I just installed the android 12 on my phone through the OTA this morning not with oxygen updater and first thing I noticed was the unlocked bootloader warning is gone even though I do have a unlocked bootloader and even checked that it is still unlocked. Next thing I noticed is that the processor in settings shows 855 instead of 888. That makes me wonder if I got a beta install instead of the stable one. The build number is LE2115_11_C.36. Do I have the stable version?
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I just installed the android 12 on my phone through the OTA this morning not with oxygen updater and first thing I noticed was the unlocked bootloader warning is gone even though I do have a unlocked bootloader and even checked that it is still unlocked. Next thing I noticed is that the processor in settings shows 855 instead of 888. That makes me wonder if I got a beta install instead of the stable one. The build number is LE2115_11_C.36. Do I have the stable version?
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I got the same build and was wondering same thing. Global unlocked op9.. Seems as if it would begin with 12 in the build . And I can't gain root through latest magisk.
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This is my mums phone that when i got last year i now remember installing TWRP onto and maybe a custom ROM.
Every time she got a security update it would land her in TWRP and she didn't know how to exit so i decided to put her back to stock...
I followed these instructions https://c.mi.com/oc/miuidownload/detail?guide=2 and used MIUI ROM Flashing Tool to flash cereus_global_images_V11.0.5.0.PCGMIXM_20200916.0000.00_9.0_global_41e1db1e83.tgz and have attached logs.
When i flashed, it had the default option 'Clean all and lock' and selected which i didn't notice as the window was off the bottom of the screen.
Im now stuck on a MI Recovery 3.0 screen on the phone and in red at the bottom it says 'This MUIU version cant be installed on this device'
It is a global version phone and the firmware is also global version so not quite sure whats gone wrong.
Hopefully ive not made too many cockups and its fixable.
Thanks for any help that can be given!
Ive educated myself somewhat on this now and am still confused. I flashed a global ROM to a global phone so as i understand things it shouldn't have bricked even though i accidently locked the bootloader?
Checked my IMEI and it is Chinese version and not Global version as advertised when i bought
Hi I have a samsung SM-970u ( s10e snapdragon TMO) is there a way to make a downgrade form android 11 to android 10 ?
I...wondered the exact same thing....
but even with an unlocked bootloader it doesn't seem possible if your bootloader version is too high...it was possible when Android 11 first came out but versions may have changed now. I tried flashing with odin myself but I'm getting sw rev check fail... even with an unlocked bootoader.
I'd love to be wrong cause I want stock android 10 but i can't find info otherwise.
Deathlan said:
Hi I have a samsung SM-970u ( s10e snapdragon TMO) is there a way to make a downgrade form android 11 to android 10 ?
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What's your current Build/Baseband?
I was wondering if I can downgrade from 12 to 9.
But as I'm reading a lot of posts, I'm guessing it will be next to impossible?
Build: SPA1.210812.016.G970FXXUEGVA4
Baseband: G970FXXUEGVA2
Cilvaring said:
I was wondering if I can downgrade from 12 to 9.
But as I'm reading a lot of posts, I'm guessing it will be next to impossible?
Build: SPA1.210812.016.G970FXXUEGVA4
Baseband: G970FXXUEGVA2
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You can never officially downgrade more than one version.
The only possibility would be to unlock the phone's bootloader and flash a custom ROM based on Android 9. But I do not even know if it is theoretically possible to run an Android 9 ROM on an Android 12 bootloader
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You can never officially downgrade more than one version.
The only possibility would be to unlock the phone's bootloader and flash a custom ROM based on Android 9. But I do not even know if it is theoretically possible to run an Android 9 ROM on an Android 12 bootloader
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From what I've learned the phone has a version of the bootloader.
In my case that's version 14 (resp. E because it's hexadecimal)
I found that f.e. Android 11 was released in versions that had different bootloader versions (9, A, B, C, D & E).
So I was only able to install the Android 11 that came with bootloader version E.
And as it stands now, it seems like it's impossible to downgrade the bootloader which in the end makes it a huge pile of s**t on Samsung's or even Google's end.
It's kinda the Apple way of doing things and not letting you do what you wish...
Cilvaring said:
It's kinda the Apple way of doing things and not letting you do what you wish...
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Kind of. Except:
1. Apple doesn't let you downgrade firmware at all
2. Apple doesn't offer unlockable bootloaders and therefore there's no possibility of a custom ROM
Cilvaring said:
From what I've learned the phone has a version of the bootloader.
In my case that's version 14 (resp. E because it's hexadecimal)
I found that f.e. Android 11 was released in versions that had different bootloader versions (9, A, B, C, D & E).
So I was only able to install the Android 11 that came with bootloader version E.
And as it stands now, it seems like it's impossible to downgrade the bootloader which in the end makes it a huge pile of s**t on Samsung's or even Google's end.
It's kinda the Apple way of doing things and not letting you do what you wish...
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It's a cruel lesson. Android becomes more Apple than Android with each upgrade.
Literally the first thing I do on a new Samsung is package block OTA updates.
I have two N10+'s, one running on 9, the other 10.
They will stay on that firmware.
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Kind of. Except:
1. Apple doesn't let you downgrade firmware at all
2. Apple doesn't offer unlockable bootloaders and therefore there's no possibility of a custom ROM
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Well yes, but the fact that google's core apps are not open source and more and more APIs or libraries are only available on phones that have certain pre-installed google apps takes a big piece of liberty out of android.
My bet also is, it won't get better since google just won't stop generating money in new ways day after day.
But: Android still is a whole lot better than the half-eaten piece of fruit. No doubt.
blackhawk said:
It's a cruel lesson. Android becomes more Apple than Android with each upgrade.
Literally the first thing I do on a new Samsung is package block OTA updates.
I have two N10+'s, one running on 9, the other 10.
They will stay on that firmware.
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I hear you.
Was running a S7 with Oreo before I switched to the S10e now and it will stay on Oreo until it dies as a backup phone.
Sadly the seller of the S10e already had updated it to 12, so I'm stuck with at least 11 due to the bootloader.
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I hear you.
Was running a S7 with Oreo before I switched to the S10e now and it will stay on Oreo until it dies as a backup phone.
Sadly the seller of the S10e already had updated it to 12, so I'm stuck with at least 11 due to the bootloader.
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Android 11 was one reason I bought a new N10+ about 5 months ago versus a N20U. I thought new N10+ be running on 9 but it ended up loaded with 10 due to the manufacturing date. It turned out ok.
I learned the hard way with Samsung and upgrades 6 years ago... and was about as happy as you.
Unfortunately many of the resellers will load whatever is the latest OS version when they test out a phone.
It's more than just a little aggravating. Forget the Google bs hype... I still remember the horror of MS Vista
Hopefully you'll find workarounds to iron out the rough edges or if it really gets on your last nerve return or resell it. Life's too short to live with a phone you hate.
It seems they are sending android 11 to everyone but they changed the boot animation. Now when you boot you see a logo that says edge and then TIM italy. This did not happen in android 10. My moto g 5g is free retail with no brand on the box. I think there is a bug in this update. Is it possible to return to android 10? Also this update changed the intensity of the bars on the screen, now it is more generous but if you see the numeric values of Dbm or ASU these are much lower. I regretted updating so fast and I would like to go back to android 10 until 11 is fixed.
Lol, 11 will never be "fixed".
If the bootloader was updated you're boned.
Apparently on the OTA updates on at least some devices it's not being updated, you can rollback.
The 5th digit from the end of the boot loader version and the firmware are the significant digits. If the boot loader version is the same or less than the firmware, you can rollback. In this case it's a 2.
Not sure that this Samsung rule applies to Motorola updates.
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Not sure that this Samsung rule applies to Motorola updates.
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No idea, it may be a Samsung idiosyncrasy.
A very annoying one...
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It seems they are sending android 11 to everyone but they changed the boot animation. Now when you boot you see a logo that says edge and then TIM italy. This did not happen in android 10. My moto g 5g is free retail with no brand on the box. I think there is a bug in this update. Is it possible to return to android 10? Also this update changed the intensity of the bars on the screen, now it is more generous but if you see the numeric values of Dbm or ASU these are much lower. I regretted updating so fast and I would like to go back to android 10 until 11 is fixed.
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Check the software channel from Settings>Telephone information (or similar), which software channel do you have? If it is timit you are on the tim software channel (and the updates depends on the carrier, but actually seems in line with reteu, the european standar), if you are on reteu this is really strange. I don't know why they miss the boot animation but the firmware is right.
Yes the software channel is timit, but in android 10 it showed the boot animation for reteu channel. And i dont know why now it shows an edge logo animation that has nothing to do with this model. It looks like they put something from another model in the update. Look at the attached photo.
I'm using the euro android 11 XT2113-3_KIEV_RETEU_11_RZK31.Q3-25-15 on a XT2113-2 and everything seems happy as a clam, *except* it would not flash the radio.img. As far as being "boned" if you went to 11 but wished to downgrade.... Has anyone bothered to try a patched vbmeta? I could go up or down on my one action using this route. I think I may just try for the hell of it.
EDIT: downloading 10 now. If it works I'll post my patched vbmeta.
EDIT: Now keep in mind I am doing this from a flash of android 11 xt2113-3 on a xt2113-2 handset... The flash fails on the radio, then next the DSP. It does however downgrade the bootloader no problem. I went ahead and prepatched the boot.img prior to flashing, and it just finished sooooo survey says.......? It worked. Now back in Android 10 XT2113_KIEV_RETUS_10_QZKS30.Q4-40-95-2. Running through the setup now to make sure it dials out etc.
EDIT: Phone dials out, bluetooth and wireless works. Havent seen 5G yet but 4G/LTE is working for sure. So yes, you most assuredly downgrade from 11 if one so chooses. Attached is the vbmeta I used.
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It seems they are sending android 11 to everyone but they changed the boot animation. Now when you boot you see a logo that says edge and then TIM italy. This did not happen in android 10. My moto g 5g is free retail with no brand on the box. I think there is a bug in this update. Is it possible to return to android 10? Also this update changed the intensity of the bars on the screen, now it is more generous but if you see the numeric values of Dbm or ASU these are much lower. I regretted updating so fast and I would like to go back to android 10 until 11 is fixed.
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You can always just root phone and change the boot animation files. They're in system/media/bootanimation.zip
Just download android 10 firmware get this file from system.img and put it on your phone
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I'm using the euro android 11 XT2113-3_KIEV_RETEU_11_RZK31.Q3-25-15 on a XT2113-2 and everything seems happy as a clam, *except* it would not flash the radio.img. As far as being "boned" if you went to 11 but wished to downgrade.... Has anyone bothered to try a patched vbmeta? I could go up or down on my one action using this route. I think I may just try for the hell of it.
EDIT: downloading 10 now. If it works I'll post my patched vbmeta.
EDIT: Now keep in mind I am doing this from a flash of android 11 xt2113-3 on a xt2113-2 handset... The flash fails on the radio, then next the DSP. It does however downgrade the bootloader no problem. I went ahead and prepatched the boot.img prior to flashing, and it just finished sooooo survey says.......? It worked. Now back in Android 10 XT2113_KIEV_RETUS_10_QZKS30.Q4-40-95-2. Running through the setup now to make sure it dials out etc.
EDIT: Phone dials out, bluetooth and wireless works. Havent seen 5G yet but 4G/LTE is working for sure. So yes, you most assuredly downgrade from 11 if one so chooses. Attached is the vbmeta I used.
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Hello and sorry for asking a newbie question here but I don't want this to go sideways...
I have a new XT2113-2 (TM) that is yet to be boot loader unlocked/rooted/etc. I don't want to do that until I am sure. I got this variant of the phone so I could unlock the bootloader, root, TWRP, etc and was afraid the "global" variant -3 might not work with USA 5G. The phone came with Android 11 installed (and has since auto-installed at least one security update). It shows the build as RZKS31.Q3-45-16-3-11 and the baseband ends with Kiev_TMO_CUST. I am using it on ATT (via Red Pocket) since TM service just sucks where I live. And I do get the 5G icon on it now.
But ideally, I want to get this to the original TM Android 10, which I think is shown here as the file XT2113-2_KIEV_TMO_10_QZKS30.Q4-40-95-6_subsidy-TMO_SPR_RSU_QCOM_regulatory-DEFAULT_CFC.xml.zip as I hope it will undo some of the "security" crap Google has added to Android with each successive release.
So I need to be sure of the following:
1. Can I downgrade from 11 to 10?
2. Is there some reason to NOT use the firmware mentioned above? Should I use retail US (RETUS) instead? I am not sure the differences (it would be great if that would permit me to use this phone on Red Pocket Verizon but the IMEI now shows as incompatible on Verizon).
3. Must I unlock the boot loader to downgrade? I know I must to do other stuff and I have the unlock code on hand and ready to put it if needed. If I must unlock the boot loader to downgrade, will I have to re-unlock it afterwards? And, if so, will I have to go through the same process of getting a code or will the code I have now work?
4. How do I flash to do the downgrade? I have the Lenovo Rescue/Smart Assistant installed on my PC and was able to download the stock firmware (I assume it matches what is on there now) and stashed it aside. But is there some other tool needed?
5. Once I achieve downgrade, what is the best way to avoid having the thing auto-update to Android 11?
Thanks for your help with these questions.
Wonder if anyone else is having these issues. Went from T-Mobile to EU version, updated to C33 last night and I still have horrible battery life.
Phone has a massive battery drain and when I restart takes over 5 minutes to connect to cell service, sometimes even longer.
Any thoughts? Thinking of going to a custom rom
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Wonder if anyone else is having these issues. Went from T-Mobile to EU version, updated to C33 last night and I still have horrible battery life.
Phone has a massive battery drain and when I restart takes over 5 minutes to connect to cell service, sometimes even longer.
Any thoughts? Thinking of going to a custom rom
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My first post on XDA forums. but just reflash using the TMO msm tool https://forum.xda-developers.com/t/...l-to-restore-your-device-to-oxygenos.4180981/ choose OOS 11.0.7.9 then use the TMO to EU msm tool again, unlock the bootloader using the unlock.img you got from oneplus then run through the setup after this internal storage wont be wiped. then download the oneplus updater tool. turn on advanced mode, go for the stable full version but instead of choosing your device as the EU version, choose just oneplus 8T that way you get the international version. install full OOS update. not increments. Then just update to the latest android 12 from settings, about phone and update. if you want to stay on android 11 then make sure that you do all those steps again before using the updater app to upgrade to android 12. just install the latest OOS update from oneplus 8t repo ( https://forum.xda-developers.com/t/oneplus-8t-rom-ota-oxygen-os-repo-of-oxygen-os-builds.4193183/ ) 11.0.13.13: OnePlus8TOxygen_15.O.31_GLO_0310_2202182359 go to settings and search for update. click on the cog and choose the OOS 11 update. Sorry if I made any grammer mistakes. If you want root I'll reply with the easiest way I found to root oneplus 8T. The latest update too.
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My first post on XDA forums. but just reflash using the TMO msm tool https://forum.xda-developers.com/t/...l-to-restore-your-device-to-oxygenos.4180981/ choose OOS 11.0.7.9 then use the TMO to EU msm tool again, unlock the bootloader using the unlock.img you got from oneplus then run through the setup after this internal storage wont be wiped. then download the oneplus updater tool. turn on advanced mode, go for the stable full version but instead of choosing your device as the EU version, choose just oneplus 8T that way you get the international version. install full OOS update. not increments. Then just update to the latest android 12 from settings, about phone and update. if you want to stay on android 11 then make sure that you do all those steps again before using the updater app to upgrade to android 12. just install the latest OOS update from oneplus 8t repo ( https://forum.xda-developers.com/t/oneplus-8t-rom-ota-oxygen-os-repo-of-oxygen-os-builds.4193183/ ) 11.0.13.13: OnePlus8TOxygen_15.O.31_GLO_0310_2202182359 go to settings and search for update. click on the cog and choose the OOS 11 update. Sorry if I made any grammer mistakes. If you want root I'll reply with the easiest way I found to root oneplus 8T. The latest update too.
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thanks for the reply, so the International version is the better build? I submitted for the bootloader unlock key. Still waiting.
thanks
Technically you can already flash regular kebab 2005 without unlocking the boot loader unless you want to have root. Just download the full update from oxygen updater and locally update to the INTERNATIONAL version without boot loader unlocked.
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thanks for the reply, so the International version is the better build? I submitted for the bootloader unlock key. Still waiting.
thanks
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Yeah the international version is the most worked on stable builds
Hey guys all good?
I got my hands on an A53 already on Android 13 (U.I 5.1), then I unlocked the bootloader, rooted, magisk working but then I decided to downgrade from 13 to 12 because of a few things
I tried via Odin (13.14.4 and 13.12.7) and both didn't work the first odin it fails the flashing and the second pass but it didn't flash the whole thing just reset the phone
any idea? or I'm now stuck with Android 13?
Cheers
From what I can find, Odin supposedly won't allow a downgrade if the boot loader version is lower.
That's just what people seem to say about Samsung devices and downgrading. I've never tried it and never will. Would immediately use multiple OS versions however if Android actually supported dual booting. Its fantastically messed up that it doesn't.
Not sure if TWRP will. Didn't look that one up. You didn't bring that one up but it might be a way to do it.
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From what I can find, Odin supposedly won't allow a downgrade if the boot loader version is lower.
That's just what people seem to say about Samsung devices and downgrading. I've never tried it and never will. Would immediately use multiple OS versions however if Android actually supported dual booting. Its fantastically messed up that it doesn't.
Not sure if TWRP will. Didn't look that one up. You didn't bring that one up but it might be a way to do it.
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Thanks for the reply. I was thinking something about that too. Not that the bootloader is lower but that it was modified (root) i guess
Unfortunately TWRP is not compatible yet with Android 13 UI 5.1 at least accordingly to this topic
So i guess I'm stuck for now
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Thanks for the reply. I was thinking something about that too. Not that the bootloader is lower but that it was modified (root) i guess
Unfortunately TWRP is not compatible yet with Android 13 UI 5.1 at least accordingly to this topic
So i guess I'm stuck for now
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You could flash a GSI image, but I guess that wouldn't be OneUI anymore
Hello you all hope you're having a good day, so no way to downgrade a53 5g from Android 13 to android 12 ??? I found some firmwares for Android 12 but the binary number is 4 and Android 13 is actually on binary number 5 , no way to do the downgrade with Odin?
I read somewhere that is not possible to flash a firmware with different binary number is it true ?? I would like to comeback to android 12 it's better