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Removing Malware

Hello,
I have purchased a Mi4c and it has what I am told is a ROM that has had malware/spyware placed on it. It is listed as version 77.00.44.00.
I have downloaded the latest Stable Chinese version of MiUi 7 from the mi site.
If I flash my 4c with this ROM from the PC Manager app will it erase everything and leave me with a clean phone?
I am confused as I read elsewhere that I would need the Fastboot version of the ROM to do that. I have been trying to download it but it is too slow and keeps freezing. Even with the putting of the "o" at the beginning of the link trick.
The phone came with a few apps installed on it I am concerned about:
kkbrowser - DCShare - Clean Master - Search - Magic Photo
I have disabled them but I really want to flash the device and get rid of everything but Stock MiUi 7.
Please, any help would be appreciated.

mishuno said:
Hello,
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Please don't cross post. I've answered your question in the other thread.

TF300T Questions

I have a TF300T with the latest firmware installed - JOP40D.US_epad-10.6.1.27.5-20130902. I suffer from the extreme slowdown that I have researched endlessly. I found answers that have said to root and install a custom ROM. I have already unlocked the device using Asus V8 Unlock tool. I get the "Device is unlocked" at boot.
My questions are:
What is the best custom recovery for this tablet?
What rom should I use / do people like the most?
I have found the KatKiss ROM Nougat 7.1. I have also found this ROM located here http://www.teamandroid.com/2015/05/12/install-android-511-cm121-asus-transformer-pad-tf300t-nightly-lollipop-rom/ which from my understanding will give OTA updates.
The process seems complex. I am not a layman, but some of the steps I have found for the process are confusing; like fastboot and adp (or something). I am still looking through forum posts to help me understand the processes involved. The biggest problem I have is finding a custom recovery and custom ROM.
Thank you in advance for any assistance you may be able to give. (I'm still searching on my own as well lol.)

Ok, I got twrp installed, so that question is answered. Now I guess the only thing else about my questions is what ROM should I use? I wish to increase the performance of the device without loosing any functionality. I see the KatKiss ROM I posted doesn't allow recording of video.

BLznFuN said:
Ok, I got twrp installed, so that question is answered. Now I guess the only thing else about my questions is what ROM should I use? I wish to increase the performance of the device without loosing any functionality. I see the KatKiss ROM I posted doesn't allow recording of video.
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In order to avoid any issues you must be sure to have the genuine Kang TWRP 2.8.7.2 installed from here. There is also md5 available. (https://www.androidfilehost.com/?fid=24052804347781183)
Regarding your second question you are right KatKiss - Nougatella #014 is still in development. Bluetoth and video recording are missing right now. But it's only a question of time.
In my opinion KatKiss - KatshMallow #029 is the mostly perfected rom. (http://forum.xda-developers.com/transformer-tf300t/development/rom-t3237867).
So I would recommend to you to take this one firstly. Please pay attention carefully on the install instruction in post #1. The first install should be a clean one!
Good luck!

[Nexus 6P] Stuck in boot animation after Flash The Factory Images (Return To Stock)

Hello to all the community, I am a little new in these topics but nothing more than guided me by instructions and a little intuition. I have followed this guide:
https://forum.xda-developers.com/nexus-6p/general/guides-how-to-guides-beginners-t3206928
In step 10, I've done everything I asked to format my nexus 6p. What I wanted to do, is that my Nexus 6p install root and TWRP as recovery. The problem is that, when trying to update my system to a new android version (from system configuration and update), the update was downloaded and the phone restarted, but when it restarted it sent me to the TWRP recovery and it did not let me install it, so I decided to find how to delete the TWRP recovery and format the phone to remove the root and I ran into that guide that I put above.
So, I followed all the steps in step 10 except the part where it says "block bootloader", so I have the bootloader still unlocked (thank goodness), install the angler 7.1.2 and restart the device but now I'm stuck in the boot animation (where there are circling circles and random things).
I ask for your help, which is the most expert topic I know about this. This was the topic I found to ask for help, if it is not the right topic I ask you please move it.
Thank you!

leotwix said:
Hello to all the community, I am a little new in these topics but nothing more than guided me by instructions and a little intuition. I have followed this guide:...
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I don't have this device but, your best bet is to post this question within the following Q&A thread that's specific to your device.
https://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=3206934
Here's just a handful of helpful threads that may hopefully be helpful to you.
https://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=3206928
https://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=3640279
https://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=3716330
Good Luck!
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PLEASE KEEP IT IN THE THREADS WHERE EVERYONE CAN SHARE

Thanks for your answer. I already solved it, at the end of the guide I did not follow a step and that's why I could not start android. So before finishing everything, install TWRP recovery and opened it to clear cache / dalvink and it worked normally. The strange thing was that I installed version 7.1.2 in image but I get 8.0.0 in android. Well at least it works. Thank you as well!

Qualcomm Crashdump

Hi all
I have just bought a new Oneplus 6 and wanted to install Lineage Os.
I had initially set up the OP6 with my google account and installed some minimum apps over a couple of days. The phone updated a couple of times. I think I started on Android 8, it definitely updated to Android 9 and I think it updated to Android 10. But I am not completely sure of this because I did not take notice at that stage because I didn't realise that this might have significance..
I followed the guide from the lineaoge os wiki here
wiki.lineageos.org/devices/enchilada[
I got as far as using adb to Fastboot boot twrp-3.3.1-2-enchilada.img (which was the latest image in the dl.twrp.me/enchilada/
It then got stuck in the qualcomm crashdump line on screen.
I spent a day checking posts, including here on XDA. There are a lot of posts dealing with this issue and I did try to follow some of them with less or more success but no resolve. I downloaded Android 9.02 and used the following instructions
techtrickz.com/how-to/recover-oneplus-6-and-6t-from-qualcomm-crashdump-mode/
The routine started to run and then posted a series of error messages and exited. ( I have a screenshot of the terminal window but cannot see a way to post it here)
I have tried to research this further and there are plenty of posts and lots of suggestions. But to be honest I have become confused as some of the posts give significantly different solutions to each other.
I wondered whether it would be possible to give me some help or point me in the right direction to a post which is current and has the steps that I am likely to need succeed..
Thanks in advance for any help you can give.

grego34 said:
Hi all
I have just bought a new Oneplus 6 and wanted to install Lineage Os.
I had initially set up the OP6 with my google account and installed some minimum apps over a couple of days. The phone updated a couple of times. I think I started on Android 8, it definitely updated to Android 9 and I think it updated to Android 10. But I am not completely sure of this because I did not take notice at that stage because I didn't realise that this might have significance..
I followed the guide from the lineaoge os wiki here
wiki.lineageos.org/devices/enchilada[
I got as far as using adb to Fastboot boot twrp-3.3.1-2-enchilada.img (which was the latest image in the dl.twrp.me/enchilada/
It then got stuck in the qualcomm crashdump line on screen.
I spent a day checking posts, including here on XDA. There are a lot of posts dealing with this issue and I did try to follow some of them with less or more success but no resolve. I downloaded Android 9.02 and used the following instructions
techtrickz.com/how-to/recover-oneplus-6-and-6t-from-qualcomm-crashdump-mode/
The routine started to run and then posted a series of error messages and exited. ( I have a screenshot of the terminal window but cannot see a way to post it here)
I have tried to research this further and there are plenty of posts and lots of suggestions. But to be honest I have become confused as some of the posts give significantly different solutions to each other.
I wondered whether it would be possible to give me some help or point me in the right direction to a post which is current and has the steps that I am likely to need succeed..
Thanks in advance for any help you can give.
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I would recommend using fastboot flashable stock rom from here. People also like to use msmtool, but I feel like it is an overkill.
Please note this warning:
These ROMs can't be used to update or downgrade your phone but just to restore your phone, so don't use them to come back to oreo or to update from oreo to pie.
So grab the latest oxygen os 10, and follow the instructions to flash it. After that, if you are feeling a bit paranoid maybe download a zip from oneplus and do a local update. You now should have your phone back.
Official TWRP does not support android 10 yet, as far as I understand, so that is probably the issue. If you want lineageos 16, you should downgrade to android 9 using a downgrade package provided by oneplus and then update to Oxygen OS 9.0.9.
There is unofficial twrp by mauronofrio that supports android 10. If you want to go from OOS 10 to some other android 10 rom

[email protected] said:
I would recommend using fastboot flashable stock rom from here. People also like to use msmtool, but I feel like it is an overkill.
Please note this warning:
These ROMs can't be used to update or downgrade your phone but just to restore your phone, so don't use them to come back to oreo or to update from oreo to pie.
So grab the latest oxygen os 10, and follow the instructions to flash it. After that, if you are feeling a bit paranoid maybe download a zip from oneplus and do a local update. You now should have your phone back.
Official TWRP does not support android 10 yet, as far as I understand, so that is probably the issue. If you want lineageos 16, you should downgrade to android 9 using a downgrade package provided by oneplus and then update to Oxygen OS 9.0.9.
There is unofficial twrp by mauronofrio that supports android 10. If you want to go from OOS 10 to some other android 10 rom
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Thanks very much for your helpful reply. I am now back to a working phone with Oxygen os10. And you have also explained what was wrong when I tried to fix it, I was trying to load an Oxygen Os 9 on a phone that had already been upgraded to 10 and you have explained what went wrong in the first place, I was trying to flash an incompatible TWRP image onto Android 10. So your short post has explained a lot. Thank you.
I am not feeling paranoid unless you advise that I should be and I do want to install lineage os. So I need to revert to Oxygen Os9. I have looked on the Oneplus site and that have found the option to Upgrade to 10.3 but no option to downgrade. In the Oneplus community there is a link to downloadable ROMs, these are divided into a number of folders some of which look not applicable. There are three folders that look of interest
1. Signed flashable zips
2. OTA incremental update zips
3. Stock boot-recovery images
Here is the link /forums.oneplus.com/threads/oneplus-6-rom-ota-oxygen-os-mirrors-for-official-oxygen-os-roms-and-ota-updates.835607/
I can see it is not the OTA Incremental that I need but am unsure if it is signed flashable zips or Stock boot recovery images. or whether it is neither.
Do I flash as normal or would it be a local update?
I would be grateful for any further advice.
Thanks again and for any help provided now.

grego34 said:
Thanks very much for your helpful reply. I am now back to a working phone with Oxygen os10. And you have also explained what was wrong when I tried to fix it, I was trying to load an Oxygen Os 9 on a phone that had already been upgraded to 10 and you have explained what went wrong in the first place, I was trying to flash an incompatible TWRP image onto Android 10. So your short post has explained a lot. Thank you.
I am not feeling paranoid unless you advise that I should be and I do want to install lineage os. So I need to revert to Oxygen Os9. I have looked on the Oneplus site and that have found the option to Upgrade to 10.3 but no option to downgrade. In the Oneplus community there is a link to downloadable ROMs, these are divided into a number of folders some of which look not applicable. There are three folders that look of interest
1. Signed flashable zips
2. OTA incremental update zips
3. Stock boot-recovery images
Here is the link /forums.oneplus.com/threads/oneplus-6-rom-ota-oxygen-os-mirrors-for-official-oxygen-os-roms-and-ota-updates.835607/
I can see it is not the OTA Incremental that I need but am unsure if it is signed flashable zips or Stock boot recovery images. or whether it is neither.
Do I flash as normal or would it be a local update?
I would be grateful for any further advice.
Thanks again and for any help provided now.
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I have had luck with this downgrade package. I basically googled it, the package is hosted on a legitimate website, so that's what I used. Just download it, put it on your phone and do a local upgrade through updater app.
Once you have done that I would recommend upgrading to the latest Android 9, which is OOS version 9.0.9 I believe. Then go ahead and follow instructions to install lineageos.
I am actually on LineageOS 16 + MicroG right now, so I ran into the same problems you did Glad I could help!

TexnoViking said:
I have had luck with //oxygenos.oneplus.net/fulldowngrade_wipe_MSM_17819_181025_2315_user_MP1_release.zip" downgrade package. I basically googled it, the package is hosted on a legitimate website, so that's what I used. Just download it, put it on your phone and do a local upgrade through updater app.
Once you have done that I would recommend upgrading to the latest Android 9, which is OOS version 9.0.9 I believe. Then go ahead and follow instructions to install lineageos.
I am actually on LineageOS 16 + MicroG right now, so I ran into the same problems you did Glad I could help!
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Thanks so much for your reply again.
I used your downgrade link and that all worked well and then let it upgrade to OOS 9.0.9. Again all very positive.
I then tried to flash TWRP to the device using this image "twrp-3.3.1-2-enchilada.img" It appeared to flash okay. Then I issued the command
"fastboot boot twrp-3.3.1-2-enchilada.img" over my adb connection and it returned to the Qualcomm Crashdump error.
I presume I have to start again with the exception that this time I can use a flashable stock rom that is OOS 9.09? Is that correct?
Then do you have any suggestions for getting round the TWRP problem? Did you use a different version?
Thanks in advance for any help.

grego34 said:
Thanks so much for your reply again.
I used your downgrade link and that all worked well and then let it upgrade to OOS 9.0.9. Again all very positive.
I then tried to flash TWRP to the device using this image "twrp-3.3.1-2-enchilada.img" It appeared to flash okay. Then I issued the command
"fastboot boot twrp-3.3.1-2-enchilada.img" over my adb connection and it returned to the Qualcomm Crashdump error.
I presume I have to start again with the exception that this time I can use a flashable stock rom that is OOS 9.09? Is that correct?
Then do you have any suggestions for getting round the TWRP problem? Did you use a different version?
Thanks in advance for any help.
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Hm. Yes, unfortunately the safest thing to do is to start again. But you can start with 9.0.9 right away.
People have been discussing a similar issue here. It seems like using unofficial twrp by blu_spark helps. Maybe twrp-3.2.3-x_blu_spark_v9.91_op6.img or maybe try the latest one.
Also, make sure you read the instructions on lineageos website. Make sure you have oem unlocked, usb debugging enabled and you clicked "always give access to this" device or something, do the fastboot set_active a. I have also used fastboot flash boot_a <recovery_filename>.img. However, I do recall using fastboot boot <recovery_filename>.img some other time and I think it worked....
Anyway, yeah, maybe try this modified recovery by blu spark and follow the instructions carefully.

TexnoViking said:
Hm. Yes, unfortunately the safest thing to do is to start again. But you can start with 9.0.9 right away.
People have been discussing a similar issue here. It seems like using unofficial twrp by blu_spark helps. Maybe twrp-3.2.3-x_blu_spark_v9.91_op6.img or maybe try the latest one.
Also, make sure you read the instructions on lineageos website. Make sure you have oem unlocked, usb debugging enabled and you clicked "always give access to this" device or something, do the fastboot set_active a. I have also used fastboot flash boot_a <recovery_filename>.img. However, I do recall using fastboot boot <recovery_filename>.img some other time and I think it worked....
Anyway, yeah, maybe try this modified recovery by blu spark and follow the instructions carefully.
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Thanks very much for your helpful reply and apologies for the delay in my reply to this post, I have been tied up with work the last couple of days.
I did re-install OOS 9 and then followed the instructions on the Team Win site to install TWRP in the Oneplus6. I had success after I used the latest TWRP image and zip from that site . I was then able to install Lineage OS and Microg as I wished.
So thanks for the help all. Really appreciated.

grego34 said:
Thanks very much for your helpful reply and apologies for the delay in my reply to this post, I have been tied up with work the last couple of days.
I did re-install OOS 9 and then followed the instructions on the Team Win site to install TWRP in the Oneplus6. I had success after I used the latest TWRP image and zip from that site . I was then able to install Lineage OS and Microg as I wished.
So thanks for the help all. Really appreciated.
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Great! I am glad you managed to fix your phone! Enjoy

ROOT- HELP Needed

Hi guys,
I tried looking for this info on different forums online, couldn't really get to it.
TL;DR version- Need help unrooting/rooting back properly after update.
Anyway, I rooted my phone using Mac, OP7(phone) and some YouTube guide, and it worked like a charm. (Magisk, TRWP, the iso image, etc)- the only hiccup was I lost app data, but story for another day.
However, everything stopped working after an UPDATE!!
Thus, now I am caught between two worlds, where my phone is rooted- fastboot, but I am not getting any advantage- my adblock app(which had inspired this quest), or magiskhide(banking apps) are not working.
I tried doing the process again, but I think I am missing the right .zip files or versions, searching for them online is becoming a rabbit-holey adventure to no avail.
Attaching what I think are relevant files, for version details.
Thanks kindly.

saurabh_op7 said:
Hi guys,
I tried looking for this info on different forums online, couldn't really get to it.
TL;DR version- Need help unrooting/rooting back properly after update.
Anyway, I rooted my phone using Mac, OP7(phone) and some YouTube guide, and it worked like a charm. (Magisk, TRWP, the iso image, etc)- the only hiccup was I lost app data, but story for another day.
However, everything stopped working after an UPDATE!!
Thus, now I am caught between two worlds, where my phone is rooted- fastboot, but I am not getting any advantage- my adblock app(which had inspired this quest), or magiskhide(banking apps) are not working.
I tried doing the process again, but I think I am missing the right .zip files or versions, searching for them online is becoming a rabbit-holey adventure to no avail.
Attaching what I think are relevant files, for version details.
Thanks kindly.
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Hello,
please check out this guide at first, It covers the majority of questions and files needed for rooting

strongst said:
Hello,
please check out this guide at first, It covers the majority of questions and files needed for rooting
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Thanks for pointing that out.
Just to be clear, I am to perform the whole flashing-and-rebooting exercise with the zip, and image files(of TWRP, magisk) given in the links on the post you mentioned?
I am asking specifically w.r.t. version-updates, since the post is a bit old.

saurabh_op7 said:
Thanks for pointing that out.
Just to be clear, I am to perform the whole flashing-and-rebooting exercise with the zip, and image files(of TWRP, magisk) given in the links on the post you mentioned?
I am asking specifically w.r.t. version-updates, since the post is a bit old.
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The thread is updated recently by myself and I'm still using the OP7, now with Android 11 hence it should also work. Noone wrote that it's not working anymore at a specific step.
Your bootloader should be still unlocked hence you can skip this step.
TWRP 3.4.0-10 and latest magisk stable(not canary) should work.

strongst said:
The thread is updated recently by myself and I'm still using the OP7, now with Android 11 hence it should also work. Noone wrote that it's not working anymore at a specific step.
Your bootloader should be still unlocked hence you can skip this step.
TWRP 3.4.0-10 and latest magisk stable(not canary) should work.
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Hey,
Thanks a lot for the prompt replies.
My TWRP got flashed properly. But I am having issues with the "Magisk.zip" file, little digging around has led me to the discovery that Magisk manager and Magisk have been combined. In any case, I am unable to find the "Magisk.zip" file link in the GitHub directory.
Further digging proposes a method where some "customrom.img" file has to be patched via the application.
In any case, my Ramdisk on Magisk app is now a yes- this seems important.
And, I want to "I -want-to-say" flash Magisk but lacking the lead.
P.S- yeah, I didn't realise the update date was mentioned below, thanks again. I apologise in advance for other "noob" questions, I think I posted the question also in the wrong place- I'll try and keep up. Cheers.

You can use this attached one if you don't find a zip. For the first rooting: You can patch img files with the app and flash it, that's new since magisk 22 but not so convenient in my opinion.
The update process remains the same as described in my guide(using the magisk app).

strongst said:
You can use this one if you don't find a zip.
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I figured it out man. Thanks again.
The step I was missing is "magiskvxx.apk" has to be renamed as "magiskvxx.zip".
Cheers.

saurabh_op7 said:
I figured it out man. Thanks again.
The step I was missing is "magiskvxx.apk" has to be renamed as "magiskvxx.zip".
Cheers.
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exactly, it is mentioned here(as reference for others): https://topjohnwu.github.io/Magisk/install.html