Video: How to Root the OnePlus X
The OnePlus X is OnePlus’ latest phone to hit the market and instead of going for a flagship killer, the X is aimed slightly lower (only slightly). With a quad-core processor, 3GBs of RAM, and a slick body of Onyx (seriously it’s slick), it’s still no budget phone. Yet with a price tag of about $249.00, it sorta is.
Despite these well qualified specs, some people do have issue with one thing about the OnePlus at least –the software. OnePlus made a switch from CyanogenMod, a community driven custom version of Android, to their own ColorOS version of Android starting with the OnePlus 2 (which I show you how to put back here) and not everyone is a fan.
If you want to, though, there is a way to get some better performance out of the software. Besides maybe speeding it up with this tip, you can always root the OnePlus X and then flash a different version of Android onto it replacing ColorOS with something a little more snappy/just plain better.
If you want to give it a whirl, here’s how to root the OnePlus X and flash a custom recovery (software required for flashing ROMs).
Before You Begin
- This could void the warranty of your device. We won’t be held responsible for anything that happens from doing this tutorial so please proceed at your own risk.
- This should erase the data stored on your device. So, please backup anything that you feel is important.
- This should also flash a custom recovery on your device.
- The instructions are for Windows but you should be able to do it on Mac in terminal instead of Command Prompt if you are familiar with the differences.
- You should only try this on a OnePlus X, not the One or Two.
How to Root the OnePlus X
To root the device, you’ll first unlock the bootloader and flash a custom recovery on it, and then flash the SuperSU package to gain root access. Here’s how:
Installing ADB Drivers on Your PC
- Download the OnePlus ABD Drivers and then run the exe to install the drivers.
- To get ADB and Fastboot working (things we need to be able to communicate with the phone from our computer), head to my new How To Setup ADB/Fastboot Tutorial. This will show you how to set it all up on Windows or Mac (don’t worry it’s quick and easy). Once done with that, return here to this tutorial to continue.
Download the OnePlus X Rooting Files
- Download the folder in zip format I put together with all the necessary files here and save it to your desktop.
OnePlus X Rooting Files - After you have done that, copy the SuperSU.zip and recovery.img files from that folder into the C:/adb folder that you should now have on your computer after doing the ADB tutorial above (they need to be in the same folder as adb.exe and fastboot.exe).
Unlocking the Bootloader on the OnePlus 2
- On the phone, head to Menu > Settings > About phone and tap on Build number for 7-8 times and it’ll say you’re a developer. The developer options menu should now be unlocked on your device.
- Head to Menu > Settings > Developer options on your device and turn on USB debugging and OEM unlocking.
- Connect your device to your PC using a USB cable.
- You will get a prompt asking if you’d like to allow USB debugging on your device. Check off the Always allow from this computer box and tap on OK.
- Launch a Command Prompt Window inside the Fastboot folder inside the folder you just extracted eariler. To do that, hold down Shift on your keyboard and right-click anywhere inside the Fastboot folder and select Open command window here.
- Type in the following command into the Command Prompt Window and press Enter:
adb reboot bootloader - Your device should reboot into bootloader mode.
- Type in the following command and hit Enter:
fastboot oem unlock - It should unlock the bootloader on your device.
- Your device should automatically reboot when the bootloader is unlocked.
Flashing a Custom Recovery on the OnePlus 2
- Once the phone reboots, go through the normal setup procedure until you can get back to the home screen.
- On the phone, head to Menu > Settings > About phone and tap on Build number for 7-8 times and it’ll say you’re a developer. The developer options menu should now be unlocked on your device.
- Head to Menu > Settings > Developer options on your device and turn on USB debugging and OEM unlocking.
- In the command prompt from before on the computer, type in the following command and hit enter:
adb push SuperSU.zip /sdcard/SuperSU.zip
adb reboot bootloader - Once it reboots into bootloader mode again, type in the following command and hit enter:
fastboot flash recovery recovery.img - Once it flashes TWRP, type in the following command and hit enter:
fastboot boot recovery.img
For those having an error that says “dtb not found”, please see this thread for the solution – http://forum.xda-developers.com/oneplus-x/help/opx-remote-dtb-solution-t3480274
Rooting the OnePlus 2 Using TWRP and SuperSU
- On the phone, in recovery mode, tap Backup and swipe to confirm. This will create a backup of the current stock ROM just in case you want to unroot later easily or if something goes wrong.
- When that finishes, tap Back.
- Now, tap on Install.
- Select SuperSU .zip to be installed on your device.
- Tap on Swipe to Confirm Flash to install SuperSU on your device.
- Wait for TWRP to install SuperSU.
- When it’s done installing, reboot your device by selecting Reboot followed by System.
- Your device should reboot.
Now you can head to my How to Flash a Custom ROM tutorial and follow that to perform a backup of your entire system (very handy later on) and flash custom ROMs found in my ROM repository.
Let me know if this worked for you in the comments below!
Hi David,
I am trying to root OPX, and i cannot get it. I am stuck in the beginning. In fastboot mode, I type “fastboot oem unlock” but nothing happens. What can I do?
Thanks
You need to make sure you have OEM unlocking turned on in the developer settings as well as USB debugging and that you have the drivers installed properly.
Yes, I have OEM unlocking and USB debugging turned on, and drivers installed properly (OnePlus drivers and ADB installer; attached image). But device is stopped in fastboot mode and nothing happens; i have to push power button during several seconds to restart it.
And this is the image from the Command Prompt Window
In that same screen with the phone in fastboot mode type the following and hit enter and post what it says:
fastboot oem device-info
This is what appears
“Device Unlocked: True”
You’re phone is already bootloader unlocked… go to the next steps 🙂
Ok, I continue with the root process. When I write the commands, nothing happens. So I reboot manually the device in recovery mode, but appears a screen different from your video: first select language; when I select english, another screen with install from local, install from usb, wipe data and cache, advanced, reboot
Thanks a lot. Finally I got it. This kind of things are really difficult for me. Sorry for making you to waste your time
No problem! Glad you got it to work!
David i have the same problem
it doesnt open the custom recovery screen on my phone for me, i need your never ending whishdom
Hmm, that all looks correct actually. At that point it should have rebooted. What does it do, just sit on the bootloader screen?
As I said before, I am having an issue with this, everything is good up to the point where I boot the recovery.img. When I hit enter it does everything normally but my phone does not do anything, then I get a little error on my computer saying something something like the device is not recognized. I try booting the recovery.img again and all it says in CMD is “waiting for device”. Help will be greatly appreciated, thanks.
Post a screenshot of the command window here and I’ll try and help.
Sorry for the 14 hour delay but here, this is exactly what it has told me to do in the video. I’ve already done the previous steps (the oem unlock thing) i did them yesterday. You said my phone is suppose to boot up in the recovery mode but my phone is still in fastboot mode as we speak. that’s my problem.
Ok, try to boot into it manually by unplugging it then holding down Power and Volume Down until it reboots. When you see the OnePlus logo let go of Power but keep holding Volume Down until you get to recovery then continue with the tutorial. Let me know if that works.
It fixed itself, my phone is no successfully rooted. Thank you for all your help!
Glad it’s working!
Hi!
I’m having difficulties to proceed on point number 4.
In the command prompt from before on the computer, type in the following command and hit enter:
adb push SuperSU.zip /sdcard/SuperSU.zip – “3504 KB/s (4015219 bytes in 1.119s)”
adb reboot recovery – it takes me to a menu where I have options:
Internal Storage
Install from ADB
Wipe data and cache
Advanced
Exit
adb reboot bootloader – error: device not found
Can you help me?
Thank you
And also, o point nr 8 “Type in the following command and hit Enter:
fastboot oem unlock”
I do this and my phone doesn’t reboot.
“C:adb>fastboot oem unlock
…
OKAY [ 0.000s]
finished. total time: 0.000s”
It should show a screen that says select yes for you to unlock it. If it doesn’t, type in the following command and hit enter instead and see if that shows you device unlocked: true If it does your bootloader is already unlocked and you can just go to the next step.
fastboot oem device-info
So I get this.
The thing is that it doesn’t wipe out the data. And when I get this.
https://uploads.disquscdn.com/images/0153785367ac987975e3156559feebf0142bf70bf340c67e3f8e53d2a3b950f3.jpg
And then on 4.
“In the command prompt from before on the computer, type in the following command and hit enter:
adb push SuperSU.zip /sdcard/SuperSU.zip
adb reboot recovery
adb reboot bootloader”
I get this:
https://uploads.disquscdn.com/images/65edc7e8ae95c0aa5d83a736d9d2c18c41de53b24d3e8f5527713ddc0999f651.jpg
And on the phone it shows this:
https://uploads.disquscdn.com/images/4c428e7c3a781e945d1e5abb8071b954b36cb13cf8233c45938899cebae63b5c.jpg
Well I figured out!
Thanks!!
adb reboot recovery
… followed by…
adb reboot bootloader
That seems very unlikely. I got stuck here.
The and reboot recovery shouldn’t be there. Thanks for letting me know, fixing it now but just watch the video for the proper commands (that part is around 5:00)
Yes, I figured it out, thanks. I should just watch the video 😉
the Backup takes a lot of space on the phone, can I move it to my SD card?
Yeah, I recommend moving it to a computer. Just make sure to move the entire backup folder so you have it. You’ll need to copy it back exactly to have the recovery image recognize it when you want to restore it.
Thanks =)
bro i have some issue with my x….after i rooted it…for about 2 weeks…suddenly my wifi signal went missing…
everytime i turned it on….it just stay blank…then i flashed the other roms ,
it’s come back again like that…
the other issue everytime i reboot the phone …there’s a pop up window stating that system not responding…
the last issue…i cant turn on my bootloader under dev.options…wtf man…
please help me…im having a big headache
If you flash other roms and it comes back then it’s the rom. Just don’t use that rom. System not responding is also an issue with the rom.
You should flash a different ROM until you find one that works for you. Also make sure you are doing a wipe in recovery BEFORE flashing the next rom as of you don’t that can cause issues too.
Worst case scenario just into it it using this tutorial to get a fresh start – https://theunlockr.com/2016/02/17/how-to-unroot-the-oneplus-x/
hi mate,
thanks for the reply…
i always do wipe data, cache, system…it’s a compulsory
by the time i wrote the comment to you…
in desperation, i just flash the x with oxygen official rom…
and viola, everything’s went great…
of course im missing those ressurection rom notification cool stuff ..
David, i have an issue. I am using my mac and everytime i finish the entire process. My phone boots up normally i cannot get the twirp page or whatever. I have tried force rebooting but nothing happens. If i hold down the power button and then press reboot i get three options. Recovery, Bootloader and Reboot. I have pressed all three to see if it does anything, but it doesnt. Help.
i cant upload a screenshot for some reason .png
After i finish the entire process
OK, so your phone is rooted though? The issue is you can’t get to recovery anymore? But you did flash SuperSU in recovery already and it is in your app drawer?
basically i cant fastboot oem unlock
it just stays on the fastboot mode and then i have to restart it
this is it.
i did the adb, then i did the oem unlocking and usb debugging i got the rsa key fingerprint, but then when i retried the process i didnt get the rsa key fingerprint. I didi the reboot but then when its in fastboot i cant fastboot oem unlock.
According to your screenshot you ARE unlocked (device unlocked: true). That’s why it won’t let you do it again. Just continue with the procedure and adb push SuperSU while the phone is connected in normal mode and continue from there.
i have the same problem alex had, but then when i continue. i do the SuperSu.zip command then i get a long script and then nothing happens. Then when i do the adb reboot bootloader its says null device.
nvm i fixed it thanks though
What number step exactly does this happen at?
David HELP!!!! I got up to the step where you type “fastboot oem unlock” but nothing happened. My phone is stuck on fastboot mode. HELP!!!
I was able to restart it. I tried the steps again but nothing happened when I typed ‘fastboot oem unlock’. what can I do ?
While in fastboot, type fastboot oem device-info and then hit enter. You’ll get a screen, if it says device unlocked: true then your bootloader is already unlocked so that’s why it’s not doing anything when you type it. Just continue with the tutorial from there.
Wouldn’t it come up with ‘unlock will erase user data’?
Yea it does say unlock true
If it says unlock true it’s unlocked. Just continue.
I’m in custom recovery but when i click backup it says not enough space 🙁
Is it because my data didnt get erased?
Have you made a backup before? Cause they take up a lot of space. It has nothing to do with the erasing of data you just don’t have enough storage space on your phone period. Youd need to clear some manually like normal then try again. Good luck!
Is it necessary to backup? could I just go ahead and install it and if i wanted to unroot i could just download the stock ROM and recovery? Sorry for so many questions 🙁
Hey David, backing up took up like half of my storage. If the root is successful, do I need still need those files?
It backs up the entire phone so it can be a large file. You don’t need it but it’s good to have. Just connect to a computer and copy the backup to your computerto have if needed and then delete it from the phone to save storage.
Hey, David it keeps getting stuck at the fast boot screen and wont go anywhere, and its says its unlocked during the test. but after i dont know where to go. plz help me through the process
Did you see the comment above yours? Are you stuck at the same step? If so you need to enter in the last command as he mentioned.
i did it wouldn’t work.can you tell m what to do step by step.
That’s what the tutorial is for and video 🙂
What step are you at that you are stuck exactly?
its stuck at fastboot oem unlock, it says waiting for device
Is the phone in bootloader mode? If not put it in it first using the adb reboot bootloader command.
If it is then your drivers aren’t setup properly. Check out this video for help on getting them to work – https://theunlockr.com/2009/10/06/how-to-set-up-adb-usb-drivers-for-android-devices/
never mind it worked thanks
Ok great! Glad to hear it and thanks for reporting back it worked! Enjoy!
It’s stuck on the bootloader screen for me. Not sure how to proceed from here…
never mind, forgot to input the next command (fastboot boot recovery.img), forgive me, I am a noob 🙂
hey david, im stuck on adb reboot bootloader. it keeps telling me also when im use fastboot oem device-info. On my phone screen looks oneplus logo and fastboot mode text, nothing happens after that.
im stuck here too! Did someone figure this out?
Means your fastboot drivers aren’t installed. When that happens, head to Device Manager and look for the device with the ! next to it. Right-click that and click update drivers, then let me choose, then pick from a list and choose the Android drivers you should have downloaded when doing my how to setup adb tutorial (see here if you didn’t do it – https://theunlockr.com/2009/10/06/how-to-set-up-adb-usb-drivers-for-android-devices/)
hi david, im stuck with oneplus usd drives read ur post n did exactly but i dont knw why im not able to install the drives on my laptop which is running on windows vista… plz need ur help plz plz guide me… ill tell u hw im doing…
i downloaded al the drivers usb, adb n root zip file
1- im installing the usb driver of oneplus n restarting my laptop.
2- im installing the adb frm the. link u gave ie from xda sitte… n restarting again..
3- den i connect my phn through usb by switching on tht usb debugging and oem… but im not getting the usb debugging screen popping up after connecting…
in device manager i can see portable devices in which i can see my phn after connecting but cant see the drivers when updating the drivers im only getting MTP devices in option plz plz help me i think i explained everything correctly sorry fr my bad english… im not a developer in a new to dis root plz guide he how t o over come dis its wil be a great help…. thanks a ton in advace…
Use this tutorial to troubleshoot the drivers – https://theunlockr.com/2009/10/06/how-to-set-up-adb-usb-drivers-for-android-devices/
shall i juz install adb & fastboot and try connecting my drvice, not installing the usb drivers of oneplus
sorry i forgot to post the images is d previous post plz ….help me
You’ve setup the wrong drivers or the phone is in MTP mode (camera mode). You need to go and uninstall all of the drivers for the OnePlus and start over with that tutorial I sent you before – https://theunlockr.com/2009/10/06/how-to-set-up-adb-usb-drivers-for-android-devices/
Sorry but that’s the most I can help you with this without physically standing there and doing it for you :/ Good luck!
Hi,
I get an error with ‘oem unlock is disabled’ when I try the ‘fastboot oem unlock’
Anyone know how to come past this? It’s not because it is already unlocked
Did you turn on OEM unlocking in the settings (Step 2 in the Unlocking the Bootloader section above)?
need help
That means the bootloader is not unlocked. You need to follow the tutorial and make sure it gets unlocked during it.
hey David, thank you a ton for your tutorials, they’re great! keep it up!
just wanted to say that I’m having the same error as shown by Douglas Knox. Except when I try “fastboot oem unlock” it reboots and takes me into TWRP.
I had gone through the full tutorial and installed everything fine. Had CM working, but when I tried to update the nightly update it would reboot into TWRP but no update every happened. I see there’s a stable CM13 now, but when I put that into my root foldr and try “install” in TWRP then I don’t see the file, no matter where I put it (and if I click “ZIP” instead of “IMG” in bottom right). Anyways, any help would be appreciated, man. Can get frustrating wasting so many hours on this…
thanks!
Hi David I am finished with all the steps you showed. I have flashed a custom ROM and gapps too. But now when I am checking the root of my device it is saying phone is not rooted. Help!
You might have flashed a ROM that doesn’t have root built in. Just flash a different ROM.
I have flashed cm13 for one plus x
Great so either try a different root checker or flash a different ROM. If you want to keep that ROM and have root and all the root checkers are saying you don’t have it then contact the developer of that ROM for help with the issue with their ROM. Good luck.
Hi, David. You asked me to come here for help so I might as well explain my situation in a little more detail.
I’m using a Champagne ONE E1001 version of the OnePlus X, just to clarify.
Everytime I attempt to do the step where you unlock the OEM, nothing happens on the screen of my phone (apart from remain on the fastboot mode screen) even after waiting a few minutes, while the command prompt window says ‘waiting for device as shown in the screenshot.
Any suggestions? I’ve wasted like three hours so far trying out other methods I find online, all ending up in the same situation.
So that means your driver’s aren’t installed correctly. You need to go to device manager on the computer and look for the ! and manually select the drivers otherwise you need to uninstall the ones you have and install different ones from OnePlus’s site or through googling. Good luck!
Thanks! I’ve managed to get past the oem unlock step now. Fast-forward though
and I’ve ran into another issue – it won’t boot into the ‘recovery.img’.
Instead of saying ‘OKAY’, it says ‘FAILED (dtb not found)’. How can I fix this?
Again, thanks for your help so far 🙂
Try redownloading the files and flashing again
So I’ve started again from scratch basically – reset my phone to factory settings, re-downloaded all the files and followed the tutorial from there and I’m stuck at the OEM unlock part again, only this time, it says it has finished in the command prompt window while nothing’s happening on the phone. Installing the correct driver in Device Manager didn’t do anything this time.
After looking at some other comments, it appears my phone is already unlocked (It says “Device unlocked: true” when I typed in ‘fastboot oem-device info’). So I guess I manually reboot my phone and continue from there?
And now I am stuck at booting into recovery.img again :/
C:adb>fastboot boot recovery.img
downloading ‘boot.img’…
OKAY [ 0.361s]
booting…
FAILED (remote: dtb not found)
finished. total time: 0.403s
I Googled the issue for a while, yet still no solution – although there seems to be another handful of people who are having the same issue who don’t have answers either. I tried using other TWRP img files I found online but still the same result
I have same problem. Have you found solution yet?
https://dl.twrp.me/onyx/twrp-3.0.3-0-onyx.img.html
I’ve found an img file that seems to work. It seems to be taking forever to reboot after installing the SuperSU.zip though.
Hi David. After installing gapps on OPX, I an error ‘unfortunately system ui has stopped’. In cyanogenmod i can solve this problem by granting permissions, but how should solve it for paranoid rom.
Sorry but you need to connect the developer of the ROM for support regarding the ROM.
Help me the phone enters boot loop after installing supersu after flashing cm13
That has nothing to do with rooting. That has to do with the ROM. Either flash it again and make sure to write data before you flash it, flash a different ROM, or check with the developer to see why it might have not worked. Good luck!
how long does it take to bring up the custom recovery screen after having the fast boot screen
i typed in fastboot oem device-info and it says waiting on device
hi im having problems im unlocked but when i put fastboot boot recovery.img its says dtb not found help me please
Means it can’t find the phone. Try a different usb cable, usb port, or even computer.
Hi even after Flashing TWRP my OPX is loading into Stock Recovery
How did you boot into recovery? You need to do it using the fastboot command right after flashing it. If you let the phone boot up in between that then it’ll overwrite the recovery with the stock one.
By using fastboot command to boot it is getting failed “Failed “
http://forum.xda-developers.com/oneplus-2/help/unable-to-flash-twrp-remote-dtb-t3358566
This link is for Oneplus 2 . will it also work for the X ?
Hi I am using the latest OOS 3.1.3 software. am not able to root my device. After i enter bootloader and type oem unlock, nothing happens. the option on the phone saying “unlock will erase user data , continue ?” is not coming up. Model No E1001. I have ensured that the drivers have been installed correctly.
If you type in fastboot devices what comes up after that? (Post a screenshot if possible).
After the command I should get a request to wipe all data fm phone. But it just stays on the Fastboot mode.
https://uploads.disquscdn.com/images/4df2e2c4fd439eb93f5b5211ecd09e33d15f1574f74e96262575db6cf866d757.jpg
That means it is already unlocked. Just continue.
This is what I got when I tried to continue. Is it possible that supersu is already in the internal memory?
https://uploads.disquscdn.com/images/d0da458a4b64334d41a7f4ffce725effdecf91fa8dbd47f81d6da66586d8d8f0.jpg
So the phone can’t be in bootloader mode to use ADB like that. It should have rebooted after you unlocked the bootloader into normal mode. So do that, boot it up and get to the normal home screen, plug it in and try the adb push command again and continue from there.
https://uploads.disquscdn.com/images/e752c5e60c6b1a75a35a28032dcebd9125d2938934790e65be5cdeb2de480fbc.jpg
http://forum.xda-developers.com/oneplus-2/help/unable-to-flash-twrp-remote-dtb-t3358566
This link is for the oneplus 2. will it work with the X ?
You’ll have to check that forum and find out or look on it for a different version that does work. Either way that explains what the issue you are facing is.
Thank you. I have succeeded in flashing TWRP blu spark. but got a bootloop when i flash SuperSU.
am still trying to see if the have a modified SuperSU for the OOS 3.1.3. Once again thank you for your help
Glad to hear it! If you don’t mind posting the link here it could help others. Good luck though!
Can u post the link?
my opx wont gointo the fastboot oem unlock stage, i get it to fastboot mode but when i type fastboot oem unlock nothing happens on the device
show a screenshot of command prompt when that happens
The same for me here. Get stuck in “Fastboot Mode”. Have followed your guide.
The same for me here. Get stuck in “Fastboot Mode”. Have followed your guide. https://uploads.disquscdn.com/images/0fefcdad68a1284b95bbd673eb2bd736c8a51a63293e9d3d39ee5b2b33da3bb8.jpg
Means it is already unlocked. Move on to the next step.
Thanks for your patience and fast answer. First time rooting for me.
I come a little bit more far now, but gets stuck in a message I understand some of the Oneplus 2 phones also had. Does this mean I have a to new kernel installed?
FAILED (remote: dtb not found)
https://uploads.disquscdn.com/images/f89e0b76d3ad53a1c085e14da86b060a8d181f32fbb776d9da0da7a8dcbbe342.jpg
http://forum.xda-developers.com/oneplus-x/help/opx-remote-dtb-solution-t3480274
Thanks for the link. Allthough it states that I need one recovery-file which is there and another update-file which I cant find. Do you have a link to the update-file?
Please reach out to person who posted that solution for help with their solution.
Hi, i am using one pluse x, i was trying to root my phone but now it stuck in fastboot mode.
then i press power button to get out of this mode.
now my phone is switched off and nothing is happening.
Please help me
Please be more specific. At what step did you get to before this happened? Did you get any errors? Can you post screenshots of what’s happening to help?
Hi i received a error which could you see in attached snap. and in my phone screen it was showing “fastboot mode”.
then i press power off button to get out from “fastboot mode”.
now my phone is not responding. i tried many combination like (power button + volume up/dwn), but no reponse.
https://uploads.disquscdn.com/images/290b0e620813b77ea4c0e009e2cd2fa4de70b71aa1ccf34e9431561ce92b429d.png
Please check this for the solution – http://forum.xda-developers.com/oneplus-x/help/opx-remote-dtb-solution-t3480274
Alright, I’m befuzzled…I did everything correctly and I get to the CMD prompt that says :
c:adb>fastboot boot recovery.img
OKAY [ 0.456s]
booting…
FAILED (remote: dtb not found)
finished. total time: 0.505s
I looked around in the comment afterwards and went to the dev link you posted and tried to follow that.I don’t have any ADB option on my phone. So I downloaded the recover3.img and tried flashing and booting that, but it took me to a weird menu that got no where…Currently my phone works but is not rooted, it seems OEM unlocked but I’ve reset it to factory defaults and it stayed that way…please help!!!
If you go to Settings > Developer Options do you see ADB Debugging there or no?
I see USB debugging, and “verify app over USB” mentions ADB but that’s not what you’re looking for https://uploads.disquscdn.com/images/1df2f9392beceb2d8e96202a5d036c1e17fd89583729a114692bfac23e14cd3d.png
https://uploads.disquscdn.com/images/0fc5f55c4d1e0edcf7ffdc00659bd26f6ac8179edeb1faa85860fb88fdae58ba.png
So what are you referring to in your last comment when you say there is no USB option on your phone?
Are USB debugging and ADB debugging the same? If that’s the case then I do have it enabled. But I still have the issue of it not working be sadly.
OK, and what happens when you flash the recovery3 file from here – http://forum.xda-developers.com/oneplus-x/help/opx-remote-dtb-solution-t3480274
Hey i have done until this. First i got the dtb not found error and i fixed it from the link you gave and then my phone stuck in fastboot mode after long time i just rebooted it. What should i do next
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Not sure what step you are on now. You got the dtb found and then flashed recovery, booted into recovery then you should have done the next section on rooting the device using the SuperSU file while in recovery. Did you get into recovery after typing fastboot boot recovery?
Same here. I did not get the the recovery screen after typing fastboot recovery
Don…can u share the link that helped u resolve “dtd not found” issue….I am running oxygen os 3.1.4, android M 6.0.1
i have multiple devices connected
how do i make the cmds specific to one device
You can’t as far as I know. You just need to unplug the other devices that use ADB.
Yes, thank you, I got that sorted….. I did everything, do you have another link for superSU, or is there any other alternative….. This is my first time, it was getting indefinitely stuck in reboot after flashing super su, hence I used restore back up
Unfortunately, no I don’t. You’ll have to check on forum.xda-developers.com
when i normally connect the phone to pc i can see my phone when i type command adb devices ..but after it enters the fastboot mode no device is listed ..
Means the fastboot drivers are not installed properly – https://theunlockr.com/2009/10/06/how-to-set-up-adb-usb-drivers-for-android-devices/
please help me, whenever i go into fastboot, and i try to unlock the oem, it always says “waiting for device”, please help!!!
Means the drivers aren’t installed. Check this for help – https://theunlockr.com/2009/10/06/how-to-set-up-adb-usb-drivers-for-android-devices/
i reïnstalled all the drivers etc., and i still get this https://uploads.disquscdn.com/images/7c0dc17769b9e744b84e5a8fc81ed1a0041f6a5950c0b3e0c2247bf9b833ae32.png
but i also noticed that is isn’t showing android device in device manager https://uploads.disquscdn.com/images/d10010ae3600c10cc0b643f1a478cc6501442ff2c7cb7ea292c99fb6d62774cd.png
Again all of that means your drivers aren’t installed. Try completely removing them with a program like USBDeview and then try different drivers, different USB cable, different port, and ultimately a different computer if that doesn’t work. Drivers are the issue and unfortunately they can be finicky. Good luck.
could it be my phone or so? i knoww i have rooted him before, and now, i tried a different laptop, and it does say android device, but it still does the same exact thing.
Again it’s the drivers. You’ll have to just do some trial and error to get it to work :/
well, i tried the utility etc, and i found out that reinstalling etc doesnt work, i think it’s my laptop, because “android” is always showing up in usb devices, is it again something with the drivers? or is it really my laptop? https://uploads.disquscdn.com/images/8d05b9c126a9a58fb04522e9ce4876e935504103dce485dbb657c17efebe1350.png
hey david! ive been able to do it on another computer, but now, my phone is stuck booting after installing supersu, what should i do now?
nevermind, i got it working!
I can’t flash TWRP.
I’m on Mac with fastboot and adb working.
My oos 3.1.4 won’t mantain TWRP after flashing it: if I manually reboot into recovery loads TWRP but can’t mount any storage, and rebooting comes back to the official Oneplus recovery…
same problem here, but it seems the person doesnt want to reply so… bad luck for us
should it be taking close to 15 minutes to fastboot into recovery?
make that 40
yeah i think my phones done for. its stuck on the fastboot mode screen
help?
i get to the installation directory, i tap supersu and it refuses to install, help?
mine didnt even open up twrp, it opened the default oneplus bootloader, and it doesnt want to install supersu
welp, my phone is screwed, as i was unable to root, i went back to stock android, nothing wrong with it, until i reinstall spotify, and find that the phone has no access to its storage, spotify says storage area isnt found. please help.
Hi David, i basically got through all the steps, and completed the installation of SuperSU.zip thro TWRP screen on the device. The device rebooted but has been on the boot screen for over 10 minutes now. Help!! Kindly advise if I can try manually rebooting the device to system again by pressing the power button or is there another way to solve this? (i am not sure if it is a bootloop). How long does it take after the install? I used the latest SuperSU “UPDATE-SuperSU-v2.79-20161211114519” for the rooting step. I have a OPX 1003 device.