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[Nubia Red Magic 5G / 5S Guides, News, & Discussion] Patrick Morgan:
Are you stock? or are you rooted with TWRP

you can follow my directions above in the first post for installing roms

but in general. if rooted.

make a backup of your VBmeta and recovery partitions.

change names of those two files to vbmeta.img and recovery.img and copy paste them into an update you wish to install and install that update through TWRP

if you are stock. and you want ot update you normally just need to download the update file, go to system update, and choose local update and allow to install.

if you get an error during the install while in your rom, you could load recovery mode. (which may wipe your device, so make a backup of your data partition)

by turning off your phone, holding up and power til the phone vibrates then let go of power but continue holding up til you see a menu then choose to install from zip and allow to install. - but please note. this may clean wipe your phone. so back up your data before.

and flash 7.14 or 8.11 from there.
[Nubia Red Magic 5G / 5S Guides, News, & Discussion] Fr0z3nK1n6:
i am on stock, i will try the recovery trick, thanks
[Nubia Red Magic 5G / 5S Guides, News, & Discussion] Fr0z3nK1n6:
i downloaded v8.11 and placed in the root of the phone thru file manager

backed up only apk since my phone.is bot rooted

i tried again the local update but still error occurred

i powered off

powered on while holding the volume up until i saw the menu

when i choose the update zip it asked me to choose from OTG or back to menu

i dont have OTG and no access to PC, what to do next ?
[Nubia Red Magic 5G / 5S Guides, News, & Discussion] Patrick Morgan:
Yes I see you issue. I flashed the stock recovery and could see that there is no option to read from the main memory.

you would need to either get a OTG adapter and a USB drive to load the rom .

or you would need another android phone, that is rooted, whic hyou can connect with USBc to USBC to your redmagic. and use ADB on the 2nd device to install TWRP

if you don't have a PC. but if you have access to a PC you can ADB a new recovery, which will let you flash the zip form your internal memory.

if you do not have access to a 2nd rooted phone, with a USBc to USBc cable, .. or a PC or a OTG drive you may not be able to flash the rom. since you are currently on the latest CN rom for Android 10. its probably blocking it due to it being a different region.
[Nubia Red Magic 5G / 5S Guides, News, & Discussion] Patrick Morgan:
7.14

EU rom - there have been reports of bugs on 7.14 some apps not loading correctly and games crashing or not logging in.

If users of 7.14 experience any odd issues, please collect logcats and i can direct them to Nubia.

You can install a logcat app, to make logcats, then just send me the full log with a description of the issue. Please make the logcat directly after the crash or problem experienced.

Using the phone for other things after will fill the log with useless info. So please make alog as soon as the error shows.

Thank you.
[Nubia Red Magic 5G / 5S Guides, News, & Discussion] Fr0z3nK1n6:
i have now OTG adaptor and OTG drive

i will save v8.11 on OTG drive, connect it to phone, shutdown, power on with volume up, choose update thru OTG

is it correct ?

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still error occurs, what to do next ?

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still error occurs, what to do next ?
[Nubia Red Magic 5G / 5S Guides, News, & Discussion] Patrick Morgan:
Try flash 6.18 before. Then flash 8.11 from recovery

.double check md5 to see if zip is corrupt.

If these dont work, your option will be to flash TWRP, using a pc, or a rooted phone.
[Nubia Red Magic 5G / 5S Guides, News, & Discussion] Fr0z3nK1n6:
i tried 6.18, stucked at 81% then shuts down

now it does not boot, it says its corrupted and will not boot, visit g.co/ABH on different device

what to do now ? please help
[Nubia Red Magic 5G / 5S Guides, News, & Discussion] Patrick Morgan:
the zip you installed must not have been good. it should not have failed if going back to the last rom. I've tested this with 8.11 and 8.07

you must have another phone or device, or pc that you are using to communicate on XDA here so if this device is a PC or a rooted phone with Magisk you can use ADB fastboot on either.

is the device you are using now to chat on XDA rooted? if so you can flash TWRP to your RM5G using this other device.

for windows PC use the details on the 2nd post. and install TWRP then flash 8.11 through recovery.

if you have another phone, which is rooted, you can connect it to the RM5G using your OTG cable.

Use this little tutorial to setup ADB-fastboot on your rooted phone. - https://android.gadgethacks.com/how-to/use-adb-fastboot-commands-without-computer-0200838/

the follow my steps above to flash TWRP to the RM5G.

when you have TWRP installed and its able to boot to recovery, you can flash any region rom you like.
[Nubia Red Magic 5G / 5S Guides, News, & Discussion] Fr0z3nK1n6:
the device i am using now is also not rooted, oppo f9, like the corrupted red magic

i read the second post and it says it is for rooted phones, are you suggesting for me to root my red magic 5g now that it is corrupted ?

should i use the unbrick tool that is also posted here in xda ?

please advise
[Nubia Red Magic 5G / 5S Guides, News, & Discussion] Patrick Morgan:
do you have a windows computer to use?

the unbrick tool requires a windows computer.

installing TWRP does not root teh phone. just changes the recovery.

its possible to change recovery without unlocking bootloader.

but you need a computer / windows PC
[Nubia Red Magic 5G / 5S Guides, News, & Discussion] Fr0z3nK1n6:
ok, please help in step 8, what TWRP image do you recommend and is it available from the zip of ADBmini ?

thanks for the support btw
[Nubia Red Magic 5G / 5S Guides, News, & Discussion] Patrick Morgan:
I've experienced that both work the same.

i personally use 3.4.2b

you only need to flash TWRP and the VBmeta. in the tutoral.

the steps that say to flash Magisk, you can ignore if you do not want boot.

this process needs to wipe your data to work. but if the phone is currently softbricked you can't access the data anyway.

let me know how you get on.

the process is the same as the 2nd post. until you get to TWRP

use the commands to allow flashing partitions.

flash the recovery,

flash vbmeta

then use the menu on the phone to boot to recovery.

make sure the zip you have is on the OTG and flash the zip from the otg.

the flash will remove TWRP so your device will become stock once more after you flash. just make sure you wipe data in TWRP or you won't boot.
[Nubia Red Magic 5G / 5S Guides, News, & Discussion] Fr0z3nK1n6:
the zip that should be in the otg is the rom ? can i use v8.11 ?
[Nubia Red Magic 5G / 5S Guides, News, & Discussion] Patrick Morgan:
yes since you will be wiping, you can flash any region zip you like.
[Nubia Red Magic 5G / 5S Guides, News, & Discussion] Fr0z3nK1n6:
do you have a faster download link for the ADBmini ? its taking too long to get for a 86mb file
[Nubia Red Magic 5G / 5S Guides, News, & Discussion] Patrick Morgan:
the server i use is in eastern Canada. if you happen to be very far from here. it may be a little slow.
[Nubia Red Magic 5G / 5S Guides, News, & Discussion] Fr0z3nK1n6:
It is now working, thanks

May I ask how come I cannot install from Google play ? It says insert SD card
[Nubia Red Magic 5G / 5S Guides, News, & Discussion] Patrick Morgan:
im not sure what you issue is, but if your internal memory is not formatted correctly, you can't access user data, which is needed to download apps.

plug your phone into a computer and see if you can see the space in your internal memory.

if you have TWRP install, you can format the internal memory and reboot.

if you have stock, go into recovery and wipe all data. this should format the userdata partition and make google play work again.
[Nubia Red Magic 5G / 5S Guides, News, & Discussion] Fr0z3nK1n6:
i tried to reset the phone, now it works !!! thanks for the support

btw, should i stay in non-rooted phone or root it now ?
[Nubia Red Magic 5G / 5S Guides, News, & Discussion] dmt-300:
Thanks for the share mate, The process went all smooth.

I have one question though, does the beta rom build over CN firmware or none? And does it have any benefit apart from android 11?

Thanks again
[Nubia Red Magic 5G / 5S Guides, News, & Discussion] josehdx:
Will the root be lost after updating the phone? Or should i root the phone again? Thanks!

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For the root option update, should I remove the security firstly as well?
[Nubia Red Magic 5G / 5S Guides, News, & Discussion] josehdx:
I have managed to update via twrp and everything is ok whit the exception of one small thing. I have been checking the security patches (security update and Google play system update) it is showing the oldest versions (see attachment) as i can manually update the Google play system update, i do it but after restarting issue persist.

After the initial update i remember the October patch was shown but I don't know what happened. Im rooted and even google works fine

Any help will be appreciated

Thanks
[Nubia Red Magic 5G / 5S Guides, News, & Discussion] Patrick Morgan:
if you've done the bypass, rooting is quite simple. the only thing you'd want to double check is if you banking apps work. you can hide them in magisk manager. but some apps still detect. its hit and miss with different countries.

From my understanding, they get things working in CN first, then strip the bloatware, and install google apps then release to global after a bug test.

the only real difference to the CN roms is the huge amount of bloatware added. so Global for a clean-ish rom is better.

Its very possible that some bug has been retained in data, your best bet to make sure you're clear of bugs in to factory reset. - doing a full wipe in TWRP should do. just backup all your info, photos, contact etc before you do it. as you'll be setting the phone back to new.

this can be done without losing TWRP, but you will have to re-install magisk.

but 8.11 and 7.14 should come with November security patch.

google play system patch oct .1.2020 and security update oct 1 also. shown on my device.
[Nubia Red Magic 5G / 5S Guides, News, & Discussion] Fr0z3nK1n6:
patrick, how to do root ? i searched here in xda and the one ahowed is for CN rom, what are the steps now that i am at v8.11 ?

thanks again for the support
[Nubia Red Magic 5G / 5S Guides, News, & Discussion] Patrick Morgan:
the 2nd post of this thread has directions for the 5S and 5G devices to install TWRP and install Magisk root to any Q stock android rom.
[Nubia Red Magic 5G / 5S Guides, News, & Discussion] zedbest:
Hi Patrick!

I'm about to go back to stock via TWRP for the first time.

I already renamed vbmeta and recovery backupped files: is there any chance to move them inside the update.app file without a PC? I tried ZArchiver, RAR and a root explorer (Solid Explorer), but none of them is able to open it...
[Nubia Red Magic 5G / 5S Guides, News, & Discussion] Patrick Morgan:
I normally use PC as its the safest option to see that you've copied correctly. and its easier to check the MD5 key of the update.zip when you first download it.

but for Android I use RAR it is able to access and open zips you can copy and paste things into and from zips.

I use Amaze file explorer for normal file management, but use RAR for zips.
[Nubia Red Magic 5G / 5S Guides, News, & Discussion] TopoX84:
@Patrick Morgan could you fix the links from the above, they have extra %20 code after the .zip which renders them undownloadble for someone without tech knowledge - see image for example
[Nubia Red Magic 5G / 5S Guides, News, & Discussion] kva1992:
Does anyone know if there is a way to enable voWifi on this phone? Sadly, where I live I do not receive a lot of signal so I have always relied on VoWifi. However, I cannot seem to find an option or enable it in any way. Considering the phone has VoLTE I would assume VoWifi is more of a software limitation rather than hardware. Anyway, worst case scenario I am going to have to return the phone even though I like it a lot. As it is virtually not usable for me without VoWifi. Anyways, if anyone knows something I am missing please feel free to guide me in the right direction. Thanks in advance.
[Nubia Red Magic 5G / 5S Guides, News, & Discussion] KimberCT:
Android 11 v9.19

http://romdownload.nubia.com/%E7%BA%A2%E9%AD%945G/V9.19/NX659J-update.zip
[Nubia Red Magic 5G / 5S Guides, News, & Discussion] Patrick Morgan:
Aye,

Its a buggy mess, so I have not updated the main thread. Its still very much a beta at this stage, even though nubia have officially release it, its not fully functional.

9.16 from what I have been reading is still more stable than 9.19 when Nubia update with a stable version better than 9.16 i'll update the thread.

I don't want to spread a buggy update to the community.
[Nubia Red Magic 5G / 5S Guides, News, & Discussion] fabianff:
I understand, but if I have the Eu version 7.14 for 5G can I update to the 9.16 version without problem? Also this version have more languages (Spanish)

Thx 4 your help
[Nubia Red Magic 5G / 5S Guides, News, & Discussion] Patrick Morgan:
Both 9.16 and 9.19 are chinese roms. It initially has english and chinese as setup lanuages.

7.14 is the best most stable rom for now.
[Nubia Red Magic 5G / 5S Guides, News, & Discussion] leipnacht:
I read the thread many times but unfortunately I can't find vbmeta_skip here.

I have the Red Magic 3 and this maybe unrelated to this post but vbmeta caught my atttention after what I observed from the Scarlet Glass TWRP release for Android R from nubia bbs.

I can root on Android 10 but can not on Android 11. Seeing the inputs here, lead me to wondering creating a vbmeta_skip that could help root this Red Magic 3 of mine on Android 11.
[Nubia Red Magic 5G / 5S Guides, News, & Discussion] letzdoit:
Hey guys. I have an issue. I have the official global version of the phone (ROM version 7.07) which I rooted using the 2nd post on this thread. Now the phone was showing an ota (7.10) but it would not let me install saying phone rooted. So I went to twrp and selected unroot. Rebooted but stuck on boot logo. Wipes dalvik, cache and data but still no success. Tried rooting again but still stuck. Can anyone please help?
[Nubia Red Magic 5G / 5S Guides, News, & Discussion] An Droid:
Download and install the Full Rom (not OTA) - you can get the Full Rom directly from the RedMagic website (you'll be wanting the EU version) or from the first post in this thread.

You'll need to copy the .zip to the phone though - boot into TWRP recovery, mount and enable MTP then access the device using your PC. Otherwise you'll likely need to use ADB to push the file.

If none of that works, check the unbrick thread in the RedMagic 5G forums here.
[Nubia Red Magic 5G / 5S Guides, News, & Discussion] letzdoit:
I did end up reinstalling the latest zip file. Does that mean everytime I want to unroot my device, I will need to reflash everything? In Black Shark I was able to just go to twrp and unroot my device without losing any data, and reroot again.
[Nubia Red Magic 5G / 5S Guides, News, & Discussion] Patrick Morgan:
No, you just need toxuse the magisk uninstaller if you wiah to unroot without causing bootloop.

Are you using the bypass method to get root? Or have you unlocked bootloader?

Depending on what type of setup you have there are ways to install the roms from twrp without needing to mess with root.

Also please use the unbrick tool for the 5S specificially, ...

The 5G unbrick tool flashes correctly, but leaves our phone in an unbootable state.

If you need to update in the future, you csn follow my steps on the first post for updating your rom and to keep data.
[Nubia Red Magic 5G / 5S Guides, News, & Discussion] letzdoit:
I just used the second post to root my device without unlocking the bootloader. Do you mean that uninstalling Magisk will unroot my device? I usually go to TWRP and use unroot function in advanced to unroot my device whenever I need to.

For some reason, even though bootloader is locked, I have been unable to receive OTA on the device. I didnt have to use any unbrick tool, just reflashed the 7.14 file and it worked like a charm. I lost TWRP but reinstalling was a breeze, thanks to your second post on the thread.
[Nubia Red Magic 5G / 5S Guides, News, & Discussion] TopoX84:
@Patrick Morgan seems there is an official release to the android 11 https://bbs.nubia.com/thread-2618538-1-1.html

i think the download link for it is http://romdownload.nubia.com/红魔5G/V9.19/NX659J-update.zip
[Nubia Red Magic 5G / 5S Guides, News, & Discussion] NAHUM192:
Hello from Mexico

I have the RM5G with the build

EN_Common_V8.11

Is it possible to switch to the CN Version?

How do I do it? I have low knowledge about flashing roms. but I will follow instructions.

I hope you can help me
[Nubia Red Magic 5G / 5S Guides, News, & Discussion] Patrick Morgan:
Cn 6.23 is quite old now. If you want to try china's last Android 10.

But if youcwant to try China's Android 11, i would recommend staying clear of it for now., too many bugs. People on the chinese forums are reporting network issues, wifi, bluetooth, battery problems, charging problems, apps and games not loading, even google playstore is broken in the latest A11 rom.

Some people have also reported overheating and screen burning due to high temps. Just using the browser and watching youtube.

8.11 is the latest rom for now it has the security patches from October, when 6.23 (china's latest A10 rom) is August.

I will post on the first post when a stable new update comes out, in any country.
[Nubia Red Magic 5G / 5S Guides, News, & Discussion] NAHUM192:
OK, but if i want a stable version of a CN ROM what is the tutorial,

ok, but if I want the stable version of CN rom (Android 10), what is the tutorial that I should follow?
[Nubia Red Magic 5G / 5S Guides, News, & Discussion] Patrick Morgan:
Easy way?

Follow my directions to install TWRP on tge 2nd post on the first page.

Download the 6.23 rom from the link on the first post.

Flash it through TWRP.

Before rebooting, go back into the main menu of twrp, select advanced, then select "disable overwrite TWRP"

Then you can reboot.
[Nubia Red Magic 5G / 5S Guides, News, & Discussion] Tjmi3y:
Hello, I bought 5S NX659J_ENCommon_V7.08 Android 10. And it is asking me to download update V7.10 but I didn't.

I just want to root it, so is it safe to use the guide in 2nd post?
[Nubia Red Magic 5G / 5S Guides, News, & Discussion] Patrick Morgan:
Yep,

TWRP and root work up to 7.14 and 8.11 without issues.
[Nubia Red Magic 5G / 5S Guides, News, & Discussion] Tjmi3y:
Thanks man, btw does OTA updates stops after I root the phone or should I stop it manually?
[Nubia Red Magic 5G / 5S Guides, News, & Discussion] Patrick Morgan:
you will still get a notification.

but when you try to install the update it will give the error that you are rooted and then stop.

to save data I would suggest disabling auto download package.

you phone will still tell you that a new update is available.

at that stage you can check here, or the official Redmagic site to download the full update zip, then follow my directions on the first post to update rom.

but I need to point out. updating to Android 11, when it does become an official release here will need to be done on a fresh system, unless we find a way to flash through TWRP without bricking.

I will update the first page if and when some safe system is found, that does not require the unbrick tool to fix.
[Nubia Red Magic 5G / 5S Guides, News, & Discussion] Tjmi3y:
Okay, I updated the phone to 7.14 and it tell me no new update, and then I rooted the phone, the root is working also I bypass safetynet successfully, So everything is working.

Thank you so much.
[Nubia Red Magic 5G / 5S Guides, News, & Discussion] NAHUM192:
I did the tutorial procedure.

I got a softbrick

"your device is corrupted and cannot be trusted and will not boot"

I can access TWRP but the device folders are corrupted (letters with symbols). I can't copy files to the RM5G C: / directory.

can you help me?
[Nubia Red Magic 5G / 5S Guides, News, & Discussion] Patrick Morgan:
Aye.

In the notes at the bottom of the TWRP states when you flash vbmeta skip, it breaks your original encryption on the data partition.

You need to wipe your data partition to continue.

Unlocking bootloader, or using the bypass requires a clean system.

The boot does not continue because the phone does not have authority to access the data partition.

In TWRP, wipe data. (This deletes all user data, photos, videos media etc)

Double check its wiped by looking in the file manager on TWRP

If you still see folders with encrypted names, you need to do an advanced format of the data partition.

Go to wipe, choose advanced, select data partition, then check change format, or change file system.

Choose EXT4 then format.

Then directly right after. Select F2FS and format again.

( F2FS is the default file system, but by changing it your forcing it to remove any data)

Once complete, check again in twrp file manager, the data partition should be blank.

Now when you reboot it should start as if it was a newly installed rom. Clean out of the box.
[Nubia Red Magic 5G / 5S Guides, News, & Discussion] Patrick Morgan:
Small update for those who are looking for custom Kernels. AND Custom Roms.

We have a Working, stable Overclock Kernel with only a couple of minor bugs for the 5S device.

you can View the thread about it here.

MOD Kernel RM5S Beta 1.25 up to 940 / 925 GPU 670K AnTuTu! | XDA Developers Forums (xda-developers.com)

Development is on going. and the Dev is working on clearing the bugs and adding more features.

he deserves support, he's the only active Kernel dev for the 5G and 5S devices.

you can help him by donating to his paypal. it will go toward further development of this great Kernel.

Pay Matthew Slezak using PayPal.Me

Go to paypal.me/MattoftheDead and type in the amount. Since it’s PayPal, it's easy and secure. Don’t have a PayPal account? No worries.

www.paypal.me

In other NEWS another Fourm member has started beta testing some Custom ROMS! for our device.

I'll post news and links to threads once they're ready!

Help out Matt. He's working hard to make our devices the best SD865 device in the world.

and with Antutu scores of 680K that knocks every single sd865 device out of the water.
[Nubia Red Magic 5G / 5S Guides, News, & Discussion] Patrick Morgan:
Pixel Experience running on a 5S Unofficial Release coming soon.

Stay tuned.

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[Nubia Red Magic 5G / 5S Guides, News, & Discussion] miman04:
I have updated my device to android 11 how to go back to 10. is there any method. my previous device ROG there is a RAW firmware that i can revert back to.

is there is one for NUBIA, say if one brick their phone that last RAW firmware can save them?
[Nubia Red Magic 5G / 5S Guides, News, & Discussion] Patrick Morgan:
no, there is no "Raw" firmware.

there is an Unbrick tool. but it depends on your exact model do you have 5G or 5S?
[Nubia Red Magic 5G / 5S Guides, News, & Discussion] miman04:
I have NX659J - 5S

actually the only reason why i want to revert back to an older system is because i cant play PUBG mobile (latest update)

maybe something wrong with play store that is not compatible

the one and only reason i bought this phone is to play that game.
[Nubia Red Magic 5G / 5S Guides, News, & Discussion] Patrick Morgan:
Unbrick Tool for Nubia Red Magic 5S！Made by North America & Asia: V807 | XDA Developers Forums (xda-developers.com)

Unbrick tool for 5S

if you need to install another region firmware after 8.07, you can follow my guide on thesecond post to install TWRP then flash any region rom.
[Nubia Red Magic 5G / 5S Guides, News, & Discussion] letzdoit:
Hoping the new firmware is released soon, or at least patches for red magic moment which is broken post the pubgm update.