I got my OnePlus 7 Pro today and tried to install Magisk by patching the boot.img. After trying to flash the patched image, I now have an issue where rebooting the devices leads me straight back to the bootloader. Trying to enter recovery also leads me straight back to the bootloader. I tried flashing the original boot.img I extracted from the OTA update file provided by OnePlus, but it still isn't working. I do not have TWRP or any custom recovery installed. Any help would be much appreciated. I noticed similar threads, however they all installed twrp, though I haven't yet as trying to run "fastboot boot twrp.img" always resulted in it booting to a screen saying "fastboot mode" which wasn't terribly helpful.
Edit: Its not the tmobile/5g/carrier version. I purchased it through OnePlus' website though I forget the exact model number.
Well, "fastboot boot twrp.img" does not work on all devices, sometimes you have to use: fastboot flash boot insert_twrp_img_name_here.imgLearned that the hard way, also use the unofficial twrp from mauronofrio.
Had the same problem as you have, and fixed it with that unofficial twrp.
Faith1105 said:
Well, "fastboot boot twrp.img" does not work on all devices, sometimes you have to use: fastboot flash boot insert_twrp_img_name_here.imgLearned that the hard way, also use the unofficial twrp from mauronofrio.
Had the same problem as you have, and fixed it with that unofficial twrp.
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Did you need to completely revert to stock after the issue, or did flashing twrp fix the fastboot loop?
Edit: Trying to flash the stock fastboot rom currently as flashing twrp did nothing probably because me trying to fix it broke everything. Hopefully the stock rom will get everything back to a working state where I can try again, just this time flashing twrp.
Also using windows this time instead of linux....
mnbvcxzl90 said:
Did you need to completely revert to stock after the issue, or did flashing twrp fix the fastboot loop?
Edit: Trying to flash the stock fastboot rom currently as flashing twrp did nothing probably because me trying to fix it broke everything. Hopefully the stock rom will get everything back to a working state where I can try again, just this time flashing twrp.
Also using windows this time instead of linux....
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Ok, so, trying to restore stock seems to have failed miserably.... any advice is most welcomed qq
OK.... so trying to unbrick the device using the msm stuff, I couldn't even make it to the downloader screen. After holding volume +/- and powering off, my screen is now black HOWEVER the phone gets detected by windows when I plug & unplug it. I have no idea what to do anymore. Someone please help
Figured I'd give the solution here in case someone else is in the same exact problem as me:
Follow the instructions over at https://forum.xda-developers.com/oneplus-7-pro/how-to/op7pro-collection-unbrick-tools-t3956595
I tried to de-brick it using the fastboot roms and all that, no dice. The only thing that seems to have worked was following the above and using the msm tool. Everything wiped, but hey, at least the phone is bootable again and now I have a way to fix it should this happen again. Yay for happy endings.
Edit: Also, following Faith1105's advice, flashing twrp to boot instead of trying to just boot it first worked successfully and from there I was able to install magisk.
Edit 2: Now wifi isn't working.... why life, why...
Edit 3: OK: EVERYTHING IS GOOD NOW. Twrp ran into a boot loop issue, used twrp to flash the most recent android 10 zip, rebooted and was greeted by stock recovery, then used that to wipe absolutely everything and reboot. After skipping through initial setup and making use wifi was working I rebooted again and this time tried booting twrp the way the usual instructions say to, this time it worked for whatever reason so once that started I used twrp to flash twrp's installer and magisk. It looks like everything is working correctly now. If you have the same issue maybe this stuff will work for you or maybe not: I don't know, and honestly I'm now brain dead lol.
Hello guys!
The story began, when I accidently installed a stock OTS update by OP onto my already rooted OP6 with Magsik and TWRP, running a NoLimits ROM...
I just noticed, that the phone said "restart to finish OTS upgrade" or some kind of thing..... I always had the notification on my screen that an update would be available....what surely was ignored because running NoLimits ROM.... but because of some unknown reason, the stock update installed itself magically...
So I ended up finding my phone in complete stock condition, just the unlocked bootloader remained..... F*CK!
I tried to go back to root by trying to install TWRP via fastboot...and that was the beginnig of the end...
By fastboot boot twrp.img, the phone just remained in fastboot mode..... no twrp screen showed up... repeated this a few times, nothing changed....
Somewhere here I read to look up the current slot.... so I did fastboot getvar current-slot.... and after slot b was shown, I flashed twrp into slot b by fastboot flash boot_b twrp.img..... which had the phone stuck in screen "the bootloader is unlocked.....".... so i think that's what is called a BRICK...?
Please guys, help me out...as I don't know how to go on.... I also tried to flash stock boot img from here via fastboot, what didn't work either....
Would be glad for any suggestions...
Thanks!
Alex
dr.zikzak said:
Hello guys!
The story began, when I accidently installed a stock OTS update by OP onto my already rooted OP6 with Magsik and TWRP, running a NoLimits ROM...
I just noticed, that the phone said "restart to finish OTS upgrade" or some kind of thing..... I always had the notification on my screen that an update would be available....what surely was ignored because running NoLimits ROM.... but because of some unknown reason, the stock update installed itself magically...
So I ended up finding my phone in complete stock condition, just the unlocked bootloader remained..... F*CK!
I tried to go back to root by trying to install TWRP via fastboot...and that was the beginnig of the end...
By fastboot boot twrp.img, the phone just remained in fastboot mode..... no twrp screen showed up... repeated this a few times, nothing changed....
Somewhere here I read to look up the current slot.... so I did fastboot getvar current-slot.... and after slot b was shown, I flashed twrp into slot b by fastboot flash boot_b twrp.img..... which had the phone stuck in screen "the bootloader is unlocked.....".... so i think that's what is called a BRICK...?
Please guys, help me out...as I don't know how to go on.... I also tried to flash stock boot img from here via fastboot, what didn't work either....
Would be glad for any suggestions...
Thanks!
Alex
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i remember that NoLIMIT rom mustbe uninstall before update the oos.In your case i think it was bootloop,softbrick.You boot into fastboob mood and use fastboot rom. and you can root and instant TWRP again.
soihuvuontrang said:
i remember that NoLIMIT rom mustbe uninstall before update the oos.In your case i think it was bootloop,softbrick.You boot into fastboob mood and use fastboot rom. and you can root and instant TWRP again.
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Hello!
Nothing is working at the moment, just fastboot... not recovery mode, no booting into the OTS...
Tried to use MSM tool but it can't even find the right port....at first, I had COM3 and COM4 showing up, but only N/A....
Now i uninstalled the qualcom drivers as suggested in an unbrick thread of the OP 5T, but that made every port disappear in the MSM tool list.... I'm f*cked I guess...
How can I fix that driver mess again? (driver signing is disabled in bios, testmode is available an working on my pc)
Thanks,
Alex
dr.zikzak said:
Hello!
Nothing is working at the moment, just fastboot... not recovery mode, no booting into the OTS...
Tried to use MSM tool but it can't even find the right port....at first, I had COM3 and COM4 showing up, but only N/A....
Now i uninstalled the qualcom drivers as suggested in an unbrick thread of the OP 5T, but that made every port disappear in the MSM tool list.... I'm f*cked I guess...
How can I fix that driver mess again? (driver signing is disabled in bios, testmode is available an working on my pc)
Thanks,
Alex
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If you can access fastboot mode you can try follow procedure in next thread:
https://forum.xda-developers.com/oneplus-6/how-to/rom-stock-fastboot-roms-oneplus-6-t3796665
I could recover my system with this @mauronofrio tool a couple of times. In fact, i never have used MSM tool.
dr.zikzak said:
Hello!
Nothing is working at the moment, just fastboot... not recovery mode, no booting into the OTS...
Tried to use MSM tool but it can't even find the right port....at first, I had COM3 and COM4 showing up, but only N/A....
Now i uninstalled the qualcom drivers as suggested in an unbrick thread of the OP 5T, but that made every port disappear in the MSM tool list.... I'm f*cked I guess...
How can I fix that driver mess again? (driver signing is disabled in bios, testmode is available an working on my pc)
Thanks,
Alex
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boot in to fastboot mode and your fone is not brick,so msm tool isn't used .
you can download newest driver for oneplus on google.
and you can find on forum. hope you will be successful
Kurtinaitis said:
If you can access fastboot mode you can try follow procedure in next thread:
https://forum.xda-developers.com/oneplus-6/how-to/rom-stock-fastboot-roms-oneplus-6-t3796665
I could recover my system with this @mauronofrio tool a couple of times. In fact, i never have used MSM tool.
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I'll have a try..,.thanks for that!
Regards,
Alex
The method of @mauronofrio worked!!! Thanks a lot!
But I still can't boot twrp on the phone....if I do so, the phone boots into fastboot mode again and freezes at "1+ logo" with "Fastboot Mode" below it..... same like before? The device is fully wiped now...
So how can I get TWRP working again...??
I also tried fastboot flash recovery twrp.img -> no such partition..... don't know why it worked the first time I did it, root and custom ROM without any issues...
Thanks,
Alex
dr.zikzak said:
The method of @mauronofrio worked!!! Thanks a lot!
But I still can't boot twrp on the phone....if I do so, the phone boots into fastboot mode again and freezes at "1+ logo" with "Fastboot Mode" below it..... same like before? The device is fully wiped now...
So how can I get TWRP working again...??
Thanks,
Alex
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It seems a problem with TWRP version or Fastboot command.
Please, describe your method to flash TWRP and which version do you want to flash
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It seems a problem with TWRP version or Fastboot command.
Please, describe your method to flash TWRP and which version do you want to flash
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I downloaded latest twrp-3-3-1.2 (I think) for my OP6, copied the belonging .zip file to my phone... started cmd as admin, typed fastboot devices....the device showed up, then fastboot boot twrp...........img.....enter, and afterwards the "1+" logo showed up, below it read Fastboot Mode...and nothing ever happened... till i switched the phone off again after 10 minutes...
Wrong version you think?
Thanks,
Alex
If you are on Android 10 try to download last version from Mauronofrio or last from Blu-Spark (V9.109). I use blu_spark with OOS 10.3.3
Sometimes the command for being able to boot in recovery from Fastboot is:
Fastboot flash boot "nameofTWRPimage".img
Flash a patched boot image of your rom via fastboot and than flash twrp installer through magisk manager. Done.
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If you are on Android 10 try to download last version from Mauronofrio or last from Blu-Spark (V9.109). I use blu_spark with OOS 10.3.3
Sometimes the command for being able to boot in recovery from Fastboot is:
Fastboot flash boot "nameofTWRPimage".img
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Yes that worked for me last time I attempted root.
TWRP update - no boot into system
Hello guys....it's me again!
After getting everything working again because of the tremendous help of this forum, i tried to update my twrp recovery via twrp by installing the twrp zip-file...
Afterwards, i tried to upgrade my rom from NoLimits 11.2 to 11.5 - but the phone didn't boot afterwards....i've always ended up in the recovery menue....
I then changed slots (from b to a) in the recovery, and then, the phone booted again....but into the stock ROM...
I can't change slots again now and have stock rom in slot a as it seams.... how can i change that again? how can i flash the custom rom in the right slot again?
Thanks in advance!
Regards,
Alex
dr.zikzak said:
Hello guys....it's me again!
After getting everything working again because of the tremendous help of this forum, i tried to update my twrp recovery via twrp by installing the twrp zip-file...
Afterwards, i tried to upgrade my rom from NoLimits 11.2 to 11.5 - but the phone didn't boot afterwards....i've always ended up in the recovery menue....
I then changed slots (from b to a) in the recovery, and then, the phone booted again....but into the stock ROM...
I can't change slots again now and have stock rom in slot a as it seams.... how can i change that again? how can i flash the custom rom in the right slot again?
Thanks in advance!
Regards,
Alex
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It's OK. That's the point of having 2 slots system. Be able to recover the other partition if something goes wrong.
So now... Do you have TWRP or stock recovery?
You can dirty flash stock on the inactive Slot.
I would install stock rom in inactive slot through Local Update un System updater, don't reboot, install TWRP retention script in Magisk Manager (of course only if you have a proper TWRP running, if not avoid this step), don't reboot, install magisk to inactive Slot (through Magisk Manager), reboot.
After that you Will have stock on both partitions. You can try again the XXX Update.
Kurtinaitis said:
It's OK. That's the point of having 2 slots system. Be able to recover the other partition if something goes wrong.
So now... Do you have TWRP or stock recovery?
You can dirty flash stock on the inactive Slot.
I would install stock rom in inactive slot through Local Update un System updater, don't reboot, install TWRP retention script in Magisk Manager (of course only if you have a proper TWRP running, if not avoid this step), don't reboot, install magisk to inactive Slot (through Magisk Manager), reboot.
After that you Will have stock on both partitions. You can try again the XXX Update.
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Thanks for the fast answer!
I think TWRP is working, nur on slot B - the question is: how come that i Installed TWRP Update via TWRP Recovery, was able to reboot Ingo recovery, and after Flash of the ROM via TWRP, only TWRP Recovery was left... No bootable ROM, so i tried Slot A and that was Stock Rom...
How can i install stock ROM into Slot B if Slot A is currently 'running'?
Regards,
Alex
dr.zikzak said:
Thanks for the fast answer!
I think TWRP is working, nur on slot B - the question is: how come that i Installed TWRP Update via TWRP Recovery, was able to reboot Ingo recovery, and after Flash of the ROM via TWRP, only TWRP Recovery was left... No bootable ROM, so i tried Slot A and that was Stock Rom...
How can i install stock ROM into Slot B if Slot A is currently 'running'?
Regards,
Alex
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Since Oxygen Os Updater > Local Upgrade.
Download 10.3.4 OOS and put in your internal Storage. Then follow procedure i wrote before
Kurtinaitis said:
Since Oxygen Os Updater > Local Upgrade.
Download 10.3.4 OOS and put in your internal Storage. Then follow procedure i wrote before
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NOTE: don't reboot until you install Magisk to inactive Slot, and of course, as you're rooted must download Full Zip (not incremental)
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NOTE: don't reboot until you install Magisk to inactive Slot, and of course, as you're rooted must download Full Zip (not incremental)
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I downloaded Oxygen Updater, also OOS 10.3.4, but in my system stettings, update button is greyed out.... with the nolimits ROM before, I once had issues that the OEM update got installed...so that led to my problem which made me open up this thread in the first place.... so i disabled system update via titanium backup when I had root access...
So now it's greyed out...but as it is the stock rom, it shouldn't be greyed out as titanium backup doesn't work at the moment, without root...
Should i flash via @mauronofrio's method and fully wipe the device?... would be a pain in the a.. as everything gets erased again, setting up from scratch 2 times within 3 weeks
Regards,
Alex
Would it be possible to install magisk without twrp, and then flash the NoLimits ROM via Magisk?
TWRP recovery must be there....only in slot B - i tried to change slot by fastboot --set-active=..... but it didn't work, unknown command
Regards,
Alex
dr.zikzak said:
I downloaded Oxygen Updater, also OOS 10.3.4, but in my system stettings, update button is greyed out.... with the nolimits ROM before, I once had issues that the OEM update got installed...so that led to my problem which made me open up this thread in the first place.... so i disabled system update via titanium backup when I had root access...
So now it's greyed out...but as it is the stock rom, it shouldn't be greyed out as titanium backup doesn't work at the moment, without root...
Should i flash via @mauronofrio's method and fully wipe the device?... would be a pain in the a.. as everything gets erased again, setting up from scratch 2 times within 3 weeks
Regards,
Alex
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Did you try to install the Update since the app Oxygen Updater?
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dr.zikzak said:
Would it be possible to install magisk without twrp, and then flash the NoLimits ROM via Magisk?
TWRP recovery must be there....only in slot B - i tried to change slot by fastboot --set-active=..... but it didn't work, unknown command
Regards,
Alex
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I think there's some thread in Guides and News in which OP uploads some patched boot.img le something like that to have root but i never tried.
I hope you guys can help me with this one,
I followed the guide on Magisk website: https://magiskupdate.com/root-samsung-galaxy-a11/
Everything went well up until the final step which is titled: "Re-installing the Magisk App". This is right after I've flashed the patched boot image which was successful, I then proceeded to reboot the phone into recovery mode to reset to factory default and now I get the Samsung logo when I boot the phone, I get the alert that I'm not running official software and then it just loops through the boot sequence again and again.
I tried flashing the boot image again and again but without success.
Did I brick it? Can it be salvaged?
Thanks!
Re-flash phone's Stock ROM to get rid off of all modifications you applied so far.
orweinberger said:
I hope you guys can help me with this one,
I followed the guide on Magisk website: https://magiskupdate.com/root-samsung-galaxy-a11/
Everything went well up until the final step which is titled: "Re-installing the Magisk App". This is right after I've flashed the patched boot image which was successful, I then proceeded to reboot the phone into recovery mode to reset to factory default and now I get the Samsung logo when I boot the phone, I get the alert that I'm not running official software and then it just loops through the boot sequence again and again.
I tried flashing the boot image again and again but without success.
Did I brick it? Can it be salvaged?
Thanks!
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You haven't unlocked your bootloader, that is why you are getting the alert that says you are not using official software. You have to unlock your bootloader before you can successfully flash a Magisk patched boot.img, it doesn't work on devices that have a locked bootloader.
As stated by the member that posted above me, flash your stock firmware to fix what you have corrupted. Then start over by finding a way to unlock your bootloader, once unlocked, you can try flashing the patched boot.img again. If you cannot find a way to unlock the bootloader, you will not be able to successfully flash and boot the patched boot.img.