Installing - connection to device lost

[geekyneo]

Hi @thilov, @mikeglover

Would request you to kindly the steps and the sequence in which the Format/Advance Wipe should be used to successfully install UT on OnePlus 3T.

I've tried every sequence possible and those mentioned on the page.

I have the same observation as @En-Ragegit .

Also do mention the installer version, TWRP version etc.

The installer is able to successfully install the Oxygen OS but not UT using the same cable. On installing UT the process ends up saying "Connection to device lost".

Also if there is any manual step to perform the installation ?

Best Regards

[A Former User]

@geekyneo
No matter what version of twrp I used, this workd for me:

1. format Data to ext4
2. wipe System, Dalvick, Cache and Internal Storage.

[geekyneo]

Thanks @thilov

Trying it now.

[geekyneo]

@thilov what about the OS ?
I mean if a previous installation failed, do I need to install Oxygen OS and then follow your steps or can continue directly after failure ?

[geekyneo]

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[geekyneo]

@thilov

Request you to please check logs : https://pastebin.com/E7DXEktC

[A Former User]

@geekyneo You don't need to install Oxygen OS. Just try it again.
From which distribution are you installing? Some failed with Linux Mint.

[A Former User]

@geekyneo Oh, you are using Windows.... Please try Ubuntu. No installation is necessary. A live system is enough.

[geekyneo]

@thilov It's linux Mint(based on Ubuntu). It's not windows...

[A Former User]

@geekyneo yeah, as I wrote before - some failed with Mint. Try Ubuntu. There is an open issue on Github.

[geekyneo]

@thilov , I can confirm that it's failing for UBports snap installer 8.8.0 on Ubuntu 20.04 live machine, with device on Oxygen OS 9.0.6.
I've followed all the wipe/format step as instructed by you.

[Lakotaubp]

Just as a thought is that version of Oxygen ok for the OP3/3T or would an older version be better. Can't think why but are the partions off in some way? Probably nothing to do with it and the answer is easy but lost for now on this.

[geekyneo]

@thilov it's failing for Ubuntu 20.04 installed on a system.
Installer versions tried are 0.8.4 & 0.8.8.

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{"level":"verbose","message":"running adb action wait"}
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{"level":"verbose","message":"running adb action preparesystemimage"}
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[geekyneo]

Hi @lakotaubp

Actually the installer mentions the version to be 9.0.6 :smiling_face_with_smiling_eyes:

[Lakotaubp]

@geekyneo Wasn't sure it's been some time since I installed OP3. I know thw OP5 does as that was the last one I did. Have you tried with and without the bootstrap option? This is odd very similar to issues with a OPO to.

[geekyneo]

@lakotaubp the installer doesn't show oprion of bootstrapping like in OPO.

[geekyneo]

@thilov , the same installer works perfectly fine for OnePlus One and installation was a success.

https://pastebin.com/9xBp4y1L

[A Former User]

Sorry, but I can't help you any further. :man_shrugging_medium_skin_tone:

[Lakotaubp]

@geekyneo All I can think off for now and you might not like it is to flash the OP3 with the OS version it shipped with and go from there. That should put everything back to where it should be. You can then do all the dev mode stuff, mtp transfer usb debugging, adb permissions and try again.
That or try a much older version of the installer with the OP3 on it. Lost as to why it will not flash after clearing, formatting and so on.

[RapidRotator]

I had the same problem and decided to try and solve it by formatting both /data and /system. TWRP provides buttons to change the filesystem type for any partition, but afaik not to format any partition except /data. So using the UI I changed the filesystem of /data to ext4 and formatted it.

Then I went into a shell ($ adb shell on my PC but TWRP has an internal shell too) and unmounted /system to format it:

~ # mount

Note the block device /system is mounted on, then:

~ # umount /system/
~ # mkfs.ext2 /dev/block/<device>

(Yes, that's ext2, not 4, but it won't matter)

You can of course use the shell to format /data (and /cache) the same way if you want.

After that, I could install UT by not ticking the boxes for first install and wipe device.

I would be interested if others also succeed using this solution.