Nord N100 BE2012 installation guide. Full reproducible repo.
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Wrote up a complete BE2012 → Ubuntu Touch 24.04 install path that runs entirely from macOS — no MSMDownloadTool, no borrowed Windows box, no VM.
Repo: https://github.com/dcherrera/n100-be2012-crossflash
What it covers:
EDL cross-flash from macOS via bkerler/edl driven by an XML-based partition plan generator. Sidesteps the patched-MSM project-ID guard by never implementing it. Uses OnePlus's own signed Firehose loader, vendored via the bkerler/Loaders submodule.
Bootloader unlock via the OnePlus carrier-shim app removal trick (the five packages holding sys.oem_unlock_allowed=0). No SWID hex-edit required for the unlock itself; the param exploit is documented in the repo as Plan B if the carrier-shim approach ever stops working.
UBports recovery patching on-device via magiskboot from the Magisk APK, because the rubencarneiro recovery's gpg 1.4.13 can't verify the SHA512 sigs on modern system-image files. No firmware rebuild needed.
A SIM-init binary patch on /usr/sbin/ofonod that fixes a silent blocker leaving Modem.Features stuck at ['sim'] on first boot. Disassembly + offset table in the README.
Reproducible from a fresh clone — 7 shell scripts, ~230 KB of source. Tested on a single unit. Brick risk is the usual EDL-low.
Carrier caveats (T-Mobile bands only, Verizon SIMs read but won't sustain attach) in the README's cellular section.
Standing on the shoulders of the BE2015 install-success thread for the unlock approach, and rubencarneiro/billie2 for the bootstrap images.
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@Zer0 Think you can help out with our T-Mobile/Metro OP N10 problem? OnePlus has been refusing to unlock N10s that have been bought from eBay. So we recommend the unlocked BE2026 version. But, the T-Mobile/Metro versions are a lot easier to find.
Please see the N10 section of the forum, or join us on Telegram in the N10 or NA Issues channels.
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@rocket2nfinity if someone can donate the hardware I am willing to give it a go.
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