<![CDATA[System Wipe Recoverable?]]>Hi there! I'm new here, found Ubuntu Touch and remembered I had an old OP5t lying around.

Bare in mind I'm a complete beginner to Linux in general, which has come to bite me, it seems.

I installed the OS with some trouble but managed to do it. Tried to install some stuff via terminal, nothing worked. Decided to try again and wanted to reinstall the OS, maybe originally something went wrong. I booted it up and got to the Ubuntu Recovery Screen. I went to advanced and clicked "Wipe System". At this point I don't know why. I have a habit of not reading enough I guess.

Please refrain from telling me how stupid I am and what I did wrong, I already know that.

Now to my question: Ist my Phone a fancy brick now? I cannot seem to find it when connecting to my PC and it doesn't boot at all. It goes into the OnePlus boot screen and doesn't do anything else.

I appreciate the help (if there is any)! ❤

]]>https://forums.ubports.com/topic/12351/system-wipe-recoverableRSS for NodeSun, 07 Jun 2026 11:06:47 GMTSun, 07 Jun 2026 08:55:30 GMT60<![CDATA[Reply to System Wipe Recoverable? on Sun, 07 Jun 2026 10:33:06 GMT]]>@ChromiumOS-Guy Thanks for the Reply. Do you mean the UB Installer? Because that doesn't find anything. And the Phone isn't found using "fastboot devices" since doesn't boot into the Fastboot Environment.

]]>https://forums.ubports.com/post/96454https://forums.ubports.com/post/96454Sun, 07 Jun 2026 10:33:06 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to System Wipe Recoverable? on Sun, 07 Jun 2026 09:43:25 GMT]]>@Schmox enter fastboot and reinstall with installer, don't install anything with apt tldr it will break the system.

oneplus devices are Qualcomm based, so if fastboot doesn't work you'd need to make it enter EOL mode and use the creatively named " DownloadTool" to flash stock firmware directly to emmc storage.

triple check you cant use fastboot before trying the EOL route, its hard and if done incorrectly can wipe IMEI which in most cases means you wont have mobile service on that phone ever again.

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