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[Nokia 3 Guides, News, & Discussion] DoubleCat:
I see, so it is simple as that? I only need to download the SP thing and to flash one rom? That sounds like something even I can do, thanks a lot :)

I'm sorry if I've been a pain in the xxx about this, but I really know nothing about phones; I usually wouldn't mind doing some experiments on my own, but the fact that I might permanently ruin my phone scares me a lot. Also, I can't use my own computer for this, since I run Windows XP and it doesn't even see the Nokia 3 (the driver included with the phone itself doesn't work), so I have to use my girlfriend's computer, which means that I have a very limited time to do things, and only every few days. I'll give your method a try as soon as I'll have a chance, maybe tomorrow.

I'm sorry, I didn't mean to sound rude, especially not towards people who are trying to help me, and for that I apologise. I've been feeling bad and nervous the whole past week due to the fact that the phone I'm holding in my hands right now might as well be the world's most expensive paperweight, but I'm calmer now that I see a faint light at the end of the tunnel.

Don't hold your breath for 8.1, by the way. I, too, welcomed it in a heartbeat because I knew it promised to restore the black menus from 7.0, which were turned to blinding white in 8.0 as you surely know, but that's pretty much the only good thing that it does, so I'd rather have 8.0's white menus over this monstrosity.
[Nokia 3 Guides, News, & Discussion] JonnyTech:
Consider Linux...
[Nokia 3 Guides, News, & Discussion] donrisotto:
Having a hard time using OST to flash back to stock 7.0... during initialisation the phone seems to disconnect, disappears to fastboot/adb as well. Thought it might just be my pc so I tried a win 8.1 laptop but same problem. SP flash tool does something similar. "was device unplugged or lost power?" etc. Very strange. It's now unlocked and in red state, but eh, it still works so not really a big deal. on 8.0
[Nokia 3 Guides, News, & Discussion] JonnyTech:
Very strange. Althogh you tried another computer, did you try another cable? Also, as you run Windows then try different USB/device drivers. No such issues with Linux.

OST has never worked for me, I recommend SPFT.
[Nokia 3 Guides, News, & Discussion] mafiaelazab:
How to Work Nokia 3 root Andoride 8.1 Please help me

How to Work Nokia 3 root Andoride 8.1 Please help me
[Nokia 3 Guides, News, & Discussion] JBData:
1/ get the img file with this Post.

2/ my proper roadact with the 7.0 img files.
[Nokia 3 Guides, News, & Discussion] mafiaelazab:
Please attach me files to the crisis
[Nokia 3 Guides, News, & Discussion] Annan Denis:
Invalid IMEI and lost original serial number

I flashed nbo file 7.1.1 ,but by bad luck i had clicked on format+download so my bootloader was locked again and now i have invalid IMEI and the serial number changed to 0123456789ABCDEF. How can i solve this issues and unlock the bootloader again.
[Nokia 3 Guides, News, & Discussion] donrisotto:
yes I tried different cables and different ports. I'll try from linux, thanks.
[Nokia 3 Guides, News, & Discussion] Annan Denis:
Unlocking bootloader

I flashed nbo file 7.1.1 ,but by bad luck i had clicked on format all +download using sp flash tool so my bootloader was locked again and now i have invalid IMEI and the serial number changed to 0123456789ABCDEF. How can i unlock the bootloader again. I need help.
[Nokia 3 Guides, News, & Discussion] bubba1601:
You already asked this yesterday.

Unfortunately people have lives away from here and can't answer you straight away and sometimes can't answer you for a day or so.

Please don't flood the thread with the same questions and please don't quote the whole original post, it's against the rules here.

Wait for a reply like everyone else does, and someone will answer you when they are ready.
[Nokia 3 Guides, News, & Discussion] DoubleCat:
Hello, I'm sorry to post again, but I finally had a chance to use a compatible computer to try some things on my Nokia 3.

First of all, I tried SP Flash Tool. I downloaded everything, but it still complained about a missing authorization file. I tried various images from various posts from this forum, but none worked. I plugged and unplugged the phone several times, but it looks like it can't even be completely turned off with 8.1 now, so that might have been a factor as well. And no, I didn't feel like removing the battery as I'm nowhere near expert enough to open a phone by my own. So yeah, SP Flash Tool gave me a variety of errors and never worked.

I went on, and I tried OST. I followed a tutorial on another website, which was very clear, I have to admit. But it didn't work, either. At some point, the "next" button has to lite up, but it never does. Again, I tried several times, plugging and unplugging the phone, turning it off, rebooting, holding volume up / down / both, nothing worked.

After a couple of hours I had to give up because I couldn't use my girlfriend's computer anymore, as she had to go to work.

At that point I decided to ask some expert in a local store, and no, before someone asks, it's not an Official Nokia Store™, it's one of those "nerds that will do any kind of black magic for you" kind of store, which is the best kind of store. They told me that they can do it for €20, which isn't as much as I feared (but still more than I'd like to spend since I don't even have a job), but they also told me that it's not as simple as it was mentioned here, and also there's a chance that the phone will lose its actual telephone capabilities, e.g. making phone calls, because I should have backed up something with a weird name before I upgraded from 8.0 to 8.1, so I don't really know what to do now, maybe it's a good thing that my own attempts failed.

If only I had money, maybe I could sell my phone and buy another Nokia 3 (or something else) with a small price difference. But I just can't keep 8.1, seriously, it stutters when I play music, it randomly disconnects when I use the hotspot, and, most of the times, notifications don't even play any sound (and yes, this includes phone calls, sometimes I receive them with no ringtone, and if I check the notification log it says no sound, indeed).

I hate my life. And I'm starting to hate Nokia, I've been happy with 5 phones in a row (including a 3210 and a Lumia 630), but now everything is ruined.

Thanks for your time and sorry for my rant.
[Nokia 3 Guides, News, & Discussion] Annan Denis:
Stuck in red state warning

I flashed twrp as guided above but when i rebooted to recovery there was a red state warning that failed verification your device will boot in 5sec but it stucked there
[Nokia 3 Guides, News, & Discussion] arsalan j:
Steps i followed but no root.

NOKIA 3 7.11

1) unlocked bootloader

2) put magisk.zip in my sdcard

3) flashed twrp (which on every boot goes to twrp)

4) in TWRP i clicked installed and selected magisk.zip

5)after installation i tried to boot again and it opened normally this time.i

6)I installed root checker to see if nokia is rooted but it says device is not properly rooted.

what steps am i missing ??
[Nokia 3 Guides, News, & Discussion] JBData:
"Somewhere" you have to patch a boot.img file with magisk and install it.

See my 2018 roadact
[Nokia 3 Guides, News, & Discussion] 11NQU151T0R:
I formatted my Nokia 3 bootloader and every other partition with so flash tool. it no longer shows pre-loader in device manager. How do I fix it and reflash it.
[Nokia 3 Guides, News, & Discussion] tsiqahbetta:
This method can use for ta-1032 android 9.0?
[Nokia 3 Guides, News, & Discussion] DHruV07:
Sir now I'm getting this error on spflash tool the load scatter file is invalid hint please check the scatter file and select again error code 8417.
[Nokia 3 Guides, News, & Discussion] redweaver:
Did you use the spflashtool from the download link or you had another one originally? What's the version of your spflashtool?
[Nokia 3 Guides, News, & Discussion] DHruV07:
Yes I downloaded it from above downloaded link with latest version and did all process as mentioned above but I'm getting this error scatter file invalid error code 8417.
[Nokia 3 Guides, News, & Discussion] redweaver:
Flashing ost will work on TA-1020 right? Now I wonder if that's the reason why the vpn thing has been working for most people. Perhaps since it's the nb0 files are Asian (India and UAE)

[MENTION=7682183]bubba1601[/MENTION] maybe flashing OST is the only way to go.
[Nokia 3 Guides, News, & Discussion] DHruV07:
This version Smartphone FlashTool v5.1744
[Nokia 3 Guides, News, & Discussion] redweaver:
I used v5.1752. maybe your version is the problem. On the spflashtool page, click on the download tab. You will see all the spflashtool versions, including those more recent than the version you have
[Nokia 3 Guides, News, & Discussion] DHruV07:
Thanks I will try with this version hope it will work.
[Nokia 3 Guides, News, & Discussion] bubba1601:
Yes I did, and playstore data.
[Nokia 3 Guides, News, & Discussion] DHruV07:
Very very thankful to your support sir, now I have Nokia 3 TA1032 Android 8.0 rooted phone with Magisk. :laugh::good::cowboy:
[Nokia 3 Guides, News, & Discussion] SkaboXD:
for some reason, on main page of sp flash tool it says that last version is v5.1744. When i go to download page, last version is v5.1804 and second latest is v5.1752. tnx for noticing.

[MENTION=9142279]DHruV07[/MENTION] i updated spflash tool download link so you and others can download latest version, tnx for report.
[Nokia 3 Guides, News, & Discussion] SkaboXD:
then try to flash nb0 with OST as redweaver suggested, no other way currently.
[Nokia 3 Guides, News, & Discussion] DHruV07:
Thanks to you too sir for such great guide and it's easy to understand each and every steps to a noob also, I got my phone rooted now :)
[Nokia 3 Guides, News, & Discussion] bigrammy:
In theory and put simply as possible it should not work on a never unlocked before device if the LK does it's job properly. :confused:

The LK does all the checking down the secure boot chain prior to allowing the recovery or boot.img to boot.

If a device has been officially Unlocked then the LK should write (normally hidden) 1 bite identifiers to partitions like secro, misc, oem, etc etc (Depends on the OEM where and how) so when you flash a new ROM the new LK should still look for these bite's and if it see's them then it will allow the none stock .img's like twrp to boot normally.

So to sum up

1. Nokia made a huge screw up and the Nokia 3 is a totally insecure device like most of cheap MediaTek Chinese phone's out there.

2. The LK knows the bootloader was officially Unlocked before and therefore ignores the secure boot chain.

Your not the Only one bubba1601 both mine and a friends TA 1020 still have not received the official Oreo update yet. :(

My Friends phone is 100% pure stock and never been rooted or bootloader unlocked both of us have sim free devices too so not sure why UK users are not getting the update yet. :silly:
[Nokia 3 Guides, News, & Discussion] SkaboXD:
wow, i didn't know that, tnx for info, but they can still try so they can be sure that is true.

I honestly don't care about security, so this doesn't affect me so much.
[Nokia 3 Guides, News, & Discussion] bigrammy:
The worst that will happen is probably a boot loop which can be a little tricky to get out of since we can't simply pull the battery :rolleyes:

With some good timing's there is a small window of opportunity in which SPFlashTool will catch the preloader and halt the boot loop by putting the device into meta mode. :fingers-crossed:

Otherwise wait for the battery to deplete. :laugh:

I would advise that everyone backup there stock rom using SPFlashTool before flashing anything.

Backing Up Using SPFlashTool.

1. Open the SPFlashTool folder and locate the file

option.ini

2. Open the file with notepad ++ or some other quality text editor and find the line

[ReadBack]
ShowByScatter=false

Then change it to

[ReadBack]
ShowByScatter=true

3. Save and close it.

4. Now reload your scatter file and go to the Read Back tab you will now see all the partitions that are in the scatter file. :good:

5. Choose the partitions you wish to back up like the recovery, boot, system etc etc

(NOTE: nvram and nvdata are important and should backed up as a pair and restored as a pair on the same android version they were taken from. Keep them safe as these are unique to the device like your IMEI's etc etc )

6. By default the back up's will be saved to the SPFlashTool folder as ROM0,1,2,3,4,5, etc etc, these correspond to to the "partition_index: SYSx" in the scatter.

eg:

ROM0 will be = to "partition_index: SYS0" which is = to preloader
ROM3 will be = to "partition_index: SYS3" which is = to nvram

Note Backing Up Userdata will lead to a huge GigaBite backup as SPFlashTool reads back the entire partition and not just folders and file like TWRP does.
[Nokia 3 Guides, News, & Discussion] redweaver:
I've actually disconnected my battery before. That was the first time my battery ran out and refused to charge, before I found out that holding the power button + volume up would fix my issue. I removed the back cover unscrewed a plastic covering (thus voiding my warranty) and disconnected the power leads. Put them back immediately, covered everything back and started my phone. But of course we can't recommend that to people who value their warranty.
[Nokia 3 Guides, News, & Discussion] bigrammy:
Yes holding the power button + volume up will also give you a small window of opportunity in which SPFlashTool will catch the preloader and halt the boot loop process by putting the device into meta mode.

Manufacturers should be forced to install manual battery disconnect button for phone's with none removable battery's. My Sony C4 had one as did my Sony ZL and it was very useful indeed. :D
[Nokia 3 Guides, News, & Discussion] Umairali321:
Did not work on my Nokia 3 TA1032 am trying this method but Stock recovery also ended I need to Help
[Nokia 3 Guides, News, & Discussion] redweaver:
You have to be more detailed, what actually happened? Were you able to flash twrp? Were you able to flash magisk? Which part failed? Did you get any error?
[Nokia 3 Guides, News, & Discussion] Umairali321:
Everything is done but my mobile recovery is not going to the mode now it's getting over again.
[Nokia 3 Guides, News, & Discussion] redweaver:
You're saying your phone isn't starting anymore?
[Nokia 3 Guides, News, & Discussion] Umairali321:
YES
[Nokia 3 Guides, News, & Discussion] redweaver:
So it's only booting into recovery?
[Nokia 3 Guides, News, & Discussion] Umairali321:
Yes not going to recovery mod
[Nokia 3 Guides, News, & Discussion] redweaver:
I still don't understand. Is it that

1. you were able to flash twrp but are not able to enter recovery to finish the process, or

2. you were able to enter recovery flash magisk but after everything your phone is not starting up properly
[Nokia 3 Guides, News, & Discussion] Umairali321:
1. you were able to flash twrp but are not able to enter recovery to finish the process,

I am just trying to flash TWRP recovery only not magisk I need just TWRP recorvery
[Nokia 3 Guides, News, & Discussion] redweaver:
OK, now I get it. So basically you're saying that after flashing, all you're getting is the stock recovery?

Just to be sure, you know how to enter recovery on Nokia 3rd right?
[Nokia 3 Guides, News, & Discussion] Reygal21:
Is it possible to backup /system and /data on twrp for oreo?
[Nokia 3 Guides, News, & Discussion] redweaver:
I have never successfully done it before, I'm always getting an error. You're better off using spflashtool readback function to backup
[Nokia 3 Guides, News, & Discussion] Umairali321:
i mean to say that am flash TWRP recovery after flashing mobile not going to recovery mod No stock recovery no custom recovery.

---------- Post added at 08:26 AM ---------- Previous post was at 08:24 AM ----------

Yes Power + Volume Up Buttons
[Nokia 3 Guides, News, & Discussion] redweaver:
Ok, flash stock recovery, then flash twrp again

Just to be sure, when you try to enter recovery, you don't see the green robot with the exclamation mark right?
[Nokia 3 Guides, News, & Discussion] DHruV07:
Don't do anything else from this guide, just simply follow each and every steps line by line and you gonna make it, it was hard to understand for me at the beginning but when I read these steps many times, I got my phone Nokia 3 Oreo TA 1032 rooted by magisk, I did use the optional one 2 step after first step then I successfully rooted my device.
[Nokia 3 Guides, News, & Discussion] Reygal21:
oh ok sir, so it is not possible to backup and restore system on twrp oreo? what needs to be used is spft?
[Nokia 3 Guides, News, & Discussion] redweaver:
Check this post by bigrammy:

https://xdaforums.com/showpost.php?p=76471210&postcount=35

---------- Post added at 10:35 AM ---------- Previous post was at 10:32 AM ----------

By the way is it possible to do a full system restore from spflashtool readback? Say for instance I backup the system and data partitions and some time in the future I something is not working right is it possible to restore the previous backup? Is it just as straightforward as downloading those partitions?
[Nokia 3 Guides, News, & Discussion] bigrammy:
Yes it's possible but your userdata would be around 10GB :eek:

I backup everything that you get in the SPFlashTool factory ROM's plus my nvram & nvdata (Most Important)

The preloader requires editing or spflashtool will not flash it. You need to strip the header from the preloader which you can do with "hex editor" just simply compare the factory preloader against your own and remove the first few kb's so they start with the same Letter number or symbol it becomes obvious when you compare them.

The userdata and cache .img's in the facotry ROM's are pretty much empty .img's [MENTION=5726672]Reygal21[/MENTION]

PS: When backing up /system with TWRP make sure you choose the external sd as your storage and ensure there is enough space on the internal sd remember system is around 3GB + so with the work space and saved backup it can take upto 6gb of free space. :eek:
[Nokia 3 Guides, News, & Discussion] Reygal21:
Ok sir, on nokia 3 oreo twrp can restore backup of /system incase of bootloop?
[Nokia 3 Guides, News, & Discussion] bigrammy:
I don't know as I have not tried it.

I use spflashtool to backup and restore 90% of the time.

We need build TWRP properly against Oreo source code as these "ports" seem not to be working 100% at the moment.

This could be a kernel issue also in which case it would be impossible to fix it without the kernel source code.
[Nokia 3 Guides, News, & Discussion] SkaboXD:
I can confirm that you're right. I flashed Android 7.0 nb0 back. That nb0 had stock lk inside so I could test it. Then I tried to flash twrp but a lot of times it stayed at flash 0℅ and it showed error download da fail 4008. When I unlocked and after that locked bootloader it flashed easily.

So I can add in OP that if you never unlocked bootloader or you recently flashed nb0, you need to go to Android 7.0 (because Android 7.1.1 fails at locking bootloader), and then unlock and lock bootloader. If you want to update use OTA, don't use nb0 because it have stock lk inside.
[Nokia 3 Guides, News, & Discussion] geopehlivanov:
Few months ago I root my Nokia 3 using another method. I unlocked my bootloader, flash TWRP and root with Magisk, but after sistem update the root is gone. adb not recognize my device in fasboot mode. Can I use this method instead, if my boobloader is unlocked?
[Nokia 3 Guides, News, & Discussion] redweaver:
Well first of all, you are almost certain to lose root after a system update.

Secondly, you don't use adb in fastboot mode - you use fastboot.

Thirdly, yes this method will help you get root
[Nokia 3 Guides, News, & Discussion] geopehlivanov:
Thank you! So, I can use this method even if my bootloader is unlocked, or I need to locked it first?
[Nokia 3 Guides, News, & Discussion] redweaver:
You don't need to lock your bootloader first. In fact your bootloader has to have been unlocked before for it to work, even if it's currently locked
[Nokia 3 Guides, News, & Discussion] geopehlivanov:
Thank you! :good:
[Nokia 3 Guides, News, & Discussion] Nikola Jovanovic:
So no unlocking on oreo if it's not been unlocked on nuogat?

Is there a method of installing twrp without previously unlocked bootloader?

Thank you
[Nokia 3 Guides, News, & Discussion] redweaver:
SkaboXD said he tried it and it didn't work in post #58
[Nokia 3 Guides, News, & Discussion] geopehlivanov:
I flash TWRP with sp flash tool sucessfully, but when I try to enter recovery mode it says "No command", if I press Volume Up + Power buttons again it enters stock recovery. What I'm doing wrong?
[Nokia 3 Guides, News, & Discussion] redweaver:
Try flashing twrp again, it must have failed somewhere
[Nokia 3 Guides, News, & Discussion] geopehlivanov:
Everything is fine now, my phone is rooted with Magisk, but Magisk Manager stuck on logo screen. I try older version too, but no luck.... not sure how to solve this.
[Nokia 3 Guides, News, & Discussion] redweaver:
Try restarting phone. If it doesn't work, flash magisk again
[Nokia 3 Guides, News, & Discussion] geopehlivanov:
I flash Magisk again, Install latest Magisk Manager, restart several times, Root checher says that root is fine, but Magisk Manager don't start I can't get root accesss.
[Nokia 3 Guides, News, & Discussion] redweaver:
If root checker says you have root then you have root.

What do you need the manager for again?
[Nokia 3 Guides, News, & Discussion] geopehlivanov:
I want to install Xposed Framework from Magisk Manager. I try with the official installer, but it says "Failed to get root access".
[Nokia 3 Guides, News, & Discussion] redweaver:
Oh ok. What if you clear data on your magisk manager and try to start it with your data/wifi turned of
[Nokia 3 Guides, News, & Discussion] SkaboXD:
try to reinstall magisk manager with newest magisk apk
[Nokia 3 Guides, News, & Discussion] geopehlivanov:
I try to crear data before .... I found what the problem is... I just move the app from sd card to internal storage and now it works :)
[Nokia 3 Guides, News, & Discussion] redweaver:
What? You put it on SD card before? I wouldn't advise you to put system apps on sdcard
[Nokia 3 Guides, News, & Discussion] SkaboXD:
it's recommended to move all apps to internal storage because phone will perform faster (you can still move obb to sd card with obb on sd xposed module, and yeah it works on oreo).
[Nokia 3 Guides, News, & Discussion] geopehlivanov:
My Android settings install every new app on sdcard, I just forgot about it.
[Nokia 3 Guides, News, & Discussion] redweaver:
Oh, ok so you're using adoptable storage? Make sure you backup your sdcard everytime before you install an ota update - cos if something happens and it fails and you have to do a factory reset, you'll lose the data on your card
[Nokia 3 Guides, News, & Discussion] geopehlivanov:
Ok, thank you for your advice and for the great thread! :)
[Nokia 3 Guides, News, & Discussion] darhma:
After upgrading to the Oreo version (April security patch) I've successfully followed the guide and now I've magisk installed, I have not touched the recovery. I've also installed the systemless xposed framework module with magisk. Can I install the may security patch OTA update without issues? After OTA update I will lose root and xposed?
[Nokia 3 Guides, News, & Discussion] SkaboXD:
you will lose root and xposed (you will not lose xposed modules). I hope that they didn't patched LK in latest update.
[Nokia 3 Guides, News, & Discussion] DHruV07:
Yes sir I lost root after updating ota, now I have to repeat these above steps again to get root?
[Nokia 3 Guides, News, & Discussion] SkaboXD:
yes
[Nokia 3 Guides, News, & Discussion] redweaver:
They didn't in the May update.
[Nokia 3 Guides, News, & Discussion] SkaboXD:
just in case, you can backup LK in twrp if they patch it.
[Nokia 3 Guides, News, & Discussion] Nikola Jovanovic:
What is lk ?

Thank you