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[OnePlus 6T  Guides, News, & Discussion] iaTa:
That's exactly what it does. Back to as it was from the factory (with the latest OOS).
[OnePlus 6T  Guides, News, & Discussion] KOLIOSIS:
THX for going the extra mile you guys,much appreciated. :good: :good:

So,where does this leave you guys for now (can you restore to what you had before) ?
[OnePlus 6T  Guides, News, & Discussion] djkinetic:
The signature error is this for the modem or the man tool itself? Cause if it's the tool itself doubt anyone here is gonna flash before having anyway to recover.
[OnePlus 6T  Guides, News, & Discussion] hartleyshc:
It's from the tool.

I even tried in SMT mode and got the same results (image does not match phone version).

So the question is, what is it reading when it does the whole getdeviceinfo. It was my understanding that you could pretty much install a brand new nvram chip and rebuild the system with this tool.
[OnePlus 6T  Guides, News, & Discussion] Nosferatu.:
While the majority of the thread is the TMO crew does anyone want to 100% confirm this will flash to the international version?

It's supposed to but has anyone actually given it a crack? I'd like to confirm we have a solid return back to basics. I used these types of tools once on the 5T before donating it to my Mom and it worked like a champ. 100% factory stock in 5 minutes. Reminds of the RUU files and ODIN stuff available back on my previous devices. :good:
[OnePlus 6T  Guides, News, & Discussion] iaTa:
Yeah I've used it twice already on my international model.
[OnePlus 6T  Guides, News, & Discussion] Dameon87:
My guess is it's reading the signature/model information from one of the critical partitions. This goes in line with the one user who bricked when they tried to ota to 9.0.5. If we can manage to get the critical partitions flashed I think we'll be good... Maybe.
[OnePlus 6T  Guides, News, & Discussion] hartleyshc:
Yeah I think our only choice would be to copy adb and the image files and bash script to a otg USB adapter and pray. I know there's a limited Linux functions. Might need to copy bash and dd to it as well.

Other than that, we wait until twrp is fixed.
[OnePlus 6T  Guides, News, & Discussion] Dameon87:
I'm going to give twrp a whirl tonight.
[OnePlus 6T  Guides, News, & Discussion] LLStarks:
Good luck.

Flash persist too if you can.
[OnePlus 6T  Guides, News, & Discussion] Velrix:
Easy way to flash criticals is change the script to copy to /tmp/xxx.file. You cant flash criticals with the current script as we have no access to the sdcard in twrp. After you do this you will get a device mismatch brick and you can boot to QUSB (hold both vol up + down and power) and use this tool on the Tmo variant.
[OnePlus 6T  Guides, News, & Discussion] hartleyshc:
Even without tool flashing to the Tmo variant while in a stable state?
[OnePlus 6T  Guides, News, & Discussion] Velrix:
You should be able to flash criticals regardless this way as the script boots twrp then runs a dd script. You just have to change the directory where the files loads to the device (default is /sdcard/file.name) you would replace sdcard with tmp and it then flashes criticals.
[OnePlus 6T  Guides, News, & Discussion] hartleyshc:
I'm aware on that part. I'm talking about recovering with this tool if you get a device mismatch error.

Currently this tool gives an error of "image does not match device". But all of us that tested did so on working tmo variants converted with only the basic partitions to 9.0.5.
[OnePlus 6T  Guides, News, & Discussion] Velrix:
You have to flash the criticals as it's looking for the BL and Fastboot version.
[OnePlus 6T  Guides, News, & Discussion] hartleyshc:
Thanks. That's exactly what I didn't know. Exactly what the tool was using to check device version.
[OnePlus 6T  Guides, News, & Discussion] GraveDigger176:
I'm at work now until 6:30 pm I will check it at home whether I have it or not when I have it I can upload it :good:
[OnePlus 6T  Guides, News, & Discussion] muschiu35bv:
where can i find MSN version 9.0.6?Thank You!
[OnePlus 6T  Guides, News, & Discussion] iaTa:
v9.0.6: https://androidfilehost.com/?fid=11410963190603884688
[OnePlus 6T  Guides, News, & Discussion] Apex i ITR:
any advice for someone who is getting that sahara error. I've tried multiple cables, machines, rebooted, ran as admin, disabled av and fw, ran in compat mode.........I get that error at the exact same time everytime (18s)
[OnePlus 6T  Guides, News, & Discussion] david72262:
Did you try the version right above your post? It's the only version that works for me
[OnePlus 6T  Guides, News, & Discussion] Apex i ITR:
I did (failed predictably) but I tried it with the copy of the tool that come with it.....not the patched one. I'll copy it over to that folder and see if that works.

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I tried the file above with the msmdownloadtool that came with and now with the patched version and both fail the same way
[OnePlus 6T  Guides, News, & Discussion] muschiu35bv:
I have tried another pc and still i get sahara communication failed.Please guys how do i fix this error ? I am really desperate. My phone is dead.

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Hello! I also get stuck on sahara communication failed.and i change pc but same .i uninstall the drivers and let windows but same. I tried everything but no luck. How do i pass this error? My bootloader is unlocked and the phone has no response. Thank You!
[OnePlus 6T  Guides, News, & Discussion] chrisliphart:
So... Trying to relock my bootloader and set the phone to stock with this tool (unlocked 6T direct from OnePlus), and It does show in Device Manager properly after the phone was powered off and Vol+/Vol- were held while plugging the phone into my computer. I ran the tool, and I'm getting that Sahara error as well. And now the phone won't power on. What am I doing wrong?
[OnePlus 6T  Guides, News, & Discussion] :
Sahara error is drivers error.

Uninstall all drivers and reboot PC.

Install this drivers

https://drive.google.com/file/d/1hUmBW9vm0PqbElhKnqQs2CwHVV_Zmi6e/view?usp=drivesdk

Reboot PC

Try msmtool. If it gives error

Go to Device Manager and right click on Qualcomm and select update drivers, windows will download and install drivers.

Reboot PC

Try msmtool.

This worked for me.
[OnePlus 6T  Guides, News, & Discussion] chrisliphart:
I'd already walked through those steps (I searched the thread), with no luck. The 9.0.6 tool doesn't work either. Now I'm stuck with a phone that will only be recognized as the Qualcomm drivers. Luckily, I'm doing this so I can reset it full factory before selling it, so I have another phone, but it's worthless in this state. I'll give my computer at work a go tomorrow to see if I have better luck there....

Something just occurred to me: When the phone is in this state, is it on when unplugged, or off? There's nothing on the screen to indicate it's on, but it does immediately show up in device manager when I plug it in. Will the battery die overnight? Will it charge like this?
[OnePlus 6T  Guides, News, & Discussion] Apex i ITR:
did not work for me.

This is a bit aggravating. I have no idea why i'm so special.
[OnePlus 6T  Guides, News, & Discussion] iaTa:
Try other USB ports.
[OnePlus 6T  Guides, News, & Discussion] Apex i ITR:
Tried that as well.

What does the sahara error mean? Is it a driver communication error, a port the device is on issue or a network communication issue with the host you are using? Trying to understand the root cause of this issue. Seems so odd thatsome have 0 issues and and people who are special like me can't get what seems to be a stupid simple process to work.
[OnePlus 6T  Guides, News, & Discussion] Caltinpla:
Mostly, the USB driver issues. I tried different drivers and this one worked for me: https://androidfilehost.com/?fid=11410963190603879743

First time I tried the old computer didn't work so I switched to the newer one, don't know why but it worked!
[OnePlus 6T  Guides, News, & Discussion] Apex i ITR:
trying now.

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same error. I'm approaching it like its a driver issue so I'm messing with my host from that aspect. To be fair I have not been paying extremely close attention to which drivers i have tried but I have tried at least 5-7 different drivers (versions were different at first glance).
[OnePlus 6T  Guides, News, & Discussion] chrisliphart:
I've tried several different versions of the drivers, and two different computers. Different USB ports on said computers too. At this point, I'd take simply being able to get the phone to power back on....
[OnePlus 6T  Guides, News, & Discussion] Caltinpla:
You're using the OP red cable came with the phone right?
[OnePlus 6T  Guides, News, & Discussion] chrisliphart:
I'm using the red OP cable that came in the box. For S&Gs, I tried a Samsung USB-C cable too, with the same results.
[OnePlus 6T  Guides, News, & Discussion] Apex i ITR:
Update: I see the following drivers installed on my windows VM

7/8/2015 - appears signed

3/25/2016 - appears signed

12/6/2012

12/6/2012

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Yes I have tried various cables including the OEM one.
[OnePlus 6T  Guides, News, & Discussion] Caltinpla:
That might be a problem because you have so many drivers installed on your computer.

My suggestion is try to start fresh: uninstall all of your drivers and other related files that might be corrupted then restart your computer and do all over again!
[OnePlus 6T  Guides, News, & Discussion] muschiu35bv:
Even if i uninstall drivers when i connect the device windows will automatically install the drivers without installing my self. and still sahara communication failed error persist.
[OnePlus 6T  Guides, News, & Discussion] Apex i ITR:
will try
[OnePlus 6T  Guides, News, & Discussion] Apex i ITR:
I wonder if we delete the drivers from the system32 folder if that will stop the auto install (Thats been happening to me as well, as soon as I remove the device and delete the driver and software it automatically reinstalls it self a second later.

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uninstalled all drivers. went with the driver included in the post with the original instructions. Also made sure I put my phone in EDL mode via adb on my host so I could confirm it truly sees and communicate with the device. All that done, only one driver in device manager..............

same.

issue.

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And all of a sudden after disconnecting my phone a few more times and reconnecting.....having it connect via adb so I can issue the reboot edl command it reconnected under a different com port on its own and is currently "doing things" Let you know if it finishing correctly.
[OnePlus 6T  Guides, News, & Discussion] chrisliphart:
I can't get mine to be recognized by ADB. How are you doing that? Was your phone completely non-responsive? I can't get mine into fastboot, recovery, or even to show anything on the screen...
[OnePlus 6T  Guides, News, & Discussion] Apex i ITR:
And after 400+s it is stuck at this: FirehoseCheckRSP Failed, errno: 258

I probably should took this as a sign like I originally said.......turning out not to be worth the hassle. Phone might be bricked.

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I tried another laptop again and this time it seems to have worked. That was a ass clenching 5 minutes.

Not quite sure exactly what sequence helped me. Hopefully no one has the issues i had.
[OnePlus 6T  Guides, News, & Discussion] Jeffro64:
So you got it on the international rom now??

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If you are in EDL mode try vol up plus power for a few seconds.
[OnePlus 6T  Guides, News, & Discussion] chrisliphart:
Well holy crap. That did nothing last night when I tried it, but it booted the phone up just fine this time. At least I know I'm not hard bricked. lol
[OnePlus 6T  Guides, News, & Discussion] Apex i ITR:
Thats what I had been doing to get it back working during my multiple attempts to make this work but it was def NOT working before it finally finished the process successfully.
[OnePlus 6T  Guides, News, & Discussion] Jeffro64:
Yeah it took a couple of tries for me the first time I tested EDL mode....Scared the hell out of me LOL.
[OnePlus 6T  Guides, News, & Discussion] chrisliphart:
Yeah, I'm not gonna lie, I didn't sleep well last night thinking I had a $600 paperweight. All because I just want to relock the bootloader. At least now I know I can get it to boot when I try again.
[OnePlus 6T  Guides, News, & Discussion] Jeffro64:
Glad you got it working! I have about 15 more minutes until I should get my unlock token...Got it just to have it on hand for the future. Can't wait until I get home from work offshore so I can play with mine and get off this Tmo crap!

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Roger that!
[OnePlus 6T  Guides, News, & Discussion] muschiu35bv:
My device is not responding and I can't get to be recognized in adb. And still Sahara communication failed error persist. I have 2 days since I have this problem not fixed . my device is getting connected without pressing volume up and down together. Any help would be greatly appreciated!

Update

I was able to power on my phone by keeping press together power and volume up and boot to recovery then i switch off phone. And after i connected to pc the process has begun and finish successfully. Now i know that the Sahara communication failed error is not a driver error is because the device was not powered off . Now i am happy that i was able to fix my phone. Thank you Very much to everyone and for support.
[OnePlus 6T  Guides, News, & Discussion] Elloco305:
Hey guys,

Is there any known way to remove the initial "" ! Boot loader is unlocked "" warning/message ?
[OnePlus 6T  Guides, News, & Discussion] ADEL_:
Finally, the problem was solved

I installed Windows_Vista_64bit via VMware

Then install Qualcomm_driver

It was successfully completed

Thank you from my heart .
[OnePlus 6T  Guides, News, & Discussion] just4sc:
Will this allow for dual sim functionality? I try reading through the thread but didn't see any mention of this. I had read elsewhere that there's a two IMEI requirement and TMO only assigned one to their version of the phones.
[OnePlus 6T  Guides, News, & Discussion] Caltinpla:
Yes, dual sim works perfectly fine. Only one IMEI number but two IMSI numbers.
[OnePlus 6T  Guides, News, & Discussion] mikky986:
Thanks for the superb tool !!

Worked like a charm after a couple of windows reboots.
[OnePlus 6T  Guides, News, & Discussion] gatorglaze:
Is the "international" version of the oneplus 6t include the US variant? I am assuming there isnt a "US" variant and international is everything but the Chinese version?
[OnePlus 6T  Guides, News, & Discussion] TKruzze:
Correct, the International version is the OS that's installed on your phone if you had purchased it directly from OnePlus (including the U. S.).
[OnePlus 6T  Guides, News, & Discussion] bluedragon38:
Follow the first page , Drivers isnt recognize into system pannel (haching problems) and windows 10 doesnt install any driver. MSM tool doesnt recognize my phone.

I see one guy Virtualize VISTA to make work it ... :/ rly ? someone have "correct" driver ? :/
[OnePlus 6T  Guides, News, & Discussion] pjadec:
In Windows 10 remove driver signing. Then you can install these drivers and flash OnePlus.
[OnePlus 6T  Guides, News, & Discussion] sampson2269:
THIS IS FOR ANYONE THAT HAS A PHONE THAT IS BRICKING...... I HAD THE SAME ISSUE, REPEATEDLY FAILING, MY PHONE WOULD NOT TURN ON NO MATTER WHAT I TRIED AFTER FLASHING, I KEPT GETTING AN ERROR SAYING FIREHOSE CHECK ERRNO 258, BUT THE ISSUE ALL ALONG WAS THAT WE WEREN'T USING THE FACTORY ONEPLUS CABLE... YOU HAVE TO USE THE CABLE THAT COMES WITH THE PHONE OUT OF THE BOX.... AN OFFICIAL ONEPLUS CABLE, ONCE YOU DO THIS. THE PROCESS WILL SUCCEED.

I successfully flashed my tmobile oneplus 6t with MsmDownloadTool V4.0_factory_mcl_op1_patched this worked perfect for me.
[OnePlus 6T  Guides, News, & Discussion] bluedragon38:
The problem is that i can't go into special boot mod to remove the signing driver checking. (maybe i have a probs on my win10 but for now, i don't want reinstall my principal system) Then , i take an old config on S775 , install SEVEN , and i did everything on this system , it work like a charm and my phone is back again ! =)
[OnePlus 6T  Guides, News, & Discussion] pjadec:
From https://www.thewindowsclub.com/disable-driver-signature-enforcement-windows

2] Disable Device Driver Signing

Run Command Prompt as Administrator and execute the following command:

bcdedit.exe /set nointegritychecks on

This will automatically disable driver signature enforcement on your device.

If you wish to enable this feature back again, you need to execute the following command in an elevated cmd window:

bcdedit.exe /set nointegritychecks off
[OnePlus 6T  Guides, News, & Discussion] Shirotaku:
Hello, when I click on start I get "Start download firehose binary" and after 16s "Sahara conneciton failed".

I've reinstalled the drivers serveral times and also tried this on another pc. Any ideas?

btw I see qualcomm in the device manager and the phone doesn't react at all to power button (+ vol up)

Edit: phone started again after hours of trying without msm
[OnePlus 6T  Guides, News, & Discussion] tc0566:
This one is having a problem it completes the process of downloading to phone but never reboots just keeps repeating the process..and leaves phone stuck in qdloader.. you cant boot to fastboot or system.
[OnePlus 6T  Guides, News, & Discussion] Michel oneplus:
Thnx for the tool worked flawless.

Trying tot figure something out i did unlock the bootloader and Ad some modules by magisk and gained root access on a 6t international unlocked version.

Today i had to relock the bootloader and set al up to stock (so far so good) phone was in stock state flashed original ROM, root access was gone so i went on with fastboot flash lock to relock the bootloader but the 6t didn't wanted go go info fastboot at first tried several things.

After a few tries suddenly it went completely dead why ? i cant figure out and i downloaded this tool to get it back to live.

Just the thing i setup the phone as original straight out of the box except the unlocked bootloader message and it wouldnt go from that part to fastboot neither with volume down and power button or by adb reboot fastboot (when it was in stock before i wanted it to relock bootloader adb Saw the phone as a device) after trying the button combination. after a few times it went completely dead and i needed this tool.

Anybody a idea what i did wrong?

I personnaly think the Windows pc (which i used) did something without knowing wrong in the background
[OnePlus 6T  Guides, News, & Discussion] erto90:
Good morning

I'm searching for 9.0.7 MSM tool ( or at least 9.0.6 ) for 6T.. can anyone help me with the link ?
[OnePlus 6T  Guides, News, & Discussion] erto90:
Are You sure about that? is unsafe to install then?
[OnePlus 6T  Guides, News, & Discussion] tc0566:
Most definitely sure.. Had to use latest version to get phone fixed. Tried it several times and each time I had to use latest version to fix phone.
[OnePlus 6T  Guides, News, & Discussion] erto90:
You mean You were froced to se msm with 9.0.11 to solve the problem?
[OnePlus 6T  Guides, News, & Discussion] iaTa:
https://androidfilehost.com/?fid=11410963190603884688
[OnePlus 6T  Guides, News, & Discussion] LittleRedDot:
Forgive my ignorance, but can I use the msmtool to backup my entire device?
[OnePlus 6T  Guides, News, & Discussion] AndyBury:
No. To restore your whole Phone.
[OnePlus 6T  Guides, News, & Discussion] :
U can use it to backup everything..smt mode is a backup of everything. Not for amateurs though, u will lose your imei if u do it wrong. It is first and foremost a restore tool, so for the uninitiated, use for that.
[OnePlus 6T  Guides, News, & Discussion] H4X0R46:
So it seems that MSM tool DOES only flash one partition. I used the tool to recover from a soft brick, and then used TWRP file manager to go to my other slot and read the build.prop. the build.prop from my inactive partition shows Beta 4 still! My active partition shows 9.0.11 (as it should) after using MSM. Hmm.....
[OnePlus 6T  Guides, News, & Discussion] :
I would try and see if factory version does both. I was under the impression it did flash both. I always use that one and I watch it run and it says what it's doing to each slot.weird
[OnePlus 6T  Guides, News, & Discussion] H4X0R46:
The .exe with factory in the name? That's the one I used. I watched it closely and it showed me it was only flashing A partitions. Weird! System_a, boot_a, abl_a etc. That's what made me curious to see the build.prop of the inactive haha what shocks me, is if it does one slot, why would it lock your bootloader? That's screams danger to me [emoji23]
[OnePlus 6T  Guides, News, & Discussion] :
I have no idea. Weird. Oh well, it does what I need it to do. It still remains by far the most fascinating part of the whole OnePlus experience to me. It's a lifesaver. I had the essential before this and it was the most difficult phone to mess with. Something such as msm would have been "essential".. pun intended. Lol
[OnePlus 6T  Guides, News, & Discussion] H4X0R46:
Yeah I've never had another phone that had something like this. My last phone was a Nexus 6, you ,might even remember me from that forum lol it's nice to have for sure! :good:
[OnePlus 6T  Guides, News, & Discussion] :
Of course I remember, remember I said I remembered you before I changed my sn back from jacksummers
[OnePlus 6T  Guides, News, & Discussion] Frankenscript:
Is there a guide somewhere as to all this A/B slot/partition stuff, and what it/they are used for? While I'm totally stock for now, I'm still considering messing around and it seems things have gotten more complex since my 3T. Thanks in advance! There's probably a link somewhere; just haven't used the right search terms yet!
[OnePlus 6T  Guides, News, & Discussion] H4X0R46:
Oh RIGHT! I kinda forgot you were "Jack Summers", my bad! Haha

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The info is here on the forums, but quite scattered around between threads. The main jist of the dual partitions is so the device can update while the OS is booted. Update is applied to the other system partition that's not being used, and then a reboot switches you to THAT system partition. Depends who you ask about "complex", but I wholeheartedly agree with you! If you have more specific questions, let me know!
[OnePlus 6T  Guides, News, & Discussion] dipole:
edit: figured it out
[OnePlus 6T  Guides, News, & Discussion] saxena1:
[MENTION=5467580]iaTa[/MENTION]

Can you please provide files os9.0.11 like this

in one plus 6 forum (enchilada_22_O.15_180810_unlocked.7z) i tried this before 6t in one plus 6 & simply restore firmware . sorry i am new for OnePlus 6t. Thanks
[OnePlus 6T  Guides, News, & Discussion] saxena1:
I Fallow all instructions as on first page but when connected to pc this message appears please help me
[OnePlus 6T  Guides, News, & Discussion] Fauert:
Did you install the driver ? Probably not ....
[OnePlus 6T  Guides, News, & Discussion] saxena1:
Driver already installed.
[OnePlus 6T  Guides, News, & Discussion] pjadec:
Did you use original cable? Try diffrent usb port and probably usb 3 port is better
[OnePlus 6T  Guides, News, & Discussion] cjwaggsrx8:
Windows 10? Reboot after install. Worked for me

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Also make sure to hold both volume buttons and power for a good 15-20 seconds before connecting to usb and use official OnePlus cable...
[OnePlus 6T  Guides, News, & Discussion] mj084:
is the persist.img already in the image?