yashsingh1/xdaforums huggingface dataset:
[OnePlus Nord N10 5G Guides, News, & Discussion] andreas__:
Thanks again :) updated OP with patched image for 10.5.9 EU .

About Metro TMO version BE88CF: I have no clue where to get a boot image for it, for everyone that has it, please follow this suggestion and extract the boot image yourself (the partition backup app works too, described in OP)
[OnePlus Nord N10 5G Guides, News, & Discussion] andreas__:
11 is not yet available on EU or GLO so I can't upload a patched kernel if oneplus is so slow.
[OnePlus Nord N10 5G Guides, News, & Discussion] Futtbucker34:
I unlocked mine with the unlock app on my metro by tmobile phone. Didn't have to hit up oneplus for a unlock token either.
[OnePlus Nord N10 5G Guides, News, & Discussion] onlycash:
Did you unlock the bootloader?

Did you root your phone?
[OnePlus Nord N10 5G Guides, News, & Discussion] gaww:
He said he unlocked, and then you can root anything.
[OnePlus Nord N10 5G Guides, News, & Discussion] onlycash:
I, like him, have the MetroPCS N10 and we have an unlock app that only unlocks the SIM, not the bootloader.

You'll notice that he used the word "token", which again I believe OnePlus will give to T-Mobile owners to unlock their bootloaders but not to MetroPCS owners.

As far as I know, there is no way to unlock the bootloader of the MetroPCS N10 unless this person knows something I don't, which is why I asked.

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[OnePlus Nord N10 5G Guides, News, & Discussion] scottlam1:
Raw euro 11 boot
[OnePlus Nord N10 5G Guides, News, & Discussion] Some_Random_Username:
OxygenOS 11.BE89BA download link: https://otafsg1.h2os.com/patch/amaz...n_14.E.30_OTA_0300_all_2106231157_09dc03f.zip (MD5 52ea9d55da5de4bc371848ef632794b8)
[OnePlus Nord N10 5G Guides, News, & Discussion] mingkee:
Now we need Global R full ROM
[OnePlus Nord N10 5G Guides, News, & Discussion] andreas__:
Updated OP with GLO and EU OTAs, boot images and patched images for A11.

Disclaimer: I did not install the A11 yet - i extracted the files from the OTA. But the installation procedure should be just like before.
[OnePlus Nord N10 5G Guides, News, & Discussion] ca5bah:
Hi, I'm currently on Pixel Experience. I'd like to get back to Oxygen now that the update is out finally. What is the best course of action with PE/PE's recovery installed right now? Sorry to be a bother, but I've been out of the scene for 5-6 years and am trying to get my bearings again.
[OnePlus Nord N10 5G Guides, News, & Discussion] mingkee:
It works on mine
[OnePlus Nord N10 5G Guides, News, & Discussion] andreas__:
You can extract all partitions from the n10 OTA and flash via fastboot (search for flash-all.bat script, maybe from OnePlus nord).

Not sure it will work, otherwise you can always use MSM download tool, that's the simple way.

Both ways you must wipe data but when you're rooted you can use e.g. oandbackup or Titanium to backup before and restore when you're finished.
[OnePlus Nord N10 5G Guides, News, & Discussion] ca5bah:
Thank you.
[OnePlus Nord N10 5G Guides, News, & Discussion] mingkee:
If you just flash patched boot, enter fastbootd interface (adb reboot fastboot or fastboot reboot fastboot) and use "fastboot flash boot" and press spacebar once, and drag and drop patched boot onto command window, and press enter
[OnePlus Nord N10 5G Guides, News, & Discussion] ca5bah:
I think something is wrong with the boot images you updated the post with; I have been trying and resetting with MsM4.0 for the past few hours, the magisk image, magisk patch method, and given boot file don't work as far as I've tried. They all crash to recovery saying that it cannot boot the kernel. I am positive I am following the instructions verbatim, and quadruple checked model-file compatibility.
[OnePlus Nord N10 5G Guides, News, & Discussion] maback:
Will this method still work when going from 10 to 11 OTA?

How to survive OTA:

Disable automatic update in developer options

In Magisk App choose uninstall > restore image - DON'T REBOOT

Now do the OTA update - DON'T REBOOT

in Magisk App select install > to inactive slot

reboot now! the stock image is backed up to /data/root/magisk*
[OnePlus Nord N10 5G Guides, News, & Discussion] scottlam1:
I posted the eur boot image I pulled it from msm read back function you can pull your own boot img from that software
[OnePlus Nord N10 5G Guides, News, & Discussion] mingkee:
The only difference this time is you don't have to revert boot. Just update and go to step 4
[OnePlus Nord N10 5G Guides, News, & Discussion] andreas__:
So what's your version then?

I extracted GLO boot image from the OTA and @scottlam1 extracted EU from his device.
[OnePlus Nord N10 5G Guides, News, & Discussion] ca5bah:
I verified my version of the phone being BE89AB/International. What threw me off previously was that I was assuming international = global. I used the prepatched file as well as the file I patched myself, both end up throwing me into a failed boot for reason of the kernel being unable to load.
[OnePlus Nord N10 5G Guides, News, & Discussion] kbs24:
Hello, I rooted my Nord n10 on android Q as per the guidelines using your patched boot.img and all was fine until somehow, even though I turned off automatic updates in developer options, a download update came in for android 11 and even though I did NOT ask for a restart it restarted and now I am on unrooted 11. All my data seems intact.. However, so far I do not like the look of 11 on this phone, so I am asking, How do I go back to my rooted Android 10? Do I just repeat the original process using your boot image? Will I then lose all my data?? Before I decide to do anything, I need to know, because I don't want to lose my data and start all over with my customizations. Please help! Thanks!
[OnePlus Nord N10 5G Guides, News, & Discussion] andreas__:
Yes I realized this myself. I disabled Auto-Update but now I have a notification that says reboot to finish update - it obviously was installed nevertheless!

You can try and set the fastboot active slot to the other slot, it should then load the old /boot and /system partitions. But maybe some migration on data was done which could lead to invalid userdata, I don't know. Better do a backup before..

Or root A11 and modify the look until it fits your need :)
[OnePlus Nord N10 5G Guides, News, & Discussion] mingkee:
You can regain root on R like I do.

Patch boot matched your build number and send it back to host computer.

The way to root on R is same as Q
[OnePlus Nord N10 5G Guides, News, & Discussion] Futtbucker34:
The link is broken to the glo patched magisk file for 11.
[OnePlus Nord N10 5G Guides, News, & Discussion] andreas__:
Thanks for the info, the xda attachments were not uploaded correctly. I re-uploaded eu/glo patched.

That's why I upload everything to the AFH mirror too.
[OnePlus Nord N10 5G Guides, News, & Discussion] Rom:
Hi everyone.

I also got the notification for the update to Android 11, however I am hesitant to update to this new version. I'm hesitating because like some people here I don't have the time to make a backup and test and then hesitate to restore especially since I don't know how to proceed on recent Android versions (to make it simple the last time I was having fun doing that I was doing it on custom Android 6-7 ROMs with TWRP).

Another subject, if you wish I can upload the files on other hosts (just in case..) :)
[OnePlus Nord N10 5G Guides, News, & Discussion] Kreuger:
Hey all. Restarted my phone today to find out it had updated from 10 to 11. I guess I hit allow by accident on the stupid pop up saying " your phone is 45 days out of date" ( can i disable that?). So anyways ive lost root and was unable to use the survival method. So do I just start fresh?
[OnePlus Nord N10 5G Guides, News, & Discussion] mixlex:
I didn't lose anything except root by taking the update. Actually I didn't take it voluntarily. When I booted into recovery, the custom recovery was gone and when the phone rebooted, I had the update and lost root. I was sure I had set to not take automatic updates.
[OnePlus Nord N10 5G Guides, News, & Discussion] andreas__:
Apparently there is no way to get around the update, OnePlus forced it ignoring the users preferences in developer options. What a move.

To regain root after you booted into A11, just follow the steps im OP again, which means:

boot into fastboot

fastboot flash the correct patched file

reboot
[OnePlus Nord N10 5G Guides, News, & Discussion] ca5bah:
Hi, I try to boot the patched kernel and get hit with:

Boot reason: init_user0 failed
Unable to parse kernel log. For more debug information,
adb pull /mnt/vendor/op2/rbr_log
or pull op2.img

100% verified as the correct kernel image from OP. This is what was happening originally as well, this time I remembered to grab the complete error message.
[OnePlus Nord N10 5G Guides, News, & Discussion] andreas__:
Weird, never had this happen. Quick google shows that it's not uncommon even on Stock devices. https://forums.oneplus.com/threads/...update-boot-reason-init_user0_failed.1364015/

There you can find a workaround (reboot from recovery)

Hope it works out that way. Disappointed by OnePlus again ..
[OnePlus Nord N10 5G Guides, News, & Discussion] Rom:
Ok, but so far i have always followed the same procedure which has worked every time in the same way.

So now, if I follow the same logic, would I still have access to the network?

The process update that i follow: https://xdaforums.com/t/root-n10-using-magisk.4197369/post-84321855
[OnePlus Nord N10 5G Guides, News, & Discussion] andreas__:
Why do you think you lose network access? It doesn't matter if you manually install the same OTA file or the system does it automatically. In fact, the oxygen updater downloads the file from the exact same URL as the ota-updater and the one that I linked in OP.

So, if you want to update, just let in install and afterwards, before rebooting, follow OTA survival instructions beginning from step 4.

I did it this way, no data loss, no issues.
[OnePlus Nord N10 5G Guides, News, & Discussion] Rom:
I speack about the root access, not the network access (****ty translation), sorry.

EDIT: And if i want, how can we doing a downgrade?
[OnePlus Nord N10 5G Guides, News, & Discussion] andreas__:
Ah okay I see. When you do OTA survival the root access is preserved.

Downgrading could be possible by switching the a/b slots back to the old one via fastboot but I'm not sure it is safe for userdata.
[OnePlus Nord N10 5G Guides, News, & Discussion] Rom:
Hm hm ok, even i don't know why the old system would be backuped in the other a/b slot but why not..

I think i will wait for some user feedbacks before doing the update so.
[OnePlus Nord N10 5G Guides, News, & Discussion] andreas__:
If you want to know why: https://source.android.com/devices/tech/ota/ab

The update is always installed to the inactive slot. Hence the old state is still available for rollback.
[OnePlus Nord N10 5G Guides, News, & Discussion] Rom:
Ok thanks for your link i will take the time to read that.

And the backup have a limited shelf life or does it remain on the device for life?
[OnePlus Nord N10 5G Guides, News, & Discussion] andreas__:
It remains until the next OTA is installed
[OnePlus Nord N10 5G Guides, News, & Discussion] Kreuger:
Wow thats some utter bull****. Thanks!
[OnePlus Nord N10 5G Guides, News, & Discussion] mingkee:
The way I did was slightly different:

1. Download boot (or full ROM and extract boot) which matched built number

2. Copy to the phone and patch with Magisk, and copy patched boot back to host computer

3. Reboot to fastbootd (adb reboot fastboot)

4. Flash patched boot

fastboot flash boot

Press spacebar once, drag and drop patched boot into command window, and press enter

5. Reboot
[OnePlus Nord N10 5G Guides, News, & Discussion] kbs24:
How do I "set the fastboot active slot to the other slot"? I have used adb and fastboot many times but I have not run into that kind of thing so don't know where to start. ( I tried customizing 11 but still hate it, want badly to downgrade but not sure if it is possible, published methods did not work for me, i.e., did not allow installing a software package that is lower than currently installed version. 😒)
[OnePlus Nord N10 5G Guides, News, & Discussion] JazzieBoi:
Anyone else fail the safetynet check?
[OnePlus Nord N10 5G Guides, News, & Discussion] mixlex:
No,all good here!
[OnePlus Nord N10 5G Guides, News, & Discussion] JazzieBoi:
Hmm maybe it because I have EdXposed installed? Idk kinda weird I literally just got this phone but I had the 6t and never had this problem.
[OnePlus Nord N10 5G Guides, News, & Discussion] andreas__:
https://xdaforums.com/t/can-i-change-the-boot-slot-from-fastboot-with-a-command.3977207/

The second command must contain the currently *not* active partition slot

fastboot getvar current-slot
fastboot --set-active=a

Note: I have not done this myself, in case of bootloop switch back to other slot.

EDIT:

Alternative: you can always flash OOS10 using the MSM tool, but you will lose data.

After downgrading you must find a way to stop downloading OTA again, e.g. block the download server via hosts file (there are probably some apps for it) or disable the updater app
[OnePlus Nord N10 5G Guides, News, & Discussion] kbs24:
Good things to try later today. If the downgrade succeeds I will have to re-root probably, then find that "updater app" and disable it via TBU (do you happen to know its system name?) or the name of the download server for the hosts file? Thank you.

Well I am stuck. I can't seem to enter fastboot anymore, because I have TWRP installed. But Twrp was able to tell me that the active partition was "A". So I tried asking it to reboot into "b" but it failed. Then I went to look into MSM tool, and cannot find the file to actually download it. Lots of discussions about it, but can't find a download file. Thinking of giving up but am not the type to give up so where to go from here......I don't know...... Oh, and twrp is stuck on "entered fastboot mode", but fastboot command on pc just answers "waiting for any device."
[OnePlus Nord N10 5G Guides, News, & Discussion] andreas__:
If you had root permission before and did not explicitly revert it in magisk, it should still be there after rollback.

You can find the download server in OP (e.g. https://android.googleapis.com/packages/ota-api/package for GLO)

By blocking android.googleapis.com you might lose some other google functionality.

Apparently it redirects to redirector.gvt1.com therefore you could block that one instead.

The app "Service disabler" shows a few possibly relevant packages, but I don't know if disabling those apps is enough, you must try it out :)
[OnePlus Nord N10 5G Guides, News, & Discussion] andreas__:
Yeah, I am not sure if using TWRP is a good idea. Those are pretty experimental builds. Therefore i recommended using fastboot instead.

I do not understand the part about MSM tool, so if you want support, please be clear about what was installed before and what you are trying to do. If you are looking for the download link of MSM tool see the other threads in this forum:

https://xdaforums.com/t/opn105g-oos...l-to-restore-your-device-to-oxygenos.4204445/
[OnePlus Nord N10 5G Guides, News, & Discussion] raginhomosapien:
I'm a rooted 10 user who got updated to 11 on August 1 and lost root. This same issue is occurring for me when I "fastboot boot patched.img", using the patched 11.0.0.0.BE86AA provided, and also when I try to fastboot an image patched using the magisk app.
[OnePlus Nord N10 5G Guides, News, & Discussion] gaww:
I think if you had had install to inactive slot, you wouldn't have lost root.
[OnePlus Nord N10 5G Guides, News, & Discussion] andreas__:
I just checked the uploaded stock 11.be86 against the boot file that was backed up by the magisk app, and it's identical. The boot image is fine.
[OnePlus Nord N10 5G Guides, News, & Discussion] harryspar:
I just had my phone update even though automatic updates are off, and I lost root AND SafetyNet!

😡​

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I did not have Xposed installed, by the way. Just Magisk, renamed with Hide enabled.
[OnePlus Nord N10 5G Guides, News, & Discussion] Reaper Alpha:
I was using the patched oxygen 11 boot with a successful root and my phone rebooted last night without warning and somehow lost root.

I'm guessing it was another rogue update! The version number is still the same 11.be86aa but now when I try to fastboot the flashed boot file it boots without root. WTF is oneplus pulling? Is this seriously me fing something up or is anyone else getting this issue?
[OnePlus Nord N10 5G Guides, News, & Discussion] Kingofkings2991:
You mean as in you network unlocked? For me I unlocked the bootloader by turning off the internet completely then forward the date like 4 years, power off the device when turning it on keep internet off, the go back to date and but it one year back the the year it was on which it was 2021, so it should be on 2020 then bootloader wont be greyed out. It'll be greyed out when you put the date back to normal but it'll show it being on..
[OnePlus Nord N10 5G Guides, News, & Discussion] onlycash:
I'm still not sure what you're saying.

Network unlock is when the SIM is unlocked, which is not the same as an unlocked bootloader.

What I asked was:

Does your MetroPCS N10 phone have an unlocked bootloader?

Is your MetroPCS N10 rooted?

I think you may not understand what it means to have an unlocked bootloader.

An unlocked bootloader is NOT accomplished by merely selecting the "OEM unlocking" in the settings.

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[OnePlus Nord N10 5G Guides, News, & Discussion] Futtbucker34:
I waited the 6 months and used the unlock app on my metro phone and now developer options says my bootloader is unlocked but guess what? When I go to adb and fastboot it shows the phone as locked still . Is this why people are saying they need some passkey from OnePlus?
[OnePlus Nord N10 5G Guides, News, & Discussion] Futtbucker34:
I give up on this phone there are no up to date roms and I'm getting another phone maybe a xiomi idk. I can't believe I wasted 6 months with this phone😒
[OnePlus Nord N10 5G Guides, News, & Discussion] onlycash:
What the unlock app does is unlock the SIM, which is nice.

As you've learned that is not an unlocked bootloader.

The N10 is a nice phone and from what I can tell OnePlus is unlocking the bootloader for people with the T-Mobile version.

I also wish Oneplus would unlock the bootloader for MetroPCS phones.

But in the end, I still feel great about having two (SIM) unlocked N10's that cost me $25 each.

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[OnePlus Nord N10 5G Guides, News, & Discussion] andreas__:
Flipping the switch in developer options does not unlock your bootloader!

As described in OP you must do

fastboot oem unlock

which will actually unlock your bootloader and also wipe your data.
[OnePlus Nord N10 5G Guides, News, & Discussion] onlycash:
The MetroPCS version of the N10, which both he and I have seems to not be rootable.

I believe we need an unlock "token" from OnePlus which they only make available to T-Mobile owners based on IMEI numbers*.

Please correct me if I'm wrong, I really would like to unlock the bootloader and root my MetroPCS N10.

* https://support.oneplus.com/app/ans...-to-unlock-bootloader-for-oneplus-smart-phone
[OnePlus Nord N10 5G Guides, News, & Discussion] gaww:
Try getting on OnePlus to do the same thing.
[OnePlus Nord N10 5G Guides, News, & Discussion] onlycash:
It would be nice if they did but I believe they are ignoring the requests from MetroPCS owners.

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[OnePlus Nord N10 5G Guides, News, & Discussion] JazzieBoi:
Maybe try saying you're on TMobile. Probably won't work, but hey worth a shot lol.
[OnePlus Nord N10 5G Guides, News, & Discussion] onlycash:
I believe it's all based on IMEI numbers. They can tell what carrier the phone is tied to from that number.

MetroPCS hasn't made a mechanism to allow owners to request bootloader unlock codes and OnePlus keeps all this at arm's length.

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[OnePlus Nord N10 5G Guides, News, & Discussion] Rom:
Someone have test the new Android 11 version with LSPosed ?
[OnePlus Nord N10 5G Guides, News, & Discussion] harryspar:
I haven't tried to install any *sposed because I was trying to keep Google Pay working. But I think I just lost it. I'm going to try to expand my Magisk Hide settings. If that doesn't work I may end up flashing Lsposed.
[OnePlus Nord N10 5G Guides, News, & Discussion] Kreuger:
Hey all. Tried booting into recovery to flash my patched file but it's asking me for a password that I dont remember setting to decrypt the filesystem. Is there any way around this without wiping my phone?
[OnePlus Nord N10 5G Guides, News, & Discussion] scottlam1:
The password is the same as you log into your phone
[OnePlus Nord N10 5G Guides, News, & Discussion] Kreuger:
That was one I tried. It didnt work. Ill try again.

Edit: Tried it again, and it worked!
[OnePlus Nord N10 5G Guides, News, & Discussion] googlephoneFKLenAsh:
Good news:

Oneplus finally escalated my request to higer level manager and my metropcs n10 is now eligible for bootloader unlock token.

I just submitted mine and will wait 7 days to get the unlock token.
[OnePlus Nord N10 5G Guides, News, & Discussion] onlycash:
That's great news!!!

If I may ask how did you begin the process?

Can you please give a detailed list of steps you followed to get your request answered, maybe include any webpage links if you can?

Again that's fantastic news and it gives people like me with MetroPCS N10s genuine hope of getting bootloader unlock codes.

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[OnePlus Nord N10 5G Guides, News, & Discussion] googlephoneFKLenAsh:
I just created a support ticket for technical issues.

I explained that it was not sim unlock but bootloader unlock so that the low level agent wouldn't be confused and I wouldn't be kicked back and forth between metropcs and oneplus.

I pointed out the unlock token had to be from oneplus, not metropcs, and oneplus just need to add metropcs n10s' IMEIs to the bootloader unlock prigram database.

The low level agent escalated my case to high level manager but I didn't hear back for several days.

Then I sent an email to them asking for update and a higher level manager replied with a separate conversation telling me that they were working on it and asking me to wait foe an update.

After another 10 days, my request was approved today.
[OnePlus Nord N10 5G Guides, News, & Discussion] onlycash:
Just to be clear on what web page did you submit your original request?

I'm fairly unfamiliar with OnePlus's website that's why I'm asking.
[OnePlus Nord N10 5G Guides, News, & Discussion] googlephoneFKLenAsh:
Email us - OnePlus

oneplus.custhelp.com

Just select "technical support" in the category dropdown list.
[OnePlus Nord N10 5G Guides, News, & Discussion] onlycash:
Thanks!

By the way, did you just send them your IMEI number or did you need to supply something more?
[OnePlus Nord N10 5G Guides, News, & Discussion] scottlam1:
It worked for me too just used the token page
[OnePlus Nord N10 5G Guides, News, & Discussion] onlycash:
Do you have a MetroPCS phone?

If so what webpage did you use to get your bootloader unlock token?

Thanks

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[OnePlus Nord N10 5G Guides, News, & Discussion] scottlam1:
Yes metro phone and the normal token request page
[OnePlus Nord N10 5G Guides, News, & Discussion] onlycash:
The only token page I know of is for T-Mobile phones, what is the one you used?
[OnePlus Nord N10 5G Guides, News, & Discussion] googlephoneFKLenAsh:
Metropcs/metro-by-t-mobile is part of T-Mobile.

You use the same page to request unlock token.
[OnePlus Nord N10 5G Guides, News, & Discussion] RoseVegetto:
Does this work on the MetroPCS variant I've unlocked my bootloader and flashed TWRP
[OnePlus Nord N10 5G Guides, News, & Discussion] onlycash:
I second that, I was able to unlock my MetroPCS N10 bootloader also.

I would appreciate a clear explanation of how to root the MetroPCS myself. I'm unsure what files to use with our phones and what steps to follow.

I wonder if it would be easier for us to flash a ROM like the LineageOS 18.1 posted in this forum and then root that ROM.

If you have success rooting your MetroPCS N10 please pass on the way you did.

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[OnePlus Nord N10 5G Guides, News, & Discussion] RoseVegetto:
I just did root my N10
[OnePlus Nord N10 5G Guides, News, & Discussion] RoseVegetto:
All I did was just flash majisk