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Friday, December 11, 2015
Install resurrection remix custom rom on Oneplus two (oneplus2)
Oneplus released its flagship after 15 months with industry leading specs but it comes with a tag line "flagship killer" which means it is cheap when compared to other flagship models from samsung, apple, sony etc.just like a saying great power comes with great responsibilities its cheap price and best specs brought a huge demand which made it impossible to get this device unless you have an invite.
General specs of the device include a snapdragon 810 processor which is an octacore processor of which four cores are clocked at 1.56ghz and other four cores are locked at 1.82ghz .It has 3gb ram for 16gb model and 4gb of ram for 32gigs variant.Primary camera has 13mp unit which can record videos at 4k while the secondary camera has 5mpsensor which record record videos at 1080P.The beast is powered by a huge 330mah batter which should give you decent battery life.
If you see this device from software side it comes with android lollipop 5.1 which is called hydrogen or oxygen os.This stock is very close to stock android which means it lacks lot of features that other flagship devices has.But being a developer friendly device it has already been rooted and there is already a custom recovery available which can be used to flash roms.
Being a new device it has less custom roms which are the essential ones for any android device.One of the those custom roms is resurrection remix rom which is fully packed with features and is stable too which means you can use it as a daily driver for some time.
You are about to flash a custom rom on your oneplus two (codenamed oneplus2) which is a risky process and we take no responsibility for any type of damages that happen to your device or neighbours.If you brick your device in this process even Satan cant bring it from death.SO proceed at your own risk.
Before flashing resurrection remix on oneplus two:
This complete guide is divided into four steps.If you have unlocked bootloader already you can proceed to last step directly.If not you will have go through all the steps from unlocking to installing recovery and then flashing.But before going into full procedure let me explain you the features of resurrection remix custom rom.
About resurrection remix rom:
This Resurrection remix which your are about to install on your oneplus two is based on android 5.1.1 lollipop and which is in turn based on cyanogenmod,slim,omni and original remix roms.So you can all the best features of other roms are included in this too along with performance and a decent battery life.
This remix rom for oneplus two is compiled by a xda senior member "varund7726",a big thanks to him for bringing this amazing rom at very early stages of development.This rom is stable enough for daily usage and you can use it as a daily driver for some time or even for few months for sure.
Features of this rom:
Steps to install this rom on your device are as follows:
General specs of the device include a snapdragon 810 processor which is an octacore processor of which four cores are clocked at 1.56ghz and other four cores are locked at 1.82ghz .It has 3gb ram for 16gb model and 4gb of ram for 32gigs variant.Primary camera has 13mp unit which can record videos at 4k while the secondary camera has 5mpsensor which record record videos at 1080P.The beast is powered by a huge 330mah batter which should give you decent battery life.
If you see this device from software side it comes with android lollipop 5.1 which is called hydrogen or oxygen os.This stock is very close to stock android which means it lacks lot of features that other flagship devices has.But being a developer friendly device it has already been rooted and there is already a custom recovery available which can be used to flash roms.
Being a new device it has less custom roms which are the essential ones for any android device.One of the those custom roms is resurrection remix rom which is fully packed with features and is stable too which means you can use it as a daily driver for some time.
You are about to flash a custom rom on your oneplus two (codenamed oneplus2) which is a risky process and we take no responsibility for any type of damages that happen to your device or neighbours.If you brick your device in this process even Satan cant bring it from death.SO proceed at your own risk.
Before flashing resurrection remix on oneplus two:
- Make sure that you have already installed drivers on your computer.If you are starting from scratch that is unrooted device you might need them for unlocking bootloader.
- You must have updated it to official software that is already available if you are starting from scratch.
- Root: You need to have root access on your oneplus two to install resurrection remix custom rom.If not, you have to follow the whole guide.
- Backup:Backup all your data including contacts,apps,photos videos etc which is on your device internal storage to computer or any cloud networks as installing resurrection remix rom on your oneplus two will erase all the data on your handset.
- Backup Efs partitions: This is for those who already have twrp installed.Backup all your efs partition of your oneplus two on existing rom.Just in case if you loose signal or imei you can just restore it back.
- Battery: Charge your oneplus two to 100% so that you wont encounter any battery related problems while flashing rom through recovery.
- You must have a unlocked bootloader on your oneplus two to flash this rom..
- Downloads:Lollipop based resurrection remix rom for oneplus2(androidfile host mirror) on your computer or device itself.If you want gapps download them too.
- Recovery: You need a custom recovery like twrp installed on your handset.If not check the guide on installing twrp recovery on oneplus two or follow guide completely.
Install resurrection remix custom rom on Oneplus two:
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| Install resurrection remix custom rom on Oneplus two (oneplus2) |
About resurrection remix rom:
This Resurrection remix which your are about to install on your oneplus two is based on android 5.1.1 lollipop and which is in turn based on cyanogenmod,slim,omni and original remix roms.So you can all the best features of other roms are included in this too along with performance and a decent battery life.
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| resurrection remix rom for Oneplus two |
Features of this rom:
- Theme enigne: Theme engine is from cyanogenmod custom rom which basically changes the look user interface from lock screen to ring tones all the way up to boot animations.The speciality of theme engine is the ability to choose individual elements of every theme you have installed.So you like ring tones and wallpapers of one theme and icons of other theme then you can have them at a time.Just open theme chooser and you will understand how to do it.
- Navigation bar tweaks: You can enable disable or navigation bar and also you can adjust size of navigation bar.Navigation ring included toggles to in case of quick access just swipe from bottom of screen and you can access apps which you have set.
- App circle Bar:Swiping from left or right edges of the screen an app bar pops up and you can choose what app you want to launch.This is great way of multitasking.
- Gesture anywhere: This basically lets to open any app at any time(while using other apps) with just a gesture.You have to set gestures and use them.Though you get any floating type apps so that they can be used over other apps as multitasking its still a nice feature to have.
- Status bar tweaks: Status bar has lot of tweaks which include a brightness slider.Slide in status bar to adjust brightness of the screen.Various tweaks are available to carrier label too like color and switch.Quick and smart pull down are also present.Battery icon too has tweaks.
- Network speed: On going network speed is displayed on status bar.Both upload and download speed are displayed and you can adjust time interval.
- Lock screen mods: This includes placing of 5 shortcuts on lock screen and also set targets for the slider.
- Recent panel mods: Stock recent panel do not have an option to clear all the apps at once.In this rom you a button to clear apps and can even set the position of the button.
Steps to install this rom on your device are as follows:
#1 unlocking bootloader of oneplus2:
- Download and install oneplus two drivers on your computer if you haven't done it before.
- Now power off the device completely and wait for few seconds to confirm that it is completely off.
- Hold volume down/up(only one) and power button at same time for few seconds to boot into fastboot mode.If you are requested to chose a language while booting into fastboot.
- If you are unable to boot into fastboot mode manually then you can do it using advanced reboot option which you have to enable it in developer options.
- Once you are in fastboot mode connect it to computer through usb cable and if you notice any driver installation process let it complete first.
- Download fastboot on our laptop or Pc and install it.You can install it any location but choose location as c: which is default location.
- open the fastboot folder which is located in "c:\programming files".Right click on empty space by holding shift and you see an option "open cmd here".
- If you don't find this option then press windows and R buttons at same time ,Run pops up and type cmd to open command prompt.
- Now go to fastboot folder and copy the address location of it which you can see in address bar of folder.
- In command prompt type the command "Cd location of fastboot folder" and press enter.You will notice that fastboot appears in command line.To paste location right click on empty space in cmd and several pops up.Select paste.
- One you press enter you have to notice minimal adb and fastboot in command line instead of c: or any other directory.
- Once you are in fastboot window type "fastboot devices" and press enter.If your device is detected you will get a serial number in list of devices attached.If not uninstall drivers and install them again.
- Assuming that you have backed up all data type the command "fastboot oem unlock" and hit enter.
- You will be prompted on your handset with yes or no to unlock bootloader of oneplus two.Click on yes to confirm or no to reject.Once you click on yes unlocking process initiates and will be completed in just 2 to 3 seconds.Remember that this will erase all the data on your device.
- Once done type the command fastboot reboot and it reboots to system.
- Now device is now eligible to install a custom recovery so that you can flash the remix rom.
#2 installing twrp recovery:
As you have unlocked your bootloader in the first step its time to flash recovery so that you can flash resurrection remix rom on your oneplus two.
- Download twrp recovery image from the above link and transfer it to the minimal adb and fastboot folder.
- Rename the recovery img file to "Twrp",so that you can type the command easily.
- Connect the device to system using usb cable again by keeping it in fastboot mode.
- Now type the command "fastboot devices " to see if it is detected.If it is not detected by fastboot reboot the device and enable usb debugging and see if it is detected.
- If detected type the command "fastboot flash recovery twrp.img" to flash the recovery permanently.Hit enter to flash it.
- once done just type the command fastboot reboot to restart the handset.Now go for next step to install rom.
#3 flashing remix rom on oneplus two using twrp:
- Download resurrection remix for oneplus two (Resurrection-Remix-LP-v5.5.6-20150923-oneplus2.zip) and Gapps transfer it to sdcard or internal storage of your device.
- Power of device completely and wait for few seconds to confirm that it is off completely.
- Hold volume down and power button at same time for few seconds and you can observe that it goes into twrp recovery.
- Once you are in twrp click on backup and select all partitions which you want to backup. It might take about 5 minutes for backup to complete. Don't interrupt backup process.
- Once backup of your existing rom is completed click on back button.Wipe data,cache and dalvik cache and wipe system partition too.
- Now select Install and navigate to location where you have placed your resurrection remix rom and gapps zip files.
- Flashing this might take about 5 minutes or even less.Once flashing is complete do a factory reset again.
- Now reboot to system.Wait at least 15 minutes for initial boot to complete and once done you can explore its features.
Now that you have successfully installed resurrection remix custom rom on your oneplus two you can explore its features for sometime and decide if it fits for your daily needs.If you are not satisfied with its performance or rom is unstable don't worry at all.Just reboot to recovery and restore stock backup which you have already made.
Thursday, December 10, 2015
Unlock bootloader,Install Twrp recovery and Root Oneplus Two (oneplus2)
Oneplus one changed the face of a Chinese manufacturing company which was just founded in 2013.The price of the device along with industry leading specs made smartphone enthusiasts go crazy about this device.This company has a become a brand instead of being called another Chinese manufacturing company.
One of the primary reasons for oneplus one to become huge success is the cyanogenmod.Being open to android development ecosystem this device attracted so many developers to compile different roms. The second generation of their flagship too had huge demand and but it is hard to get as you need an invite to buy it.
If you take a look at the device specifications then it comes with a octacore snapdragon 810 processor along with 3 or 4gb of ram depending on internal storage.It sports a 5.5inch screen with 1080p resolution.Primary camera is a 13mp sensor which can shoot videos at 4k wile the secondary camera is 5mp unit which can record videos in 1080 p which should be great for selfies.There is a finger print sensor too for better security.Finally it is powered by a 3300mah battery which should last all day long.
If are lucky enough to have it then you must be aware by now that it has got some good custom roms to play with if you bored with the oxygen os(stock rom).but before flashing custom roms you have root oneplus two and install a twrp recovery.If you don't know how to do it then don't worry at all in this post we will guide you to Unlock bootloader,Install Twrp recovery and Root Oneplus Two.
But before going further you have to keep in mind that this is a risky process.If anything goes wrong then there are chances of heart attack,nuclear war or even explosion for which we hold no responsibility at all so you have to proceed at your own risk.
Before proceeding further:
Team win recovery project abbreviated as Twrp is one first recovery to offer a completely touch driven interface.The ui is completely xml based which means you can customise the interface with different themes and also it is only recovery that supports themes.Unlike the clockworkmod recovery this recovery has the option to wipe all the data,cache,dalvik,system,internal with just only one swipe.Of course you have to choose what to be wiped on the device.Being a developer friendly device,twrp officially supports it under the codename oneplus2.
Let see the features of Twrp:
One of the primary reasons for oneplus one to become huge success is the cyanogenmod.Being open to android development ecosystem this device attracted so many developers to compile different roms. The second generation of their flagship too had huge demand and but it is hard to get as you need an invite to buy it.
If you take a look at the device specifications then it comes with a octacore snapdragon 810 processor along with 3 or 4gb of ram depending on internal storage.It sports a 5.5inch screen with 1080p resolution.Primary camera is a 13mp sensor which can shoot videos at 4k wile the secondary camera is 5mp unit which can record videos in 1080 p which should be great for selfies.There is a finger print sensor too for better security.Finally it is powered by a 3300mah battery which should last all day long.
If are lucky enough to have it then you must be aware by now that it has got some good custom roms to play with if you bored with the oxygen os(stock rom).but before flashing custom roms you have root oneplus two and install a twrp recovery.If you don't know how to do it then don't worry at all in this post we will guide you to Unlock bootloader,Install Twrp recovery and Root Oneplus Two.
But before going further you have to keep in mind that this is a risky process.If anything goes wrong then there are chances of heart attack,nuclear war or even explosion for which we hold no responsibility at all so you have to proceed at your own risk.
Unlock bootloader,Install Twrp recovery and Root Oneplus Two:
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| Unlock bootloader,Install Twrp recovery and Root Oneplus Two (oneplus2) |
- Battery: Charge your oneplus two to at least 80% or full to avoid any battery related issues.
- install drivers of oneplus two on your computer as you need to bridge your device to pc.
- Backup:backup all your app data or any personal data from your device to cloud or your computer as unlocking bootloader will erase all the data .
- Update: You need to update your oneplus two to latest version of software that you receive through Ota.
- Usb debugging:Enable usb debugging on your handset.If you don't enable this device might not be detected in fastboot mode.Open settings app and scroll down to about device,You will find build number.Tap on it continuously until the countdown goes to zero and you will see a toast message you are now a developer.One done go back and you will find developer options, open it and search for enable usb debugging and enable it.
- You have to unlock bootloader of oneplus two before flashing twrp recovery and rooting it.
- Downloads: Download Twrp recovery for oneplus two on your computer and supersu on your handset.
- Install adb or fastboot on your computer.
About Twrp Recovery:
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| twrp recovery for oneplus two |
- Touch interface:It is one of the first if not he first recovery to offer a complete touch based user interface which makes navigation a lot easier and later cwm also introduced touch based recovery.
- Individual Backups: Creating a complete backup is a must for any flasher but it eats up a lot of space of your internal or external storage.Twrp will let you to backup individual portions of rom, this saves lot of space on your android device.This feature comes handy when you are flashing kernels.If You can backup just boot img before flashing a kernel if it fails you can restore just boot img instead of complete nandroid backup.
- Advanced wipe:There are two options for wiping your device partitions one is wipe and other is advanced wipe.If you choose just wipe option it factory resets while advance wipe option will allow you to choose what to wipe and what not.
- Theme Engine: This is one of the best feature and is only available in Twrp only.Since ui of twrp is xml based you can customize its ui with already available themes or you can create your own theme if you can.
- Multi rom:As the name says you can boot more than two roms on your device and is exclusive to twrp only as of now.This feature may not be available from official twrp team and booting more than one rom requires a modified kernel by your rom developer.
Since twrp recovery officially supports oneplus two you can expect much faster bug fixes and new updates.Before flashing recovery you need to unlock bootloader and then flash it using fastboot.
Must read: Basic adb and fastboot commands
Unlocking bootloader of oneplus two:
Bootloader unlocking process of oneplus2 is very similar to that of nexus devices and if you don't know how to do it then follow this step by step guide.Must read: Basic adb and fastboot commands
- Download and install oneplus two drivers on your computer if you haven't done it before.
- Now power off the device completely and wait for few seconds to confirm that it is completely off.
- Hold volume down/up(only one) and power button at same time for few seconds to boot into fastboot mode.If you are requested to chose a language while booting into fastboot.
- If you are unable to boot into fasboot mode manually then you can do it using advanced reboot option which you have to enable it in developer options.
- Once you are in fastboot mode connect it to computer through usb cable and if you notice any driver installation process let it complete first.
- Download fastboot on our laptop or Pc and install it.You can install it any location but choose location as c: which is default location.
- open the fastboot folder which is located in "c:\programming files".Right click on empty space by holding shift and you see an option "open cmd here".
- If you don't find this option then press windows and R buttons at same time ,Run pops up and type cmd to open command prompt.
- Now go to fastboot folder and copy the address location of it which you can see in address bar of folder.
- In command prompt type the command "Cd location of fastboot folder" and press enter.You will notice that fastboot appears in command line.To paste location right click on empty space in cmd and several pops up.Select paste.
- One you press enter you have to notice minimal adb and fastboot in command line instead of c or some thing.
- Once you are in fastboot window type "fastboot devices" and press enter.If your device is detected you will get a serial number in list of devices attached.If not uninstall drivers and install them again.
- Assuming that you have backed up all the data type the command "fastboot oem unlock" and hit enter.
- You will be prompted on your handset with yes or no to unlock bootloader of oneplus two.Click on yes to confirm or no to reject.Once you click on yes unlocking process initiates and will be completed in just 2 to 3 seconds.Remember that this will erase all the data on your device.
- Once done type the command fastboot reboot and it reboots to system.
Install twrp recovery on oneplus two:
As you have unlocked your bootloader in the first step its time to flash recovery so that you can root oneplus two.
- Download twrp recovery image from the abouve link and transfer it to the minimal adb and fastboot folder.
- Rename the recovery img file to "recovery",so that you can type the command easily.
- Connect the device to system using usb cable again by keeping it in fastboot mode.
- Now type the command "fastboot devices " to see if it is detected.If it is not detected by fastboot reboot the device and enable usb debugging and see if it is detected.
- If detected type the command "fastboot flash recovery recovery.img" to flash the recovery permanently.Hit enter to flash it.
- once done just type the command fastboot reboot to restart the handset.
How to root oneplus two:
Now that you have installed twrp recovery on your oneplus2 you can root it easily by flashing supersu file.Follow below steps for guidance.
- Download super su zip file from the above link and transfer it to internal storage of oneplus two.
- Go to developer settings and enable advanced reboot option.
- Press and hold power button and choose reboot option.You will get three reboot options choose "reboot to recovery" and hit enter.
- Once you are in Twrp recovery click on backup options and select all the options including efs and swipe to confirm backup.
- Click on back and now select install and choose the supersu file which you have downloaded earlier.
- Swipe to flash it and once done reboot system.You have successfully rooted your oneplus two.
- To check if it is rooted or not open playstore and download root checker app and run it.If it asks for superuser permissions the you have root access for sure.
Now that you have root access on your oneplus two you can install some root apps and also tweak cpu or gpu parameters so that you can improve performance ot battery life.But before doing all these stuff you have to backup efs partitions of oneplus two.
Final words:
By following that above procedure you will be able to Unlock bootloader,Install Twrp recovery and Root Oneplus Two (code name : oneplus2).If you have any queries you can comment here or approach us using our social media profiles.
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