New OP3T not restoring from Nexus 5X

dmmatos

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Got my new 3T two days ago. It's a beautiful phone. I am replacing my currently not-bootlooping Nexus 5X.
I have spent nearly 10 hours trying to get this phone restored from my existing phone. NOTHING IS WORKING - AT ALL!

Originally I unlocked bootloader and rooted using TWRP and SuperSU (using the toolkit from XDA). All seemed to work.

First bootup asked about activating location services in a popup window - said something about 'in a previous version of android this was disabled' So I activated it.
I attempted to do the initial setup - only the basic information was transferred (and I think that came via providing my Google Account info).
Tap & Go would connect and then finish in a matter of seconds and It says nothing to restore.

I input wifi info.
I input my google account information.
I attempted to use Tap & Go from Nexus 5. It only transferred my email address and a few settings. No apps, nothing else.

I have since restored via TWRP recovery, restored using factory recovery image, etc. I've wiped data a multitude of times. I am now locked and not rooted and I should be with OnePlus stock recovery and OS.

I rebooted and it always has a message that says that 'in a previous version of Android location services were disabled' and do I want to activate them.
It asks me for my Language, whether I wanted to restore from a device, etc. The Tap & Gp transfers nothing. I have manually used the Nexus 5x "prepare a new device' and when the restore starts it stops almost immediately with nothing transferred.

I have activated Developer Options and also did and "adb backup -apk -shared -all -f name.ab" from Nexus 5X and a "restore name.ab" on the OP3T. It did move some of my pictures. None of my apps, none of my app data, etc.

When I got my Nexus 5x it was able to restore from a google backup from a broken Moto X via Google Drive Backup. It brought over apps, settings, screen setup, etc. All I had to do was put pictures and music back on. I can see the Nexus 5X backup in Google Drive, but the OP3T doesn't see it or want to use it... or even ask to restore from it.

This shouldn't be this difficult. Does it have something to do with Oxygen vs Vanilla?

I basically decided that I wouldn't unlock and root since Google won't let you use android pay (and probably other things in the future) if it's "not secure".

I'm willing to try just about anything! I appreciate any help!
 

Didgeridoohan

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I don't have any real help for you, sorry... But I just wanted to let you know it's perfectly possible to restore from a previous device.

I did it 2 days ago when I switched from my Nexus 6.

First thing I did was to unlock the bootloader, install TWRP and root (Magisk). I then update to OOS 4.1.1 and did a factory reset in TWRP (to start the initial setup again). After that, all I had to do was to choose "Restore from the cloud" and choose my Nexus 6 in the list during the initial setup.
 

dmmatos

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I figured out part of it. my 5X was on Android 7.1, the OP3T was on 7.0, so when I forced OP3T to 7.1 everything started restoring.

Only problem is that I unlocked bootloader in the process. I have since relocked and restored factory recovery and 7.1.1 but now I get the stupid DM_Verity warning and I can't get it reset no matter what I do.