Need help recovering my phone from bootloop after trying to update custom rom - Xiaomi Redmi Note 7 Pro Questions & Answers

Today I tried to finally update to the latest version of crDroid, but ended up having a bunch of issues doing so, and after a lot of troubleshooting and trying to fix it, I ended up putting it into a bootloop of some sort instead.
I'm pretty sure the last thing I tried was installing a different version of TWRP to see if that version would let me properly install the rom, and stop my phone from always rebooting into recovery mode.
Trying to turn it on normally or boot into TWRP leaves it hanging on the "Redmi" boot screen, it can boot into fastboot mode though.
I'm guessing that the only way to recover my phone at this point is to flash the Official MIUI rom back onto the phone, but that also involves wiping Data and losing pretty much everything I've put on the phone.
I was smart enough to make a TWRP of the Data folder, but while making the backup, the console said it doesn't include all personal files or something.
How much of my personal data and files can I rescue from the phone in this state, and how can I do that before it gets wiped when fixing it?
Also, I think I really need some help in actually restoring my phone and flashing the custom rom properly.
No matter how much effort I put into figuring out how to do this stuff, unexpected issues always seem to happen, and turns something that initially seemed so simple into multiple hours of troubleshooting.
The only way I think i've gotten rom flashing to work at all was by wiping everything and installing the official MIUI rom, but I don't want to be losing my data every month when an update comes out.
So, could someone please help me get my phone working again?
Edit: I ended up fixing my own issue by ADB flashing on a different release of TWRP, and then installing fcrypt disabler after the rom but before everything else.

Sanarise said:
Today I tried to finally update to the latest version of crDroid, but ended up having a bunch of issues doing so, and after a lot of troubleshooting and trying to fix it, I ended up putting it into a bootloop of some sort instead.
I'm pretty sure the last thing I tried was installing a different version of TWRP to see if that version would let me properly install the rom, and stop my phone from always rebooting into recovery mode.
Trying to turn it on normally or boot into TWRP leaves it hanging on the "Redmi" boot screen, it can boot into fastboot mode though.
I'm guessing that the only way to recover my phone at this point is to flash the Official MIUI rom back onto the phone, but that also involves wiping Data and losing pretty much everything I've put on the phone.
I was smart enough to make a TWRP of the Data folder, but while making the backup, the console said it doesn't include all personal files or something.
How much of my personal data and files can I rescue from the phone in this state, and how can I do that before it gets wiped when fixing it?
Also, I think I really need some help in actually restoring my phone and flashing the custom rom properly.
No matter how much effort I put into figuring out how to do this stuff, unexpected issues always seem to happen, and turns something that initially seemed so simple into multiple hours of troubleshooting.
The only way I think i've gotten rom flashing to work at all was by wiping everything and installing the official MIUI rom, but I don't want to be losing my data every month when an update comes out.
So, could someone please help me get my phone working again?
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can u boot into twrp?
if u can boot, while in twrp, connect your phone via usb cable to pc. u can copy everything on pc

Simoom Sadik said:
can u boot into twrp?
if u can boot, while in twrp, connect your phone via usb cable to pc. u can copy everything on pc
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Unfortunately, I can't.
Trying to boot into TWRP just gets stuck on the 'Redmi' boot logo.
I just remembered that you can install TWRP over ADB, and that Peter's one says it works even when the system partition is empty, so maybe the issue is the TWRP I installed and could possibly undo this part of the issue over ADB.
It won't fix the issue preventing my from updating my rom, but recovery only is still better than a soft brick.
Edit: That worked, i've put Peter's TWRP back on, and it's launching into recovery mode/TWRP again now

twrp not boot after successfully flash in this rom
Sanarise said:
Unfortunately, I can't.
Trying to boot into TWRP just gets stuck on the 'Redmi' boot logo.
I just remembered that you can install TWRP over ADB, and that Peter's one says it works even when the system partition is empty, so maybe the issue is the TWRP I installed and could possibly undo this part of the issue over ADB.
It won't fix the issue preventing my from updating my rom, but recovery only is still better than a soft brick.
Edit: That worked, i've put Peter's TWRP back on, and it's launching into recovery mode/TWRP again now
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flash latest twrp download from github, install twrpbuilder img twrp ,it boot fine and you will copy your data to pc and then install any other twrp img which u want , dont wipe anything from phone before phone boot.flash only original twrp builder 3.2.3.1 official,it boot only on latest updates.

Why nobody use orangefox?

is your issue solve or not tell,
Simoom Sadik said:
can u boot into twrp?
if u can boot, while in twrp, connect your phone via usb cable to pc. u can copy everything on pc
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if your problem is not solve then tell me you need to flash a fastboot rom first with save user data.bat file and when it installed then you can install twrp builder 3.2.1. and then boot to twrp this methods working fine,if you recently flashed any android 10 rom then first you need to flash a miui fastboot rom,or flash it via command mode direct only 3 files
first click on extract a fastboot rom and copy boot system and vender file with flash.all bat file and make a new folder then click on flash.bat save user data file to flash these images
or you can do this manually
fastboot flash system system.img
fastboot flash vender vender.img
fastboot flash boot boot.img
then reboot device to fastboot again
now flash latest official twrp builder 3.2.3.1 img twrp and take all your data backup,
in fastboot flash latest miui do not downgrade direct otherwise you lost your data,
after this if you sucess then you can flash your old rom which is running before issue of boot loop of redmi logo
it will deincrypt your data safely and then root device and boot normally, if you lost anything then contact me with mail or whatsapp i will help you,7009197673 india
and this twrp work on all version from chines to global beta stable and indian stable

joke19 said:
Why nobody use orangefox?
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In the end, I did try orangefox, and it might have been part of why it worked.
However, the crDroid installation instructions specifically mentions using Peter's TWRP, so I initially used that one.
anmoltinder said:
if your problem is not solve then tell me you need to flash a fastboot rom first with save user data.bat file and when it installed then you can install twrp builder 3.2.1. and then boot to twrp this methods working fine,if you recently flashed any android 10 rom then first you need to flash a miui fastboot rom,or flash it via command mode direct only 3 files
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Thank you for the effort you put into typing up a guide to help me, but I ended up fixing my own problem.
I was able to use fastboot to flash on a better TWRP release, and then get the rom to install properly by installing fcrypt-disabler just after it.

Sanarise said:
Today I tried to finally update to the latest version of crDroid, but ended up having a bunch of issues doing so, and after a lot of troubleshooting and trying to fix it, I ended up putting it into a bootloop of some sort instead.
I'm pretty sure the last thing I tried was installing a different version of TWRP to see if that version would let me properly install the rom, and stop my phone from always rebooting into recovery mode.
Trying to turn it on normally or boot into TWRP leaves it hanging on the "Redmi" boot screen, it can boot into fastboot mode though.
I'm guessing that the only way to recover my phone at this point is to flash the Official MIUI rom back onto the phone, but that also involves wiping Data and losing pretty much everything I've put on the phone.
I was smart enough to make a TWRP of the Data folder, but while making the backup, the console said it doesn't include all personal files or something.
How much of my personal data and files can I rescue from the phone in this state, and how can I do that before it gets wiped when fixing it?
Also, I think I really need some help in actually restoring my phone and flashing the custom rom properly.
No matter how much effort I put into figuring out how to do this stuff, unexpected issues always seem to happen, and turns something that initially seemed so simple into multiple hours of troubleshooting.
The only way I think i've gotten rom flashing to work at all was by wiping everything and installing the official MIUI rom, but I don't want to be losing my data every month when an update comes out.
So, could someone please help me get my phone working again?
Edit: I ended up fixing my own issue by ADB flashing on a different release of TWRP, and then installing fcrypt disabler after the rom but before everything else.
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help.I woke up yesterday and I turned on my phone and it is stuck on the Mi logo.All i can do is get it to fastboot thing.It seems like you and I have the same problem and I would love to have some help from you

Fcsubxrhi said:
help.I woke up yesterday and I turned on my phone and it is stuck on the Mi logo.All i can do is get it to fastboot thing.It seems like you and I have the same problem and I would love to have some help from you
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If you can access fastboot, then flash TWRP.... Enter recovery, wipe your system partitions and then flash the Stock MIUI ROM or use the MiFlash tool. Make sure you aren't flashing an older version of the ROM than the onle already installed.

CongestedHangman said:
can u boot into twrp?
if u can boot, while in twrp, connect your phone via usb cable to pc. u can copy everything on pc
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I have the same problem that stated after installing the update for derpfest and I can boot into twrp. Any solution for me?

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OP6 got stuck with corrupted internal storage

Hello, i'm a bit in trouble with my internal storage.
Yesterday i wanted to update to newest havoc os so i prepared as usual and wiped system and data under advanced wipe in TWRP ( twrp-3.2.3-0-enchilada(mtp) from joemossjr ).
Then things went strange... op6 reboots itself and since there was no system installed got stuck. i rebooted to TWRP and it started like first time install.
I wanted to do the TWRP Setup but TWRP freezes everytime and after some seconds the device reboots.
I tried different TWRP (joemossjr, eng.stck), tried flashing manually with fastboot flash boot_a twrp.img fastboot flash boot_b twrp.img and even with Tool All In One from mauronofrio
but only recovery that doesn't freeze is newest official TWRP 3.2.3.0.
But now i can't get access to my internal storage. The TWRP filemanager and adb shell are showing weird folders ( see attached jpg ).
It seems something is corrupted... i also tried to flash stock op6 rom in fastboot "OnePlus6Oxygen_22_OTA_015_all_1808102118_770880-FASTBOOT" with flash-all-partitions-fastboot.bat.
Seems to work but got stuck at bootanimation...
flashed back official TWRP and i think i have to install magisk now but don't know how to do because i have no access to my internal storage.
at this point i wish they would have included a sdcard slot
suggestion anyone?
It's not corrupted, but it's encrypted, when you flashed the havoc rom you kinda ****ed up with the encryption method so now you got files that are encrypted and that you can't decryp, so your solution is to format your internal storage, sorry for you, and if anyone have another solution i would take it
do an adb sideload for magisk zip , that should help
adb sideload sadly doesn't work, just "Starting ADB Sideload feature" ...
and on cmd when i try to adb sideload i got an "error: closed"
can't figure out why the files should be encrypted... makes no sense to me
now i flashed flash-system-boot-vendor.bat
phone boots till startup wizard and then after few seconds freeze and reboot
gdre said:
now i flashed flash-system-boot-vendor.bat
phone boots till startup wizard and then after few seconds freeze and reboot
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Format data. Problem fixed. This is the ONLY SOLUTION that will work.
Yup, you need to format the data and start all clean and i hope you did a full twrp backup
yes i do always make a backup before flashing something... my problem is i don't have access to files on internal storage.
Data partition is not my problem because all my apps are stored with titanium backup but in the freaking internal memory.
i wiped data partition but it doesnt help... now i have all folders like after complete reset. but i dont know how to get access to my old files in /sdcard folder.
i think of deleting internal storage also and start from scratch and try some data recovery tools... maybe i have some luck.
use Tool all in one
gdre said:
yes i do always make a backup before flashing something... my problem is i don't have access to files on internal storage.
Data partition is not my problem because all my apps are stored with titanium backup but in the freaking internal memory.
i wiped data partition but it doesnt help... now i have all folders like after complete reset. but i dont know how to get access to my old files in /sdcard folder.
i think of deleting internal storage also and start from scratch and try some data recovery tools... maybe i have some luck.
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Did you ever actually try to flash the Havoc update? What's going on is that you flashed a rom on the August security patch and OOS is still on July. You can't roll back to an earlier patch. Only a rom on the current patch will work.
If it doesn't work, as several have said, you have to format data, not just wipe. That will unfortunately, erase everything on your phone, but there's no other way to go back to OOS.
ok iElvis... things start getting interesting
hmm i want to try that but how should i be able to do that...
how does it work flashing the havoc with all in one tool or could it be done in fastboot mode per cmd?
the phone came with oos 5.1.5 and used that a while then with xXx NoLimits 2.4 over it for a few weeks.
after that havoc os from 6.8.18 for a month or so and i want that as daily driver.
then yesterday updated with fresh install to version from 28.8.18 and setup everything then after reboot wifi was complete dead and SIM also.
flashed newest smurf kernel over and all worked again till next reboot.
i decided to install again from scratch and thats the point where things getting weird...
gdre said:
ok iElvis... things start getting interesting
hmm i want to try that but how should i be able to do that...
how does it work flashing the havoc with all in one tool or could it be done in fastboot mode per cmd?
the phone came with oos 5.1.5 and used that a while then with xXx NoLimits 2.4 over it for a few weeks.
after that havoc os from 6.8.18 for a month or so and i want that as daily driver.
then yesterday updated with fresh install to version from 28.8.18 and setup everything then after reboot wifi was complete dead and SIM also.
flashed newest smurf kernel over and all worked again till next reboot.
i decided to install again from scratch and thats the point where things getting weird...
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Yep, that's the security patch issue. Once you're on a patch, going back to an earlier one will break encryption. I don't believe there's any other option beyond formatting data.
iElvis said:
Yep, that's the security patch issue. Once you're on a patch, going back to an earlier one will break encryption. I don't believe there's any other option beyond formatting data.
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ok... formated whole storage and installed OnePlus6Oxygen_22_OTA_012_all_1806140300_e4bacf-FASTBOOT_5.1.8.
but while first setup stll freeze and reboot. also wiped again with stock recovery with no change.
bootloader is unlocked... should i now flash patched boot image with magisk for 5.1.8?
https://forum.xda-developers.com/oneplus-6/how-to/rom-stock-fastboot-roms-oneplus-6-t3796665
Using this will save you time before you **** something up
gdre said:
Hello, i'm a bit in trouble with my internal storage.
Yesterday i wanted to update to newest havoc os so i prepared as usual and wiped system and data under advanced wipe in TWRP ( twrp-3.2.3-0-enchilada(mtp) from joemossjr ).
Then things went strange... op6 reboots itself and since there was no system installed got stuck. i rebooted to TWRP and it started like first time install.
I wanted to do the TWRP Setup but TWRP freezes everytime and after some seconds the device reboots.
I tried different TWRP (joemossjr, eng.stck), tried flashing manually with fastboot flash boot_a twrp.img fastboot flash boot_b twrp.img and even with Tool All In One from mauronofrio
but only recovery that doesn't freeze is newest official TWRP 3.2.3.0.
But now i can't get access to my internal storage. The TWRP filemanager and adb shell are showing weird folders ( see attached jpg ).
It seems something is corrupted... i also tried to flash stock op6 rom in fastboot "OnePlus6Oxygen_22_OTA_015_all_1808102118_770880-FASTBOOT" with flash-all-partitions-fastboot.bat.
Seems to work but got stuck at bootanimation...
flashed back official TWRP and i think i have to install magisk now but don't know how to do because i have no access to my internal storage.
at this point i wish they would have included a sdcard slot
suggestion anyone?
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This was happens every day after when i try to mod my device.
When i see weired Folder. I boot to fastboot then flash fastboot twrp. Img.(this will shows all folders with normal names)
Then flash liquid remix rom(its my saviour)
Then flash twrp.Installer.
Then reboot to Recovery and restore my liquid rom backup and boom its boot to everything normal.
Here i want to say that keep one liquidremix rom in otg pendrive.
After fastboot twrp command when u gets working twrp.
Install that rom via otg, and flash twrp installer and then reboot back to twrp and then clean flash rom u want it will work without doing formatting or fastboot flashing stock rom which erase everything everytime
@ whizeguy... did that as mentioned before and gave me the freeze after first time reboot
@ pankspoo... ok i cant understand what is causing this issue but if you say that did the trick for you than i will buy me a otg adapter and check that out.
silly that i already deleted everything and sadly with no affort...
but i dont understand why im not able to boot anymore even after deleting everything
gdre said:
@ whizeguy... did that as mentioned before and gave me the freeze after first time reboot
@ pankspoo... ok i cant understand what is causing this issue but if you say that did the trick for you than i will buy me a otg adapter and check that out.
silly that i already deleted everything and sadly with no affort...
but i dont understand why im not able to boot anymore even after deleting everything
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Fastboot method of installing rom will work 100%, have u used flash all. Bat (just unzip ur downloaded fastboot rom, connect phone to comp in fastboot mode and click on flash all bat file) command while installation.
Use that command because u have soft bricked u r device.
That installation will boot to normal oos rom.
I think u r doing something wrong.
Hmm thats exactly what i did.
In cmd there are some errors like sparse blabla but finally it completes but with freeze and reboots during startup assistent.
I bought an otg adapter today. Flashed liquid remix and that worked! All seems fine no freezes and reboots but wifi and signal still broken...
Very confusing
gdre said:
Hmm thats exactly what i did.
In cmd there are some errors like sparse blabla but finally it completes but with freeze and reboots during startup assistent.
I bought an otg adapter today. Flashed liquid remix and that worked! All seems fine no freezes and reboots but wifi and signal still broken...
Very confusing
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U have u r efs backup? If have then restore it via twrp.
That will give u ur signal and wifi
That is what im thinking of...in fastboot there are no infos at bootloader and baseband Version. unfortunately my efs Backup is gone since internal storage messed up.
If i could recover some data that could help but 2 tools i tried yet didnt work.
Tomorrow ill try making raw dump and see If this would help.. still looking for the best guide or method

Fastboot Bootloop

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.img​Learned 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.img​Learned 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.

Help, I can flash and boot LineageOS but not OxygenOS

Hi, as the title explains I can flash and boot into lineage os but when I try to flash a stock OxygenOS signed flashable zip from this thread (https://forum.xda-developers.com/oneplus-6/how-to/oneplus-6-mirrors-official-oxygen-os-t3792244)
and when I boot to system, the screen doesn't show a boot logo, it just goes black for a few seconds before rebooting back to twrp (also if it helps, when it goes to twrp all the files are gibberish, I have to shut off the phone and boot into it from fastboot or I can't see any files).
This all started because I misunderstood the instructions and tried to flash an ota package which then broke the system, it's working now but I'd much rather use OOS as Lineage is missing a lot of the features I'm used to on Oxygen.
I've also tried the "flash-all-partitins-fastboot" from https://forum.xda-developers.com/oneplus-6/how-to/rom-stock-fastboot-roms-oneplus-6-t3796665 but unfortunately that gave the same issue, it just went back to recovery and wouldn't load OOS.
If anyone has any ideas on how to get back to oxygen that'd be super helpful! I'm considering using the MSM tool but I'd rather not have to start from scratch and lose all my files.
I'm just guessing, but there might be something wrong with your TWRP, did you try re-flashing it?
mati11233 said:
I'm just guessing, but there might be something wrong with your TWRP, did you try re-flashing it?
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I should've clarified in the post, I mean all the files are gibberish (as in not decrypted I think?) but when I
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fastboot boot twrp.img
it works fine and I can see all the files.
I've probably tried flashing it 4 times through twrp but every time it just does the same thing, boot to system just shows a black screen for a few seconds then reboots to twrp.
I'd love to use blu_spark like everyone recommends but I can't find the blu_spark recovery for the op6, only their kernel.
The reason why it's gibberish is because your device is encrypted and you need to input the password in the twrp to be able to access it. Seems the twrp doesn't detect the encryption correctly so there might be something wrong with it.
Here is the bluespark twrp https://github.com/engstk/android_device_oneplus_enchilada/releases
mati11233 said:
The reason why it's gibberish is because your device is encrypted and you need to input the password in the twrp to be able to access it. Seems the twrp doesn't detect the encryption correctly so there might be something wrong with it.
Here is the bluespark twrp https://github.com/engstk/android_device_oneplus_enchilada/releases
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I just tried with blu_spark and the same thing happens but I realised something else, twrp only doesn't work on slot A.
If I see that it didn't decrypt the files, I can set B to active, reboot to recovery, and it works perfectly.
I noticed after one of the failed boots it switched the active slot to B even though I had set it to A before flashing. So every time it doesn't show the logo or anything, it sets the active slot from A to B and reboots to recovery.
Also I just looked and from the Backup page, it shows 2.7 GB for system on slot A and 1.7GB on slot B so I'm going to try wiping both and reflashing the flashable signed zip on each then twrp.
UPDATE: Just did that and the twrp installer was giving an error saying unsupported android version so I looked and system is only 4MB after flashing that package (OnePlus6Oxgygen_22_OTA_034_all_...zip), I'm trying an older one (...OTA_026...zip) to see if that actually works.
So I tried with the older one and lineage and they both still left the system partition at 4MB and the blu_spark twrp installer isn't detecting an android version. The system image partition is at 2.6GB if that means anything.
Oh wait more update, I'm dumb and shut off the phone while taking the case off (got stuck and it was pushing the power button) and even though the twrp installer couldn't detect anything and twrp said No OS installed when trying to boot to system, lineage just started up, no problem. I am very confused I miss when there was one system partition.
How are you flashing the OS?
mati11233 said:
How are you flashing the OS?
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I'm using twrp, blu_spark and normal, and both have the same result. They can flash lineage and it runs fine, but oxygen refuses to boot and just switches the active slot and goes to recovery instead.
I also tried the fastboot rom flashing thing from the thread I linked to in the OP and it's the same thing, just goes back to recovery and wont boot.
P.S. I'm currently copying over /sdcard to an external drive and if I can't figure out how to fix this by the time that's done, I'll just use MsmDownloadTool and start over.
And you are wiping each time before flashing it, right? If it is the case then the download tool is probably the easiest way to go about it, rather than spending days troubleshooting it.
mati11233 said:
And you are wiping each time before flashing it, right? If it is the case then the download tool is probably the easiest way to go about it, rather than spending days troubleshooting it.
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I've tried it with and without wiping and it always seems to do the same thing either way, works with LOS not with OOS. Thanks for the help! but yeah I think I'm just going to end up using the download tool once everything's over.

urgent: oneplus 7 pro TWRP bootloop

I'm very new to everything related to rooting and I think I screwed up, I'm not even sure if this is what a bootloop is.
My device won't boot back into android, I've tried to look for a solution but I don't understand any of the terms those people use.
I followed a tutorial to help me root my phone which I think might have worked but now I can't do anything.
I installed the latest twrp .zip on my phone and elementalX (I think I downloaded it for android 10 instead of 11), I tried a couple of commands in the terminal suggested by other people but none of them did anything.
I really want my phone back, even if that means that it won't be rooted, I made a backup of my data so all that matters to me is that I can use my phone again.
If you know anything that can help me, please try to explain it in a way I might understand as I don't even really know what flashing means.
wattage0 said:
I'm very new to everything related to rooting and I think I screwed up, I'm not even sure if this is what a bootloop is.
My device won't boot back into android, I've tried to look for a solution but I don't understand any of the terms those people use.
I followed a tutorial to help me root my phone which I think might have worked but now I can't do anything.
I installed the latest twrp .zip on my phone and elementalX (I think I downloaded it for android 10 instead of 11), I tried a couple of commands in the terminal suggested by other people but none of them did anything.
I really want my phone back, even if that means that it won't be rooted, I made a backup of my data so all that matters to me is that I can use my phone again.
If you know anything that can help me, please try to explain it in a way I might understand as I don't even really know what flashing means.
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Can you boot into fastboot then toggle the volume key to recovery , does it go to twrp or something else?
hammered58 said:
Can you boot into fastboot then toggle the volume key to recovery , does it go to twrp or something else?
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that goes back to twrp
wattage0 said:
that goes back to twrp
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Good then try the below steps
This sequence has worked for me every time
1. Reboot twrp/lineage recovery, format data. Reboot bootloader
2. Fastboot boot into TWRP FBEv2
3. Sideload official TWRP 3.5.2.9-0 installer (found on TWRP website). Reboot recovery
4. Copy OOS 11.zip to internal storage. Or OTG drive,, Flash OOS 11.zip. Reboot recovery again
5. Format data in OOS stock recovery & Reboot
6. After boot into OOS 11, just local upgrade rom .zip again, you will have OOS in both slots

Stuck in Bootloop | TWRP installed

Hi, i just got my old 5 year old (now retired) device to bootup because someone had made a kernel for the device which supports overclocking so for the fun I wanted to try it
but there was one weird problem, it seemed that though the root permissions from years ago remained just like they were but magisk manager itself had lost root permissions though I was still able to grant root permissions to other applications normally
I was on an unofficial Lineage OS build and thought of returning to original Miui for the device, got the fastboot rom, got Mi flash, flashed it, booted up
but there was a catch, it would always throw an error on the login Miui account screen at startup saying "Couldn't check device security, please try again"
I had tried everything possible including:
adding a Xiaomi account
skipping sign in
Inserting a sim
None of them seemed to do anything so i flashed twrp recovery again as using mi flash to flash ur device's stock rom gets rid of custom recovery
Now here is the mistake I made
**I wiped the device clean using TWRP**
now i tried going into adb sideload mode, no matter what I did my PC wouldn't detect my device, tried going into fastboot mode and still my PC wouldn't recognise the device and same goes for Mi flash tool
additionally the device would automatically exit out of fastboot mode within 2 minutes and go on to the power off screen
I do have charge on the device it says it's at 87% on the TWRP menu
I can no longer bootup, im stuck at the MI logo on bootup
Device: Mi Max 2
Additional notes: I am not in a hurry as that is not my primary device so it is okay if you want to take your time to reply, even if there's no way i can get my phone to see the light of day again it's alright as the phone was retired and sitting collecting dust for 2 years now
I do not wish to visit a service center as it's not worth it for a device I'm just gonna use for a few hours then put it back into its grave again
just download that same, or another custom ROM, and flash it via TWRP (just put ROM in SD card).
Nothing is gone, i mean if you delete system via twrp of course it will bootloop as it don't have system.
And for reverting back to original stock ROM , i think it have to do something with encryption, or maybe just the fact you unlocked bootloader.
Best is to stay away from stock ROM, find some custom ROM which have similar to MIUI (stock rom) , somewhat improved, if you want to get as much stock ROM experience.
kraken-gz said:
just download that same, or another custom ROM, and flash it via TWRP (just put ROM in SD card).
Nothing is gone, i mean if you delete system via twrp of course it will bootloop as it don't have system.
And for reverting back to original stock ROM , i think it have to do something with encryption, or maybe just the fact you unlocked bootloader.
Best is to stay away from stock ROM, find some custom ROM which have similar to MIUI (stock rom) , somewhat improved, if you want to get as much stock ROM experience.
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Hi, thanks for the reply, I tried using an SD card and unfortunately it wouldn't detect that too, what i found was I didn't wipe System it still shows that it's taking up some place (3597 MB)
i would be fine getting a custom rom on the device infact i have crdroid ready to be installed
could it be that the TWRP i installed (yes I downloaded the latest version and didn't flash the old one i had years ago) have some bugs? (I did install it from official TWRP website)
also note: though you see a Senior Member title below my name, im a complete and utter noob
BR4UTAL said:
Hi, thanks for the reply, I tried using an SD card and unfortunately it wouldn't detect that too, what i found was I didn't wipe System it still shows that it's taking up some place (3597 MB)
i would be fine getting a custom rom on the device infact i have crdroid ready to be installed
could it be that the TWRP i installed (yes I downloaded the latest version and didn't flash the old one i had years ago) have some bugs? (I did install it from official TWRP website)
also note: though you see a Senior Member title below my name, im a complete and utter noob
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Lol I thought I was the only proper noob here on xda but nice to meet other noobs here too .
I think Kraken-gz is right, once the older devices are OEM off-support its best to stay away from OEM servers, I lost couple of old lesser-known-brand devices to OEM mischief i'd say coz it happened twice to me when I reloaded the original ROMs and tried to connected to the net they went dead on the next bootup, I think the OEMs have something going on there to boot out the older devices so newer ones could be pushed in the market sooner than they were supposed to. Possible.
so, first, in twrp, try to completely format it, follow this to do it
Just, a note: in advanced wipe delete system, data, dalvik cache and cache.
When trying to reboot into system, make sure twrp complains that it have no system. (that way, you know you deleted it)
reboot it, again in twrp.
try to flash custom ROM, should work as it have clean memory.
If it doesnt flash, then make sure to note all log file from twrp while flashing, and post it here, in order to see, what failed in flashing. If it succeds, it should load custom rom . If custom rom dont work, try another one, maybe older, or one that you had previous time (before trying to go into stock rom) (just, to try to boot it somehow. But before trying another custom rom, if one fails, do proper wiping described above.
If that fails try to download oldest stock ROM, and flash it. Maybe newest is blocking it.
If that fails, there is something called EDL mode, when fastboot is not available (for hard brick, like this).
here is video just to give you overview how to do it
and text also
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WAIT, try to format it, without wiping system. maybe it will boot again.
If not, other solutions are not applicable, if you dont find way to detect that sd card. Only EDL remains.
kraken-gz said:
so, first, in twrp, try to completely format it, follow this to do it
Just, a note: in advanced wipe delete system, data, dalvik cache and cache.
When trying to reboot into system, make sure twrp complains that it have no system. (that way, you know you deleted it)
reboot it, again in twrp.
try to flash custom ROM, should work as it have clean memory.
If it doesnt flash, then make sure to note all log file from twrp while flashing, and post it here, in order to see, what failed in flashing. If it succeds, it should load custom rom . If custom rom dont work, try another one, maybe older, or one that you had previous time (before trying to go into stock rom) (just, to try to boot it somehow. But before trying another custom rom, if one fails, do proper wiping described above.
If that fails try to download oldest stock ROM, and flash it. Maybe newest is blocking it.
If that fails, there is something called EDL mode, when fastboot is not available (for hard brick, like this).
here is video just to give you overview how to do it
and text also
Edit:
WAIT, try to format it, without wiping system. maybe it will boot again.
If not, other solutions are not applicable, if you dont find way to detect that sd card. Only EDL remains.
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Tried wiping data, cache and dalvik cache and formatting data, none seemed to help
and still no sd card being detected
Now edl mode
I would love to boot into edl mode but the thing is my device isn't being recognised by adb nor is it being recognised by fastboot commands
so that's where I'm stuck for now
OldNoobOne said:
Lol I thought I was the only proper noob here on xda but nice to meet other noobs here too .
I think Kraken-gz is right, once the older devices are OEM off-support its best to stay away from OEM servers, I lost couple of old lesser-known-brand devices to OEM mischief i'd say coz it happened twice to me when I reloaded the original ROMs and tried to connected to the net they went dead on the next bootup, I think the OEMs have something going on there to boot out the older devices so newer ones could be pushed in the market sooner than they were supposed to. Possible.
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Perhaps that is true

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