any way to completely revert back to stock? - OnePlus 8 Questions & Answers

any way to completely revert back to stock? - OnePlus 8 Questions & Answers

Gang,
I made the mistake of trying to flash a fastboot rom in in my TMobile variant op8.
Is there any way to completely flush the system other than MSM?
My phone is kinda sluggish right now. I think I might have corrupted mh phone with that bad flash.
Please assist if you can.

sameog said:
Gang,
I made the mistake of trying to flash a fastboot rom in in my TMobile variant op8.
Is there any way to completely flush the system other than MSM?
My phone is kinda sluggish right now. I think I might have corrupted mh phone with that bad flash.
Please assist if you can.
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Only options are MSM or reboot into fastbootd(not bootloader) and flash global again. You can get into fastbootd by rebooting to bootloader then typing command fastboot reboot fastboot on pc

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[Q] Oem unlock one plus one

Hello
I just started the proces of unlocking the one plus one chinese version with cm11 on it but with color os recovery
I want to make it cwm or twrp
I did all the setup ok
When i did the comand fastboot oem unlock on the phone it shows a Chinese menu which i dont understand fastboot flash erase
As it is chinese language i dont know what to do on the phone.
I thought that smth went wrong so rebooted the phone and back to cm11 setup.
Any one can help what to do in this case what i have to do on the phone in this case. Where is yes or no in chinese( on the right or on the left)
The phone was disconected and I could not do fasboot reboot.
Any help is appreiciated.
I have prepared everything sdk platform supersu twrp.img
The only new thing which I never saw on guides is this chinese menu asking to flash erase.
But I dont know in this moment what to do.
Phone is ok back to Cm11.
Thanks

Can't say for sure but my guess is its asking yes or no to unlock, try one, if it doesn't reset your phone then try the other. Can't see any harm
Once unlocked you can flash all the cm firmware (bootloader, logo, etc) and you should end up with English in the bootloader from them on
Best of luck

How about to flash from colorOS recovery
demkantor said:
Can't say for sure but my guess is its asking yes or no to unlock, try one, if it doesn't reset your phone then try the other. Can't see any harm
Once unlocked you can flash all the cm firmware (bootloader, logo, etc) and you should end up with English in the bootloader from them on
Best of luck
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Thanks for the reply but as I am new to this adb and fastboot I have seen in some posts that you can flash XPNH33R from colorOS recoery
I am not sure to do or not to do it. Will it have any damage to the phone??

To the best of my knowledge you can change just about everything from the Chinese version to the international. Here is a general tutorial for fastboot which should help you get your head around it
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2277112

Help - Forgot to unlock before flashing TWRP, now what?

Help. I was so excited for my new phone that I made a n00b mistake - Booted into TWRP and flashed the TWRP zip to permanently install before I remembered to allow oem unlocking in the OS - Developer Setting. Now my phone won't boot because of the custom recovery, I can't flash anything because the bootloader is locked, and I can't get into the OS to allow unlocking.
The only thing I can do is fastboot boot twrp.
How do I fix this?

BikerFry said:
Help. I was so excited for my new phone that I made a n00b mistake - Booted into TWRP and flashed the TWRP zip to permanently install before I remembered to allow oem unlocking in the OS - Developer Setting. Now my phone won't boot because of the custom recovery, I can't flash anything because the bootloader is locked, and I can't get into the OS to allow unlocking.
The only thing I can do is fastboot boot twrp.
How do I fix this?
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Try flashing the stock boot img, it should but back stock recovery, you should be able to do it in fastboot too.

BikerFry said:
Help. I was so excited for my new phone that I made a n00b mistake - Booted into TWRP and flashed the TWRP zip to permanently install before I remembered to allow oem unlocking in the OS - Developer Setting. Now my phone won't boot because of the custom recovery, I can't flash anything because the bootloader is locked, and I can't get into the OS to allow unlocking.
The only thing I can do is fastboot boot twrp.
How do I fix this?
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Follow steps here https://forum.xda-developers.com/oneplus-6/how-to/rom-stock-fastboot-roms-oneplus-6-t3796665
Sent from my OnePlus6 using XDA Labs

I can't flash anything. I get "Failed remote flashing is not allowed in lock state".
I can fastboot boot twrp so maybe could try flashing that way, but I can't get the phone to show up in windows explorer to transfer any files.

Wrong forum.

matze19999 said:
Wrong forum.
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Sorry about that.
Might have just made a little progress. Learned the ADB Push command, loading an ota.zip and a boot image now. Hopefully can flash one or the other or both via twrp. Fingers crossed. Thanks either way guys.

tried Flash Image - boot image I had downloaded. It flashed successfully lol but I still can't boot the OS. And now I can't fastboot boot twrp either. ****. What have I done? lol. Come on it's android there has to be a way.
I appear to now be officially ****ed. Must have somehow been the wrong boot image, now I can't even boot into TWRP. I think I'm dead in the water. Can't flash anything, can't boot into TWRP. Any ideas? Will happily paypal a few bucks to anyone who can un**** me.

BikerFry said:
tried Flash Image - boot image I had downloaded. It flashed successfully lol but I still can't boot the OS. And now I can't fastboot boot twrp either. ****. What have I done? lol. Come on it's android there has to be a way.
I appear to now be officially ****ed. Must have somehow been the wrong boot image, now I can't even boot into TWRP. I think I'm dead in the water. Can't flash anything, can't boot into TWRP. Any ideas? Will happily paypal a few bucks to anyone who can un**** me.
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have you tried the unbricking tool
https://forum.xda-developers.com/oneplus-6/how-to/guide-mega-unbrick-guide-hard-bricked-t3796051

Will try it now. Thanks!

BikerFry said:
Will try it now. Thanks!
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how are getting on with the unbrick tool ??

hallelujia the unbrick tool worked!!! So excited to be back making playing with the new toy! I was sure I was screwed, somehow didn't come across that tool in my googling. Thanks man. Imma kick a couple bucks your way with that donate button. Saved me from sending it back to oneplus and going a couple weeks without the new phone.
Now carefully...

BikerFry said:
hallelujia the unbrick tool worked!!! So excited to be back making playing with the new toy! I was sure I was screwed, somehow didn't come across that tool in my googling. Thanks man. Imma kick a couple bucks your way with that donate button. Saved me from sending it back to oneplus and going a couple weeks without the new phone.
Now carefully...
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its fine my friend dont need the money just glad it helped ya :good::good::good::good:

Well thank you very much. I'm not too proud to freely admit I'm a happy kid with a new toy now. Thanks!

Fastboot loop - device won't load recovery

Hi all,
so after system update of OOS which ended up in a boot loop and losing the TWRP recovery (back to stock)
I was trying to get TWRP (back again) via fastboot I was able once to get TWRP loaded once and was even lucky to able to load the Nandroid backup "successfully".
but unfortunately, after restarting...nothing... always getting back to fastboot main screen with no success of booting normally or into recovery mode.
also, not able to re-flash the twrp.img to reach again for the backup.
is there another way to get back TWRP and load my backup file? by using fastboot commands?

I just had the same issue.
I managed to fix it using a fastboot image https://drive.google.com/open?id=1fqvjJ-lC7w2wtcxYwlbmZ4pRW60psODV
After the flash completed I booted into the OS then rebooted back to fastboot and from there I was able to use fastboot command to boot into TWRP

Had a similar issue after installing a rom a while back. Posted about it here https://forum.xda-developers.com/oneplus-6/help/stuck-fastboot-trying-to-install-omnirom-t3849882
Google the mega unbrick guide on the OnePlus forums. Let me know if this helps at all. Or give the other link posted there a try as well.

dekela said:
I just had the same issue.
I managed to fix it using a fastboot image https://drive.google.com/open?id=1fqvjJ-lC7w2wtcxYwlbmZ4pRW60psODV
After the flash completed I booted into the OS then rebooted back to fastboot and from there I was able to use fastboot command to boot into TWRP
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Nice, we're from the same city.
anyhow, have you flashed this by doing "fastboot flash XYZ.zip" ? & afterwards flashed the TWRP again?
nicb1 said:
Had a similar issue after installing a rom a while back. Posted about it here https://forum.xda-developers.com/oneplus-6/help/stuck-fastboot-trying-to-install-omnirom-t3849882
Google the mega unbrick guide on the OnePlus forums. Let me know if this helps at all. Or give the other link posted there a try as well.
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Thanks for the tip. so after this operation/guide will I'll be able to restore my Nandorid Backup or with will erase it completely ? just a new ROM with stock recovery, right?

QIQgame said:
Nice, we're from the same city.
anyhow, have you flashed this by doing "fastboot flash XYZ.zip" ? & afterwards flashed the TWRP again?
Thanks for the tip. so after this operation/guide will I'll be able to restore my Nandorid Backup or with will erase it completely ? just a new ROM with stock recovery, right?
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Np. I cant remember exactly but i think it wiped the phone. You won't be able to restore that backup unless you happen to have copied it externally from your phone before the brick.
Let us know if you manage to get it all fixed and going again. Know its frustrating having your phone bricked. Pretty much brought it back to its factory shipped state from what I remember.

QIQgame said:
Nice, we're from the same city.
anyhow, have you flashed this by doing "fastboot flash XYZ.zip" ? & afterwards flashed the TWRP again?
Thanks for the tip. so after this operation/guide will I'll be able to restore my Nandorid Backup or with will erase it completely ? just a new ROM with stock recovery, right?
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Use this to flash a fastboot image:
https://forum.xda-developers.com/on...ol-tool-one-driversunlocktwrpfactory-t3398993

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Due to the disrespect of certain members here I will no longer share the tutorials.

Hi Articul8Madness,
Seems very cool. I'm new with XDA, and just got this moto one 5G ace from Metro as well. Are you recommending to flash it with the US retail ROM? Will it actually unlock the phone?
Tkx,
MH

huayixin said:
Hi Articul8Madness,
Seems very cool. I'm new with XDA, and just got this moto one 5G ace from Metro as well. Are you recommending to flash it with the US retail ROM? Will it actually unlock the phone?
Tkx,
MH
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I actually have the RETBRAZIL rom currently flashed to it, lol. But I've tried the RETUS, RETEU roms. The TMO and Sprint ROM will get you a MetroPCS load screen as its the same.
And no, it will not unlock the phone. MetroPCS ties the IMEI to the Sim Card. They will not unlock this phone even if you pay in full like I did for three consecutive months of service. This is why no one Sim Unlocks Metro phones.

This way I was able to clean flash without any problems.
Is there a dirty flash that doesn't erase user data?

Articul8Madness said:
I actually have the RETBRAZIL rom currently flashed to it, lol. But I've tried the RETUS, RETEU roms. The TMO and Sprint ROM will get you a MetroPCS load screen as its the same.
And no, it will not unlock the phone. MetroPCS ties the IMEI to the Sim Card. They will not unlock this phone even if you pay in full like I did for three consecutive months of service. This is why no one Sim Unlocks Metro phones.
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Thanks, really appreciate the insightful reply.

PEACH-PIT said:
This way I was able to clean flash without any problems.
Is there a dirty flash that doesn't erase user data?
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There is no dirty flash for stock since this isn't a ROM but firmware. I suggest you backup your texts, phone logs, pictures, and anything else before you flash.

PEACH-PIT said:
...Is there a dirty flash that doesn't erase user data?
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Yes, but it's not really advisable, it could cause apps to not work as expected.
Skip data wipe post #6

sd_shadow said:
Yes, but it's not really advisable, it could cause apps to not work as expected.
Skip data wipe post #6
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Thank you.
I'll give it a try.

Articul8Madness said:
This tutorial is for people like me than ran into problems rooting the Moto One 5G Ace XT2113 (MetroPCS Qualcomm Variant) running on stock Android 10. I got this today after my beloved Moto G7Power's usb/charging port melted and fell out the phone after two and a half years and MetroPCS would NOT honor my insurance and replace the phone. Long story there. So far, this phone's been a good replacement but I'm still early in the game.
Follow the following at your own risk! I am not responsible for any mishaps with your devices. I also don't know if this will work on other variants, as I only have these for MetroPCS, and from my understanding this will NOT obviously work for Verizon, AT&T, and Cricket phones because you have to have the bootloader unlocked.
I want to thank @sd_shadow for pointing the way for me. This phone is a bit different being a new OS and a different updated Moto, and sd_shadow helped me get through the curious WTF now moments. This guide is solely for people like me that jumped head first into this phone with our variant trying to root and ran into some problems.
Introduction/Preparation
First, go and prepare by READING EVERYTHING OF THE FOLLOWING. Very important. Don't even jump into this without reading this thread here all the way to the last page: Motorola Guide To Flashing (this is so you know start to finish the differences between this model and maybe your previous models, plus the differences now between flashing Android 9 to 10, having an A/B system versus the new fastbootd mode).
Second, unlock the bootloader. The MetroPCS variant can be unlocked by Motorola; follow their instructions, it's easy peasy. Use their data tool to get the code formatted correctly or you may have problems. If you do it in firefox it may not go to the third step page and hang on the page where you put the long code in (follow instructions on page to get the unlock code you'll see what I'm talking about). I did it in Waterfox this go round and it sent the codes immediately . When you get it, follow Motorola's instructions for unlocking the bootloader in fastboot. It will show you that the bootloader is unlocked.
***NOTES SO YOU DON'T FREAK OUT***
1. Every time you power up the phone after you unlock the bootloader Moto will try and make you feel like crap with a bad throwing shade with a message that your phone is not to be trusted and the bootloader is unlocked. :laugh: This is normal. Give it a minute, you havent broke it.
2. There is no custom recovery/TWRP for this variant as of yet, so flashing the stock roms via fastboot is the only way to reset.
3. OEM Unlocking toggle switch is interesting. On my first phone it was activated once the bootloader is unlocked and greyed out to where it couldn't be accessed anymore. Same thing happened with my Moto G7Power so I'm assuming that's the new normal.
Files
If you tried to root like me and lost ALL touchscreen usability, then this is what you're going to have to do to come back from the paperweight abyss. First, pull out your Sim Card flashing. Yes, pull it out and flash without it. Flashing with the sim card/SD card in can cause problems flashing.
1. Get Minimal ADB and Fastboot (it's easier to use than Android SDK and smaller). Or you can use the Fastboot software of your choice. I used Minimal ADB and Fastboot.
2. Download the Motorola Drivers from their site (if you run into problems you will have to uninstall and reinstall them through their utility.
3. Cpu-Z.apk (This is a good thing to have to know your hardware responsibly).
4. Stock Firmware. I used XT2113_KIEV_RETUS_10_QZK30.Q4-40-55_subsidy-DEFAULT_regulatory-DEFAULT_CFC_R1_CFC.xml which is the US Retail software instead of MetroPCS's firmware because I hate any branded US carrier bloatware and such and like that factory unlocked from the manufacturer feel. Both of my phones flashed fine with it and you can find it here: Moto One 5G Ace ALL Firmwares. It doesn't matter what your carrier is, they have them all there. Try them at your discretion and risk.
****Notes on Flashing The Stock Firmware****
The best way to find out what your codes are is to go to the flashfile.xml that is located in the rom you downloaded. Once you get that the best way to use it since it won't be legibile for flashing is to put it in the online flash converter here: Online FlashFile Converter And don't worry - flashing another stock won't relock the bootloader.
Also, just so you know, once you flash and boot the phone back up you MUST put the sim card back in or a message about the phone being locked once you begin to set it up will come up. Just pop it in enough to get past that screen then remove it. Last thing you want is your data updating the phone without your permission and you turning it off.
1. Extract the firmware to the folder where Minimal ADB & Fastboot are at on your computer.
2. Turn the phone completely OFF and back ON if you haven't done so yet. Make sure there is no Sim Card of SD card in it.
3. Press Volume Up and Power to boot into fastboot mode if you have no touchscreen access. If you do just reboot or turn the phone off and turn it back on the regular way.
4. Plug your phone via USB cable into the computer.
5. Open up Minimal ADB and Fastboot (Make sure you don't have it set to open this as an administrator, it messes with permissions) Make sure all your firmware files have been extracted in the Minimal ADB directory or it won't work.
7. Cut, Copy, and Paste in Fastboot All Together everything from the Online Flash File Converter. In my case since I used the RETUS version mine looked like this:
Code:
fastboot getvar max-sparse-size
fastboot oem fb_mode_set
fastboot flash partition gpt.bin
fastboot flash bootloader bootloader.img
fastboot flash vbmeta vbmeta.img
fastboot flash radio radio.img
fastboot flash bluetooth BTFM.bin
fastboot flash dsp dspso.bin
fastboot flash logo logo.bin
fastboot flash boot boot.img
fastboot flash dtbo dtbo.img
fastboot flash recovery recovery.img
fastboot flash super super.img_sparsechunk.0
fastboot flash super super.img_sparsechunk.1
fastboot flash super super.img_sparsechunk.2
fastboot flash super super.img_sparsechunk.3
fastboot flash super super.img_sparsechunk.4
fastboot flash super super.img_sparsechunk.5
fastboot flash super super.img_sparsechunk.6
fastboot flash super super.img_sparsechunk.7
fastboot flash super super.img_sparsechunk.8
fastboot erase carrier
fastboot erase userdata
fastboot erase metadata
fastboot erase ddr
fastboot oem fb_mode_clear
echo -----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
echo English - Process concluded!
echo Português - Processo concluído!
echo English - Press any key to restart the phone!
echo Português - Pressione qualquer tecla para reiniciar o celular!
echo -----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
pause
fastboot reboot
exit
8. When it is done it will stop. Hitting enter did not reboot my phone so I did it manually by hitting the Power button on START while still in flashboot.
9. That's it! You should have your phone officially flashed to firmware of your choice.
Hope this helps my fellow MetroPCSers. I lost ALL functionality of my touchscreen trying to root and with a little help from my XDA friends brought them back with this method. Old girl is working and now I'm working on a proper root with a proper matching boot.img.
And please, tinker with the little tyke responsibly. ;-P
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Nice walkthru . Does this phone support monitor mode? I dont wanna root this Beauty unless i can put this gear to work.
THANKS

majored said:
Nice walkthru . Does this phone support monitor mode? I dont wanna root this Beauty unless i can put this gear to work.
THANKS
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Thanks. I don't know if it supports monitor mode or not as I haven't installed Kali Nethunter on it.

If I put the retailus firmware on my metro phone will it still recieve over the air security updates?

retrov said:
If I put the retailus firmware on my metro phone will it still recieve over the air security updates?
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Most likely no, you may need to flash firmware manually.

sd_shadow said:
Most likely no, you may need to flash firmware manually.
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Thank you, I was able to flash worked great. I flashed the latest retail us rom has security update for march. Any recomendations on relocking the boatloader without bricking it if I need to send in for repair or something?

retrov said:
Thank you, I was able to flash worked great. I flashed the latest retail us rom has security update for march. Any recomendations on relocking the boatloader without bricking it if I need to send in for repair or something?
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If you need to relock your bootloader, you must flash back to the original stock firmware for your variant or you will find yourself stuck in EDL mode.

can someone tell me why i cant mount my moto 5g ace is rooted with magisk but adb mount not in /proc/mounts

seriously you should know that you are a good person. when i attempted to flash a custom rom which ive done many times before but failed this time and ended up with no touch capabilities i got really depressed. coming across your forum and seeing you had the same issue really made my day. keep it up man.

Articul8Madness said:
I actually have the RETBRAZIL rom currently flashed to it, lol. But I've tried the RETUS, RETEU roms. The TMO and Sprint ROM will get you a MetroPCS load screen as its the same.
And no, it will not unlock the phone. MetroPCS ties the IMEI to the Sim Card. They will not unlock this phone even if you pay in full like I did for three consecutive months of service. This is why no one Sim Unlocks Metro phones.
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Not true, I paid an unlocking service and got my MeotroPCS Motorola One 5G Ace SIM unlocked. I can and do use other SIM cards from other carriers.

mewcatchew said:
Not true, I paid an unlocking service and got my MeotroPCS Motorola One 5G Ace SIM unlocked. I can and do use other SIM cards from other carriers.
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Consider yourself lucky as it does not work for all branded Metro phones. Also, why pay when you could have waited 3 months of continuous service and got it unlocked by them for FREE.

Articul8Madness said:
Consider yourself lucky as it does not work for all branded Metro phones. Also, why pay when you could have waited 3 months of continuous service and got it unlocked by them for FREE.
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Because it's 6 months, not 3.

Question Bricked with no recovery. Please help

Long story short I messed up and now I don't have recovery. Only fastboot. Was bricked too before the no recovery thing.
How do I try to sort this? I don't have a pc either.
Using my old OnePlus 8T I was able to unlock, root and install a custom kernel.
Any ideas?

shadowofdeth said:
Long story short I messed up and now I don't have recovery. Only fastboot. Was bricked too before the no recovery thing.
How do I try to sort this? I don't have a pc either.
the good news is your phone can very likely be fixed. however in my experience you will need a computer. Folks here would love to help but knowing what device you are having an issue with would probably help with response to your situation. from fastboot you can boot a recovery image for your device and go from there. from fastboot you can also likely flash stock firmware to your device and start over fresh. It's also common to have to perform a factory reset after flashing the device to get it to properly boot.
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OnePlus 9.
I tried searching but there are so many dead ends for finding the stock recovery. Even with that I'd still be bricked.
Where would one find the stock recovery, kernel and fastboot ready update.zip?

You do realize the boot.img is both recovery and kernel. Just extract it from payload.bin

MrSteelX said:
You do realize the boot.img is both recovery and kernel. Just extract it from payload.bin
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If only I thought of that. It's not like I've been trying all day without success extracting what I need from the payload.bin. Definitely no dead ends there. Thanks for the massive help.

shadowofdeth said:
If only I thought of that. It's not like I've been trying all day without success extracting what I need from the payload.bin. Definitely no dead ends there. Thanks for the massive help.
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borrow a laptop from someone , use the msm tool

taintsx said:
borrow a laptop from someone , use the msm tool
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Im so close I can smell it now. Managed to get Python installed (had to deep dive into the comments on articles and tutorials) and have everything extracted in the last hour.
Now, for flashing these images I have to use Termux and it's working for the most part. My issue is now that I can flash one batch of images but not the other as per the xda guide linked now:
Restore OnePlus 9 to Stock via Fastboot Commands
This guide assumes you have the SDK Platform Tools installed and working, along with USB drivers for your device (if needed), and have your full update zip which you've already extracted the payload.bin from, and then dumped the images using...
forum.xda-developers.com
I keep getting errors about the partition being locked or something.
So close man. So close.

Locked partitions can only be flashed in fastbootd (fastboot reboot fastboot to get there).

First of all... Hold the both volume and power button for around 2 minutes. It'll take you to the bootloader mode. Then from the bootloader mode turn off your device then boot into edl then flash with msm.

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