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[OnePlus 8 / 8 Pro & 8T Cross Device Development] XDAMaxe:
you can make yourself familiar with "Android Image Kitchen" which will lead you to a themed twrp of your liking. Please use search function.

Some hints in short (it is inevitable to read the referring thread - read!):

1. You can use a template (like the one recommended) and modify so that AIK will successfully create a new image.

2a. Unpack default twrp and template (themed) twrp with AIK, you will obtain some extracted files and folders.

2b. Only folder "ramdisk/twres" is important

2c. compare portrait.xml, splash.xml and ui.xml of both default and themed twrp

2d. compare images in images folder of both default and themed twrp and modify/edit each image to your likings

3. create new-twrp.img and flash.

In that way you can simply edit/modify every single image and font color to your own liking and you will achieve an individual twrp.

In case you only want a blacked twrp without any customizations: compare the files of the default and themed twrp folder /twres and make changes where it differs from the default (working) twrp.
[OnePlus 8 / 8 Pro & 8T Cross Device Development] thattechguy_69:
Can i convert tmobile to global using twrp?
[OnePlus 8 / 8 Pro & 8T Cross Device Development] jamescable:
Not sure what you're asking. Twrp does not work that way
[OnePlus 8 / 8 Pro & 8T Cross Device Development] zookdagook:
Ive attempted to flash a few roms(by booting into twrp, wipe, then install)with this but it keeps failing and telling me to switch a to b or vice versa, which doesn't fix it. Can someone tell me what I'm doing wrong or if there's something obvious I'm not getting for some reason?
[OnePlus 8 / 8 Pro & 8T Cross Device Development] zookdagook:
And I've also tried installing the roms by side loading from adb, which also fails the same way.... does it have anything to do with me having tmobile variant on 11.0.6.8.in55cb?
[OnePlus 8 / 8 Pro & 8T Cross Device Development] gaww:
I would think so - that's why I dumped my TMO OnePlus 7t.
[OnePlus 8 / 8 Pro & 8T Cross Device Development] deepongi:
instantnoodle-test #5 Console [Jenkins]

jenkins.twrp.me

Can someone test this?

I'm running open beta 1 atm
[OnePlus 8 / 8 Pro & 8T Cross Device Development] nadnan:
Is there a version of TWRP for Android 12 or OxygenOS 12 (for OnePro 8 Plus device)?
[OnePlus 8 / 8 Pro & 8T Cross Device Development] jamescable:
Is this what you meant to upload?

https://build.twrp.me/twrp-3.6.0_11-0-instantnoodle.img
[OnePlus 8 / 8 Pro & 8T Cross Device Development] devsk:
I heard OB1. Does this mean this jenkins build has support for A12?
[OnePlus 8 / 8 Pro & 8T Cross Device Development] zookdagook:
Wait, so do I need to convert to global before I can flash a ton?
[OnePlus 8 / 8 Pro & 8T Cross Device Development] dewa5227:
no, TWRP still doesn't support any A12. period.
[OnePlus 8 / 8 Pro & 8T Cross Device Development] deepongi:
https://build.twrp.me/twrp-installer-3.6.0_11-0-instantnoodle.zip

https://build.twrp.me/twrp-3.6.0_11-0-instantnoodle.img

yes, links are at the bottom of that log.
[OnePlus 8 / 8 Pro & 8T Cross Device Development] deepongi:
no.
[OnePlus 8 / 8 Pro & 8T Cross Device Development] rodken:
Are these official or for testing purposes only?
[OnePlus 8 / 8 Pro & 8T Cross Device Development] FreshlyBaked 420:
They are test builds from the link above
[OnePlus 8 / 8 Pro & 8T Cross Device Development] vettean:
Successfully restored a backup on my OnePlus 8 Pro using the official TWRP. Restoring the backup was easy peasy and took less than 5 minutes.

Today I tried to install the OOS 11.0.11.11 update which was actually just a security patch. Not only woud the update not install, but, even worse, I completely lost root after the attempted update.

Fortunately, about a week ago I updated the unofficial TWRP with the official version and did a backup to a OTG thumbdrive. Before restoring the backup, I removed the PIN, fingerprint and face detection as recommended. I also removed the SIM card beforehand. I restored Data and Boot from the OTG storage, and the restoration took only a few minutes. Rebooting brings you to a blank screen, so you have to reboot again as instructed. I was up and running in just a few minutes and only had to restore the phone's PIN, as the fingerprint and face detection were restored along with all other settings.
[OnePlus 8 / 8 Pro & 8T Cross Device Development] rodken:
Is removing the SIM card necessary when restoring?
[OnePlus 8 / 8 Pro & 8T Cross Device Development] vettean:
I am not sure if removing the SIM card is necessary when restoring a backup with TWRP, but another post recommended doing because it can "cause issues" if the tray is left in place. In using TWRP on other phones, I never encountered issues by leaving the SIM card in place.
[OnePlus 8 / 8 Pro & 8T Cross Device Development] BillGoss:
When I did the testing for TWRP 11 last year (on my 8T) I found that was necessary for restoring OOS data backups. This is still the case for me today.

The recommendations in the OPs are based on the ones I wrote for the 8T.

If you want to for some testing to determine if removing the SIM card is necessary for the 8 and 8 Pro that would be wonderful. Then you can tell @infected_ and the OPs can be updated.

Also, different roms behave differently when doing a data restore. For example, I found that with Los after restoring the data backup and rebooting I had to go into settings (and possibly enable developer mode) and then reboot again. Only then did everything work properly.
[OnePlus 8 / 8 Pro & 8T Cross Device Development] nadnan:
Can this version of TWRP be installed with OxygenOS 12 (Android 12)?
[OnePlus 8 / 8 Pro & 8T Cross Device Development] mordantly:
Obviously nobody READS.
[OnePlus 8 / 8 Pro & 8T Cross Device Development] FreshlyBaked 420:
Go read the OP you replied to again, the answer is no. It's right there in plain sight.

"NOT WORKING

wip

A12"
[OnePlus 8 / 8 Pro & 8T Cross Device Development] Mchlbenner51:
No it can not.
[OnePlus 8 / 8 Pro & 8T Cross Device Development] gsser:
Welcome to the internet
[OnePlus 8 / 8 Pro & 8T Cross Device Development] mordantly:
"I know how the internet works!" -Frylock
[OnePlus 8 / 8 Pro & 8T Cross Device Development] The Apostle:
Use me as a RTFF button.
[OnePlus 8 / 8 Pro & 8T Cross Device Development] 5cardcharlie:
I successfully restored data with beta 9 on OOS without removing the sim card. No issues.

Edit to add info: I have a global OP 8
[OnePlus 8 / 8 Pro & 8T Cross Device Development] deepongi:
uploaded beta 10.

* prebuilt: update magiskboot to v24.2 stable

* update_engine: allow allocatable space to be overridden

* fscrypt_destroy_user_storage: continue when EnsurePolicy returns false

* soong: create phony package to fix dirty builds

* instantnoodle: remove not needed dependencies file

* sdcard: remove mount check

* twres: fix folder copy on dirty builds

* datamedia: setup datamedia with key_directory set

* fstab: add quota to handled flags

* fstab: add support for metadata_encryption flag

regards.
[OnePlus 8 / 8 Pro & 8T Cross Device Development] nadnan:
If I understood you correctly, you restored only the "Data" and "Boot" partitions?

All other partitions are not restored?

Do I have to do a "factory reset" before restoring?
[OnePlus 8 / 8 Pro & 8T Cross Device Development] vettean:
That's correct, just the Data and Boot, and the restoration went perfectly taking only a few minutes to complete. You do not have to do a factory reset before restoring.
[OnePlus 8 / 8 Pro & 8T Cross Device Development] deepongi:
release 3.6.1 is out

OnePlus 8 and 8 Pro

Disclaimer:Team Win strives to provide a quality product. However, it is your decision to install our software on your device. Team Win takes no ...

twrp.me

regards.
[OnePlus 8 / 8 Pro & 8T Cross Device Development] devsk:
quick question: When we are able to decrypt at this time, why does the post make special mention of removing the PIN before doing the backup/restore? Is there a technical reason for this limitation?
[OnePlus 8 / 8 Pro & 8T Cross Device Development] FreshlyBaked 420:
https://xdaforums.com/t/recovery-11...ect-8t-kebab-2021-09-04.4302449/post-85292199

Restore

Remove the current password before starting the restore process by Settings>Security & Lock Screen>Screen lock: Select Swipe (if prompted tap on "Yes, remove")

If you don't do this, the system will not reboot properly after restoring.
[OnePlus 8 / 8 Pro & 8T Cross Device Development] orb3000:
As wrote above, this site uses English as preferred language, you can always use google translate!
[OnePlus 8 / 8 Pro & 8T Cross Device Development] optimumpro:
Is this Unified for Oneplus 8/8 Pro or 8 only? If yes, does it handle 'assert' device name?
[OnePlus 8 / 8 Pro & 8T Cross Device Development] dlads:
Remember the twrp app that used to let you flash twrp?

Does that still work or is that wishful thinking?

Edit: just tested both apps. Force closes and didn't with right.

Shame
[OnePlus 8 / 8 Pro & 8T Cross Device Development] optimumpro:
Last I tried and this was a while ago, it said 'cannot handle A/B devices'.
[OnePlus 8 / 8 Pro & 8T Cross Device Development] xx00xx1990:
Is it possible to flash this TWRP via magisk with the installer xxx provided a while ago?
[OnePlus 8 / 8 Pro & 8T Cross Device Development] rodken:
Were you able to succesfully restore without any bootlooping issues and what are your findings?
[OnePlus 8 / 8 Pro & 8T Cross Device Development] gsser:
i would go with flashing on fastboot for the initial twrp setup. just in case something goes sideways
[OnePlus 8 / 8 Pro & 8T Cross Device Development] gaww:
I just flashed a & b per the instructions. It rebooted fine, and then booted recovery and all looks good. Going to backup soon.

Thanks for this beta (used 4).
[OnePlus 8 / 8 Pro & 8T Cross Device Development] Revenant Ghost:
Has anyone tested restoring a nandroid backup with good results? That's the only thing keeping me from installing this recovery.
[OnePlus 8 / 8 Pro & 8T Cross Device Development] RodiNet7601:
Installed via TWRP with no issues, but..., it shows again version 3.5.2_11-0?

Is it not updating?
[OnePlus 8 / 8 Pro & 8T Cross Device Development] OrbitronX:
There isn't an option to mount partition with r/w or am I not seeing it?
[OnePlus 8 / 8 Pro & 8T Cross Device Development] FreshlyBaked 420:
It's updated, the build number not changing on the splash screen has been brought up before. Hopefully we can get this fixed
[OnePlus 8 / 8 Pro & 8T Cross Device Development] RandomPooka:
This right here. I had forgotten why I was even interested in TWRP, since patching the boot image for rooting the 8/8Pro can be done. Being able to backup and restore hasn't been a practical possibility for me for my last few devices, and I had nearly forgotten that this is the point of having TWRP in the first place (for me, anyway)
[OnePlus 8 / 8 Pro & 8T Cross Device Development] AlDollaz:
Same here. I only really want TWRP for backups. But I'm not willing to risk my data to try a restore. :)

So I guess our wait for this brave soul continues.
[OnePlus 8 / 8 Pro & 8T Cross Device Development] daviddosa:
I jumped ship yesterday after half a year of not doing anything to my phone.

I installed the recovery on the latest OOS update.

Everything went fine, the first boot took about 1.5 mins, decrypted using my PIN all is good.

Decided to install crDroid, and I was able to just flash it no problem.

The installer prompted me to restart to recovery to update some partitions or what, which I did, but then found out that the crDroid installer replaces the recovery too.

I flashed TWRP once again, but the ROM just didn't want to boot up after 5 mins.

Went back to recovery, did a wipe, installed MindTheGapps, then rebooted and finally booted into the system no problem in about a minute.

Haven't used the recovery to do a nandroid backup as I have everything backed up anyway.
[OnePlus 8 / 8 Pro & 8T Cross Device Development] jamescable:
For future reference, you must wipe internal storage anytime you go from OOS to custom or custom to OOS
[OnePlus 8 / 8 Pro & 8T Cross Device Development] deepongi:
uploaded beta 5.

changelog:

* install_keyring: only set props if not already set

* recovery: Allow kernel to read and write unlabeled files

* mtp: don't create storage device after format data

* repacker: add root overwrite warning

* twrp.fstab: add persist and remove extra tabs

regards.
[OnePlus 8 / 8 Pro & 8T Cross Device Development] almahix:
Very excited to see this here. I tried to fastboot boot the file and it loaded on the phone, but when I tried to install magisk.zip it immediately failed. Unable to find partition for path system_root.

Update: I tried again with beta_4 and it worked great. I am rooted and can use Titanium Backup again. When you wish upon a star...

Thank you so much for your efforts!
[OnePlus 8 / 8 Pro & 8T Cross Device Development] devsk:
@FreshlyBaked 420 Yeah, I read that. I am asking if there is a technical reason for that? If we can decrypt, we can properly restore the previous data. The data is still encrypted on the flash disk and on reboot, it should appear to the system same as before. Is there a bug here?
[OnePlus 8 / 8 Pro & 8T Cross Device Development] mordantly:
The default password is known when you remove the pin or password. I wasn't able to get decryption when providing my password in early versions until I removed it. Haven't updated to this versionn b11 yet to say if it works
[OnePlus 8 / 8 Pro & 8T Cross Device Development] devsk:
I tried a backup after decrypting with my PIN, it worked fine. I haven't tried to restore the backup.
[OnePlus 8 / 8 Pro & 8T Cross Device Development] ablak44:
where to download the last stable twrp. OnePlus 8 pro. ? EU
[OnePlus 8 / 8 Pro & 8T Cross Device Development] Nimueh:
twrp.me maybe?
[OnePlus 8 / 8 Pro & 8T Cross Device Development] gaww:
What are the changes in the 3.6.1 from the 3.6.0's ?
[OnePlus 8 / 8 Pro & 8T Cross Device Development] Nimueh:
They are listed in TWRPs changelog.
[OnePlus 8 / 8 Pro & 8T Cross Device Development] gaww:
Thanks.
[OnePlus 8 / 8 Pro & 8T Cross Device Development] 2017-8-XDA:
Hello, where can I download 3.6.1.-11? I only see the 360-B10 version in the download link.
[OnePlus 8 / 8 Pro & 8T Cross Device Development] BillGoss:
Download TWRP for instantnoodle

Download TWRP Open Recovery for instantnoodle

dl.twrp.me
[OnePlus 8 / 8 Pro & 8T Cross Device Development] ac386:
Is a12 support still in wip? Does anything works with a12 ??
[OnePlus 8 / 8 Pro & 8T Cross Device Development] FreshlyBaked 420:
A12 support is still a WIP, but most things are working, A12 is all new, keep that in mind.

WORKING:

Decryption

ADB Sideload

Format Data

Flashing zips (kernels and ROM's)

Backup/Restore

MTP is working

adb is working

vibration

stock firmware flashing

OTG

NOT WORKING

wip

A12

Taken from the OP
[OnePlus 8 / 8 Pro & 8T Cross Device Development] RandomPooka:
After reading that last part, I'm curious whether I can use TWRP to flash a full rom update from open beta 12 to stable beta 12. There's no longer an option in the Android system settings menu to flash a local zip.

It appears that I should be able to. May have to attempt to fastboot boot TWRP to try it out
[OnePlus 8 / 8 Pro & 8T Cross Device Development] Nimueh:
On Telegram I've seen a file shared to do local upgrade on OOS12, it returns the settings gear and the option to do a local upgrade. No idea if I'm allowed to share it here, so just check in an OP 8 Telegram group or get it from the OP forum ;)
[OnePlus 8 / 8 Pro & 8T Cross Device Development] RandomPooka:
Oh, nice! Thanks for the heads up. I don't really have a need for a persistent TWRP at the moment, so I was just going to one shot it for the update. This might be easier
[OnePlus 8 / 8 Pro & 8T Cross Device Development] deepongi:
uploaded beta 11. small changes only after main release 3.6.1

* fscrypt_destroy_user_storage: continue when EnsurePolicy returns false

* update_engine: allow allocatable space to be overridden

* prebuilt: update magiskboot to v24.2 stable

regards
[OnePlus 8 / 8 Pro & 8T Cross Device Development] jayed_Sk:
is it work in oxigen oss11 0 .11.11INDA21 in onepluse
[OnePlus 8 / 8 Pro & 8T Cross Device Development] FreshlyBaked 420:
If your phone is an OP8, OP8Pro, or 8T yes.
[OnePlus 8 / 8 Pro & 8T Cross Device Development] 2017-8-XDA:
Yes, I can use it on Ho2s11.15.15.
[OnePlus 8 / 8 Pro & 8T Cross Device Development] chlau00:
Hi, i tried

and after booting twrp, I couldn't seem to see the content of the internal storage. Must TWRP be flashed ?
[OnePlus 8 / 8 Pro & 8T Cross Device Development] 2017-8-XDA:
Did you not decrypt the data
[OnePlus 8 / 8 Pro & 8T Cross Device Development] chlau00:
it cannot be mounted. it says 0MB
[OnePlus 8 / 8 Pro & 8T Cross Device Development] rodken:
Two possible scenarios:

(1) The problem could be that the data on your phone is encrypted. If you set up a pin to unlock your phone when it boots up you enter the same pin into TWRP. Then it can decrypt your data. If you cancel out of the password screen then TWRP doesn't have access to your data which is why you can't find your folder.

(2) In recovery, you might need to format data (not wipe data) - select menu "wipe" then select "format data" and type YES. Once it's done, select back to main menu then select "reboot" select "recovery"

Now, you enable MTP to mount your Internal Storage to Windows. You can transfer your zip files to install in TWRP

NB: This procedure will wipe the files that you have on Internal Storage.
[OnePlus 8 / 8 Pro & 8T Cross Device Development] RandomPooka:
In the OP:

- A12 support is still a WIP, but most things are working, A12 is all new, keep that in mind.

But it also lists A12 as not working. Which is it? Could someone edit the OP to be a bit more clear, because right now it reads as if A12 mostly works, but it's new and isn't fully supported yet. Then it's followed with a definitive A12 not working.

I'm not asking if TWRP with A12 works, but I can see how the wording in the OP would lead people to think at first glance that it mostly works.
[OnePlus 8 / 8 Pro & 8T Cross Device Development] 2017-8-XDA:
You can back up your files and data to the computer, and then format the data.
[OnePlus 8 / 8 Pro & 8T Cross Device Development] 2017-8-XDA:
Unlock BL?
[OnePlus 8 / 8 Pro & 8T Cross Device Development] RandomPooka:
I don't think you would be able to boot TWRP at all if the bootloader wasn't unlocked and allowed to run unsigned code.
[OnePlus 8 / 8 Pro & 8T Cross Device Development] 2017-8-XDA:
Then I can not solve the problem, you try to format data directly, and then restart to enter TWRP
[OnePlus 8 / 8 Pro & 8T Cross Device Development] RandomPooka:
I'm not the one having the problem. You may want to tag whoever you were originally responding to instead of me. That may help them with the answers they're looking for.
[OnePlus 8 / 8 Pro & 8T Cross Device Development] 2017-8-XDA:
Sorry, wrong person
[OnePlus 8 / 8 Pro & 8T Cross Device Development] cjvzla:
yes, would also like to know what the OP means? is it mostly working? or is it a definitive NOT working?
[OnePlus 8 / 8 Pro & 8T Cross Device Development] gsser:
OP is original post
[OnePlus 8 / 8 Pro & 8T Cross Device Development] RandomPooka:
That's not what's in question. The OP contains vague and conflicting information about A12.
[OnePlus 8 / 8 Pro & 8T Cross Device Development] Nimueh:
The way I understand the OP is that the list of what's working is for A11 while the work in progress bit is for A12.
[OnePlus 8 / 8 Pro & 8T Cross Device Development] RandomPooka:
I'm in the same camp, but that OP is worded in a way where someone could very easily think that most things in A12 are working, but it's an overall WiP.

I only brought it up a couple days ago because I've seen at least a couple posts asking if A12 was supported. Rewording that bit could seriously cut back on the confusion of newbies.
[OnePlus 8 / 8 Pro & 8T Cross Device Development] Marcyvee:
Genius.

Anyway, isn't there anyone so brave to try and tell us what's working on A12?
[OnePlus 8 / 8 Pro & 8T Cross Device Development] gsser:
well for aosp a12 roms or oos12/cos12(dont know them) roms use losrecovery or pixelrecovery to clean flash for the first time with sideloading. For ex. Evox A12L has a custom recovery which supports adb sideload, wipe and other stuff, havent seen one which can decrypt data on A12.

Last time i tried latest twrp in here, i booted it but like i said above, it didnt decrypt data on oos12 or aosp12/12.1

You can see the flashing steps/guide for each rom. Evox says boot recovery then sideload the rom, PE has it's own recovery too if im right. In summary roms use custom recoveries but those cant decrypt data. only flash/sideload stuff.
[OnePlus 8 / 8 Pro & 8T Cross Device Development] Marcyvee:
What recovery can flash on custom a12 roms?

Anyway, is there a way to boot a recovery without install it on A12? I tried with

fastboot boot recovery recovery.img

but it didn't work....
[OnePlus 8 / 8 Pro & 8T Cross Device Development] epicurean:
just flashed the latest beta 12. but I keep coming back to the recovery when I reboot. How do I reboot back to system? still on Android 11, not 12

somehow my storage is not mounted. and i when i select storage, it shows internal storage (0MB).

Please help! Much thanks
[OnePlus 8 / 8 Pro & 8T Cross Device Development] scorpio76r:
Are you able to move oos or your custom rom to the device?
[OnePlus 8 / 8 Pro & 8T Cross Device Development] epicurean:
I have not tried. How do I do that?

Does this mean all my data is lost, even the twrp backup I made?
[OnePlus 8 / 8 Pro & 8T Cross Device Development] scorpio76r:
Put the rom on your pc, connect your device via USB cord while in twrp and, see if you can copy it to your device
[OnePlus 8 / 8 Pro & 8T Cross Device Development] epicurean:
I cant unfortunately. when I do an adb sideload, it gives an error that it cannot read the zip file. I will try with an OTG cable connected to a usb drive with the rom file.

So I flash the stock rom zip file when possible?
[OnePlus 8 / 8 Pro & 8T Cross Device Development] Marcyvee:
Is there a fastboot command to boot it without install it?
[OnePlus 8 / 8 Pro & 8T Cross Device Development] Helle8855:
Try:

fastboot boot twrpname.img
[OnePlus 8 / 8 Pro & 8T Cross Device Development] Marcyvee:
I always tried fastboot boot recovery twrpname.img.

I'll try this asap. Thanks.
[OnePlus 8 / 8 Pro & 8T Cross Device Development] gaww:
Always do this first - it had kept me from screwing up a few times. If it doesn't work, it disappears when you boot again.
[OnePlus 8 / 8 Pro & 8T Cross Device Development] Marcyvee:
A few days ago I tried to boot the recovery.img from fastboot without installit, but I got stuck in fastboot mode.
[OnePlus 8 / 8 Pro & 8T Cross Device Development] deepongi:
not working on A12 yet
[OnePlus 8 / 8 Pro & 8T Cross Device Development] zander21510:
kind of a theoretical question here. if I wanted to update to A12, and say A11 is currently on Partition A, could I just install TWRP to Partition A so I can take a backup, then flash Partition B with A12 without TWRP? Or am I misundrstanding how the recovery works?
[OnePlus 8 / 8 Pro & 8T Cross Device Development] Kobir_papon:
How to root after installing twrp a12 latest version op8 c.16?
[OnePlus 8 / 8 Pro & 8T Cross Device Development] Mchlbenner51:
Doesn't work on Android 12
[OnePlus 8 / 8 Pro & 8T Cross Device Development] Kobir_papon:
Ok.thank you
[OnePlus 8 / 8 Pro & 8T Cross Device Development] AlDollaz:
Sounds plausible to me. But I'll defer to the experts.
[OnePlus 8 / 8 Pro & 8T Cross Device Development] mordantly:
A/B have separate recoveries. As long as 12 has it's non twrp, the 11 with twrp should still work. But since oreo.... the end of awesome backups and roms that weren't bins, twrp now isn't as useful. Conflicting reports of backup/restore operations successfully conducted when titanium backup pro and my backup pro handle everything BUT camera pics, screenshots, and downloads.