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DISCLAIMER: I am not responsible for anything that happens while/after flashing these files. Your device's destiny is your own responsibility. Proceed at your own risk.
After days of waiting, a stock ROM package for Vibe X3 is finally available(or rather leaked).
This thread and all its contents are meant solely for the ROW variant X3a40.
This thread will come handy for restoring both working or bricked devices back to stock state.
There are two ways to flash the stock ROM:
Using QFIL tool on PC: This should be handy for bricked devices and also for working devices. Guide in post #2.
Using Qualcomm Diagnostic mode on device: This should be handy for people willing to downgrade a working device to an older stock firmware. Needs access to internal storage so doesn't make sense to use for a bricked device. Won't work if on custom ROM (modded stock ROMs should work). Guide in post #3.
DOWNLOADS
X3a40_S237_170803_ROW QFIL Package (1.6 GB) | Alternative .7z File (1.4 GB) | Follow post #2 | Latest
X3a40_S217_160623_ROW QFIL Package | Follow post #2
X3a40_S130_151122_ROW QFIL Package | Follow post #2
X3a40_S130_151122_ROW QSB Package | Follow Post #3
Drivers + QFIL | Windows 10 | Windows 7 | (UPDATED: 5/4/16)
Credits: http://lenovo-forums.ru/forum/590-lenovo-vibe-x3-прошивки/
The file sizes differ due to different compression levels and format.
With Windows PC Flashing Guide
WARNING: Everything apart from data in external SD card will be wiped. Make sure to backup everything.
Download the QFIL flash package ZIP and appropriate ZIP from Drivers+QFIL.
Extract the ZIPs to a folder whose complete path has no spaces (space characters) at all. A number of people have reported issues when this folder is on the same partition as Windows(mostly C: ) so prefer D: or any other partition.
Make sure you uninstall any other phone's PC Suite/drivers as they may cause conflicts. Microsoft Emergency Driver (installed for restoring Lumia devices) is known to conflict, please uninstall it.
Go to Drivers+QFIL folder extracted in Step 2, run the appropriate 'INSTALL_DRIVERS_&_QFIL.bat' and follow the instructions.
Backup contacts, SMS, apps, etc. as well as the entire internal storage as they will all be wiped(you will setup a new phone). Internal storage WILL BE erased when using the QFIL flash method.
Run 'QFIL' program. Let it load, close and run it again. This restart is only needed if you haven't used QFIL on that PC before and failing to do so might cause Sahara related errors.
Select 'Flat Build' as build type.
Click on 'Browse', select the 'prog_emmc_firehose_8992_ddr.mbn / prog_emmc_firehose_8992.mbn' file from the 'X3a40_S130_151122_ROW_QFIL' folder which you extracted.
Click on 'Load XML' and select 'rawprogram0.xml' followed by 'patch0.xml'.
Make sure you completed each step precisely, the USB cable is connected ONLY to USB port (USB 2.0 preferably) of PC and not to device yet, the device is powered off and is charged (at least 40%).
Now boot into EDL by plugging in the USB cable to device and then QUICKLY(within a second of plugging in) pressing and holding power button for ~1 second. QFIL's 'No port available' text should change to 'Qualcomm HS-USB QDLoader 9008 (COMXX)'. The display will stay off so, don't worry about it.
Within ~5 seconds put the device on a stable surface (so that it doesn't move around or shake) and press the 'Download' button on QFIL. If you are late, the device starts to power on normally and you need to go back to Step 11 and continue.
Wait for the flash to complete and 'Download Succeeded' message appear at the bottom.
Press and hold the power button for ~10 seconds to boot normally. If display doesn't turn on press and hold the power button again for longer time, it will boot.
Once you see the Lenovo logo, unplug the phone.
Once you have finished the initial set up, open dialer, dial '####682#', choose your region and confirm.
Without PC (QSB) Flashing Guide
WARNING: All the contacts, SMS, apps, etc. will be wiped. Make sure to backup them. Data in internal storage (sdcard0) and external SD card will not be wiped.
Download the QSB package and extract the ZIP.
Place the "sdfuse" folder extracted from the ZIP in internal storage of your device.
Backup contacts, SMS, apps, etc. as they will all be deleted(you will setup a new phone). Internal storage will not be erased when using the QSB flash method. But, to be safe, back up the data in internal storage too.
Boot to Qualcomm Diagnostic mode (not recovery) by pressing and holding Volume down + Power button together until Lenovo logo appears and flickers once(release the buttons after flicker).
Goto 'SD Update' using volume rockers and touch on 'Enter'.
Touch on 'Start'.
Once finished touch 'Restart'.
Once you have finished the initial set up, open dialer, dial '####682#', choose your region and confirm.
That's it.
TIPS & INFORMATION
The various modes X3a40 can boot into:
Recovery mode: Press and hold Volume up + Volume down + Power together until Lenovo logo shows up and flickers once. Release the buttons and you will reach the recovery. This opens up the recovery of the device.
Qualcomm Diagnostics mode: Press and hold Volume down + Power button together until Lenovo logo shows up and flickers once to boot into this mode. This opens up the Qualcomm Diagnostics screen which has a number of hardware testing and other tools along with ability to flash the stock ROM. It is also used for further Diagnosis using a PC.
Fastboot mode: Press and hold Volume up + Volume down and plug in the USB cable(already connected to PC). You may also use the ADB command "adb reboot bootloader". Obviously, you need a working device with USB Debugging turned on and ADB installed on PC. This enables the traditional Fastboot interface. NOTE: Device stays on Lenovo logo while in Fastboot mode.
EDL mode: Plug the USB cable and then QUICKLY(within a second of plugging in) press and hold the power button for a little while. Device stays in EDL only for ~5 seconds unless you start firmware flash via QFIL. You can also use ADB command "adb reboot edl". This will put your device in Qualcomm Emergency Download Mode which is meant to flash stock firmware using QFIL tool on working/bricked devices.
Normal mode: This is what you boot by normally pressing the power button. I don't need to say much about this one.
Keep your NV data (IMEI, Serial No., etc.) backed up from QFIL>Tools>QCN Backup Restore. Device must be in Qualcomm Diagnostics mode. There are many more ways to do this.
Thanks
Thank you!!!
Thank you for sharing. I was waiting for this, now we can experiment our device without any fear.
Hey. Can we see some guides since it's weekend
thank you
I cracked my device's display. :crying:
Wouldn't be able to work on root for next 10-15 days.
Meanwhile, the 138 update is nice.
That's sad news
Arpit. Meanwhile someone has suggested in the lenovo forum to copy the file (downloaded from the Russian site) and flash it thru recovery mode.. My question is will it work.. As this is my primary and only device
Work, its my post in lenovo forum, everythings works
maxpaynezm said:
Work, its my post in lenovo forum, everythings works
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me video flash stock rom https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GC955AFBACk
No need to download this rom and use SD update. I got update right from the system settings. But thanks for those links.
this is not update,but original stock rom s130,because the update drain more battery
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DISCLAIMER: I am not responsible for anything that happens as a result of flashing these files. Your device's destiny is your own responsibility.
After days of waiting, a stock ROM package for Vibe X3 is finally available.
Hey Thanks a lot !!
Recently i have shifted from samsung Note 2 to Vibe x3. Is there any means(may be themes) to have toggles similar to Samsung TW. I feel that samsung TW appearance is much better than Lenovo.
I am using nova launcher as its better than stock lenovo theme.
Also is there any means to have sound on boot animation.Current feel is similar to any CM ROM
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maxpaynezm said:
me video flash stock rom https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GC955AFBACk
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Thanks for this video mate !
Noob Question: When you say newer and tested drivers, what does it mean?
HarveySpecter said:
Noob Question: When you say newer and tested drivers, what does it mean?
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I haven't uploaded that package yet.
Sorry about that.
I need to get my device's display fixed. I will complete this thread then.
Looks like we can expect a custom rec now.
Where I can find official ROM for asus me375cl based on android 5.1.1?
Finaly, i find zip with official ROM on 4pda:
4pda-ru/forum/index.php?showtopic=799982
(put '.' (dot) instead '-' in url)
A special thank to alexoid79 for instruction.
little_pindos said:
Finaly, i find zip with official ROM on 4pda:
4pda-ru/forum/index.php?showtopic=799982
(put '.' (dot) instead '-' in url)
A special thank to alexoid79 for instruction.
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Thank you so much for posting where you found this, this is exactly what I needed!!! You saved my tablet, it is much appreciated! :good:
Flashing Factory Image
The following instructions worked for me when trying to reflash the factory firmware for the ATT Asus MemoPad 7 LTE (ME375CL). I did originally try using the Asus Flash Tool and the raw firmware file (link below) but the tool said it could not unzip the package for some reason or another. So the steps below show how I did it using ADB with fastboot.
I ASSUME NO LIABILITY SHOULD THIS GO WRONG FOR YOU! However, it probably shouldn't matter if you are bricked, I doubt it will make it any worse Either way, I will not replace your tablet or be responsible for troubleshooting it should you mess it up more...
This scenario is based on the tablet stuck on the Asus boot screen and not going any further. I was trying some in depth rooting attempts and bricked it badly. I was then trying to install a custom recovery and that is why I could not reset it and bricked it.
PRE-REQS:
1. ADB installed - Download: https://drive.google.com/open?id=0B0fKccJIuWsna04wMjY1eG9YREU
2. Asus Drivers installed
3. Firmware - Download: https://drive.google.com/open?id=0B0fKccJIuWsnWGhwYzA0Vkluc2s (file is 1 Gb + in size, may take a bit)
SETUP:
If you already have a working ADB setup, do not download the one above. If you are using the one above, I extracted the folder into my C: drive, so the path for ADB would be C:\adb (to keep it simple and less typing).
MAKE SURE THE ASUS DRIVERS ARE INSTALLED! If you have plugged the tablet in to a pc before, they should already be there. Otherwise search, download and install the appropriate drivers.
INSTRUCTIONS:
Extract the firmware zip file to somewhere easily accessible like your desktop. In there, you should see the boot.img, recovery.img and system.img files, copy/paste those files to your ADB folder (for easier typing later on). There are also additional files like these but start with "unsigned_", do NOT use those!
1. Ensure you probably have at least 30% battery charge, I would still recommend more though.
2. Put the tablet in Fastboot mode by ensuring the tablet is completely powered down and then press/hold the VOLUME UP and POWER keys at the same time. When the Asus screen appears, let go of the POWER button but continue to hold the VOLUME UP button. Let go of the VOLUME UP button when the fastboot screen appears.
3. Plug the tablet in to the computer and then open a CMD prompt as administrator.
4. The following uses the ADB downloaded and placed in the folder as listed above, you may need to adjust the location path as needed if you already have ADB installed or located in a different path.
Type in the following without the quotes: "cd c:\adb" (this will change the path to the ADB files for the CMD prompt)
Type in the following without the quotes: "fastboot devices" (you should then see a device listed)
Type in the following without the quotes: "fastboot flash recovery recovery.img" (flashes the factory recovery image)
Type in the following without the quotes: "fastboot flash system system.img" (flashes the factory system image, may take a while to flash)
Type in the following without the quotes: "fastboot flash boot boot.img" (flashes the factory boot image)
5. Once those 3 images have been flashed, you should have seen a message that says "OKAY" after each one. You should be fine as long as you do not have any red error messages on your tablet.
Type in the following without the quotes: "fastboot reboot" (reboots device normally)
6. If all goes well, it should now boot to the Asus screen and then go to the ATT screen. If so, it will stay on the ATT screen for a while, just wait it out. Mine took about 12-15 minutes and then it opened to the new setup screen to set the tablet up as if its new!
This is how I was able to recover my bricked tablet, hopefully it can help someone else that may run into this.
John, thank you for the write-up. Just bought my ME375CL with 4.4.4.4.
When I try to flash the recovery partition, I get the following error:
C:\Users\Myself\Desktop\adb>fastboot flash recovery recovery.img
target reported max download size of 536870912 bytes
sending 'recovery' (11312 KB)...
OKAY [ 1.047s]
writing 'recovery'...
(bootloader) Official image.
FAILED (remote: flash_cmds error!
)
finished. total time: 2.344s
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and on the tablet's screen:
FASTBOOT CMD WAITING...
RECEIVE DATA...
E:recovery flash failed!
FLASH FAILED!
RESULT: FAIL(flash_cmds error! )
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I haven't tried the other commands for system.img or boot.img as I don't want to do anything out of order from the write-up. Ever run into this?
The firmware in the download is 5.1.1, not 4.4.4. That is probably the issue. If you are running good on that, I would try rooting it instead. If you are just wanting to upgrade, you will need to have an active AT&T SIM in the tablet to upgrade over the air. I am not sure if there is a flashable upgrade or not somewhere.
Oh ok John. I misread the title of the thread. I thought it was for updating from 4 to 5.
Quick question then: Is it possible, using the adb / fastboot tools, to backup the current 4.4.4.4 before I allow the tablet to update to Lollipop? After reading around, I understand that Lollipop can't be rooted but I have no real concern for it. But just in case I need the tablet to do something else in the future, I'd like to be able to return it to kit kat to be able to root.
Once you upgrade to lollipop, there is no downgrading for this tablet. There really is not much development for this device. I have kind of been working on a lollipop root when I can. Between my limited time and knowledge of android, I can't promise anything.
Overcoming red messages?
Dear John,
Thank you very much for your help. My device runs KitKat 4.4, I can't upgrade over the air, as I damaged my sim slot struggling to remove a stuck nano sim, which I had inserted before I realized that it required a micro sim. (I'd wrongly assumed that by now the world uses only nano).
I followed the steps above, which you wrote so clearly for lay men, thank you a lot.
The flash for recovery.img and system.img worked fine (no red error messages on device).
The flash for boot.img had a red error message.
Might you have an idea or workaround on how I can address this?
If it refuses, is it possible to factory reset?
Thank you very much again for any words of advice and kind regards.
Gor- said:
Dear John,
Thank you very much for your help. My device runs KitKat 4.4, I can't upgrade over the air, as I damaged my sim slot struggling to remove a stuck nano sim, which I had inserted before I realized that it required a micro sim. (I'd wrongly assumed that by now the world uses only nano).
I followed the steps above, which you wrote so clearly for lay men, thank you a lot.
The flash for recovery.img and system.img worked fine (no red error messages on device).
The flash for boot.img had a red error message.
Might you have an idea or workaround on how I can address this?
If it refuses, is it possible to factory reset?
Thank you very much again for any words of advice and kind regards.
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Sounds odd that it did 2 out of 3 flashes. After you flashed those and rebooted, are you still on KitKat or did it actually update to Lollipop (5.1)? I ask because I assume the system image that flashed would be the operating system.
I still want to stress that this post is for recovering a bricked tablet that will not boot at all. I would not suggest using this as a flashing upgrade as I do not know if it will truly work. If you are still on KK (even after flashing) you could try installing the Asus Flash Tool and use the raw firmware that you downloaded and try it that way. It did not work for me so that is why I used fastboot. It might work for you.
Here is a link for the Asus Flash Tool:
https://drive.google.com/open?id=0B0fKccJIuWsndXJUa1FEbXVzTjA
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Sounds odd that it did 2 out of 3 flashes. After you flashed those and rebooted, are you still on KitKat or did it actually update to Lollipop (5.1)? I ask because I assume the system image that flashed would be the operating system.
I still want to stress that this post is for recovering a bricked tablet that will not boot at all. I would not suggest using this as a flashing upgrade as I do not know if it will truly work. If you are still on KK (even after flashing) you could try installing the Asus Flash Tool and use the raw firmware that you downloaded and try it that way. It did not work for me so that is why I used fastboot. It might work for you.
Here is a link for the Asus Flash Tool: ]
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As a follow up on your question above, Tab restart stalled at a screen (after the Asus logo), presenting some options to do recovery, reboot, factory reset, etc. (factory reset did not help), and red error messages at bottom.
To the GOOD news for anyone interested. I used the Asus Flash Tool and the firmware zip for 5.1.1 (many thanks for the advice).
Note: Tool did not install correctly on Win10 pc, citing error in installing some devcon.exe or similar file (guess that may be a firewall/antivirus issue).
Flash tool took some 15 or so mins unzipping firmware, after which I saw some action on the tab. Another 15 mins, and it rebooted to the At&t logo, stayed here for another 15 mins and unraveled a whole new device on Android 5.1
Glad to hear it worked for you and that I guess you can use this to flash upgrade from kitkat!
There is working way to root our device on lollipop! It is for the other Asus model, but it works for our
http://4pda.ru/forum/index.php?s=&showtopic=640814&view=findpost&p=53047686
I will check this out!
The root works, installed without any issues and verified with a root checker!
Here is a direct download from my Drive folder: https://drive.google.com/open?id=0B0fKccJIuWsnN21ZbnZpc2F6b1E
1. Download the file above.
2. Extract the zip contents.
3. Plug your ME375CL tablet in to pc via usb cable.
4. Make sure you have enabled Developer Mode and allowed USB Debugging first!
5. Open the folder you extracted and double click the "Root-One-Click.cmd" file.
6. It should reboot to fastboot mode and flash the needed files and then reboot again.
You should now have root access. Verify this by installing a root checker app from the play store. Keep in mind, it may say root not installed on the first run. Sometimes it will take a moment for superuser to initially run or prompt for access.
Side note: the root uninstall did not seem to work, got an error...but oh well, the point is to have root!
Thanks go to @little_pindos for finding this file...you are a rockstar!
Anyone get xposed on LP?
ATT Boot Up Sound
Tired of the ATT boot sound? If you used the rooting method above, then you can get rid of the annoying ATT startup sound by doing the following:
1. Install a Root Browser app (I recommend Rom Toolbox Pro, it has a built in file manager)
2. Navigate to the following path:
root/system/media
3. Find the file named "powerup.wav"
4. Simply rename the file by adding .bak to the end (ex - powerup.wav.bak)
5. Make sure it took the name change (some file managers have issues with that)
6. Reboot and see if it got rid of the sound!
You can also use your own startup sounds as long as they are in a .wav format, I believe. Make sure that the name of the file is powerup.wav.
You can also change your boot animation with "boot animation" app.
Best tweak IMO is adding "ro.config.low_ram=true" to build prop, or installing the low ram device xposed module if we can get it to work (both do the same thing). You gain about 100mb more free RAM on average.
TimmyP said:
You can also change your boot animation with "boot animation" app.
Best tweak IMO is adding "ro.config.low_ram=true" to build prop, or installing the low ram device xposed module if we can get it to work (both do the same thing). You gain about 100mb more free RAM on average.
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I'll have to try that!
AT&T no longer has updates in system for this tablet
Gor- said:
Dear John,
Thank you very much for your help. My device runs KitKat 4.4, I can't upgrade over the air, as I damaged my sim slot struggling to remove a stuck nano sim, which I had inserted before I realized that it required a micro sim. (I'd wrongly assumed that by now the world uses only nano).
I followed the steps above, which you wrote so clearly for lay men, thank you a lot.
The flash for recovery.img and system.img worked fine (no red error messages on device).
The flash for boot.img had a red error message.
Might you have an idea or workaround on how I can address this?
If it refuses, is it possible to factory reset?
Thank you very much again for any words of advice and kind regards.
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AT&T removed the last update for this tablet months ago and no longer supports it. ASUS states AT&T has all the updates. Total cluster.
* introduction *
Hello,
before you hate me, please let me to say why I wrote this guide- it is for ultra noob guys, beginners or just for organize almost all files for tweaks and fixes for this phone. Because I noticed myself that it was beginning to make a mess with it, so I decited to write this guide which (what I mensioned) contains tweak and fixes to known bugs that are in the software.
Ready? Staddy? GO!
* warning *
/*
* Your warranty is now void.
*
* I am not responsible for bricked devices, dead SD cards,
* thermonuclear war, or you getting fired because the alarm app failed.
* YOU are choosing to make these modifications, and if you point the
* finger at me for messing up your device, I will laugh at you.
*
*/
I. Bootloader unlocking
We will start our journey in a beautiful world modified by android with unlocking the bootloader.
What is it?
Bootloader is something like BIOS from computers but in the phone. It let you to boot many software, like recovery. We can't boot directly into recovery without unlocked bootloader because phone has got some closed startup procedure (like POST test in computers). To break it, we must unlock bootloader.
So how to do that?
We must:
1. Download RAR file and you'll get 2 folders namely unlock and ASUS_Android_USB_drivers_for_Windows
2. Install the drivers according to your OS and go the unlock folder
3. Reboot your phone to fastboot mode by pressing volume up + power on at the same time.
4. Connect it to pc and open unlock.bat in unlock folder
5. Bootloader successfully unlocked.
II. Install TWRP
After unlocking bootloader, we need some recovery to install custom software on our beast.
To do that:
1. Download this TWRP (F2FS support) and place it into unlock folder
2. Reboot into fastboot
3. Connect the phone into PC
4. In unlock folder, run cmd and type "fastboot devices". You should see some device plugged into your PC.
5. Type "fastboot flash recovery XXX.img" when XXX means the name of recovery.
6. When installing process finish, press volume down + power as long as you doesn't see fastboot warning.
7. Phone will get into TWRP.
To get into TWRP just presss volume down + power until you doesn'ts see fastboot warning.
III. Decrypt enrypted data
1. Download the decrypt.zip and copy to SDcard
2. Flash in recovery
3. Format /data
4. Reboot
IV. Flashing custom ROMs
Now the main aim of customization: CUSTOM ROM <3 It let you to do many modifications like style of font in system, theme, newer version of software and many many more.
Just:
1. Copy all your necessary software into SD card
2. Boot your device into TWRP
3. Go to "install", pick firmware which you need and swipe to flash
4. Repeat step 3 with gapps
5. Reboot to system
When you want to install some kernel or NXP or magisk or something else, don't do that after flashing system. Before, flash firmware, system and gapps, reboot and configure. Then go to TWRP and flash 3rd party mods.
V. Unlocking Camera2API
To get GCAM work property, we need to unlock camera2api. If you don't know what's that, go there -> https://www.thegeeksclub.com/camera-2-api-check-smartphone-support/
1. Power off the phone and enter fastboot mode.
2. Fire up fastboot terminal and connect your phone to the pc, enable USB debugging mode from dev. options too.
3. Run the command: fastboot oem enable_camera_hal3 true
4. Type: fastboot reboot
VI. Magisk
Just to get root permissions. If you don't know what it is, go there -> https://www.xda-developers.com/what-is-magisk/
1. Go to TWRP and flash this file
2. Reboot to system
3. Install .apk
VII. Some other useful files
TWRP: https://drive.google.com/open?id=1dhjV0p00AiZ83eF5iUA6o9fdx6zsQYTF
GAPPS: https://opengapps.org
CUSTOMROMS: https://forum.xda-developers.com/asus-zenfone-max-pro-m1/development
FIRMWARES:
339 https://drive.google.com/open?id=1EIRZ1HrJQaOynq48lfhYWaHd9L0fhPU5
Pie https://drive.google.com/open?id=1xwFFadooMD2DJqI9dClcCuojAFwHfdtV
NXP: https://drive.google.com/open?id=1lfRGXlf3q53kLMZDOvLe4jMr3szQPLQd
MAGISK:
.zip https://drive.google.com/open?id=1HrZUdL7ZgVWfuDg7PWOL_DZrwsmNzrRf
.apk https://drive.google.com/open?id=1jFee8Mx0pwCcyE729h33gyfaIfHxNgVI
GCAMS:
Arnova https://drive.google.com/open?id=1R1Sfw0DdKXZxYWDkEvH8ODpWHkUjnkxk
MGC https://drive.google.com/open?id=1YowAmosszfoCJCORjcwE7OQzxOuqY7ql
If you have any observations, remarks - write to me!
Thanks for all XDA community,
~ALYSKY
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Sir can you plz tell me does this method works on 6gb varient? With firmware version .340
Is this method for XOOT or XOOTD?
My model is XOOTD ....
Dewashish03 said:
Sir can you plz tell me does this method works on 6gb varient? With firmware version .340
Is this method for XOOT or XOOTD?
My model is XOOTD ....
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I tested it on 4/64 X00TD variant and it worked.
ALYSKY said:
I tested it on 4/64 X00TD variant and it worked.
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Thax for replay...
Does this twrp can be flashed successful on .340 and pie?
Do we need different versions of twrp to flash on different android version like .239 .240 and pie?
Dewashish03 said:
Thax for replay...
Does this twrp can be flashed successful on .340 and pie?
Do we need different versions of twrp to flash on different android version like .239 .240 and pie?
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It doesn't matter. You can use the same version of TWRP on different version of firmware.
can this method work on X00TD android pie stock rom. @ALYSKY
unable to install twrp, the drivers are well installed, the bootloader is to unlock I use the original cable usb, I try on several usb port, always the same error message
failed remote requested download size is more than max allowed
my model X00TD
please help me
I have installed twrp recovery and can boot into it but i cant find the magisk or decrypt files to swipe in the recovery. please help
noob858 said:
I have installed twrp recovery and can boot into it but i cant find the magisk or decrypt files to swipe in the recovery. please help
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U need to put them in your sd card and then you have to select storage (external) and then flash them
lokesh773 said:
U need to put them in your sd card and then you have to select storage (external) and then flash them
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ok im supernoob at this. nut how do i put it to sd card?? i mean i dont have any sd card inserted.
noob858 said:
ok im supernoob at this. nut how do i put it to sd card?? i mean i dont have any sd card inserted.
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Use pc to transfer it to sd card....if you dont have sd card you can use pendrive...
Every NKOTB is desperate to post his/her/it's thread / YouTube video for such guide/s, quoting stuff from other's posts / threads and sharing their hard work, without the basic decency to quote and credit the original thread / guy who posted in the first place. Please do so or this thread will be reported for plagiarism.
angixspirit said:
unable to install twrp, the drivers are well installed, the bootloader is to unlock I use the original cable usb, I try on several usb port, always the same error message
failed remote requested download size is more than max allowed
my model X00TD
please help me
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have you tried to install the driver?
I've updated my phone to latest official pie (.053) . Does these steps still applicable or there is any changes? Please kindly update the guide if there is any changes.
guys i tried to flash recovery but after that.. it does nothing.. i just got blank screen. No TWRP screen
Update 1 : Without TWRP I was able to install Magisk via Manager but after flashing patched image file. I now no longer able to start mobile.. it always gets to recovery screen. somebudy help
Update 2 : I used another boot image and patched it with Magisk and now I am able to boot phone but now it stuck on logo screen
Update 3 : I was using totally differnt boot image .. I extracted it from offical stock rom. Now I booted my phone also did root. Now question is how to install TWRP and dyscript.zip
Update 4 : TWRP or RWRP not working so Now I am not able to decrypt my phone. Help
hi why theres a password in twrp?
ALYSKY said:
* introduction *
1. Download RAR file and you'll get 2 folders namely unlock and ASUS_Android_USB_drivers_for_Windows
2. Install the drivers according to your OS and go the unlock folder
3. Reboot your phone to fastboot mode by pressing volume up + power on at the same time.
4. Connect it to pc and open unlock.bat in unlock folder
5. Bootloader successfully unlocked.
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Hi,
First of all, thank you for the detailed steps and instructions.
I downloaded the RAR mentioned in the step 1 above. When I click open after downloading, there's an error preventing me to open. I also tried extracting but I'm unable to do so.
Please provide me the updated link or reupload the file so that I can download it,
Thanks.
unlock.bat file is missing is the unlock folder...what to do?
this is showing when trying to istall twrp
what to do?
@ALYSKY
Before you start, make sure to put all of the files that you need in the same folder as your adb.exe and fastboot.exe because it will make things easier when you have to fastboot files to your phone. Make sure to follow the directions from the original developers of the tools below. Also, in the windows file explorer, right click on the "Name" tab, in the pop up click "More," select "Path," and also select "Folder Path," then click "Okay." This will make it easier to find the file path name if you need it when you are flashing a specific file to your phone using ADB.
Once you navigate to your android fastboot/adb folder, at the top of your file explorer, click in the address bar, this will highlight the text blue in the address bar, delete the text in the address bar, type CMD and then press enter. The adb/fastboot command window will pop up and be ready for you to use. You may as well leave that command window, the MSM tool, credits: Lucifer6: https://forum.xda-developers.com/t/msm-tool-guac-for-all.3934691/ and the Tool all in One, credits: mauronofrio: https://forum.xda-developers.com/t/...boot-roms-for-oneplus-7-pro-7-pro-5g.3931424/ , https://toolaio.tk/ open in case one of these tools decides to bite you in the brain so hard your phone melts into booting itself properly.
You'll be needing this Twrp.img from this post if you're on android 11 like I am, credits: Nebrassy:
https://forum.xda-developers.com/t/recovery-11-unofficial-teamwin-recovery-project.4289455/
And Magisk, credit: topjohnwu, which can be downloaded from Step 1 in this article https://www.xda-developers.com/how-to-install-magisk/
Credit: Sumukh for the article (code word the instructions in this article are for a different breed of TWRP then the one needed for rooting android 11 OnePlus 7 Pro, so please after booting into TWRP go to "Advanced," then in the list click "Flash Current TWRP," then reboot straight back to TWRP, flash Magisk, then reboot straight back to TWRP, then flash Magisk again, and then reboot the system ((if possible at this time)) or you'll have boot loops for breakfast), credits: topjohnwu for Magisk
And the android 11 stock rom of your oneplus 7 pro which can be found here, credit OPTeam: https://forum.xda-developers.com/t/...a-oxygen-os-repo-of-oxygen-os-builds.3930585/
I wasn't able to use MSM Tool by Lucifer6 because my phone didn't want to be recognized by my computer and I am not sure the files exist for android 11 to work with the MSM Tool, but if they do exist or there is a way to use the android 11 zip with the MSM Tool, please someone post it with detailed instructions so that everyone can find it.
I couldn't get the Tool All in One to work because I don't know, however, there are important files in mauronofrio's zip file in this post: https://forum.xda-developers.com/t/...boot-roms-for-oneplus-7-pro-7-pro-5g.3931424/ Grab the zip file from the link next to "All Roms on AFH." This can help get your phone back from the nightmare of the qualcomm crashdump scenario. If you are on android 11, do not flash the images in this zip folder because the zips in this post are for android 10 and I don't think you can downgrade. There are more directions about this in number 3 of this post.
If at any point you are able to boot your phone into the system, DO NOT put a password, fingerprints, facelock, swipe pattern, nudey collage on your phone to lock it up until AFTER you are sure you are completely done using TWRP, because Nebrassy's TWRP, as far as I know, is not supposed to be able to decrypt the phone once it has a nudey papier-mâché password on it. So, once you put a password on your phone, you may not be able to use TWRP again unless you like pain.
And yes, I did try, in the past week to clean install my rom, made sure to not create a password, flash TWRP and magisk, make a password for the phone, realized I needed to do something else in TWRP, deleted my papier-mâché password and the fingerprints to go along with and then try to get back into TWRP. It's really a hit or miss. You may get back in, you may end up flashing something only for it to get stuck in a TWRP booting boot loop like I did.
It's risky. Take off your password to your phone, then TWRP it up, say your goodbyes to TWRP and then finish setting up your phone with a password. Also, you may have to try plugging the OEM charging cable into different USB ports on your computer at specifically any time.
There are three different recipes that I tried to get my phone to work again after crash dumping. Any one of these could help. For me, it took doing all three, trial and error and error and error for my phone to get booted and rooted after the crash dump so you can try doing the easiest looking ones first, which are number 1 and number 2, see if that works, and then move on to the harder one.
Read all three recipes first before you try anything because some things from number two you can use in one or three. You're in for a real one right now so relax and get comfy. Take your time and make sure you follow the directions in the original posts by the developers because it will waste less of your time if you make sure you extract everything and other scientific ratchet. And you'll make less of a mess of your phone than it already is.
It's bricked, not dead. Hopefully. Hopefully, it's not dead. And I'm not much for hope nor am I much for being blamed if your phone slips into an endless hell pit, it contacts a plane's black box and directs said plane to land onto your roof, or some other maniacal nonsense backwater dribble okay let's get started.
1.) Easy: I used a combination of movements buttons including power off and volume down, only volume up and volume down which did other things, and power off and volume up. At first, none of these movements buttons would take me to fastboot mode. It would just keep rebooting to qualcomm crashdump mode no matter what.
Flustered, red, breathing hard because I don't walk enough, I tried these movements buttons again and again and again and again and not always in the order I wrote them down. I kept trying until I saw some Chinese writing.
Choose the first option even if you can't read the text. Guess where the "Okay" (bottom right) is and click it. The text--the first option--is highlighted in blue, which I should have said in the first place. Hopefully after twitching that phone for a good 30-45 minutes or more depending on how long you like crying, it will finally boot into fastboot mode. Plug the phone to the windows, fastboot boot the twrp.img from Nebrassy in the CMD window. If you are still trying to root, grab a usb or an external hard drive that has the rom zip and the latest magisk.apk that you need for your phone (directions below). If you are not trying to root, grab a usb or an external hard drive that has the rom zip and just flash the rom and that's it (directions below).
Plug the USB storage into your phone. On twrp go to "Mount," click the checkbox next to "USB Storage," click "Select Storage," then in the pop up click the circle next to your USB or external hard drive or whatever you're using. Go to "Install," select the zip of the rom on your USB Storage, click "Install."
You can then flash twrp afterwards by going back in the past and selecting to have TWRP flashed automatically after a rom installation; it's in the options. Or by going to "Advanced," then click "Flash Current TWRP" (mind you this is for the Oneplus 7 Pro using the TWRP 3.5.2_11-Nebrassy image in October of 2021, so if you're reading this and have a different phone or you're from the future, please, don't laugh at me if the current way of flashing TWRP is outdated by the time you read this).
Then you must flash magisk, reboot to TWRP recovery, and then flash magisk again or else the phone won't boot. After flashing magisk that second time, you may reboot the system. Once you get past those sussy terms and voluntary agreements, magisk will look like an android 1 icon. Click it.
The phone will ask you for your hand in marriage by asking if you are truly ready to jump off the deep end by allowing magisk to install unknown apps. Click I do, and magisk will install. Then, magisk will ask you to install the other half of itself, and again, make that app yo baby momma by saying yes, yes, yes. And now you have a new phone with none of your old life to spy on you and tell you how good you weren't in the past or whatever.
3.) Not so easy, but manageable. Caution, read slowly: Another thing I did try was to flash all of the images in the stock rom zip. You can download the correct rom for your phone in this post, credit OPTeam: https://forum.xda-developers.com/t/...a-oxygen-os-repo-of-oxygen-os-builds.3930585/ ,search the googles, or use the OEM website. Then, use the payload dumper method from here: credits to djsubterrain
https://forum.xda-developers.com/t/...ot-image-and-apply-root-to-the-phone.4263811/
After I djsubterrained my payload, all of this sounding unnecessarily dirty, I put it in this other thing that I tried (directions below): credits to mauronofrio
https://forum.xda-developers.com/t/...boot-roms-for-oneplus-7-pro-7-pro-5g.3931424/
I downloaded the zip file from the above post in the link next to "All roms on AFH." Extract it. Once I did the dump on my payload, I took all of the extracted images from the "payload_output" folder, put them in a new folder inside of mauronofrio's extracted zip folder, named that new folder "images," and just renamed the original "images" folder that was in the zip file to something else.
In mauronofrio's extracted zip folder, I copied the file named "flash-all-partitions-fastboot.bat" from the "Others_flashall" folder and pasted it into my new "images" folder. I double clicked on the "flash-all-partitions-fastboot.bat" file. An alluring window opened and I typed "Y" for yasss and then clicked "Enter."
And then that flashed most of the images to the phone. Not all of the images flashed. Some of them said "failed," but the important ones like the system.img and boot.img, among others, flashed successfully. I have no idea if using that specific ".bat" file was the right one for my situation because I wasn't sure if I was wearing comfy enough pants to be seen by the oracle.
After that, I did the the whole fastboot boot to TWRP and flashed the zip rom over again using my USB storage because it was easier for me to do that than to figure out how to adb sideload when the adb sideload button in TWRP wasn't working and while I was crash dumping for qualcomm, my phone refused to be recognized by the Tool All In One and the MSM Tool. Then I flashed TWRP, then I flashed magisk, rebooted to recovery, flashed magisk again, and then I tried to reboot to the system. But my phone booted back to twrp, a lot, a lot of times before the end of this story.
2.) Also easy: I think from TRWP (or you can use the power and volume buttons mantra from number one) I clicked on reboot the bootloader from fastboot mode. I used the up and down volume buttons to select "Bootloader" or "Start" (do both until the "Boot Reason" screen shows up for you).
For whatever reason I clicked "Boot Reason" and the reason was something made up like fs_mgr_mount_all. I clicked "Next" at the bottom of the screen and it asked me to wipe everything like music and photos which I already thought were long gone. But I have a backup of my music and my photos so no big deal.
I clicked on "wipe all data," and my phone finally booted back up into the OS. I went through the completely voluntary terms and conditions and voluntarily, completely voluntarily, and no one else is here with me, agreed to the voluntary terms and conditions. And then I clicked on the android 1 icon for magisk and...
At some point in time I formatted the system using TWRP after flashing the zips and the stuffs and now even though my phone says encrypted, the first time I booted back to twrp after finishing setting up my phone and putting a password on it, TWRP said that it decrypted USER 0 after putting my password into TWRP. I have no idea how it happened.
Nebrassy's TWRP is not supposed to be able to do that for android 11 as far as I know. About 30 mins later I booted back to TWRP just to see what would happen, and sure enough it took my password and decrypted my phone. Even though I am on android 11, rooted with a TWRP that is not supposed to be able to decrypt USER 0. I don't know how. Maybe I'll try to upload a log file so that can be figured out, or maybe by now it has already been figured out. Don't know.
So, that was fun, I hope you were able to get out of the crashdump by any of the means used here or not here. If you were able to get out of the qualcomm crashdump some other way or have advice on how any of the recipes could have been cooked better please post it in a forum or in this thread or sector B.92-80 of space so that no one ever comes close to using the very last tears their body has to offer.
I'm sorry if I forgot to give credit to anyone but at this point you'll have to flash me into recovery to get it. Or just say "I belong in here too," and post a link to your something helpful.
In this guide, ill be showing you how to install a custom rom onto your OnePlus 7T Pro device. Ill be assuming your phone is completely stock and you haven't done any modifications. This is done at your own risk, i am not responsible for corrupted images, bricked devices etc.
*NOTE: This guide is for the OnePlus 7T Pro only*
What you will need:
A windows PC - idk buy one lol? *NOTE* You will need a Windows 10 PC, Windows 11 can't recognize your phone in fastboot for some reason. You can manually install the adb drivers to the PC If you must use windows 11.
Platform tools SDK - https://developer.android.com/studio/releases/platform-tools
USB cable that came with the phone
Derpfest ROM - https://sourceforge.net/projects/derpfest/files/hotdog/ (This was made by @NurKeinNeid, It's truly an amazing rom and would recommend it to anyone who wants android 12 on their devices! XDA forum for the ROM - https://forum.xda-developers.com/t/rom-12-0-derpfest-for-oneplus-7t-pro-official-hotdog.4250469/ ) Download the .img.zip, not just the .zip!
Orange Fox Recovery - https://orangefox.download/device/hotdog
Payload Dumper - https://androidfilehost.com/?fid=818070582850510260
Custom Flashing Script - https://github.com/AlaistairP/Install-Scripts
Step 1: Unlocking your Bootloader.
(i) In order to install software onto your phone you must have an unlocked bootloader. To start, go to settings - about phone - tap on the build number 7 times, input your password and developer options should then be enabled.
(ii) Then go into the main settings page - system - developer options. Enable the 'OEM UNLOCKING' feature. After that scroll down and enable USB Debugging. At this stage, plug your device into your pc. A dialogue should come up to allow the computer to connect to your phone, click yes.
(iii) Now on your computer, navigate to the platform tools folder you downloaded, in the main directory with all the files, in the search bar type cmd and press enter. You now need to boot your phone into fastboot mode. To do this, turn your phone off. Then, hold the power button with the volume up and down button! You should see a menu with green text saying 'Start' at the top.
(iv) Plug your phone into your computer, and in the cmd menu you opened, type 'fastboot devices', you should see the word fastboot followed by a string of numbers. Now type - 'fastboot oem unlocking' A dialogue will appear on your phone, using the volume keys select the option to unlock the bootloader. *NOTE - ALL DATA WILL BE REMOVED'
Step 2: Flashing a custom recovery
Reboot your phone to fastboot, then connect your phone to your pc. Type in 'fastboot reboot fastboot' your device should reboot into 'fastbootd' Now using the recovery.img file you downloaded from Firefox, type the following command, `'fastboot flash recovery 'PATH TO RECOVERY.IMG FILE'
Once the file has flashed, restart your phone into fastboot mode and using the volume keys, navigate to recovery mode. You should now boot into Orange Fox recovery. Now, in orangefox, go to Wipe - Format Data - then type yes and wait for the process to finish.
Voila!
Step 3: Flashing the ROM!
Open your downloaded version of derpfest, you should see a file called payload.bin, place that into the payload dumper input folder, then run the programme and wait for it complete, you should have loads of .img files. Copy all of these into your platform tools folder! Now download the custom script and place that into the platform tool folder as well.
Reboot your phone into fastboot mode, and once again type 'fastboot reboot fastboot' Once you're in fastbootd mode, right click the flash-all.bat script and run as admin, click more info if you have microsoft defender and click run anyway, The rest is done in the script!
*HOW TO UPDATE*
Once you have downloaded and extracted the new files from the most recent payload.bin file which the dev releases, copy these files into your platform-tools folder. You need to make sure there are no .img files from the old Rom remaining. Now, connect your phone to your pc. Open a cmd windows inside the platform-tools window and type 'adb reboot fastboot', once your phone has entered fastboot, type 'fastboot reboot fastbootd' Once your in fastbootd, simply run the update.bat script and voila!
After, reboot your phone and you should load into your new Android 12 OS!
If you have any questions please dont hesitate to ask!
If i have made any mistakes in this guide, or you guys think i should make any changes, let me know, im new to this!
*NOTE - I intend to make a full video walk through soon, ill have the youtube video linked here in the near future*
astroarchcraft said:
In this guide, ill be showing you how to install a custom rom onto your OnePlus 7T Pro device. Ill be assuming your phone is completely stock and you haven't done any modifications. This is done at your own risk, i am not responsible for corrupted images, bricked devices etc.
*NOTE: This guide is for the OnePlus 7T Pro only*
What you will need:
A windows PC - idk buy one lol?
Platform tools SDK - https://developer.android.com/studio/releases/platform-tools
USB cable that came with the phone
Derpfest ROM - https://sourceforge.net/projects/derpfest/files/hotdog/ (This was made by @NurKeinNeid, It's truly an amazing rom and would recommend it to anyone who wants android 12 on their devices! XDA forum for the ROM - https://forum.xda-developers.com/t/rom-12-0-derpfest-for-oneplus-7t-pro-official-hotdog.4250469/ ) Download the .img, not zip!
Orange Fox Recovery - https://orangefox.download/device/hotdog
Payload Dumper - https://androidfilehost.com/?fid=818070582850510260
Custom Flashing Script - https://github.com/astroarchcraft/A12script/tree/main
Step 1: Unlocking your Bootloader.
(i) In order to install software onto your phone you must have an unlocked bootloader. To start, go to settings - about phone - tap on the build number 7 times, input your password and developer options should then be enabled.
(ii) Then go into the main settings page - system - developer options. Enable the 'OEM UNLOCKING' feature. After that scroll down and enable USB Debugging. At this stage, plug your device into your pc. A dialogue should come up to allow the computer to connect to your phone, click yes.
(iii) Now on your computer, navigate to the platform tools folder you downloaded, in the main directory with all the files, in the search bar type cmd and press enter. You now need to boot your phone into fastboot mode. To do this, turn your phone off. Then, hold the power button with the volume up and down button! You should see a menu with green text saying 'Start' at the top.
(iv) Plug your phone into your computer, and in the cmd menu you opened, type 'fastboot devices', you should see the word fastboot followed by a string of numbers. Now type - 'fastboot oem unlocking' A dialogue will appear on your phone, using the volume keys select the option to unlock the bootloader. *NOTE - ALL DATA WILL BE REMOVED'
Step 2: Flashing a custom recovery
Reboot your phone to fastboot, then connect your phone to your pc. Type in 'fastboot reboot fastboot' your device should reboot into 'fastbootd' Now using the recovery.img file you downloaded from Firefox, type the following command, `'fastboot flash recovery 'PATH TO RECOVERY.IMG FILE'
Once the file has flashed, restart your phone into fastboot mode and using the volume keys, navigate to recovery mode. You should now boot into Orange Fox recovery. Now, in orangefox, go to Wipe - Format Data - then type yes and wait for the process to finish.
Voila!
Step 3: Flashing the ROM!
Open your downloaded version of derpfest, you should see a file called payload.bin, place that into the payload dumper input folder, then run the programme and wait for it complete, you should have loads of .img files. Copy all of these into your platform tools folder! Now download the custom script and place that into the platform tool folder as well.
Reboot your phone into fastboot mode, and once again type 'fastboot reboot fastboot' Once you're in fastbootd mode, right click the script and run as admin, click more info if you have microsoft defender and click run anyway, The rest is done in the script!
After, reboot your phone and you should load into your new Android 12 OS!
If you have any questions please dont hesitate to ask!
If i have made any mistakes in this guide, or you guys think i should make any changes, let me know, im new to this!
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I really appreciate the time and work you put into it. Thank you very much!
Btw I will release new build tonight. Now I can link to this post in the update announcement as well.
NurKeinNeid said:
I really appreciate the time and work you put into it. Thank you very much!
Btw I will release new build tonight. Now I can link to this post in the update announcement as well.
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No Problem, Quite satisfying to write actually! Thanks so much for all the effort you put into the ROM, Best one I have used on my phone yet! Looking forward to the new build
Hi Team, this method with flashing Orange Fox recovery and formatting Data, do you know if will enable backup/restore and viewable sdcard for Android 12/Derp?
The only thing I haven't been willing to try is formatting/converting Data, as I've re-setup my phone about 5 times now trying various methods over several days trying to get a working custom recovery for Derp
somemadcaaant said:
Hi Team, this method with flashing Orange Fox recovery and formatting Data, do you know if will enable backup/restore and viewable sdcard for Android 12/Derp?
The only thing I haven't been willing to try is formatting/converting Data, as I've re-setup my phone about 5 times now trying various methods over several days trying to get a working custom recovery for Derp
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Hey I'm not sure about the backup/restore, but after formatting the drive, they'll no longer be encrypted so Orange Fox should be able to read the data on your drive.
Thought as much, time for another reinstall. Thanks again have a thumbs up.
Hi Astroarchcraft, thank you for this guide! If you only put it out 2 days earlier you'd have saved me from a soft brick! (from which I recovered luckily ahahh)
Anyway, could you please also add the guide on how to update to a newer build? Is there a way to do it without losing all data? Thanks!
Looking forward to move to the new 2022-01-07 build!
Instead of going to fastbootd after flashing orangefox recovery, it just goes to orangefox's fastboot mode and did the script there. Should it work the same? (I'm still waiting for the flash to finish, will update what will happen after) Thanks!
Edit: Looks like it works just the same even if you run flash all script inside orangefox recovery fastboot.
Anyways, thanks for the nice guide. Really helpful! I know i've been flashing ROMs ever since back then. But its always nice to have a guide here and there. So kudos to you for making this one. Thanks!
What if I'm on a A12 AOSP ROM and want to try Derpfest ROm? can I just flash it in TWRP or are there any instructions to follow?
iSyncX said:
Instead of going to fastbootd after flashing orangefox recovery, it just goes to orangefox's fastboot mode and did the script there. Should it work the same? (I'm still waiting for the flash to finish, will update what will happen after) Thanks!
Edit: Looks like it works just the same even if you run flash all script inside orangefox recovery fastboot.
Anyways, thanks for the nice guide. Really helpful! I know i've been flashing ROMs ever since back then. But its always nice to have a guide here and there. So kudos to you for making this one. Thanks!
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Yup, orange Fox fastboot is fastbootd if you do it from the bootloader
salomaoa said:
What if I'm on a A12 AOSP ROM and want to try Derpfest ROm? can I just flash it in TWRP or are there any instructions to follow?
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Nope, it's a fastboot ROM so it must be done via fastboot!
Ninotzz said:
Hi Astroarchcraft, thank you for this guide! If only you put it out 2 days earlier you'd have saved me from a soft brick! (from which I recovered luckily ahahh)
Anyway, could you please also add the guide on how to update to a newer build? Is there a way to do it without losing all data? Thanks!
Looking forward to move to the new 2022-01-07 build!
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I'll make a guide later, but for the moment, all you need to do it download the update files, instead of the original files, and don't erase the data when given the option in the script!
astroarchcraft said:
I'll make a guide later, but for the moment, all you need to do it download the update files, instead of the original files, and don't erase the data when given the option in the script!
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So won't I have problems with my data being encrypted by the previous version of the ROM? Will the new one be able to read it anyway?
Cheers ✌
I've updated and it was perfect, my recommendation for the moment is to go to the how to update section on the official ROM page and do what is said from there, like I said, I'll make a guide as soon as I get a chance
astroarchcraft said:
I've updated and it was perfect, my recommendation for the moment is to go to the how to update section on the official ROM page and do what is said from there, like I said, I'll make a guide as soon as I get a chance
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Unfortunately NurKein removed it from the post in favor of the link to your guide So I'll try to follow what you told me in this thread for now
astroarchcraft said:
In this guide, ill be showing you how to install a custom rom onto your OnePlus 7T Pro device. Ill be assuming your phone is completely stock and you haven't done any modifications. This is done at your own risk, i am not responsible for corrupted images, bricked devices etc.
*NOTE: This guide is for the OnePlus 7T Pro only*
What you will need:
A windows PC - idk buy one lol?
Platform tools SDK - https://developer.android.com/studio/releases/platform-tools
USB cable that came with the phone
Derpfest ROM - https://sourceforge.net/projects/derpfest/files/hotdog/ (This was made by @NurKeinNeid, It's truly an amazing rom and would recommend it to anyone who wants android 12 on their devices! XDA forum for the ROM - https://forum.xda-developers.com/t/rom-12-0-derpfest-for-oneplus-7t-pro-official-hotdog.4250469/ ) Download the .img, not zip!
Orange Fox Recovery - https://orangefox.download/device/hotdog
Payload Dumper - https://androidfilehost.com/?fid=818070582850510260
Custom Flashing Script - https://github.com/astroarchcraft/A12script/tree/main
Step 1: Unlocking your Bootloader.
(i) In order to install software onto your phone you must have an unlocked bootloader. To start, go to settings - about phone - tap on the build number 7 times, input your password and developer options should then be enabled.
(ii) Then go into the main settings page - system - developer options. Enable the 'OEM UNLOCKING' feature. After that scroll down and enable USB Debugging. At this stage, plug your device into your pc. A dialogue should come up to allow the computer to connect to your phone, click yes.
(iii) Now on your computer, navigate to the platform tools folder you downloaded, in the main directory with all the files, in the search bar type cmd and press enter. You now need to boot your phone into fastboot mode. To do this, turn your phone off. Then, hold the power button with the volume up and down button! You should see a menu with green text saying 'Start' at the top.
(iv) Plug your phone into your computer, and in the cmd menu you opened, type 'fastboot devices', you should see the word fastboot followed by a string of numbers. Now type - 'fastboot oem unlocking' A dialogue will appear on your phone, using the volume keys select the option to unlock the bootloader. *NOTE - ALL DATA WILL BE REMOVED'
Step 2: Flashing a custom recovery
Reboot your phone to fastboot, then connect your phone to your pc. Type in 'fastboot reboot fastboot' your device should reboot into 'fastbootd' Now using the recovery.img file you downloaded from Firefox, type the following command, `'fastboot flash recovery 'PATH TO RECOVERY.IMG FILE'
Once the file has flashed, restart your phone into fastboot mode and using the volume keys, navigate to recovery mode. You should now boot into Orange Fox recovery. Now, in orangefox, go to Wipe - Format Data - then type yes and wait for the process to finish.
Voila!
Step 3: Flashing the ROM!
Open your downloaded version of derpfest, you should see a file called payload.bin, place that into the payload dumper input folder, then run the programme and wait for it complete, you should have loads of .img files. Copy all of these into your platform tools folder! Now download the custom script and place that into the platform tool folder as well.
Reboot your phone into fastboot mode, and once again type 'fastboot reboot fastboot' Once you're in fastbootd mode, right click the script and run as admin, click more info if you have microsoft defender and click run anyway, The rest is done in the script!
After, reboot your phone and you should load into your new Android 12 OS!
If you have any questions please dont hesitate to ask!
If i have made any mistakes in this guide, or you guys think i should make any changes, let me know, im new to this!
*NOTE - I intend to make a full video walk through soon, ill have the youtube video linked here in the near future*
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Thank you for the awesome guide, I have some questions, since this wipes all my data, what is the most efficient way of backing up my device data as I always don't know what people do to not lose their data while constantly switching ROMs, keeping in mind that this is my first time installing a custom ROM ever!
as well as, what's your experience with the ROM so far, any bugs popped up? Widevine still L1 and SafetyNet passes?
Did you find a way of installing OxygenOS camera? if not, what GCAM are you using?
i think you should add "How to dirty flash an update " also.
0mar32 said:
Thank you for the awesome guide, I have some questions, since this wipes all my data, what is the most efficient way of backing up my device data as I always don't know what people do to not lose their data while constantly switching ROMs, keeping in mind that this is my first time installing a custom ROM ever!
as well as, what's your experience with the ROM so far, any bugs popped up? Widevine still L1 and SafetyNet passes?
Did you find a way of installing OxygenOS camera? if not, what GCAM are you using?
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Some minor bugs have popped up, like apps closing randomly, but that was because of my magisk root, as soon as I got rid of it, all the apps worked. Oxygen OS Camera wouldn't work so I'm using a Gcam mod for the 7T Pro. As for keeping your data, i would advice performing a nandroid backup. There's guides on YouTube as to how to do this.
amitkuliyal said:
i think you should add "How to dirty flash an update " also.
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About to start work on an updating part now
astroarchcraft said:
Some minor bugs have popped up, like apps closing randomly, but that was because of my magisk root, as soon as I got rid of it, all the apps worked. Oxygen OS Camera wouldn't work so I'm using a Gcam mod for the 7T Pro. As for keeping your data, i would advice performing a nandroid backup. There's guides on YouTube as to how to do this.
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So nothing other than apps randomly closing, hmm, good, does Derpfest have a Parallel Apps feature like OOS? as I employ 2 WhatsApp accounts (Personal and Work accounts).
Are you using the recommended GCAM from the ROM Post? https://forum.xda-developers.com/t/...official-hotdog.4250469/page-18#post-86176205
anything else I need to be on the lookout for before I start, coming from OOS I mean, something missing from Derpfest that was on OOS?
Sorry for hammering you, it's just my first time flashing a custom ROM and I'm minutes away from doing it.