adb and fastboot (I am using the latest that got updated with android studio/sdk bundle). I ran into some trouble earlier when I was using an older version of fastboot
hucqym said:
unless you use --skip-secondary, you are bound to affect the other slot while updating one. That is the standard behavior of the dual slot update process. If you see inside the update image, there is a system_other.img that gets flashed to the other slot. you can see that on the log output of the flash scripts too.
I found this article on the dual slot design very useful in understanding this.
Also make sure you are using the latest version adb and fastboot (I am using the latest that got updated with android studio/sdk bundle). I ran into some trouble earlier when I was using an older version of fastboot
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Thank you very much for the tips. I have the latest adb and fastboot already so I am fine there. It is exactly like you said though on making the flash not affect both slots at once. I had not done a whole lot of research on the new dual slot setup yet and was just fiddling with it to see if I could do it myself. I knew with the bootloader unlocked I could always flash it back to stock with fastboot if I soft bricked it. I am going to look up that article tonight before I do the dual boot setup for myself. Never hurts to learn a bit more.
Does flashing bootloader remove TWRP? Or is that only in recovery?
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Does flashing bootloader remove TWRP? Or is that only in recovery?
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flashing using my modified flash_all.sh does remove TWRP in the selected slot. You still can have TWRP in the other slot.
However, this is all of limited use, given SafetyNet now triggers false on even unlocked bootloader. Sigh!
hucqym said:
flashing using my modified flash_all.sh does remove TWRP in the selected slot. You still can have TWRP in the other slot.
However, this is all of limited use, given SafetyNet now triggers false on even unlocked bootloader. Sigh!
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If I can reinstall TWRP than it shouldnt be an issue. Also, I'm running unlocked with the ElementX Kernel on my current setup and it keeps safetynet from triggering. My plan is to setup dual boot so I can have one slot for the un-rooted EX kernel for safetynet stuff and Root on the other slot.
Conchors said:
If I can reinstall TWRP than it shouldnt be an issue. Also, I'm running unlocked with the ElementX Kernel on my current setup and it keeps safetynet from triggering. My plan is to setup dual boot so I can have one slot for the un-rooted EX kernel for safetynet stuff and Root on the other slot.
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ahaa. I must check out this EX kernel thingy then.
yes you can get TWRP back on both slots, no problem. tried and tested
hucqym said:
ahaa. I must check out this EX kernel thingy then.
yes you can get TWRP back on both slots, no problem. tried and tested
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http://forum.xda-developers.com/pixel/development/kernel-elementalx-p-0-04-t3490086 That's for the small one.
Cool. Thanks! I'll give it a shot soon. I've got slot_a set up how i want, so I'll just flash b and su on that.
Conchors said:
http://forum.xda-developers.com/pixel/development/kernel-elementalx-p-0-04-t3490086 That's for the small one.
Cool. Thanks! I'll give it a shot soon. I've got slot_a set up how i want, so I'll just flash b and su on that.
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your suggestion to install EX kernel worked. my SlotA now passes SafetyNet and androidpay works. Thanks
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your suggestion to install EX kernel worked. my SlotA now passes SafetyNet and androidpay works. Thanks
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No prob. Thanks for the dual boot tutorial yourself
Update: I now have full dual boot on my phone. Once I became familiar with the slot command in fastboot, I see how easy it was to get it working. It is nice having the best of both worlds.
Following. Stock rooted with ElementalX kernel right now.
Don't care about Safetynet or Android Pay. Once more roms become available I'd like to dual boot 2 totally different roms.... Because Android.
Great info so far guys!
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Hey guys, since TWRP is capable of switching slots, couldn't we just make a full backup, switch slots, restore the backup, and reboot? Then you can go back and flash a rom or whatever to that slot.
Would any partitions be missing by doing this?
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Hey followers of this thread,. I just posted a new topic Here ,. and was wondering what solutions you all are using.
I thought SuperSU was made to install to both slots when flashed in TWRP? Or are you just using the boot to root method?
Hey, I'm just going through that dual boot thread and was wondering if you've come across any issues yet. I'm looking to have one rooted slot and one unrooted. I would like to have one stock slot in case I need safety net for an app like Android pay. The rooted for my many rooted apps and flashing Roms (if I can unlock bootloader and accomplish both objectives!). That's the idea, but just wanted to get any insight on how it has been working out and any major issues thus far.
Thanks a lot for the info in the thread thus far anyway.
zaksimmermon said:
I thought SuperSU was made to install to both slots when flashed in TWRP? Or are you just using the boot to root method?
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Nope, TWRP installs to both slots, SuperSU will install to whichever boot slot is currently active. Same as Elemental-X kernel for instance.
Are there separate data partitions for each slot that contain user apps and app data or do the slots share that partition?
Shared would be great for a root/non root version of same rom but I could see that causing problems switching between custom Roms or different Android versions (similar to a dirty flash)...
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HowTo Magisk and OTA

Magisk 14.4 or 14.5
NO TRWP installed (just flash in case you need)
Use this guide for ota.
https://github.com/topjohnwu/Magisk/blob/master/docs/tips.md#ota-installation-tips
Pro Tip:
If OTA stuck at Step 1 and did not move to Step 2. Simply power off, fastboot, change active partition, boot --> Done and updated:
fastboot devices
fastboot getvar all
Fastboot set_active a "or" Fastboot set_active a
fastboot reboot
You have to reflash magisk then.
It's been 2 days now lol
Devansh Bhinde said:
It's been 2 days now lol
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Proceed accordingly protip.
It has already loaded to the other slot. Just change the active slot and boot.
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Proceed accordingly protip.
It has already loaded to the other slot. Just change the active slot and boot.
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Shows the error that it couldn't install now.Will try to change the slot.
not working and i am crazy about it i am not going to root again until a dissent solution is found ... really how is the progress on pixel phones our phone has different structure from the pixel ?
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not working and i am crazy about it i am not going to root again until a dissent solution is found ... really how is the progress on pixel phones our phone has different structure from the pixel ?
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What is not working?

Need some refreshers...

I am not a newbie as far as rooting/flashing, BUT I have been away from it for about 5 years now (Note 4 days) due to have stuck with Samsung for eternity. This is my first OP device, and I LOVE it so far. Works best for MY needs. I am SIM unlocked, and i get my unlock.bin tomorrow. I need some references on what to do as far as rooting this thing, what i need to do to use the unlock.bin etc please
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I am not a newbie as far as rooting/flashing, BUT I have been away from it for about 5 years now (Note 4 days) due to have stuck with Samsung for eternity. This is my first OP device, and I LOVE it so far. Works best for MY needs. I am SIM unlocked, and i get my unlock.bin tomorrow. I need some references on what to do as far as rooting this thing, what i need to do to use the unlock.bin etc please
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Here are the instructions from OnePlus to use the bin file. Step 6
https://support.oneplus.com/app/ans...-bootloader-for-oneplus-6t-(t-mobile-edition)
There are some guides posted. If you haven't flashed anything in a while. Don't rush into it because we are waiting for a recovery tool. I assume you're tmobile.
Here are things to keep in mind. Now there is slots a and b. You can read about it if you'd like.
This will be helpful to always know which slot you are on.
Code:
fastboot getvar current-slot
This is to set slot a as active in fastboot
Code:
fastboot --set-active=a
This is to set slot b as active in fastboot
Code:
fastboot --set-active=a
right now, twrp has no decryption, there is another one that has that. There is a file to flash called no-verify, also sometimes formatting Data is required.
If you are using the international version. The link below has a thread for fastboot roms. After you download and in fastboot you can flash-all.bin to write it, keep in mind which slot you are going to be in as well. Don't flash the EU version.
https://forum.xda-developers.com/oneplus-7-pro/how-to/rom-stock-fastboot-roms-oneplus-7-pro-t3931424
You can also go to the oneplus website and check the latest firmware: I was actually able to boot into twrp and flash this. Then from the oneplus recovery "erase everything"
However some might disagree.
Code:
fastboot flash boot twrp.img
https://support.oneplus.com/app/answers/detail/a_id/4312
Also this thread has prepatched Magisk boot images. So after you flash the version you want and it is working, you can go in download the prepatched image, and fastboot
Code:
fastboot flash boot boot_patched.img
Code:
fastboot reboot
Then open Magisk manager "connected to internet, and it root."
https://forum.xda-developers.com/oneplus-7-pro/how-to/guide-root-oneplus-7-pro-patched-boot-t3931205
Enable developer mode, allow unlocking boot loader. Unlock boot loader with fastboot. Then https://forum.xda-developers.com/oneplus-7-pro/how-to/guide-root-oneplus-7-pro-patched-boot-t3931205
Thank you, ill do some more research when im not at work. I'm sure several things have changed since then
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Root + TWRP on Android 10 Post OTA?

I installed the Stable Android 10 on my GM1910 via TWRP, totally forgetting about maintaining root and TWRP.
So how do I bring back TWRP and root?
fastboot boot doesn't seem to work, I managed to pull the boot.img and patch it with Magisk from another device but flashing it through fastboot ends up in an endless bootanimation.
Could anyone help me? here's a link of the boot.img i pulled, it works if you flash it without magisk patching it.
Link: https://drive.google.com/file/d/1O8lF1UDwwu0zT8ro5Q1gKKfdxF-HGPEW/view?usp=sharing
(Almost) exactly the same here. I tired flashing a patched boot.img, it actually boots - but magisk manager gets stuck on the splash screen and some apps, including chrome, won't start. Trying to boot TWRP results in the phone getting stuck on the "fastboot mode" screen.
My only solution would be to downgrade, root, keep the upgrade this time. But because my ISP is doing some maintenance work I don't have wifi - and restoring my phone through mobile data does not seem to work correctly.
EDIT: In fastboot, neither bootloader version nor baseband version are show, product name is "msmnile". Has this always been that way?
EDIT 2, solution:
I extracted the boot.img from the device, and patched it using magisk on the same phone:
https://drive.google.com/file/d/1-Gf-6iXSFuYT5xDR-mnLKANvkXUHal9e/view?usp=sharing
Run this command in fastboot so you know which is the CURRENT active slot :
Code:
fastboot getvar current-slot
Run this command so you can flash the correct slot :
Code:
fastboot flash boot_X magisk_patched.img
replace X with the a or b from the command before.
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dmj0shu4 said:
I installed the Stable Android 10 on my GM1910 via TWRP, totally forgetting about maintaining root and TWRP.
So how do I bring back TWRP and root?
fastboot boot doesn't seem to work, I managed to pull the boot.img and patch it with Magisk from another device but flashing it through fastboot ends up in an endless bootanimation.
Could anyone help me? here's a link of the boot.img i pulled, it works if you flash it without magisk patching it.
Link: https://drive.google.com/file/d/1O8lF1UDwwu0zT8ro5Q1gKKfdxF-HGPEW/view?usp=sharing
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Hi sorry to hear that you got this problem and hopefully it gets fixed. I have another question: does that mean using TWRP to completely clean the device then installing Android 10 via zip will remove TWRP and fastboot everything? Does that mean after installing, everything will be refreshed like a box opened phone?
dmj0shu4 said:
I installed the Stable Android 10 on my GM1910 via TWRP, totally forgetting about maintaining root and TWRP.
So how do I bring back TWRP and root?
fastboot boot doesn't seem to work, I managed to pull the boot.img and patch it with Magisk from another device but flashing it through fastboot ends up in an endless bootanimation.
Could anyone help me? here's a link of the boot.img i pulled, it works if you flash it without magisk patching it.
Link: https://drive.google.com/file/d/1O8lF1UDwwu0zT8ro5Q1gKKfdxF-HGPEW/view?usp=sharing
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If you have an endless boot animation you might be trying to boot from the wrong slot, try using the fastboot set_active command to change slot, then restart
h0l said:
Run this command in fastboot so you know which is the CURRENT active slot :
Run this command so you can flash the correct slot : replace X with the a or b from the command before.
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I got a bit confused.
If the current slot is boot_a, i flash it in boot_b or am I supposed to flash on the one that isn't the current slot?
djsubterrain said:
If you have an endless boot animation you might be trying to boot from the wrong slot, try using the fastboot set_active command to change slot, then restart
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Which is the default active slot? Is it okay to use either of the 2?
dmj0shu4 said:
Which is the default active slot? Is it okay to use either of the 2?
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Either one should work if the rom and the rooted boot image is on it (If you are rooting). That's why you should install using TWRP, if you look in the reboot menu it will show you the active slot.
djsubterrain said:
Either one should work if the rom and the rooted boot image is on it (If you are rooting). That's why you should install using TWRP, if you look in the reboot menu it will show you the active slot.
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I would've used TWRP but it won't let me boot into it
fastboot boot [recovery.img] does not seem to work for android 10, atleast on my case
dmjoshu4 said:
I got a bit confused.
If the current slot is boot_a, i flash it in boot_b or am I supposed to flash on the one that isn't the current slot?
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You are supposed to flash it in the one that IS the active one. Because you do want to root the slot that you'll be booting.
does that mean using TWRP to completely clean the device then installing Android 10 via zip will remove TWRP and fastboot everything? I.e. everything will be refreshed like a box opened phone?
gh279760559 said:
does that mean using TWRP to completely clean the device then installing Android 10 via zip will remove TWRP and fastboot everything? I.e. everything will be refreshed like a box opened phone?
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not everything, just twrp and root will be gone if you restarted without installing magisk to the inactive slot
h0l said:
(Almost) exactly the same here. I tired flashing a patched boot.img, it actually boots - but magisk manager gets stuck on the splash screen and some apps, including chrome, won't start. Trying to boot TWRP results in the phone getting stuck on the "fastboot mode" screen.
My only solution would be to downgrade, root, keep the upgrade this time. But because my ISP is doing some maintenance work I don't have wifi - and restoring my phone through mobile data does not seem to work correctly.
EDIT: In fastboot, neither bootloader version nor baseband version are show, product name is "msmnile". Has this always been that way?
EDIT 2, solution:
I extracted the boot.img from the device, and patched it using magisk on the same phone:
https://drive.google.com/file/d/1-Gf-6iXSFuYT5xDR-mnLKANvkXUHal9e/view?usp=sharing
Run this command in fastboot so you know which is the CURRENT active slot :
Code:
fastboot getvar current-slot
Run this command so you can flash the correct slot :
Code:
fastboot flash boot_X magisk_patched.img
replace X with the a or b from the command before.
:good:
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dude, thanks for this, i was banging my head against a wall trying to get root to work. I used your patched boot img and i had the version mismatch, but i local updated my android and it has root!
dmj0shu4 said:
I would've used TWRP but it won't let me boot into it
fastboot boot [recovery.img] does not seem to work for android 10, atleast on my case
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I have not been able to boot TWRP either in fastboot mode - got stuck at "OnePlus Logo FastBoot" black screen.
Hi guys.. can you post the steps in rooting android 10??
I've already had bootloader unlocked.
Do i need to.follow the steps intended for android 9??
Like
1. Install TWRP via fastboot.. (2files)
2. Reboot to twrp.
3. Flash magisk via twrp??
Is that it?? If so. Then after reading this thread.. some of. You mentioned about boot. Img?? Patched?? What's that supposed to mean?? Sir??
Thanks. Any advice is highly appreciated..
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And by the way..
Im on Gm1910 model. Global rom. Gm21AA build.. if that info would matter.. i dont actually need the root on android 9. Coz parallel app is working.. but now in android 10. It isnt working.. so.i need to root to grant su to game guardian.. thanks..
MigbyPie said:
I have not been able to boot TWRP either in fastboot mode - got stuck at "OnePlus Logo FastBoot" black screen.
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Same.
I've read that Q/10 is different and you can't install TWRP like that anymore. Supposedly you need to use the MSM tool or the all-in-one tool but I've tried both of those and still can't boot to TWRP.
E30Nova said:
Same.
I've read that Q/10 is different and you can't install TWRP like that anymore. Supposedly you need to use the MSM tool or the all-in-one tool but I've tried both of those and still can't boot to TWRP.
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Hopefully there will be a solution. I had tried to update from Pie to Q10 while staying rooted and it didn't work. So I had to wipe the whole device and decided to wait for a smoother root method for my device. If you have any other ideas about rooting Q10 let me know. Thank you
h0l said:
(Almost) exactly the same here. I tired flashing a patched boot.img, it actually boots - but magisk manager gets stuck on the splash screen and some apps, including chrome, won't start. Trying to boot TWRP results in the phone getting stuck on the "fastboot mode" screen.
My only solution would be to downgrade, root, keep the upgrade this time. But because my ISP is doing some maintenance work I don't have wifi - and restoring my phone through mobile data does not seem to work correctly.
EDIT: In fastboot, neither bootloader version nor baseband version are show, product name is "msmnile". Has this always been that way?
EDIT 2, solution:
I extracted the boot.img from the device, and patched it using magisk on the same phone:
https://drive.google.com/file/d/1-Gf-6iXSFuYT5xDR-mnLKANvkXUHal9e/view?usp=sharing
Run this command in fastboot so you know which is the CURRENT active slot :
Code:
fastboot getvar current-slot
Run this command so you can flash the correct slot :
Code:
fastboot flash boot_X magisk_patched.img
replace X with the a or b from the command before.
:good:
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You saved my life! Thank you!
But how do we get twrp now? Is there any way?
Me too. Use tool all in one but it doesnt work. Stuck at "waiting twrp boots".
Any help, thanks.
Same here any Solution?
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Stuck at Fastboot booting when flashed img and also zip
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I updated my phone to 10 last night, followed the same guide as I have for every other update but this time I lost root for some reason.
I still have TWRP recovery on there but it can't read internal storage so I can't flash Magisk.
I tried changing file system to ext 2 then back to 4 and then repairing it as I read elsewhere and this wiped the phone obviously but internal storage seemed to be working until I set the phone up again, downloaded Magisk, rebooted to recovery and I'm back where I started, internal storage showing as 0mb in TWRP.
Any ideas how to fix?

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