I just updated my phone from 6.0 to 6.1. I had it rooted before with SU and TWRP installed. After installing 6.0.1 it works great. I then installed the latest TWRP as well, and that worked fine. However once I install the latest SU binary and attempt to boot into the phone, I get nothing but a black screen.
I can boot back into the bootloader with the power button + volume down to flash system, and then the phone will boot again. But as soon as I put SU back on there, I see nothing but the black screen. Also, after updating to 6.0.1 I started getting the "This device can't be trusted" screen when turning on the phone. It still boots after that, but it wasn't happening before.
Any ideas besides wiping and starting from scratch?
Is that SuperSU 2.62? Just asking because you haven't said. I haven't bothered rooting my N6 this time, since my only real need was a firewall and Netguard does the job perfectly, but I understand from general reading that Marshmallow is choosy about the SuperSU version.
I am currently stuck for 45+ minutes at the google reboot splashscreen (4 colorful spinning dots that eventually should turn into the word android once reboot is complete).
I followed an update procedure that I have used many times (last done November 16), although some of the files involved are somewhat old.
Starting from November 16 update for Marshmallow:
1 - Fastboot-Flashed that March 2017 factory image for Marshmallow (yes, there is still a Marshmallow... I dont' want Nougat yet). Flashed all partitions except data and recovery.
2 - Reboot directly into TWRP (I believe it is TWRP 3.0.2... I haven'te changed it recently)
3 - In TWRP: Flash superuser BETA-SuperSU-v2.65-20151226141550 i
4 - In TWRP: Clear space from app/system by deleting foreign language directories (to make room for xposed)
5 - IN TWRP: Flash xposed xposed-v79-sdk23-arm
6 - In TWRP - initiate reboot to system.
7 - As system rebooted, I entered my PIN.
That's where I am now. Note I never saw a screen for "optimizing apps" that was expected. I
Note I never rebooted to android system, so I'm not sure which step caused the problem (it was a method I developed to update quicker although in retrospect rebooting each step to check would be smarter).
I have some ideas of what to do eventually: (retry my flash one step at a time)
BUT, I don't know how to do anything with a phone that is stuck on the splashscreen:
* It does not respond to key combination on/volume-down (which normally goes to fastboot)
* When plugged into pc, it does not respond to fastboot devices
* There is no battery pull option on this phone.
What to do next to get control of my phone... let the battery run out on the splash screen?
Hmmm. Weird. Just held power-on and vol-down and it took me briefly to a different screen (android?) and then promprted for PIN, then back to splashscreen.
I kept pressing that combo and eventually did get into fastboot.
Now I'll flash again.
electricpete1 said:
I kept pressing that combo and eventually did get into fastboot.
Now I'll flash again.
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Hello. Not sure what caused your problem. Also, i don't use Xposed...
Just a heads up... Your SuperSU is really really old. Just use this one:
https://download.chainfire.eu/1021/SuperSU/SR3-SuperSU-v2.79-SR3-20170114223742.zip
Good luck...
The version of SuperSU he used likely was the cause of the bootloop.
5.1 said:
Hello. Not sure what caused your problem. Also, i don't use Xposed...
Just a heads up... Your SuperSU is really really old. Just use this one:
https://download.chainfire.eu/1021/SuperSU/SR3-SuperSU-v2.79-SR3-20170114223742.zip
Good luck...
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I reflashed the system and then flashed newer files:
SR3-SuperSU-v2.79-SR3-20170114223742.zip
xposed-v87-sdk23-arm
(with a reboot between flashing SU and flashing xposed).
Everything booted up fine.
Problem solved.
Thanks for the help!
Aren't you supposed to fastboot boot, not flash the su with marshmallow?
When I tried reinstalling Stable OxygenOS 4.1.6, the phone locks up upon install and setup screen. This goes for previous OS versions, as well. It takes force quits, restarts, and numerous install attempts and the phone still locks up. I tried stock recovery, old and new TWRP versions, all of which are clean installs, Nothing. LineageOS and other Hydrogen based roms still lock up, either at the setup screen, or when I try and activate developer options. Every Rom I tried after activating developer options, it doesn't leave the gear icon in the menu, either. It takes a restart (force quit) for it to show up. Also, WiFi doesn't work. Sometimes when I try and install OxygenOS either by sideloading, or through TWRP, the phone locks up at the wifi setup screen. This goes for every version of OxygenOS I tried. Your advice is appreciated. Thanks.
I had some problems last night while switching back and forth between Beta and stable. I could try to help but I'm not a guru at this, so wait for confirmation if you are not sure.
First I think you need the right TWRP version. 3.1.1-2 is the latest one, but I'm using 3.0.4-1 (flashed stableOOS with it) and everything is back to normal for me.
Try a clean flash of stableOOS. TWRP > Advanced wipe, select dalvik,cache,data,system and swipe.
Then install the OS. Don't reboot yet, and instead boot into recovery after going back. I read that this ensures you keep TWRP.
It may say No OS installed, but go ahead. Then boot into system again. This worked for me and I restored my backups
I just went from beta 10 to 4.1.6 and have no issues at all.
I followed the basic procedure, in TWRP (recommend to use the latest bluesparks one from his kernel thread - just TWRP no need for his kernel), I did a factory reset, (in TWRP just swipe to Factory reset from the WIPE screen where it says 'Most of the time this is all you need'), its correct nothing else needed, then flashed the full v416 file, then flashed Magisk 13.2, rebooted to system, that was all. TWRP was not lost with this method.
System booted to stable v4.1.6 and no issues.
Check what format are your partitions fornatted in. Make sure they are f2fs. Otherwise try the debrick tutorial. It helped me fix a lot of bugs on my 3T.
I tried all of the above, and I'm certain under the right circumstances, your advice would work. In the end, I used the unbrick tool which brought it back to it's original locked state, and I'm still running into issues. I wonder if there's a hardware issue somewhere that was the result of using Beta. The OS boots up and I'm finally able to access developer options, but no WiFi and the phone still refuses to restart or power off unless I do a hard shutdown. I've never seen anything like it. Numerous ROMS, recoveries, and sideload installs using the One Plus Recovery, and it still doesn't work.
Thanks for everyone's input, but I feel like this phone is done.
So I've had this issue on three separate Pixel 4 XL phones now and I'm pretty sure this is due to my error somehow.
My issue is after the phone passes the Google logo, a black screen pops up with the status bar flashing on and off, and occasionally the back button like this: https://imgur.com/iRzD1Jk
I've installed Magisk and EdXposed to use GravityBox and FingerFace, however I haven't done much more than that.
Flashing the factory image over while retaining data does not fix it, although I'm not sure why.
Factory resetting seems to fix it for a short time, but it seems to always come back, even if I don't install EdXposed.
Safe mode does not help.
I had also recently tried updating by flashing the February image over the January (without wiping data), and that seemed to let it boot. But unfortunately I decided to continue with the exchange as I had requested one before the update was released.
Does anyone have any similar experiences or any ideas for me to try?
Finally I found someone with the same bug that happened to me 2 times. I can't understand why this happens.
The first time happened when I rebooted my phone when dark mode was active, but looks like it happens randomly. I got that in november and then 2 days ago, without an apparent reason.
Looks like some UI related crash/bug, but I really can't undestrand what's causing that. Removing root/mods with a dirty flash of the rom doesn't fix it, only wiping.
Hope someone can point out a way to fix this really annoying bug, or a way to prevent it. It's really frustrating.
Have you tried uninstalling magisk then, if necessary, flashing system images? Fastboot boot the modified boot.img from my boot recovery thread that removes magisk. I believe it is due to a bad or incompatible flash as I've gotten this same thing before.
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So I've had this issue on three separate Pixel 4 XL phones now and I'm pretty sure this is due to my error somehow.
My issue is after the phone passes the Google logo, a black screen pops up with the status bar flashing on and off, and occasionally the back button like this: https://imgur.com/iRzD1Jk
I've installed Magisk and EdXposed to use GravityBox and FingerFace, however I haven't done much more than that.
Flashing the factory image over while retaining data does not fix it, although I'm not sure why.
Factory resetting seems to fix it for a short time, but it seems to always come back, even if I don't install EdXposed.
Safe mode does not help.
I had also recently tried updating by flashing the February image over the January (without wiping data), and that seemed to let it boot. But unfortunately I decided to continue with the exchange as I had requested one before the update was released.
Does anyone have any similar experiences or any ideas for me to try?
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This happened to me too, I originally thought if was the Rom however dirty flashing the Rom again didn't fix it nor did dirty flashing stock image
What I do know is, this happened to me as soon as forced stopped gms services and removed GMS dose from magisk. As soon as I rebooted, this happened
Tulsadiver said:
Have you tried uninstalling magisk then, if necessary, flashing system images? Fastboot boot the modified boot.img from my boot recovery thread that removes magisk. I believe it is due to a bad or incompatible flash as I've gotten this same thing before.
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It's kinda strange because I didn't touch anything for some days, and after a normal reboot this happened.
I tried restoring the stock boot.img from fastboot -> same issue
Reflash entire factory image without the "-w" so without wiping -> same issue
Even reboot in safe mode -> same issue
I don't think it's magisk fault because happened randomly the last 2 times, but I'll give your method a try if this happens again
It sure is giving off system UI crashing vibes. I definitely agree that this is an issue caused by something you did, not something inherent to the Pixel 4. Like suggested already, I would uninstall magisk as a next logical step since you've tried many of the other things I would have suggested. I wholeheartedly agree with Tulsa that this is a bad flash. Since you didn't wipe userdata when you flashed the factory image, the bad flash is still present so it's pretty safe to assume that you have a bad module installed or a bad combo of modules that don't like working together.
Tulsadiver said:
Have you tried uninstalling magisk then, if necessary, flashing system images? Fastboot boot the modified boot.img from my boot recovery thread that removes magisk. I believe it is due to a bad or incompatible flash as I've gotten this same thing before.
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It was the last link on this thread correct? https://forum.xda-developers.com/pixel-4-xl/how-to/magisk-modules-disabler-booting-magisk-t3990557
I tried booting that and all it did was try to boot, restart before it finished, and boot back into the flashing UI.
Was this the correct image?
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It was the last link on this thread correct? https://forum.xda-developers.com/pixel-4-xl/how-to/magisk-modules-disabler-booting-magisk-t3990557
I tried booting that and all it did was try to boot, restart before it finished, and boot back into the flashing UI.
Was this the correct image?
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Yes. What is the flashing UI? I just ran it on my Pixel 2. It ran just fine. Yes it reboots during flashing as the script reads "rm-rf /data/adb/* && reboot" After it reboots, click on magisk manager. It should say you need to install additional files. It will then your phone will reboot again. Modules should be gone.
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Yes. What is the flashing UI? I just ran it on my Pixel 2. It ran just fine. Yes it reboots during flashing as the script reads "rm-rf /data/adb/* && reboot" After it reboots, click on magisk manager. It should say you need to install additional files. It will then your phone will reboot again. Modules should be gone.
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Check the link in my first post. That's what it looks like when it boots. I cannot get through that screen. It stays that way even if I dirty flash the factory image.
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Check the link in my first post. That's what it looks like when it boots. I cannot get through that screen. It stays that way even if I dirty flash the factory image.
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Is your phone rooted still? You must have root. Flash the magisk_patched.img again to make sure and try again.
You could also try the other boot image that installs a .disable-cache file.
Tulsadiver said:
Is your phone rooted still? You must have root. Flash the magisk_patched.img again to make sure and try again.
You could also try the other boot image that installs a .disable-cache file.
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I flashed both of your images as well as my original generated magisk_patched, and the original boot.img from the factory image. They all lead to the same booting issue.
I can tell when the Magisk modules are disabled because the modules that affect the clock position in the header returns it to its original position from center to left. But that's the only thing that changes. I can reflash the whole factory image and the issue still persists.
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I flashed both of your images as well as my original generated magisk_patched, and the original boot.img from the factory image. They all lead to the same booting issue.
I can tell when the Magisk modules are disabled because the modules that affect the clock position in the header returns it to its original position from center to left. But that's the only thing that changes. I can reflash the whole factory image and the issue still persists.
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What order did you flash them in?
1. Flash magisk_patched.img then reboot.
2. Boot back to fastboot and boot one of my boot images.
If you have done this and still have a problem you will probably have to do a factory reset.
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What order did you flash them in?
1. Flash magisk_patched.img then reboot.
2. Boot back to fastboot and boot one of my boot images.
If you have done this and still have a problem you will probably have to do a factory reset.
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I appreciate you trying to help me.
I did this with the same results.
I am totally fine with doing another factory reset. My issue is that I've been having this issue across three different phones, and I believe the issue has happened a total of about 10 times, the longest time I've gone without anything happening appears to have been almost two months. I'm trying to understand what I'm doing that is leading to this problem more than anything.
When I install Magisk, I believe everything installs to partition B.
The issue is not caused by EdXposed because it has happened some times without it being installed.
I believe the modules I've used each time are:
-IOS 12 Emojis
-Systemless Hosts
-Call Recorder - SKVALEX
I believe I was also using FDE.AI, but I don't think that would cause this until after I pass the unlock screen, which I can't.
I've been using ElementalX as the kernel.
The issue comes up randomly, and sometimes I can reboot several days without anything happening. I can't see anything I'm doing between the final successful reboot and the issue coming up where this starts to happen that could be causing this.
The ONLY time this seemed to have been fixed was when I updated to the February factory image. However I already had a replacement phone coming, so I decided to still send the old one in.
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I appreciate you trying to help me.
I did this with the same results.
I am totally fine with doing another factory reset. My issue is that I've been having this issue across three different phones, and I believe the issue has happened a total of about 10 times, the longest time I've gone without anything happening appears to have been almost two months. I'm trying to understand what I'm doing that is leading to this problem more than anything.
When I install Magisk, I believe everything installs to partition B.
The issue is not caused by EdXposed because it has happened some times without it being installed.
I believe the modules I've used each time are:
-IOS 12 Emojis
-Systemless Hosts
-Call Recorder - SKVALEX
I believe I was also using FDE.AI, but I don't think that would cause this until after I pass the unlock screen, which I can't.
I've been using ElementalX as the kernel.
The issue comes up randomly, and sometimes I can reboot several days without anything happening. I can't see anything I'm doing between the final successful reboot and the issue coming up where this starts to happen that could be causing this.
The ONLY time this seemed to have been fixed was when I updated to the February factory image. However I already had a replacement phone coming, so I decided to still send the old one in.
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That is a weird issue, for sure. I know of people that recommend flashing factory images and magisk to both slots but I've never have and have not had these issues on any of my Pixels (except on a bad flash).
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That is a weird issue, for sure. I know of people that recommend flashing factory images and magisk to both slots but I've never have and have not had these issues on any of my Pixels (except on a bad flash).
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Question that may be related. Is it normal that I can never boot from when it's set to slot A? Even manually flashing boot.img and magisk_patched to that slot doesn't work. The factory image seems to install everything to slot B and only seems to reference A a few times.
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Question that may be related. Is it normal that I can never boot from when it's set to slot A? Even manually flashing boot.img and magisk_patched to that slot doesn't work. The factory image seems to install everything to slot B and only seems to reference A a few times.
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I don't know how old your phone is but the slots are used for when you receive firmware updates and don't change unless you receive one over the air. You can change it manually in fastboot
fastboot --set-active=a
Try that then install your firmware again. It should now just reference B a few times.
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Finally I found someone with the same bug that happened to me 2 times. I can't understand why this happens.
The first time happened when I rebooted my phone when dark mode was active, but looks like it happens randomly. I got that in november and then 2 days ago, without an apparent reason.
Looks like some UI related crash/bug, but I really can't undestrand what's causing that. Removing root/mods with a dirty flash of the rom doesn't fix it, only wiping.
Hope someone can point out a way to fix this really annoying bug, or a way to prevent it. It's really frustrating.
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Did you have FDE.AI installed by any chance? And what kernel were you using?
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Did you have FDE.AI installed by any chance? And what kernel were you using?
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Yes, I had FDE installed for 2 or 3 days, and I was using Kirisakura kernel.
Edit: I just found out that there's a pretty big discussion going on with the FDE module on it's thread, same on the arter account on twitter. It's possible that this is the cause of the issue
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Yes, I had FDE installed for 2 or 3 days, and I was using Kirisakura kernel.
Edit: I just found out that there's a pretty big discussion going on with the FDE module on it's thread, same on the arter account on twitter. It's possible that this is the cause of the issue
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I also feel that it's the issue, although I was using the FDE.AI app, so I guess both methods of installation can cause it. After the nth time resetting my phone, I just changed kernels and uninstalled FDE.AI and for a solid week now I've been booting fine.
Edit: wow I just looked at the thread and it looks like something went down over there.
Hi everyone! I have been suffering with this problem for 2 full days on my S10 (SM-G973F/DS) and now i just have absolutely no idea how to fix it, so I thought it was worth writing about it here.
On stock, I used one old and outdated application that made user certificates system certificates, but which worked. Having tried it on EvolutionX 5.9.1 (Android 11), it brought the phone into a bootloop. I didn’t have a backup and because in order not to go through the installation process on a new one again, I decided that I would try to delete the folders from the data partition ONLY, but after half a day of attempts, nothing happened and I started to install the rom from scratch, but then weird things began to happen: after reinstallation/factory reset, boot animation randomly started (check attached video), which either went into an endless boot, or loaded the system back, but then if boot animation started on loading then this loading become endless, and the buttons (in the system) "Reboot to recovery", "Reboot to bootloader" and etc simply turning off the phone without booting into the recovery or bootloader, and if this happened, then somewhere in 2 minutes after turning it off.
I think i tried almost everything: re-installation according to the instructions, re-installation according to the way I did it before, I even tried to install the stock, and after the recovery again and then rom, but absolutely nothing changes, I cannot use custom rom if it is up to this worked fine and everything started on the same version as I was trying to install like before, I even tried to download the rom installation file again, not installing magisk-patch in boot, installing multidisabler, even find my old backup for TWRP that has every partition, but absolutely nothing changes, maybe someone knows how to fix it?
Thanks in advance!
P.S Stock rom works perfectly (android 11), but i want to use custom anyway (also android 11)