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Pixel xl in twrp with no OS installed?

Hello to all. I have just unlocked bootloader, installed twrp and su. After everything booted up properly, I went to install an adblocker zip file, however once it booted into twrp it had no download folder, as well as when I went to reboot system it told me I had no os installed.. I'm a bit confused as to what to do now.. My apologies for clogging the thread if this has been answered before..
Edit: do I adb side load an image file or OS? I'm afraid of bricking this phone as I don't know how to continue from this point..

Which guide did you use to do all of this? I will help us understand where you started

Mrbobrowitz said:
Which guide did you use to do all of this? I will help us understand where you started
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Hi thanks for the reply. This link right here:
http://www.androidsage.com/2016/11/...timate-guide-root-twrp-and-bootloader-unlock/
Steps I followed:
1 unlocked bootloader
2 Download the below files TWRP and Root files for Google Pixel & Pixel XL
Official TWRP for Pixel phones → Download |
Files: twrp-pixel-installer-sailfish-3.0.2-0-alpha1.zip 7.6M
twrp-3.0.2-0-alpha1-fastboot-sailfish.img 25M
Flash SuperSU 2.78 SRF4 → Download | File: SR4-SuperSU-v2.78-SR4-20161115184928.zip
Twrp install instructions:
Step 1: Download the TWRP recovery and latest SuperSU zip file for your Google Pixel and Pixel XL devices. There are 2 TWRP files with .zip and .img extensions. You will need both. You don’t need to extract the files, just place all the files on your PC as well as your Android phone’s internal storage where you can easily locate it.
Step 2: Make sure that you setup ADB and Fastboot on your PC and gone through all the prerequisites from above.
Step 3: Now plug in the Pixel device to the computer and open a command prompt or terminal on your PC to the window where TWRP.zip file is located. (See above to know how to open cmd)
Step 4: Boot your Android device into the bootloader or Fastboot mode. To do so, issue the following command through cmd or terminal. You can also manually boot into it using the hard key combination like Power+Volume Down while the device is turned off. Meanwhile, use code:
adb reboot-bootloader
Step 5: Now issue the following command in the command prompt to check your device connectivity
fastboot devices
Step 6: Now issue the following command to temporarily boot up the TWRP image.
fastboot boot path/to/twrp.img
Note: If you have installed our recommend quick 15 second ADB & fastboot installer, you do not need to insert the complete file path. Simply go to where the TWRP image file is and issue command “fastboot boot twrp.img” Otherwise, note that “path/to/” is the actual directory for the TWRP image file. Use fastboot boot and not fastboot flash and that the file you are booting is not the zip file.
Simply After that, TWRP will be accessible to you no matter which active partition slots are being used.
Step 7: After that fastboot command, you will be rebooted into a temporary TWRP recovery interface. To make it permanent, use the TWRP interface to navigate to and install the TWRP.zip file. This is just like using TWRP to flash custom ROMS and SuperSU.
Once the installation completes, you can now enjoy your new firmware. Alternatively, while, on Mac OS, you can issue “./fastboot boot path/to/twrp.img” command or on Linux type “sudo fastboot path/to/twrp.img” to flash the TWRP. For detailed tutorial and alternate methods to flash the TWRP recovery, click here.
Now it’s time to root your Google Pixel with latest SuperSU 2.78 SR4.
How to root :
Place the latest SuperSU 2.78 SR4 package onto your device’s internal storage or SDcard.
Boot your device into the custom TWRP recovery and tap install. For that, turn off your device completely and hold volume down and power buttons for a few seconds.
Once into TWRP tap the install button and select the SuperSU file.
Swipe the confirmation action below to start flashing.
Once done. reboot to system.
You can boot into the TWRP recovery by issuing the following command:
adb reboot recovery

There is an alpha 2 for twrp now. I would try installing this and seeing if it works. If not, you can simply flash the latest factory image and "start over". Granted you would lose any data that you might have had not backed up on your device, but youre not out of luck!

I wouldn't waste your time. Just flash the factory image and start all over. You managed to wipe the Rom off your device

Smallsmx3 said:
I wouldn't waste your time. Just flash the factory image and start all over. You managed to wipe the Rom off your device
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Mrbobrowitz said:
There is an alpha 2 for twrp now. I would try installing this and seeing if it works. If not, you can simply flash the latest factory image and "start over". Granted you would lose any data that you might have had not backed up on your device, but youre not out of luck!
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Thanks guys, I actually have installed the alpha 2 twrp. I guess my question is how do I proceed? I'm in twrp and my PC does not see the device when typing adb devices.. Within twrp it says no os installed... What do I do here?
So how do I "start over" or "flash factory image" from the state that I'm in?

mazubo said:
Thanks guys, I actually have installed the alpha 2 twrp. I guess my question is how do I proceed? I'm in twrp and my PC does not see the device when typing adb devices.. Within twrp it says no os installed... What do I do here?
So how do I "start over" or "flash factory image" from the state that I'm in?
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You should be able to boot into fastboot

Smallsmx3 said:
You should be able to boot into fastboot
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Ok, and if that works then flash 7.1.1? Then twrp alpha then root via SuperSU flash?
A side question here is how did I wipe the os/from off the phone? I'm stumped on that one..

mazubo said:
Ok, and if that works then flash 7.1.1? Then twrp alpha then root via SuperSU flash?
A side question here is how did I wipe the os/from off the phone? I'm stumped on that one..
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I couldn't tell you! I've had it happen to me before a couple times. But yes if you can get into fastboot you should be able to fastboot flash a factory image. Then go and flash TWRP and root

Smallsmx3 said:
I couldn't tell you! I've had it happen to me before a couple times. But yes if you can get into fastboot you should be able to fastboot flash a factory image. Then go and flash TWRP and root
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Ok thanks. I've been able to reboot to bootloader...

I've figured it out via fast boot. The phone is back in action, however not sure how it got wiped initially.. Thanks everyone!

mazubo said:
Ok, and if that works then flash 7.1.1? Then twrp alpha then root via SuperSU flash?
A side question here is how did I wipe the os/from off the phone? I'm stumped on that one..
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mazubo said:
I've figured it out via fast boot. The phone is back in action, however not sure how it got wiped initially.. Thanks everyone!
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Off the top of my head... Probably selected the wrong "slot" maybe?
Remember on this device there are two locations for the ROM. Slot A and B. If you select the wrong one it will show no OS.
As far as the download folder missing... I know its mute at this point, but that has to do with the FBE (File Based Encryption). Make sure TWRP asks you for your Pattern Password. If you do not have one I would consider setting one. That way you know for fact that the File system will get decrypted properly. Also reports say you may have to reboot TWRP twice to get it to decrypt as well.

TWRP for Realme 3 [Working][Updated:21-Aug-2019]

All Praise and All Thanks To God
Things Required: Unlocked bootloader, TWRP file, Disable_Dm-Verity_ForceEncrypt.zip file, External SD card, adb and fastboot drivers installed in pc
Steps to flash TWRP:
Note: This will erase all your data, so please backup important things like photos,contacts etc , before following this procedure
1. Unlock bootloader if not done yet.
see this guide to unlock:
https://forum.xda-developers.com/realme-3/how-to/guide-bootloader-unlock-guide-realme-3-t3999463
2. Copy Disable_Dm-Verity_ForceEncrypt.zip in your External SD Card. Power off your phone by pressing power button, after your phone is powered off ,hold volume down + power button to boot into fastboot mode
3. Commands to execute:
fastboot flash recovery twrp.img
fastboot -w
fastboot oem reboot-recovery
4.Touch will not work for 40 seconds, just wait until touch starts to work.
5. Now very Important part, take full twrp backup in your external sdcard and keep it safe in your pc (This backup will be helpful in future incase you soft brick your device or have some issues in your phone such as network or volte or some other **** not working)
6. Install the Disable_Dm-Verity_ForceEncrypt.zip using twrp
7 .Reboot, Done!
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Please Note:
1. There will be red blinking notification due to flashing Disable_Dm-Verity_ForceEncrypt_Quota_.zip, you can just ignore it. If you don't like the red bliking notification, just restore your nvdata, vendor and system from twrp backup.
2. Don't relock bootloader after flashing twrp, it might brick your device. (Don't use fastboot flashing lock)
3. You cannot restore preloader_a and preloader_b partitions using twrp, only you can backup the two partitions, so always uncheck these two partitions before performing a twrp restore.
4. Please don't use minimal adb and fastboot tool, use Latest ADB and Fastboot Installer tool , link is provided below.
Features:
1. You can directly flash ota zip from twrp, but you have to decrypt it first using ozipdecrypt from here:
https://github.com/bkerler/oppo_ozip_decrypt
2. Fstab includes all the partitions to backup and restore
Links:
TWRP : https://github.com/fawazahmed0/android_device_Realme3_RMX1821/releases
Disable_Dm-Verity_ForceEncrypt.zip: https://zackptg5.com/android.php#disverfe
Latest ADB and Fastboot Installer: https://forum.xda-developers.com/android/general/tool-adb-fastboot-installer-tool-windows-t3999445
Device Tree: https://github.com/fawazahmed0/android_device_Realme3_RMX1821
How to boot to recovery:
A. From adb:
adb reboot recovery
adb shell reboot recovery
B. From fastboot mode:
fastboot oem reboot-recovery
C. There is no way to boot to recovery using power + vol down button after unlocking your bootloader. Only above two methods will work. (Don't relock bootloader after flashing twrp, it might brick your device)
Warning: if you did not follow the steps properly, either the twrp will be blank or you will be in endless recovery mode bootloop or you will revert back to stock recovery next time you try to boot to twrp.
Contributors:
@chankruze for his device tree and stable twrp:
https://github.com/N00bTree/android_device_realme_spartan
Blackcat: Got to know verity can be disabled by modifying vendor partition
@haditriw: For testing and verifying vendor can be modified in this phone
@ashu7073 for fixing screen issue and for his device tree
@jeffalaiza for making twrp ports
@Zackptg5 for his Disable_Dm-Verity_ForceEncrypt.zip
@osm0sis for his system_root mount support in AK3 which Disable_Dm-Verity_ForceEncrypt.zip uses

Nice Work

I will test soon
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KSUBROTO said:
It didn't work
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dont be stupid nova customizer you dont have rm3 phone all developer from realme device they know you scammer !!

Will we still see blank screen after 2 minutes of loading, or anything else?

Sounak Biswas said:
Will we still see blank screen after 2 minutes of loading, or anything else?
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When twrp boots, it will be blank screen, so don't panic.
you have to wait for atleast 2 minutes before executing the next commands

Has anyone been able to flash supersu.zip through shell yet?

Sounak Biswas said:
Has anyone been able to flash supersu.zip through shell yet?
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Jion This https://t.me/joinchat/HrjmCBBex1F5cy9q0m7cQg

Sounak Biswas said:
Has anyone been able to flash supersu.zip through shell yet?
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Use magisk, https://forum.xda-developers.com/realme-3/how-to/rooting-guide-realme-3-t3927028

Sounak Biswas said:
Has anyone been able to flash supersu.zip through shell yet?
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Superuser on magisk .

I need scatter file
Make scatter file for realme 3 my rm3 is deadboot

johncedd said:
Make scatter file for realme 3 my rm3 is deadboot
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Please Download The Stock Rom inside You Get Scatter File Ok

johncedd said:
Make scatter file for realme 3 my rm3 is deadboot
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If it's soft brick or bootloop see this guide:
https://forum.xda-developers.com/realme-3/how-to/realme-3-recover-soft-brick-boot-loop-t3920401
if it's hard brick go to service center.
I am not sure how scatter file will help you recover from hard brick.
Here is the scatter file for mt6771 chipset:
https://drive.google.com/file/d/1pjIkb9xuq4WRFVh72V3V6eNfzdhRTk8L/view

Thanks Sir

jeffalaiza said:
Thanks Sir
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Welcome sir

Work on ROM A.18 sir ?

hi sir, wolud you help me
what step should i do I got HARDBRICK realme 3?
I'm a newbie

Hello. I've recently tried to install TWRP on my RMX1821, and followed all the instructions but hurdled when I tried to format userdata. It says:
CreateProcess failed: the system cannot find the file specified. (2)
error: Cannot generate image for userdata
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Any advice or solution to rectify this problem?

TwelveMoon said:
Hello. I've recently tried to install TWRP on my RMX1821, and followed all the instructions but hurdled when I tried to format userdata. It says:
Any advice or solution to rectify this problem?
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Use adb platform tools..

I want to unlock the bootloader but in the application step I have waited more than 1 hour and the server has not shown success.

Can you share a link of video tutorial please.
fawazahmed0 said:
All Praise and All Thanks To God
Features:
1. You can directly flash ota zip from twrp, but you have to decrypt it first using ozipdecrypt from here:
https://github.com/bkerler/oppo_ozip_decrypt
2. Fstab includes all the partitions to backup and restore
Steps to flash TWRP:
Note: This will erase all your data, so please backup important things like photos,contacts etc , before following this procedure
1. Unlock bootloader if not done yet.
see this guide to unlock:
https://forum.xda-developers.com/realme-3/how-to/bootloader-unlock-realme-3guide-t3920394
2. power off your phone by pressing power button, now hold volume down + power button to boot into fastboot mode
3. Commands to execute:
fastboot flash recovery twrp-3.3.1-0-RMX1821.img
fastboot -w
fastboot oem reboot-recovery
4.Touch will not work for 40 seconds, just wait until touch starts to work.
5. Now very Important part, take full twrp backup in your sdcard and keep it safe in your pc (This backup will be helpful in future incase you soft brick your device or have some issues in your phone such as network or volte or some other **** not working)
6a. Copy and install Disable_Dm-Verity_ForceEncrypt_Quota_.zip in your phone using:
adb push Disable_Dm-Verity_ForceEncrypt_Quota_.zip /
adb shell twrp install Disable_Dm-Verity_ForceEncrypt_Quota_.zip
or
b. copy the Disable_Dm-Verity_ForceEncrypt_Quota_.zip in sdcard and install using twrp touch interface, then wipe dalvik, cache, data and format data.
6. Done!
There will be red blinking notification due to flashing Disable_Dm-Verity_ForceEncrypt_Quota_.zip, you can just ignore it. If you don't like the red bliking notification, just restore your nvdata, vendor and system from twrp backup.
Disable_Dm-Verity_ForceEncrypt_Quota_.zip: https://www.androidfilehost.com/?fid=6006931924117924278
or download the latest version from here: https://zackptg5.com/android.php#disverfe
TWRP : https://github.com/fawazahmed0/android_device_Realme3_RMX1821/releases
Device Tree: https://github.com/fawazahmed0/android_device_Realme3_RMX1821
How to boot to recovery:
From adb:
adb reboot recovery
adb shell reboot recovery
From fastboot mode:
fastboot oem reboot-recovery
If you want to boot to recovery using power + vol down button, then you have to lock the bootloader using:
fastboot flashing lock
Warning: if you did not follow the steps properly, either the twrp will be blank or you will be in endless recovery mode bootloop or you will revert back to stock recovery next time you try to boot to twrp.
Contributors:
@chankruze for his device tree and stable twrp:
https://github.com/N00bTree/android_device_realme_spartan
Blackcat: Got to know verity can be disabled by modifying vendor partition
@haditriw: For testing and verifying vendor can be modified in this phone
@ashu7073 for fixing screen issue and for his device tree
@jeffalaiza for making twrp ports
@Zackptg5 for his Disable_Dm-Verity_ForceEncrypt.zip
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ROM manager shows that TWRP is my current recovery but I can't boot into TWRP recovery, I don't understand the issue.

OUTDATED***[GUIDE] Basic guide to flash a recovery and a rom via recovery in Mi A3.

This is a basic guide to flash a rom via recovery in Mi A3 as title says.
Is created to help all those that want but can't.
Please read before act, and if you don't understand....well read again.
Mi A3 is a device with treble support, and while is not difficult to flash a rom,is a little bit tricky process.
So here are the detailed steps to do achieve that.
First things first, you've got to have your bootloader unlocked. Follow below steps to do that:
-Enable developer options by going to settings/about phone and clicking 5 times on build number.
Inside developer options:
-Find and enable OEM unlocking.
-Find and enable USB debugging.
In adb tools type:
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Code:
adb devices
reboot to bootloader.
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Code:
adb reboot bootloader
Unlock bootloader(you will lose all your data).
Code:
fastboot flashing unlock
When the device reboot, boot once again in fastboot by powering off then power on while pressing vol down button.
Type command to full unlock bootloader.
Code:
fastboot flashing unlock_critical
Proceed to recovery flash
Notice that you've got to have all files ready, either inside external sd or in your pc. All files are at the end of this thread as links or attachments.
Also i'm suggesting OrangeFox recovery for now because is the most stable.
-First you following the orangefox recovery installation guide:
- Download the OrangeFox zip file from here or the link at the end and copy it to your device (internal or external storage)
- Extract the recovery.img from the zip and store it, on the folder where you have adb and fastboot files, on your PC
- Open a cmd line and execute these commands (being on that folder, of course):
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Code:
adb devices
(to make sure your device is detected)
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Code:
adb reboot bootloader
(to reboot into fastboot mode)
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Code:
fastboot getvar current-slot
(to check what's your current active slot)
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Code:
fastboot set_active b
(if your active slot was a, if it was b then change it to a)
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Code:
fastboot erase boot
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Code:
fastboot flash boot recovery.img [b](OR WHATEVER NAME YOUR RECOVERY HAVE)[/b]
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Code:
fastboot reboot
(NOTE : Before hitting "Enter", long press Vol + on your device until you see the Android One logo.
-->> By doing this your device will be forced to boot into Recovery and not into System <<--
- Install the OrangeFox zip (always install the latest build available and always keep a copy of recovery zip file in your external sd)
- Change slot to the one that was active on the beginning of these steps and reboot to Recovery (just to make sure that the slot, in fact, was changed)
After orangefox recovery is installed, you are ready to flash your rom.
You can move your rom files inside your external or internal memory(prefer external to avoid deleting them accidentally).
To do that you can either do it before the whole procedure, or after the recovery installation since you have mtp and adb available.
Copy them drag them or push them via adb(i'm not going to extend the adb push command here)
Now the flashing steps:
-Go to partition manager inside orangefox recovery and select data/format data(red button) and press format.Type YES.
-Go back and find the rom file inside your target directory(internal or external).
-Select the rom file and flash it.
-DO NOT REBOOT.
-Go back where you have the orangefox zip file, select it and flash it.
-Leave the device as is because after the installation it will reboot itself to recovery once again.
-Once the recovery starts again go to the target folder that you have the remaining files.
-Flash magiskV20.zip (if you want your device to be rooted).
-Flash Gapps if there are any or skip this step if your ROM provider have them included.
-Flash patchnofde10 zip to avoid data encryption(if you don't do that the rom will NOT boot).
-Reboot to system and enjoy.
All files are available to the links below.
Patchnofde file is attached to this post.
I'm not responsible if you cause a nuclear war or your cat or dog stop talking to you.
Credtits to:
Orangefox recovery team https://orangefox.tech/
Orangefox recovery dev for Mi A3 https://forum.xda-developers.com/mi-a3/development/official-orangefox-recovery-mi-a3-t3986177
Topjohnwu for the Magisk and Magisk manger https://******************/
XDA Forum because they exist
All devs that put some hard work for you to have a custom recovery and a custom rom and all they hear is questions about ho to do things.
Respect them and read before post a questions.
:angel::angel::angel:

Thanks for the detailed guide, always good to have it :good: :good:

my device is encrypted and if I boot a recovery it shows the data encrypted. How to remove encryption ?

drozo8o8 said:
my device is encrypted and if I boot a recovery it shows the data encrypted. How to remove encryption ?
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Read it first then do it.
Patchnofde is for the encryption.

sotmax said:
Read it first then do it.
Patchnofde is for the encryption.
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nvm I think I got it

Can anybody please help? I just bought this phone and followed this guide to the letter. The phone just boots back into recovery, whatever ROM I flash.

Is there support for Android backup and restore
Please tell steps for the same also
As it is not working for me
Mobile is Booting to recovery again after restoring backup

ReekyMarko said:
Can anybody please help? I just bought this phone and followed this guide to the letter. The phone just boots back into recovery, whatever ROM I flash.
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Okay I got it to boot to Havoc OS but my wifi and gsm calls stopped working. Also videos were flashing during playback. I guess I was doing something wrong during the whole flashing process and the device ended up without the correct firmware.
I have reverted back to stock using one of the fastboot ROM flashing scripts and everything is fine, though I would like to go Android 10 without GAPPS if possible.

Thank you very much for the guide. Do you recommend any backup with orange box? If I want to revert to stock rom, do I need to know something?

How could I update the ROM?

darkjm93 said:
Thank you very much for the guide. Do you recommend any backup with orange box? If I want to revert to stock rom, do I need to know something?
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You can go back to stock by flashing stock image with mi flashtool

ReekyMarko said:
Can anybody please help? I just bought this phone and followed this guide to the letter. The phone just boots back into recovery, whatever ROM I flash.
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That's because you didn't follow it to the letter.
You have to flash Patchnofde to boot to rom.

vishwadeepmanu said:
Is there support for Android backup and restore
Please tell steps for the same also
As it is not working for me
Mobile is Booting to recovery again after restoring backup
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Same as above.
If you don't flash patch for the encryption, you ll end up to recovery again. Also I recommend to read carefully the steps with the recovery flashing. You have to be sure that the slot is what it was at the beginning.
A out the Android backup, yes. You can take and restore backups freely.

Hello,
@sotmax
Thank you for your guide.
@ANyOne i have unlocked the bootloader, but after that, when i'm in fastboot mode, i'm not being detected by the adb devices command. Any idea why ?

mkpanic said:
Hello,
@sotmax
Thank you for your guide.
@ANyOne i have unlocked the bootloader, but after that, when i'm in fastboot mode, i'm not being detected by the adb devices command. Any idea why ?
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Because ADB and fastboot are different modes and using different commands. In fastboot use "fastboot devices".

_mysiak_ said:
Because ADB and fastboot are different modes and using different commands. In fastboot use "fastboot devices".
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Thank your for the answer.

If I only want to root the stock installing Orange, this guide works?

fastboot set_active command is not working...only fastboot options are displayed..Any solution?

sibikallikkat said:
fastboot set_active command is not working...only fastboot options are displayed..Any solution?
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fastboot --set-active=a
fastboot --set-active=b

hi, i followed the guide to flash los17 with BiTGApps.
I also flashed the nofde patch. The phones boots normaly but i have no access to internal storage. All the folders have random numbers and letters. Any ideas?

Rooting 7T without TWRP / Pre-patched Magisk boot.img for 10.0.13.HD65AA (Global)

For those who can't root via TWRP or somehow lost root while updating (like I did), I have a patched boot image to aid others in this endeavor. This is a boot.img from a T-Mobile 7T which I had converted to the Global ROM, extracted and patched by Magisk after applying the latest update (10.0.13.HD65AA). Fully tested and working!
Instructions:
Unzip and place it in a convenient folder (ie, C:/adb/ or whatever's easy to remember.
Open a cmd prompt and navigate to your fastboot/adb folder.
Then run the command
Code:
fastboot boot boot.img
Your phone will be "temp-rooted" once it boots. If you haven't already, install Magisk Manager, then flash Magisk itself (ALWAYS do direct install!).
Don't install any modules yet. Just reboot when prompted after the Magisk flashing process is done.
Profit!
Download from Google Drive
[I dunno where else to upload this that XDA would consider "safe," so GDrive it is, I suppose.]
Spoiler: Process for manually patching the boot.img without TWRP:
Requirements: Stock device with unlocked bootloader only (no other mods), most recent OTA update applied and system rebooted. Fastboot and ADB Windows executables.
1) Enable advanced reboot and usb debugging in developer options.
2) Reboot to bootloader.
Code:
adb reboot bootloader
3) Boot to twrp
Code:
fastboot boot twrp.img
(or whatever you named it).
4) Once booted, enter:
Code:
adb shell
dd if=/dev/block/bootdevice/by-name/boot of=/tmp/boot.img
exit
5.5) Copy file to the PC:
Code:
adb pull /tmp/boot.img stock_boot.img
6) Reboot phone back to Android.
6.5) Copy boot.img back to phone:
Code:
adb push stock_boot.img /sdcard/boot.img
7) Make sure you have a data connection.
8) Install Magisk Manager.
9) Select option to install Magisk (not the Magisk App). Choose "Select and Patch a File."
10) Point to the boot.img.
11) It will do its thing then come back with a done message. File /sdcard/download/magisk_patched.img will be created.
12) Copy this file to your PC, either using MTP or ADB.
Code:
adb pull /sdcard/download/magisk_patched.img
13) Reboot the phone into bootloader mode again.
Code:
adb reboot bootloader
14) Boot the patched boot from step 12:
Code:
fastboot boot magisk_patched.img
15) Launch Magisk Manager again. You should see the current version available and the installed version below that now. If all is good, choose to install/update Magisk, then "Direct install" and reboot when finished.

I guess you posted it in wrong section as mentioned the file is for Oneplus 7t ?

>Akshay< said:
I guess you posted it in wrong section as mentioned the file is for Oneplus 7t ?
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OH! You're right. I goofed. I'll ask a mod to move it.

This will delete all the data from the phone + bootloader needs to be unlocked?

Brontok said:
This will delete all the data from the phone + bootloader needs to be unlocked?
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Flashing this doesn't erase your data, unlocking the bootloader does, though (and is necessary to flash this).

GuyInDogSuit said:
Flashing this doesn't erase your data, unlocking the bootloader does, though (and is necessary to flash this).
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never mind!
someone already did!
https://forum.xda-developers.com/showpost.php?p=83780229&postcount=12
thanks anyway!

Will this work for 10.0.13 tmobile ? Thanks

gershee said:
Will this work for 10.0.13 tmobile ? Thanks
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You might be better off pulling the boot.img yourself and patching it. I can't guarantee that this will even work on the T-Mobile version. But if you want to test it, just boot the img and root from Magisk once it loads. If it bootloops, well, then we know.
EDIT: Updated OP with instructions on how to patch the boot.img.

GuyInDogSuit said:
You might be better off pulling the boot.img yourself and patching it. I can't guarantee that this will even work on the T-Mobile version. But if you want to test it, just boot the img and root from Magisk once it loads. If it bootloops, well, then we know.
EDIT: Updated OP with instructions on how to patch the boot.img.
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Thanks!
Worked like a charm.

[Guide] How to flash Android GSI on Mi A3 (tested and working with pixel A13 gsi port)

Disclaimer:
Read the following instructions carefully before proceeding, The below attached files are boot images of Xiaomi Mi A3 (laurel_sprout) based on Spark-Rom Android 12L. Do-not ask for screenshots as I've switched back to spark-rom A12L after testing this gsi. I'm not responsible if you mess-up anything on your device. Good Luck!
.....The provided vendor link is vendor.img built while building spark-rom, not a complete rom.zip. Links below.....
Requirements:
1. Boot Image || Vendor Image || System-Image(.img) or GSI(.img) of your choice
2. A PC or Laptop with adb set-up
3. An Unlocked Mi A3 and knowledge on how to use cmd/terminal
What's working
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Wifi
Bluetooth
Calls and messages, etc
Didn't test the following (People flashing GSI can test)
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FOD
Volte
How to flash?
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1. Download the bootimage and vendorimage from the links given above
2. Reboot your Mi A3 to fastboot mode
3. Open cmd/terminal on your adb folder and type: fastboot flash boot your-boot-image-name.img (boot-spark-23082022.img)
4. Flash vendor image : fastboot flash vendor your-vendor-image-name.img (vendor-spark-23082022.img)
5. Then reboot to recovery: fastboot reboot recovery
6. **Important step** On recovery, "enable adb": click advanced-->> enable adb
7. You need to remove vendor overlays. Do the following steps on cmd/terminal in adb folder ( If you skip this step, you will end up having a blinking screen on your phone)
a. mount /vendor
b. cd /vendor/overlay
c. rm *
8. Select "Reboot to bootloader" on your recovery
9. Once you're again in bootloader, using your cmd/terminal flash system image: fastboot flash system your-system-image-name.img
10. Then clear data: fastboot -w (it will take some time)
11. (Final Step) Once everything is done, type on cmd/terminal : fastboot reboot
Steps 1 to 8 are one-time process.
If you're trying another GSI after your first one
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A. Reboot to bootloader (volume down and power)
B. Open cmd/terminal in adb and type : fastboot erase system and follow steps 9, 10, 11 above
Flashing Magisk (optional)
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1. Once you're done with the above steps, reboot to recovery (volume up and Power button)
2. Flash Magisk as ususal with cmd/terminal
3. Reboot to system
Flashing Overlays (Credits: to one of our members of Mi A3)
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1. Flash the overlay fixes and status bar padding fixes in magisk and you're good to go.
There is also an another guide on telegraph by one of our community members. Do check this out for detailed guide (with and without PC). Users are requested to report the features that aren't working for this post to remain updated.
Updated: 23-August-2022
Signing off,
Manoj Krish Kumar

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well i tried this way with different gsi images but none of them boots.im always stucked where the phone shows boot screen and immediate restarts over and over.i also tried with the other guide u posted and result was the same

can i use vendor.img from stock A11 rom?

h4mid007 said:
can i use vendor.img from stock A11 rom?
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I've never tested that. But it should work, you can ask A3 official group

xrhstaras44 said:
well i tried this way with different gsi images but none of them boots.im always stucked where the phone shows boot screen and immediate restarts over and over.i also tried with the other guide u posted and result was the same
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Well, I posted this thread after testing pixel GSI back then, and users of GSI in this device are limited. Bootloops may happen but it is not complicated and easier to clear the issue, unless you brick your device.