Hi all,
so today I found a treble-enabled ROM of Android Pie and wanted to flash it. Thing is, I need to enable treble for me first. The treble check says that Treble is indeed supported, and so does the OnePlus website, but I don't have access to the vendor partition in TWRP. Using TWRP 3.2.3-1, by the way.
So, I read that MoKee enables Treble. Tried that, flashed the rom, flashed the radio and then the rom, factory wiped, flashed rom, factory wiped, flashed radio and rom, nothing. Still can't get Treble support. Then I tried kylothow's Trebliser, but nothing there either. I am realy at a loss here - I even reinstalled OOS (newest beta of course) and I couldn't get the vendor partition to show up, which is weird considering installing said trebliser actually states "Vendor partition found, good!" when installing, and then proceeds to in fact patch the vendor partition. It just doesn"t do anything, I can't install GSIs, can't even get the treble check to register that I do in fact have treble.
So this is where I turn to you guys. Do you have any idea what I could do in this situation? Please answer genuinely and don't post "just wait for an official android p".
Thanks!
Okay there's a few things remember here after flashing the mokee trebleize pack you should have had the addition of the vendor partition included in your TWRP file system if you have the blue spark TWRP version YOU SHOULD BE ABLE TO SEE THE ADDITION OF THE VENDOR PARTITION WHEN YOU GO TO MOUNT FOLLOWING THAT.
*** Make sure that after the trebleize is installed or whatever don't touch vendor partition ever just leave it alone you don't need to do anything to it it's fine if some ROM needs to update it you don't have to worry about wiping it first because it'll take care of that with the configuration script in the zip file. Even if you want to go back to a regular Android 8. 1 ROM you don't have to worry about the vendor partition the way it's set up the vendor partition that exist inside the one plus 5T that was created for Treble is not seen by any AOSP ROMs so it's going to create its own vendor folder inside of the system partition like it normally does and that you will not conflict because the fs tab does not Mount the new vendor. By leaving vendor alone and never touching it you're just ensuring that when you flashed yes eyes you're not missing something that's essential to the boot up process and it's one thing that you can from any potential uncertainty as to why a treble mage may or may not be booting.
Follow this....
Normal Android ROMs you would usually wipe system data cache D-cache if you were going to install a new ROM that wasn't just an upgraded version of the one that you were already running you'd have to start from scratch always. This is still what you should do it whenever you want to start and flash a fresh regular ROM or treble run always do that but it's how you proceed from here that is a little difference between the two.
With a regular ROM you would just go on to flash the ROM that you want to install followed by Gapps and so on.
When you want to flash a treble image you need to be on a clean fresh ROM that has treble support already good to go in that it can see that vendor partition that was made before and that it contains the binderized HALs needed as well. Because official treble support is still in beta with the OnePlus 5T the only officially supported treble Android 8. 1 ROM is mokee so you always want to start with a clean flash of the Mokee ROM because it also contains the supported kernel and ramdisk and other things as well.
Upon flashing a fresh version of mokee you want to go ahead and Flash no-dm-variety to ensure data is not encrypted because it will lead to a bootloop and the only way to get it to work will be to either format your SD card or to install the no variety which is the way to go just install it every time you flash mokee so that way you know everything is good.
**** I've only had experience using Android 8. 1 GSi so I'm not sure exactly how it would work concerning open G apps because I've only had to do it with two 8. 1 apps I'm not touching the Android P treble ROM until it's official so anything that I'm saying here has nothing to do with that if that's the image you're trying to install that I can't help you with it because I don't honestly know I remember reading something about that changing something different with it and I got to read up more on it.****
So next part depends on whether the GSI you're trying to flash comes with GFS included inside of it some do some don't I think most do but just make sure you read the instructions on the forms from where you download them from where they will tell you about the gf's the ones that I've installed that didn't have gf's on I would install mokee then I would flashed gf's to mokee but I've seen ones where people have flashed the gf's after flashing the treble images well and they didn't have any problem so just make sure you read into that one. obviously if the GS I can change the gf's then don't flash any before flashing or after as it will be flashed when we install it to the image and everything will be.
Which brings us to the last part if you did everything right up to this point then you should have no trouble installing the GSI through either TWRP or fastboot but before you do just make sure you go back to White and you just swipe to factory reset again so that we know that we cleaned out the data and we're on something clean after on encrypting the data if you did Flash no variety but remember don't wipe any partitions you want to make sure that you leave mokee on there. if you do it correctly you won't even need to wipe anything afterwards you should literally just need to be able to install the image into the system partition now and then reboot and it should work fine
It's your choice on how to go about doing it I've had success with TWRP but I've had more success using the fastboot method if for some reason you do try TWRP and it flashes and says success in 10 seconds then just reboot to fastboot mode in just flash it from there because you probably going to run into an issue just factory reset it again before you do it by swiping you don't have to wipe any of the partitions leave those alone.
So either go to the fastboot route which is put the phone in fastboot Point your terminal to the area where your GSI is located on your computer and then type fastboot flash system xxxGSI NAMEXXX.IMG.... OBVIOUSLY REPLACE THE FIRST PART WITH THE ACTUAL NAME OF YOURS. Next press enter and give it a few seconds and then you should see it's a success at which time you can reboot the phone and it should boot after a few short minutes.
If you wanted to use the twrp I believe I saw something about how you have to be on version 3.2.2 or above most likely for blue spark version as I use that one because it has treble support and I can see the vendor image even though I don't touch it. So if you flash it here you want to make sure instead of rebooting to fastboot like before you would just go to install and select image then find the image on your phone select it and then select the system images where you are installing it and then wipe the bar at the bottom for Flash and then upon it finishing you should hit reboot and let the phone boot up the first time set it up and then you can go back and you can go back to TWRP if you want to flash magisk or any other modules or TWRP Zips I've stated first then make sure you move the phone and go back and do all the modifying after otherwise you're getting stuck. I hope this helps feel free to contact me if you have any trouble.
theandroidas said:
Hi all,
so today I found a treble-enabled ROM of Android Pie and wanted to flash it. Thing is, I need to enable treble for me first. The treble check says that Treble is indeed supported, and so does the OnePlus website, but I don't have access to the vendor partition in TWRP. Using TWRP 3.2.3-1, by the way.
So, I read that MoKee enables Treble. Tried that, flashed the rom, flashed the radio and then the rom, factory wiped, flashed rom, factory wiped, flashed radio and rom, nothing. Still can't get Treble support. Then I tried kylothow's Trebliser, but nothing there either. I am realy at a loss here - I even reinstalled OOS (newest beta of course) and I couldn't get the vendor partition to show up, which is weird considering installing said trebliser actually states "Vendor partition found, good!" when installing, and then proceeds to in fact patch the vendor partition. It just doesn"t do anything, I can't install GSIs, can't even get the treble check to register that I do in fact have treble.
So this is where I turn to you guys. Do you have any idea what I could do in this situation? Please answer genuinely and don't post "just wait for an official android p".
Thanks!
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Bro can u plz tell me how to get back to 8.1 oreo i am on 9.0 and didn't get treble support
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I was trying to clean install Oxygen OS 4.0 onto my OnePlus 3. I did a huge mistake of formatting my entire data off of my OnePlus 3 using Wipe > Format Data > Yes in TWRP and now I cannot use my phone.
I don't know how to install the OS on the phone again and I am stuck. I don't even have a spare phone right now.
Can someone please help me? I tried checking the other forums, but they were confusing and I didn't understand anything. Please help me.
I tried downloading the software from OnePlus's website, but I couldn't install it through ADB cause the file is for some odd reason corrupt.
Please, somebody help me. I can't even send it back to OnePlus cause I am in a different country ATM.
I had trouble with OB10 and adb. Said it couldn't read the file. I instead flashed TWRP and enabled mtp from there. I then pushed the full ROM to internal storage. Fastboot flashed the stock recovery and used 'upgrade from internal'. That flashed it fine. Then I reinstalled TWRP and SuperSU.
yasinmys said:
I was trying to clean install Oxygen OS 4.0 onto my OnePlus 3. I did a huge mistake of formatting my entire data off of my OnePlus 3 using Wipe > Format Data > Yes in TWRP and now I cannot use my phone.
I don't know how to install the OS on the phone again and I am stuck. I don't even have a spare phone right now.
Can someone please help me? I tried checking the other forums, but they were confusing and I didn't understand anything. Please help me.
I tried downloading the software from OnePlus's website, but I couldn't install it through ADB cause the file is for some odd reason corrupt.
Please, somebody help me. I can't even send it back to OnePlus cause I am in a different country ATM.
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Have you downloaded the full ROM? Make sure you download the full rom from oneplus's website or any of the mirrors available on various forums on xda. Flash it normally like you flash a custom rom. It will work as I have done it a lot of times. Your file must have been corrupt.
yasinmys said:
I was trying to clean install Oxygen OS 4.0 onto my OnePlus 3. I did a huge mistake of formatting my entire data off of my OnePlus 3 using Wipe > Format Data > Yes in TWRP and now I cannot use my phone.
I don't know how to install the OS on the phone again and I am stuck. I don't even have a spare phone right now.
Can someone please help me? I tried checking the other forums, but they were confusing and I didn't understand anything. Please help me.
I tried downloading the software from OnePlus's website, but I couldn't install it through ADB cause the file is for some odd reason corrupt.
Please, somebody help me. I can't even send it back to OnePlus cause I am in a different country ATM.
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Go to: h*t*t*p*://downloads.oneplus.net/oneplus-3/oneplus_3_oxygenos_3.2.8/ (REMOVE STARS) download both stock recovery and rom of OOS v3.2.8 (located at the bottom of the page). Flash stock recovery via fastboot (I hope you know how to). After it was flashed, disconnect the cable, turn off the device in fastboot (power off). Then hold power and volume down keys down to boot into recovery. From there ADB sideload the stock OOS v3.2.8. Let it boot up and update to OOS 4.0 via OTA.
P.s. If you need the actual steps, let me know. I'll update it in this post.
nine5raptor said:
I had trouble with OB10 and adb. Said it couldn't read the file. I instead flashed TWRP and enabled mtp from there. I then pushed the full ROM to internal storage. Fastboot flashed the stock recovery and used 'upgrade from internal'. That flashed it fine. Then I reinstalled TWRP and SuperSU.
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I had an issue with custom twrp + Freedom OS v2.0 (OOS v4.0). No xposed, a lot of battery issues with performance and toggling settings issues too. So I decided to stick with Freedom OS 1.7 (OOS v3.2.8) until OnePlus fixes the issues, with xposed available for Nougat and official twrp being released to support Nougat. Also, whenever I flashed custom twrp, which was recommended by the dev, it always asked me for a password. I did have PIN code with fingerprint option, a pattern option or none at all. All of which did not help bypass it, even using "default_password". I was stuck with OOS v4.0, somehow, with no twrp to work with as it locked my data. I backed my files before flashing from OOS v3.2.8 to OOS v4.0, lucky me. I managed to do what I have explained in the first response.
First, let me say I have been using rooted phones with twrp for several years and never had the slightest problem with them, so I generally know what I am doing, but the Mi A2 Lite is just a disaster area for me, not with Magisk, that works fine, but twrp seems impossible for me to install on 10.0.3.0 without soft bricking ( I had twrp installed on 10.0.2.0 and 10.0.1.0 so I am not unfamiliar with the method, but on 10.0.3.0 - no way). I have done so many factory resets now I have my own parking space at the factory! (That is humour btw).
So I wondered if a different approach to the problem might work. I am not a coder or phone guru, so what I propose might be nonsense, if it is I am sure somebody will tell me.
We are all used to the concept of the 'patched_boot.img' created by Magisk and if you don't want to produce your own version the forum usually has a link to it. Magisk though is not the problem, twrp is, so what I am proposing is that somebody provides a link to a 'double_patched_boot.img' ie a flashable boot image that contains both twrp and magisk and that can directly replace the stock boot via fastboot.
Apparently there are some folks that have managed to install both twrp and magisk on 10.0.3.0, so if one of them could extract the 'double_patched_boot.img' from their phone it might help out a lot. How do you achieve that? Well there is probably more than one way, but the way that I would choose (if I could manage to install them both in the first place) is to boot into twrp, connect to pc, take a miflash backup of the phone and then unzip it with the following command (this is a linux command I am sure someone can provide a windows equivalent):
Code:
tar -xzf ********.tgz
where ********.tgz is the name of your miflash backup.
Then extract the boot.img from the resulting folder, rename it to something like 'double_patched_boot_10.0.3.0.img' and provide a link to it on the forum. Then some brave soul could try it out (probably not me as I am sick of doing factory resets and don't have any backups because I don't have any recovery to make them from).
OTOH this might just not be practical, I don't know enough to be sure.
i was having similar issues. replaced my mi a2 lite and followed the guide for the aosp 109 gsi here in the forum replacing the fstab and one other file i forgot they name but it's instructed. i have twrp zero the fixed one, magisk, and I'm running the RR PIE ROM with zero issues and I've been back and forth in and out of recovery no problem. I'm pretty sure it will work for you too.
12:121390 said:
i was having similar issues. replaced my mi a2 lite and followed the guide for the aosp 109 gsi here in the forum replacing the fstab and one other file i forgot they name but it's instructed. i have twrp zero the fixed one, magisk, and I'm running the RR PIE ROM with zero issues and I've been back and forth in and out of recovery no problem. I'm pretty sure it will work for you too.
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Interesting. I have certainly thought of jumping ship to a custom rom, but I would like to wait a little before I do so, ideally until someone fires up a Lineage rom for the A2 Lite. But if things continue as badly as they have done so far with stock roms then I might well join you on RR.
viking777 said:
Interesting. I have certainly thought of jumping ship to a custom rom, but I would like to wait a little before I do so, ideally until someone fires up a Lineage rom for the A2 Lite. But if things continue as badly as they have done so far with stock roms then I might well join you on RR.
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also because of the new ARB thing, custom is much safer, i think i bricked my last device rolling back from ota 9.0 software to ota 8.1. that's a non-issue with custom. just something to be wary of. the current RR pie gsi is near flawless for he so far. hope that helps a little
12:121390 said:
also because of the new ARB thing, custom is much safer, i think i bricked my last device rolling back from ota 9.0 software to ota 8.1. that's a non-issue with custom. just something to be wary of. the current RR pie gsi is near flawless for he so far. hope that helps a little
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Anti roll back is disabled and not an issue if bootloader is unlocked
Nice thread. Tried it as well but no chance 10.0.3.00 + twrp + magisk. And you are right the problem is twrp.
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12:121390 said:
i was having similar issues. replaced my mi a2 lite and followed the guide for the aosp 109 gsi here in the forum replacing the fstab and one other file i forgot they name but it's instructed. i have twrp zero the fixed one, magisk, and I'm running the RR PIE ROM with zero issues and I've been back and forth in and out of recovery no problem. I'm pretty sure it will work for you too.
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Does RR Pie have any issues on Mi A2 Lite? Whichever GSI I'd tried, I had lags :/
12:121390 said:
i was having similar issues. replaced my mi a2 lite and followed the guide for the aosp 109 gsi here in the forum replacing the fstab and one other file i forgot they name but it's instructed. i have twrp zero the fixed one, magisk, and I'm running the RR PIE ROM with zero issues and I've been back and forth in and out of recovery no problem. I'm pretty sure it will work for you too.
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brother i also want to install RR PIE Rom can you please give me the guide link?
hossman said:
Anti roll back is disabled and not an issue if bootloader is unlocked
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correct it is not. what happened was.. lol. i thought i was crafty and did some file swapping and made miflash setups that would flash so the stock files as usual , but with gsi's like RR and/or bootleggers for the system image. and it works, up until i flashed from RR to bootleggers with those setups described previously . there is where my genius was flawed. lol. lesson learned
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marstonpear said:
Does RR Pie have any issues on Mi A2 Lite? Whichever GSI I'd tried, I had lags :/
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for me, i have not come across anything caused by the GSI. any issues I've faced are purely self inflicted.
I don´t get your problems... Just boot twrp, and install it as described in original thread.
After that flash back aboot from 9.6.11.0 and the message "your system got destroyed" will disappear!
Voodoojonny said:
I don´t get your problems... Just boot twrp, and install it as described in original thread.
After that flash back aboot from 9.6.11.0 and the message "your system got destroyed" will disappear!
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You might not get my problem, but likewise I don't get your solution. Firstly aboot has never been touched during the attempted twrp install so why flash it at all, it has not been changed, and secondly you suggest I flash it with something that is how many versions old 4?, 5?, I'm not sure, when just about every post you ever read stresses that you should not mix old and new partitions at the same time.
I hope you forgive my scepticism, but can you actually suggest the slightest reason why this might work?
Or is it all just voodoo johnny (sorry, couldn't resist that).
viking777 said:
You might not get my problem, but likewise I don't get your solution. Firstly aboot has never been touched during the attempted twrp install so why flash it at all, it has not been changed, and secondly you suggest I flash it with something that is how many versions old 4?, 5?, I'm not sure, when just about every post you ever read stresses that you should not mix old and new partitions at the same time.
I hope you forgive my scepticism, but can you actually suggest the slightest reason why this might work?
Or is it all just voodoo johnny (sorry, couldn't resist that).
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Aboot is the bootloader. Since Pie the aboot was modified to check wheather there are modification on your boot.img. So everytime you modify something (like installing twrp), you get the message "your system got destroyed".
9.6.11.0 is the last version of Oreo. Here the bootloader didn´t check boot.img.
That´s why you need to flash 9.6.11.0 - maybe the older verstions will work too. Didn´t check. But I guess only 9.6.11.0 will work becouse it was the latest oreo version and it had to have a bootloader which can boot up pie (to have ota working).
Here you can find the aboot.img I use... and which works without any problem on pie - right now I´m running 10.0.3.0...
Just flash it via fastboot.
Voodoojonny said:
Aboot is the bootloader. Since Pie the aboot was modified to check wheather there are modification on your boot.img. So everytime you modify something (like installing twrp), you get the message "your system got destroyed".
9.6.11.0 is the last version of Oreo. Here the bootloader didn´t check boot.img.
That´s why you need to flash 9.6.11.0 - maybe the older verstions will work too. Didn´t check. But I guess only 9.6.11.0 will work becouse it was the latest oreo version and it had to have a bootloader which can boot up pie (to have ota working).
Here you can find the aboot.img I use... and which works without any problem on pie - right now I´m running 10.0.3.0...
Just flash it via fastboot.
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OK that makes sense now - thank you for the explanation. I will probably give that a try sometime, but not right now as I have a stable working phone for the first time in ages and I don't want to jeopardise that.
Just one question though. When I had twrp installed on 10.0.2.0, it was fine at doing backups, but on the two occasions I tried to restore with them they failed, by which I don't mean that the restore didn't repair the phone, but that it was impossible to even carry out the restore, it started but did not complete - just ended with 'Restore Failed' message.
Have you tried any restores with twrp installed in the manner you suggest and if so did they work? No point in installing it otherwise.
viking777 said:
OK that makes sense now - thank you for the explanation. I will probably give that a try sometime, but not right now as I have a stable working phone for the first time in ages and I don't want to jeopardise that.
Just one question though. When I had twrp installed on 10.0.2.0, it was fine at doing backups, but on the two occasions I tried to restore with them they failed, by which I don't mean that the restore didn't repair the phone, but that it was impossible to even carry out the restore, it started but did not complete - just ended with 'Restore Failed' message.
Have you tried any restores with twrp installed in the manner you suggest and if so did they work? No point in installing it otherwise.
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There seems to be some bugs restoring system and vendor... Some users talked about... I usually only save and restore the data and boot partition and I never had any problems with that. For all other partitions you can use miflash or fastboot...
Yeah all my twrp full backups don't work after a fresh stock installment either, that's very annoying.
The twrp version for daisy is bugged. Backups are not working, the wifi with GSI Roms on pie stock is not working anymore as soon as twrp is installed as well.
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Thanks for the replies above. @voodoojohnny
In my case it was the data partition that caused the restore to fail, vendor and system and boot all seemed to go through normally. @cd492
Based on what you say along with my own experiences and those of voovoojohnny, it looks like twrp is more trouble than it is worth at the moment. I think I will make do without it for now and hope for a better version in the future.
viking777 said:
First, let me say I have been using rooted phones with twrp for several years and never had the slightest problem with them, so I generally know what I am doing, but the Mi A2 Lite is just a disaster area for me, not with Magisk, that works fine, but twrp seems impossible for me to install on 10.0.3.0 without soft bricking ( I had twrp installed on 10.0.2.0 and 10.0.1.0 so I am not unfamiliar with the method, but on 10.0.3.0 - no way). I have done so many factory resets now I have my own parking space at the factory! (That is humour btw).
So I wondered if a different approach to the problem might work. I am not a coder or phone guru, so what I propose might be nonsense, if it is I am sure somebody will tell me.
We are all used to the concept of the 'patched_boot.img' created by Magisk and if you don't want to produce your own version the forum usually has a link to it. Magisk though is not the problem, twrp is, so what I am proposing is that somebody provides a link to a 'double_patched_boot.img' ie a flashable boot image that contains both twrp and magisk and that can directly replace the stock boot via fastboot.
Apparently there are some folks that have managed to install both twrp and magisk on 10.0.3.0, so if one of them could extract the 'double_patched_boot.img' from their phone it might help out a lot. How do you achieve that? Well there is probably more than one way, but the way that I would choose (if I could manage to install them both in the first place) is to boot into twrp, connect to pc, take a miflash backup of the phone and then unzip it with the following command (this is a linux command I am sure someone can provide a windows equivalent):
where ********.tgz is the name of your miflash backup.
Then extract the boot.img from the resulting folder, rename it to something like 'double_patched_boot_10.0.3.0.img' and provide a link to it on the forum. Then some brave soul could try it out (probably not me as I am sick of doing factory resets and don't have any backups because I don't have any recovery to make them from).
OTOH this might just not be practical, I don't know enough to be sure.
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THIS HAS NOT BEEN TESTED ON GSI'S YET
I'm currently in the process of RR with TWRP but having extreme Encryption errors
Grab these two files (Big Thanks to Zerovoid, Seryioo, and mac12m99)
Fixed SDCard Support TWRP Image File (Put this on your SDCard and Computer)-
https://forum.xda-developers.com/mi...unofficial-twrp-daisy-mount-sd-fixed-t3889390
Fixed SDCard Support TWRP Installer Zip (Put this on your SDCard)-
https://androidfilehost.com/?fid=11410963190603893418
But I got TWRP on 10.0.3.0 with magisk, and Justic Kernel.
THIS WILL WIPE YOUR DEVICE I'M DEFINITELY NOT RESPONSIBLE FOR LOST DATA
Start with the phone being on with USB Debugging enabled correctly
Type adb reboot bootloader
So flash the 10.0.3.0 ROM through MiFlash using the flash_all.bat, this process has to be done so backup your data before erasing.
After it is done flashing it restarts, go ahead and hold power and volume down right back to the Bootloader
Type: fastboot boot twrp-3.2.3-0-daisy_zero.img
It would boot into TWRP, if you see something about decryption hit cancel this may mean you haven't followed directions so far
Tap install and find your SD Card, find the fixed-twrp-installer-daisy.zip where ever you put it on your SD Card and install it, this process takes a few minutes when finished DO NOT HIT REBOOT SYSTEM!
Hit the home button back to TWRP home screen and tap reboot >>> bootloader
Download this to your computer - https://androidfilehost.com/?fid=11410963190603884024
Type: fastboot flash aboot aboot_9.6.4.img
Then type: fastboot reboot
Afterwards your phone shall boot up to Android if it does hold power and volume up and release power and keep hold volume up when the screen turns back on to go-to recovery, if TWRP boots up you have successfully completed the task.
Now flash Magisk zip (optional)
Hopefully this helped kind of my first tutorial, this was my process.
InfinityXDA said:
THIS HAS NOT BEEN TESTED ON GSI'S YET
I'm currently in the process of RR with TWRP but having extreme Encryption errors
Grab these two files (Big Thanks to Zerovoid, Seryioo, and mac12m99)
Fixed SDCard Support TWRP Image File (Put this on your SDCard and Computer)-
https://forum.xda-developers.com/mi...unofficial-twrp-daisy-mount-sd-fixed-t3889390
Fixed SDCard Support TWRP Installer Zip (Put this on your SDCard)-
https://androidfilehost.com/?fid=11410963190603893418
But I got TWRP on 10.0.3.0 with magisk, and Justic Kernel.
THIS WILL WIPE YOUR DEVICE I'M DEFINITELY NOT RESPONSIBLE FOR LOST DATA
Start with the phone being on with USB Debugging enabled correctly
Type adb reboot bootloader
So flash the 10.0.3.0 ROM through MiFlash using the flash_all.bat, this process has to be done so backup your data before erasing.
After it is done flashing it restarts, go ahead and hold power and volume down right back to the Bootloader
Type: fastboot boot twrp-3.2.3-0-daisy_zero.img
It would boot into TWRP, if you see something about decryption hit cancel this may mean you haven't followed directions so far
Tap install and find your SD Card, find the fixed-twrp-installer-daisy.zip where ever you put it on your SD Card and install it, this process takes a few minutes when finished DO NOT HIT REBOOT SYSTEM!
Hit the home button back to TWRP home screen and tap reboot >>> bootloader
Download this to your computer - https://androidfilehost.com/?fid=11410963190603884024
Type: fastboot flash aboot aboot_9.6.4.img
Then type: fastboot reboot
Afterwards your phone shall boot up to Android if it does hold power and volume up and release power and keep hold volume up when the screen turns back on to go-to recovery, if TWRP boots up you have successfully completed the task.
Now flash Magisk zip (optional)
Hopefully this helped kind of my first tutorial, this was my process.
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Thank you very much for posting this process in such detail, unfortunately I think you must have missed my last post where I said:
it looks like twrp is more trouble than it is worth at the moment. I think I will make do without it for now and hope for a better version in the future.
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I meant it, at least for now, but maybe your post will help somebody else.
viking777 said:
Thank you very much for posting this process in such detail, unfortunately I think you must have missed my last post where I said:
I meant it, at least for now, but maybe your post will help somebody else.
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Yes I didn't see that post but understand I didn't give you links to the official TWRP, I gave you the unofficial fixed TWRP which actually features SD Card Support and trust me it works completely fine I haven't had a problem yet. This took me hours upon hours to figure out what I was doing wrong.
The only specific reason you are not successfully getting TWRP is because you didn't flash the aboot.img after installing the zip.
I hope this helps you in the future!
thanks InfinityXDA for the tutorial, you should create a post just for it~
The below is a guide to installing GSI images on the Mi 8 Pro. I specifically have experience with the PixelExperience 9.0 (Unofficial) but have had other GSI ROMs booting and working. I hope this is useful for some.
GSI (Generic System Image) ROMS can be flashed to any Project Treble enabled device. These devices have either an A/B partition layout (these allow for seamless updating as the system can boot from A or B partition) or just an A only partition layout. The Mi 8 Pro is an arm64 a only device and support project treble ROMs. You can choose from suitable ROMs listed here and here.
The instructions given below are for Android Pie (9.0). The same basic setup can be used for Android Oreo (8.0, 8.1) ROMs, but the Mi 8 Pro should be flashed with the appropriate Xiaomi base ROM first before flashing any 8 based GSI ROM
As the ROM development for the Mi 8 Pro is basically dead, I decided to buy a OnePlus 6T and sell my Mi 8 Pro. However, due to having my new OnePlus 6T stolen, and due to a lack of funds to buy a new device, I have revived my Mi 8 Pro to try to get something other than MIUI working on it. I now have The PixelExperience (Unofficial) GSI ROM running very smoothly on my Mi 8 Pro.
As the PixelExperience team has stated they will be delivering GSI images again, if there are enough of us asking, we could get better support for things like the fingerprint sensor, for a more complete experience.
Some of the below steps may be unnecessary, but are there for a complete beginner's guide to doing this and getting the right results.
Working:
WiFi
Bluetooth (with APTX)
NFC (Including Google Pay)
RIL
Mobile data (LTE / HSPDA / 3G / EDGE)
GPS
Camera (with camera built in to ROM, as well as some GCAM implementations)
Video Camera (not working on GCAM implementations tested so far - only working on Camer built in to ROM)
Flashlight
Sound / Vibrations
Face Unlock
Hotspot
Not Working:
VoLTE (I have had it working, but unable to end phone calls and problems receiving SMS messages, so reverted)
Fingerprint (There is some support. The fingerprint area of the screen lights up when trying to enrol a new fingerprint. The screen dims when a finger is placed on the sensor, and a green light us emitted from the sensor area, but it does not register the fingerprint and this is not currently working.)
Notification LED
You Tell Me
How to install
Flash the latest Fastboot Global Stable Android PIE (9.0) ROM for the Mi 8 Pro. (eg. equuleus_global_images_V10.3.4.0.PECMIXM_20190712.0000.00_9.0_global_9a181f79c1.tgz) using the Xiaomi Tool.
Update: Use the latest MIUI system. The contents of the vendor partition are important. The most compatible vendor partition as of 2019-08-19 is from equuleus_global_V10.3.5.0.PECMIXM. You can download and flash that vendor independantly, if you have already set up your GSI image.
Reboot and finish basic MIUI setup.
Reboot to recovery.
[*]Format data (Wipe - Advanced - format data - confirm by typing yes)
DO NOT FORMAT DATA. Just perform a factory reset. Formatting data can cause issues and prevent booting.
Wipe Cache - Dalvik Cache and System
Reboot recovery
Use adb to push PixelExperience GSI image (img file extracted from download) and latest version of Magisk to root of SDCard. (Empty due to formatting data).
("adb push c:\path\system.img /sdcard/" and then "adb push c:\path\Magiskv19.3.apk /sdcard/")
Flash the image to system partition by taping INSTALL and then on the "Install Image" button (to toggle between flashing zip and img files). Do not reboot yet.
Flash magisk zip in the normal way (hit the same button as in previous step to show zip files to flash. (This is necessary to avoid bootloops)
Reboot, and enjoy.
You can now set up your "PixelExperience" device with your apps and settings, including registering a face for face unlock.
To pass cts validation for the safetynet and to allow service such as Google Pay to work
In Magisk, under settings - Find “Magisk Hide” and toggle the switch on
Magisk restarts. Go to Magisk Hide from the Magisk menu and ensure that...
Google Pay
Google Play
Google Play Services
Google Service Framework
Any Banking Apps
...are checked so that they cannot see Magisk (canont see phone as rooted).
Now go to downloads and install the SafetyPatch v3 module (created by hackintosh5).
Reboot.
Open settings - go to apps and notifications - and find the above apps to clear all data.
Enjoy your rooted safetynet compliant, as close to stock as possible Xiaomi Mi 8 Pro.
nice work thanks for this great notice, i will test PixelExperience, how work the face unlock? i use the finger print very much, all day, but not work i will use the facial unlock. Then i wanna know how work this.
thanks!!
axelgrox said:
nice work thanks for this great notice, i will test PixelExperience, how work the face unlock? i use the finger print very much, all day, but not work i will use the facial unlock. Then i wanna know how work this.
thanks!!
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Face unlock works fine. I have it paired with Pick to wake phone - so when I pick it up it wakes up to allow face unlock.
However, be prepared for some investment of time (not for face unlock).... I am a bit stuck now and cannot reproduce the above to get this working. Sometimes the results are different depending on base ROM etc.
Share how you get on and anything you may need to do to get this working.
Thanks
Nice work, i will try it .
The mi8 pro 's fingerprint is so bad which can be ignored, and the face unlock is the mostly used, hahahah
thank you very much for your work
Hi, I am waiting to unlock bootloader. Need 148hrs. Will install this. Thanks for sharing.
Quick update: There are some issues with GSI ROMs and the Mi 8 Pro. SOe of these relate to the SIMcard settings - and selection of preferred SIM for data, calls etc.
My experience shows that the vendor image from equuleus_global_V10.3.5.0.PECMIXM fixes many of these. The vendor image from the original MIUI ROM is used with the GSI system image to make the whole Project treble stuff work. I advise flashing this latest vendor image for maximum compatibility.
Do you know what issues remain after flashing the latest vendor image?
Does the face unlock on Pixel Experience work with IR camera or front cam?
I tried installing this and it got stuck on the loading screen with the Google logo. I tried following your instructions and a few other ways and couldn't get it to work at all i'm also not able to root my phone at all. When ever I try rooting my phone just reboots to twrp until I reflash the ram or flash the magisk uninstaller.
Do you have any tips, tricks, or suggestions I might try?
Thanks!
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I tried installing this and it got stuck on the loading screen with the Google logo. I tried following your instructions and a few other ways and couldn't get it to work at all i'm also not able to root my phone at all. When ever I try rooting my phone just reboots to twrp until I reflash the ram or flash the magisk uninstaller.
Do you have any tips, tricks, or suggestions I might try?
Thanks!
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Have experienced this on occasion also.
What GSI image have you tried? after my multiple efforts, I would recommend... in this order: Omni. HavocOS, Descendant(no future updates), PIxelExperience. I am hopeful about the PixelExperience team who have made an announcement that as of August they will no longer produce CAF versions of PixelExperience, and that they will maintain regular GSI builds also. PE official GSI - I am full of hope.
Anyway, back on topic: Try this.
Follow the instructions - a few precisions:
Use XiaoMiFlash to flash the equuleus_global_images_V10.3.4.0 as a base. You can update the vendor partition once you have GSI up and running, but don't let the MIUI update to 10.3.5. Ensure you define a PIN to make sure that data partition is encrypted. (everyone should use encryption nowadays, and besides, I have had bad experiences whn using a xiaomi eu or mi-globe ROM (unencrypted) as the base
Reboot and finish basic MIUI setup. - What I mean here is to let the ROM boot, don't have to sign in to Google or Mi, but get to the home screen after the initial setup.
Then reboot fastboot and flash TWRP 3.3.0. Search for TWRP-3.3.0-0504-XIAOMI8UD-CN-wzsx150.zip.
Boot to TWRP. Make sure that you are able to decrypt the data partition with the PIN you set earlier. If TWRP does not ask you for the passcode / PIN - something is wrong. Try again. ONce all is OK in TWRP, perform factory reset. (DO NOT FORMAT DATA for the aforementioned encryption reason).
adb push the img file.
adb push the Magisk 19.3 zip.
Flash both in TWRP
Reboot TWRP
Reboot system. If it appears to hang, after 5 minutes you can force restart with the power button. I have had the ROM boot OK after second boot only?
Pretty sure that if you strictly follow the above you should get a working GSI image on Mi 8 Pro. Let me know...
It's a bit flaky to set up, but once set up, apart from fingerprint sensor not working, very stable and lovely to have the stock ish android system on a MIUI phone!
Be careful with preferred network type for mobile network as some selections have messed up incoming SMS messages for me... a dealbreaker.
What happens when you flash Magisk? What does TWRP say? Have you tried flashing Magisk, rebooting TWRP, and flahing Magisk again? It may be a TWRP version issue?
Thanks for your reply!
The version of twrp you mention is what I have used. I have not tried installing then rebooting to twrp so I try that.
When flashing magisk it usually flashes fine (I have had a couple times where it just throws an error) then when I reboot the phone will boot past the Mi logo the the Android boot logo then after 10-15 sec. it just reboots to twrp.
I was finally able to get the twrp to stick across boots by flashing twrp, signing boot image, removing twrp then reboot to Miui.
Do I need to adb push the GSI image or should it be fine to install from a USB drive?
The SMS issue isn't really a big deal for me as I use Google Fi routed through hangouts for one sim and a local sim where I'm living for mostly data and a few phone calls for the second one
Thanks so much for this post. I was completely oblivious to the fact that the Mi 8 Pro would actually be different to the Mi 8 when it comes to custom roms. When I decided on my next phone, I read the positive reviews and saw enough Mi 8 roms to be willing to make a switch to Xiaomi. Until I read your post I was close to despairing as I don't want a Xiaomi rom on my phone for various reasons (among them is the fact that I don't trust them and the way they have decided to collect user data).
I've tried to follow your guide in every step (I've also flashed the updated vendor.img), but unfortunately I have not been able to install the Pixel Experience rom on my device. I do see the boot animation but it never stops, I'm forever stuck with the Google-G and the progress bar below it. Has anyone else managed to install the Pixel Experience rom on the Mi 8 Pro? If yes, did you follow the guide here or did you do something else?
Also, in your initial post you write that we should wipe the system in TWRP but as far as I can tell GSI roms need you to wipe data, cache and dalvik cache but not the system partition (if you do it, you also don't get asked for your PIN code in TWRP any more, which - as you said - indicates that something went wrong).
Did you install a particular version of the Pixel Experience rom? Maybe that might be part of my issue?
I have try many times installing it. Didn't manage to boot it up.
Finally, tested with Miroom ROM as base then flash the system.img manage to boot up.
Don't know why it didn't boot but at lease any one who have issue booting may want to try using Miroom rom as base.
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I have try many times installing it. Didn't manage to boot it up.
Finally, tested with Miroom ROM as base then flash the system.img manage to boot up.
Don't know why it didn't boot but at lease any one who have issue booting may want to try using Miroom rom as base.
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What did you do to install miroom? I've been trying to install it and it just stays on the boot screen. The only non-official from I've been able to install and boot is the unofficial LineageOS rom by fenix-UK.
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What did you do to install miroom? I've been trying to install it and it just stays on the boot screen. The only non-official from I've been able to install and boot is the unofficial LineageOS rom by fenix-UK.
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I install it using twrp 3.3.0 version. Build 0503. But before that I have install the stock rom goble stable version 10.3.5.0. update FW & Vendor using the same twrp.
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I install it using twrp 3.3.0 version. Build 0503. But before that I have install the stock rom goble stable version 10.3.5.0. update FW & Vendor using the same twrp.
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Thanks.
Is your phone a Chinese version or EU version? Were you able to root global stock rom?
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Thanks.
Is your phone a Chinese version or EU version? Were you able to root global stock rom?
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Hi, I am using a Chinese version. But once you unlock it you will be able to flash any version with the twrp.
I try rooting it with magisk but unable to boot up. That's why I turn to Miroom Rom. They have done something which can boot it up.
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Hi, I am using a Chinese version. But once you unlock it you will be able to flash any version with the twrp.
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I'm also using the Chinese version but no matter what I try I cannot root the global version of the rom. I can root the Chinese version fine.
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I'm also using the Chinese version but no matter what I try I cannot root the global version of the rom. I can root the Chinese version fine.
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Might be the developer version is only for the Chinese Rom. Anyway I am happy now running with GSI Rom.
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I'm also using the Chinese version but no matter what I try I cannot root the global version of the rom. I can root the Chinese version fine.
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What version of TWRP are you using?
Hello,
It all began that i just wanted to restart my Oneplus3 unlocked with lineage 15.
But then back in Lineage15 i wasnt able to use my pin anymore + it restarted after few seconds...
Afterwards i ended up in a lineage bootloop.
Ok, then i thought then i do a fresh flash with new lineage 16.
I tried to flash but it said i need to install new modem firmware for Lineage16.
I downdloaded the new 9.0.5 modem + firmware and flashed it from here : https://forum.xda-developers.com/oneplus-3/how-to/op3-flashable-firmware-modem-zips-t3816066
Then i tried to flash LOS16 again but it failed due to some errors on unable to mount some partitions (cache , system, etc).
So i thought i need to wipe or reformat them, as some people suggested to switch from ext4 to fat and back to reinit the partition.
I did this for at least system and internal storage. ( i learned that it was a dumb idea )
Afterwards i was not able to push anything anymore through MTP in TWRP, but i was still able to sideload or push images via adb.
Afterwards i tried to flash LOS16 or LOS15 via TWRP again but it always ends up to a "unable to mount /system (invalid argument" error at some point of the installation.
I thought: Okey maybe i go back to stock as i messed up the internal file system somehow, and go back to LOS afterwards.
So i flashed the stock recovery for nougat which i got from here: https://www.****************/2017/0...th-latest-oxygen-os-firmware-complete-unroot/
Then i tried to flash various stock Oxygen roms with the stock recovery, by using wipe + system reset + adb sideload:
4.02, 4.51, 5.08, 9.0.5
4.02 and 9.0.5 didnt run until the end.
Flashing 5.08 works but ends up in a black screen when starting it.
Flashing 4.51 works but when i start it i run into a bootloop ( 2 Dots circuling forever )
I also tried to use the 4.51 version to flash LOS again but it did not work out
I just tried again to flash 4.51 but it also didnt work out anymore. :\
So, what do you think i could do to get a working OS on my system again?
Did i do something on the installation of LOS or Oxygen ?
Can i use a backup from a friends Oneplus3_T to get a working system partition / full OS again?
Should i unbrick the phone by using one of various guides to go back to fully stock? I am kind of afraid of this, as some people describe some final brick in the threads which may be caused by modem firmware problems (Sahara issue). https://forums.oneplus.com/threads/guide-oneplus-3-3t-unbrick.531047/ or https://forums.oneplus.com/threads/guide-mega-unbrick-guide-for-a-hard-bricked-oneplus-3.452634/
Thank you so much, i kind of getting mad about it
@julledd
Backup from 3T seems like a bad idea.
You may have a hardware issue.
Your best bet is to use one of the tools available in the various unbrick guides. If one doesn't work, try another.
Best of luck!
Hi thx for your help!
i tried different unbrick tools (9.0.5 / 3.1.2 / 4.0.5) and after several attempts i get it flashed to the phone. But in the end it still ends up in a bootloop, either at the android logo or the circuling dots. Via Sideload i am also not able to flash a new OS. It always breaks somewhen >50%.
In very rare cases i am then able to go to the OS, but when i go to "About Phone" to unlock it for TWRP, it freezes before showing anything. I guess there is internally something broken which forbids it to show the internal state of the phone. Every boot is different, and i cannot see any system in this failure of my phone.
Do you have any more hint?
I am already at a point where i want to exchange the main PCB.. Is this possible for the Oneplus3? Can i also exchange it with a Oneplus3T PCB?
So after years of never needing to create an account.....I am stuck. Hoping yall can help me out.
I HAD lineage OS installed and everything was working fine. I wanted to revert back to stock so that I could get the google photos unlimited upload back.
I HAD lineage recovery installed but now I am soft-bricked and cant get into recovery.
My bootloader is unlocked and fastboot is working.
When recovery was working, I tried to install the full OTA and that failed so that lead me to the Full Factory Image.
I try to run the flash-all.sh script and it does all sorts of failing. (See flashAllLog.txt) I believe the crux of this is:
When I installed LineageOS, my phone started identifying as a Pixel 3 which was strange but whatever. When I am trying to run this flash-all basically it says that my bootloader is newer and it needs an older version.
So then I thought well maybe I need to erase the slots (eraseLog.txt). Those all worked fine but I still couldnt flash all
So then I was thinking maybe if I just flash the bootloader manually (manualBootFlashLog.txt). But that failed as well.
Am I just boned here or is there an android wizard out there who can point me in the right direction. Please let me know of ANY other information I could possibly provide
Here are 4 options, there's more even tedious stuff you could try but Id start with these
1.) Have you tried to just use fastboot to BOOT into the recovery.img file from the factory image zip (not flash it) and then you can sideload the OTA from there?
2.) You can also try to edit the flash-all file so it doesn't re-flash the bootloader. Just flash system, data partitions etc.
3.) Try another factory image. I assume you tried to flash the latest Android 10 full factory image, maybe try an older one? Maybe even Android 8 or 9 and the just take the OTA update in settings.
4.) Also can try to boot (not flash) lineageos recovery to see if you can at least flash back into LineageOS (or maybe a different custom ROM, PixelExperience for example enables the unlimited Google Drive storage) to get a working device again.