yashsingh1/xdaforums huggingface dataset:
[Oppo R7 Plus] maniac103:
I don't think the assertion 'deleted NV partition -> loss of IMEI' holds true, at least not necessarily. I once flashed my R5 with an image of the Chinese R5 (which has a different partition layout) in download mode, yet IMEI is still present.

It's safe to say one should be cautious, though :)

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[Oppo R7 Plus] aluget:
For some reason step 24 wouldn't work for me after multiple tries and double checking that I had typed everything correctly. I changed it to dd if=/storage/sdcard1/Oppo/emmc_appsboot.mbn of=/dev/block/bootdevice/by-name/aboot . It worked perfectly and now I am in the process of installing CM. Great work celoxis :o)
[Oppo R7 Plus] Zomi3i3:
Hi, I have some problems on step 24. Adb says there is no folder or file cant be founded. Until step 24 everything works fine. I tried both paths sdcard1 & emulated. One time there was no Error info and i reboot the Oppo but it wasnt stucked at the logo it starts normally . Idk what to do :( someone have an idea?
[Oppo R7 Plus] celoxocis:
Did you read above the PDF Guide download link the part that says:?

"NOTE: Step 24. Pay attention for unknown reason the copy and paste of the line"...
[Oppo R7 Plus] Zomi3i3:
Yes i have read this. I tried to type it in and to copy & paste nothing work for me.
[Oppo R7 Plus] celoxocis:
It depends on where you place the files from the guide. if you use an actual sd-card or the internal memory. The guide is written to place the files at the internal memory. You will have to change the path accordingly.
[Oppo R7 Plus] Zomi3i3:
Thanks

This was the mistake. I think point 20 confused me and i dont changed the path rightly.

Now it stuck on the Oppo logo, but ADB says "FAILED (remote: oem unlock is not allowed) on step 28 :confused:

Step 30 Failed (remote: Partition flashing is not allowed) what should I do? Or: what I am doing wrong? :(

Tried 2 more times to wipe all data and do the PDF Guide step by step. It wold not work for me :( I stuck at step 28 :(
[Oppo R7 Plus] celoxocis:
Did you install Project Spectrum prior to following the Guide? I only had users saying to have received that message when they had installed PS than reverted back to ColorOS. PS must set a " flag" somewhere to prevent the OEM unlocking.

One user said by going into the developer options and enabling the "Allow OEM unlock" option that it worked. I did not have to do that, as I never installed Project Spectrum when I wrote the Guide.

You can try by doing this:

(I have not tested it myself)

Revert back the ColorOS aboot:

Download aboot in step 31 and replace aboot with aboot from step 24.

Boot into ColorOS and enable developer options.

(Should already be enabled when you followed the Guide)

Enable the "Allow OEM Unlock"

Reboot phone once (Not sure when the flag is actually written).

Go back to original aboot for step 24. Finish the Guide.
[Oppo R7 Plus] Zomi3i3:
Yo're right :) I dont know what PS is :( I thought it is a ROM or another OS like ColorOs.

Now i set the options like you said and it works :)

A thousand Thanks to You for supporting noobs like me and for your work on the R7s

Meanwhile CM13 is on the device and Gapps are running installation. :)

Edit after one hour>>> CM13 works fine until i install Gapps. After reboot there are coming Error mesasges system dont work and another one. Can't do something only reboot Device.

Is it a problem with PS? Or should i try something else? I have downloaded the Gapps ARM64/Android6.0/Pico
[Oppo R7 Plus] celoxocis:
Did you do a factory reset before flashing CM+Gapps?

Also you flash the gapps right after the CM.

If you boot into CM and then install Gapps it will not work!
[Oppo R7 Plus] Zomi3i3:
Yes i did a factory reset. I dont know why it wont work for me. I was flashing CM reboot the Oppo and than i was flashing the Gapps.

Now i have flash CM and than Gapps without reboot the device between the both operations. And it works =)

The only one problem i realized until now. I had to format my SD card, because it was unnamed and cant be used. Now i format it like device storrage and it works fine :)

Thank you celoxocis :)
[Oppo R7 Plus] Xisiqomelir:
Hey Celoxocis, thanks a lot for your ROM! Really enjoying it, might even keep this device.

2 minor fixes for your pdf:

1) The actual path to the modified aboot in step 24 is /storage/sdcard1/Oppo/emmc_appsboot.mbn

2) You'll need to enable OEM unlock as a developer option before flashing the aboot and attempting the OEM unlock over adb. This should probably happen along with the USB debug activation in step 17.
[Oppo R7 Plus] celoxocis:
1) That path only applys if you have a external sdcard inserted. The guide was written without the use of an sdcard.

2) Sometimes it works with that and sometimes it doesn't. I will add it to the next revision of the guide.
[Oppo R7 Plus] nathan30:
Hi !

I follow the pdf guide to install TWRP but I'm facing a problem. When I want to flash the ColorOS zip I've got this error "installation failed". Why ? And how I can get through this ?

Thanks in advance

EDIT : After flash the latest ColorOS, then boot and then reboot into recovery I can flash the proper ColorOS version
[Oppo R7 Plus] Heroeagle:
after flashing twrp , then flashed cm 13 it always stuck on oppo logo ,, anyone knows why ??

R7plus is the same
[Oppo R7 Plus] celoxocis:
You probably haven't flashed back the the original aboot which allows you to boot the system.

Read the last part of the Guide again.

And verify that you have pasted the command lines correctly.
[Oppo R7 Plus] noodlecore:
A question here. Once get the TWRP installed, can I install the ColorOS firmware through TWRP? Does it allow it?
[Oppo R7 Plus] celoxocis:
Yes you can. The recovery will not be replaced.
[Oppo R7 Plus] noodlecore:
I have a couple of questions here:

If yes we can install stock ColorOS ROM through your TWRP, for sure the root access will be gone too, am I right? Can I simply install the chainfire's UPDATE-SuperSU-vX.XX.zip through TWRP after flashing the ColorOS to gain back the root access?

Can I install the latest ColorOS release in this case any 2016 build onwards? Or must stick with the R7sfEX_11_OTA_005_all_201511191402.zip release only?

Do we need to edit the "updater-script" located inside the firmware META-INF folder before flashing it through TWRP?

Appreciate your feedback. Thanks
[Oppo R7 Plus] celoxocis:
Yes

Yes

Yes you can install the latest ColorOS. No need to stick with 005.

No

Read my CM thread about which Supersu to use.

Should be post no.3 here http://xdaforums.com/showpost.php?p=67078709&postcount=3
[Oppo R7 Plus] noodlecore:
Gracias! It's working! :good:

Only had a problem with OTA fw latest than 005 which I have to factory reset & wipe the data first if not it will stuck at oppo logo. In this case I'm using the latest OTA 012 fw.

Restoring a twrp backup also got an issue with ota fw other than 005 onwards. i've successfuly install ota 012, supersu update 2.74 and go through the initial setup until finish. then boot back into twrp and backup all the partitions.

from this point of the backup, if trying to restore either system or data partition, it will then stuck at oppo logo.

pls help. thanks..
[Oppo R7 Plus] celoxocis:
Stuck at the Oppo bootlogo sounds to me you didn't revert back to the original aboot when following the guide.

Did you read the part of the OP where I wrote about the copy/paste behavior of the PDF?

Also before switching ROMs. (Like different ColorOS versions) You have to factory reset in TWRP.
[Oppo R7 Plus] noodlecore:
Of course I follow exactly the steps described in the PDF & I don't have a trouble with it. Everything is good & running accordingly.

I never ever try or get PS ROM installed on the device before this, only stick around with ColorOS since the beginning I bought the device & never intend to try PS ROM at all.

The thing is when I'm trying to switch between ColorOS (in this case 006 onwards), it gave me a problem. But on ColorOS 005 everything seems OK. Same goes to whenever I'm trying to restore TWRP backup on ColorOS other than 005 it will stuck at oppo logo.

Edited!!!: Owh I've just figured it out. It just a matter of time, I have to wait for about 10-15 minutes then it can go through & boot up normally. Pheww.. :silly: BTW, thanks a lot for the advice. :highfive:

p/s: Why on latest ColorOS it came with white color for the navigation bar background? Can we set it back to transparent color same as on ColorOS 005? :confused: thanks..
[Oppo R7 Plus] celoxocis:
I see. I misunderstood and thought you said you were having trouble.

I don't know about ColorOS I only used 005 for like a month and while i was porting cyanogenmod for it.

I highly recommend you try my CM build for the R7S. You will feel like you have a new phone.

It also surpasses the ColorOS ROM in every aspect. You can even use the latest ColorOS camera app optionally if you like. It's not even included in the ColorOS ROMs for the R7S. There is a link to it in my CM thread.
[Oppo R7 Plus] dino404:
i have oppo r7S and iam unable to boot into Recovery mode ans fastboot

my phone is not rooted

please help me to install a recovery
[Oppo R7 Plus] bo55hog:
Read the op very thoroughly and the guides before attempting to install TWRP recovery. I also suggest that if you have no prior experience with custom roms and recoverys you stick with stock. Especially with this phone. But if you want to continue then I would make sure you follow the guide and instructions in the op very carefully and dillegently.
[Oppo R7 Plus] hasoobi:
I bought the device oppo R7sm from China and when I get back to my country I discovered it contained two languages ​​only Chinese and broken English, and I have some information about the mobile devices so I root and install of Software Same model but worldwide, but the device after reboot commented on oppo logo and I could not access to it , only Using fastboot and tried to work for the Recovery Software original but tells me that the bootloader is locked and is not allowed. Please help me to dissolve.
[Oppo R7 Plus] celoxocis:
In the very first line of my post I wrote that this recovery is not for the R7SM. As the R7SM as far as I know has an MediaTek chipset.

Answer a few questions first, I will try to help:

Is your R7SM a MediaTek or Qualcomm?

If MediaTek => This guide is not for you!

If it's a Qualcomm => Explain which steps in the guide you followed and finished.

Just write down the step numbers.

You said it complains about the bootloader being locked so:

A: You have a MediaTek and this method does NOT work for you!

B: You have a Qualcomm and didn't follow the guide properly and didn't unlock the Bootloader.
[Oppo R7 Plus] celoxocis:
Update:

I have just updated the Guide to V3.

It fixes a few minor issues, such as:

Issues that resulted in copy and paste errors when line breaks occured.

Add explanation how to enter stock Recovery.

Updated TWRP Link to version 3.0.2-2 as preparation for Android N.

Renamed EFS to IMEI (EFS is for Samsung, we have Oppo)

I recommend everyone to upgrade to TWRP 3.0.2-2 for preparation of Android N Rom's.

Simply download it here: https://goo.gl/JbwLME

Place it in your internal SDCard in a Folder you created and named "Oppo" and run this command in Minimal ADB & Fastboot while your Oppo R7S is connected to your PC:

adb shell [Enter]
su [Enter]
dd if=/storage/emulated/0/Oppo/twrp-3.0.2-2-r7sf-eng-final.img of=/dev/block/bootdevice/by-name/recovery [Enter]

This way you don't have to flash using fastboot.
[Oppo R7 Plus] LordAlberto:
Worked a charm, thanks!
[Oppo R7 Plus] DonkeyShotter:
Hello,

am I able to install other custom roms or do I have to use COS/CM13?
[Oppo R7 Plus] bo55hog:
Any custom ROM for the phone but as far as I'm aware only celoxocis is the only one who has made a ROM for the R7s
[Oppo R7 Plus] celoxocis:
I have recently done a complete new TWRP from scratch including:

- LineageOS kernel 3.10.104

- decryption using 7.1.1 LineageOS blobs

- included misc for 7.1.1

- overlay graphics support

- modem binary flashing support (no zip file required) just select non-hlos.bin from Oppo's stock ROM

- proper IMEI Partition Backup

- flashimage support in TWRP (just like fastboot)

- latest TWRP 3.0.3-0

As ColorOS and Project Spectrum are dead for our device. It's purely focused on LineageOS ROM support BUT it is backward compatible to ColorOS.

NOT Project Spectrum as PS has changes in the bootloader which prevents it from working.

I will include it in the next version of the guide and add a link to it here soon.
[Oppo R7 Plus] bo55hog:
”Already have twrp at 3.0.2 do I have to upgrade or did it do it automatically when flashing ROM. Only asking as I don't remember doing it manually since first doing it for cm12 edit link to twrp only brings up 3.0.2.2 not 3.0.3”

Forget post I just read the last line where it says link will be posted once you have completed updating it
[Oppo R7 Plus] celoxocis:
You don't have to but I recommend too once I push it. The manual update procedure will not be required. There is actually a way I build into the 3.0.2-2 version that enables to update TWRP by just selecting the TWRP.img in the recovery and it will update.
[Oppo R7 Plus] CharizardUsedFly:
Can't Unlock bootloader

[MENTION=2494638]celoxocis[/MENTION]

Hi celoxocis,

First of all, i would like to thank you for making a guide and putting effort into helping other people, I appreciate your help.

But here comes the problem i tried to unlock bootloader and failed. I follow step by step, but yet still can't find whats wrong.

On your Guide v3 - Step 24 -

adb shell [Hit Enter]

su [Hit Enter] <-- I do not get this part.. when i typed it and hit enter, it says " su: not found"

dd if=/storage/emulated/0/Oppo/emmc_appsboot.mbn of=/dev/block/bootdevice/by-name/aboot [Enter] <-- And when i enter this part it says "Permission Denied"

Phone Specs:

Oppo R7sf

Android 5.1.1

BTW I brought my phone to the customer service center quite a lot of time because i keep rooting my phone but my phone get soft bricked all the time. Somehow they use a tool from their own company and everything was reset to normal after 30mins or lesser

When i tried the Oppo Tool 1.6.5 .apk method, it didn't work too. I downloaded the plugin but one i reopen the app, and press the One Key Root, nothing happenI

I'm so confused right now. I really wanna root my phone. Any help will be appreciated!

Thank You!
[Oppo R7 Plus] celoxocis:
You need to downgrade the ColorOS version before installing and using OppoTools. It's stated in th Guide including a download link to that specific version.

If you don't downgrade to that specific version the OppoTools root will not work.
[Oppo R7 Plus] CharizardUsedFly:
Thanks! But every time i flash the specific firmware(to root with Oppo Tools), nothing changed. Is there a possibility to be caused by a lock bootloader
[Oppo R7 Plus] celoxocis:
No. You must be doing something wrong. As it works for thousands of others. Follow the guide exactly step by step. You can't allow any OTA updates when having downgrade.
[Oppo R7 Plus] Awang Ahmad:
how to flash non-hlos.bin from twrp as you said above? I have tried, and got nothing,. :confused::confused:
[Oppo R7 Plus] celoxocis:
I haven't released that version yet. Soon though.
[Oppo R7 Plus] Awang Ahmad:
Gladly I'm gonna wait, :):)

anyway, is there any other way to flash non-hlos.bin sir?

My r7sf got this RIL issue after downgrade to ColorOS 1.5,
[Oppo R7 Plus] celoxocis:
Try this. Rename .Bin to .IMG and place it into the sdcard (internal/external doesn't matter as long as u can find it).

Go into TWRP navigate to Install>Flash Image> select your NON-HLOS.img select Modem and flash.

However I'm not sure if I implemented it in the old version. If it's not there wait for the new version.
[Oppo R7 Plus] Awang Ahmad:
I'm sorry sir, another question,. :rolleyes::rolleyes:

I just bricked my phone,. =.=a

any tutorial to flash stock rom? tried my best, and still not getting anywhere,. =.=a
[Oppo R7 Plus] celoxocis:
WTF did you do to brick it?

It can't be bricked alone on flashing an modem image?!
[Oppo R7 Plus] Awang Ahmad:
it's a very long story to write sir, :crying:

idk what's the cause, but I'm pretty sure it bricked (bootloop perhaps, but I consider it a brick) after I flashed stock recovery through fastboot, got to fastboot through TWRP,

"fastboot -i 0x1ebf flash modem recovery.img"

Perhaps that modem causing brick sir,

knowing that, I tried to flash stock recovery through TWRP, it succeed, but still not getting anywhere from brick,. =.=a
[Oppo R7 Plus] celoxocis:
Lol because you flashed the modem partition with the recovery.img...

If you don't understand things just don't do them.

I wrote above how can flash the modem.

Try entering fastboot or recovery. If both don't work you are soft bricked and need to enter Qualcomm Port. See what the device manager says in Windows when you connect your phone to your PC.
[Oppo R7 Plus] Awang Ahmad:
Well, it's my bad,. =.=a

I can't enter fastboot, however I can enter recovery, it's stock recovery now sir,.

Tried to flash both stock (colorOS 2) and custom (Lineage) ROM, turned fail,. =.=a

And what to do with this qualcomm port? I can enter this state tho,.
[Oppo R7 Plus] celoxocis:
The Qualcomm Port means you have softbricked your phone.

But try wiping data and cache. Place a stock ColorOS ROM onto the sdcard and try flashing it using the stock recovery.

If this doesn't work your last chance is the factory flasher but i won't explain the usage step by step as i simply have no time for it.

If it doesn't work. I can send you a link though. There is a "READ ME" folder. You might be able to figure it out on your own, you can't make it worse.
[Oppo R7 Plus] yisonaise:
"Formatted Data" via TWRP, flashed ROM but only boots into TWRP

Hi Celox, i am a fan of your development for Oppo R7S and have been using your CM13 and LineageOS 14.1 releases for my own phone, however i encountered an issue with my wife's phone.

After flashing TWRP and being successful, i installed LineageOS 14.1 and gapps as you have guided on your posts, i saw that there were some old folders that were left over from the many apps my wife have installed previously, so i decided to do a factory reset. After pressing factory reset, the phone restarted and booted into TWRP recovery, which then i clicked on "Format Data" from the wipe tab.

Things went really south from here on, i am unable to boot into anything i have flashed (i tried flashing LineageOS 14.1 and gapps). Once the rom and gapps are installed, the phone reboots back into TWRP again. it seems like the internal storage of the phone is still empty except with the 2 zip files i've put in. I am able to access TWRP Recovery and detect it as a R7S on my computer, but i cannot boot into anything else, its been stuck like that booting ONLY into TWRP ever since i've pressed "Format Data" which in this case is my mistake and i apologize, is there any solutions to unbrick the phone? Could you please help me? I would be very very thankful.
[Oppo R7 Plus] akbarhrn:
Install TWRP and Xposed in OPPO A37F

please help me install twrp and xposed in oppo A37 :confused::confused:
[Oppo R7 Plus] celoxocis:
Not sure but sounds like you wiped something else besides the /data partition.

I would highly recommend to use the Factory Flasher and return your phone to stock: https://xdaforums.com/showpost.php?p=70903129&postcount=31

The Oppo R7S with this tool is unbrickable. Then simply follow the guide again to install LOS.
[Oppo R7 Plus] celoxocis:
Sounds to me they used the newer version of the factory flasher which closes the exploit that made the Oppo-Tool work.

Make sure you downgrade to the ROM version in the guide.
[Oppo R7 Plus] celoxocis:
I have build the latest TWRP build. Version 3.1.1-0.

Download Link is here: https://goo.gl/Vnpo4N

Changes to TWRP can be found here:

https://twrp.me/site/update/2017/05/19/twrp-3.1.1-0-released.html

https://twrp.me/site/update/2017/03/10/twrp-3.1.0-0-released.html
[Oppo R7 Plus] LordAlberto:
Many thanks Celox.
[Oppo R7 Plus] Sixith:
Is there no other way? id like to stay with the newest version

R7sf
[Oppo R7 Plus] LordAlberto:
You have to downgrade if you want to have root. It says so in the guide.

Then you upgrade once TWRP is correctly installed.
[Oppo R7 Plus] spreepelle:
Help please...I'm stucked at the unlock bootloader...

First to say I have root but I got root only with kingroot app...is this a problem?

I have installed the color os r7plusfEX_11_151225 (didn't do full wype data, installed over the latest color os version), but with the oppo tools it didn't do nothing so I got root with kingroot.

I can go into fastboot but when I type "fastboot oem unlock" it always say this:

"C:\Program Files (x86)\Minimal ADB and Fastboot>fastboot oem unlock

...

FAILED (remote: oem unlock is not allowed)

finished. total time: 0.053s"

where I was wrong or where I miss something?

thanks for replies I really will to intall a custom rom on this phone........
[Oppo R7 Plus] celoxocis:
Yes because you did NOT follow the guide!

My guide never uses kingroot in any step!
[Oppo R7 Plus] celoxocis:
I have updated the Opening Thread post for GuideV4.

Updated Guide V4 to reflect newest TWRP 3.1.1-0 Build.
[Oppo R7 Plus] Sancipak:
I did not used any kingo root but when came to that part it said waiting for device... I follow the instruction from the guide exactly the same ... Could u kindly helping with my problems?
[Oppo R7 Plus] celoxocis:
Make sure you are using the proper firmware version, which is linked in the guide.
[Oppo R7 Plus] Sancipak:
This is my version... I think this is the correct as your guide
[Oppo R7 Plus] celoxocis:
Did you make sure to enable airplane mode to not allow any OTA updates?

At which step number exactly does it fail for your?
[Oppo R7 Plus] Sancipak:
already follow instruction from the guide very carefully, everything was all good until i reach step 28.... it said waiting for the device and cannot response from any command...
[Oppo R7 Plus] celoxocis:
if steps 24-27 worked for you. i see no reason why step 28 wouldn't work for you.

did you verify those steps were correct?

try step 27 and if you get "waiting for device" it's a driver problem. make sure to have installed the proper adb driver.
[Oppo R7 Plus] Sancipak:
always become like this... i try with 2 different PC and still comes up with same situation.... does the command use space or not?
[Oppo R7 Plus] celoxocis:
read there. it says "no such file or directory" which means you weren't replacing the aboot.

hence fastboot won't be available.

make sure the file and the path you are using is correct. you can auto complete the path with the "tab" key.

also the command is wrong you need to insert spaces. if copy/paste doesn't work for you. type the commands exactly as they are in the PDF file.
[Oppo R7 Plus] fab4272:
Hi. What is the name of the camera app that is in lineage 14? After I installed gapps it is no longer there. I liked it better than the Google camera app. Thanks.
[Oppo R7 Plus] bo55hog:
I just have camera a CyanogenMod app. I also have open camera but I think I installed that separately.
[Oppo R7 Plus] edals30:
Hi There.

I am almost certain i have bricked my R7s.

I attempted to install the OS for the device. entered recovery mode, selected the zip package. the phone basically turned off.

powered on, shows oppo logo, a loading bar for a split second then powers off again.

Now i cannot enter recovery mode at all, just shows the oppo logo and powers off again.

Stuck the default colorOS onto a SD card, attempted recovery and same thing, just oppo logo and powers off.

I can enter fastboot. Opened Minimal ADB and fastboot. The error i get is partition flashing is not allowed. Also oem unlock is not allowed.

Im guessing im pretty much screwed here now ? Im out of ideas.

Any input would be great.

Thanks.