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Unlocking and rooting

I tried all known methods for rooting but all failed.
Even when you unlock it there is still no TWRP available for the 701.
I asked the devs of twrp on their website to take a look at the 701.
If anyone has more knowledge about progress made on this subject please react here.
Sent from my superfast Asus Infinity TF701with Dock

Knock it Off Please
Ok, forum just opened and;
1. Posted in the development forum instead of General or Q & A (shame shame)
2. Flaming already starts
Knock it off people. Jeeze..... Things will come in good time. Unless of course you want to rush things and brick yer tabs
Keep it clean people.
MD

Now, if you have fastboot OEM unlock,
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Then perhaps you can pull your boot.img, separate zImage from Ramdisk, modify ro.secure=0, add RW comments, repack your boot.img, fastboot flash boot boot.img, then install BB and SU.
Just a thought.
MD

Moscow Desire said:
Now, if you have fastboot OEM unlock,
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Then perhaps you can pull your boot.img, separate zImage from Ramdisk, modify ro.secure=0, add RW comments, repack your boot.img, fastboot flash boot boot.img, then install BB and SU.
Just a thought.
MD
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Sad part the "Fastboot OEM unlock" won't work cause Asus has theirs encrypted. You have to use their unlocking tool to unlock your bootloader. Given fact it can work, been trying it for 2 days now and stupid app won't unlock my bootloader. Read my S/N may not be registered in their database so emailed them complaining about another service that doesn't work.

Tiger62651 said:
Sad part the "Fastboot OEM unlock" won't work cause Asus has theirs encrypted. You have to use their unlocking tool to unlock your bootloader. Given fact it can work, been trying it for 2 days now and stupid app won't unlock my bootloader. Read my S/N may not be registered in their database so emailed them complaining about another service that doesn't work.
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They'll get around to it. Heck, when I had to turn in my A701 to service center, they didn't even know it had been released Tried telling me it was a "leaked and illegal" tablet.
Good luck with the bootloader mate, but root after that should be pretty straight forward. (fingers crossed)

I think that unlocking bootloader is bad idea. After that the warranty will be void...

Moscow Desire said:
They'll get around to it. Heck, when I had to turn in my A701 to service center, they didn't even know it had been released Tried telling me it was a "leaked and illegal" tablet.
Good luck with the bootloader mate, but root after that should be pretty straight forward. (fingers crossed)
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Yeah well tried to call them and got the usual "just send it back" well not waiting 2-3 weeks just get to get it back. Since there is something wrong with the charge port anyways just gonna send it back to amazon to have new one in couple days. Gotta love the return policy.
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I think that unlocking bootloader is bad idea. After that the warranty will be void...
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Um thats just lame excuse from companies to force us to keep their crap on the devices we purchase. All my devices are rooted and unlocked and not one has died yet. After going through and disabling 2/3rds of crap on this tablet now I want that few hundred megabytes back in space. For as much crap I disabled I wouldn't be surprised im more close to 1gb back.

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They'll get around to it. Heck, when I had to turn in my A701 to service center, they didn't even know it had been released Tried telling me it was a "leaked and illegal" tablet.
Good luck with the bootloader mate, but root after that should be pretty straight forward. (fingers crossed)
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What a morons sometimes. Strange because I had the issue with the connection between dock and tablet where the connection between the 2 for a split moment was gone when adjusting the tilt angle, I got an immediate replacement. This problem I guarantee you we will see more often showing up here.
And what the rooting concerns: when the TWRP devs have their version for the 701 finished, it will be not that hard anymore. Just takes some time before that is done.
And for the flaming thing sorry, but I don't like to get hit by childish behavior when just reporting and next to that by a guy that is probably half my age and just comes looking in here (look @ date I joined xda lol)
Thanks for removing that post.

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What a morons sometimes. Strange because I had the issue with the connection between dock and tablet where the connection between the 2 for a split moment was gone when adjusting the tilt angle, I got an immediate replacement. This problem I guarantee you we will see more often showing up here.
And what the rooting concerns: when the TWRP devs have their version for the 701 finished, it will be not that hard anymore. Just takes some time before that is done.
And for the flaming thing sorry, but I don't like to get hit by childish behavior when just reporting and next to that by a guy that is probably half my age and just comes looking in here (look @ date I joined xda lol)
Thanks for removing that post.
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Hate returns. Took 3 months to get a refund. (welcome to Russia). Honestly, it was all due to rush jobs on CWM for the 510 and 700's. Bozos were in a rush to be the first, and used the "fstab's" from the wrong device. Bricked several tabs before I put a stop to it. Basically ruined the emmc memory. Mainboard replacements.
Well, I know folks are itchy to get things going. What starts as a joke, turns into flaming.
You folks always remember, takes 2 people for an argument. You all have the "Report Post" button on the toolbar. Please use it.
Honestly, I expect you folks to help each other out. Makes for a better forum.
Carry On!
MD

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What a morons sometimes. Strange because I had the issue with the connection between dock and tablet where the connection between the 2 for a split moment was gone when adjusting the tilt angle, I got an immediate replacement. This problem I guarantee you we will see more often showing up here.
And what the rooting concerns: when the TWRP devs have their version for the 701 finished, it will be not that hard anymore. Just takes some time before that is done.
And for the flaming thing sorry, but I don't like to get hit by childish behavior when just reporting and next to that by a guy that is probably half my age and just comes looking in here (look @ date I joined xda lol)
Thanks for removing that post.
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well next time you may want to think twice before asuming someone younger than you. guess i am to young to know where the movie that reference came from. i already have the boot.img altered and ready to try. also dont ask for it, havent tested it yet so going to have to wait till amazon gives me new one. it really isnt hard to alter, moscow already gave instructions.

Update Amazon has shipped my new tablet so may be here tomorrow (i hope) if my new boot.img works and gives me root then I will pass it on, sadly though it won't be in a format in which you can just use a custom recovery, you have to flash it manually but if it works I will post how to flash it (all i need to remember is which tools to zip up in the entire SDK) LOL.

Interesting discussion..
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Tiger62651 said:
Um thats just lame excuse from companies to force us to keep their crap on the devices we purchase. All my devices are rooted and unlocked and not one has died yet. After going through and disabling 2/3rds of crap on this tablet now I want that few hundred megabytes back in space. For as much crap I disabled I wouldn't be surprised im more close to 1gb back.
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It is VERY lame. I sold my TF700 because of the slow I/O causing lag that I couldn't live with. Of course I had the bootloader unlocked, so the warranty was void. I divulged that info in the eBay auction for the most part (I didn't say the warranty was void because I didn't know that was the case. Ignorant, I know). Anyway, the new owner of my TF700 emailed me after a couple months asking me why ASUS was charging them $280 for fixing the faulty touchscreen. They said ASUS says it's not under warranty because of the unlocked bootloader. I felt bad for the new owners, having to fork out the money. They're $800 into the TF700 w/dock at this point.
So I would say: Think twice before unlocking the bootloader on the TF701, when custom-recovery even comes out for it.
Personally, with my TF701 that I ordered on newgg today, I am going to leave the bootloader locked for awhile. I can live with the stock ROM, hopefully with root access. Maybe after a few months I'll unlock the bootloader. It would be nice to do it in a way that didn't void the warranty. What an asinine policy by ASUS. There is no way the unlocked bootloader led to the touchscreen failing on my old TF700....no way!

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It is VERY lame. I sold my TF700 because of the slow I/O causing lag that I couldn't live with. Of course I had the bootloader unlocked, so the warranty was void. I divulged that info in the eBay auction for the most part (I didn't say the warranty was void because I didn't know that was the case. Ignorant, I know). Anyway, the new owner of my TF700 emailed me after a couple months asking me why ASUS was charging them $280 for fixing the faulty touchscreen. They said ASUS says it's not under warranty because of the unlocked bootloader. I felt bad for the new owners, having to fork out the money. They're $800 into the TF700 w/dock at this point.
So I would say: Think twice before unlocking the bootloader on the TF701, when custom-recovery even comes out for it.
Personally, with my TF701 that I ordered on newgg today, I am going to leave the bootloader locked for awhile. I can live with the stock ROM, hopefully with root access. Maybe after a few months I'll unlock the bootloader. It would be nice to do it in a way that didn't void the warranty. What an asinine policy by ASUS. There is no way the unlocked bootloader led to the touchscreen failing on my old TF700....no way!
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Gee thanks for the advice. Lets just say for practicality so you know when I got my Xoom 2 days later I rooted it. Couple years later works fine just slow now so time for new one. I have 701 right now and its blazing fast.
2nd let me shine some advise for you. For starters you can't "root" a device with a locked bootloader. Requires altering the boot.img to tell system to boot up differently and allow you access to the "restricted" file system. To access the flash portion of that requires you to open it up. One way or another you will have to unlock the bootloader to root the device. I myself just want root, I want to just remove the unwanted junk and free up that wasted space and install ad blocking software.
What each person chooses to do with the root is up to them, regardless if Asus wants to void the warranty or not. Just need little common sense and know how to use google to figure what you want to do. If your to cautious to do that then I highly suggest not touching it and leave it as is. To me its never a "think twice" once you root and have full access to the product you bought, it makes the device so much better to use and gets rid of unwanted bloatware. Especially the ad blocking apps which helps on phone contracts with capped data helps keep your data way down since ads use a lot of data.

Tiger62651 said:
2nd let me shine some advise for you. For starters you can't "root" a device with a locked bootloader. Requires altering the boot.img to tell system to boot up differently and allow you access to the "restricted" file system. To access the flash portion of that requires you to open it up. One way or another you will have to unlock the bootloader to root the device. I myself just want root, I want to just remove the unwanted junk and free up that wasted space and install ad blocking software.
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Your statements sound completely wrong to me. Of course you can root without unlocking the bootloader. I have rooted two phones and my TF201, all without unlocking; I rooted the TF201 soon after buying it, and only unlocked the bootloader more than a year later.
Rooting doesn't force you to forfeit warranty service, but unlocking does. (Note that you can unroot a device before sending it in for service, but you can't "relock" an unlocked device.) So it makes perfect sense as Snake suggests to hold off on unlocking, at least until you are sure all the hardware in your device is working perfectly.

Tiger62651 said:
Update Amazon has shipped my new tablet so may be here tomorrow (i hope) if my new boot.img works and gives me root then I will pass it on, sadly though it won't be in a format in which you can just use a custom recovery, you have to flash it manually but if it works I will post how to flash it (all i need to remember is which tools to zip up in the entire SDK) LOL.
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You can use a windows app called Virtuous Ten Studio (created by Diamondback ) Senior Mod and RD. It'll unpack your boot.img to allow editing ramdisk. Heck, it'll also de-odex, decompile apks with built in support for most API levels in a windows UI. No need to mess with apktools and such.
Free version in the XDA forums. Think you have to install latest MS .Net though. Can't remember. Give it a go. If you're a ROM cooker, it's a must.
An unlocked bootloader is usually 90% of the battle when getting full root (full means system RW access). Locked bootloaders is why rooting can involve finding exploits, which is why so many root apps are out there. Not saying what worked on the Acer 500/501, 510/511 and 700/701 tabs will work for the TF701, but it's worth investigating.

Moscow Desire said:
You can use a windows app called Virtuous Ten Studio (created by Diamondback ) Senior Mod and RD. It'll unpack your boot.img to allow editing ramdisk. Heck, it'll also de-odex, decompile apks with built in support for most API levels in a windows UI. No need to mess with apktools and such.
Free version in the XDA forums. Think you have to install latest MS .Net though. Can't remember. Give it a go. If you're a ROM cooker, it's a must.
An unlocked bootloader is usually 90% of the battle when getting full root (full means system RW access). Locked bootloaders is why rooting can involve finding exploits, which is why so many root apps are out there. Not saying what worked on the Acer 500/501, 510/511 and 700/701 tabs will work for the TF701, but it's worth investigating.
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Thanks for the windows tip but I use VMware with Ubuntu installed and have my harddrive mapped as network drive to transfer files between. Much easier this way. I will check out the program though may need it for some APK altering of certain app (I hope).

Tiger62651 said:
Thanks for the windows tip but I use VMware with Ubuntu installed and have my harddrive mapped as network drive to transfer files between. Much easier this way. I will check out the program though may need it for some APK altering of certain app (I hope).
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Ha, I use a dual boot (win7 and Ubuntu). Old lappy didn't run too well with VM. Need any help, shoot me a PM. Will share what I know.
There's a few other things you can do im Ramdisk, like increase read ahead cache, run a service to update lto.dat automatically (GPS) and a few others.
I only boot to win7 when I want to unpack/repack and boot images when I do kernel builds. (I'm lazy)
MD

Moscow Desire said:
Ha, I use a dual boot (win7 and Ubuntu). Old lappy didn't run too well with VM. Need any help, shoot me a PM. Will share what I know.
There's a few other things you can do im Ramdisk, like increase read ahead cache, run a service to update lto.dat automatically (GPS) and a few others.
I only boot to win7 when I want to unpack/repack and boot images when I do kernel builds. (I'm lazy)
MD
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Yeah that works just pain to have to shut down windows to boot ubuntu. My PC is a power house, set VMware with 4gb of RAM and still not slowing my PC down LOL.

well new tablet in and little troubleshooting seems problem is bad charge cable, new one starts to charge 1/2 way in, other little flaky. but even new tablet fresh out of box wont let me unlock it so asus tw asked for screen shot of my ids, waiting reply.

AT&T Galaxy S6 Marshmallow OTA In Next Few Days Confirmed

The support page for the Galaxy S6 has been updated to reflect that it’s going to receive the Marshmallow update on AT&T in the near future. The support page shows that version number G920AUCU3CPC2 will land on the handset, bumping it up to Android 6.0.1 Marshmallow.
Now that it has been confirmed that the update is going to start rolling out soon it’s not going to take long for the OTA to hit the airwaves

Nice.. I hope the edge is updated at the same time
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Well I see that the OTA can be manually downloaded and installed on the S6, hopefully the file for the S6 Edge is uploaded soon.

i gotta wait fot the odin ?

What's funny is that the build that is available for the s6 is nearly 2 months old so clearly AT&T has just been sitting on it. It has the March security update, not even the April. If this is indeed the final build and what we will see on the S6 Edge I'm very disappointed in both AT&T and Samsung. The 2016 Nexus can't come out fast enough for me.

I know that back in the day we were able to flash 920 Images onto the 925 but would lose the edge features. which . . . havbe been pretty ****ty TBH

+1

So apparently in the regular s6 thread going on they found there are much newer versions of 6.0.1 available right now, the latest being PD6 vs the PC2 reference by samsung that's nearly 2 months old. I guess Samsung jumped the gun and posted the wrong build so we have literally no idea when the update is actually coming right now.

I have absolutely had it with AT&T, their utterly STUPID reps, and their mind-numbingly slow software updates. If anyone else is in the same boat, I ask you to call them whenever you have free time and literally bug the living **** out of them. This is the only way we'll get the update sooner and if nothing else, it's payback. Here's some arguments I've used:
Other carriers have had it for weeks
Two months (today) since the last update
Marshmallow came out 7 ****ING MONTHS AGO and they have a whopping 4-5 phones updated to it (s7, g5, g4, g3, and v10 pretty sure)
Android N is already late in the beta stages
Also, ask for a manager or supervisor. They're more likely to escalate this issue to the higher-ups.
At this point, I honestly think it's just a way of them forcing us into buying the s7. From a business perspective, it makes perfect sense. They do it every year, they don't give us any information on the development of the software, and if no one makes a big deal over it, what's in it for them? Absolutely ****ing nothing.
Together maybe we can move them along.... slightly.
#marshmallow2018

troybrostrom said:
I have absolutely had it with AT&T, their utterly STUPID reps, and their mind-numbingly slow software updates. If anyone else is in the same boat, I ask you to call them whenever you have free time and literally bug the living **** out of them. This is the only way we'll get the update sooner and if nothing else, it's payback. Here's some arguments I've used:
Other carriers have had it for weeks
Two months (today) since the last update
Marshmallow came out 7 ****ING MONTHS AGO and they have a whopping 4-5 phones updated to it (s7, g5, g4, g3, and v10 pretty sure)
Android N is already late in the beta stages
Also, ask for a manager or supervisor. They're more likely to escalate this issue to the higher-ups.
At this point, I honestly think it's just a way of them forcing us into buying the s7. From a business perspective, it makes perfect sense. They do it every year, they don't give us any information on the development of the software, and if no one makes a big deal over it, what's in it for them? Absolutely ****ing nothing.
Together maybe we can move them along.... slightly.
#marshmallow2018
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I really wouldn't waste your time/effort on this. AT&T is already aware, and they do not care.
Do you really want to get their attention? Stop buying their branded phones (a lesson I keep having to tell myself since purchasing this AT&T GS6 Edge..). This is a HUGE revenue stream for them - both from the sale of the actual phones at jacked up prices, as well as the kickbacks received from 3rd party bloatware contracts. Get an unbranded unlocked phone and make AT&T your dump pipe. They hate being that.
Suffice to say, I plan on getting either the HTC 10 or one of the new Nexus phones this year. Update and bloatware problems solved.
EDIT: MAJOR props to jetta311xx! He found a new .bin for MM for our GS6 Edges. See below:
https://xdmd.sl.attcompute.com/agents/48652/1488/SS-G925AUCU3BOJ9-to-U3CPD6-UP
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brianbrain said:
I really wouldn't waste your time/effort on this. AT&T is already aware, and they do not care.
Do you really want to get their attention? Stop buying their branded phones (a lesson I keep having to tell myself since purchasing this AT&T GS6 Edge..). This is a HUGE revenue stream for them - both from the sale of the actual phones at jacked up prices, as well as the kickbacks received from 3rd party bloatware contracts. Get an unbranded unlocked phone and make AT&T your dump pipe. They hate being that.
Suffice to say, I plan on getting either the HTC 10 or one of the new Nexus phones this year. Update and bloatware problems solved.
EDIT: MAJOR props to jetta311xx! He found a new .bin for MM for our GS6 Edges. See below:
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Good point. In regards to that link, it's asking me for credentials. Is this this a download for the Odin file so I could flash it to my phone?
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troybrostrom said:
Good point. In regards to that link, it's asking me for credentials. Is this this a download for the Odin file so I could flash it to my phone?
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Sorry about that - the download link is fixed now.
Rahilm has posted great instructions HERE. These are for the regular GS6 obviously, but the same flashing steps would apply for the Edge, just make sure you're using the right image first :good:

brianbrain said:
I really wouldn't waste your time/effort on this. AT&T is already aware, and they do not care.
Do you really want to get their attention? Stop buying their branded phones (a lesson I keep having to tell myself since purchasing this AT&T GS6 Edge..). This is a HUGE revenue stream for them - both from the sale of the actual phones at jacked up prices, as well as the kickbacks received from 3rd party bloatware contracts. Get an unbranded unlocked phone and make AT&T your dump pipe. They hate being that.
Suffice to say, I plan on getting either the HTC 10 or one of the new Nexus phones this year. Update and bloatware problems solved.
EDIT: MAJOR props to jetta311xx! He found a new .bin for MM for our GS6 Edges. See below:
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I've tried and tried different commands, but I keep getting " cannot read 'sideload' ". Am I doing something wrong?

troybrostrom said:
I've tried and tried different commands, but I keep getting " cannot read 'sideload' ". Am I doing something wrong?
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Make sure you have a working ADB installation. Try this one
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I've tried and tried different commands, but I keep getting " cannot read 'sideload' ". Am I doing something wrong?
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Troy - I was looking around, and you may want to try rebooting your workstation if you're sure you're running the most recent version of adb. This should resolve the cannot read issue.

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Make sure you have a working ADB installation. Try this one
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Troy - I was looking around, and you may want to try rebooting your workstation if you're sure you're running the most recent version of adb. This should resolve the cannot read issue.
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I am in the same boat, nothing I do will allow it to read the file. I tried on 2 PC's renaming it multiple times, even tried to make it into a zip file nothing is working.

justda said:
I am in the same boat, nothing I do will allow it to read the file. I tried on 2 PC's renaming it multiple times, even tried to make it into a zip file nothing is working.
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I've tried restarting, reinstalling, re-anything lol. Also tried using .bin and .zip with no luck. Is there a video tutorial anywhere? Good luck to you, and let me know if you figure anything out!

I wish I had better news for you guys. It just seems that ADB can be a little finicky - it's not the update file. I ran into the same issue and once ADB decides to start doing this, it doesn't even bother reading the file.
These are the steps I took and I eventually got it to work:
Make sure that the update file is in the same directory as ADB
Verify that you are running the latest version of ADB
Rename the update to a short filename like "ota" and add the .zip extension
Verify in cmd that the file renamed with only a .zip extension and not something else (eg: not ota.zip.bin or ota.zip.zip)
Restart your computer
Before plugging phone in, run "adb devices" and verify daemon is started with no devices listed
Plug phone in and enter adb sideload mode
Run adb devices again and verify the presence of your device
Run adb sideload update.zip
If doing things in this order doesn't work, all I can suggest at that point is to completely remove all ADB installations, reboot, and do a fresh install of the latest version of ADB. Some people have reported success with going the nuclear route and loading the latest SDK, but it's all very much YMMV.

Its here and working!!!
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The support page for the Galaxy S6 has been updated to reflect that it’s going to receive the Marshmallow update on AT&T in the near future. The support page shows that version number G920AUCU3CPC2 will land on the handset, bumping it up to Android 6.0.1 Marshmallow.
Now that it has been confirmed that the update is going to start rolling out soon it’s not going to take long for the OTA to hit the airwaves
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Hit me up if you need a walkthrough.

Omfg I hate and love you at the same time. I'm at work right now, but will DEFINITELY be trying this as soon as I get home.
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Just finished the update and everything worked properly. Thank you for posting information on this. Now, the true test . . . a month later . . will it still speed along like its doing right now?

[T-Mobile] May 2nd

Hey TMO, it is now May 2nd 2019. Us 6T owners are wondering if you have forgot about us? We are still running January security update. Maybe throw us a bone to keep us happy for a few more months.

jpeckinp said:
Hey TMO, it is now May 2nd 2019. Us 6T owners are wondering if you have forgot about us? We are still running January security update. Maybe throw us a bone to keep us happy for a few more months.
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Is there anything keeping you from moving on to the International builds or open beta builds?

Why would anyone want to use the t mobile ROM?

BIGWORM said:
Is there anything keeping you from moving on to the International builds or open beta builds?
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mine420 said:
Why would anyone want to use the t mobile ROM?
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RCS for one. Launcher with Google feed built in without the need to root.
There are a few advantages to the T-Mobile ROM. Not a lot, but a few.

Scott said:
RCS for one. Launcher with Google feed built in without the need to root.
There are a few advantages to the T-Mobile ROM. Not a lot, but a few.
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Oh I see I never heard of RCS until you mentioned it. I only booted the stock ROM once before flashing international. I also do not think microg supports Google feeds never used a feed before. How do people admin android without root?

I used to root everything. I just don't have the time anymore plus I din't buy my phone out right and I don't feel like calling TMO to try and get out of the payoff restriction.

BIGWORM said:
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Is this the Vegas Big Worm?

jpeckinp said:
I used to root everything. I just don't have the time anymore plus I din't buy my phone out right and I don't feel like calling TMO to try and get out of the payoff restriction.
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I didn't buy phone outright within one hour of taking it home I was boot loader unlocked , sim unlocked and rooted. No need to call t mobile for anything. I only booted the stock operating system once. Which was only because it was required step in the process. They asked me for help in setting up my phone. I sure if you can remove Google play services and seemed to think the phone wouldn't work without Google play services.

I get the desire for RCS,but it's barely used still... I could see it mattering in the future, but as of right now, meh... I got mine unlocked by sweet talking a rep, but MSM tool is great too! As much as I love the Google feed, I simply have a shortcut for it on my home screen so I can quickly go to it if needed... Honestly, the international variant works so much better for me! Sadly, TMO really restricts software updates for so many Android manufacturers, even aside from OnePlus. By the time TMO approve a software update, new patches and updates have already released on the mainstream side.

Wow...figured someone would have mentioned it by now...but anyway. Nova Launcher has a Google Feed plugin where you can just swipe right and you have the Discover feed. No root required.
As for RCS...not that big of a deal for me. I'm using International on my TMO 6T because I got tired of the SLOWWW updates.

I'm confident the T-mobile techs have noticed your demands here on XDA. They are surely working on your requests.
Stand by.

room511 said:
I'm confident the T-mobile techs have noticed your demands here on XDA. They are surely working on your requests.
Stand by.
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Hahaha
DrRyder said:
Wow...figured someone would have mentioned it by now...but anyway. Nova Launcher has a Google Feed plugin where you can just swipe right and you have the Discover feed. No root required.
As for RCS...not that big of a deal for me. I'm using International on my TMO 6T because I got tired of the SLOWWW updates.
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Yeah, I know about the alternatives but they are just not the same as having a dedicated stock launcher with the feed built in. It just seems cleaner to me.
Right now though, I do admit I cant use RCS because no one I know has it. So I went to Beta 9 and am using CPL with the plug in.

I am waiting on my token so I can get off this slow update T-Mobile schedule. I finally got tired of waiting so I called them up and told them I need sim unlock they did it even without phone payoff.
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Pomacat said:
I am waiting on my token so I can get off this slow update T-Mobile schedule. I finally got tired of waiting so I called them up and told them I need sim unlock they did it even without phone payoff.
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What does sim unlock mean in terms of updates? I am not sure if my sim is locked or not no proper method of testing but omni or carbon ROMs update just fine without official sim unlock. I only used the stock ROM long enough to boot the thing to fastboot to flash the international ROM. I did this inside the t mobile store while they processed the return of my wife's iPhone ten pro or what ever it was. They didn't seem to mind. Odd they let me do it with out the phone being processed yet. Mine was rooted and boot loader unlocked before I got my receipt. Their system was down for processing returns so I was there about an hour.

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What does sim unlock mean in terms of updates? I am not sure if my sim is locked or not no proper method of testing but omni or carbon ROMs update just fine without official sim unlock. I only used the stock ROM long enough to boot the thing to fastboot to flash the international ROM. I did this inside the t mobile store while they processed the return of my wife's iPhone ten pro or what ever it was. They didn't seem to mind. Odd they let me do it with out the phone being processed yet. Mine was rooted and boot loader unlocked before I got my receipt. Their system was down for processing returns so I was there about an hour.
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I find that strange with a locked bootloader. I guess you had a PC with you for all that or did the store let you use theirs. Any how good for you.
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I find that strange with a locked bootloader. I guess you had a PC with you for all that or did the store let you use theirs. Any how good for you.
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Yeah I had a windows tablet wait time was about an hour or two since the computers were down. I did walk next store to jamba juice and got a smoothie.

mine420 said:
Yeah I had a windows tablet wait time was about an hour or two since the computers were down. I did walk next store to jamba juice and got a smoothie.
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Oh come on...
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Scott said:
Yeah, I know about the alternatives but they are just not the same as having a dedicated stock launcher with the feed built in. It just seems cleaner to me.
Right now though, I do admit I cant use RCS because no one I know has it. So I went to Beta 9 and am using CPL with the plug in.
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Yeah but I would think that the advantages of having newer/faster updates outweigh having to use another launcher or having RCS. Honestly, the OnePlus Launcher leaves a lot to be desired. I got rid of it almost immediately after I got the phone after I saw its huge lack of customization. Used Nova Launcher for years and love it. I won't use these betas though. I use my phone all day and just don't wanna run into annoying bugs lol. Hopefully we get a big new stable update soon.
RCS isnt something I really *NEED*. I can see when a message was delivered...but I'm sure we'll get RCS eventually.

DrRyder said:
Yeah but I would think that the advantages of having newer/faster updates outweigh having to use another launcher or having RCS. Honestly, the OnePlus Launcher leaves a lot to be desired. I got rid of it almost immediately after I got the phone after I saw its huge lack of customization. Used Nova Launcher for years and love it. I won't use these betas though. I use my phone all day and just don't wanna run into annoying bugs lol. Hopefully we get a big new stable update soon.
RCS isnt something I really *NEED*. I can see when a message was delivered...but I'm sure we'll get RCS eventually.
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Yeah, I can understand where you are coming from. However I would prefer the T-Mobile software. Each person has there own prerogative. Mine is T-Mo.

Pomacat said:
I am waiting on my token so I can get off this slow update T-Mobile schedule. I finally got tired of waiting so I called them up and told them I need sim unlock they did it even without phone payoff.
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Check this thread out

How To Guide How not to guide

Well we all know now that nothing is changing no developers coming and the reason is fastboot flashing unlock you basically make a copy of your android for not being harmed and even google says for full acces you need fastboot oem unlock that's why viper ain't working everything you drop there because real but not really real because you can't touch the system fastboot flashing unlock enjoy your fake root and don't forget forgot to load back your new features like zram monet who is looking awesome and at the moment for all stock users you know it looks like oos 11 for all you rooters don't forget to turn oem off or factory wipe after loading see screenshot how to get new features like 1hz and you can get your zram back and even your net flash when you leave oem nothing will happen you will go back to your real system where nothing can't be change i will post screenshots too maybe you all can figure it out to get real root but i don't think oppo will let you happy hunting

Fastboot oem unlock has been deprecated for years, OEMs just continued to add support. Fastboot flashing unlock does the same thing.

i see you're still whining instead of being constructive.

HessNL said:
Well we all know now that nothing is changing no developers coming and the reason is fastboot flashing unlock you basically make a copy of your android for not being harmed and even google says for full acces you need fastboot oem unlock that's why viper ain't working everything you drop there because real but not really real because you can't touch the system fastboot flashing unlock enjoy your fake root and don't forget forgot to load back your new features like zram monet who is looking awesome and at the moment for all stock users you know it looks like oos 11 for all you rooters don't forget to turn oem off or factory wipe after loading see screenshot how to get new features like 1hz and you can get your zram back and even your net flash when you leave oem nothing will happen you will go back to your real system where nothing can't be change i will post screenshots too maybe you all can figure it out to get real root but i don't think oppo will let you happy hunting
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Seriously sell your phone and stop crying go buy a pisel. You will find that the new erofs partition coming in a13 will be the same across the board on all models eventually. It's just in ours early

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i see you're still whining instead of being constructive.
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They abanned him on all OnePlus tg threads so he went here to vent after doing it in 5 groups. Lol

Someone writes that oneplus 10 pro will never have modding support but then if things are really like this why did oneplus release the kernel source codes a few weeks after the presentation of the phone? this means you just have to wait for someone to get interested and start working on the oneplus 10 pro, if the kernel source codes are released it means we can start with support for our phone

toolhas4degrees said:
They abanned him on all OnePlus tg threads so he went here to vent after doing it in 5 groups. Lol
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I refuse to read a text like that with not even a single comma or dot

maddler said:
I refuse to read a text like that with not even a single comma or dot
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Like your post that is not grammatically correct. DILLIGAF about your OCD

emabertax said:
Someone writes that oneplus 10 pro will never have modding support but then if things are really like this why did oneplus release the kernel source codes a few weeks after the presentation of the phone? this means you just have to wait for someone to get interested and start working on the oneplus 10 pro, if the kernel source codes are released it means we can start with support for our phone
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Kernel source has nothing to do with the new partition that is read only. Also, the kernel sources released under oppo have been severally lacking. i have talked to kernel devs and they don't want to touch it because it's such a mess.

toolhas4degrees said:
Seriously sell your phone and stop crying go buy a pisel. You will find that the new erofs partition coming in a13 will be the same across the board on all models eventually. It's just in ours early
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Pixel devices also have the same system as our devices..He must wait

toolhas4degrees said:
Like your post that is not grammatically correct. DILLIGAF about your OCD
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Love you too!

metrixx02 said:
Pixel devices also have the same system as our devices..He must wait
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Exactly, pixel have same our system, we have to wait some weeks/months and we have custom rom too

Is official TWRP in progress?

doc.K said:
Is official TWRP in progress?
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No news at the moment but I think than we have only to wait and twrp maybe will come this summer, op10 pro is released only 3 months ago for global and some device start modding after 6+ months from released date

HessNL said:
Blah blah, longest run-on sentence I've ever seen....
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To paraphrase a famous quote from a certain Adam Sandler movie....
"Sir.... what you've just posted is one of the most insanely idiotic things I've ever read. At no point in your rambling, incoherent message was there anything that could even be considered a rational thought. Everyone in this forum is now dumber for having read it. I award you no points, and may god have mercy on your soul."

Everyone seems totally stressed and aggressive.
We're all in the same boat.
Bottom line here is that Android is dying, it's been a free for all for too long..
The calling in the bill and there's nothing any of us can do about it.
Screw the pixel. My next phone will be an iPhone, if it's to be a closed source device then I'll be getting one from a company who knows how to do it right.
I'm done

dladz said:
Everyone seems totally stressed and aggressive.
We're all in the same boat.
Bottom line here is that Android is dying, it's been a free for all for too long..
The calling in the bill and there's nothing any of us can do about it.
Screw the pixel. My next phone will be an iPhone, if it's to be a closed source device then I'll be getting one from a company who knows how to do it right.
I'm done
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The way I see it is like this. The op of this post is a troll. Don't give in to his garbage post. I for one will still stick to android. Android isn't really dying they are adapting. Will we always have root? Yes. Custom roms not so much, but that hasn't stopped developers before. Someone eventually will come along and make magic work, just like many have before with locked bootloader's. What OnePlus has done is wrong against the many users around the world, but again Android will always still be Android and much more ahead than apple will ever be. The OnePlus 10 pro phone may have changes that isn't the same, but again look at the bright side. We still have possibilities, and possibilities don't just happen over night like the cry baby op who just thinks that he is owed development because he bought the phone.

maddler said:
I refuse to read a text like that with not even a single comma or dot
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Only after this and GuyInDogSuit post I realized that OP's post is indeed a single sentence. Well how much sense does it make is a different story altogether, but it is a talent!

Question PLEASE HELP ME!! MY ONEPLUS 10 PRO IS NOW A BRICK

i tried to change the CN rom to global, but in the process the cell phone got bricked, it doesn't turn on, I'm desperate, I only have 2 days with it

Does the device show up using Fastboot enhance?
We need more info to help.
What did you flash?
What exactly did you do? Steps taken and things you've tried since then?
Does it boot to recovery? Can you recover using recovery?

I forget the details at the moment but they are around here. I believe getting out of that brick involves exact timing of plugging in your phone cable to your computer while holding down certain buttons and having the original Rom ready to flash. This applies to other phones too beside the OnePlus 10 pro.

droidzer1 said:
I forget the details at the moment but they are around here. I believe getting out of that brick involves exact timing of plugging in your phone cable to your computer while holding down certain buttons and having the original Rom ready to flash.
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You're referring to edl mode and MSM which we do not have, you'd have to pay for that service from one of the many people who've bought credits.
There Is no freely available MSM tool for the 10 pro or any future OnePlus./ oppo devices.
You may be able to fix it with recovery, Fastboot enhance, Fastboot commands or ultimately RMA or support from OnePlus (remote)
I can't advise because you haven't given me any information.

dladz said:
Does the device show up using Fastboot enhance?
We need more info to help.
What did you flash?
What exactly did you do? Steps taken and things you've tried since then?
Does it boot to recovery? Can you recover using recovery?
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FIRST THAT EVERYTHING I UNLOCKED THE BOOTLOADER, EVERYTHING WAS GOING WELL UNTIL THE MOMENT. THEN I STARTED FASTBOOT ENHANCE, AT THAT MOMENT I WAS IN FASTBOOT MODE, AND NOW IT WON'T TURN ON, ONLY A RED SIGN APPEARS

dladz said:
You're referring to edl mode and MSM which we do not have, you'd have to pay for that service from one of the many people who've bought credits.
There Is no freely available MSM tool for the 10 pro or any future OnePlus./ oppo devices.
You may be able to fix it with recovery, Fastboot enhance, Fastboot commands or ultimately RMA or support from OnePlus (remote)
I can't advise because you haven't given me any information.
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WHERE CAN I PAY TO GET THE MSMTOOLS USER? I AM REALLY DESPERATE, IN MY COUNTRY THERE IS NO OFFICIAL TECHNICAL SERVICE OF THE BRAND

crhistiandavidbonilla47 said:
FIRST THAT EVERYTHING I UNLOCKED THE BOOTLOADER, EVERYTHING WAS GOING WELL UNTIL THE MOMENT. THEN I STARTED FASTBOOT ENHANCE, AT THAT MOMENT I WAS IN FASTBOOT MODE, AND NOW IT WON'T TURN ON, ONLY A RED SIGN APPEARS
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Tbh that doesn't even look like a 10 pro.
And why are you writing in all caps?
Very weird thread this

Not sure why that doesn't look like a 10 Pro as I don't have one but if that is true and it's not a real 10 Pro then is it possible you got a clone of a 10 pro? If that is the case then that could be why flashing a real 10 Pro rom messed it up. What was the source of your purchase for this OnePlus 10 Pro? If it is a genuine OnePlus there are different options for fixing it. A fake OnePlus might actually be easier to fix if it is MTK based.
Please avoid using all CAPS as that is considered yelling - which I know you probably feel like right now but just avoid CAPS.

dladz said:
Tbh that doesn't even look like a 10 pro.
And why are you writing in all caps?
Very weird thread this
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I thought that the purpose of the forum was to help people but it seems that this is not the case. It's a oneplus 10 pro, only the cell phone I took the photo with is very bad, if you like I'll send you other photos of the device, if you want the box too, accessories and invoice so you don't judge. the capital letters are because I am a doctor and I was working (we use capital letters in the medical records for greater comfort when reading)

crhistiandavidbonilla47 said:
I thought that the purpose of the forum was to help people but it seems that this is not the case. It's a oneplus 10 pro, only the cell phone I took the photo with is very bad, if you like I'll send you other photos of the device, if you want the box too, accessories and invoice so you don't judge. the capital letters are because I am a doctor and I was working (we use capital letters in the medical records for greater comfort when reading)
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I apologize, as you precisely mention, I write with capital letters because of my work (I was working when I made the post) I apologize to anyone who offended

You may want to look into this thread about the all in one tool: https://forum.xda-developers.com/t/...ck-twrp-factory-image-stock-recovery.3358711/

Sadly, I had to pay to install the software again, now I have my smartphone back, but the fingerprint sensor no longer works... It seems I'm not the only one this happened to.

crhistiandavidbonilla47 said:
i tried to change the CN rom to global, but in the process the cell phone got bricked, it doesn't turn on, I'm desperate, I only have 2 days with it
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Just to know, wich process you done?