Flash OTA with Magisk/TWRP/rooted? - Moto G5S Questions & Answers

I just not the notification for the OTA update, and thought to follow a procedure I read about.
Unfortunately it did not work, giving me a scare, but got the phone working again, can anyone tell me what I did wrong?
Disabled automatic updates in developer options
Download OTA by checking for updates (but don't reboot)
Magisk Manager: restore images (= restored boot image i assume)
Setup Flashfire to flash:
- OTA update from /cache
- Magisk-15.3.zip
- Disabled Everroot
- Restore recovery
What happened is that Flashfire told me that my system image was modified and I said "ignore". I assume this was my mistake.
I pressed ignore and the phone rebooted. Stayed completely black for 5 minutes.
Restarted the phone by holding the power button. After booting the initial loader screen kept showing, phone did not boot.
Only by reflashing TWRP in fastboot and clearing cache + dalvik cache did the phone boot again.
What was my mistake? My steps to flash the OTA seemed okay to me....

Quark^2 said:
I just not the notification for the OTA update, and thought to follow a procedure I read about.
Unfortunately it did not work, giving me a scare, but got the phone working again, can anyone tell me what I did wrong?
Disabled automatic updates in developer options
Download OTA by checking for updates (but don't reboot)
Magisk Manager: restore images (= restored boot image i assume)
Setup Flashfire to flash:
- OTA update from /cache
- Magisk-15.3.zip
- Disabled Everroot
- Restore recovery
What happened is that Flashfire told me that my system image was modified and I said "ignore". I assume this was my mistake.
I pressed ignore and the phone rebooted. Stayed completely black for 5 minutes.
Restarted the phone by holding the power button. After booting the initial loader screen kept showing, phone did not boot.
Only by reflashing TWRP in fastboot and clearing cache + dalvik cache did the phone boot again.
What was my mistake? My steps to flash the OTA seemed okay to me....
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go for stock rom flashing
all data will be clear
https://forum.xda-developers.com/mo...h-official-firmware-moto-g5s-montana-t3687768

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Trouble after 4.2:2 OTA

Hello, today I tried to update my phone, but after update my phone stuck at white google logo not responding.
Am I the only one with this problem?
Help me please
Did you accept it OTA, sideload it, or apply it via a custom recovery? First I'd boot to recovery and wipe cache. If you did it as sideload, are you sure you got the correct ota? If you did it via cwm, again make sure it's the correct update, as well as wiping cache to see if that helps. If nothing here works, it looks like a clean start via factory image flash, and / or first you could try a factory reset.
well, first i tried it via normal google OTA, my phone booted into recovey, after that i selected update, but than i got an error so i tried "custom" rooted ota by bixie, but my phone didn't boot..i think that there is some problem with bootloader..because i am stucked on google screen.
i am unable to boot to recovery using ADB because it doesn't see my phone, only thing that is connected is OMAP.
Are you able to power down and boot to fastboot via power up+power down+power, then scroll to recovery? Are you sure you didn't get a full rom, rather than just the ota? you may need that factory reset to get booting.

Stuck at Logo after flashing rom [fixed] > solution!

Edit: solution added
problem:
after flashing a rom (in my case OP3lite or FreedomOS) you can't get past the boot logo
you have access to TWRP, so you can restore nandroid or flash flashable stock OxygenOS packages (tutorial here)
solution:
wipe: Dalvik /ART Cache, Cache, Data, System
flash your rom
try to boot (most likely will get stuck at boot logo)
boot into TWRP > Advanced > Fix Contexts, and swipe to Fix Contexts
Reboot
(wait a while, it might take a few minutes till it boots)
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original post:
hi,
I'm running official OxygenOS 3.1.3.
Rooted (systemless) , TWRP installed.
I don't have any problems on my rom, but everytime I flash a rom I get stuck at the boot logo.
I can just force reboot, goto twrp and restore my nandroid backup, and my phone works fine again.
But I can't flash any rom.
tried this:
Dirty flash OP3Lite rom - stuck at boot logo
wipe and install OP3Lite rom - stuck at boot logo
Restored nandroid backup, factory format, wipe and install OP3Lite rom - stuck at boot logo
wipe and install FreedomOS - stuck at boot logo
Restored nandroid backup, factory format, wipe and install FreedomOS - stuck at boot logo
wipe, Format userdata throught fastboot, install FreedomOS - stuck at boot logo
update to OxygenOS 3.2.1 (flashable zip throught twrp)
wipe and install FreedomOS - stuck at boot logo
Both roms I tried are OxygenOS 3.2.1 stock based, my problem is most likely not due to the rom I want to flash.
Anyone knows a solution for this?
is it possible that systemless root causes this problem?
are you encrypted? that might be the issue.
backup your internal sd data then go to fastboot and fastboot format userdata then flash the rom you want
Abaddon said:
are you encrypted? that might be the issue.
backup your internal sd data then go to fastboot and fastboot format userdata then flash the rom you want
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I never did format my userdata throught fastboot, so I might be encrypted.
I'll try tomorrow and let you know if that was the solution.
@Abaddon I format my userdata throught fastboot (fastboot format userdata), but still roms wont go past the Logo . any other idea?
did you full wipe?
wiped /system too before flashing a rom then u go and flash the rom + gapps if needed
how long was it at the boot logo? no animation correct?
did u advance wipe - data, caches, system instead of factory wipe, try it 3 times
I did a few wipe 3 times, still stuck at logo.
I get stuck on this logo, never reboot, just get stuck there.
I noticed that it does flash the rom, cause if I restore my nanodroid backup layers and adblock is added.
I also get zero error while flashing in twrp.
I fixed it .
did a fill whipe, then flashed feedomOS, then tried to boot, didnt get past the logo, booted into recovery, selected "fix Contexts" and then rebooted, started without any problem .
doesent work for me..!! any help
Same here this issue keeps occuring again and again. then i always have to follow mega unbrick guide
Resurrection ROM 7.1.1 stuck at logo after every restore
nikhilsnigam said:
Same here this issue keeps occuring again and again. then i always have to follow mega unbrick guide
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Faced this issue every time I restore any nandroid on one plus 3. It stucks at rotating resurrection logot . Even tried fix contents from TWRP, no output. Please help without a functional TWRP backup and restore - phone is useless. Only everytime mega unbrick guide needs to be repeated with painful reinstall of apps
hello guys. sorry if I'm a bit slow on this topic. I'm using the the op3t A3010 version (not dure whether I'm at the right forum or not lol) Recently I updated my phone to the new 4.1.7, in which I had already rooted the phone before with magisk v12. But right after the update, as usual, the phone will unroot and yes I did root the phone back by using the magisk v13.0 version. But it failed the safety net. So after a few 'research', I installed the superuser just in case that the safety net will work this time. But this is when it all went wrong. The phone did restart back to factory settings, but the phone is not rooted (checked by using the rootchecker app) So again, I'm back to the twrp recovery, clean wipe all the data, with hope that I can start from scratch which is from installing the magisk all over again. But after this step, it stuck at the boot logo for like more than half an hour. Than at this moment, I restart my phone back to recovery mode by long pressing the power button, and when I try to install both the magisk 12 and 13 version, there is a line of error code on the screen. There's a site that says simply go to the advance setting on the twrp interface, check fix contents and ur phone will be as good as new. After done doing that, I'm now stuck with a phone with no os installed and about 38% battery left. Can anyone help me here? This is the only phone that I had :crying: Urgent help needed here guys
Unless your original installation is without storage encryption (no dm-verity) this will happen. So next time install custom rom after flashing OB22 firmware+modem, then boot patch for dm-verity followed with custom rom and gapps then boot without wipe
i have the same problem but with p9 lite : when i tried a flash lineageOS or ResurrectionRemix my phone stucks at boot logo and when i flash the original os my phone works perfectly
sorry for my english
washichi said:
I fixed it .
did a fill whipe, then flashed feedomOS, then tried to boot, didnt get past the logo, booted into recovery, selected "fix Contexts" and then rebooted, started without any problem .
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How long did you wait?
washichi said:
Edit: solution added
boot into TWRP > Advanced > Fix Contexts, and swipe to Fix Contexts
Reboot
(wait a while, it might take a few minutes till it boots)
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What is the work around for CWM v6.0.5.1 Philz Touch6; it does not have Fix contexts under Advanced Functions
My issue: Tecno Spark K7 stuck at boot logo after flashing with ported ROM from Infinix XOS Chameleon . Both kernels match
This is EXACTLY my issue with the galaxy s9 plus. Gonna try the solution you wrote tommorow.
i have the same problem with galaxy s5 and the solution mentioned in the thread did not work with me.
im having the same issue but in lenovo z5 pro gt
PauloVillaflor said:
im having the same issue but in lenovo z5 pro gt
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Search for answers HERE and if not successful, create a thread in the Q&A forum there.
You may not get any help here since this is the OP 3 forum.

Keep losing TWRP

I've installed TWRP on many Samsung devices but this is my first time on the S III. I know to uncheck the auto reboot option in Odin and booting into TWRP before allowing a system boot. I've done that and even used TWRP to make a backup. But after rebooting to system, shutting down, and then booting to recovery, the phone has still re-written the recovery and I no longer have TWRP. What am I doing wrong?????
lewmur said:
I've installed TWRP on many Samsung devices but this is my first time on the S III. I know to uncheck the auto reboot option in Odin and booting into TWRP before allowing a system boot. I've done that and even used TWRP to make a backup. But after rebooting to system, shutting down, and then booting to recovery, the phone has still re-written the recovery and I no longer have TWRP. What am I doing wrong?????
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edit: Found out I had to flash SuperSU on the first boot into TWRP to keep it from being over-written.

[Solved]Can't flash rom+gapps

So i originally had a p2c...blabla
Ota updated to p2a4 or something like that. sf244 ROW
unlocked oem (waited 14days)
flashed twrp.
factory resetted+format system. + data partition is ext4
rom flashed successfully
gapps starts flashing but keeps stuck after just 1% of flashing.. always.
or twrp keeps freezing.
Does anyone have a solution?
Right now i'm back to Stock Rom+Magisk 13.3 .
sm00th4f3 said:
So i originally had a p2c...blabla
Ota updated to p2a4 or something like that. sf244 ROW
unlocked oem (waited 14days)
flashed twrp.
factory resetted+format system. + data partition is ext4
rom flashed successfully
gapps starts flashing but keeps stuck after just 1% of flashing.. always.
or twrp keeps freezing.
Does anyone have a solution?
Right now i'm back to Stock Rom+Magisk 13.3 .
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If you have backup then Install your stock rom and its every components such as boot, recovery etc....
Or download the fastboot files from the p2 thread and flash it.
Then properly install twrp.
How can i properly install twrp?.. I mean, i think i always installed in correctly...otherwise magisk wouldn't work., right?. Because it does. I need your help. I even got Safetynet Pass and Root Apps like Root Explorer is working Fine.
Only the Flashing of Custom Roms etc fails for me... It's weird.
Okey. I just redid it like 5 Times. And i got a bit farther.. new boot animation shows up. But still blue led after it stops.
I FINALLY found the SolutioN!!! I used this https://androidfilehost.com/?fid=817550096634780916 and did the upgrades per ota. Then adb'd my twrp on my phone. And changed data to ext4. Rebooted. Activated usb debugging again. flashed twrp again(just to be sure), booted into twrp. Formatted system,data,cache,dalvik and then flashed my roms. SUCCESS <3

Updating to Android O / Nandroid Restore back to Android N?

Used the search, used google, couldn't find any concrete answers
I am on Android N - unlocked bootloader - rooted via magisk, One Plus 3.
Could I do the following?
use TWRP to make a Nandroid Backup (System+Data+Boot) of my current set-up
then, manually flash (using twrp) Android O
find out I don't particularly like it
Go back to TWRP and Nandroid Restore back to Android N, as if no update ever happened
Or will there be issues?
Thanks
I do that with freedomos. 2.17(N)>3.1(O)>2.17. I restore nandroid and reflash rom
xGOGI said:
I do that with freedomos. 2.17(N)>3.1(O)>2.17. I restore nandroid and reflash rom
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Should have mentioned I'm using stock rom.
So I'd restore the nandroid via twrp, and I should be good to go?
arthritis said:
Used the search, used google, couldn't find any concrete answers
I am on Android N - unlocked bootloader - rooted via magisk, One Plus 3.
Could I do the following?
use TWRP to make a Nandroid Backup (System+Data+Boot) of my current set-up
then, manually flash (using twrp) Android O
find out I don't particularly like it
Go back to TWRP and Nandroid Restore back to Android N, as if no update ever happened
Or will there be issues?
Thanks
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There won't be any issue. You are alright with the procedure. Just make sure you use the correct twrp recovery for oreo coz if you use the non compatible recovery then you won't be able to boot into recovery once the oreo is flashed and you are forced to go with the stock recovery
Process I followed when I tried oreo last week
Take nandroid of all options available except system image. (system, data, bootloader, firmware, efs, etc.) on nougat twrp.
Do factory reset(wipe everything except internal storage) then flash oreo twrp image. Perform reboot. (no OS warning on reboot option screen will appear) just ignore it. It will boot to recovery even without the OS.
Once booted back to new recovery(oreo twrp)
Flash oreo stock zip and again flash oreo twrp image and reboot to recovery(this time the device will get stuck with a black screen and white LED). Don't panic, just force reboot the device and go to recovery again to flash magisk/supersu. Reboot to OS
Enjoy oreo
To go back to nougat
Reboot to recovery.
Perform factory reset as mentioned above.
Restore everything except bootloader, cache and dalvik cache
Flash nougat twrp recovery. Reboot to system.
Happy flashing.
Edit : use blu sparks recovery for nougat backup.
maxs8007 said:
There won't be any issue. You are alright with the procedure. Just make sure you use the correct twrp recovery for oreo coz if you use the non compatible recovery then you won't be able to boot into recovery once the oreo is flashed and you are forced to go with the stock recovery
Process I followed when I tried oreo last week
Take nandroid of all options available except system image. (system, data, bootloader, firmware, efs, etc.) on nougat twrp.
Do factory reset(wipe everything except internal storage) then flash oreo twrp image. Perform reboot. (no OS warning on reboot option screen will appear) just ignore it. It will boot to recovery even without the OS.
Once booted back to new recovery(oreo twrp)
Flash oreo stock zip and again flash oreo twrp image and reboot to recovery(this time the device will get stuck with a black screen and white LED). Don't panic, just force reboot the device and go to recovery again to flash magisk/supersu. Reboot to OS
Enjoy oreo
To go back to nougat
Reboot to recovery.
Perform factory reset as mentioned above.
Restore everything except bootloader, cache and dalvik cache
Flash nougat twrp recovery. Reboot to system.
Happy flashing.
Edit : use blu sparks recovery for nougat backup.
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Thank you for the detailed procedure.
maxs8007 said:
There won't be any issue. You are alright with the procedure. Just make sure you use the correct twrp recovery for oreo coz if you use the non compatible recovery then you won't be able to boot into recovery once the oreo is flashed and you are forced to go with the stock recovery
Process I followed when I tried oreo last week
Take nandroid of all options available except system image. (system, data, bootloader, firmware, efs, etc.) on nougat twrp.
Do factory reset(wipe everything except internal storage) then flash oreo twrp image. Perform reboot. (no OS warning on reboot option screen will appear) just ignore it. It will boot to recovery even without the OS.
Once booted back to new recovery(oreo twrp)
Flash oreo stock zip and again flash oreo twrp image and reboot to recovery(this time the device will get stuck with a black screen and white LED). Don't panic, just force reboot the device and go to recovery again to flash magisk/supersu. Reboot to OS
Enjoy oreo
To go back to nougat
Reboot to recovery.
Perform factory reset as mentioned above.
Restore everything except bootloader, cache and dalvik cache
Flash nougat twrp recovery. Reboot to system.
Happy flashing.
Edit : use blu sparks recovery for nougat backup.
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Thank you
Hi @maxs8007
thanks for the instructions. I did all that to get back to my nougat rom (PureFusion) and all seem good and phone booted fine. But i am stuck on login screen after booted up. I tried my correct password several times but to no avail. anyway reset my password without factory resetting again?
Thanks for the advise.
sqlpro said:
Hi @maxs8007
thanks for the instructions. I did all that to get back to my nougat rom (PureFusion) and all seem good and phone booted fine. But i am stuck on login screen after booted up. I tried my correct password several times but to no avail. anyway reset my password without factory resetting again?
Thanks for the advise.
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Go to twrp - advanced - file manager - go to root folder - data - system - and delete files with .key extension. There will be 2 files delete both and reboot.
maxs8007 said:
Go to twrp - advanced - file manager - go to root folder - data - system - and delete files with .key extension. There will be 2 files delete both and reboot.
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Thank you very much and that worked. I am back in the system.
BTW in your original instructions I had to re flash rom after restoring twrp backup otherwise it didn't boot and stuck at rom animation.
sqlpro said:
Thank you very much and that worked. I am back in the system.
BTW in your original instructions I had to re flash rom after restoring twrp backup otherwise it didn't boot and stuck at rom animation.
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Thanks for pointing out, I must have forgot to add it. I'll update again.
Hi @maxs8007
I ran into this issue again today! after unlocking as per instructions yesterday and am back into phone and re-set the pin and all good. But today i had to reboot the phone and same issue again , cant login on the lock screen!! i tried deleting those files again but to no avail!!
any ideas before factory reset and loose my data ? Thanks.
sqlpro said:
Hi @maxs8007
I ran into this issue again today! after unlocking as per instructions yesterday and am back into phone and re-set the pin and all good. But today i had to reboot the phone and same issue again , cant login on the lock screen!! i tried deleting those files again but to no avail!
any ideas before factory reset and loose my data ? Thanks.
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This should not have happened, anyways delete all those files which I've highlighted in the image below. This will reset the lock settings.
Oh sorry I forgot to attach the file. Here it is.
maxs8007 said:
There won't be any issue. You are alright with the procedure. Just make sure you use the correct twrp recovery for oreo coz if you use the non compatible recovery then you won't be able to boot into recovery once the oreo is flashed and you are forced to go with the stock recovery
Process I followed when I tried oreo last week
Take nandroid of all options available except system image. (system, data, bootloader, firmware, efs, etc.) on nougat twrp.
Do factory reset(wipe everything except internal storage) then flash oreo twrp image. Perform reboot. (no OS warning on reboot option screen will appear) just ignore it. It will boot to recovery even without the OS.
Once booted back to new recovery(oreo twrp)
Flash oreo stock zip and again flash oreo twrp image and reboot to recovery(this time the device will get stuck with a black screen and white LED). Don't panic, just force reboot the device and go to recovery again to flash magisk/supersu. Reboot to OS
Enjoy oreo
To go back to nougat
Reboot to recovery.
Perform factory reset as mentioned above.
Restore everything except bootloader, cache and dalvik cache
Flash nougat twrp recovery. Reboot to system.
Happy flashing.
Edit : use blu sparks recovery for nougat backup.
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Hi, OP here. Thanks for this guide.
Unfortunately, it did not work out for me.
Take nandroid of all options available except system image. (system, data, bootloader, firmware, efs, etc.) on nougat twrp.
Done
Do factory reset(wipe everything except internal storage)
Wiped fine although I got an error of not being able to wipe 'USB-OTG' or whatever it's called. I ignored it and moved on.
then flash oreo twrp image.
I googled oreo twrp image and got an img file with filename "TWRP-Oreo-OnePlus-3-3T". When I installed the img, it asked the options to choose Boot, System, or Recovery - so I chose System.
Then I rebooted and went back to recovery.
Flash oreo stock zip
flash oreo twrp image
Done
reboot to recovery(this time the device will get stuck with a black screen and white LED). Don't panic, just force reboot the device and go to recovery again to flash magisk/supersu.
This is where it ends. I get stuck at the OnePlus loading screen and forced reboot into twrp and flashed magisk. Once I boot up the OS, I get stuck at the OnePlus logo and that's it.
I actually re-did ALL of the steps again (in case I made a mistake) and still, the same issue. No progression.
Once I gave up on Oreo, I decided to go restore my nandroid
Reboot to recovery. Perform factory reset as mentioned above.
Wiped
Restore everything except bootloader, cache and dalvik cache
Here's the issue:
I press Restore (I uncheck both bootloader and cache, but there's no option for a specific dalvik cache- unless I'm not looking hard enough?) and I get the 255 Error.
Flash nougat twrp recovery. Reboot to system.
I tried to ignore that error and flash the twrp recovery.
Rebooted and it took me to fastboot. Regardless of I keep trying to reboot system it won't work.
I actually made two separate nandroid backups (the same 'everything except system image' as you've described) in case one of the backups was corrupted. Both backups ended up with the same error.
I got too tired of all these errors and just found a stock recovery and ROM and flashed it back. Now, all my apps and settings are gone. To be honest, I just want my phone back to where it was with Nougat.
Can anyone assist me?
@maxs8007, Like I said I did that already but nope still same issue. It wouldn't let me do matter what I did.
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arthritis said:
Hi, OP here. Thanks for this guide.
Unfortunately, it did not work out for me.
Take nandroid of all options available except system image. (system, data, bootloader, firmware, efs, etc.) on nougat twrp.
Done
Do factory reset(wipe everything except internal storage)
Wiped fine although I got an error of not being able to wipe 'USB-OTG' or whatever it's called. I ignored it and moved on.
then flash oreo twrp image.
I googled oreo twrp image and got an img file with filename "TWRP-Oreo-OnePlus-3-3T". When I installed the img, it asked the options to choose Boot, System, or Recovery - so I chose System.
Then I rebooted and went back to recovery.
Flash oreo stock zip
flash oreo twrp image
Done
reboot to recovery(this time the device will get stuck with a black screen and white LED). Don't panic, just force reboot the device and go to recovery again to flash magisk/supersu.
This is where it ends. I get stuck at the OnePlus loading screen and forced reboot into twrp and flashed magisk. Once I boot up the OS, I get stuck at the OnePlus logo and that's it.
I actually re-did ALL of the steps again (in case I made a mistake) and still, the same issue. No progression.
Once I gave up on Oreo, I decided to go restore my nandroid
Reboot to recovery. Perform factory reset as mentioned above.
Wiped
Restore everything except bootloader, cache and dalvik cache
Here's the issue:
I press Restore (I uncheck both bootloader and cache, but there's no option for a specific dalvik cache- unless I'm not looking hard enough?) and I get the 255 Error.
Flash nougat twrp recovery. Reboot to system.
I tried to ignore that error and flash the twrp recovery.
Rebooted and it took me to fastboot. Regardless of I keep trying to reboot system it won't work.
I actually made two separate nandroid backups (the same 'everything except system image' as you've described) in case one of the backups was corrupted. Both backups ended up with the same error.
I got too tired of all these errors and just found a stock recovery and ROM and flashed it back. Now, all my apps and settings are gone. To be honest, I just want my phone back to where it was with Nougat.
Can anyone assist me?
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Buddy from my experience the whole thing too finicky and am thinking just factory reset and stick with stock rom. I wasted so much time already. Everytime I get different error, probably recoveries still not fully compatible with Oreo.
sqlpro said:
@maxs8007, Like I said I did that already but nope still same issue. It wouldn't let me do matter what I did.
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Buddy from my experience the whole thing too finicky and am thinking just factory reset and stick with stock rom. I wasted so much time already. Everytime I get different error, probably recoveries still not fully compatible with Oreo.
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Could you please tell me what error you get on the lock screen? Could you post an image so that I can get a better idea of what's happening with your device? Also could you please confirm which files have you deleted? This time you need to delete 5 files which are related to lock screen setting and those are the only files responsible for lock settings on the device. I'm somewhat confused because I never ran into such issue while I did the oreo thing
If you have decided to flash stock then just make a backup of data partition so that you won't loose your data and you can easily restore it via twrp.
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arthritis said:
I googled oreo twrp image and got an img file with filename "TWRP-Oreo-OnePlus-3-3T". When I installed the img, it asked the options to choose Boot, System, or Recovery - so I chose System.
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I read the entire post and here what I've to say. The above quoted steps is where you went wrong. The recovery needs to to be flashed as a recovery and not as system.
In your case the nougat recovery was never replaced with the oreo recovery because you flashed it as a system. This is where it went wrong. Sorry for the dalvik cache and USB - otg, I didn't mentioned about them. Those are the least important points in flashing though I should have mentioned that already
The next thing you mentioned is you went back to recovery which at that moment was nougat recovery and not oreo recovery. I'll link the modded recovery I used for oreo below
The next thing you did is you flashed oreo zip and again flashed the oreo recovery but as you flashed the recovery as system, the oreo stock rom was automatically replaced with recovery because you flashed it as system and the device didn't boot because there was no android OS to boot up
You got stuck on oneplus boot up screen. (this was going to happen because of the same flashing error at your end).
You were unable to boot back to nougat as well because of the same issue.. Never flash the recovery as system. This won't let you boot the device.
To restore your nandroid backup just follow the steps below
As you confirmed you booted to stock rom with a stock recovery.
Flash nougat twrp via fastboot
Boot back to the twrp recovery and restore the nandroid backup and you are good to go
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I'll make a video in my free time to help you guys with the steps that I've followed to flash oreo rom and how i came back to nougat successfully.
Hello @maxs8007
Sorry I didn't have any screen shots of the prompt and finally I was fed up with the whole process and had to switch back to oreo stock rom.
Login prompt I was referring to was standard pin required load android. Black background with only pin entry.
BTW I tried blu twrp recovery oreo version and nougat version.
What's interesting is, after several failed attempts it said I got 10 more tries before phone wiped out but after 10 attempts it started counting backwards from zero, - 1,-2 etc., finally I had to flash stock recovery via fastboot and selected forgot password option which reset my phone.
BTW I have deleted all those files from data/system I found another thread but no dice.
Thank you for trying to help us all.
@maxs8007 followed your steps. Booted to oreo, didn't felt as stable as nougat then booted back to nougat. You saved me. Thanks.
sqlpro said:
Hello @maxs8007
Sorry I didn't have any screen shots of the prompt and finally I was fed up with the whole process and had to switch back to oreo stock rom.
Login prompt I was referring to was standard pin required load android. Black background with only pin entry.
BTW I tried blu twrp recovery oreo version and nougat version.
What's interesting is, after several failed attempts it said I got 10 more tries before phone wiped out but after 10 attempts it started counting backwards from zero, - 1,-2 etc., finally I had to flash stock recovery via fastboot and selected forgot password option which reset my phone.
BTW I have deleted all those files from data/system I found another thread but no dice.
Thank you for trying to help us all.
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I'm sorry that I was unable to help you. The thing is I never used the pin prompt to load android because I reboot too often to flash things via recovery and its too much of a hassle to enter the pin everytime the device is booted and I think it's too much to a security for a android device when there's already a lock screen present once booted to secure the device.
Please don't put the pin entry to load android next time if you flash stuff regularly. It will save you the hassle of going back to stock rom and recovery when something like this ever happens again. The files which I told you to delete in the image I posted above remove the lock screen protection completely
The login pin at the boot to load android was implemented to avoid unauthorized access to the device in case it gets stolen or lost.
maxs8007 said:
I'm sorry that I was unable to help you. The thing is I never used the pin prompt to load android because I reboot too often to flash things via recovery and its too much of a hassle to enter the pin everytime the device is booted and I think it's too much to a security for a android device when there's already a lock screen present once booted to secure the device.
Please don't put the pin entry to load android next time if you flash stuff regularly. It will save you the hassle of going back to stock rom and recovery when something like this ever happens again. The files which I told you to delete in the image I posted above remove the lock screen protection completely
The login pin at the boot to load android was implemented to avoid unauthorized access to the device in case it gets stolen or lost.
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Frankly no clue why deleting those files didn't reset my pins and I even deleted gatekeeper files too.
Maybe these are lock screen key files and android boot prompt stored somewhere else. Not sure though.

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