yashsingh1/xdaforums huggingface dataset:
[Red Magic 8 pro] Anegorami:
Not an answer for the question, but rather an alternative route:

If all you need is to obtain root access and not reflash/downgrade you could use QFIL (or other tool to dump your current firmware through EDL mode) and then patch your own init_boot with Magisk. This way you'll get a system image that is guaranteed to be compatible with your phone and save yourself time from searching the nets trying to find one and then recovering your phone should you flash a wrong image.

If interested, here is a link to my post on QFIL usage. Ignore the fact that it is for 8S, the process should be the same (8S even uses the same firehose programmer): https://xdaforums.com/t/root-redmagic-8s-pro.4617049/post-88913547.

Also, while you're at it, if you decide to dump every partition you see (which is a good thing to do, backups are always the most welcome thing) DO NOT dump userdata partition (it contains the "userspace" part of filesystem which is useless to keep unless you plan to restore your apps and other personal data) and filter through zero-filled images (those are useless by definition). One way to filter such: https://superuser.com/a/1749814.
[Red Magic 8 pro] bori22:
how do I check and know which version to download, please help? thank you
[Red Magic 8 pro] francilan:
Thanks for the answer, but I'll let it go, my level of knowledge is very basic, I don't have the courage to venture into procedures I don't know, I'll try to find this FW to perform the basic procedure, thank you
[Red Magic 8 pro] DigitalD677:
can you direct me to the tutorial link?
[Red Magic 8 pro] mark332:
all the firmware are full so you can use any version for downgrade and upgrade
[Red Magic 8 pro] Jwilliams85:
I know this is the wrong thread but I'm in desperate need of a copy of the original 8s pro firmware, the entire thing would be great, I messed up my super image I believe and now under partition manager it says align to 128k I believe. Any help would be great, I have a global version 12GB variant, if you can please help I'd be happy to pay you for the firmware, thank you
[Red Magic 8 pro] Titobibo:
EU :GEN_EEA_NX729SV1BV1.0.0B04 https://rom.download.nubia.com/Europe/NX729S/GEN_EEA_NX729SV1BV1.0.0B04_SD_WO_ERA.zip NA&Global:GEN_NEEA_NX729SV1BV1.0.0B09 https://rom.download.nubia.com/Europe&Asia/NX729S/GEN_NEEA_NX729SV1BV1.0.0B09_SD_WO_ERA.zip RedMagic 8S Pro ROMs
[Red Magic 8 pro] Jwilliams85:
Titobibo Much appreciated you are awesome!!! one question, if i have the us variant would i use european firmware or would it be different?
[Red Magic 8 pro] Titobibo:
NA & Global is firmware for America and Global.
[Red Magic 8 pro] engosen2580:
How can I install this rom on 8s pro+ ?
[Red Magic 8 pro] Titobibo:
What is your version ? China or Global ? if you want to convert from chinese to global, you must unlock the bootloader and use fastboot enhance.
[Red Magic 8 pro] engosen2580:
I understand, thank you, my version is cn 8.0.19mr3. I want to make it global, but it is very difficult to unlock, I am afraid of briking.
[Red Magic 8 pro] Jwilliams85:
Same goes for me, only way I can use it is if I extract he files from payload.bin or flash payload.bin
[Red Magic 8 pro] skyjackno1:
My phone is stuck in headphone mode.Cleaning port didnt help and did factory reset.

To "fix" it I want to root it and run the command

adb shell settings put global audio_hal_disable_headset 1

in adb.

But my rom is not available in the official redmagic website and Redmagic is not sending me it, they just say stay tuned.

Is there any way to get the rom nx729j_EUCommon_V4.40 from anywhere? maybe dump it somehow?

(Could I downgrade to 4.18?)
[Red Magic 8 pro] azzeddine189:
can you share full rom i have this room but i rooted i whant to unroot rom
[Red Magic 8 pro] borygo77:
Extract boot_ini.img and flash it.

That's all you need to do to unroot your rom 😉
[Red Magic 8 pro] FikriLoll:
i have red magic 8 pro. i aready unlock bootloader but now my phone is bootloop cant go to recovery. where can i download fastboot romm? so how can i use fastboot firmware? i want to flash using fastboot.. or edl 9008?please help me..
[Red Magic 8 pro] Perre594:
Hello, i have redmagic 8 pro with this version NX729J_UNcommon_3.40, what region is my phone?
[Red Magic 8 pro] Titobibo:
Global Asia
[Red Magic 8 pro] crowbat:
Is there a way to install this 8s firmware on my 8 pro?
[Red Magic 8 pro] Titobibo:
Yep. Use local update .
[Red Magic 8 pro] crowbat:
Upgrade package and the current phone version does not match, cannot be updated. Please check the version is obtained from the official channel

Nx729j -3.40 to 8.12
[Red Magic 8 pro] Titobibo:
Open rom file. Edit Payload_properties by adding an identifying line at the end " NUBIA_SUBVERSION=nx729j_un " ( If you are on international rom, if on cn rom just remove _un ) . Turn off all wifi and mobile connections => local update.
[Red Magic 8 pro] crowbat:
This worked great. Thank you
[Red Magic 8 pro] borygo77:
Is this really working ? Should I update my rm8pro ?
[Red Magic 8 pro] Titobibo:
Try it. i tried it and it works
[Red Magic 8 pro] crowbat:
It's a whole new os. Need to perform factory reset after to fix the small glitches. I modified the zip using WinRAR and it worked. Unzipping editing rezipping didn't work. They fixed bugs that where in os6 that where never fixed regarding the fan not working when charging with screen off
[Red Magic 8 pro] borygo77:
I might try it later tonight 😊 little bit afraid about rooting.

Will I be able to reroot flashing init_boot.img file?
[Red Magic 8 pro] crowbat:
I'm never rooted

Os is rootable same method apparently
[Red Magic 8 pro] Titobibo:
Os8 is a major update. New interface, new features. Better animations, better feedback. However, there are a few problems such as no more floating windows, unlocking the bootloader is more complicated than Os6, local updates are more difficult to use............
[Red Magic 8 pro] crowbat:
usb casting has a audio bug where videos are speed up x3. great for youtube ads. solution plug a aux jack in.. yep no local update. thats a issue^^ is there a thread for this?are floating windows not them video popouts? i had youtube pop a video out today by accident
[Red Magic 8 pro] KAVELAB:
I tried updating my RM8P from V4.40 to V8.06 via local update. I added the identifying line at the end of the payload_properties.txt and wrote NUBIA_SUBVERSION=nx729j_eu.

I have the EUcommon version of the OS 6 since I am based in Europe.

However, the phone says the following if I try updating: Upgrade package and the current phone version does not match, cannot be updated. Please check the version is obtained from the official channel.

What can I do to update?
[Red Magic 8 pro] Titobibo:
No. keep NUBIA_SUBVERSION=nx729j_un or NUBIA_SUBVERSION=nx729j_eea
[Red Magic 8 pro] Titobibo:
No. Keep NUBIA_SUBVERSION=nx729j_un or NUBIA_SUBVERSION=nx729j_eea
[Red Magic 8 pro] KAVELAB:
I seem to have encountered a problem.

I went ahead and changed the content (edit txt file) of the zip archive and compressed it again to save my changes. After, I copied the modified zip archive to my Phone's root storage and that works as well. However, when I open CX File Explorer on my phone afterward, it says that the archive is only like 16 kilobytes in size.

Btw: I have tried both eea and un as endings for the Nubia Subversion, but both didn't work. Probably because the archive is somehow damaged or unreadable by the phone.

How did you change the payload properties without corrupting the archive?
[Red Magic 8 pro] Titobibo:
Use x-plorer on CH play or 7zip on your PC. If update not work, try restart your phone and update again.
[Red Magic 8 pro] KAVELAB:
X-Plore worked well, thanks.

However, only UN worked, EEA didn't. I'm not sure why.

Redmagic OS 8 is definitely an improvement compared to OS 6, it has so many more features.

Feel free to ask questions.
[Red Magic 8 pro] borygo77:
Did you had your bootloader unlocked?

Afraid I won't be able to reroot...
[Red Magic 8 pro] KAVELAB:
No, I never rooted this phone.
[Red Magic 8 pro] Alextakatu:
Did it took forever to start installing the package? I've been on 0% local update progress for like 5 minutes
[Red Magic 8 pro] KAVELAB:
I mean, it did take very long. The reboot after the update scared the sh*t out of me because it blackscreened for so long, but it eventually booted back up into the new OS. I didn't measure the exact amount of time it took though.
[Red Magic 8 pro] 0dyzeus:
This is a bit off topic but the redmagic team is answering questions from their subreddit. Maybe this is our chance to ask about all the GPL v3 License software needed to build custom roms.

https://www.reddit.com/r/RedMagic/comments/1878lsi
[Red Magic 8 pro] Alextakatu:
done, haven’t done a factory reset but so far so good, will do it over the weekend :)
[Red Magic 8 pro] borygo77:
Did you updated from os6 to os8 without factory reset? That's another thing which holding me back :/ 250gb of data need to be transfered(backed up) :(

You happy after change? 😉
[Red Magic 8 pro] KAVELAB:
I have backed up all my photos/videos prior to updating just to be sure, but the update did not wipe any data. All my apps and files, even settings and launcher, are the same as they were on OS 6. I will not take any responsibility, but the update seems to be safe and does not wipe data.

So far I'm happy with the update, it improves many things. The only thing that does not seem to work right anymore is Poweramp Equalizer with YouTube, still trying to get that to work again.
[Red Magic 8 pro] Alextakatu:
I did cause of some issues with a couple of widgets, I can tell battery is lasting a bit longer after the reset and it helped me purging apps that I don't really use anymore

Only little thing... There's a bug with the wallet app, I have the same situation as the "light bulb" with the Google home app in os6, the icon is placed just on top of the camera icon in the lock screen and I cannot get to work the 2 clicks to activate the camera with the lock button
[Red Magic 8 pro] KAVELAB:
Hmm, I seem to have the same issue with the Home Icon on the lock screen, placement is a bit weird.

I assume that this is a general issue with this software, would probably also happen on the 8S Pro.
[Red Magic 8 pro] nm101:
Did you managed to install it in the end? I'm exactly in the same situation - unlocked bootloader via instruction and cannot get back to global EEU image it was originally.
[Red Magic 8 pro] Syyed Tamim:
Hello

I updated my Red Moagic 8 Pro to OS8 I lost my gallery and heart rate function.

Any one know how to install them again?
[Red Magic 8 pro] KAVELAB:
Oh, that's unfortunate. Other people also mentioned that the heart rate sensor function got removed, but that's because the RedMagic 8S Pro does not have this feature (I personally never used it, so I don't miss it).

About your gallery, did all photos/videos vanish, or did only the gallery app disappear? Again, I never used the Nubia Gallery, I only use Google Photos, and here, all my photos and videos are still there. I think there's no gallery app on this OS in general, you will probably have to use Google Photos (should be preinstalled) or another gallery app.
[Red Magic 8 pro] Syyed Tamim:
I just lost my gallery app the pictures and videos are not deleted.

Thank you so much
[Red Magic 8 pro] Syyed Tamim:
Hello guys I received a new update.

Details in the screenshot!
[Red Magic 8 pro] Alextakatu:
Same, I'm downloading it already
[Red Magic 8 pro] Alextakatu:
Not much changed, only thing is that tidal notification controls are again as in os6 (no controls just a banner with the album) seems nothing good lasts for long :(

Wallet bug still present, hate that one, can't get the camera to open with the double click on the lock button.
[Red Magic 8 pro] KAVELAB:
I cannot update my OS 8, it says 806 is the latest. But even if it was available, I probably wouldn't update, because music notification controls are very important for me.
[Red Magic 8 pro] Alextakatu:
Let me download Spotify, but uapp works flawless, it's just with tidal the problem. The other situation I'm having is that alarms WITH the Google clock app doesn't work, it's the second day I wake up late (last night i tried a 1 minute alarm and it worked with locked screen, I think the "hibernation" mode doesn't let it work) the Nubia clock app... It's a bit hideous (timers are weird af) seems a permissions problem, can't get it to work so I'll use timers from the Google app and alarms from Nubia

If this phone had a little more support (I mean, not letting the regular 8 phones access to the newer os without modifying the file it's a bit of a dche move, I bet rm9 will bring another os as well and none of the other 2 will have access...) I would keep it for years and years. Terrible customer service and terrible support just makes it less and less appealing

OnePlus 12 will bring a 5500 MHA battery, will wait for it to lower it's price and change to it, I just need battery for my dac/ amps and hate to be running to an outlet to recharge the battery all the time
[Red Magic 8 pro] KAVELAB:
Oh so I'm not the only one experiencing the Google Alarms issue, my alarms don't go off either. I have to use Nubia Clock, then the alarms work. Yes, Software Support from Nubia is terrible, they rather bring out new hardware instead of fixing/updating existing devices. My gut tells me to not switch to OnePlus, as their phones have gotten worse in the past years, especially with software (I was the owner of a OP 8 Pro, and the software got worse with every update). I'll probably go for Asus or Motorola.
[Red Magic 8 pro] Alextakatu:
I tried to go back from os8.13 to 8.12, downloaded the zip file from the Nubia website and went to the update section, surprise! No more local update option in such menu, I'll keep looking for it but I think it's gone
[Red Magic 8 pro] Alextakatu:
so... before going back to OS6... os8 is a lot of fun. better overall UI and many quirks that we are still expecting from RM to deliver to the 8pro phones, my only concern is the following (and hopefully someone can help) accubattery was showing a 91% battery health on OS6, normally when my phone reached 100% charge, it would keep charging a little bit afterwards, in OS8 my battery health is marked as 81% right now, i do seem to be getting less time between charges and im not a fan of it. i think the 8pro and 8S manage differently the battery and that is giving this battery a bit of a kill...i used to go 2 days without charge and yesterday i had to give it a recharge and the day before as well... dont know if its only me going through this or im just paranoid and havent let things settle yet. the lack of customer support and the lack of an OS update is quite frustrating with this company, it seems is just the way it is with em.

so, shall i go back to Os6 and believe accubattery or you guys think the app is just wrong and i should endure and adapt to an OS that is more power hungry?
[Red Magic 8 pro] KAVELAB:
I didn't notice any change in battery life whatsoever. I'm still able to go through 2 days with one charge. AccuBattery is also what I use for Battery/Charging monitoring, and I noticed that it is very inaccurate with battery health estimation. I have other devices as well, and AccuBattery just does not seem accurate enough to trust in this regard. AFAIK, this ROM uses pretty much the same amount of power as OS6.
[Red Magic 8 pro] Jole7:
Hello can anyone share the OTA or the Full rom of new update EU v4.41? i can't find it nowhere. Thanks in advance
[Red Magic 8 pro] Alextakatu:
What's new in 4.41?
[Red Magic 8 pro] KAVELAB:
Since I'm on OS 8 already I don't get the update, but also Red Magic hasn't listed v4.41 on their Website, only 4.40. So unfortunately, I can't help you.
[Red Magic 8 pro] Jole7:
Its a security update mostly
[Red Magic 8 pro] xaloundros:
Don't update your phone have a bug with screen on when you press the power button even when you speak on the phone the screen need 2-3 sec to turn on
[Red Magic 8 pro] Jole7:
Thank you Sir for letting me know
[Red Magic 8 pro] graynada:
I can confirm the same behaviour after updating, very annoying.

Plus the Nubia launcher keeps reappearing as the default launcher despite me having set Nova. I did not have this issue before the update.
[Red Magic 8 pro] xaloundros:
Try to change the default launcher from default app settings and then reboot this bug is like that months now
[Red Magic 8 pro] tecnoworld:
I was so dumb to update without reading here. Now the phone is incredibly laggy when on standby. Both fingerprint or button press takes about 2 seconds to turn on the screen.

I can also confirm the nubia launcher thing (I use nova). It seems to be solved once you 1) set nova from the default apps menu and 2) disable the flag that allows nubia launcher to change system settings.

But I'd like the first issue to be fixed. It's incredible that such a powerful phone is not responsive anymore!!!

p.s.: considering the total lack of support, I guess this won't ever get fixed.
[Red Magic 8 pro] KoreanHyli08:
I'm getting error when saving it
[Red Magic 8 pro] Alextakatu:
You need to place the text in another line
[Red Magic 8 pro] tecnoworld:
Anyone here found a way to get past the startup lag with 4.41?
[Red Magic 8 pro] graynada:
I received v4.42 this morning, I'm hoping this is the fix, will keep you posted.
[Red Magic 8 pro] graynada:
Thanks that worked. Until v4.41 I had been able to revoke defaults for the Nubia launcher then select Nova as 'always' in response to the home button and this would stick. This has the same apparent effect as you method, ie in the defaults menu Nova is set as the default but despite Nubia not having permission to change system settings under v4.41 it would randomly come back either temporarily or as the default launcher.

For me it was definitely a change in behaviour under v4.41 I had not experienced under previous versions but setting via the default menu appears to have fixed it thanks .
[Red Magic 8 pro] xaloundros:
New ota update is out but not for all region yet and as I read they fix the bug with screenON
[Red Magic 8 pro] Syyed Tamim:
Which region did they released ?

Also please if you or anyone else have the OTA file put in here
[Red Magic 8 pro] kylegp:
It's really weird. I had 4.41 OTA update pending, and some others said 4.42 was released so I tried to update to 4.41 but it said it couldn't download. Now when I rechecked again, it says 4.40 is the latest. Did nubia pull the latest 4.41/4.42 updates...?
[Red Magic 8 pro] xaloundros:
In Europe but not all countries every few days 2-3 countries take the update
[Red Magic 8 pro] tecnoworld:
I'm also in Europe but no 4.42 for me, yet...I really need a fix for the screenON, which rendered my phone laggy and almost unusable...
[Red Magic 8 pro] Jole7:
Can you share the OTA please?
[Red Magic 8 pro] graynada:
I am not rooted so can't share the OTA sorry
[Red Magic 8 pro] graynada:
For info the v4.42 seems to have fixed the slow response issue.

I don't have any hard stats but it would seem to me that with both v4.41 & v4.42 I have noticeably more battery left at the end of a typical day. Anyone else getting this?
[Red Magic 8 pro] xaloundros:
I'm still on 4.41 and yes More battery Left and better battery when play games
[Red Magic 8 pro] xaloundros:
I'm remember last update I take it after 1 week later
[Red Magic 8 pro] tecnoworld:
Since this is a bugfix, they should be as fast as possible...but as usual they are very laggy. This is the worst part of having a Nubia.
[Red Magic 8 pro] tecnoworld:
I'm getting mad since no OTA is available for me, yet
[Red Magic 8 pro] Jole7:
No OTA no link for OTA nothing
[Red Magic 8 pro] graynada:
My guess would be they started rolling out v4.41, quickly realised they had an issue, issued v4.42 for those who had already installed v4.41 as an interim fix, and are keeping the rest at v4.40 for now. So in reality v4.40 is the latest available version with a few of us out of step with v4.42 (which may just be v4.40 although battery usage seems to be better!)
[Red Magic 8 pro] tecnoworld:
Unfortunately I have 4.41 and 4.42 is not coming for me. It's terrible I'm hating this phone at the moment.
[Red Magic 8 pro] tooandrew:
i had bricked a redmagic 8s pro and i paid a guy 17 bucks to recover it but he flashed it as a 8 pro which, better than a brick, but could i use this to get it functioning as a 8s pro again?
[Red Magic 8 pro] tecnoworld:
I don't think the two fws are swappable?
[Red Magic 8 pro] tooandrew:
Well, I'm looking at a redmagic 8S pro flashed through unlock tool that thinks it's a redmagic 8pro NX729J right now.

I think the only real difference between the two is the 8s has a higher clocked version of the same soc so no reason they would be incompatible. At least no reason the 8s pro wouldn't be compatible with firmware for the 8 pro
[Red Magic 8 pro] Alextakatu:
Same I think, you can flash the os without any problems, I have a regular 8pro flashed with 8s firmware, tbh, I'm quite happy with it. I was looking to upgrade to the 9pro cause of software and battery but I'm quite ok with the 8+ fw, you just have to modify a file in the fw to move forward to os8
[Red Magic 8 pro] tecnoworld:
Cool but I guess you need a rooted phone to do so.

Anyway for me 4.42 is still not coming. This is really annoying since 4.41 is as laggy as a 10 yo phone
[Red Magic 8 pro] Titobibo:
No root required to do that. you can re-read the previous comments and do it.
[Red Magic 8 pro] tecnoworld:
Well, it's not very clear, actually. Which file has to be changed and what to do next?
[Red Magic 8 pro] tecnoworld:
Btw it looks like 4.42 is not coming for me. I've been checking every day but nothing, and my phone is still as laggy as a 10€ 10yo phone. Shame on Nubia.
[Red Magic 8 pro] Titobibo:
Download rom 8s Pro 8.0.12 on the homepage. In the compressed file, modify Payload_properties by adding a line "NUBIA_SUBVERSION=nx729J_un" at the end. Put it in the device memory and use Local update
[Red Magic 8 pro] cukisan:
Hi guys, is it possible that my 8 pro is still with the 4.28?
[Red Magic 8 pro] tecnoworld:
Wow finally 4.42 is here. Phone is working again
[Red Magic 8 pro] tecnoworld:
It appeared for me by checking for updates, after a week or more
[Red Magic 8 pro] sims2344:
Hi everybody. I don't know where to write, because there is no theme for RED MAGIC 9 PRO, so forgive me. Tell me, please, the RED MAGIC 9 PRO phone with global firmware, but it does not have a call recording function. Therefore, I want to switch to Chinese firmware, is it possible to do this? usually there are instructions on the Internet for reverse firmware from Chinese ROM to global ROM, but my case is not. Therefore, I am afraid that my phone will turn into a "brick" when flashing.
[Red Magic 8 pro] Jole7:
Can anyone please give the OTA link for v4.42?
[Red Magic 8 pro] Durikke2:
can someone please make a list of the Stock packages installed

just a dump of:

adb shell pm list packages
[Red Magic 8 pro] tecnoworld:
No new os versions coming for this phone?
[Red Magic 8 pro] aaa.bbb111222:
There's 8.0.16 already (it's technically beta, but seems stable enough for daily use): https://drive.google.com/drive/folders/1LT1sjyAsNFo7vW4muJaPzC8if4dc-ZTJ?usp=drive_link

UPD: both files are incremental OTA, first is 3.40 to 3.46, and second is 3.46 to 8.0.16.

Note that you won't be able to root after installing second zip. It's still possible before (via temporarily booting KernelSU), but is rather complicated.

Android 14 is said to be available before the end of the month, so we'll have to just wait for a little bit.
[Red Magic 8 pro] aaa.bbb111222:
BTW, is there an easy way to extract images out of those delta OTA files? None of the payload dumpers seem to work.
[Red Magic 8 pro] Syyed Tamim:
Is it for Red Magic 8 Pro Global?
[Red Magic 8 pro] Volkan Mutlu:
it says it didn't match phone properties, ive REDMAGICOS8.0.13_NX729J_GB installed...why this happened? this is 8s rom on regular 8 pro.
[Red Magic 8 pro] aaa.bbb111222:
Exactly. But I don't recommend to install it unless you know what you're doing (i.e. it's not easy to root it).
[Red Magic 8 pro] aaa.bbb111222:
It's incremental, so you can't install it unless you're running the very specific version.