[Android General] BrittonCBurton:
After messing around with the files and the phone and a lot of trial and error I think I finally figured out what to do with some of these files. I don't know what I did wrong the first few times but after a while I got pretty good and installing the OrangeFox recovery because it was some how getting replaced by something I was doing I guess.

I think that the Android 11 Rom is what kept replacing it with a stock recovery similar to the original one it hd before. Still it looks like I was able to do what I was trying to do and wipe the whole phone out, both the SD card and internal storage wiped clean as best I can tell.

Once I was used to the recovery menu and understood to just put the roms on the empty SD card and run them from there from within OrangeFox I was able to get the new ROM data to install. II tried all three different rom files for this phone and it appears only the de-bloated stock rom and the OmniRom packages are installable. I tried several times to get that last one that claims to be Android 11 to load (would be nice if that would actually install) but it just kind stops and quickly resets the phone and then orange fox is no longer available, but I don't know why, I guess it overwrites the recovery menu.

So I ended up using the OmniRom file and have that installed and it's working and nice and empty ready for me to install the apps I might actually use. I signed into the playstore and checked for updates. There were only 5 and that's good to see this phone have a bit more storage space than it had before. Plus I dont see the app finder and other junk popping up nor can I find the original recovery files, so that means it's all running on modded files now. Very neat.

I checked and update the Magisk that was on it already and then installed both parts. Afterwards I reset the device and checked and it shows as version 27 is installed. Not sure if its doing anything or not, maybe it has some use but I'm not sure what it's for.

I downloaded the universal forced verity file you posted but I'm out of time for now and will have to check back later and find out what that's for and how to use it. I assume it's something I can use Linux to do or sideload it while in one of the phones "modes" like recovery. What does it do? I hope it has instructions lol.

The phone seems finished as far as I can see. Will the changes revert or go to a blackscreen and get stuck on boot if I don't "lock it in" or something? I'm not familiar with this last part of the rooting process at all. I never knew the phone had 16GB of internal storage either, figured it was only 8. That's just how much space was being wasted by the factory image and bloatware. Usually the space was almost 3GB free and now it's a little over 7 plus space on the SD card, that's the best part of the whole thing right there!

Anyway thanks for hanging in there with me while we revive this topic for a little longer. Oh and here's some pics I took of some of the process stages and the post install. I'll check back when I get back home later tomorrow and see if you responded or not. Have a good one.

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