Updating To MM from LP (Moto X Pure) - X Style (Pure) Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting

So I wanted to create a thread dedicated to performing this function. I know as someone who does this quite often, I like to have all my ducks in a row to ensure everything works perfectly. I'm not big on fragging my phone and then frantically trying to find a way to undo all the chaos. I do a lot of research and ask a lot of questions before doing anything.
On that note I would like to first thank all the amazing people on here, whether they be developers or just experienced Tech Guru's, everyone is always a big help. I take absolutely no credit for any of the awesomeness that can be found on XDA, I'm just creating a thread that I hope will help folks find everything in one place for this function. So here we go, I'm going to explain the way I did it, which is the way I have been doing stuff like this for years. I have a preferred method as it has always resulted in perfect flashes and no bricks, not even soft bricks. So I feel it works pretty well.
Just so it is understood, this is for the Moto X Pure, which has been bootloader unlocked and has TWRP and root installed. Also it should be noted that you need to have Developer Options enabled and USB Debugging enabled. You should also be familiar with the ADB process, to some extent, maybe you have at least heard of it.
Steps to follow:
1. Use Titanium Backup and backup all your User Apps, NOT SYSTEM APP's, system apps will not restore across updates and will most often corrupt your new install.
2. Make a Nandroid backup using TWRP, I backed up system, boot, data, and EFS, but I don't think EFS is necessary.
3. Make sure you have the Motorola Drivers installed, get them from here http://www.motorola.com/getmdmwin
4. Get Shawn5162's Restore to Stock Tool, I know others have said it's not necessary to perform a complete restore, but this is part of my process that I have always done, and it's always worked. Get it here by using one of the mirror's created by patt2k in post 6, and don't forget to thank him for the mirrors http://forum.xda-developers.com/moto-x-style/development/windows-tool-moto-x-style-pure-edition-t3199905
5. Unzip Shawn5162's zip to a folder on your desktop, and before you move onto the next step, make sure you have backed up everything valuable on your phone, such as pictures, messages, etc..., because everything is going to be erased in the next step, except for the stuff on your MicroSD. I'm so anal, I even remove the MicroSD before flashing. Connect your phone to your computer using a USB and make sure you have USB debugging enabled under Developer Options.
6. Inside the folder you created run the FLASH-ALL.bat, which will reboot your device to the bootloader and begin the restore to stock flash. This will remove root and TWRP, but will not remove the fact you have an unlocked bootloader. Your phone will reboot when complete and should boot back into your system within a short period of time.
7. Once you are rebooted, you may need to do a little setup before you get the message that a System Update is available. DO NOT waste your time installing any apps, wait until you have full root on MM before doing any of that. Once the Update message appears, accept it and download the MM update file, then install it once it is finished downloading and asks if you want to install.
8. The update takes about 20 - 25 minutes so be patient. Once complete your phone will once again boot back to system, now you have MM in it's complete unrooted greatness.
9. Now go into settings, about phone, and tap on build number a bunch of times to enable Developer Options. Then go into developer options and enable USB Debugging.
10. Next download a bunch of stuff from the following links, if you desire to install TWRP and regain root.
TWRP 2.8.7.1 here https://dl.twrp.me/clark/twrp-2.8.7.1-clark.img
Modified Boot Image from here, required to perform systemless root , not sure about the Cowboy hat dude, but click on him, it will download the file.
SuperSU 2.52 from here https://download.chainfire.eu/743/SuperSU/BETA-SuperSU-v2.52.zip?retrieve_file=1
11. Next copy the modified boot file and SuperSU file directly to your internal or external SD on your phone, either works fine, although I prefer my External SD.
12. Next copy the TWRP file you downloaded into the same folder you made for Shawn5162's files. This folder has all the adb and fastboot files you need to perform the TWRP flash. Now hold shift and right click and choose open a command window here. Then ensure your device is detected by running the command adb devices, it should show your phones S/N and the word device. If it doesn't, you may need to look at your phone and respond to the prompt about allowing your computer to have access to adb. Try the command again after that. Then run the command adb reboot bootloader, which should reboot your phone to bootloader fastboot mode.
13. Once it fastboot mode run fastboot devices just to make sure your device is still detected, then run the command fastboot flash recovery twrp-2.8.7.1-clark.img. That will flash TWRP to your recovery partition. Then type the command fastboot reboot twrp-2.8.7.1-clark.img or use the volume rocker to toggle to recovery then select the power key to boot to it. Make sure you choose the slider at the bottom to allow modification. Once on the main screen you can choose reboot and then select recovery. This makes sure that you have booted to TWRP at least once, and ensures by rebooting to it, you can get back to it.
14. Now perform a Nandroid Backup, using the TWRP Backup option, of your completely stock MM system, data, boot, and EFS partitions. Enable compression if you like and store it to your External SD if you have one. This allows you to have an unrooted backup on your SD, which is good for future updates. After the Nandroid is complete now flash the modified boot image zip using the TWRP Install feature, and when it's complete, then flash the SuperSU zip file. After I always perform the option to erase Dalvik and Cache, I just think it is a good thing to do, it's probably placebo, but I do it anyhow.
15. Go back to TWRP Home and choose reboot and select system. Your device will reboot and you now have a fully updated and rooted Moto X Pure on MM.
Thanks go out to all the folks who have contributed to the many threads that contain this information. Special thanks to Shawn5162, DaMadOne, Chainfire, and Hashbang173 for their awesomeness. Hope this helps folks that are concerned about performing these procedures. I can say that it worked perfectly for me with no issues at all, but of course I take no responsibility if it doesn't work for you and causes your device to fail. Again these are similar steps I have taken in the past with other devices and I have never had a single brick, so hopefully it works for others as well.
Enjoy!!

I have a Moto X Pure as described with the bootloader unlocked and rooted. The popup message to upgrade to MM comes up constantly now - what happens if you just let it try to update?

I think I am in way over my head. I am receiving my phone Friday and was looking to unlock to root but from the looks of it, I will not be able to do that.
I've never unlocked & rooted a phone before. So all that looks like the bible to an uneducated man "me".

superkev72 said:
I have a Moto X Pure as described with the bootloader unlocked and rooted. The popup message to upgrade to MM comes up constantly now - what happens if you just let it try to update?
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If I'm not mistaken it will download to your phone but not be able to be installed because of an error

Is there no way to upgrade from LP to MM without a wipe?

superkev72 said:
Is there no way to upgrade from LP to MM without a wipe?
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Yeah, if you rooted already, you must reflash the original boot.img. Then update, and then restore your root. Read here:
http://forum.xda-developers.com/mot...t-moto-x-style-xt1572-br-marshmallow-t3259380
At the bottom of the post, you get the original file you need and it is mentioned here:
And enjoy!
Now you have a rooted MotoX Style Marshmallow. To apply any OTAs, you only need reflash stock boot.
K?

Why would you want to update without a wipe? You must like sluggish performance

i have no wifi after this

No WIFI either
I ended up with no WIFI after following these steps also.

is it true, we cannot downgrade from 601 to 6.0 or 5.1.1?

skimaniaz said:
I ended up with no WIFI after following these steps also.
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Same here. Anybody got a fix?

So the last three posts complain of no wifi yet people keep using this method?

The modified boot zip breaks the wifi. You can root by flashing superSU 2.62, I think, or any SuperSU zip that is specifically systemless.

ilovemeow said:
is it true, we cannot downgrade from 601 to 6.0 or 5.1.1?
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Not true.

lafester said:
Not true.
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coz i tried before, it fail in first 2 flash steps

Are you unlocked?

ilovemeow said:
coz i tried before, it fail in first 2 flash steps
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The partition always fails. Just ignore it. You should be able to downgrade the bootloader. I have been able to so I don't know why you would be having issues with that unless your bootloader is locked/re-locked.
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So is this safe or not?

lafester said:
Are you unlocked?
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yup, it's unlocked, but currently fine for using android M at this moment

Related

OXYGEN OS(Download link ,installation guide & Issues)

Download OxygenOS http://oxygenos.oneplus.net/oxygenos_1.0.0.zip
DO UNZIP your ZIP before flashing!!! installation ZIP is in ZIP file provided
Plain Aosp Rom
Download Feedback App https://s3.amazonaws.com/oxygenos.oneplus.net/Feedback_v1.0.2.apk
Note: You’ll need to enable installations from unknown sources (settings > security) in order to install the feedback app on OxygenOS.
Please make sure all your data and files are backed up before commencing. Flashing OxygenOS onto CM does require a system wipe, so you will lose all of your data. We are actively working on an easier, more automated solution soon to be available, but for now the build must be flashed manually.
Please proceed only if you are confident in your abilities to flash a custom ROM. This guide exists to help you flash OxygenOS, but things can still go wrong if not followed correctly. While rooting and flashing will not void your OnePlus warranty, any damage caused by improper flashing is not covered under warranty.
The following instructions assume you have Fastboot and ADB installed.
Step 1
You first need to flash a recovery onto your device. We recommend using TWRP. Please download the recovery image to your computer. You can follow their instructions to flash recovery, or you can reference these steps:
Boot into fastboot mode. You can do this on your OnePlus One by holding down the power button and the volume up button. When you see the fastboot logo, connect your device to your computer.
In your terminal window, find the folder where you put the recovery image and run the following commands:
fastboot oem unlock (You can skip this step if your phone’s bootloader is already unlocked).
fastboot flash recovery <recovery.img>. Image file should be the TWRP recovery image.
fastboot reboot
You should now have the recovery installed.
Step 2
Copy oxygenos_1.0.0.flashable.zip to your phone. On a Mac, you can use Android File Transfer.
Step 3
Boot into recovery. You can do this on your OnePlus One by holding down both the volume down key and the power button.
Step 4
Once you are in the recovery interface, the first thing you want to do is a factory reset. Again, you will lose all your data so please make sure you have backed up everything before doing this.
Step 5
After the wipe, go to install and find oxygenos_1.0.0.flashable.zip. Confirm flash. This will flash OxygenOS onto your device.
Step 6
After the flash succeeds, you can reboot the device, which will take you to the new OxygenOS. Enjoy!
List of known issues:
When printing images, printer service may stop
Cannot hang up a call using headphone controls (intermittent)
OTG can only recognize FAT32 file system
During system update, display of wifi/data notification may be incorrect
During system update, display of version number may be incorrect
Files sometimes crash when uploading files to the cloud
Files may crash when renaming image files
Files does not support multi-select deletes
manishsharma17 said:
Download OxygenOS http://oxygenos.oneplus.net/oxygenos_1.0.0.zip
Download Feedback App https://s3.amazonaws.com/oxygenos.oneplus.net/Feedback_v1.0.2.apk
Note: You’ll need to enable installations from unknown sources (settings > security) in order to install the feedback app on OxygenOS.
Please make sure all your data and files are backed up before commencing. Flashing OxygenOS onto CM does require a system wipe, so you will lose all of your data. We are actively working on an easier, more automated solution soon to be available, but for now the build must be flashed manually.
Please proceed only if you are confident in your abilities to flash a custom ROM. This guide exists to help you flash OxygenOS, but things can still go wrong if not followed correctly. While rooting and flashing will not void your OnePlus warranty, any damage caused by improper flashing is not covered under warranty.
The following instructions assume you have Fastboot and ADB installed.
Step 1
You first need to flash a recovery onto your device. We recommend using TWRP. Please download the recovery image to your computer. You can follow their instructions to flash recovery, or you can reference these steps:
Boot into fastboot mode. You can do this on your OnePlus One by holding down the power button and the volume up button. When you see the fastboot logo, connect your device to your computer.
In your terminal window, find the folder where you put the recovery image and run the following commands:
fastboot oem unlock (You can skip this step if your phone’s bootloader is already unlocked).
fastboot flash recovery <recovery.img>. Image file should be the TWRP recovery image.
fastboot reboot
You should now have the recovery installed.
Step 2
Copy oxygenos_1.0.0.flashable.zip to your phone. On a Mac, you can use Android File Transfer.
Step 3
Boot into recovery. You can do this on your OnePlus One by holding down both the volume down key and the power button.
Step 4
Once you are in the recovery interface, the first thing you want to do is a factory reset. Again, you will lose all your data so please make sure you have backed up everything before doing this.
Step 5
After the wipe, go to install and find oxygenos_1.0.0.flashable.zip. Confirm flash. This will flash OxygenOS onto your device.
Step 6
After the flash succeeds, you can reboot the device, which will take you to the new OxygenOS. Enjoy!
List of known issues:
When printing images, printer service may stop
Cannot hang up a call using headphone controls (intermittent)
OTG can only recognize FAT32 file system
During system update, display of wifi/data notification may be incorrect
During system update, display of version number may be incorrect
Files sometimes crash when uploading files to the cloud
Files may crash when renaming image files
Files does not support multi-select deletes
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OMG!!! Is this a Dream???? Is this real?
CM version?
manish.kumar86 said:
CM version?
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its not based on Cm its based on AOSP its 5.0.2
Yash Kanchhal said:
So when we are factory resetting the phone in recovery is it the same thing like wiping the other thing (cache, dalvik cache etc). I'm new in this so I'm not able to understand that please help me in this & when is the CM12S coming anyone knows?????
Sent from my A0001
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TWRP has an option for factory reset ...
There's already a thread for this here:
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=3072259
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Yash Kanchhal said:
Ohk thnx mate it means wiping is every thing????? Right ????
Sent from my A0001
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yes sir ..use the option of factory reset in twrp and you should be good
timmaaa said:
There's already a thread for this here:
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=3072259
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When i created the thread the thread was not there in present form
manishsharma17 said:
When i created the thread the thread was not there in present form
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Unfortunately it looks like he created his first.
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Nice spam indeed. Three threads, three posts, three times begging for thanks. Bah.
Can you add my guide thread to the OP please?
http://forum.xda-developers.com/oneplus-one/general/guide-how-to-install-oxygenos-t3072500
Word of caution! I backuped on the internal sd. Had all my backups of os's and app data completely wiped. Never checked the wipe internal sd box. Use and external backup.
Is anyone with SuperSU 2.46 having issues with WIFI not turning on and also having screen artifacts that force to do a hard reboot?
cyberon said:
Is anyone with SuperSU 2.46 having issues with WIFI not turning on and also having screen artifacts that force to do a hard reboot?
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Getting neither of those. Main problem I'm having is major Google Play Services drain. It's the same bug we had on CM12 nightlies some time ago and my phone is permanently awake
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Hello, due to having a similar topic here http://forum.xda-developers.com/oneplus-one/general/oxygen-os-released-download-t3072259, I will have to close this thread.
Please continue the discussion in the one linked.
Regards

Yoga tab 3 Pro ROOT thread, instructions and needed files.

***PLEASE DO NOT SKIP THE INSTRUCTION THAT SAYS MAKE A BACKUP*****
Lots of people are requesting help after not making a backup. And while people are able to help, the files are very large and takes up considerable bandwidth. Much better to EASILY create your own backup.
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First of all a BIG thanks to @ionioni, this is all his work i am just re-uploading files and some sort of instructions. Much of the instructions are also lifted from ionioni, so thanks from me too!
That's right sources here: https://twrp.me
There Is currently no xposed support for intel 64 bit android
Neither I or the developer take any responsibility for damage to yourself or your tablet, by carrying out anything written here you accept full liability for your actions. I am quite sure xda forums feel the same.
****BIG WARNING , This is ONLY for the Yoga Tab 3 Pro models YT3-X90(F|X|L) Intel Atom powered CherryTrail SoC devices flashing any of these files to another device will more than likely result in BRICK!!****
ANOTHER BIG NOTE.....lollipop can only be rooted using supersu version 2.46 whilst marshmallow version ,as of writing, can ONLY get root using magisk!
You should backup all important data before attempting any of this as you will be losing all data during the process. Titanium backup is good for backing up and restoring apps, other personal files can be moved to external sd or copied to computer.
First off you will need to have fastboot installed on your PC if you havn't already. Find it here......
For windows. https://dl.google.com/android/repository/platform-tools-latest-windows.zip
For Mac. https://dl.google.com/android/repository/platform-tools-latest-darwin.zip
For Linux. https://dl.google.com/android/repository/platform-tools-latest-linux.zip
To gain ROOT access.....
1. download and extract the twrp.img file from the zip attached (YOU MUST EXTRACT FROM THE ZIP!!!) and copy supersu.zip or magisk.zip to tablets external memory card. https://download.chainfire.eu/696/SuperSU/ (LOLLIPOP only supersu v2.46 is supported, other versions cause bootloop) or https://forum.xda-developers.com/apps/magisk/official-magisk-v7-universal-systemless-t3473445 for MARSHMALLOW.
2. unlock your tab if is not unlocked (this is mandatory in order to boot custom images like TWRP recovery):
a) Enable developer options ( Go settings, at bottom select "About tablet" then press "Build number" 7 times. congrats you are now a developer.)
b) Go back to settings and now at the bottom there is a new option "developer options" in developer options enable "OEM unlocking"
3.Restart in fastboot mode (hold volume + while powering on tablet)
4. In the same foler you have extracted your TWRP.img (in windows) hold shift key while right clicking in the explorer window, select open command window here.
5. At the command prompt (black window that opens) type "fastboot oem unlock" for LOLLIPOP or "fastboot flashing unlock" for MARSHMALLOW. at this point you will be prompted that you want to delete all data, this is obviously a security measure that cannot be avoided.
6. go to step 7.
7. In command window (the little black window you opened earlier) type "fastboot boot twrp-2.8.7.0(6)-x90.img" your tablet should now boot to TWRP. ( This is a live session TWRP has not been flashed to your tablet)
******MAKE A TWRP BACKUP!!!!!!!!!!********* DO NOT SKIP THIS STEP.
Modifying system files will mean that you are unable to take Lenovo OTA Updates, the only way to install new updates is to later restore your TWRP stock backup, then reROOT. thats just the way it is i am afraid.
8. in TWRP install SuperSU.zip (lollipop) or magisk.zip (marshmallow) located at your external memory card.
9. Thats it enjoy Your rooted tablet.
10. If you experience time changing upon reboot use your favourite method to edit build prop, I used buildprop editor found in the playstore. Find "persist.sys.timezone" and change it to your location, I had to set mine to Europe/London.
PS...your tablet will hang on every boot at bootloader error 3 to warn about the unlocked bootloader, PLEASE DO NOT lock your bootloader, this is a small annoyance and makes brick recovery much easier. (just restore your lovely TWRP stock backup.
In order to install new Lenovo OTA update you must restore your TWRP stock backup, then take the OTA, then go through the root process again making a new TWRP stock backup after applying the new OTA.
Just one more BIG WARNING, this twrp comes with an option to reboot to bios. Be warned if you don't know what you are doing and you mess something up in there, FULL BRICK! no one will be able to help you recover.
PPS...there seems to be some issues with using magisk modules on our tab. To install them one must download them and then manually install them from twrp.
https://download.chainfire.eu/696/SuperSU/
Now for the real magic.
this can be achieved with or without root! just make sure, as per the ROOT instructions, the first thing you do in TWRP is make a full backup.
As a yoga tab 3 pro owner you know that your tablet lags, crashes and is generally buggy, mine would frequently crash during periods of long sleep.
there is a solution to this problem that is rather simple but seems to yield huge results. if we just run our tablet with the data partition unencrypted it runs like any other nice android device.
once again myself or the developer take no resposibility for your actions if you would like to try this.
instructions by ionioni.
""encryption of the 'data' partition (the one that holds your installed apps, personal stuff etc) is forced on these devices (even with no password set) the 'data' partition is automatically encrypted at boot time if it 'sees' an un-encrypted 'data' partition. in order to disable the enforced 'data' encryption i made a script that will disable the forced encryption flag in the existing boot (partition) image (encryption can still be triggered by the user in the Settings->Security panel). this will not decrypt an encrypted 'data' partition! will just allow you to boot having an un-encrypted 'data' partition."".........ionioni
1. make sure that when you make your TWRP backup that you include the boot partition (it will be patched by the script to disable forced encryption).
2. copy attached x90-disable_encr.zip to your tab and install from TWRP (once finished it will create also a backup of your original boot partition in the folder where the zip is located, however this is only a safety backup as you should have already backed up your Boot partition when making your TWRP backup)
3. **DO NOT SKIP THIS STEP** to finish, reboot in fastboot mode and input "fastboot format data" in order to have a clean(un-encrypted) 'data' partition on the next boot (and it will no longer be automatically encrypted as long as you have the modified boot)
alternatively you can format 'data' from within TWRP if you use the attached 'data' enabled TWRP.
i can confirm that since i have been running my tablet unencrypted using ionionis zip that i hav had no lagging, no crashing. runs just like any other android device. The kernel memory hog still remains but it works silky smooth.
Should anything go wrong stock rom for MARSHMALLOW can be found here...
https://forum.xda-developers.com/thinkpad-tablet/general/yoga-tab-3-pro-debrick-method-t3776951
Thank you for continuing the work !
Do you have compared the difference between encrypted/decryptet - is it worth to do all the stuff (root, etc.) ?
If you have to say a number in percent, how faster will it be ? You've tested multi-user (2nd user) ? If i setup a second user the tablet is nearly unusable - it's better with disabled encryption?
Sorry that i have a lot of questions, but it sounds not that easy and i think about it if its worth to do it
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if i make a full backup - where is the backup of TWRP stored? Do i need a sdcard? Will it be overwritten by OTA/Update/Rooting/Decryption?
thx for your answers already.
I havnt tried with a second user. I could try for you.
before unencryption performance was sluggish. after unencrypted its just fine.
I know it seems like a lot of detail but it is actually easier than it sounds.
You don't have to have root to run the unencrypted stuff but you still need to oem unlock and make a full backup. Backup must be on external media, either ext sd or usb otg.
Your data would not be mountable in twrp unless unencrypted already. And then if you ever accidentily encrypted you ay be forced to format losing your backups.
External media is the way to go.
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If i try "decryption" than root is not far away (so i also get rid of some "lets say useless" system apps)
If ýou can try to check for multiuser you should have running facebook on both accounts (cause fb need a lot of ram and cpu)
maybe i will try it on weekend. i'll think about it....
What about the other peoples who own this tab?
gtx, juergen
Well I would always go ROOT, as it offers more choice, but of course the choice is ultimately yours.
I can try multi users but unfortunately I am one of those weirdos that does not use facebook. I guess I could try a couple of instances of chrome/Firefox.
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Ok just set up a new user switched between them ran chrome on both with several tabs open. didn't seem too bad.
Indeed more feedback from other users who have benifitted from unencrypted data partition would be useful.
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Thanks for your effort.
Hello,
BIG THANKS for your Root solution !
All working !!! thanks !!
All thanks to ionioni, this is all his work, i was just the guinea pig. Glad you have root, did you run the unencryption zip?
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Thanks ionioni and joesnose!
I rooted my device and ran the unencryption zip, it definitely makes everything a little smoother.
Also, I successfully mounted my exFAT sdcard with the help of lurker0's post here: http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=3126394.
Nice. Thanks for the exfat find.
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joesnose said:
Indeed more feedback from other users who have benifitted from unencrypted data partition would be useful.
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Since the old thread is locked, I'll repeat myself here:
I rooted my YT3-X90F and decrypted it as well. Result is better overall performance (some1 asked rating in percentage, I would say +40% speed & +60% response).
But, sadly, it still needs restart every ~24hours, because all the freezes and lags come back with time.
Advise:
For those who want to root this device only to make it work with Sixaxis controller - don't even start. Yoga T3 doesn't support required bluetooth drivers (huge shame on Lenovo).
doesn't seem to connect to the ds4 either. Just sticks at pairing.
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Hi Joesnose and thanks for putting the instructions up (and of course, thanks to ionioni).
I have a couple of questions.
EDIT; oh pants, I have some more (possibly stupid) questions - just to be sure I know what I'm doing !
In the very first instructions about rooting:
1. I download the twrp.img.zip to my PC and unzip it to PC right ?
2. And the SuperSu goes in my ext SD card, not on the PC ?
3. I assume I must connect the YT3 Pro to the PC at some point ? When would that be ??
4. I don't understand instruction 7. It says type "fastboot boot twrp-2.8.7.0(6)-x90.img". Do I need to have that file downloaded or something ? What is twrp-2.8.7.0(6)-x90.img file ?
And what does it mean, "This is a live session TWRP has not been flashed to your tablet" ?
I can see that in the section about unencrypting the data partition that there is a file with a similar name to " twrp-2.8.7.0(6)-x90.img' but it has the words "data-enabled" in the fine name. I'm not sure what to do with this ??
5. At what point do I take a back-up of the original YT3 Pro stock image ? It's listed between 7 and 8 ? Do I do it right after 7 ? How do you make the back-up please ? And I guess I better store another copy somewhere safe, off the SD card too ?
6. If I just root this, can I then get OTA updates normally ? (without having to restore to stock).
7. And, if I do root and/or data unencryption, can the YT3 Pro be put back exactly how it was before changing anything ? Including it getting OTA updates normally ?
8. How do I make back-ups of apps while the YT3 Pro IF I wanted to restore those apps later on on an UNrooted YT3 Pro ? I don't know why I'd want an UNrooted YT3 Pro in the future, but for instance, if I used Titanium Backup, that needs root right ?? For instance, if I want to restore data from a Titanium Backup on an UNrooted YT3 Pro, will it work ? Or can I use something else ?
Sorry about all the questions - I can't believe I've rooted and installed custom ROMs for 4 devices - for some reason this seems different to the others and it was a while ago !
Thanks in advance
Frenchdroid said:
Hi Joesnose and thanks for putting the instructions up (and of course, thanks to ionioni).
I have a couple of questions.
EDIT; oh pants, I have some more (possibly stupid) questions - just to be sure I know what I'm doing !
In the very first instructions about rooting:
1. I download the twrp.img.zip to my PC and unzip it to PC right ?
2. And the SuperSu goes in my ext SD card, not on the PC ?
3. I assume I must connect the YT3 Pro to the PC at some point ? When would that be ??
4. I don't understand instruction 7. It says type "fastboot boot twrp-2.8.7.0(6)-x90.img". Do I need to have that file downloaded or something ? What is twrp-2.8.7.0(6)-x90.img file ?
And what does it mean, "This is a live session TWRP has not been flashed to your tablet" ?
I can see that in the section about unencrypting the data partition that there is a file with a similar name to " twrp-2.8.7.0(6)-x90.img' but it has the words "data-enabled" in the fine name. I'm not sure what to do with this ??
5. At what point do I take a back-up of the original YT3 Pro stock image ? It's listed between 7 and 8 ? Do I do it right after 7 ? How do you make the back-up please ? And I guess I better store another copy somewhere safe, off the SD card too ?
6. If I just root this, can I then get OTA updates normally ? (without having to restore to stock).
7. And, if I do root and/or data unencryption, can the YT3 Pro be put back exactly how it was before changing anything ? Including it getting OTA updates normally ?
8. How do I make back-ups of apps while the YT3 Pro IF I wanted to restore those apps later on on an UNrooted YT3 Pro ? I don't know why I'd want an UNrooted YT3 Pro in the future, but for instance, if I used Titanium Backup, that needs root right ?? For instance, if I want to restore data from a Titanium Backup on an UNrooted YT3 Pro, will it work ? Or can I use something else ?
Sorry about all the questions - I can't believe I've rooted and installed custom ROMs for 4 devices - for some reason this seems different to the others and it was a while ago !
Thanks in advance
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Ok let me see if I can help.
1. Yes
2. Yes
3.you must have the yt3 connected to your pc as the commands will be sent from your pc. Tablet must be in fastboot mode.
4. Yes sorry, when you extract the twrp.zip the file is called "twrp-2.8.7.6(0)-x90.img"
the twrp recovery is not flashed to your tablet it is just loaded temporarily, in a live session. Once rebooted it is gone. Normal recovery is not overwritten.
To run the unencrytption script one must be in twrp.
5. As soon as you get twrp loaded make a backup to either external sd or usb and yes not a bad idea to have a backup of your backup.
6. No
7. Yes, simply restore your backup before taking an ota update.
8. not sure about this one.
Indeed it appears like a lot of instructions but once you get into it its just like any other device.
Hope that helps.
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Big thanks for the answers - makes more sense now, especially the bit about a recovery session as I'm used to installing clockwork and using it on the device.
You can install twrp to your device but only do this after you have made a backup from a live session, making sure of course that your backup contains the original recovery.
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joesnose said:
You can install twrp to your device but only do this after you have made a backup from a live session, making sure of course that your backup contains the original recovery.
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Oh, ? At what point does twrp get installed and how do you do that?
And is it obvious how to include the original recovery in the backup?
I thought I had it nailed!

Fire TV 3 (needle/stark): TWRP

Disclaimer: If you go through with this and encounter issues, I (or the others here) will try to help you, but the risk is all yours.
I see a few posts mentioning TWRP for the AFTV3, so here it is for the pendant (needle): link. Extract twrp.img from the archive, copy it to /sdcard, and flash as follows:
Code:
adb shell
su
dd if=/sdcard/twrp.img of=/dev/block/recovery
Note: You will need a Y (OTG) cable to connect a mouse and/or a keyboard.
I have tested this on the pendant (needle), but it should also work for the cube (stark).
You can also boot or flash this from fastboot (reboot bootloader or run from aml_reboot in the root thread) if you so desire.
To enter recovery from a terminal running on the AFTV3:
Code:
reboot recovery
To enter recovery from ADB:
Code:
adb reboot recovery
For those interested, here's what I did:
-- Rather than build from scratch, I used an existing TWRP for Amlogic's S905X as the base. Quite a few of them are here.
-- You can't just use a random TWRP and expect it to work on the AFTV3 (due to hardware and partition mismatch). I first replaced (and repacked) the ramdisk with that from needle's boot image (using magiskboot).
-- While TWRP booted up, USB OTG was absent. Without OTG, TWRP is not of much use (w/o OTG, I used openrecoveryscript as a workaround). Turns out the random TWRP images lack the correct USB modules. I extracted the correct modules from the AFTV3, copied them to the TWRP image, and everything works.
If something doesn't work, please post here.
Great job, i flashed it from fastboot.
adb reboot bootloader (or install a app that will reboot into bootloader)
fastboot flash recovery C:\(this TWRP version)
Seems to be functional.
the old Firestick 1's you could control the mouse from a adb shell. I dont know how to make that functional for those without a OTG.
Confirmed, it works on the cube (stark) as well...
That's really a great job. As stated here: https://forum.xda-developers.com/showpost.php?p=78958467&postcount=165 I (hopefully soft) bricked my pendant trying to install Google services. Now it just reboot at the white amazon logo. Ordered a OTG cable to test TWRP but was trying random versions. Now this confirmed woirking version is a life saver to me. Now I just have to find a way to remove the offending google service apk.
Thanks again.
Sorry to bother again.
I still have my pendant in bootloop (bad google service installation).
Tried OTG cable but using it doesnt let me go in fastboot mode and I dont know how to navigate in recovery without it.
Since now the pendant is rooted and can recover OTA files maybe my next attempt could be to try to find a .bin rom file and flash it using fastboot?
If so does anyone know if there is such a file yet (pre rooted version should be great)?
Thanks.
Does anyone know where to get the updated firetv3 roms? with TWRP now i would like to attempt updates.
Michajin said:
Does anyone know where to get the updated firetv3 roms? with TWRP now i would like to attempt updates.
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None available yet, but there are a couple of methods by which we may obtain them.
The first one has some risk involved. you would have to re-enable OTA updates and allow the device the check for and download the current version
and then again disable the OTA update apps. Then pull a copy of the update from the device before clearing the cache.
I have noticed that as long as the device is busy, say running a sideloaded app, it will not initiate a downloaded update.
The second is dependent upon if the individual will help us. There is a member on this forum who has modified the DeviceSoftwareOTA.apk for OS 5
that allowed update check and download to stay enabled because the installation procedure was removed from the APK. So you could simply pull the
update from the cache at any time. I will pull a copy from OS 6 and post it today and see if he would be willing to assist.
I'm with you, I'd like to update mine as well after seeing some of the changes that have been posted.
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None available yet, but there are a couple of methods by which we may obtain them.
The first one has some risk involved. you would have to re-enable OTA updates and allow the device the check for and download the current version
and then again disable the OTA update apps. Then pull a copy of the update from the device before clearing the cache.
I have noticed that as long as the device is busy, say running a sideloaded app, it will not initiate a downloaded update.
The second is dependent upon if the individual will help us. There is a member on this forum who has modified the DeviceSoftwareOTA.apk for OS 5
that allowed update check and download to stay enabled because the installation procedure was removed from the APK. So you could simply pull the
update from the cache at any time. I will pull a copy from OS 6 and post it today and see if he would be willing to assist.
I'm with you, I'd like to update mine as well after seeing some of the changes that have been posted.
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Would the update fail anyway if I replaced Amazon recovery with TWRP?
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Would the update fail anyway if I replaced Amazon recovery with TWRP?
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No, TWRP would be over written by an OTA update.
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No, TWRP would be over written by an OTA update.
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you sure about that? i just screwed up and was rooting my "tanks" and forgot to update one. Then i took the update, it ran the amazon update though open recovery TWRP and updated. Booted without issues, i know its a firestick2, but almost thinking i should test on a pendant...
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you sure about that? i just screwed up and was rooting my "tanks" and forgot to update one. Then i took the update, it ran the amazon update though open recovery TWRP and updated. Booted without issues, i know its a firestick2, but almost thinking i should test on a pendant...
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There is a difference between writing outside of TWRP and with TWRP, it's hard to overwrite something that's doing the writing.
If you read in the first post of the tank rooting thread, the author explicitly states: "Only ever flash boot/recovery images using TWRP",
anything outside of that will not be root aware. Better to be safe, than sorry.
How may I get the "su". It said, I don't have permision.
eSephiroth said:
How may I get the "su". It said, I don't have permision.
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Open Magisk Manager, Select the Menu in the top left corner.
In the sidebar navigate to "Superuser", you should see "com.android.shell".
Toggle the switch to right to enable it.
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Open Magisk Manager, Select the Menu in the top left corner.
In the sidebar navigate to "Superuser", you should see "com.android.shell".
Toggle the switch to right to enable it.
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If you didn't root the device, how can you have superuser?
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If you didn't root the device, how can you have superuser?
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I assumed you were already rooted. Since you are not, start here:
[ROOT] Rooting the FireTV Cube and Pendant with FireFU
Anything from firmware 6.2.5.8 and up, the exploit has been patched.
This is the most complicated root method I have ever seen. Mine is 6.2.8. too bad.
eSephiroth said:
This is the most complicated root method I have ever seen. Mine is 6.2.8. too bad.
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This isn't the root thread. But yeah, it's the only thing we've got for these devices, so we make it work
Hi,
I was able to recover my Pendant using a finally working OTG cable and using mouse with your TWRP and finally delete the offending google.gsm app so thanks a lot for that.
The only thing I noticed is that adb doesn't work for me once booted into TWRP (I wanted to use adb backup to backup bigger partitions directly to my PC). Is that just my issue or it's happening for everyone?
Thanks.
Pino.
moving it to the right place.
anyone have interest in the update files? If i turn on my update, download the update, but before rebooting copy the .bin file to a different folder, delete from the cache folder then disable updates again. I can share the file if anyone wants it to see if we can modify to keep root and update? I am thinking i might download it, move it and change it to a .zip, then reboot into TWRP. Flash the update and flash magisk before a reboot. Anyone have thoughts about risk of a BRICK?

upgrade to Android Q & keep twrp and data

Ok here's what I did. To keep my data and twrp when upgrading from "P" to " Q".
1. I downloaded the OTA zip file.
2. Extracted it on your phone.
3. Edit the "Flash-all.bat" file
A. Delete "-w" from one of the last command lines.
B. Add "reboot-bootloader"
"fastboot boot twrp-3.2.3.1-marlin.img"
C. Hit "save"
C. Both the above command lines should be right
before the line "echo press any key to exit"
4. Add the twrp.img to the folder with the above extracted contents.
5. Edit "flash-all.sh" to read the same as you have just edited the "flash-all.bat" file. And then hit "save".
6. Compress the extracted file so as to create a .zip file again.
7. Move this .zip file to your PC.
8. Plug up your phone to your PC and make sure android debugging is active.
9. On your PC extract the .zip file you just created.
10. Make sure you have the twrp installer zip on your phone.
11. Go into the extracted .zip file and double click the "flash-all.bat" windows batch file and sit back and wait.
12. When it finishes it will boot up. 1 out 3 times I tried this it booted then immediately rebooted to the stock recovery with an error saying that my data may be corrupt and if I see this message again then perform a factory reset. And gave me to options "try again" and "factory reset". I clicked "try again". It then booted normally.
13. Power off your phone.
14. While holding vol down press and hold power button for a few seconds and then release the power button but NOT the vol down button. This will put you in bootloader mode.
15. Once in bootloader mode it will then boot twrp.
16. Once once twrp loads click install then navigate to the folder you put the twrp installer.zip and flash the installer. 17. Hit "reboot system"
18. Sit back and wait.
19. All your data will remain on the phone. All your settings stayed the same.
***********NOTICE ***********
1. YOUR BOOTLOADER MUST BE UNLOCKED. IF YOU DONT KNOW HOW TO DO THAT THEN YOU SHOULDNT BE ATTEMPTING THIS. ESPECIALLY IF YOU ASK ME HOW TO UNLOCK YOUR BOOTLOADER.
2. I TRIED THIS 3 DIFFERENT TIMES WITH THE SAME RESULTS. I will post pics of the step by step process later. Just wanted to go ahead and get this out there so those of you who know your way around an android could do it.
3. I AM NOT RESPONSIBLE FOR YOUR ACTIONS.
I AM NOT RESPONSIBLE FOR YOU F'ING THIS UP AND NOT FOLLOWING INSTRUCTIONS TO A "T".
4. THIS IS RISKY BUT IF YOU FOLLOW INSTRUCTIONS CAREFULLY YOU SHOULD HAVE NO ISSUES.
Im also posting a pic of my about phone to show I am indeed on "Q" and that this worked for me.
Hope you enjoy
Be patient I'll have step by step screen shots posted in a little bit of the process. To maybe make it easier to understand.
Could this work for official android 10
Very nicely explained, thank you.
Please excuse me if this is a stupid question, but why not just extract and edit on your PC instead of on the phone then transfer to PC?
Did you try flashing magisk?
Thanks for letting us know latest twrp works. But did you try to get root @mattwheat ? I am too afraid to lose data so didn't flash magisk yet.
All I did was manually flash bootloader, radio, system and vendor and it kept all my data with working twrp and root (coming from pie custom rom).
sinkoo1979 said:
All I did was manually flash bootloader, radio, system and vendor and it kept all my data with working twrp and root (coming from pie custom rom).
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So you didn't even wipe anything? You just booted into TWRP and manually flashed the files? I'm also on a 9 custom ROM and would love to know the best/safest way to make the move to 10
johnblundon said:
So you didn't even wipe anything? You just booted into TWRP and manually flashed the files? I'm also on a 9 custom ROM and would love to know the best/safest way to make the move to 10
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no wipes
Flashed through fastboot.
Steps:
flash bootloader
reboot to bootloader
flash radio
reboot to bootloader
flash system
flash vendor
reboot to system
I was missing OTA function in settings.....
it work for me but can't guarantee it will work for everybody. Best way is to try it.
flashed q beta and went back to pie customs roms by flashing bootloader, radio, and vendor (before official q was released). Have to download all apps but internal storage stayed intact.
salpsuc said:
Very nicely explained, thank you.
Please excuse me if this is a stupid question, but why not just extract and edit on your PC instead of on the phone then transfer to PC?
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You're welcome. And sure you could do that I would imagine. May be easier but then I would be explaining a method I did not actually try. And that would suck if by chance some ones phone caused world's to collide. I would feel pretty bad about that. Unless the end result was Nancy pelosi shutting up and resigning.
rahil3108 said:
Thanks for letting us know latest twrp works. But did you try to get root @mattwheat ? I am too afraid to lose data so didn't flash magisk yet.
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I did not have root after flashing twrp.... Seems like, looking back, that I tried and seems like it may have said "successful" but it didn't stick upon reboot. But I imagine it's neither here nor there cuz y'all prolly have root by now...

I keep loosing root after reboot, Pls help.

Hey guys,
first time posting here so i dont kow how to style the text, so sorry about that.
last time i rooted a phone was on my sony xperia sp , where all i had to do was to go to towelroot .com and click to root.
I tryed to root my OP6T yesterday, after some setbacks i managed to sucessfully do it.
I did it like this:
1. Downloaded full ROM of OOS 10.3.2,
2. copied the payload to a program called payload dumper that extracted the boot image.
3. Copied the boot image to the phone
4. opened Magisk manager and selected install from source where i chose the boot.img
5. it created a copy called magisk_patched.img
6. booted in fastboot
7. on my pc used the command prompt to "fastboot boot magisk_patched.img"
booted normally and i had root.
but then problem appeared
#Problem 1
everytime i rebooted my phone i would loose root and it would say Magisk not installed. To get it back i would need to perform step 7 again and it was not ideal to do that everytime i turned off my phone.
#Problem 2
While tryng to solve problem 1 i read that i needed to open magisk manager and "Install to Inactive Slot (After OTA)."
After doing that it rebooted but now it wont boot at all, even if i try to "fastboot boot magisk_patched.img" the cmd gives me error:
fastboot boot magisk_patched.img
downloading 'boot.img'...
OKAY [ 0.838s]
booting...
FAILED (remote: unknown command)
finished. total time: 0.845s
now my phone is just sitting there i dont want to reset it again. it would be the 4th time that i need to set up my phone in 2 days, so im trying to see if there are alternatives.
If reset is really the only way, i read that with root you can make a full backup of your phone and then restore it. How to do that? can i do it in the situation im in?
How can i root my OP6T running OOS10.3.2, and keep it? Whats the right method bc the one i followed seemed flawed.
I also tried one that had TWRP but maybe i did something wrong bc it didnt work., also there is no official one working for 10.3.2.
What is happening is normal with those instructions (they aren't right).
All you need to do is install TWRP. Do not use the official one, it is out of date. Use TWRP from this thread Link here. The TWRP from that thread is from the official maintainer. It works fine with OOS 10.
- You need to get the phone in fully working order again. Which may mean you need to use the fastboot ROM, as you've probably "goofed" something up at this point. (no offense meant). Make sure your phone boots and such after this.
- For OOS 10 with the phone in fastboot, fastboot boot recoveryimgfilename.img (<-- For OOS 10 you will need TWRP 3.3.1-32 Q Unofficial by mauronofrio from the thread I linked to above) This will boot to TWRP.
- Now run TWRP 3.3.1-32 Unofficial Installer by mauronofrio this will install TWRP. The installer is the same for Android 9 and 10, doesn't matter.
- Once the installer runs, click back, choose reboot to recovery. If you boot to the system, you have to start over. Reboot to recovery!
- Install Magisk 20.3 <-- The current version. The official download page. After that you can reboot to the system. You should now have a rooted, phone with Magisk, and TWRP installed.
Any questions ask.
OhioYJ said:
What is happening is normal with those instructions (they aren't right).
All you need to do is install TWRP. Do not use the official one, it is out of date. Use TWRP from this thread Link here. The TWRP from that thread is from the official maintainer. It works fine with OOS 10.
- You need to get the phone in fully working order again. Which may mean you need to use the fastboot ROM, as you've probably "goofed" something up at this point. (no offense meant). Make sure your phone boots and such after this.
- For OOS 10 with the phone in fastboot, fastboot boot recoveryimgfilename.img (<-- For OOS 10 you will need TWRP 3.3.1-32 Q Unofficial by mauronofrio from the thread I linked to above) This will boot to TWRP.
- Now run TWRP 3.3.1-32 Unofficial Installer by mauronofrio this will install TWRP. The installer is the same for Android 9 and 10, doesn't matter.
- Once the installer runs, click back, choose reboot to recovery. If you boot to the system, you have to start over. Reboot to recovery!
- Install Magisk 20.3 <-- The current version. The official download page. After that you can reboot to the system. You should now have a rooted, phone with Magisk, and TWRP installed.
Any questions ask.
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So getting it straight, i need to first reset my phone and then do the steps you described.
Can i backup the data first with TWRP to restore it later and avoid setting up everything again?
Davide1713 said:
So getting it straight, i need to first reset my phone and then do the steps you described.
Can i backup the data first with TWRP to restore it later and avoid setting up everything again?
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Supposedly. I've never used that function of TWRP. Some people have luck with, some people restore things that shouldn't be restored and end up having to wipe the phone again. Personally I just use TitaniumBackup like I always have. I would search for information on that in the TWRP thread if you want to try method. I don't know enough on that to provide solid information.
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Supposedly. I've never used that function of TWRP. Some people have luck with, some people restore things that shouldn't be restored and end up having to wipe the phone again. Personally I just use TitaniumBackup like I always have. I would search for information on that in the TWRP thread if you want to try method. I don't know enough on that to provide solid information.
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Hey man,
Thank you so much. It worked and i stay rooted even after reboot.
May i ask how you use the Titanium Backup, i think back in the days all i used it for was uninstalling system apps. Or if you know some nice guides. If you know other good things to checkout now that i have root i would appreciate it, i have been far away from rooting for too long.
Once again thank you so much
Davide1713 said:
Hey man,
Thank you so much. It worked and i stay rooted even after reboot.
May i ask how you use the Titanium Backup, i think back in the days all i used it for was uninstalling system apps. Or if you know some nice guides. If you know other good things to checkout now that i have root i would appreciate it, i have been far away from rooting for too long.
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I use it to back up app and app data primarily. It allows me to restore data to apps after a clean install. Since I have the Pro version it's just a batch action (one click essentially). There is also a way to create a flashable .zip you can use in TWRP, although I haven't tried that method, as I'm typically not restoring apps, just data. I also use it remove apps from time to time.
OhioYJ said:
I use it to back up app and app data primarily. It allows me to restore data to apps after a clean install. Since I have the Pro version it's just a batch action (one click essentially). There is also a way to create a flashable .zip you can use in TWRP, although I haven't tried that method, as I'm typically not restoring apps, just data. I also use it remove apps from time to time.
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Hey man, im sorry i am once again in need.
Idk why but at first i can reboot the system normally without issues. but after a while once i set up everything it just doesnt boot anymore. Am i missing something? do i have to do anything with magisk? download a module or something?
Could it be that google security update is the fault?
Davide1713 said:
Hey man, im sorry i am once again in need.
Idk why but at first i can reboot the system normally without issues. but after a while once i set up everything it just doesnt boot anymore. Am i missing something? do i have to do anything with magisk? download a module or something?
Could it be that google security update is the fault?
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When you installed everything originally did you fix everything with a clean install? Both slots are the same version of Android? (Like you don't have something weird going on like Android 9 on one and Android 10 on another?)
You definitely have something abnormal going on. There shouldn't be anything in Magisk that you have to do, at least not to prevent crashing. I normally hide it, but that has to do with keeping apps from detecting root.
OhioYJ said:
When you installed everything originally did you fix everything with a clean install? Both slots are the same version of Android? (Like you don't have something weird going on like Android 9 on one and Android 10 on another?)
You definitely have something abnormal going on. There shouldn't be anything in Magisk that you have to do, at least not to prevent crashing. I normally hide it, but that has to do with keeping apps from detecting root.
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I got it to boot by uninstalling magisk,
I am 100% sure i dont have two different version of android in different slots, bc yesterday i was in big trouble and nothing was working and i flashed on both slots the same version of android 10(dont remember exactly wich one as i tried a couple, but they were the same).
Today when i couldnt boot anymore i went into stock recovery, factory reset -> when it booted i placed the stockOS.zip file in the phone and applied update from local file -> after that i factory reset again from the system settings, so i think the phone should have installed it properly.
Only after that i did what you told me and installed TWRP and Magisk. and as i said it worked and i could restart my device etc..
After a while when i restarted i couldnt boot anymore and went to bootloader. Removing Magisk fixed it,apperantly on install magisk creates a copy of the boot.img that it restores on uninstall, and i booted to system.
Now i can use my phone but dont have root.
Im very thankful for you being there and helping me out trough this, i cant thank you enough
GuestD2272 said:
I got it to boot by uninstalling magisk,
I am 100% sure i dont have two different version of android in different slots, bc yesterday i was in big trouble and nothing was working and i flashed on both slots the same version of android 10(dont remember exactly wich one as i tried a couple, but they were the same).
Today when i couldnt boot anymore i went into stock recovery, factory reset -> when it booted i placed the stockOS.zip file in the phone and applied update from local file -> after that i factory reset again from the system settings, so i think the phone should have installed it properly.
Only after that i did what you told me and installed TWRP and Magisk. and as i said it worked and i could restart my device etc..
After a while when i restarted i couldnt boot anymore and went to bootloader. Removing Magisk fixed it,apperantly on install magisk creates a copy of the boot.img that it restores on uninstall, and i booted to system.
Now i can use my phone but dont have root.
Im very thankful for you being there and helping me out trough this, i cant thank you enough
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Not sure if you're still having this issue but I'll post the solution just in case anyone gets stumped, does a google search, and comes across this post. You were using the wrong command.
"fastboot boot" just lets you boot with the img so you can verify that root works.
"fastboot FLASH boot" will flash it and root will stick after reboot.
No need to jump through hoops with TWRP and such.

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