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[Nothing Phone 2] HippoMan:
How would I install this driver? Is it simply the following? ...

fastboot flash Qualcomm_NT.PONG.zip
[Nothing Phone 2] dlads:
Unzip it, when you're in EDL you'll see the device in device manager, just update driver and locate that using the file manager prompt.

itll then update and should be functional thereafter
[Nothing Phone 2] HippoMan:
Oh, I see. So I first need to be in EDL mode.

So, is there a way to get into EDL mode on my working Nothing 2, before my v2 cable arrives?

Or is the EDL cable the only way to get into EDL mode?

If possible, I'd like to install the 9008 driver as a precaution, as soon as I can.

PS: and do I have to be connected from a Windows machine in order for this to work? I looked in that zip file, and it contains a couple of *.dll files ... and those only work under Windows, as far as I understand.
[Nothing Phone 2] dlads:
Yea of course..just run through option 1 in the long list I made.

Basically:

1. Connect your phone to your computer and open device manager.

2. Power off your phone.

3. Soon as the screen goes black, press and hold vol up and down.

On a functional phone this will work.

To get out, just wait and it'll boot on its own, or force it by holding power and vol up + down.

You'll see the new device pop up in device manager, update the driver from there.

You want to see HS-USB 9008 if it's something else then update it.. if it's got an exclamation mark then it needs the driver.

You may also need to turn off driver signing, you can do this by entering boot options then option 8 iirc.

Restart windows whilst holding shift.

Then choose start up options.

"Disable driver signature"

Should do the job
[Nothing Phone 2] Buster99:
if you using fruitos or a linux distro make sure that when you use your virtual Windows you passthrough the usb otherwise you wont have any fun.
[Nothing Phone 2] HippoMan:
Oh, I see. I mistakenly thought that your earlier description was only for an already crash-dumped device.

So ... I guess I have to use Windows to install this 9008 driver onto the Nothing 2.

I have some issues with my Windows machine. I'll eventually get to doing that.

Thank you again!!!
[Nothing Phone 2] dlads:
Well the driver doesn't go onto the phone,. It's just as windows see's it.

But yea pretty much.. 👍🏼

No worries man .
[Nothing Phone 2] dlads:
Sorry man, I somehow missed this message.

I hope you don't need it either, hope none of us do.

Re: weekend - so long as Liverpool win it should be fine, plus it was leg & abs day Friday so I'm recovering and not moving all weekend.

Have a good one man 👍🏼
[Nothing Phone 2] ysco:
Np mate 😉👍,

I hope Liverpool wins so that you have a even better weekend 😃.

Regards ysco..
[Nothing Phone 2] dlads:
Cheers man, I hope so too, tough game Vs west ham...

Hasn't started well today, Everton won...

Will see what tomorrow brings...

YNWA
[Nothing Phone 2] dlads:
Finally got my phone back after 2 weeks.

England to England.

Nothing takes that long to run the qualcomm flash tool and ship back.

Crazy bad.... but it's back and i'm never doing that again.
[Nothing Phone 2] Buster99:
finally - get cracking mate :)
[Nothing Phone 2] dlads:
Ah mate,

Have never known a company to take this long since BlackBerry, maybe in third world countries but not the UK..

I'm already bootloader unlocked and rooted 😂

PS: that crowdfund was completed, world starting soon.
[Nothing Phone 2] Buster99:
never had a sony a gather? F sony....
[Nothing Phone 2] dlads:
Tbh my old Sony was the fastest RMA.

Sony z1 - 4 days.

OnePlus 5 - 5 days.

OnePlus 10 - 6 days.

This all includes transit btw..

Nothing 2 - 14 days.
[Nothing Phone 2] Buster99:
had z10 way back when, 6 weeks!!!! i bought a nexus and sued sony for full reimbursment
[Nothing Phone 2] dlads:
Six weeks? That's unheard of in my experience.

Was that a single return? Or a back and forth?
[Nothing Phone 2] Buster99:
send in and took em 6 weeks to send it back and by then i had the nexus and sued em and got my money back
[Nothing Phone 2] dlads:
That's ridiculous...

My OnePlus 10 pro saga went on and on and on... I'm the end I just got a nothing 2, still got the OnePlus with additional broken things that they caused, but they won't budge.

Never again will I buy a OnePlus.. they're just not the same company anymore.

Not sure about Sony, I love some of their hardware, there's something cool about them
[Nothing Phone 2] Buster99:
don't like Sony in general, they are very anti consumer across the board (hifi music hardware etc) back then i bought it via the tmobile shop and they wouldnt reimburse and sony wouldn't budge so (for you from the uk) my solicitor send them a letter informing them about it with a 10 day reimbursement deadline and I got my money before it had to get infront of a judge.

x10 was 2 finger touchscreen android 1.4 piece of crab.

the only oneplus i loved and would like to have with modern hardware was the OP One with the felt back. that device was awesome
[Nothing Phone 2] dlads:
Ah yea i remember, the z1 I had was decent but development was crap, mine was from a carrier too so when I bricked if I sent it back via car phone warehouse (kind of like best buy) and got an unlocked one back...

The DRM on the camera was ridiculous...water proofing was amazing though, first phone that did it that well.

I like the pro camera Sony, its very expensive but there's something about it I like.

Edit: this one.View attachment 6013283
[Nothing Phone 2] dlads:
UPDATE: In regards to the latest 2.0.5 beta 1

As it is a beta, I will not be updating to it and as such I won't be maintaining stock beta or patched beta images.

If I do ever obtain them I can provide them here as is but would not be able to verify their functionality myself.
[Nothing Phone 2] Unn113:
I extracted boot.img from OB1 payload.bin, You can update op if You want

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[Nothing Phone 2] dlads:
Nice one, will do.. I'll re-host it for continuity 👍🏼

Will patch it, will need someone to test it though by booting it.
[Nothing Phone 2] dlads:
Patched boot image for beta 1 v2.5

Is someone able to test by fastboot booting it plz.

96 MB folder on MEGA

mega.nz
[Nothing Phone 2] mullman85:
Tested.. Successfully booted and was able to use Magisk to Patch and Root! Well Done!
[Nothing Phone 2] dlads:
Wonderful.. thank you man. 👍🏼
[Nothing Phone 2] dlads:
OP UPDATED: Stock and patched boot images for A065 Nothing 2 Beta 1 v2.5 added to OP.

Original image obtained by @Unn113 thanks man.

Patched by myself and tested by @mullman85 , cheers mate 👍🏼

Confirmed to be working.

Stock

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96 MB folder on MEGA

mega.nz

Patched

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96 MB folder on MEGA

mega.nz
[Nothing Phone 2] ilorde:
Im pretty new to rooting and all, but I've already rooted my phone with magisk and OrangeFox recovery

Is there any way for me to install any of the OTA updates to my phone or do I have to start over and follow your method
[Nothing Phone 2] dlads:
It depends, could try either of the two methods in the OP, try the temp unroot method first, if it works then you're good, if not then it'll be full unroot.

Don't think Ofox can install updates.. although you could ask in the respective thread.

If you've got to full unroot (which I have to do) then that's fine as the images will always be here anyway.
[Nothing Phone 2] ilorde:
I know how to remove OF recovery btw like I'm just wondering if there is any way for me to flash the patched boot.img file directly from inside OF recovery. Will OF recovery mess with the OTA updating? Should I get rid of it and flash the default recovery? Im kinda confused

(I forgot to post this question yesterday lol my bad)
[Nothing Phone 2] dlads:
Flash stock recovery..

Not sure if you can just leave it or not.
[Nothing Phone 2] ilorde:
Alright bruv I'll do just that thanks for the help
[Nothing Phone 2] HippoMan:
I have a question regarding the use of Magisk Delta on the Nothing 2 ...

Is anyone running Magisk Delta 26.1 on the Nothing 2? If so, what is the recommended way to successfully upgrade to Magisk Delta 26.3 (26301)? Do I have to flash a special patched ROM, perhaps?

Thank you in advance.
[Nothing Phone 2] ffejy462:
1) in magisk settings, change the update channel to beta and you should be prompted to update to 26.3

2) don't know / assuming install instructions would be in respective thread
[Nothing Phone 2] dlads:
Does it offer an update? You should be able to change the update channel..

What does delta offer over stable? I'm still on stable and it's just fine.
[Nothing Phone 2] HippoMan:
Update channel has been changed to Beta, but I still am getting 26.1 as the latest version both for Stable and for Beta.

The new 26.3 is supposed to mostly be bug fixes, I think.

I originally got 26.1 delta from a patched boot image of 2.0.3, and that's why I was asking here about upgrading to 26.3.

But maybe there's just a delay in getting the new release into the update channel. I'll be patient about that.

Thank you!
[Nothing Phone 2] dlads:
I dunno man, I just downloaded 26.3 from GitHub then installed it...if you're on 26.1 then it'll offer an update to your patched image..

Either way you've got images to boot so you can't miss tbh
[Nothing Phone 2] HippoMan:
Oh! Do you mean that you simply downloaded the following Magisk Delta 26.3 APK ...

https://github.com/HuskyDG/magisk-files/releases/download/0fe46c5a-delta/app-release.apk

... and then installed it?

If so, then I'll soon be on my way to do the same thing.
[Nothing Phone 2] dlads:
Yea pretty much...it'll then ask you to update which will repatch your boot image
[Nothing Phone 2] HippoMan:
Thank you!

It turns out that I even figured out another way to do it. I downloaded the canary.json file from the Github Delta 26.3 "Assets" section to my desktop machine, and I then installed it on my web server.

Then, I put the URL for this canary.json file into the "Custom" Update Channel, and I just followed the prompts that the Magisk manager gave me for updating the APK and then the Magisk module itself (choosing the "direct install" option).

After I completed those steps and rebooted, I was up and running on Delta 26.3.
[Nothing Phone 2] HippoMan:
PS: this methodology will only work if the device is currently running an older version of Magisk Delta. Because of package-name differences, Magisk Standard and Magisk Alpha will not upgrade to any Magisk Delta version using this simple "Custom" Update Channel procedure.
[Nothing Phone 2] meowflyx:
Hey, thanks for the tutorial! Is there any way to lock bootloader back?
[Nothing Phone 2] Ky0sHiR0:
Hi,

I would like to try A14 beta but not sure if this method will work this time.

Should I expect any problems or do you have any other suggested method for doing this?

Thank you
[Nothing Phone 2] simdll:
Hi, I didn't understand this part. If I get an update do I have to unroot every time? If I update without unrooting first, will the phone brick? After restarting in step 4, should I install the update from settings?

Thank you
[Nothing Phone 2] xtcislove:
It will not brick

Mostly it will simply not install the update but magisk has changed the boot slot

Install OTAs like this:

Open Magisk, uninstall magisk and restore image

Install the ota

Reboot

Reroot with new boot image (fastboot BOOT patched_image.img and direct install magisk from the app)

Nothing Phone 2 does not like the usual ota way you do with magisk
[Nothing Phone 2] dlads:
As @xtcislove has said.

The problem is we do not have full updates, so it's got or miss if you get to install the update whilst retaining root.

For me if I just temp restore images in magisk it'll fail.

So I need to fill unroot in magisk, take the update then reroot.

You can try the restore images instead of full uninstall / unroot, for some it works, for others it doesn't.

Your phone will not brick no, you're just messing with a boot image.

Risk is negligible, worst that can happen is you need to without a boot image in a boot loop.
[Nothing Phone 2] dlads:
I haven't installed A14 as it's a beta, but that's me.

Regardless whether this works or not you'll be able to root anyway, I do have a patched and stock image from the A14 beta in the OP.

As it's previously worked for you, I would strongly suggest that it'll work..

However as you're moving between bases from 13 to 14 I would strongly suggest factory wiping.

It's good practice when moving between bases.

PS: the update is designed to be seamless so the wipe isn't mandatory but I would recommend it, there's some parts of 13 that may not belong in 14 and a wipe will fix that.

Try both, you've nothing to lose if you're looking to update anyway.
[Nothing Phone 2] simdll:
Thanks so much for the replies.

I think I'll wait for the stable release for Android 14. Is factory reset better in this case too? I would like to avoid this because having to install all the apps again is a long operation...

Thank you
[Nothing Phone 2] dlads:
Use the like button buddy 👍🏼

Re: resetting, it's not mandatory but if you incur any issues then you would wish you had..

I get it's a pain but you're installing a beta so best to have things backed up anyway..

It's your call
[Nothing Phone 2] simdll:
Thank you
[Nothing Phone 2] dlads:
2.0.4 update has been released.

Unfortunately I don't have it for my device yet.

Soon as it drops for me images will come 👍🏼
[Nothing Phone 2] dlads:
OP UPDATED: V2.0.4 Stock and Patched images now available in OP, version of magisk used was 26.3.

(y)

Stock: https://mega.nz/folder/PNEyFThQ#P5VU49wdDC_jBs402bx8uw

Patched: https://mega.nz/folder/iU02lbAS#VCVpM0KuoYq3uZkngqkJiw
[Nothing Phone 2] dlads:
FYI the update found in @RZ(One) thread here: https://xdaforums.com/t/nothing-phone-2-official-ota-zip-full-incremental.4604803/

Can be used to update EEA devices, so i'd assume that they are indeed unified updates.

I installed mine using *#*#682#*#*

1. Unroot using magisk

2. Place the update in a folder called ota within /sdcard/ota

3. Type *#*#682#*#* into the dialer and locate the update.

4. Install and reboot

5. After rebooting, boot to fastboot and boot the patched image from the OP then install directly using magisk.
[Nothing Phone 2] HippoMan:
I'm currently running 2.0.3 via the Patched image that supplies Magisk Delta 26.3 (version 26301).

Does the 2.0.4 Patched image mentioned above also supply the same Magisk Delta 26.3?
[Nothing Phone 2] dlads:
Supply? Images won't install apps.

Not sure, should still work.. you could repatch the boot image yourself if you like, it's in the OP.

You've got to unroot to update anyway.
[Nothing Phone 2] HippoMan:
I understand that.

Maybe I am using the wrong terminology.

So maybe I should re-ask my question as follows:

You are offering now a 2.0.4 "Patched" image which supports Magisk. Which Magisk version does it support?
[Nothing Phone 2] dlads:
It's written in the OP buddy, 26.3. 👍🏼

As I said you could patch your own image using the boot.img in the OP, both stock and patched images are there.

I couldn't say for certain but I think it'll just work..

If you want to be 100% on delta then patch it yourself , boot it and install directly.

As I said, you'll need to unroot to update anyway.
[Nothing Phone 2] HippoMan:
The OP says "(Magisk 26.3)". It doesn't say whether it's 26.3 Delta or 26.3 Standard or 26.3 Alpha.

I realize that I probably won't have a problem flashing it, but I want to understand whether or not it's 26.3 Delta.

Thank you.
[Nothing Phone 2] dlads:
Ah ok, at the time of writing there was no delta, so I kept that naming scheme.

I do not use Delta, I'll always use stable unless there's some reason to switch... Everything works perfectly with 26.3 stable.

Same as the 2.0.5 beta firmware, I can do without the bugs.
[Nothing Phone 2] HippoMan:
Thank you for explaining!

Actually, based on my experience and on my reading in the Magisk-related XDA forums, the latest non-beta Magisk Delta is even less buggy than the latest Magisk Stable.

But Magisk's reliablility depends a lot on the device and OS, and so I wouldn't be surprised if Magisk Stable turns out to work quite well under 2.0.x
[Nothing Phone 2] dlads:
What bugs? I've not experienced any?

That's why I haven't updated.

If delta offered a new feature or negated the need for displax safety net fix then I'd go for it., maybe.

Is it an official topjohnwu variant?
[Nothing Phone 2] HippoMan:
I'm just basing my assertion on the comments by many people posting in the various Magisk-related XDA threads.

Most of the issues reported have to do with difficulties in hiding root and hiding modding, and I wouldn't call most of them "bugs". They occur in all three Magisk variants, and they seem to depend on the OS and device.

Delta is indeed a topjohnwu variant. Its main distinguishing feature, IMO, is that it offers a choice between whitelist-based app hiding and the standard blacklist-based hiding.

I find its whitelist-based hiding to be more convenient and helpful for me, but that's just a personal opinion.

And Standard Magisk indeed works well on many device/OS combinations, and as I mentioned above, I'm not surprised that you found that it works well on the Nothing 2.

It's just the case that I seem to see more app-hiding problems reported with Standard Magisk than with Magisk Delta. But again, that's device/OS-specific, and apparently it's not much of an issue on the Nothing 2.
[Nothing Phone 2] dlads:
Up t you mate...I won't be supporting Delta as mines working as expected, until it's not I'll carry on with stable, as I imagine most people will.

I guess the image is the same, but couldn't be sure..

As I've said, the stock boot image is there so you can use that.

Good luck with delta
[Nothing Phone 2] HippoMan:
Thank you.

I already installed Delta on my 2.0.3 ROM, and it's been working fine for the past couple weeks or so. I know how to do so for the 2.0.4, ROM also.

The reason I asked about Delta here is simply to see whether it is or isn't the version supported by the 2.0.4 "Patched" image. Since it's not, I'm glad to install it myself after I do thje 2.0.4 upgrade.

I wasn't asking you to do anything with Delta.
[Nothing Phone 2] dlads:
Nah I know you weren't , I'm just saying I stick with stable on everything, as most people do.

Soon as I start deviating the thread becomes dated and irrelevant..

So if I'm on beta 2.0.5 then I'll miss any subsequent updates for stable unless I rollback which as you know is a pain.

Similarly with delta, most people don't use it so for the purpose of this thread it makes sense to stick with stable..

Soon as 26.4 or higher comes out I'll modify my version to that, but it'll always be stable unless something changes which makes 100% sense to.

👍🏼
[Nothing Phone 2] giacomowrc:
It could be useful use this excellent guide from nothing phone 1 to create an updated procedure for OTA updates on the first post: 'Nothing Phone (1) [ ROM ][ OTA ][ Nothing OS ] Repo of Nothing OS' https://xdaforums.com/t/nothing-phone-1-rom-ota-nothing-os-repo-of-nothing-os.4464039/post-87101177

The guide is very specific, and the procedure is the same. In particular I think this is very important: "by my tests, rebooting with magisk after an ota always leads to a bootloop".
[Nothing Phone 2] giacomowrc:
Sorry double post
[Nothing Phone 2] dlads:
I could make my own, just haven't got round to it yet..

Vast majority of people know how to update.

The purpose of this thread generally is how to root, not how to update.
[Nothing Phone 2] zozo932:
Hello, I would like to root my last version 2.0.4, I already have the bootloader unlocked. I would like to know if I install magisk app v26.3 on my phone and directly download the magisk patched image from the author of the thread via xda and follow these instructions:

"On your phone

5. Open Magisk and click Install/Update. If you don't see an update, change the channel, do this by changing the channel in Magisk settings, the install/update buttons will then appear.

6. Select "Select and patch file", this will open a file browser, navigate to the boot.img file you copied earlier and select it, let it finish (this will display a file called "magisk_patched" which will be displayed in the Downloads folder)

You now have a patched boot.img file ready to boot or flash to one of the locations with fastboot or boot via fastboot.

I would recommend starting as it's safe, if it's a bad image for some reason and you choose to flash it! Then your phone will start looping."

is the approach good? I won't lose my data ? Thank you so much guy
[Nothing Phone 2] dlads:
Install magisk 26.3 stable

Then follow rooting by booting..

You're only modifying the boot image of your phone so no it's quite safe... No loss of data and you're only booting an image, if you reboot it'll revert back.

Magisk manager can be obtain in the pre requisites section..

Everything you need is in the OP.
[Nothing Phone 2] dlads:
This part.

Rooting by booting

1. Obtain a patched boot image for your device variant preferably using payload dumper or download one of mine from the foot of this guide or if you've just performed the above guide you should already have a functional one, copy this file to your fastboot folder on your computer

2. Reboot your phone to fastboot

and connect to your computer

ADB/reboot/bootloader

Press enter.

3. Boot the magisk patched img

fastboot boot magisk_patched (or name of your patched boot img)

Press enter.

Your phone should now boot automatically, you should now be rooted 👍🏼 But we need to make this permanent, if you were to reboot you would lose root.

4. Open magisk manager and click install/update, if you are missing the install/ update buttons, change magisk version to beta in magisk settings and install the update, the buttons should then show.

5. Select "Direct install (recommended)" then click ok.

6. Allow magisk to permanently root your device then click reboot.

You should now boot and remain rooted
[Nothing Phone 2] zozo932:
Yeeah !!!! Im rooting :love::love::love:

thank guys love you all 😁
[Nothing Phone 2] dlads:
Mo worries man, let me know if you get stuck..👍🏼
[Nothing Phone 2] boontje3:
dladz​

Do you happen to have a patched image of beta 2 or is this still too early? Just saw that beta 2 is out

nvm

i yust find out you could dowload full beta with beta updater app and then youse dumper to get the img
[Nothing Phone 2] dlads:
I don't mate, as I've said I won't be installing any of the betas, too many issues.

If you've got access to the firmware then you could extract the boot.img with FE then patch it.

I'll see if anyone else has already, but AFAIK there's not.
[Nothing Phone 2] boontje3:
yeah sry i saw few pages back , my bad

yust downloaded beta2 around 3gb now used payload dumper to get boot.img en patching with magisk

gone flash it later on tonight if all go good i upload the patched+stock so you can add iff you whant for anyone who need it

sry for bad english but im dutch speaking :)
[Nothing Phone 2] HippoMan:
Question: If I allow Google to install the latest Security Patch update, will that override my 2.0.3 ROM with some other ROM or mess up the 2.0.3 ROM in any other way?

Or is that just to update Google-Play-related info without affecting the ROM itself?
[Nothing Phone 2] dlads:
Nah that's cool man, guide in the op should work for betas too..

👍🏼
[Nothing Phone 2] dlads:
That's Google related...not the firmware.
[Nothing Phone 2] HippoMan:
OK, so it's safe to accept that upgrade.

Thank you!
[Nothing Phone 2] thisislukas:
What kind of issues? The only issue I had was that opening the Customization setting screen crashed, which was fixed in Beta 2. After todays update it runs incredibly stable for me
[Nothing Phone 2] dlads:
That's great for you.. I need my phone, plus if I'm on the beta I would need to revert back to stock every time there's an update to maintain this thread.

I've done it before on other phones, it's a ballache and I can't be arsed.

Issues: battery is the main one for me, It would annoy me.

Repainter has a problem with Android 14, I like my theme...

I haven't installed it but it's a beta so there will be problems and being me, I will find them and they'll start to annoy me.