Database Develop

How to Root Android 5.0 (LRX21O) for Nexus 5

Hey guys,
So i'm sure this is probably already out there, but I wanted to give everyone my method of success with rooting the latest version on Android (5.0) on our N5. Here it is:
Prereqs: You'll need to have these downloaded first
TWRP - Download to your Computer
http://techerrata.com/file/twrp2/hammerhead/openrecovery-twrp-2.8.0.1-hammerhead.img
SuperUser v2.19 - Download to your Phone
http://click.xda-developers.com/api...ainfire.eu/593/SuperSU/BETA-SuperSU-v2.19.zip
Platform Tools - Download to your Computer
https://www.androidfilehost.com/?fid=9390355257214632011
Steps
1) Download SuperUser v2.19 to your phone.
2) Turn off your phone, and reboot into the BootLoader by holding Power + Vol (-). Wait until you see the Green Android Robot.
3) Plug your phone via Micro USB to your Computer.
4) Download and Extract Platform Tools in a "New Folder" on your C: Drive. Give the folder an easy name such as "N5" or something similiar
5) Download and Extract the TWRP recovery image to the "New Folder". Rename the "openrecovery-twrp-2.8.0.1-hammerhead.img" to "Recovery". NOTE: It may ask you to overwrite the exisiting recovery image (if applicable). Select Ok/Yes
6) Open your Command Prompt (Windows) and type the following: (You can copy and paste if you'd like)
* cd..\..
* cd c:\(Your New Folder)
* fastboot flash recovery recovery.img
6) Let TWRP flash to your phone (Should take no more than ~10 secs).
7) Toggle your phone to "Recovery" by using the Voume Up/Down keys. Press the Power button to select/confirm.
8) Once TWRP has loaded, press the "Install" icon, followed by "Zip File", and proceed to the "Downloads" folder that you have the SuperUser v2.19 zip downloaded.
9) Select the zip and confirm by swiping at the bottom.
10) Reboot back to the "System"
11) Done
_______________________________________________________________________________
I tried to be as clear as I could with this write up, so I hope this makes sense. It really is straight forward.
Although I'm definitely not the one who came up with this method or files, I wanted to share what worked best for me to Root my N5 running the 5.0 OTA.
If this helped you get root back or makes sense, give a "Thanks".
Take it easy...

Thank you for posting this. I tried three other methods to get root back before this, and none of them worked. This one did the trick without any problems at all. Thanks again!

Wug's Nexus Root Toolkit 1.9.4

kyoshiro22 said:
Wug's Nexus Root Toolkit 1.9.4
Click to expand...
Click to collapse
I know there's Toolkit's out there, but this is for those who choose to take the "Fastboot" approach.

gestevez1213 said:
Hey guys,
So i'm sure this is probably already out there, but I wanted to give everyone my method of success with rooting the latest version on Android (5.0) on our N5. Here it is:
Prereqs: You'll need to have these downloaded first
TWRP[ - Download to your Computer
http://techerrata.com/file/twrp2/hammerhead/openrecovery-twrp-2.8.0.1-hammerhead.img
SuperUser v2.19 - Download to your Phone
http://click.xda-developers.com/api...ainfire.eu/593/SuperSU/BETA-SuperSU-v2.19.zip
Platform Tools - Download to your Computer
https://www.androidfilehost.com/?fid=9390355257214632011
Steps
1) Download SuperUser v2.19 to your phone.
2) Turn off your phone, and reboot into the BootLoader by holding Power + Vol (-). Wait until you see the Green Android Robot.
3) Plug your phone via Micro USB to your Computer.
4) Download and Extract Platform Tools in a "New Folder" on your C: Drive. Give the folder an easy name such as "N5" or something similiar
5) Download and Extract the TWRP recovery image to the "New Folder". Rename the "openrecovery-twrp-2.8.0.1-hammerhead.img" to "Recovery". NOTE: It may ask you to overwrite the exisiting recovery image (if applicable). Select Ok/Yes
6) Open your Command Prompt (Windows) and type the following: (You can copy and paste if you'd like)
* cd..\..
* cd c:\(Your New Folder)
* fastboot flash recovery recovery.img
6) Let TWRP flash to your phone (Should take no more than ~10 secs).
7) Toggle your phone to "Recovery" by using the Voume Up/Down keys. Press the Power button to select/confirm.
8) Once TWRP has loaded, press the "Install" icon, followed by "Zip File", and proceed to the "Downloads" folder that you have the SuperUser v2.19 zip downloaded.
9) Select the zip and confirm by swiping at the bottom.
10) Reboot back to the "System"
11) Done
I tried to be as clear as I could with this write up, so I hope this makes sense. It really is straight forward.
Although I'm definitely not the one who came up with this method or files, I wanted to share what worked best for me to Root my N5 running the 5.0 OTA.
If this helped you get root back or makes sense, give a "Thanks".
Take it easy...
Click to expand...
Click to collapse
This is NOT working.... I tried it 3 times on 2 devices

papayayoghurt said:
This is NOT working.... I tried it 3 times on 2 devices
Click to expand...
Click to collapse
What part are you stuck at?

For me, I needed to erase cache for the TWRP to stick. Otherwise, when I rebooted it was gone and was using the default recovery.
Use the command:
Code:
fastboot erase cache
before
Code:
fastboot flash recovery recovery.img
if you have the same problem installing TWRP.

I used chainfires auto root for the N5 (stock lollipop Boot loader). Worked great. Just download to a PC put phone into boot loader and run the bat file. I can't link but a quick google will find it for you.
Sent from my Nexus 5 using Tapatalk

andrelessa said:
For me, I needed to erase cache for the TWRP to stick. Otherwise, when I rebooted it was gone and was using the default recovery.
Use the command:
Code:
fastboot erase cache
before
Code:
fastboot flash recovery recovery.img
if you have the same problem installing TWRP.
Click to expand...
Click to collapse
Good find. Didn't happen to me, but i'm sure it may to others. Were you all set afterwards with Root?

Personally, I'm using the autoroot from chainfire. Works like a charm, no custom recovery is needed (I have the stock recovery).

gestevez1213 said:
What part are you stuck at?
Click to expand...
Click to collapse
Everything is working, but then SuperSU can´t find a Binary.

gestevez1213 said:
Good find. Didn't happen to me, but i'm sure it may to others. Were you all set afterwards with Root?
Click to expand...
Click to collapse
Yes, I read somewhere that TWRP need this...

papayayoghurt said:
Everything is working, but then SuperSU can´t find a Binary.
Click to expand...
Click to collapse
Are you running the official lollipop release? It should work with that. Delete the app, and try again.

Just put your phone in bootloader and run cf-autoroot from windows if you dont want twrp.

I have twrp but its not working like that

papayayoghurt said:
Everything is working, but then SuperSU can´t find a Binary.
Click to expand...
Click to collapse
Had the same issue and needed to flash the updated kernel from chainfire : https://www.androidfilehost.com/?fid=95747613655047375

Why are you trying to do this the hard way? Just use chainfire's autoroot.
It works perfect and it's literally one command
fastboot boot CHautoroot.img (or whatever the file name is)

cf-auto-root is the way
I agree, just use cf-auto-root. You should be good to go in no time.
Just for FYI, if you already have unlocked bootloader, it won't wipe your data, if you are concerned.
CF-auto-root roots N5 without modifying your kernel. I believe, if you flash the SuperSU in TWRP, it would modify the kernel. It's nothing bad, but if you want to remain "stock" and don't want to reflash stock ROM later to get the OTA, just use "Full unroot" from SuperSU app and you are stock and ready for next OTA.

I have encrypted the storage on my Nexus 5. Will CF-Auto-Root wipe my storage?

papayayoghurt said:
Everything is working, but then SuperSU can´t find a Binary.
Click to expand...
Click to collapse
I have the same error.

[Q] First time trying to download CyanogenMod.. so confused!!

Hi there.
I thought i'd try and get the 4.4 update for my Xperia SP as it was lagging a lot and causing me a lot of headache. So spent most of the day trying to figure out how to download CyanogenMod.. and i've got up to Now send the package you want to apply to the device with "adb sideload <filename>... I don't even know how to do that as I'm not techy at all
Was i supposed to send the package to the sd card before doing all this process? I wiped the data rom thing but had backed it up onto SD card before doing that. I restored it so I could try and move the package from the computer to my SD card but my phone just stays on a black screen
Have I broken my phone? Someone please help me as frustrated is an understatement right now. Not to mention crying like a little baby.....
Thanks in advance.

You must connect your sd card to pc through recovery or sd adaptor ( if your phone isn't booting), and extract kernel (boot.img) from the rom zip to your pc and flash the kernel (boot.img) with flashtool on fastboot mode, then enter on recovery and flash the rom zip

Methods
thewinterman said:
Hi there.
I thought i'd try and get the 4.4 update for my Xperia SP as it was lagging a lot and causing me a lot of headache. So spent most of the day trying to figure out how to download CyanogenMod.. and i've got up to Now send the package you want to apply to the device with "adb sideload <filename>... I don't even know how to do that as I'm not techy at all
Was i supposed to send the package to the sd card before doing all this process? I wiped the data rom thing but had backed it up onto SD card before doing that. I restored it so I could try and move the package from the computer to my SD card but my phone just stays on a black screen
Have I broken my phone? Someone please help me as frustrated is an understatement right now. Not to mention crying like a little baby.....
Thanks in advance.
Click to expand...
Click to collapse
Your phone is broken. Now you can throw it away and hope for the best.
Okay I was kidding!
To get your phone back, you may need to at least know how to use a Flashtool. But don't worry I'll point out one by one.. I recommend viewing this post on a desktop browser, as Tapatalk does not show nested [ hide ] correctly.
The prerequisites are a Williams Kernel v7 (Direct DL link) and Flashtool and a custom ROM's .zip of your choice.
Put the custom ROM zip into your SD card by any means possible. Or you may use a OTG cable to connect to a flash drive.
Install flashtool
Execute the drivers installer located within "drivers" folder inside Flashtool's install directory (default C:\Flashtool\drivers)
Tick "flashmode drivers", "fastboot drivers" and lastly scroll down a little bit, find "Common drivers for Viskan board" and tick that as well. Finish the installation
Open flashtool. Make sure you ran it as an administrator to avoid conflicts.
Hit the lightning icon
Choose fastboot mode
Hit "Select kernel to flash"
Navigate to and select the downloaded kernel earlier. You may unable to see your kernel. Please change the file type from "*.sin" to "*.elf".
Continue. This will ask you to connect your XSP in fastboot mode. To do so, make sure your phone is turned off completely, hold volume rocker up and connect it to your computer. Once the LED bar lights blue, you may release the volume rocker.
Flashing process will run. It is important not to interrupt the process!
Once complete, remove the cable from your phone and turn it on.
Hit volume up when the lights blink to get into CWM recovery
From another guide:
3) Flashing the custom ROM
You can navigate in CWM by using the volume and power keys or by swiping the screen up, right, down, left.
NOTE: Please understand methods are vary for different ROMs. Please prioritise steps provided in a custom ROM thread. This guide however, can be regarded as a "logic" for you to flash such custom ROM.
Wipe everything you can.
WARNING: Please be careful to not wipe the /boot.
go to "Mounts and storage"
Format /system
Format /data
Format /cache
Go back to main menu
Get into "Advanced" > "Clear Dalvik Cache" (this is quite optional)
Go back to main menu
Attempt "Wipe data/factory reset"
Flash the custom ROM zip you've downloaded.
Go to "Install zip"
Choose "Choose zip from /storage/sdcard1" (I am assuming you've put the zip into your SD card)
Navigate to the zip you've copied, and select it
Choose "yes"
Flash gapps. The flashing process is similar to how you flashed the custom ROM zip based on the steps above.
Reboot the phone
You now have your preferred custom ROM installed! Congratulations! Set up your phone as usual now.
Restore your applications backup if you wish to have your apps back.
Your steps end here.
Click to expand...
Click to collapse
If you want to learn more: [Guide] How to use Flashtool

TechnoSparks said:
Your phone is broken. Now you can throw it away and hope for the best.
Okay I was kidding!
To get your phone back, you may need to at least know how to use a Flashtool. But don't worry I'll point out one by one.. I recommend viewing this post on a desktop browser, as Tapatalk does not show nested [ hide ] correctly.
The prerequisites are a Williams Kernel v7 (Direct DL link) and Flashtool and a custom ROM's .zip of your choice.
Put the custom ROM zip into your SD card by any means possible. Or you may use a OTG cable to connect to a flash drive.
Install flashtool
Execute the drivers installer located within "drivers" folder inside Flashtool's install directory (default C:\Flashtool\drivers)
Tick "flashmode drivers", "fastboot drivers" and lastly scroll down a little bit, find "Common drivers for Viskan board" and tick that as well. Finish the installation
Open flashtool. Make sure you ran it as an administrator to avoid conflicts.
Hit the lightning icon
Choose fastboot mode
Hit "Select kernel to flash"
Navigate to and select the downloaded kernel earlier. You may unable to see your kernel. Please change the file type from "*.sin" to "*.elf".
Continue. This will ask you to connect your XSP in fastboot mode. To do so, make sure your phone is turned off completely, hold volume rocker up and connect it to your computer. Once the LED bar lights blue, you may release the volume rocker.
Flashing process will run. It is important not to interrupt the process!
Once complete, remove the cable from your phone and turn it on.
Hit volume up when the lights blink to get into CWM recovery
From another guide:
If you want to learn more: [Guide] How to use Flashtool
Click to expand...
Click to collapse
Sorry for the late reply. But thank you so much! Spent 15 hours trying to fix the darn thing. Only got 3 hours of sleep :-/ I am enjoying a fresher new faster phone. So thank you so much, you are awesome!

thewinterman said:
Sorry for the late reply. But thank you so much! Spent 15 hours trying to fix the darn thing. Only got 3 hours of sleep :-/ I am enjoying a fresher new faster phone. So thank you so much, you are awesome!
Click to expand...
Click to collapse
Nice! Have fun with your fixed phone!

Bravo!!!
You are a life saver man..I got my Xperia SP back by your guide.
Best Wishes..

[Easiest Method] Tutorial to Unlock Bootloader | Install Twrp | Root | Decrypt Data

Hi All ,
Steps To Unlock Bootloader
1. At First, open About phone on setting menu , then tap 4 times on Build Number. Now Developer Mode is enabled.
2. Open developer Mode menu and set oem unlock and usb debugging to ON. [Important Step]
3. Download and Extract the zip file which you have downloaded from the link given below.
4. Now enter into fastboot mode :
Press volume + power button and then phone will boot into fastboot interface.
5. Now connect the phone to computer and then open a command prompt window on the desktop (Shift + Right Click -> Open Command Window here)
Now type:
Code:
fastboot devices
The list of devices connected will be displayed.
Then enter the command :
Code:
fastboot oem unlock
6. Now you will see a Unlock Bootloader Warning page. Hit the Vol button to select Yes and turn it Blue and Hit Power Button to confirm the selection.
7. Thats it . Now your Bootloader is unlocked.
Steps To Install TWRP Recovery
1. After you have successfully unlocked the bootloader, now enter into the fastboot mode and connect the phone to pc.
2. Now navigate to the folder where you have extracted the downloaded zip file and open a command prompt window on the desktop (Shift + Right Click -> Open Command Window here)
Now type:
Code:
fastboot devices
3. The list of devices connected will be displayed.
4. Then enter the command :
Code:
fastboot flash recovery twrp-3.1.1-0-oneplus5.img
or
Code:
fastboot flash recovery (name of the twrp file).img
5. When the file is flashed successfully , unplug your phone from pc and manually boot the phone into recovery by pressing Power + Volume Down button.
6. Now the TWRP Recovery will be opened .
For the Users who face Max download error while flashing Twrp, Kindly check the post here
Steps To Disable Forced Encryption i.e, Decrypt Data
1. At first time when you open twrp, it will ask you to allow system modification.
2. Allow it and then flash the no-verity-opt-encrypt.zip file .
3. Then Go to Wipe-->Format Data.
4. Type Yes to confirm wiping of Internal Storage.
5. Now you have decrypted the data sucessfully.
Note: Dont try to restore the nanodroid backup which you have taken before. It may end in bootloop.
Steps To Root Your Phone
1. Download the SuperSu SR1 flashable zip from here and copy that zip file into internal storage.
2. Now Enter into the TWRP Recovery.
3. Now navigate to the downloaded SuperSu Zip file and Swipe to install SuperSu.
4. Reboot your device.
5. Now your device is rooted successfully. :fingers-crossed:
Steps To Backup IMEI [Important]:
For some cases you may lead to lose your device's Imei. It will lead to loose of network signals etc.
So we have to take backup of Imei and we can restore it on any such case.
There are two method to backup imei.
Method 1 :
Boot the phone to Twrp , take Backup of EFS partition to internal storage and copy the backup files to PC . In case , if you have lost your IMEI, this backup will help you to restore imei back.
Method 2 :
1. This method works on the Terminal window. So download any Terminal App .
2. Open the app and type su , then grant SuperUser permission when you are prompted to do so.
When you see the Terminal Emulator box, type the following command:
Code:
dd if=/dev/block/sdf1 of=/sdcard/modemst1.bin bs=512
Code:
dd if=/dev/block/sdf1 of=/sdcard/modemst2.bin bs=512
Please note that all commands are case sensitive and even a minor mistake will hider the successful backup. Type the command line carefully.
Now you have successfully took backup of imei to you internal storage . Copy that to your pc .
To Restore
Enter the following commands in Terminal Emulator Box:
Code:
dd if=/sdcard/modemst1.bin of=/dev/block/sdf1 bs=512
Code:
dd if=/sdcard/modemst2.bin of=/dev/block/sdf1 bs=512
Thats it your imei is restored :fingers-crossed:
Download Section
For TWRP recovery and other files Download Here
If u need Only twrp, Den click here
1. twrp-3.1.1-1-cheeseburger.img[official]
2. twrp-3.1.1-0-oneplus5.img [chinese]
3. Twrp latest by xdvs23

Thank you very much! Good to see TWRP here

HatRiGt said:
Hi All,
Steps To Unlock Bootloader
1. At First, open About phone on setting menu , then tap 4 times on Build Number. Now Developer Mode is enabled.
2. Open developer Mode menu and set oem unlock and usb debugging to ON. [Important Step]
3. Download and Extract the zip file which you have downloaded from the link given below.
4. Now enter into fastboot mode :
Press volume + power button and then phone will boot into fastboot interface.
5. Now connect the phone to computer and then open a command prompt window on the desktop (Shift + Right Click -> Open Command Window here)
Now type:
The list of devices connected will be displayed.
Then enter the command :
6. Now you will see a Unlock Bootloader Warning page. Hit the Vol button to select Yes and turn it Blue and Hit Power Button to confirm the selection.
7. Thats it . Now your Bootloader is unlocked.
Steps To Install TWRP Recovery
1. After you have successfully unlocked the bootloader, now enter into the fastboot mode and connect the phone to pc.
2. Now navigate to the folder where you have extracted the downloaded zip file and open a command prompt window on the desktop (Shift + Right Click -> Open Command Window here)
Now type:
3. The list of devices connected will be displayed.
4. Then enter the command :
5. When the file is flashed successfully , unplug your phone from pc and manually boot the phone into recovery by pressing Power + Volume Down button.
6. Now the TWRP Recovery will be opened .
Steps To Root Your Phone
1. Download the SuperSu flashable zip from here and copy that zip file into internal storage.
2. Now Enter into the TWRP Recovery.
3. Now navigate to the downloaded SuperSu Zip file and Swipe to install SuperSu.
4. Reboot your device.
5. Now your device is rooted successfully.
Download Section
Download the required zip file from Here
Credits : Thanks to chinese Dev for Twrp
Click to expand...
Click to collapse
Hey,
Thanks for the guide. However, where does the TWRP comme from? I'm a bit afraid of this, truth to be told ^^'

matssa said:
Hey,
Thanks for the guide. However, where does the TWRP comme from? I'm a bit afraid of this, truth to be told ^^'
Click to expand...
Click to collapse
source link added . check bro.

HatRiGt said:
source link added . check bro.
Click to expand...
Click to collapse
Erm, "Chinese dev" doesn't mean anything really. Don't you have a thread link, a github link, or anything in particular? It's almost like saying "Here an app", without really saying where it comes from. Kinda risky... Especially if it isn't the "Chinese dev" that shares it.
EDIT/// NVM, just was the source link... Sorry for that, was refreshing the wrong one...

matssa said:
Erm, "Chinese dev" doesn't mean anything really. Don't you have a thread link, a github link, or anything in particular? It's almost like saying "Here an app", without really saying where it comes from. Kinda risky... Especially if it isn't the "Chinese dev" that shares it.
Click to expand...
Click to collapse
kindly check the source link i.e, thread link
-----
Tested by me. Works fine.

HatRiGt said:
kindly check the source link i.e, thread link
Click to expand...
Click to collapse
Yeah just edited my comment, wasn't looking at the correct page... Gonna take a look, might wait a bit before testing.

I went to the source OP provided. It's 30 pages of people saying thanks...so I bit the bullet (after unlocking bootloader).
It works. Just flashed Magisk 13 beta using TWRP provided by OP.
SafetyNet passes with Magisk Hide. Cheers!

it work for me, thanks

HatRiGt said:
kindly check the source link i.e, thread link
Click to expand...
Click to collapse
When checking your link, I can't really see if everyone managed to test it correctly, Google translation shows some icky stuff in terms of device bricking.

matssa said:
Yeah just edited my comment, wasn't looking at the correct page... Gonna take a look, might wait a bit before testing.
Click to expand...
Click to collapse
I'm in the same boat, I like that it's done but the fact it isn't open-sourced and is provided by a sketchy Chinese version of a fake Oneplus site (take a look at the lack of SSL for example), I think I may hold off..
Thanks for sharing though OP, hope this might spark what we need to get the official version!

SonicSamZ said:
I went to the source OP provided. It's 30 pages of people saying thanks...so I bit the bullet (after unlocking bootloader).
It works. Just flashed Magisk 13 beta using TWRP provided by OP.
SafetyNet passes with Magisk Hide. Cheers!
Click to expand...
Click to collapse
bretzelpopo said:
it work for me, thanks
Click to expand...
Click to collapse
How did you make this work? Tried flashing in fastboot using
fastboot flash recovery twrp.....
However, doesn't work, still on OP recovery
EDIT/// Apparently worked Can't wait for a more open and official one

Have make a backup and this working. Only light dimming not work for now.

SonicSamZ said:
I went to the source OP provided. It's 30 pages of people saying thanks...so I bit the bullet (after unlocking bootloader).
It works. Just flashed Magisk 13 beta using TWRP provided by OP.
SafetyNet passes with Magisk Hide. Cheers!
Click to expand...
Click to collapse
Flashed it too after reading your post. Working flawless.

The China TWRP only work first time. After reboot again i see the stock recovery.

Schrotty35 said:
The China TWRP only work first time. After reboot again i see the stock recovery.
Click to expand...
Click to collapse
Maybe you need to delete recovery-from-boot.p from your system folder, and the twrp will be permanently

mauronofrio said:
Maybe you need to delete recovery-from-boot.p from your system folder, and the twrp will be permanently
Click to expand...
Click to collapse
Have you test this?

Schrotty35 said:
Have you test this?
Click to expand...
Click to collapse
If I had OnePlus 5 I would have resolved the problem inside the twrp, but no device is impossible for me. A complete recovery will soon be released.
The recovery-from-boot.p is the file that restore stock recovery when you reboot your phone (It is in all android firmware)

Schrotty35 said:
Have you test this?
Click to expand...
Click to collapse
did you restore your backup, after reboot . If yes, just uncheck boot when you restore and you dont need to format anything when flash recovery or kernel because these thing boot before system . For me twrp work good for me, the only thing is that i have flash supersu and when i want to switch to magisk, i delete all root on supersu app, and then impossible to boot on twrp, even after flash it with bootloader . The trick is to flash stock recovery from folder and then flash twrp .

Thanks

[GUIDE][Z2 FORCE XT1789-05] Bootloader/TWRP/Custom ROMs/Root/Dirty flashing/Unbrick

First, thanks to @Uzephi and @41rw4lk for helping me to use/recover my phone. Please, read and do not underestimate the guides: our phone is tricky! We have two system partitions (slot a and b) to allow stock updates on-the-fly. This complicates the normal flashing process and if you do not follow the steps, you may bootloop. Use these guides at your own risk!
Reading this page is a good beginning to understanding the A/B partitioning scheme and how Motorola Z2 Force works:
1) Our phone has A/B partitioning, so flashing Magisk/XPosed is different
2) It does not support Project Treble (faster stock updates)
3) It does not a recovery partition, so flashing TWRP is different
Note also that the RSD Lite from Motorola has issues with Windows 10 and you’ll need to manual flash firmware if you bootloop (see Process E below). Other way is directly flashing from Qualcomm EDL mode (Emergency Download Mode) from which users can perform various tasks like unbricking, unlock bootloader, and installation of any custom ROMs.
Right now, this guide has 5 parts (maybe we can dual boot our phone in the future). If you just want to use a rooted stock ROM, please, search for other guides here on xda. These guides were written (and tested) using a Motorola Z2 Force XT1789-05 phone (Brazil), although most of it should work for other variants if you download and use proper firmware files for these other phones. For other models, better if you follow Uzephi’s guide.
A. Opening bootloader
B. Preparing the phone to move into custom ROMs (AOSP) + TWRP recovery
C. Flashing a custom AOSP ROM + rooting
D. Dirty flashing AOSP ROM updates
E. Recovering from bricks or returning to stock
F. Oreo ROM features comparison table
If you want to move your Motorola Z2 Force to Project Treble ROMs, please, check this guide.
Here is a list of the ROMs that are waiting for you.

A. Opening bootloader
With enough battery in your phone (80%), you can follow the Motorola official guide which steps are:
1. Backup everything you need. Your phone will be reseted including the internal sdcard.
2. Into the phone, enable the Developer Options clicking 7 times over the version (About section in the Settings). Go to Developer Options, click the OEM unlock option to enable it. Also enable USB debugging.
3. Install the Motorola drivers in your computer, but (in my personal experience) not the Android SDK suggested in the official guide. Instead, extract these adb/fastboot files in a blank folder of your computer.
3.1) Do not use other adb/fastboot binaries: I cannot guarantee they will work.
3.2) You need to use a USB 2.0 port of your computer. Some users report that USB 3.0 will also work.
4. Open a command line window in the adb/fastboot folder (step 3), reboot the phone into the bootloader (see adb command below or press power + volume down buttons). Plug the phone on computer (see 3.2 above). Test the connection and run the command to get the code for unlocking:
Code:
adb reboot bootloader
fastboot devices
fastboot oem get_unlock_data
You’ll get:
Code:
(bootloader) Unlock data:
(bootloader) <code 1>
(bootloader) <code 2>
(bootloader) <code 3>
(bootloader) <code 4>
(bootloader) <code 5>
5. You’ll need to join 5 codes and, after logging into your own Motorola account, check by clicking the button “Can my device be unlocked” (step 6) by Motorola here. Read the text: your warranty will be void if you go ahead. Consider if you have enough knowledge, time and money to deal with a troublesome (or bricked) device. Although, it’s not that easy to hard brick this phone (see process E below).
Code:
<code 1><code 2><code 3><code 4><code 5>
6. You’ll receive back an email with the code to unlock your bootloader (if it is available for your model). Then you’ll run the following command:
Code:
fastboot oem unlock <code 1><code 2><code 3><code 4><code 5>
7. You’ll receive a warning that all your data would be erased (see step 1 above) and need to re-run the same command to confirm. At this point, your bootloader should be unlocked. As an Android restriction, each time you boot the phone you’ll see a warning. Do nothing, wait for 5 seconds and the phone boots normally. Some users bother with this warning and try to get rid of it.

B. Preparing the phone to move into custom ROMs (AOSP) + TWRP recovery
Requirements: unlocked bootloader (see guide A) and no security lock: disable PIN, gestures and fingerprinting (because TWRP cannot read the locked/cryptographed data of the phone). Enough battery in your phone (80%).
If you do not prepare your phone to custom ROMs and if you do not have both bootloaders of the phone in the same Android version of the ROM you’ll flash, you’ll hard brick the phone and lose also the access to the bootloader! You’ve been warned: follow the guide!
Note: if you hard brick, I suggest you be prepared to follow the Unbrick Qualcomm mobiles with Step-by-step guide or the Unbrick All Qualcomm Snapdragon’s from Qualcomm HS-USB QDLoader 9008 guide, but I never tested them myself. You can also use Qualcomm Flash Image Loader (QFIL) tool.
1. Backup everything you need. Your phone will be reset including the internal sdcard.
2. Into the phone, enable the Developer Options clicking 7 times over the version (About section in the Settings). Go to Developer Options and enable USB debugging.
3. Install the Motorola drivers and the adb/fastboot files.
3.1) do not use other adb/fastboot binaries: we cannot guarantee they will work.
3.2) you need to use a USB 2.0 port of your computer. Some users report that USB 3.0 will also work.
4. Download the firmware of the same Android major version of the future ROM you’ll install (Oreo for Oreo ROMs, for instance). When (and if) we move to Android P, most probably we will need to follow this guide again.
- Retail (XT1789-05) (Europe/Brazil).
- Other models (branded): ATT, Sprint, T-Mobile (TMO), USC, Verizon.
- Note: NPXS26 versions stand for Nougat and OPXS27 for Oreo. You do not need Nougat versions for anything.
5. Extract the zip contents to a blank folder in your computer.
6. Download the FlashAll_XT1789-05.zip file, extract the content and move all files to the same firmware folder (step 5 above). Be sure to overwrite any file (if needed).
7. Run the Preparation.bat file there to generate the flashfile.bat file that will send the commands to the phone. Credits: the original preparation files were from RootJunky (can be downloaded here) and include more options that we do not need for our purpose here. Also, it includes adb/fastboot binaries that could not work with our phone.
8. Reboot the phone into the bootloader (see adb command below or power + volume down buttons). Open a command line window in the firmware folder (step 5 above), test the connection and execute the flashfile.bat file generated on step 7.
Code:
adb devices
adb reboot bootloader
fastboot devices
flashfile.bat
Never ever unplug the device from the USB 2.0 port while flashing the firmware. This could cause a hard brick and your device will be dead.
9. There is a pause at the end. You should review if everything went fine (or even click on the menu of the command line window, select all and copy&paste the contents in a .txt file for further help/revision).
10. Reboot your phone into the system (ROM) and do a quick configuration (remember that everything will be deleted when you install TWRP further…).
11. Into the phone, enable the Developer Options clicking 7 times over the version (About section in the settings). Go to Developer Options and enable USB debugging.
12. Download both the .img and .zip file of the TWRP recovery from the official site. It's the same file for all models/variants of Z2 Force phone. Put the files into our firmware folder (step 5 above). Copy the .zip file to the phone internal card. Note: versions older than 3.2.2-2 does not support PIN/Password/Fingerprint, so disable them before proceed. Most probably, ROMs before July 20th, 2018 cannot be flashed in older TWRP.
13. Now boot (not flash) the TWRP .img file using a command line window in the same firmware folder (step 5 above):
Code:
adb devices
adb reboot bootloader
fastboot devices
fastboot boot <TWRP file name>.img
14. Only now that you’re inside TWRP temporarily flash the TWRP .zip file you’ve saved into the phone (step 12 above).
15. Reboot into TWRP (use the main reboot menu in TWRP).
16. Now, you should reboot again into bootloader: inside TWRP, go to Reboot menu and choose Bootloader.
17. Now you will wipe all user data via bootloader. This is necessary to use an AOSP ROM when you come from stock. Using a command line window in the same firmware folder of your computer (step 5 above), run the following commands:
Code:
fastboot devices
fastboot -w
18. Now you can reboot the phone into System using the buttons volume up/down to navigate and confirming with the Power button. You’ll be with stock ROM and TWRP. If you want to move to a custom AOSP ROM, do a quick configuration: into the phone, enable the Developer Options clicking 7 times over the version (About section in the settings). Go to Developer Options and enable USB debugging and go to the proper guide (Process C).

C. Flashing a custom AOSP ROM + rooting
1. Requirements:
1.1 Motorola drivers.
1.2 Our custom adb/fastboot files (others may not work!).
1.3 USB debugging enabled into the Developer Options.
1.4 If you're using TWRP older than 3.2.2-2, disable disable PIN/gestures/fingerprinting. Also, most probably, ROMs after July 20th, 2018 cannot be flashed in older TWRP.
1.5 An USB 2.0 port of your computer (some users report that USB 3.0 will also work).
1.6 Two Oreo bootloaders (process B above).
1.7 Permanent TWRP
1.8 Enough battery in your phone (80%).
2. Download the AOSP ROM you want and move the .zip files to the phone. Right now, we have:
2.1 Dirty Unicorns: no need for Gapps. Official and Weeklies can be dirty flashed interchangeably. RC has a different signature. Support on Google+ page. More about DU kernel.
2.2 Lineage OS 15.1. MindTheGapps needed. OpenGapps not compatible yet. XDA thread.
2.3 Mokee: Gapps needed. Take care: online guides assume that you already have an AOSP ROM, TWRP and rooted device.
Deprecated (?)
2.4 AOSiP: no need for Gapps. XDA thread.
2.5 Invictrix. Gapps are built in. XDA thread
3. Choose the root method and download the .zip files: Magisk (suggested) or LineageOS SU Addon. Move the .zip files to phone. Note: if you bootloop on Magisk, most probably you’re flashing a wrong/different version of Magisk or you did not reboot between flashing ROM/Gapps and Magisk. Note: SuperSu is deprecated.
4. Reboot into TWRP:
Code:
adb reboot recovery
Then flash the ROM. It will be flashed in two steps only in the “other” slot. We have two slots, A and B. Our phone can be upgraded on-the-fly because the update is always applied to the slot not booted, the “other” slot. Then, immediately, flash the .zip TWRP or you will lose it.
5. Go to Reboot menu of TWRP and reboot into bootloader. Then, in the folder with adb/fastboot binaries (see 1.2 above), you need to wipe data (including sdcard) with the following commands:
Code:
fastboot devices
fastboot -w
6. Now you need to reboot the phone into System using the buttons volume up/down and confirming with the Power button (or typing fastboot reboot into the command line windows). You’ll be with an AOSP ROM and TWRP.
7. Once into the phone, enable the Developer Options clicking 7 times over the version (About section in the settings). Go to Developer Options and enable USB debugging if you intend to dirty flash ROM updates.
8. Reboot into TWRP again, flash Magisk (your settings and modules will be preserved). Note: if you bootloop on Magisk, remember it is mandatory to reboot between ROM flash (step 4 above) and GApps/Addon flash due to verity/slot-swap logic.
9. A good place to read what is not working is in the section known problems of LineageOS.

D. Dirty flashing AOSP ROM updates
1. If you follow all the processes above, you can dirty flash updates because you have:
1.1 Motorola drivers installed.
1.2 Specific adb/fastboot files for our phone and an USB 2.0 port in a Windows computer (some users report that USB 3.0 will also work).
1.3 Unlocked bootloaders (Process A above).
1.4 Permanent TWRP running and TWRP .zip file placed inside your phone and ready to be flashed again.
1.5 An AOSP ROM already running.
1.6 Developer Options and USB debugging enabled.
1.7 If you're using TWRP older than 3.2.2-2, disable disable PIN/gestures/fingerprinting. Also, most probably, ROMs after July 20th, 2018 cannot be flashed in older TWRP.
1.8 Enough battery in your phone (80%)
2. Download your ROM .zip update, copy it into the phone sdcard and reboot your phone into TWRP. See download links here.
3. Within TWRP you should flash (install) things in the following order:
3.1 ROM update .zip file. Remember that, at this time, the update will be flashed int the other slot and inside phone you’ll have both the system before update (in the booted slot) and updated ROM in the other slot.
3.2 TWRP .zip file (step 1.4 above) once again (do not skip this step or you’ll bootloop!).
4. Reboot to System: if you skip this step, you’ll bootloop.
5. Reboot into TWRP again, flash Magisk (your settings and modules will be preserved) or LineageOS SU Addon .zip file. Note: if you bootloop on Magisk, most probably you’re flashing a wrong/different version of Magisk. I suggest v16.0 and, after you got rooted with 16.0, you can update. It is mandatory to reboot between ROM flash (step 4 above) and GApps/Addon flash due to verity/slot-swap logic.
Note: SuperSu is deprecated.
6. Wipe Dalvik/ART cache: go to Wipe menu of TWRP > Advanced Wipe > Dalvik/ART Cache only.
7. Reboot your phone into System (ROM) will use the “other” slot, the one with the updated ROM.
8. You can use XPosed installer app (and reboot).
9. Now you can add your PIN, fingerprint, gestures back until next flashing.

E. Recovering from soft bricks or returning to Stock
If you’re reading this is because you already unlock your bootloader (see guide A) and anything went wrong, but you still can boot your phone into bootloader. Plug your phone and get enough battery (even if you do not see any charging signal).
1. Install the Motorola drivers and the specific adb/fastboot files for our phone. Remember, follow the rules because our device is tricky!
1.1) Do not use other adb/fastboot binaries: we cannot guarantee they will work.
1.2) You need to use a USB 2.0 port of your computer (some users report that USB 3.0 will also work).
2. Download the latest firmware for your model:
- Retail (XT1789-05) (Europe/Brazil).
- Other models (branded): ATT, Sprint, T-Mobile (TMO), USC, Verizon.
- Note: NPXS26 versions stand for Nougat and OPXS27 for Oreo. You do not need Nougat versions for anything.
3. Extract the zip contents to a blank folder in your computer.
4. Download the FlashAll_XT1789-05.zip file (it should work for other Motorola Z2 Force models as well), extract the content and move all files to the same firmware folder (step 2 above). Be sure to overwrite any file (if needed).
5. Run the Preparation.bat file there to generate the flashfile.bat file that will send the commands to the phone. Credits: the original preparation files were from RootJunky (can be downloaded here) and include more options that we do not need for our purpose here. Also, it includes adb/fastboot binaries that could not work with our phone.
6. Reboot the phone into the bootloader (see adb command below or power + volume down). Open a command line window in the firmware folder (step 5 above), test the connection and execute the flashfile.bat file generated on step 5.
Code:
adb reboot bootloader
fastboot devices
flashfile.bat
Never ever unplug the device from the USB 2.0 port while flashing the firmware. This could cause a hard brick and your device will be dead.
7. There is a pause at the end. You should review if everything went fine (or even click on the menu of the command line window, select all and copy&paste the contents in a .txt file for further help/revision).
8. Reboot your phone into system (ROM) and do not forget, later, to enable the Developer Options and USB debugging again.
Note: if you hard brick, I suggest you be prepared to follow the Unbrick Qualcomm mobiles with Step-by-step guide or the Unbrick All Qualcomm Snapdragon’s from Qualcomm HS-USB QDLoader 9008 guide, but I never tested them myself. You can also use Qualcomm Flash Image Loader (QFIL) tool. Maybe these Latest 2017 Qualcomm Diag QD-Loader Windows 10 Drivers signed will help you.

F. Oreo ROM features comparison
This is a table for Oreo ROM features comparison for Motorola Z2 Force - nash.
I would like to receive feedback and updates from the users, as I can't keep changing from one ROM to another and they get new features, updates, improvements, etc.
I consider Lineage OS 15.1 our stock ROM regarding to customization. So, it's not listed there.
Legend:
Code:
X = Feature present
XX = ROM excels in this particular feature (in my opinion).

If you want to move your Motorola Z2 Force to Project Treble ROMs, please, check this guide.
Here is a list of the ROMs that are waiting for you.

I came back to stock ROM. the problem is that it gets stuck in the initial configurations of the android trying to find a wifi network, to continue the configuration, without success, because I see in fastboot that the baseband is unknown, and I also can not install any rom, or recovery image because I have the following message in fastboot: FLASHING_LOCKED. and since I can not get past the initial android settings, I also can not unlock the developer options to enable OEM unlocking. now I'm standing in a rom that does not leave the initial configuration, it does not connect to any network and a fastboot that does not let me install anything. and I also tried the recovery mode and even tried to install an update via sideload, without success. I do not know what else to do if you can give me a light.

renanjones said:
I came back to stock ROM. the problem is that it gets stuck in the initial configurations of the android trying to find a wifi network, to continue the configuration, without success, because I see in fastboot that the baseband is unknown, and I also can not install any rom, or recovery image because I have the following message in fastboot: FLASHING_LOCKED. and since I can not get past the initial android settings, I also can not unlock the developer options to enable OEM unlocking. now I'm standing in a rom that does not leave the initial configuration, it does not connect to any network and a fastboot that does not let me install anything. and I also tried the recovery mode and even tried to install an update via sideload, without success. I do not know what else to do if you can give me a light.
Click to expand...
Click to collapse
I see two possible scenarios:
1. Your bootloader is locked (yet) (see guide A).
2. Your in a "false locked" situation that, maybe, could be solved by resetting data via recovery or in bootloader (with the command: fastboot -w).

Great tutorial, but I did not get 4g in any of the roms, only 3g

Gutto said:
Great tutorial, but I did not get 4g in any of the roms, only 3g
Click to expand...
Click to collapse
I got 4G in any ROM... AOSIP, DU or Invictrix...
Are you using a branded (carrier) phone? If not, maybe you should return to stock (to recover any changes on partitions).

Technical said:
I got 4G in any ROM... AOSIP, DU or Invictrix...
Are you using a branded (carrier) phone? If not, maybe you should return to stock (to recover any changes on partitions).
Click to expand...
Click to collapse
My cell phone and Sprint, I did every process that you indicated, but not 4G

So I followed the instructions as noted, as soon as I got to the root installation part, it started throwing a "cannot mount /system" error. I thought a reboot would solve the issue, but now I think I'm bricked. Can't boot into anything, all I can do is plug my phone in and listen to it keep disconnecting every 10 seconds or so. The phone had booted up fine prior to starting the installation process, and I don't see how just a bad ROM install is preventing me from getting into either bootloader or recovery. Any advice?
For clarity, i'm unable to use QBOOT to do anything since after it hits the "powered on" state I'm assuming it's in, it just resets and does the same thing over and over again

shalpp said:
So I followed the instructions as noted, as soon as I got to the root installation part, it started throwing a "cannot mount /system" error. I thought a reboot would solve the issue, but now I think I'm bricked. Can't boot into anything, all I can do is plug my phone in and listen to it keep disconnecting every 10 seconds or so. The phone had booted up fine prior to starting the installation process, and I don't see how just a bad ROM install is preventing me from getting into either bootloader or recovery. Any advice?
For clarity, i'm unable to use QBOOT to do anything since after it hits the "powered on" state I'm assuming it's in, it just resets and does the same thing over and over again
Click to expand...
Click to collapse
Have you tried holding vol dwn + pwr btn to force it into bootloader mode? If you can get there, then you can use the keys to get to recovery and try a factory reset. If that don't work, go back to bootloader mode and try flashing back to stock. Might double check that the battery has plenty of charge.

41rw4lk said:
Have you tried holding vol dwn + pwr btn to force it into bootloader mode? If you can get there, then you can use the keys to get to recovery and try a factory reset. If that don't work, go back to bootloader mode and try flashing back to stock. Might double check that the battery has plenty of charge.
Click to expand...
Click to collapse
I'm unable to get the phone out of qboot (or whatever it's called). I've tried using a blank-flash but all that happens is device restarts as made evident by the "device disconnect" sound playing every few seconds. The phone had around 80% when I started the process. Should I just let it die and try loading into BL after a few hours of this thing power cycling itself?

shalpp said:
I'm unable to get the phone out of qboot (or whatever it's called). I've tried using a blank-flash but all that happens is device restarts as made evident by the "device disconnect" sound playing every few seconds. The phone had around 80% when I started the process. Should I just let it die and try loading into BL after a few hours of this thing power cycling itself?
Click to expand...
Click to collapse
It's weird that it is power cycling like that. Have you tired unplugging the phone and booting? Whether it's recovery, bootloader, qboot; you need to get to one place or the other if possible because power cycling won't allow you to do anything. If you can get a stable boot in any mode I would suggest moving your cable to another port so any corruptions aren't a factor anymore. I don't think a drain will resolve anything, but I've never heard anyone mention power cycling like that.

41rw4lk said:
It's weird that it is power cycling like that. Have you tired unplugging the phone and booting? Whether it's recovery, bootloader, qboot; you need to get to one place or the other if possible because power cycling won't allow you to do anything. If you can get a stable boot in any mode I would suggest moving your cable to another port so any corruptions aren't a factor anymore. I don't think a drain will resolve anything, but I've never heard anyone mention power cycling like that.
Click to expand...
Click to collapse
Power cycling is just an assumption since regardless of whatever port its in it keeps an endless loop of connect, disconnect". Basically after rebooting the device after attempting to install the ROM is when it went black and started not doing anything other than connect, disconnect

shalpp said:
Power cycling is just an assumption since regardless of whatever port its in it keeps an endless loop of connect, disconnect". Basically after rebooting the device after attempting to install the ROM is when it went black and started not doing anything other than connect, disconnect
Click to expand...
Click to collapse
When it's trying to connect do you have a pop up on your pc showing what it sees the phone as? Does it say nash fastboot, or 9008, Z2? That might give some idea of where it's failing.

41rw4lk said:
When it's trying to connect do you have a pop up on your pc showing what it sees the phone as? Does it say nash fastboot, or 9008, Z2? That might give some idea of where it's failing.
Click to expand...
Click to collapse
It appears as Qualcomm 9008
It only starts the loop after starting a blankflash. That's about the only response I get out of the device, otherwise it does absolutely nothing, no combination of buttons do anything
Edit: Confirmed connect/disconnect on another machine with the same driver configuration

How to install Android 12 ( Derpfest ) for noobs!

In this guide, ill be showing you how to install a custom rom onto your OnePlus 7T Pro device. Ill be assuming your phone is completely stock and you haven't done any modifications. This is done at your own risk, i am not responsible for corrupted images, bricked devices etc.
*NOTE: This guide is for the OnePlus 7T Pro only*
What you will need:
A windows PC - idk buy one lol? *NOTE* You will need a Windows 10 PC, Windows 11 can't recognize your phone in fastboot for some reason. You can manually install the adb drivers to the PC If you must use windows 11.
Platform tools SDK - https://developer.android.com/studio/releases/platform-tools
USB cable that came with the phone
Derpfest ROM - https://sourceforge.net/projects/derpfest/files/hotdog/ (This was made by @NurKeinNeid, It's truly an amazing rom and would recommend it to anyone who wants android 12 on their devices! XDA forum for the ROM - https://forum.xda-developers.com/t/rom-12-0-derpfest-for-oneplus-7t-pro-official-hotdog.4250469/ ) Download the .img.zip, not just the .zip!
Orange Fox Recovery - https://orangefox.download/device/hotdog
Payload Dumper - https://androidfilehost.com/?fid=818070582850510260
Custom Flashing Script - https://github.com/AlaistairP/Install-Scripts
Step 1: Unlocking your Bootloader.
(i) In order to install software onto your phone you must have an unlocked bootloader. To start, go to settings - about phone - tap on the build number 7 times, input your password and developer options should then be enabled.
(ii) Then go into the main settings page - system - developer options. Enable the 'OEM UNLOCKING' feature. After that scroll down and enable USB Debugging. At this stage, plug your device into your pc. A dialogue should come up to allow the computer to connect to your phone, click yes.
(iii) Now on your computer, navigate to the platform tools folder you downloaded, in the main directory with all the files, in the search bar type cmd and press enter. You now need to boot your phone into fastboot mode. To do this, turn your phone off. Then, hold the power button with the volume up and down button! You should see a menu with green text saying 'Start' at the top.
(iv) Plug your phone into your computer, and in the cmd menu you opened, type 'fastboot devices', you should see the word fastboot followed by a string of numbers. Now type - 'fastboot oem unlocking' A dialogue will appear on your phone, using the volume keys select the option to unlock the bootloader. *NOTE - ALL DATA WILL BE REMOVED'
Step 2: Flashing a custom recovery
Reboot your phone to fastboot, then connect your phone to your pc. Type in 'fastboot reboot fastboot' your device should reboot into 'fastbootd' Now using the recovery.img file you downloaded from Firefox, type the following command, `'fastboot flash recovery 'PATH TO RECOVERY.IMG FILE'
Once the file has flashed, restart your phone into fastboot mode and using the volume keys, navigate to recovery mode. You should now boot into Orange Fox recovery. Now, in orangefox, go to Wipe - Format Data - then type yes and wait for the process to finish.
Voila!
Step 3: Flashing the ROM!
Open your downloaded version of derpfest, you should see a file called payload.bin, place that into the payload dumper input folder, then run the programme and wait for it complete, you should have loads of .img files. Copy all of these into your platform tools folder! Now download the custom script and place that into the platform tool folder as well.
Reboot your phone into fastboot mode, and once again type 'fastboot reboot fastboot' Once you're in fastbootd mode, right click the flash-all.bat script and run as admin, click more info if you have microsoft defender and click run anyway, The rest is done in the script!
*HOW TO UPDATE*
Once you have downloaded and extracted the new files from the most recent payload.bin file which the dev releases, copy these files into your platform-tools folder. You need to make sure there are no .img files from the old Rom remaining. Now, connect your phone to your pc. Open a cmd windows inside the platform-tools window and type 'adb reboot fastboot', once your phone has entered fastboot, type 'fastboot reboot fastbootd' Once your in fastbootd, simply run the update.bat script and voila!
After, reboot your phone and you should load into your new Android 12 OS!
If you have any questions please dont hesitate to ask!
If i have made any mistakes in this guide, or you guys think i should make any changes, let me know, im new to this!
*NOTE - I intend to make a full video walk through soon, ill have the youtube video linked here in the near future*

astroarchcraft said:
In this guide, ill be showing you how to install a custom rom onto your OnePlus 7T Pro device. Ill be assuming your phone is completely stock and you haven't done any modifications. This is done at your own risk, i am not responsible for corrupted images, bricked devices etc.
*NOTE: This guide is for the OnePlus 7T Pro only*
What you will need:
A windows PC - idk buy one lol?
Platform tools SDK - https://developer.android.com/studio/releases/platform-tools
USB cable that came with the phone
Derpfest ROM - https://sourceforge.net/projects/derpfest/files/hotdog/ (This was made by @NurKeinNeid, It's truly an amazing rom and would recommend it to anyone who wants android 12 on their devices! XDA forum for the ROM - https://forum.xda-developers.com/t/rom-12-0-derpfest-for-oneplus-7t-pro-official-hotdog.4250469/ ) Download the .img, not zip!
Orange Fox Recovery - https://orangefox.download/device/hotdog
Payload Dumper - https://androidfilehost.com/?fid=818070582850510260
Custom Flashing Script - https://github.com/astroarchcraft/A12script/tree/main
Step 1: Unlocking your Bootloader.
(i) In order to install software onto your phone you must have an unlocked bootloader. To start, go to settings - about phone - tap on the build number 7 times, input your password and developer options should then be enabled.
(ii) Then go into the main settings page - system - developer options. Enable the 'OEM UNLOCKING' feature. After that scroll down and enable USB Debugging. At this stage, plug your device into your pc. A dialogue should come up to allow the computer to connect to your phone, click yes.
(iii) Now on your computer, navigate to the platform tools folder you downloaded, in the main directory with all the files, in the search bar type cmd and press enter. You now need to boot your phone into fastboot mode. To do this, turn your phone off. Then, hold the power button with the volume up and down button! You should see a menu with green text saying 'Start' at the top.
(iv) Plug your phone into your computer, and in the cmd menu you opened, type 'fastboot devices', you should see the word fastboot followed by a string of numbers. Now type - 'fastboot oem unlocking' A dialogue will appear on your phone, using the volume keys select the option to unlock the bootloader. *NOTE - ALL DATA WILL BE REMOVED'
Step 2: Flashing a custom recovery
Reboot your phone to fastboot, then connect your phone to your pc. Type in 'fastboot reboot fastboot' your device should reboot into 'fastbootd' Now using the recovery.img file you downloaded from Firefox, type the following command, `'fastboot flash recovery 'PATH TO RECOVERY.IMG FILE'
Once the file has flashed, restart your phone into fastboot mode and using the volume keys, navigate to recovery mode. You should now boot into Orange Fox recovery. Now, in orangefox, go to Wipe - Format Data - then type yes and wait for the process to finish.
Voila!
Step 3: Flashing the ROM!
Open your downloaded version of derpfest, you should see a file called payload.bin, place that into the payload dumper input folder, then run the programme and wait for it complete, you should have loads of .img files. Copy all of these into your platform tools folder! Now download the custom script and place that into the platform tool folder as well.
Reboot your phone into fastboot mode, and once again type 'fastboot reboot fastboot' Once you're in fastbootd mode, right click the script and run as admin, click more info if you have microsoft defender and click run anyway, The rest is done in the script!
After, reboot your phone and you should load into your new Android 12 OS!
If you have any questions please dont hesitate to ask!
If i have made any mistakes in this guide, or you guys think i should make any changes, let me know, im new to this!
Click to expand...
Click to collapse
I really appreciate the time and work you put into it. Thank you very much!
Btw I will release new build tonight. Now I can link to this post in the update announcement as well.

NurKeinNeid said:
I really appreciate the time and work you put into it. Thank you very much!
Btw I will release new build tonight. Now I can link to this post in the update announcement as well.
Click to expand...
Click to collapse
No Problem, Quite satisfying to write actually! Thanks so much for all the effort you put into the ROM, Best one I have used on my phone yet! Looking forward to the new build

Hi Team, this method with flashing Orange Fox recovery and formatting Data, do you know if will enable backup/restore and viewable sdcard for Android 12/Derp?
The only thing I haven't been willing to try is formatting/converting Data, as I've re-setup my phone about 5 times now trying various methods over several days trying to get a working custom recovery for Derp

somemadcaaant said:
Hi Team, this method with flashing Orange Fox recovery and formatting Data, do you know if will enable backup/restore and viewable sdcard for Android 12/Derp?
The only thing I haven't been willing to try is formatting/converting Data, as I've re-setup my phone about 5 times now trying various methods over several days trying to get a working custom recovery for Derp
Click to expand...
Click to collapse
Hey I'm not sure about the backup/restore, but after formatting the drive, they'll no longer be encrypted so Orange Fox should be able to read the data on your drive.

Thought as much, time for another reinstall. Thanks again have a thumbs up.

Hi Astroarchcraft, thank you for this guide! If you only put it out 2 days earlier you'd have saved me from a soft brick! (from which I recovered luckily ahahh)
Anyway, could you please also add the guide on how to update to a newer build? Is there a way to do it without losing all data? Thanks!
Looking forward to move to the new 2022-01-07 build!

Instead of going to fastbootd after flashing orangefox recovery, it just goes to orangefox's fastboot mode and did the script there. Should it work the same? (I'm still waiting for the flash to finish, will update what will happen after) Thanks!
Edit: Looks like it works just the same even if you run flash all script inside orangefox recovery fastboot.
Anyways, thanks for the nice guide. Really helpful! I know i've been flashing ROMs ever since back then. But its always nice to have a guide here and there. So kudos to you for making this one. Thanks!

What if I'm on a A12 AOSP ROM and want to try Derpfest ROm? can I just flash it in TWRP or are there any instructions to follow?

iSyncX said:
Instead of going to fastbootd after flashing orangefox recovery, it just goes to orangefox's fastboot mode and did the script there. Should it work the same? (I'm still waiting for the flash to finish, will update what will happen after) Thanks!
Edit: Looks like it works just the same even if you run flash all script inside orangefox recovery fastboot.
Anyways, thanks for the nice guide. Really helpful! I know i've been flashing ROMs ever since back then. But its always nice to have a guide here and there. So kudos to you for making this one. Thanks!
Click to expand...
Click to collapse
Yup, orange Fox fastboot is fastbootd if you do it from the bootloader

salomaoa said:
What if I'm on a A12 AOSP ROM and want to try Derpfest ROm? can I just flash it in TWRP or are there any instructions to follow?
Click to expand...
Click to collapse
Nope, it's a fastboot ROM so it must be done via fastboot!

Ninotzz said:
Hi Astroarchcraft, thank you for this guide! If only you put it out 2 days earlier you'd have saved me from a soft brick! (from which I recovered luckily ahahh)
Anyway, could you please also add the guide on how to update to a newer build? Is there a way to do it without losing all data? Thanks!
Looking forward to move to the new 2022-01-07 build!
Click to expand...
Click to collapse
I'll make a guide later, but for the moment, all you need to do it download the update files, instead of the original files, and don't erase the data when given the option in the script!

astroarchcraft said:
I'll make a guide later, but for the moment, all you need to do it download the update files, instead of the original files, and don't erase the data when given the option in the script!
Click to expand...
Click to collapse
So won't I have problems with my data being encrypted by the previous version of the ROM? Will the new one be able to read it anyway?
Cheers ✌

I've updated and it was perfect, my recommendation for the moment is to go to the how to update section on the official ROM page and do what is said from there, like I said, I'll make a guide as soon as I get a chance

astroarchcraft said:
I've updated and it was perfect, my recommendation for the moment is to go to the how to update section on the official ROM page and do what is said from there, like I said, I'll make a guide as soon as I get a chance
Click to expand...
Click to collapse
Unfortunately NurKein removed it from the post in favor of the link to your guide So I'll try to follow what you told me in this thread for now

astroarchcraft said:
In this guide, ill be showing you how to install a custom rom onto your OnePlus 7T Pro device. Ill be assuming your phone is completely stock and you haven't done any modifications. This is done at your own risk, i am not responsible for corrupted images, bricked devices etc.
*NOTE: This guide is for the OnePlus 7T Pro only*
What you will need:
A windows PC - idk buy one lol?
Platform tools SDK - https://developer.android.com/studio/releases/platform-tools
USB cable that came with the phone
Derpfest ROM - https://sourceforge.net/projects/derpfest/files/hotdog/ (This was made by @NurKeinNeid, It's truly an amazing rom and would recommend it to anyone who wants android 12 on their devices! XDA forum for the ROM - https://forum.xda-developers.com/t/rom-12-0-derpfest-for-oneplus-7t-pro-official-hotdog.4250469/ ) Download the .img, not zip!
Orange Fox Recovery - https://orangefox.download/device/hotdog
Payload Dumper - https://androidfilehost.com/?fid=818070582850510260
Custom Flashing Script - https://github.com/astroarchcraft/A12script/tree/main
Step 1: Unlocking your Bootloader.
(i) In order to install software onto your phone you must have an unlocked bootloader. To start, go to settings - about phone - tap on the build number 7 times, input your password and developer options should then be enabled.
(ii) Then go into the main settings page - system - developer options. Enable the 'OEM UNLOCKING' feature. After that scroll down and enable USB Debugging. At this stage, plug your device into your pc. A dialogue should come up to allow the computer to connect to your phone, click yes.
(iii) Now on your computer, navigate to the platform tools folder you downloaded, in the main directory with all the files, in the search bar type cmd and press enter. You now need to boot your phone into fastboot mode. To do this, turn your phone off. Then, hold the power button with the volume up and down button! You should see a menu with green text saying 'Start' at the top.
(iv) Plug your phone into your computer, and in the cmd menu you opened, type 'fastboot devices', you should see the word fastboot followed by a string of numbers. Now type - 'fastboot oem unlocking' A dialogue will appear on your phone, using the volume keys select the option to unlock the bootloader. *NOTE - ALL DATA WILL BE REMOVED'
Step 2: Flashing a custom recovery
Reboot your phone to fastboot, then connect your phone to your pc. Type in 'fastboot reboot fastboot' your device should reboot into 'fastbootd' Now using the recovery.img file you downloaded from Firefox, type the following command, `'fastboot flash recovery 'PATH TO RECOVERY.IMG FILE'
Once the file has flashed, restart your phone into fastboot mode and using the volume keys, navigate to recovery mode. You should now boot into Orange Fox recovery. Now, in orangefox, go to Wipe - Format Data - then type yes and wait for the process to finish.
Voila!
Step 3: Flashing the ROM!
Open your downloaded version of derpfest, you should see a file called payload.bin, place that into the payload dumper input folder, then run the programme and wait for it complete, you should have loads of .img files. Copy all of these into your platform tools folder! Now download the custom script and place that into the platform tool folder as well.
Reboot your phone into fastboot mode, and once again type 'fastboot reboot fastboot' Once you're in fastbootd mode, right click the script and run as admin, click more info if you have microsoft defender and click run anyway, The rest is done in the script!
After, reboot your phone and you should load into your new Android 12 OS!
If you have any questions please dont hesitate to ask!
If i have made any mistakes in this guide, or you guys think i should make any changes, let me know, im new to this!
*NOTE - I intend to make a full video walk through soon, ill have the youtube video linked here in the near future*
Click to expand...
Click to collapse
Thank you for the awesome guide, I have some questions, since this wipes all my data, what is the most efficient way of backing up my device data as I always don't know what people do to not lose their data while constantly switching ROMs, keeping in mind that this is my first time installing a custom ROM ever!
as well as, what's your experience with the ROM so far, any bugs popped up? Widevine still L1 and SafetyNet passes?
Did you find a way of installing OxygenOS camera? if not, what GCAM are you using?

i think you should add "How to dirty flash an update " also.

0mar32 said:
Thank you for the awesome guide, I have some questions, since this wipes all my data, what is the most efficient way of backing up my device data as I always don't know what people do to not lose their data while constantly switching ROMs, keeping in mind that this is my first time installing a custom ROM ever!
as well as, what's your experience with the ROM so far, any bugs popped up? Widevine still L1 and SafetyNet passes?
Did you find a way of installing OxygenOS camera? if not, what GCAM are you using?
Click to expand...
Click to collapse
Some minor bugs have popped up, like apps closing randomly, but that was because of my magisk root, as soon as I got rid of it, all the apps worked. Oxygen OS Camera wouldn't work so I'm using a Gcam mod for the 7T Pro. As for keeping your data, i would advice performing a nandroid backup. There's guides on YouTube as to how to do this.

amitkuliyal said:
i think you should add "How to dirty flash an update " also.
Click to expand...
Click to collapse
About to start work on an updating part now

astroarchcraft said:
Some minor bugs have popped up, like apps closing randomly, but that was because of my magisk root, as soon as I got rid of it, all the apps worked. Oxygen OS Camera wouldn't work so I'm using a Gcam mod for the 7T Pro. As for keeping your data, i would advice performing a nandroid backup. There's guides on YouTube as to how to do this.
Click to expand...
Click to collapse
So nothing other than apps randomly closing, hmm, good, does Derpfest have a Parallel Apps feature like OOS? as I employ 2 WhatsApp accounts (Personal and Work accounts).
Are you using the recommended GCAM from the ROM Post? https://forum.xda-developers.com/t/...official-hotdog.4250469/page-18#post-86176205
anything else I need to be on the lookout for before I start, coming from OOS I mean, something missing from Derpfest that was on OOS?
Sorry for hammering you, it's just my first time flashing a custom ROM and I'm minutes away from doing it.